Neighbors take us as suckers!!!!!

What a cheek indeed. Some people really do take the biscuit.

Heavens poor you, hope the noise from the swingers doesn't get you down, not sure I could put up with that!

Don't lend her anything else, especially your husband!

Why do I have this image of the 'Shake and Vac' advert?

I would be more worried what thet needed your hoover for.

What a cheek! We had some previous neighbours who were renting the house next door. He, was always on the doorstep asking to ‘borrow’ something or another. Usually I didn’t mind, as if it never got returned, it was no great shakes. Once he asked if we had any neutral coloured paint, to touch up a wall. Did we have any brushes that he could use, to paint said wall!! When I asked him about the paint some time later, he said he had chucked it , as he didn’t think we would need it any more. What about when I needed to touch up a mark or scratch?
Needless to say, the lending stopped there and then.
Happily they are long gone, and we have the sweetest young couple there now.

You could have waited until the party was really going with a swing and then knocked on the door and asked for it back, just do not think what it would have been being used for.

Cheek so awesome it beggars belief! ?

Unbelievable

Some people just take the biscuit, don't they?

Don't lend her anything else, especially your husband!

perfect

Makes you wonder if they needed the hoovering for the swinging or the swinging for the hoover...… might have to lie down in a darkened room to get over that picture !!

driverann have they told you that they are swingers, or is it a conclusion you have drawn?

Perhaps the suggestion that you just ask to use the Hoover as and when you need it, is a subtle way of drawing you in!

lovebiegecardigans once they have taken the biscuit, perhaps they need the Hoover to deal with the crumbs

I am curious as to how you know they are swingers? Do they have pampas grass on their front lawn? Is your vacuum a cordless Dyson......the mind boggles saves all that troublesome too short flex problems......??

Where does the pampas grass come in GillT57 ? Heeheehee.

How dare she insinuate that you only clean when expecting visitors

Seriously, I'm amazed at the cheek of some people.

It's a signal EV people who live here are swingers !!

I really can't believe their cheek either but at least its given us a laugh.

So now I know, sodapop. Avoid places where there is pampas grass. Used to be a red light in the porch, how things have changed.

I still think it's a bloomin' cheek and I'd be giving them short shrift.

I am intrigued by people who have this sort of brass neck. I would love to be that cheeky!

Was the use of the word suckers in your thread title deliberate, driverann, or just an unfortunate coincidence?

What a nerve! Some folk are cheeky daft aren't they? I only ever lent my neighbour a vacuum cleaner once, she had a dog.....................and sent the vacuum cleaner back FULL of dog hair! I never lent it out again!

oh we had a neighbour like that. Asked to borrow our wine glasses for a party, because hers were too good. And used to send her son to play at our house, smaller and no playroom (which theirs had)- because I 'didn't mind if the place was a tip'... and on and on ;)

What a nerve, absolutely unbelievable. Well you know what to do next time.
Years ago we had a neighbour who constantly borrowed.
Cups of sugar, something for the kids sandwiches, can I borrow some milk.
The day came when they were having visitors and wanted to put on a show and they asked if we would loan them our garden furniture. I have no problem helping anyone out with the occasional cup of sugar but our garden furniture, I think not.

I have a huge pampas grass in a corner of my front garden.
I am 81 and live on my own, why have I not been approached?
Oh wait, I have just answered my own question.

Tee hee annsixty - love your response!