what timing you have!
Two days ago, one of the neighbors walked to the front of my house (staying on the sidewalk), and started hollering, "YOOHOO!", "HELLOO", "HELLO THERE".
I wasn't in the mood to talk with anyone so I just kept out of sight of the windows and got a good laugh out of it.
I have no idea what in the world she would want talk with me about, especially from the 'safety' of the sidewalk!
Never had that before.
Once when I was attending the College of Oceaneering (sounds impressive... huh? It was just a commercial dive{hardhat diving} school) in Wilmington, CA (L.A. harbor), I rented an apartment with 3 other students out in Long Beach.
The landlord was a real flake (known quite well by the court system for always taking her renters to court it seems
).
When we were ready to move out, the landlord started pulling her tricks on us.
Back in those days, I rode a Harley, had a beard, and the whole biker thing going.
I'd just sit on the front steps of this apartment complex and wait until the handyman brought around a potential renter.
Sometimes my appearance would be enough to give them pause, sometimes I'd strike up a conversation with the person about various things to include the landlord and her 'boys'.
It got to the point where the landlord's handyman asked one of my co-renter buddies to please stop me from hanging out in the front, as I was affecting their ability to attract new renters
That was the whole idea of it! It's nice when something goes right! 
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