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April 27, 2008, 7:56 pm PDT
04/28 A Secret Inside: Extreme Hoarding
Quote From: derevna33
The first year it was a county service. Now, she gets a bill. She refused to pay it, so the city turned off her water. She changed her mind and pays the bill.
Do you remember Jeff Foxworthy's joke "You might be a Redneck if . . .?" Well, the first year the fire department cleaned up her yard, they found a whole pickup that she had reported stolen. No, I am not kidding. It was that bad! She was surprised to finally find that pickup.
In our county, you can keep one car without tags on your property. That pickup is now underneath a tree on the front yard. The car actually runs. It is a neighborhood giggle. It got so loaded with trash that she couldn't get in and drive anymore. So, she gathered up bags of garbage from the inside. I don't mean one or two, I mean bags and bags.
The odd thing was, she wouldn't put it on the curb for the garbage men to pick up. No, she put the bags on the driveway with her other junk.
Sheeze. My hoarder neighbor does the same thing. Her driveway is filled with trashcans that she uses to pack her 'treasures' in. No trashcan is ever take to the curb for trash pickup. Thank Goodness our town has some rules and she can't keep dead cars on her lawn. County Code doesn't allow more than 100 sq feet of junk on the lawn or driveway.
Hoarders don't seem to EVER throw away anything. Trash collectors never have to stop at their house!
My hoarder neighbor has now totally packed the inside of her car, and the trunk, except for a small space for her to squeeze in to drive the car. The trunk has too much junk in it to shut the lid, so she has ropes over all the junk in the trunk. She's a modern day Ma Joad.
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