Sunday, August 10, 2025

Apartment Life #381

 
This is a weekly blog post that I'm calling Apartment Hell  Life. I've mentioned a few times some of the crazy things that have gone on in and around my apartment complex and in my neighborhood in the past 27 years that I've lived here and people keep telling me I should write a book. But instead of a book, I've decided to share the crazy things that have happened in and around my apartment complex in the last 27 years here in a weekly blog post.

This past Sunday morning I was across the street with Falcor and saw the ambulance driving up and down the street looking for an address. I realized that I got a pretty good shot of my apartment complex. All of those white buildings across the street are my apartment complex. There are actually 2 more buildings not in the picture. There are 88 apartments in my complex. 

The ambulance finally stopped and I was surprised to see it stop in front of my building. BB Gun Guy came out and flagged them down. They were there for his girlfriend who had fallen down and hit her head outside when she was beating on her car for some reason. 


She ended up having a wound in her head and a concussion. I think she was fighting with BB Gun Guy and that's why she was beating on her car but I'm not sure. Play crazy games, win stupid prizes I guess. 
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Earlier that same day I heard from 2 neighbors in my courtyard that Crazy Guy from this post, was arrested again. He's the one who used to live with his friends in my courtyard but had a psychotic break and now has schizophrenia and is now homeless. Well this morning he was banging on two neighbor lady's bedroom windows, exposing himself and trying to peek in their apartments. So they called 911 and since the 911 operator heard him banging on her window and making noise while she was on the phone the police arrested him when they got here. That makes 4 arrests for this guy that I know of. There could be more that I don't know of. I don't have any police pictures because I didn't hear about it until after the fact. He was back out of jail 2 days later.
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Monday morning I get up and see this.  If you look to the left of the fence you can see some fence poles sticking out. Someone must have drove by fast in their car sometime the night before and smacked into the fence and bent 3 of the poles. One is actually on the ground down further. On the left side of the fence is where I walk falcor and on the right side of the fence is my courtyard to my apartment.

Someone hit the fence and the fence poles so hard that they came right up out of the concrete. There was some weird parts on the sidewalk as well. I don't know what from though.

I have no idea what this part is from but it wasn't on the sidewalk the night before. Falcor is nosy.

You can see the poles bent away from the fence. 
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I was outside on Friday when I saw the ambulance pull up and take the elderly man I know from across the street. I saw his wife outside and went to talk to her. She said her husband had a hip replacement not too long ago and it wasn't working right plus her husband wasn't feeling well and was having a hard time breathing. Hopefully he'll be alright. 


The high this week was 109F/42C
The low this week was 80F/26C

So that's it for this week's Apartment Hell  Life! Be sure to come back next week for more.

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  1. Arrests don't seem to deter people from doing the same offensive things again.

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  2. What were they driving - a motorcycle? Not room for a car on that side of the fence.

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    1. That side of the fence is bigger than it looks. There is enough room for a small car. The police drive through there all the time.

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  3. Certainly hope your neighbor with a hip problem gets better. I imagine all of your apartment buildings are painted white to help battle against the constant sunshine and heat that you have. What a mess made of the fence, and who in the world will ever get around to repairing it?

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    1. The city workers will come through sometime in the next month and see the fence torn up and probably fix it sometime.

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  4. There are so many people with untreated mental health issues. I feel so badly for them.
    We had a car incident here. The road closed, helicopter, cops, etc. It's 7 km to the hospital, so that is good. I have yet to find anything out. One sure gets curious!

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    1. Oh wow, I always get curious about things too.

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  5. Yes, I will be sure to come back for more.

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  6. If those are parts from the car or whatever that hit the fence, it's going to be in pretty bad shape. Shouldn't be hard for the cops to find, if they bother to look.

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    1. The police were not called for this.

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  7. Hi, Mary!

    Things are really heating up in your neighborhood, dear friend, and I am not only referring to the 109 degree air temp. It grieves me to know that you have some rough and rowdy neighbors who fight, disturb the peace, smash windows, peep in windows and expose themselves, etc. Maybe I've watched too many crime shows, but I'd be willing to bet that the woman who allegedly fell down and hurt her head while beating on her car was instead a case of her boyfriend beating on her. It's a more plausible explanation for her injury. A schizo homeless guy with a bad temper is never good news. It's a wonder you didn't hear that car smash into the fence.

    I'll be returning to active duty this coming Thursday and invite you to come by if you can for the first post of my 18th year. I wish you and my buddy Falcor a safe and happy week, dear friend Mary!

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    1. Yes it's hot here. She does have a bad temper for sure. I'm drop by.

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  8. I just had a funny thought. Wouldn’t it be incredible if police released these repeat offenders elsewhere like animal wardens do with wild animals? 🤣🤣🤣 Death Valley isn’t far from you!

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  9. That first car part looks like a side-view mirror (without the mirror).

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  10. Lots going on this week

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  11. As you say, someone must have hit the fence incredibly hard to rip them up like that.

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  12. I didn't buy BB Gun Guy's story of his girlfriend hitting the car, falling, hurting her head. He probably beat hell out of her, after which she probably tried to get away, maybe fell at the car, then hit the ground. But however it happened, I hope she's wise enough not to go back to him.

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    1. The neighbor saw her outside after arguing with him. She was beating the hell out of her car and fell down. But Bb Gun Guy could have hit her too. Who knows. She hasn't come back yet.

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  13. Just another fun week at your complex. I did have one question. Is it common for buildings where you liveto be painted white? Perhaps it’s because of the heat in the summer? I know kind of strange for me to be reading about all the excitement and then wondering about white buildings, but that’s me. Alana ramblinwitham.blogspot.com

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    1. Our apartment complex used to be tan but a couple of years ago they decided to paint it white. Yes, a lot of houses and apartment complexes are painted white but they are also all kinds of other colors.

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  14. Being arrested isn't anything like actually paying a penalty for crimes. We have a lot of people here who have been arrested 20 times, 30 times... they escalate and are almost never prosecuted. So, not much of a deterrent.

    If Falcor could talk, he would probably be able to reconstruct the accident and tell you what kind of car it was and how fast they were going.

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    1. Getting arrested doesn't seen to stop a lot of people from doing anything.

      Oh I'm sure Falcor could tell me all sorts of things about it.

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  15. The first picture of car parts looks a little like a side mirror without the mirror. I guess the car was able to drive away even after hitting the fence.

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    1. That's what the part looks like to me too.

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  16. Dang, another exciting week at your place.

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  17. I don't know how some of these people don't do more time in jail! I hope your elderly neighbor is okay.

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    1. I hope so too. The jail is a revolving door.

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  18. Hi Mary, first of all, I would like to thank you so much for your visit and kind comment on my blog. I really appreciate it so much!
    Here in Montreal, Canada, it has been extremely hot and humid as well with temperatures soaring to over 100 Fahrenheit on some days.
    I am so sorry to hear of the issues in your area. I think many of these people either have mental health issues or may be on drugs. Either way, it affects everyone who has to live in the area.
    Locking them up may help to a point; however, I think counselling would be needed, and would perhaps be more effective than just putting them in jail.
    Putting them in jail is a temporary band-aid that for a short time will protect the public, but once they get out they often go right back to their life of crime, and sometimes even worse, because they are angry that they were locked up. Very sad.
    Thank you so much for sharing your experience, Mary, and I truly hope that things will somehow improve.

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    1. Thank you for visiting. I've been posting weekly about what happens around here for years. It's crazy that so much goes on each week. There should be more mental help for people but there isn't.

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  19. Crazy guy really going crazy

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    1. Most people just ignore him but not when he's exposing himself by your window.

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  20. I see an ambulance theme going on! I lover Falcor making sure the neighborhood is good with his nosiness.

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    1. Yes, lot of ambulances around here.

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  21. Play crazy games win stupid prizes...lol. :D

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  22. Detective Falcor in inspection LOL
    It was crazy hot here as well yesterday, seemed like it was 50C. A few days ago they had 59,7C temps in Turkey. Cannot even imagine!

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    1. I am so looking forward to cooler temperatures.

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  23. There must be a swinging door at the police station. Swing it, get booked and then swing out and be back on the street. :)

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  24. He might want to get arrested in order to avoid the heat. Does jail have AC? I’ve never been,
    So idk.

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