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

[dglass]

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!
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>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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