[Magdalen] Crucible

[Lynn Ronkainen]

Oh Allan... my heart goes out to you with 'neighbor troubles'.... been there 
done that, with much less 'stuff' than you've put up with , but many of the 
thoughts, fears, questions that you mentioned.

It is hard to know what to do... there are negatives for doing almost 
anything, including providing proof.  Thoughts and prayers to you tonight.

peace,
Lynn

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From: "Allan Carr" <allanc25 at gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2014 10:05 PM
To: "Magdalen at herberthouse.org" <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Crucible

> Camille rented an apartment for us at Leisure World in Orange county
> because, as she stated, she couldn't bear watching me wasting away trying
> to drive all the way from Ventura County  to Orange County and back every
> day through Los Angeles. The owner, who had inherited this two story
> apartment, was desperate to sell it for $27,000. I should have bought it
> even as an investment, if nothing else. I wonder what i's worth now.
>
> Anyway, ii bought a new Compaq computer in October, 1995, and quickly
> discovered Anglicans Online, which, I think, was then edited in Vancouver,
> Canada (am I right about that?). From there, I discovered the predecessor
> of this list, Anglican L, or whatever, which was edited at American.edu.
>
> I think that means I'm entering my 20th year, sometimes as a member
> (someone who is constantly active  according to my recent discussion with
> Brian Reid) and sometimes as a subscriber. (I never knew this distinction
> before). However, i was usually more active on St Sam's where I enjoyed 
> the
> rough and tumble until that list became the province of just a very few
> members and of one unbelievably snarky person.
>
> I've had a rough time lately because of my neighbor immediately back of 
> me.
> A month ago I found all the locking hardware gone from my left backyard
> gate. The hardware and screws were gone and the gate hung open. This was a
> terrible thing to do because Camille has the habit of releasing little 
> Joey
> to the backyard when she herself uses the bathroom. The outside door to 
> the
> bathroom is immediately adjacent to this gate. Losing Joey or having him
> run over would have demolished both of us.
>
> Joey never ran away, thank God. I found that two of my backyard lights 
> were
> pushed down on their hinges. My presumption is that our neighbor objected
> to the light coming over our bushes and fence. He could have said so
> instead of robbing the premises.
>
> He's always had a thing about water hitting our common wood fence because
> of his terror of termites. This fence now only stands up because of poles 
> I
> installed at 30 degrees from the ground to each fence pole, and I'm not
> aware of anything he's done to keep the fence up. One of the bushes I
> planted to hide these poles was dying and i made the mistake of asking our
> gardener to adjust the spray from a bang bang sprinkler in the corner to
> hit the bush, and, apparently, the fence and, in spots I guess, through 
> the
> fence.
>
> All the sprinklers, front and back, had stopped operating and I was
> befuddled as to my mistake in programming the sprinkler electronics.
> Finally, I found that the wires to two (2) sprinkler controls in the back
> yard had been shorted. Fortunately, a breaker in the master electronics
> (which I never knew existed) opened and protected the master unit.
>
> The little plastic screw things you turn to connect wires were on the
> ground and the wires just twisted together wrongly and re-taped. I had the
> gardener re-connect the wires correctly, adjust the sprinkler in question
> back,  and the sprinklers now operate correctly.
>
> Also, the dying bush had also been trampled down to bring its branches
> forward and divert the sprinkler spray. That pretty much implicates my
> neighbor. Again, he could have just said something. I wrote him a note
> saying that and to just let me know of an issue rather than doing these
> things.
>
> I'm afraid to report the guy to the police for fear of what additional
> craziness this guy is capable of and am living a life where my blood
> pressure screams up whenever i think of him, which is often at night. As
> most of you may remember, I was very close to death from an aortic 
> aneurism
> caused by high blood pressure a year ago on Dec 26. I absolutely don't 
> need
> all this in my 83rd year of life and in my retirement.
>
> Maybe I should put in a surveillance system of some kind, attached to a 
> big
> disk drive and actuated only by movement which will catch him in case I
> offend him again unknowingly? Use ADT?  I really don't know what to do
> except pray that it's all over, at least for the present.
>
> -- 
> Allan Carr