[AT] The noise; the noise; the noise,noise, noise!

[Rob Gray]

During college I lived next door to a Chrysler assemby plant. The plant 
itself was not too noisy, but those darn workers on the night shift with 
their Harleys were really loud.... lol....

Rob
NE PA

dglass wrote:

> I once lived about 2000 yards or so from a B-52 engine test stand. 
> After a while, you didn't notice it. It is amazing what you can get 
> used to.  Didn't have many overnight guest though.  They would fire up 
> those engines anytime, day or night.
>
> Larry D. Goss wrote:
>
>> If you really want to have fun with the neighbors, set up a carbide
>> cannon to automatically fire about every five minutes all day long.  We
>> lived about two miles from a truck gardener when I was growing up on the
>> farm.  He had tremendous problems keeping birds away from his
>> strawberries and other berry fruits, so he set up the cannon to fire
>> from pre-dawn to dusk every day.  Even as far away as we were from it,
>> it still jolted us every time it fired.
>>
>> That experience prepared me for living just a block from the elevated
>> train on Chicago's south side.  A passing train at full speed is about
>> 120 Db -- close to the threshold of pain.  In a couple of days, I got
>> used to the noise and got to the point that I couldn't sleep when I went
>> back home to the farm because it was too quiet.
>>
>> Larry
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
>> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of carl gogol
>> Sent: Monday, June 07, 2004 7:58 PM
>> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
>> Subject: Re: [AT] The noise; the noise; the noise,noise, noise!
>>
>>
>> Thanks to everyone that replied!  It was nice to have my thoughts and
>> feelings about this complaining neighbor validated by a great group of
>> like-minded individuals.  Some of your thoughts on the subject are
>> priceless
>> and others are just great strategic counter-moves.
>> I only look at email in the PM after I get back in the house from doing
>> whatever around the place and I must say that the number of replies
>> written
>> today on the subject just floored me.  We all love our old iron,
>> especially
>> if it has an engine, and probably all of us will cut the other guy some
>> slack without asking.  My neighbor will get the same consideration I
>> have
>> always given him, but I am not going to stop doing anything because of
>> him.
>> I will try not to do things to aggravate him even more, but probably
>> will
>> because his viewpoint is so far removed from my own I cannot begin to
>> understand his feelings.  I suppose if a FOR SALE sign goes up on his
>> house
>> in the nest few weeks I will not be surprised, nor sad.
>> We find it interesting that nearly all of the new neighbors here are
>> "workers".  They all enjoy mowing their own grass, having gardens,
>> boiling
>> sap as well as fixing and building things.  Heck, one of them even has
>> two
>> JD crawlers, dumptrucks and an airplane.  This one does not and should
>> move
>> to a fancy suburb and do nothing, like they all tend to who live their
>> lives
>> in them.  I was sort of considered weird in our old suburban
>> neighborhood,
>> having a tractor in the garage and grease under my nails.  Looked a long
>> time for this place and have never regretted the move.
>> Thanks everyone for the words and thoughts.
>>
>>  
>>
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>>
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