Larry,
I can sympathize. Whew! Sometimes neighbors are just not a whole lot of good!
My only adjacent neighbor (I'm on a corner, empty lot behind me) has a nasty habit of having loud (drunk shouting matches) parties in his garage and driveway which are a little under 30 ft from my bedroom...sigh....at midnight they are just getting loud enough to really annoy me and by 3am I want to scream! I HAVE asked them to stop and they kept it up til last year. Don't know what this year will bring but I'm through being nice neighbor and will report them...oh yes, rather than use one of the three bathrooms in the house they use the lawn near my fence...lovely view from upstairs in my place... They also send people away drunk. THAT is something I will report from now on. Drunk driving is on my list of 'not gonna ignore this' stuff. I've seen too many people hurt that way. One other neighbor of mine has said she'd call in a complaint if I ever need to so it won't be just ONE but 'several' when the police talk to the offenders.
As for your situation, I'm thinking that Conan has a plan you might try. If not, the take Sir Taliesin's advice next time things disappear!
Cloudy
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