Leah Haskoylu
Phase 1 - 'Project Driveway' (Inception)
People have often asked me, "When did you first realise that your neighbour was... *cough*... different?" Obviously, there were many...
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Phase 2 - 'Project Driveway' (Implementation)
I was just leaving the house to walk to the train station one morning. Steve Nextdoor (SND) was standing with his hands on his hips. He...
Leah Haskoylu
(Frozen) Solid Parenting Advice
When my daughter was about 3-4 months old, it was a glorious summer. I decided to sit with her outside in the sun, while Mike cut the...
Leah Haskoylu
If a tree falls in a forest, does it make a sound?
When we first moved in, our first task was to remove a lot of trees that had been left to grow too tall. We hired a recommended...
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Brexit.... means er..... Brexit
One morning in 2016, it was announced that UK was leaving the EU. Steve Nextdoor (SND) caught me as I was returning home from work on the...
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Hosepipe ban
There really isn't anything more life affirming than spending time watching Steve Nextdoor clean a mud-spattered heap of a car with a bit...
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Tablecloth trick
Who remembers the old trick of whipping out a tablecloth from underneath a full dining set? I saw Steve Nextdoor do it once. With a car....
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"I carried a watermelon"
The standard Modus Operandi of SND after an argument, was to attack with an emotional guilt trip. There's been a host of scenarios -...
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No refunds or exchanges...
Another day working from home, another prime time viewing of SND's wife, Chumbawumba trying to sell another Shitroën yesterday morning,...
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Not my problem...
Brexit may have lead UK into a time of uncertainty and instability... but there is one reassuring constant that remains unfaltered in the...
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Aint nothing bouncing on that...
As some of you may already know, my nextdoor neighbour has a habit of offering to re-home rubbish that no-one wants. A lot of his finds...
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Wait, what?
Verbal reasoning exercise one morning with Steve Nextdoor. SND: "Mike - them teenagers over the park still being noisy, aint they?" Mike:...
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Phase 3 - Project Decking - LAUNCH
Steve Nextdoor's decking project like Crossrail, started in 2009 and has taken 120,000 man hours to date. But here the similarity ends....
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Project: Decking - Phase 2 - BUILD
"How to build decking in an afternoon" by Steve Nextdoor, 2019 1. Choose wet decking planks that were salvaged from the Mary Rose, or...
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I Shih tzhu not....
'Disabled' Nextdoor's dogs barking continuously for three hours. Me: "Steve - the dogs have been howling non-stop again. It is literally...
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Essential works
Coronavirus: life changing; arguably the most impactful event of our times. However, in the face of adversity and crisis, it has seen...
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Public highway
'Disabled' nextdoor calls us over to discuss an issue he is having with people trespassing in his back garden from the woods behind us....
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Project: Decking - Phase 1 - SOURCE MATERIALS
When a pile of rotting, splintered, algae covered old decking planks appear in your neighbour's front garden, you assume it is the result...
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Someone else's rubbish, is another man's treasure
Last week 'Disabled' bought an identical car to the one he already owns, and started pulling them both to pieces. Leah: "Wow - looks like...
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Don't let safety get in the way of a stupid idea...
Your wife's car wont start. Battery's flat. Do you: A) Use your other car to jump start your wife's where it is currently parked in a...
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