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

[Edward Tabor]

Rob, you must have went to the U of Delaware in Newark,  DE.  Newark is 
my favorite town in the summer.

Ed

Rob Gray wrote:

> During college I lived next door to a Chrysler assembly 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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