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Posted by Mephs on Tue Jun 21st at 6:44pm 2005

MY next door neighbour has, of late, been smashing windows, bottles and bringing the local winos to stay all night in the communal back yard. I went down to complain on Saturday, and was set upon by the lovely lady who resides there with a razor blade. Long story short, 2 car loads of police (why carloads I don't know) came to handle my brother, myself, her and the five other spides, and wino friends of hers.
Sunday night, she goes mental and smashes the glass in our back door, while seranading me with "I'm going to f**king knife you" and other such things.

I'm personally not a fan of the police, but considering their proximity to the flat, ie, directly across, it seemed best to deal with them, rather than get myself a record. I'm watching my back, despite being across from the cops, since she is a certified mental patient known for stab-related shenanigans. Essentially, I'm under house arrest. <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif">

She has been put out of several other areas in the town, so my question is: Where the f**k should these people go?

I was talking to ANOTHER person who has problems with her while giving my statement to the cops (for the benifet of the Housing Executive) HE is also terrorised by her, and is giving up his own accomodation in favour of the Simon Community, to stop her getting at him!

More news follows...(I'm pretty f**king sure of that)




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Posted by satchmo on Tue Jun 21st at 7:49pm 2005

There are places for these people, like a mental institution. These are long-term facilities designed to house these wackos and protect the rest of us from harm.

There is also a thing called the restraining order from the court...at least in the U.S.

I would stay away from her. She just might be rabid.




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Posted by smidsy on Tue Jun 21st at 8:13pm 2005

where bouts u live in ni? i live in newtownabbey :P the only thing i get is a crap load of spides around from the monkstown area. although im a bit old to say nething i just ignore them but i live in a quite enough area..the worst thing which has happened round here is someone was broken into.

i take it u live in belfast?




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Posted by Mephs on Tue Jun 21st at 8:30pm 2005

Nah, Downpatrick. One of the 'quieter' areas. However, it would seem that its me vs. the local wino population (a sizable percentage sadly). But hey, what do you expect if the areas Nuthouse is in your town? <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif">
I wonder if its the same craic up in Purdysburn <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_wink.gif">
Nice to see another Norn Irelander though.




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Posted by thursday- on Tue Jun 21st at 9:01pm 2005

Holland puts all these people in steel container houses. UK might start doing it too <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_smile.gif">


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Posted by ZombieLoffe on Tue Jun 21st at 9:51pm 2005

/me imagines crazy woman shouting "I'll f**king knife you!" in a heavy irish accent and chuckles.

Seriously though, first off: Wth's a Wino? Ye brits be makin' terms we northlanders don't understand.

Secondly: Such people need help. Mental institution i-ho.



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Posted by Mephs on Tue Jun 21st at 9:59pm 2005

Wino = a person who is contantly drunk (not like me, STFU). The types that hang around town asking for money for booze from strangers.

Secondly: Yes, she needs sectioned, however, noone seems to be willing to do so.




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Posted by G4MER on Wed Jun 22nd at 12:53am 2005

See if you were in Texas.. and the bitch was in your back yard.. you could shoot her dead.. have her scooped up and carried off.. And be sure as the day is long I would of blown her sicko ass away by now. But then again.. im cool like that.

good luck man.. I feel for you.




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Posted by fishy on Wed Jun 22nd at 3:09am 2005

? quoting satchmo
There are places for these people, like a mental institution. These are long-term facilities designed to house these wackos and protect the rest of us from harm.

in the UK, almost all of the institutions designed to cater for the unbalanced have been closed down in favour of a "Care in the Community" policy, where 'people with complex needs' [mephs' wino friends] are given normal houses/flats, with ineffectual 'follow-up support' from social workers. very little consideration is given to the actual communities and individuals that have to suffer.

i've worked in large[250+ beds] homeless type hostels for many years. the 'client group' of mainly 50Y.O.+ males with drink or gambling addictions has slowly shifted over the past 15 years to one of teenage/early20's heroin addicts, and a whole plethora of people with their very own brand of mental illness. now the master plan is to close down ALL of the large homeless hostels in the city in favour of giving these people houses back in the community. we are told that with the correct follow-up support that these people will integrate well, and we'll all be happy bunnies.

so if we all believe the new age wisdom, then there's absolutly no need for long term facilities or mental institutions.




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Posted by Finger on Wed Jun 22nd at 4:00am 2005

I worked in the psych field for 5+ years, in the mid 90's. I worked in both low class, government funded hospitals, upper class private insurance hospitals, and outpatient environments where the patients live in the community.

There is no simple solution. The fact is, mental instability is a hard problem to deal with and always will be. A community needs different levels of care environments for these people. Sounds like your neighbor needs to visit a place with some nice locks and special jackets.





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Posted by Cash Car Star on Wed Jun 22nd at 8:22am 2005

? quoting Mephs
I'm personally not a fan of the police
Hey now. We can all love the police. Even "Cop Killa" Ice T eventually simmered and decided to portray one on prime time TV.



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Posted by smidsy on Wed Jun 22nd at 10:06am 2005

lol speaking of my last post a joyrider was in our estate last night..and ended up toatiling a car not too far from my house -.- . If it was LEGAL i would take moneyshots advice and start raking them down as soon as they came near my house. Unfortuently we dont have the right to bear arms in the Ni and its an arestable offence for having a firearm. (considering there are paramilitarys everywhere) but that was the risk i was willing to take when i joined the army....




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Posted by Andrei on Wed Jun 22nd at 10:07am 2005

Mental neighbours...don't remind me, my next door neighbour is a creepy mental ex-convict. A nice combination, yes? I think I alone called the gendarmes on him 3 or 4 times. He keeps yelling like a moron at night and often smashes bottles in people's windows or throws stuff (usually heavy stuff) at pedestrians. What surprises me is that, despite this, the police/gendarmerie never arrest him although it is pretty clear that he is a menace to society. If only one of those pedestrians accused him of attempted murder... I mean, a heavy metal bed-ornament flying towards your head from the 3rd floor can be pretty unhealthy can it?

As for your problem, I suggest buying a baseball bat. As far as I know it's not considered a white-weapon and is longer that most knives. Plus it has a pretty good reputation for smashing heads.




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Posted by Mephs on Wed Jun 22nd at 6:24pm 2005

Update: Tomorrow I (and others who have put in complaints, such as the one who called the cops when there was an overwhelming smell of petrol from her flat (she had the house FULL of petrol and glue, to the point where it was a serious fire hazard - for sniffing of course, and another guy she attacked on Friday with a bottle)have to write another account for the housing executive to try and get a case in court next week.

EVEN WITH ALL THIS, the most they are hoping for is a warning and THREE months notice for her eviction! (the legal team has told them to back down on seizing the property).

So, in the mean time I have the towns wino population camped next door (5 or 6 at a time staying in a 1 bedroom flat meant for senior citizens) and a certified mental patient contantly hanging around in my back yard, and the front door waiting to kill me. And NO, I don't mean 'beat the crap out of' I mean KILL me.

Fisheye is right, and my towns proximity to the Nuthouse means that we are flooded with care in the community neighbours...




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Posted by Orpheus on Wed Jun 22nd at 6:37pm 2005

Off Topic a bit:

I live on a road intersection.. On the road across from me the county jail is in resident.. Ever so often, they release people who have served their time.. All minor offenses of course.

Apparently, they give you a ride TO JAIL, but have no compulsion what so ever to give you one back home.. Consequently, I have people all the time knocking on my door for either a ride, or a phone..

I hate the law for doing this, not only to them, but to me. I feel like an ass because I refuse to allow people in my home to use the phone, and some are a long way from home so a ride is out of the question.

The law, has made me the bad person. <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/sad.gif">

/ rant.





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Posted by Cassius on Wed Jun 22nd at 7:40pm 2005

My impression of the law in the UK is this: you're basically not allowed to defend yourself, and you have to leave everything to the police, who never do anything.



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Posted by Andrei on Wed Jun 22nd at 8:14pm 2005

The same thing here; if someone tries to kill you with a pipe, trying to crush your skull for 2 50.000 lei bills (about 4 USD) and you fight back with a pipe or anything else you find around and, what's more, you manage to knock your attacker out cold, you risk being sentenced to 25 years of jail for assault with a white weapon and your attacker will get only 3 years for attempted robbery and ev. another 10 years for attempted murder. If you stand perfectly still and let yourself killed everything will be okey-dokey.




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Posted by pepper on Wed Jun 22nd at 8:59pm 2005

Same here to,

say, i wake up in the night from a sound coming from below, knowing no one else is in the house i pick a baseball bat to see what is down there.

What i find is a thief that threathens me with a knife, i do not doubt a sec and beat the s**t out of him, seriously enough that he faints.

If i would do that i would go to jail.

I should have offered him a cup of coffee or thea and askhim nicely if he would mind leaving my place.

Its a odd world.



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Posted by fishy on Wed Jun 22nd at 9:24pm 2005

? quoting Cassius
My impression of the law in the UK is this: you're basically not allowed to defend yourself, and you have to leave everything to the police, who never do anything.

pretty much sums up the justice(?) system.




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Posted by Dark_Kilauea on Thu Jun 23rd at 3:25am 2005

I guessing you probably don't care, but I feel for you. Here in Iowa, we don't have anything like that. The scariest thing we have is a tornado.

Until later, Good luck.




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