Originally Posted By: Tom_L
Being on good terms with your neighbors is always an excellent idea. However, I'm not sure a neighbor who borrows my tools and never returns them is a person I could rely on in any sort of emergency.


Agree entirely.
But firstly they might well turn out to a thoroughly reliable person who DOES return the items borrowed. You wont know until you try it, some posters suggested not lending things in case.
And secondly whilst someone who omits to return borrowed items is indeed not someone to rely on during an emergency, still better an unreliable friend than a potential enemy.