TOTALLY GEEKED!

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

When do you think about it?

FNW · Guru

We have a neighbor I am concerned about. Their daughter stopped going to school. Or at least, the school she was going to. And her father's car is seldom there. But the mother is the P.E. teacher and she has been going to work, and her son still goes to school, too. I had the boys ask the boy about his sister, but all he said was she doesn't like school so she stopped going.

I think I started noticing when their house started looking like it was abandoned. Weeds growing, broken garage door window, etc.

just Czech · Give Me Grand's!

We keep a close eye on our neighbors. Our neighbors also keep a close eye for everyone in the neighborhood.

Ten years ago, the neighbor across the street died in his house. He was dead three days before anyone checked on him and that was because his pickup hadn't moved in those three days.

We all felt so guilty for not checking on him.

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

I am not as close to my neighbors as when I moved in. However, my neighbors have changed. I wouldn't notice if they were gone. I mean, if their cars were there but they were gone I wouldn't notice. I do notice different cars parked in the driveways though. DN doesn't live with us but we talk on a daily basis. Either by phone, text, or chat on the computer. If we don't hear from her in two days we call. They don't have a landline. They each have cell phones. We recently asked for Sparkly's number JIC.

FNW · Guru

When I see "Sparkly", I picture a man drowning in rapper's jewelry with a gold tooth or two or those glittery grillz in their mouths.

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

FNW wrote:
When I see "Sparkly", I picture a man drowning in rapper's jewelry with a gold tooth or two or those glittery grillz in their mouths.

Tig named him Sparkly! She had dated a lot of guys (let me get this clear, dated not slept with or been long term involved with) before Sparkly. Every one of them we just kind of said, Okay she'll dump this one too. When she met Sparkly I talked about him on the board and Tig said, "He's all sparkly and new right now. Let us know when it wears off." LOL And we waited and held our breath. It never happened. They've been together two years now.

FNW · Guru

Oh, gotcha! <Breathing a sigh of relief> LOL

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

We told him last Thanksgiving we call him Sparkly. I just left it at, "My friends came up with the name." He laughed and said he's been called way worse. Sometimes I call him Vajayjay because his real name is Jason.

FNW · Guru

Gotta love a guy with a sense of humor!

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

He puts up with DN. I think he's a saint.

Lexxy · My dog name is Sasha, too!

If I or any of my coworkers just didn't show up one day we would be worried. That just doesn't happen here. Now if someone went missing on a Friday after work it would take us until Monday to notice.

I don't know & never see my neighbors so I'd never notice & I doubt they would notice if I went missing.

My immediate family probably less than a week. One of us is in contact with another every few days or so.

-- Edited by Lexxy on Wednesday 28th of October 2015 12:42:36 PM

FNW · Guru

One of my co-workers was missing from work for three days when the director finally called the police. He was dead in his apartment. When I was single, I had an arrangement with one of my co-workers that if I was AWOL, he was to contact my landlord to let him in to check on me.

If I'm out of contact with my parents for more than a couple hours I worry, unless I know what they are doing. With texting, emailing, and instant messages, it's easy to keep in touch with each other.

ladyloonatic · Regular

With neighbors I probably wouldn't pay attention. I'm not that close with any of them and they all have family coming and going all the time.

People at work I would probably check on if we hadn't heard from them in a day or two.

Sometimes it depends on if they have a routine they stick to pretty faithfully. Then, if I don't see the person I ask around to see if anyone else has. I have called the local police to do a welfare check.

My mom lived in another state. We didn't really talk often but probably once a month. One evening I called and there was no answer, which was odd for her. I didn't think too much of it, but tried again the next day. Still no answer. I waited until later that night, nothing. Then I kind of started to get worried. I called her work place. She was fine. Her answering machine wasn't working; she used to screen her calls a lot, but she always picked up when I called. Apparently her machine was on the fritz and she just didn't feel like answering it.

chef · Guru

I often wonder how long it would take for someone to get worried enough to come check on us. Our friend G has a key and my side of the family all have keys. DH's side of the family doesn't have a key because they don't come to our place since FIL has a hang up about driving so far.

Divine Geek · Guru

People I work with, it takes me a matter of hours before I question where they are. It's my part of my job to know who is supposed to be there and when. I have friends I talk to daily, so I would start to worry after a whole day of not hearing from them.

I know what to do_sometimes · Frozen Sucks!

I would know within a day if most of my neighbors were missing, co workers not. Friends, about 6 that I would know something amiss. My mother - hours because I have 4 siblings and everyone of us talk to her at least twice a week and she has neighbors she is close to.

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

I know what to do_sometimes wrote:
I would know within a day if most of my neighbors were missing, co workers not. Friends, about 6 that I would know something amiss. My mother - hours because I have 4 siblings and everyone of us talk to her at least twice a week and she has neighbors she is close to.

Co-workers we would notice by 9:05. We are a close group and if you are not at work by 9:00 and haven't called - we would start looking for you.

Neighbors - I'm new to the neighborhood and don't know any of them well, yet. Friends, I'd notice pretty darn quick.

TrudyML · Guru

How is the neighborhood, LL?

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

TrudyML wrote:
How is the neighborhood, LL?

It's really nice. We love it. Saturday will be fun. I hope the rain holds off.

burns07 · Guru

with the exception of two young couples who've recently moved to the neighborhood, we've all been neighbors for fifteen years at least--we're pretty tight--not nosey just alert--we'd notice something amiss within 24 hours tops

TrudyML · Guru

Fun! Glad it is going good!