Seemed that the growing up years did include such individuals. We had an old man next door to us for 10 years that hated kids. He was drunk almost all the time, his old lady was a good reason for that, but he would bellow at her and everybody else. He hated kids, and if my freiends came by and he was home, he'd barge out the door and bellow and swear at us, making a real scene.Happened to my brother and his buds,too.You never really knew what he was yelling about,either. The biggest mistake he made was making enemies out of all the kids in the neighborhood. They all had fun at his expense. One night, we were inside watching TV, my mom,my brother,and myself, and one of the neighborhood pranksters set off an M-80 on his porch. That resulted in a big scene, another time he yelled at a friend of ours who bought a brand new Honda 350 Motorsport,(this was about 1970 or so,) and swung a rake at him, nearly hitting him as he went down the street, and that touched off some revenge. Nest night, it was Monday about a quarter to 9 PM, we were all inside watching Rowan and Martin's Laugh In, and I heard a motorcycle go up the street, make a U turn, come down the street, go across his yard and spin a big doughnut, really digging up the place good. Mom didn't seem to hear it, and I never admitted that I knew anything, and it was quite effective at setting him off. We happened to live next door, and we got the brunt of it. After that, the local sheriff's deputies were a fairly frequent visitor. Finally, what ended it, was after they investigated the whole scenario, they confronted him and told him to knock it off. Thay also were tipped off about his drunk driving so much of the time, and inferred that they were keeping an eye on that, as well. They told us,also, since he was 66, to let up a little,and since I was 16 at the time,realizing that 50 years separated us, we had a rather silent truce. We lived there another 5 years, and the last thing I learned about him was that he passed away when I was 41. How any person or living organism could survive in that alcohol saturated condition that long is beyond me. Neighbor feuds do happen, but it's no fun when it's next door.