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Both my neighbors annoy me at times but then I probably annoy them a bit too. It's all part of the fun and games of suburbia. Both sides commit light trespass but, as I don't generally observe from the backyard and if I do it's moon or planets, I haven't tried to educate them.
One side used to have too many parties that were too loud too late. Much as I love the Beatles being kept awake by them a 2am twice a month was too often. That has now basically stopped and they only one or two fairly tame parties a year now, and I consider that reasonable.
The others have two retarded children. One is autistic and used to take fits quite regularly. The other has some condition with a jaw-cracking name that causes her to be a little ****. She used to walk around repeating the same thing over and over for hours (generally "I want...") or just stand and scream. The parents used to lose it regularly, I've seen the mother run from the house in tears several times. As much as I pitied them, listening to screaming matches every Saturday morning was a strain. Well the autistic one's medication is sorted now and he is coming along nicely. The other one is at a special boarding school during the week and her behaviour has improved significantly. So that side is pretty good now too.
On the other hand I probably annoyed both sides on Friday night. You see we were supposed to go away with some friends playing with our scopes this weekend. It's been planned for months. Instead I'm stuck at work all weekend getting some urgent data out for an honours student. (There isn't much to do once the instrument is running but I have to babysit it as there will be no second chances. He only managed to grow a tiny number of micro-organisms and they had to be used for trace-elements and isotopes. At least there should be a paper published from the thesis and I want my name on it!!!) So my wife went off with my mates and my new, unused eyepieces and left me alone for the weekend. I was unhappy on Friday night - to put it mildly. So there was a bit of vino and a lot of very loud music.
Don't get me wrong, some neighbors are way over the top. But I also try to imagine how they see me and accept that there has to be some give and take.
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