Well, hate will eventually hurt you......your neighbor will keep doing his thing anyway. You may want to find ways to cope with...

I'm sorry for ALL of you! Have you had the "Hey, Buddy...can we work this out?" talk?

We all have that crazy neighbor.you should meet mine!

I kind of think he may just be an inconsiderate bastard and not intentionally screwing with you. Is there a history of animosity?

He also may intentionally making a lot of noise so that the unstable wife will think he's busy and not expect him to come deal with her. I'd probably be doing that too.

What an odd thing to do! Maybe he feels powerless about things in his life, and the easiest way he can feel powerful is to bang things around outside, venting his frustrations. Maybe he just wants to be heard and especially annoy people, namely you, who maybe he's jealous of, because you don't seem to have the problems he's enduring, so he's spreading the pain around?

Maybe he needs some positive attention to calm him down and be respectful of others.

Is it a metal trash can? Perhaps he needs the gift of a plastic garbage can that would be quieter when he's banging things around in there. (Could act as a hint?)

I am bothered by my neighbors from time to time and have learned to turn on every noise maker I have in the house to drown out their noise... kitchen fan, clothes dryer, a/c fan, tower fans, anything that provides white noise to allow me to hear myself think. Not a lot you can do about disrespectful people.

Erm. Or the guy could just be going about his business not thinking about you at all, Which is the most likely scenario. Why do people make themselves miserable constantly spying on and bitching about their neighbors? Is this what happens when you don't have a job, you get super nosy and complain-y?

It's the bugs, he's scavenging. The crazy wife probably doesn't feed him.