Stampy been a Stampn'.....

superJfunn

Jan 26, '07 · 9:03 AM2,6501

So I have this neighbor that lives up stairs from me. We will call her "Stampy" anyway Stampy loves to stamp around on her hardwood floors. Oh I forgot to mention she starts stampn' around at about 1 and does it all night complete with vacuuming and running up and down the stairs to do laundry and playing fetch with her dog. Last night she was talking some "mad trash" about me on the telephone and her voice can be heard quite well in my apartment. Apparently she is waiting for me to get in her face :idontno:

anywho here is the big question can she hear me as well as i can hear her? I live downstairs and i have concrete floors will this have anything to do with the way the sound carries?

here is a picture of what stampy looks like or at least what she sounds like....

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superJfunnAuthor

Jan 26, '07 · 2:44 PM#27

Gather up the any Jehovahs Witnesses that may be around, they can supply the phamplets and extra support in case she turns ugly an you.

we had one the other weekend and the guy asked me if someone was in the house next to me and i told him no. then he turned around to leave and i yelled at him to stop that there was someone that lived up stairs :floor:

:funn:

Darlene is my middle name, not my nickname

Jan 26, '07 · 3:06 PM#28

Is she there during the day? If she is there are a few options:

1. Leave music on really loud. One song. On repeat. You can reference the thread where we discuss the songs we hate. Play one of those.

2. Leave the tv on really loud. Leave on the Spanish channel or the Home Shopping Network. Better yet QVC- it's much more annoying.

When she does her laundry:

1. Sneak a red sock in with her whites.
2. Stick a huge ball of lint in the dryer. Or shredded paper. If it sticks it's so hard to get out. Or leaves. Or dog hair. (I'm cracking myself up over here).

Let me think of more and I'll get back to you.

Good one's whitey!!! I like the red sock one the best.

we had one the other weekend and the guy asked me if someone was in the house next to me and i told him no. then he turned around to leave and i yelled at him to stop that there was someone that lived up stairs :funn:

You are evil!!!!

Meow

Jan 26, '07 · 4:41 PM#29

Hit the ceiling with a broom handle everytime she makes noise.

bean

Jan 26, '07 · 6:06 PM#30

Is she there during the day? If she is there are a few options:

1. Leave music on really loud. One song. On repeat. You can reference the thread where we discuss the songs we hate. Play one of those.

2. Leave the tv on really loud. Leave on the Spanish channel or the Home Shopping Network. Better yet QVC- it's much more annoying.

When she does her laundry:

1. Sneak a red sock in with her whites.
2. Stick a huge ball of lint in the dryer. Or shredded paper. If it sticks it's so hard to get out. Or leaves. Or dog hair. (I'm cracking myself up over here).

Let me think of more and I'll get back to you.

You guys are so bad. :twisted:

These are great! Tissues in the washer are the worst!

Beach Fanatic

Jan 26, '07 · 6:52 PM#31

Hit the ceiling with a broom handle everytime she makes noise.

That is exactly what I was going to tell her to do. In my younger day I actually did this, fortunately for me, it worked like a charm.

fartblossom

Jan 26, '07 · 7:35 PM#32

tangent alert - when i was in pharmacy school and still living at home (that was the life !) i was sitting on the front porch studying for finals one semester and a jehovah witness rode up on his bike. it was rather odd because we lived way out in the country. anywho, he rode up on his bike and asked me if my mommy or daddy was home. i was 25 at the time....

little sugar

Jan 26, '07 · 8:53 PM#33

Ok I'm late reading this thread but........

Jfunn, go kick her a** !!!!!!!!! my best friend has this problem, but there is a piano involved!!!!:roll:

SoWal Expert

Jan 26, '07 · 9:26 PM#34

I'll go over there. I am in a mood.

If I was there, I'd go with ya. I'm in a mood too. :twisted:

SoWal Expert

Jan 26, '07 · 11:34 PM#35

...do you know Stampy????

I don't know if I know Stampy, but I know where she lives, and I am not a shy guy, well, maybe sometimes.

beats on hood

Jan 26, '07 · 11:51 PM#36

BJ had someone in the unit below her who put a note on her door and complained about her being a Stampy. Said that she lived alone and that it "scared" her. A larger place became available in September, so we moved BJ there. Now BJ has a Stampy upstairs! Drives her crazy. But ironically the trucks going down Peachtree make the place shake much worse than her Stampy does. :idontno:

Meow

Jan 27, '07 · 4:52 AM#37

Well, Jfunn has played many of the bullhorn tunes to me over the phone and after she played them for the Dargs, I think a tune choice has been made. Actually, Jfunn handed the phone off to jdarg so she could play with the wii game machine. ;-)

Beach Fanatic

Jan 27, '07 · 6:08 AM#38

I hate to be a party pooper about this....but I have some hard learned experience with this very matter!!!! And it scares me to death to hear someone suggest confrontation or knocking on the ceiling.

Before I moved to Grayton waaaaay back in the late 80's I had been living and commuting from New Orleans to Mobile Alabama. I chose the most expensive and secure townohouses to rent in Mobile (gated with security guard on 24 hours). To make a long story short I was in a situation much like yours. I even had the security guard come over and listen through each townhouse so she could let my "neighbor" know what could and could not be heard. He was always beating on our walls, giving us bad looks, and threatning anyone who came within 5 feet of his unit. He was a very angry man...in fact we sometimes laughed and called him "Steamhead" as we knew he was going to blow any moment.

One night we sat down to eat dinner and watch a movie. Just as we got started we heard the banging begin. Sounding as if he had thrown his couch against the wall. Grant immediately got up and was going to approach him. I grabbed his hand and said let's just ignore him tonight. 5 minutes later the same pounding. This time I couldn't stop Grant. He told me to sit there and he would tell him he's was calling the police if he didn't stop.

I remained on the couch with a straight shot to what was going on outside. My daughter was in the kitchen. I heard the arguing and decied to go out there with Grant. I stopped at the door and heard Grant say, "Well, man if you aren't going to stop pounding on our walls then I'm going to call the police". And, in one slow, very slow motion "Steamhead" pulled out a gun and said, "Well then I'm going to blow your f***ing head off." He lifted his arm and shot him point blank between the eyes. From that moment on my life has never been the same. My daughter slammed the door and locked it, she was so scared. I ran to call 911, but it wouldn't go through on the phone downstairs. I had my daughter run upstairs to call...while I ran across to my friends townhome and she called. I held Grant while he died in my arms. Our neighbor told detectives he had shot him in his house after he broke in on them. The detective quickly let him know where he was lying and that he was shot out on our side of the sidewalk. Our neighbor called his lawyer at that point.

We were to be married October 10th of that year. I moved to Grayton in October. The trial was in March of the next year. It was horrible. We had 3different DA's and the last one knew nothing of the case until I sat with him and we went through the files the night before. "Steamhead" had the biggest badest lawyer of Mobile. Even with 4 witnesses to what happened he got 2nd degree murder......up to 15 years. He was immediately put on a work out of jail sentence. He worked at his job as Manager of a Burger King all day then came in for the nights. He got out after 4 years for great behavior. It was apparent the lawyer had the judge in his pockets or vice sa versa.

So, as you can see I am very leary about people like this. They harbor things we know nothing about. He also worked at the POST OFFICE!!! His alcohol level was .2-6. He was also a Viet Nam Vet with some very nasty scars...mentally!

I really have little advice about this....except to be very careful and try and get your manegment involved. Put it in writing to them and send it where they have to sign for it....or it could easily get lost!:shock: !

Good luck with this situation and I pray that something I've shared may help your experience, and if nothing else shed a little light on it. Keep us posted!!!

Kat...going back to bed now

Beach Fanatic

Jan 27, '07 · 6:30 AM#39

Oh my! So sorry for your tragedy....what a horrible experience!! You are so correct about not knowing what issues people harbor. Glad to know you found a grayt place to move forward. Thanks for sharing your terrifying experience.

beats on hood

Jan 27, '07 · 8:10 AM#40

So sorry, IKT.

FunnChef - AlisonCooks.com

Jan 27, '07 · 8:50 AM#41

What deos this woman do for a living? Does she ever sleep? :idontno:

I remember you complaining about her right after you moved in! She has been doing these things all this time???

Time for some recon! I wonder if she knows how annoying she is? If you don't want to confront her face to face, write a note.

SoWal Expert

Jan 27, '07 · 10:17 AM#42

Oh, Kat! Your story was heartbreaking. I hate thinking about anyone having to go through something like that. I am so sorry.

fartblossom

Jan 27, '07 · 10:31 AM#43

kat that is one of the saddest things i 've ever read - sorry you had to go thru that

Beach Fanatic

Jan 27, '07 · 11:23 AM#44

Miss Kitty's newest tar....MeeeWOW!

Thank you everyone for the kind words about my own tragedy. I have been blessed more then I can say since that awful night. I cannot complain. Coming to Grayton was God's way of healing my soul. And it continues I now tell everyone to be careful with people....you just don't know!!!! ;-) .

Beach Fanatic

Jan 27, '07 · 12:25 PM#45

IKT - how horrible. To know how happy you are now with your business and your family is a testament that life can and does go on, even in the face of a terrible tragedy.

jfunn - I don't know what to tell you, other than "domestic" disputes and fights with neighbors can be some of the ugliest, nastiest, situations. And while we know you can take care of yourself, what if your neighbor is a total looney tune?

FunnChef - AlisonCooks.com

Jan 27, '07 · 3:27 PM#46

Miss Kitty's newest tar....MeeeWOW!

Thank you everyone for the kind words about my own tragedy. I have been blessed more then I can say since that awful night. I cannot complain. Coming to Grayton was God's way of healing my soul. And it continues I now tell everyone to be careful with people....you just don't know!!!! ;-) .

what a heart breaking story. I can not even imagine....

Grayton is a place to heal in many ways.
Jfunn, be careful girl.

superJfunnAuthor

Jan 27, '07 · 5:56 PM#47

well well well......i have finally found out what keeps stampy from stampn' around. are you ready to find out what.......a man! some mystery man showed up yesterday and hasn't left. thank god !! i hope he stays forever.

little sugar

Jan 27, '07 · 6:07 PM#48

Oh Kat that is a terribly sad story, I am so sorry that you had to go through something like that.

J-funn ...................dont come a knockin when stampy is rockin.....

needs to get out more

Jan 28, '07 · 7:37 PM#49

the reality:

Funnkalicious

Jan 28, '07 · 7:47 PM#50

well well well......i have finally found out what keeps stampy from stampn' around. are you ready to find out what.......a man! some mystery man showed up yesterday and hasn't left. thank god !! i hope he stays forever.

Yep. She's on her back.

SoWal Insider

Jan 29, '07 · 7:15 AM#51

we had one the other weekend and the guy asked me if someone was in the house next to me and i told him no. then he turned around to leave and i yelled at him to stop that there was someone that lived up stairs :funn: