Noisy Neighbors

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Oh Georgia if you are coming with us to India please leave the bag pipes at home… Pooh will pick you up with Diane… dont you get lost in Mickey Mouse Land… : ) RonMum

Ronnie, I never thought about the trip to India conflicting with my visit to Mickey! How considerate of you to pick me up in Florida! Is Georgia in Florida too? Why can’t she bring her bagpipes? I love bagpipes. diane Into Each Life Alittle Rain Must Fall.. Just Bought A Larger Umbrella

– "She was not quite what you would call refined. She was not quite what you would call unrefined. She was the kind of person that keeps a parrot."….. -Mark Twain

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Oh Georgia if you are coming with us to India please leave the bag pipes at home… Pooh will pick you up with Diane… dont you get lost in Mickey Mouse Land… : ) RonMum Into Each Life Alittle Rain Must Fall.. Just Bought A Larger Umbrella

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Miki, The only way my husband and I won the stereo wars was using bagpipes. Bagpipes beat everything! (of course, I had to listen to me play for about 5 minutes but then there was wonderful peace). I now use a sound machine and/or ear plugs to handle the problem. Of course, I am blessed (and I know it) with very good neighbors. They let me know when their teenagers are going to have parties and they pull the plug at 11 PM. Georgia

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Hey Pooh Bear do the 2 words.. Short Circut…. ring any bells.. :) RonMum Into Each Life Alittle Rain Must Fall.. Just Bought A Larger Umbrella

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My daily headaches are back I have a no stress job now, live alone, eat right, and am nice to small children and haven’t picked on any little animals lately, and yet, the great being that sees fit to doom me with headaches also chose to give me new neighbors that have a great stereo…..and use it. I just want to relax with some peace and quiet and they just keep on blastin’ away. I’m not being overly sensative either, They are literally across the street and about 4 houses over. I guess it could be worse…I could live next door to them! They also put up those musical Chrsitmas lights and keep them on -all night long-. It’s unbearably cheerful over there and I’m grumpy. I just want my headache to go away. There. I’m done with my meager rant. I’m going off to sulk in my tub where I can’t hear my happy neighbors. ~ Miki ..the early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese…

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You certainly have my sympathies — I had neighbors in an adjoining townhouse who played loud music until 4 am daily, which I thought a BIT much. And then they got a new car with an alarm that repeated, at random intervals roughly 50 times a day and of course at top volume, "I am being tampered with. I am being tampered with." I wanted to tamper with them, I can tell you. I’d suggest you chat with other neighbors, say the four across the street that are even closer to the noisemakers, and make a pact to take turns calling the police at, say, hourly intervals. Good luck! -Troy — . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . filler added because Rutgers news server requires excess added lines. My apologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Miki: Ronnie said two words (short circuit) and I say three words: "Call The Cops". There are noise ordinances all over that prohibit, for example, one being able to hear a neighbor’s stereo inside their own house four doors down! I would not worry about being thought a good or bad neighbor…someone so obviously insensitive to everyone else’s needs, and right not to hear their loud music, well, their rights end where they infringe on yours, and they have definitely set the precedent for being a bad neighbor. The cops do not tell them from which neighbor the complaints come, just that there have been complaints. Have you noticed that people like that who blare their music have the worst possible taste in music???? It never fails. There is no way I could put up with being battered by someone else’s noise at that level. In my neighborhood, even a barking dog is grounds for a summons. A curiosity I have never understood is why a dog’s barking never seems to bother the owner but drives everyone else crazy! Can they not hear it , too, being even closer to the barking? Jane "It is in the shelter of each other that people live…." (Irish proverb)

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Diane – I’m with you. Believe it or not, I love the sound of bagpipes. I find the pitches very soothing (I know, I know, a migraineur who enjoys bagpipes is probably considered somewhat strange and I’m not denying it). I say we vote *yes* to the bringing of the pipes! ~ Miki ..the early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese…

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Most towns have a noise ordinance. Why not call the cops? –Dan

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Oh, bagpipes please!! Kadee

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My Pit Bull has a certain bark when the horses get loose. It sounds like he is complaining that they are now on *his* territory! So what if he can go into theirs, they cannot go into his. I wish I had him around when my city slicker neighbors moved into a house at the top of the hill beside us. Here they move into what was definitely rural farming and livestock (horses, sheep, cattle and now wild boar) from the city, buy this nice new home, then proceed to put beautiful sod all around it. Did they fence it? Nope! Not much time goes by, when my horses break down the fence (they could see all that lovely green grass and what the heck, that ole barb wire fence would not hold much that didn’t want to be held). You guessed it, stomp, stomp, stomp, munch, munch, munch, ching-ching, ching-ching – there goes the checkbook to pay for all the sod and hole fixing. So we mend the fence… Not much time goes by, and of course the city slickers fixed their sod, when my horses get out again, but this time they had company. The neighbors cattle also decided to inspect this fresh (gee, I wonder why it was fresh once again) and beautiful sod… stomp, stomp, stomp, munch, munch, munch, ching-ching, ching-ching… except now we split the cost two ways with the cattle owners. Now the neighbor and I ask the city slickers why they don’t just fence their property and save us all this commotion and money. They must have thought we were crazy, but they did end up fencing their place when they bought….. a horse of their own! Now aren’t you glad you mentioned barking dogs??? (Ever read the book, "How to Silence a Barking Dog"?) Charity bot food: http://www.e-scrub.com/cgi-bin/wpoison/wpoison.cgi Remove NoJunkMail and replace with slepcevc

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Miki: Ronnie said two words (short circuit) and I say three words: "Call The Cops". There are noise ordinances all over that prohibit, for example, one being able to hear a neighbor’s stereo inside their own house four doors down! I would not worry about being thought a good or bad neighbor…someone so obviously insensitive to everyone else’s needs, and right not to hear their loud music, well, their rights end where they infringe on yours, and they have definitely set the precedent for being a bad neighbor. The cops do not tell them from which neighbor the complaints come, just that there have been complaints. Have you noticed that people like that who blare their music have the worst possible taste in music???? It never fails. There is no way I could put up with being battered by someone else’s noise at that level. In my neighborhood, even a barking dog is grounds for a summons. A curiosity I have never understood is why a dog’s barking never seems to bother the owner but drives everyone else crazy! Can they not hear it , too, being even closer to the barking? Jane

Jane, I’m 100% with you on calling the police. I like my Hubban’s saying – "I’d rather you be mad, than me." Let them get mad all they want – they only brought it on themselves. As for the dog barking, if it is in America, isn’t it just exercising its constitutional rights to free speech? <G Charity I not only deny the allegation, I deny the allegator. bot food: http://www.e-scrub.com/cgi-bin/wpoison/wpoison.cgi Remove NoJunkMail and replace with slepcevc

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – . The next time you hear a dog driving everyone crazy by barking at night, go shoot the owner; not the dog. BobB Hear! Hear! Great advice Bob. We have a neighbor who never lets his dog in. The dog sometimes gets away but he always comes back, guess he doesn’t know any better. diane — "She was not quite what you would call refined. She was not quite what you would call unrefined. She was the kind of person that keeps a parrot."….. -Mark Twain

Oddly enough, in some municipalities you can require that the owners take the dog inside not because it is noisy and annoying but because the owners aren’t allowed to leave the dog outside at all hours — that’s animal abuse, you see. They can, unfortunately, provide a dog house that the dog can ignore… -T — . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . filler added because Rutgers news server requires excess added lines. My apologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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The dog is a pack animal.

I thought a mule was a pack animal? It is always unhappy when alone.

Ohhhh! You mean travelling in packs. Never mind. diane —

– "She was not quite what you would call refined. She was not quite what you would call unrefined. She was the kind of person that keeps a parrot."….. -Mark Twain

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The dog is a pack animal. It is always unhappy when alone. —

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. The next time you hear a dog driving everyone crazy by barking at night, go shoot the owner; not the dog. BobB

Hear! Hear! Great advice Bob. We have a neighbor who never lets his dog in. The dog sometimes gets away but he always comes back, guess he doesn’t know any better. diane — "She was not quite what you would call refined. She was not quite what you would call unrefined. She was the kind of person that keeps a parrot."….. -Mark Twain

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A curiosity I have never understood is why a dog’s barking never seems to bother the owner but drives everyone else crazy! Can they not hear it , too, being even closer to the barking? Jane

Jane, I’m a (very) amateur astronomer and sometimes am out very late on a very cold winter nights. (Ernest Hemingway said "never say ‘ very’ "… but what did he know?) When I’m out like that I invariably hear the same four or five farm dogs barking incessantly in the distance … obviously from the "safety" of their owner’s yards … probably from under their owner’s bedroom windows. I have this theory: I think they do this, not only because they are miserable, but because they understand that their owners don’t care enough about them to bring them inside with everyone else. I’ve spent many a frigid hour in a duck blind (in my youth … I’m not a killer anymore) with a shivering wet dog and nary a bark have I ever heard. Those fella’s didn’t complain because they had me there with them. There is a certain macho type, at least in these parts, who thinks it’s whimpy to worry that maybe dogs freeze, or fear storms, or suffer from loneliness … just as we do. I have always believed that those old dogs bark back and forth on frosty nights to keep their spirits up. The next time you hear a dog driving everyone crazy by barking at night, go shoot the owner; not the dog. BobB

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Hell if Miss Marple ca appear in another thread then why not Holmes?

Absolutely right, my dear. There’s no reason at all, why my appearance in a thread should have a more salutary effect on an audience than that of the supercilious and extremely bony gentleman, Mr. Holmes….. However, I feel quite certain it would be a mistake to ask Mr. Poirot to show up in a thread…; ) Ms Marple "You must see the infinite, i.e., the universal, in your particular, or it is only gossip."–O.W.Holmes, Jr.

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Now aren’t you glad you mentioned barking dogs??? (Ever read the book, "How to Silence a Barking Dog"?)

I thought, according to Sherlock HOlmes, that the most suspicious thing about the dog barking in the middle of the night was that he didn’t? Hell if Miss Marple ca appear in another thread then why not Holmes? diane Charity bot food: http://www.e-scrub.com/cgi-bin/wpoison/wpoison.cgi Remove NoJunkMail and replace with slepcevc

– "She was not quite what you would call refined. She was not quite what you would call unrefined. She was the kind of person that keeps a parrot."….. -Mark Twain

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Charity are you sure that "those" neighbors didnt put in Astro Turf and then buy a horse…???? RonMum : ) Into Each Life Alittle Rain Must Fall.. Just Bought A Larger Umbrella

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Oh Georgia if you are coming with us to India please leave the bag pipes at home… Pooh will pick you up with Diane… dont you get lost in Mickey Mouse Land… : ) RonMum Ronnie, I never thought about the trip to India conflicting with my visit to Mickey! How considerate of you to pick me up in Florida! Is Georgia in Florida too? Why can’t she bring her bagpipes? I love bagpipes.

Actually, I am in California! India sounds good but I already told my husband I couldn’t go with him when he goes in Feb. so I don’t think he will let me got with you Georgia

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I hope you don’t mind if I answer this for you, Bob. Monsieur Poirot has unexpectedly been delayed at a Belgian Waffle-tasting brunch. Those who subscribe to AOL services can have five screen names, each with it’s own separate email account. I do suspect that government agencies, (with proper ‘paper work’ ; ) and possibly, other resourceful types, can trace the screen names to their original "legal names" if they’re so inclined…. regardless of the various privacy protections afforded. Anne (of the many personalities) ps. You know, I have a book called "How To Disappear Completely", (not positive of tha title, though, because I can’t find the book, now! ; ) – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -I’ve got a couple of U.S. Senators I have been wanting to e-mail anonymously … say under the name of Stephanie de Saint-Exupery, or Baskerville Holmes, or now maybe Hercule Hamilton. Cowardly? You bet. I’m not (very) afraid of the politicians, or the FBI or even the House Un-American Activities Committee, but I am damn sure afraid of the IRS; to which those turkeys would probably mention my name and social security number. BobB BobB

"You must see the infinite, i.e., the universal, in your particular, or it is only gossip."–O.W.Holmes, Jr.

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Harrumph. Allow me the honor of appearing in your thread, Mademoiselle ….] Au Revoir Hercule

Dear Hercule: After reading your message I looked at "File | Properties" on my Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 "Read News" program to find out who you (the funny person who wrote the post) really are and found the message to actually be How’d you DO that? I’ve got a couple of U.S. Senators I have been wanting to e-mail anonymously … say under the name of Stephanie de Saint-Exupery, or Baskerville Holmes, or now maybe Hercule Hamilton. Cowardly? You bet. I’m not (very) afraid of the politicians, or the FBI or even the House Un-American Activities Committee, but I am damn sure afraid of the IRS; to which those turkeys would probably mention my name and social security number. BobB BobB

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I totally agree with Bob – and will go one step further… My saying is: " To train a dog you have to have more brains than the dog" I ‘reject’ many potential pet adoptions when I work at the shelter because the children are out of control. I know this family will either make the dogs life miserable, or raise another dog that will just be back to the shelter as being a biter, or run-away/out of control animal. My feeling is that any shelter dog has already been shafted, I want to get it with the best home possible: a caring one. Dogs are about as good or bad as their owners train them to be. And I now have 6+ years experience on ‘educating’ bad owners on ‘improving’ their dog…boy you gotta do some real double speak to tell them now to fix what their stupidity started in the first place; and do it so they think it is a great idea – - this means I cannot call them any names, nor say how )(&(*&^*&^ brained they are in the first place. Course in shelter work, EVERYONE has to win, or you loose the whole war. I would rather work with animals than most people any time. And I know many on this NG feel the same way. As an aside; if you have neighbors that party late and loud, have you ever thought of going to the door and knocking, walking them outside to your home or at least 4-6 houses away so they can see/hear how it sounds OUTSIDE???? When a ‘drinking’ party gets loud, the participants never realize what it sounds like outside. This is a real eye opener, and I have used it more than once with good results…further parties at THAT house or with THOSE people were much more conservative. Just a suggestion. Tek – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – A curiosity I have never understood is why a dog’s barking never seems to bother the owner but drives everyone else crazy! Can they not hear it , too, being even closer to the barking? Jane Jane, I’m a (very) amateur astronomer and sometimes am out very late on a very cold winter nights. (Ernest Hemingway said "never say ‘ very’ "… but what did he know?) When I’m out like that I invariably hear the same four or five farm dogs barking incessantly in the distance … obviously from the "safety" of their owner’s yards … probably from under their owner’s bedroom windows. I have this theory: I think they do this, not only because they are miserable, but because they understand that their owners don’t care enough about them to bring them inside with everyone else. I’ve spent many a frigid hour in a duck blind (in my youth … I’m not a killer anymore) with a shivering wet dog and nary a bark have I ever heard. Those fella’s didn’t complain because they had me there with them. There is a certain macho type, at least in these parts, who thinks it’s whimpy to worry that maybe dogs freeze, or fear storms, or suffer from loneliness … just as we do. I have always believed that those old dogs bark back and forth on frosty nights to keep their spirits up. The next time you hear a dog driving everyone crazy by barking at night, go shoot the owner; not the dog. BobB

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -MsMarple (AnneBuede) Hell if Miss Marple ca appear in another thread then why not Holmes? Absolutely right, my dear. There’s no reason at all, why my appearance in a thread should have a more salutary effect on an audience than that of the supercilious and extremely bony gentleman, Mr. Holmes….. However, I feel quite certain it would be a mistake to ask Mr. Poirot to show up in a thread…; ) Ms Marple

Harrumph. Allow me the honor of appearing in your thread, Mademoiselle, and your thread, alone. Perhaps, after you are done with it? Let others decide if my appearance is pleasing to them. Mais oui, I admit to being somewhat flamboyant, and so I do enjoy to take the center stage, however, always ,*I*, Hercule Poirot! maintain the decorum, and the properly waxed moustache, whereas you, Mademoiselle, do not! Au Revoir Hercule – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -"You must see the infinite, i.e., the universal, in your particular, or it is only gossip."–O.W.Holmes, Jr.

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