NEIGHBORS HAVE LIGHT BATTLE

A couple of neighbors in a Tribeca, Manhattan apartment house have been battling since December 2014. The dispute started when Rich Meile’s big screen TV started glaring into the windows of the apartment across the way, owned by Suellen (Sue-Ellen) Epstein. Epstein asked Meile to close his blinds while watching TV. Meile, in turn, offered to buy high-tech blinds for Epstein’s window, an offer she refused. Instead, Epstein installed some large extra-bright spotlights against her windows and shone them across their building’s shaftway directly into Meile’s apartment. Meile said, “The spotlights cause my entire living room to spectacularly fill up with bright light every single night.” Epstein also installed timers on the spotlights, so that they would shine blinding light into his home even when she was away on vacation. As the dispute progressed, Epstein installed strobe lights and spinning colored disco lights. The case is currently in Manhattan Civil Court.
* These two need to lighten up.
* Uhh … move the TV?
* Both of them sound like a couple of dim bulbs.
* Meanwhile, it’s a bonanza for the power company.
* On the flip side, they’re saving money on tanning salons.
* I like how it encapsulates what’s wrong with the entire human species.
* Maybe I should have said it shines a light on the problem.
* You ask me the anthropologists should have named us Escalation Man.
* Next up: installing the laser beam light show.
* At least they’re resolving this like reasonable adults … just kidding.