Yeah...I live next to a weird dude! I commented on them when he was building his house and he said they were just for looks. I asked him if they were earthed (grounded) and he just looked at me dumbfounded. I had to move my mailbox about a month ago and I caught him with a tape measure measuring the distance from the mailbox post to his property line. Oh well...c'est la vie!Strange seeing lightning rods on new construction!