My neighbor is a jerk. We’ve been neighbors almost 20 years. He needs help with his dogs, his garden, letting a real estate appraiser in, I’ve been there. Happy to help.

My gas stove had been turned off for 5.5 months. It’s cold and my house has no insulation. The average temperature in the house is 40 degrees in the morning and at 51 degrees mid-day. I’m freezing and my old dogs are freezing.

I phoned the neighbor asking him to please turn on the gas and light the pilot. A two minute job. Instead, he spent thirty minutes screaming at me. I hate being screamed at.

Last week neighbor left a voicemail. “Am you having problems with your TV? I thought I’d ask before I went out and spent a bunch of money.” Well, my TV was turned off but I knew some of the neighbors were having TV problems. I texted that my TV was working fine.

That was the question, right?

About two hours later I saw him return from an electronics store with about $5,000 in new tv stuff.

It would have been a lot cheaper for him to turn on my oven. I paid another neighbor $20 to ignite/light it. What a selfish miserable barbarian he is. And the next time he asks me to do something for him, the answer will be forevermore NO.