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June 18th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
By
Mario Ledwith
18:39 EST, 17 June 2012
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01:45 EST, 18 June 2012
Curtain twitchers are now taking to the internet and spying on neighbours online
Most of us have known the kind of nosey neighbour who asks one question too many or peers a little too much into your garden as you chat over the fence.
But now, thanks to the internet, the nation’s curtain-twitchers have new methods of snooping on those living closest to them.
And it’s not just a small minority who are indulging their curiosity online, a study has found. Apparently, more than a third of us are logging on to find out more about those next door.
More than one in three of us has visited an estate agent or website simply to see interior pictures of our neighbours’ homes, the survey by findaproperty.com found. As many homeowners have used estate agents and property listings purely to look up the value of a friend or neighbour’s home.
The survey also revealed the lengths we will go to to gain an insight into those living closest to us. One in ten people admitted peeking through a neighbour’s window just to see what the inside of their house looked like.
And three per cent said they would try to secure an invitation into a neighbour’s house simply to see what it looked like. Six per cent admit to having taken the liberty of looking around their neighbour’s home while minding the property when they are away, the poll also found.
Home improvements appeared to be inspired by envy and keeping up with the neighbours, the poll also found.
Three per cent of respondents admitted they had renovated simply because a neighbour had done so. A further 6 per cent said they would extend or redecorate to ensure their property was valued at the same price or more than their neighbours.
Samantha Baden, of findaproperty.com, said: ‘This research confirms we are a nation of nosey neighbours, but this is actually a good thing.
‘There’s nothing wrong with drawing inspiration from neighbouring homes.’
■ A house price surge in London – driven by foreign money – has taken national asking prices to a new high. Wealthy, Arab, French, Russian, Chinese and Greek families are buying in the UK, property website Rightmove said.
Nationally, the price of a home coming to market has risen by 2.4 per cent in a year to £246,235. In London it has risen 8.8 per cent to a new high of £477,440.
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Oh I can beat that. My property is up for sale at present and when the estate arrives with a prospective purchaser, my elderly neighbour comes over and waits at the door until they are finished. He is such a pleasant man, I just don’t have the heart to bring him to task. He obviously thinks he is protecting my interests. The ES has a key by the way.
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I’ve done it lol it felt good!
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As I live in a road of identical properties, it is great to see what others have done with the same space, particularly as some are professional architects. It is like viewing an architects view without having to pay the premium.
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shameless .
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I always remember when I was young and I’m in my 60’s now beinig in England and all the net curtains would twitch as you went by. I used to laugh about it as I couldn’t get over the amount of curtains that would move miraculously as you went by going about your business. Really I feel sorry for people like that, they have nothing better to do that nose into everyone else’s business and it’s sad. They need to get a life but they really don’t know how to. Feel sorry for them if that’s all they have and let them have a look for themselves and come over for a cup tea! Perhaps the ‘twitching’ will dimish to some extent then. And maybe they won’t feel so lonely and left out of life.
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So, what’s wrong with the other 2/3?
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How small minded and pathetic.Get a life !
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I guess the flip side is that one so-called nosey parker might become very useful to call for police help if he witnessed something untoward going on at and against his neighbour and/or the latter’s property, the litmus paper test of the real nosey parker being his switching off ie “none of my business” or “he deserves what he gets ‘cos he shouldn’t go out without telling me” or “he didn’t ask me wouldn’t thank me if I called the police” but still persisted in his nosey curiosity. Like the English North-South divide, Southerners derided for being “unfriendly, unwelcoming, uninterested” Southerners defending themselves saying “not uninterested but disinterested, and being respectful of others’ privacy and wish to be left in peace, Northerners – and East Enders! – come round at inopportune moments often with the barest of pretexts like – “Go’ a bi’ o’ bu’er, love [ie Could you give me a pat of butter please, shops are shut?] “. Cain’s neighbours should be grateful for his 10ft wall!
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I guess gone are the days of being friends with and knowing your neighbor well enough to be invited over for a cup of tea and a chat. That is how we used to see the inside of someone’s house!
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Come and live next door to mine. Not only is she an old gossip about everyone in the close. She even takes bits of your plants, even though it is theft!
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