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Our neighbors are old in their late 70's early 80's. They have never had children and decided they don't like mine. They are good kids for the most part. Well the kids would always tell me that Otto, they call him "Otis" to me keeps yelling at them for playing in front of his house (they are in the street), Walking on his side walk (the one the town owns) and for stepping on his lawn the one that is between our house (most of it) 10 feet belongs to me 3 inches belongs to him. They yelled at my son when he was snowblowing that he was getting snow on their property. Well I thought they were over exaggerating. One day I was in the back yard playing with the dogs and the kids where in the front playing basketball. The ball went on his 3 inches twice. The wife was outside and didn't see I was in the back. I have very high shrubs, 15 feet that seperates are backyards and the fence. All of a sudden she is yelling at my kids calling them little Jerk-offs. No one yells at my kids but me. I asked if she had a problem with my children please talk to me and not yell and call them names. Next thing I know is she is telling me that I am a stupid idiot and she is sick of the basketball going on her lawn and that if I had any brains I would have the basketball hoop in the backlawn where they belong. She never saw anyone but one in a driveway. All she had to do was look at the other 25 houses to see I was not the only one. Well she kepts yelling at me to keep my little "RATS" off her sidewalk. She doesn't want my fleas to get on her lawn. Well that was the last straw. I told her if she didn't like it she should move to a retirement home with the rest of the old people and leave me and my family alone. When my husband came home we told him what happened. That night he went and played basketball with the kids and kept throwing the ball on their front lawn. Then walking across it to get it. He wanted them to come out and yell at him.

One day Mac went under the fence in her backyard and I here her screaming the rat is trying to attack her. Well I go over pick up Mac and tell her it's not a "Rat". I decided I will try and talk to this woman. I let her pet Mac and explained he is a very friendly little man and would not hurt her. She is now convienced he is not a Rat but they mostly hide in there house. She knows she stuck with us as neighbors. We're really not that bad.