Noisy ass neighbors.

[MannyIsGod]

What do you do when it sounds like you have shrek and fiona living above you with their toddler that never stops running????

[samikeyp]

shoot them! :p

just kidding. I guess you can ask them nicely to quiet down but don't get your hopes up. More and more people nowadays refuse to teach their kids better.

[exstatic]

The townhouse is God's gift to those who can't, or don't want to buy. You don't have upstairs or downstairs neighbors.

[timvp]

Damn Manny, you are getting old.


The townhouse is God's gift to those who can't, or don't want to buy. You don't have upstairs or downstairs neighbors.

Yeah well when I lived in a townhouse, I still managed to get a lot of noise complaints.

:wtf

[T Park]

Thats what happens when Stephen Jackson comes over for those "bangin partys yo"

[MannyIsGod]

I'll still kick your ass LJ. Bring it. *FLEX*

[exstatic]

Yeah well when I lived in a townhouse, I still managed to get a lot of noise complaints.

As long as his neighbors keep the garage closed, the pool table covered, and this bunch away, Manny should be fine. :lol

[Jekka]

not my neighbors actually, but yeah, the situation needs to be remedied and I think shooting them is the only solution that will work.


I forgot to log back to my name. Oops.

[timvp]

Welcome to the forum Jekka or whoever else forgot to log out or whatever.

[Jekka]

Yeah, Manny signed me up and then forgot to log me out before posting.

But thanks!

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

Sounds like a job for Aszhole Neighbor.

[Drachen]

What do you do when it sounds like you have shrek and fiona living above you with their toddler that never stops running????

Make them jello shots, to do this you will have to get those plastic togo ramikens. first grab about 10 of the ramikens, fill up a third of the way with jello powder, then up to the 2/3 level w/chlorine, and the rest of the way with amonia, you should be wearing a mask when doing this and closing the containers AS SOON AS YOU ARE DONE POURING AMONIA. Then place in fridge for the time span of 1 spurs game, and bring them to neighbors to enjoy.

[3rdCoast]

Say ho, townhouses are fucking pimp. I love my townhouse, especially now that the 14 year old ho across the street isnt sitting on her front porch all damn day. That annoyed me big time.

[2Blonde]

Toddlers toddle. They learn to walk, then run. It's what they do. Learn to live with it. If their parents didn't chase after them, then I would be worried. It sucks having to live below it but you knew there would be people living above you when you moved in.

...2Blonde

[bigzak25]

What do you do when it sounds like you have shrek and fiona living above you with their toddler that never stops running????


well man, you can either move, or turn up the tv/radio louder.

if they make noise when your trying to sleep....then maybe you need to think about rearranging your sleeping hours.....

sorry man.....we are all SOL at one time or another..... :smokin

[MannyIsGod]

Uh, fuck that 2blonde. Actually, it's not my apartment, but the tennant was there first. The noisy fuckers just moved in. And it's not just the toddler. AND IT'S AT ALL HOURS OF THE FREAKING DAY. They walk around like they have bricks on their feet.

Either way, I think your attitude is what is fucked up with people in apartments today. I think they need to stop their kid from running around at 4am to respect their neighbors.

[bigzak25]

I think they need to stop their kid from running around at 4am to respect their neighbors.

sounds more than reasonable. i can't disagree....

i used to have neighbors that would thump the bass at like 3am in the morning....

I need a fan to fall asleep....not so much for the air, but more for the dead noise....otherwise, I would hear cars coming down the street, or dogs barking, and I can't fall asleep if it's too quiet.

[3rdCoast]

Back in tha summer when my boy lived in the townhouse with me, we would bump Mike Jones and Paul Wall at 3am and the old bitch next door would bang on the wall. it was funny. also, once, she tried to be louder then us by turning on her radio on some classical shit real loud. all were good times.

[Shelly]

Oh!!!! Who was it here that posted about getting back at a loud neighbor. Remember we were all giving him song suggestions?

[MannyIsGod]

fuck banging on the walls. If you had done that shit to me, you would have gotten visits from the cops.

[samikeyp]

I respect that, 2Blonde, but too many parents nowadays refuse to do anything about their children. A child should be in bed at 4a not learning to walk.

[Shelly]

I respect that, 2Blonde, but too many parents nowadays refuse to do anything about their children. A child should be in bed at 4a not learning to walk.

Wellll....lemme play mom here for a second and I think the other moms here will agree with me. And while I agree that a lot of parents don't parent, I can understand why the kid is up

Most toddlers are up at the crack of dawn. When mine were little I was always up by 5 am. You can try putting them back to sleep, but usually once they are up, they are up and raring to go.

Now, yes, they should try and keep the kid quiet, but it's also quite possible they don't know how loud it is below them.

[bigzak25]

when will someone invent Children's Tylenol PM???

[Shelly]

Benedryl works just fine!

However, I didn't live in an apartment when my kids were born so I didn't have anyone complaining.

[atlfan25]

fuck banging on the walls. If you had done that shit to me, you would have gotten visits from the cops.

fuck calling the cops like a pussy, i'd man up bang on the door and whoop their ass. or just bump with them :hat

[3rdCoast]

HAHA - Ohhh lemme call the PO PO cuz they are playin music while im tryin to sleepy-poo - fuck that shit, fucking man up and go over there and talk ta dem.
naw manny, im just messin wit ya.

[bigzak25]

eh...i'd call the cops too. if the noisy neighbors have a problem with that, they can man up and come complain to me.

[atlfan25]

thats what i would do if i got the cops called on me, guarantee the neighbor wouldn't get sleep after that. i'd go over and talk shit to them, hoping they'd hit me, if they did i'd return the cop favor, if not then i'd be happy to deprive them of more sleep by talking shit to them for bothering me while im bumping.

[3rdCoast]

manne, some folk are just to trigger happy when callin the cops. its not lyle we are killin ya, we are bumpin.

[samikeyp]

Good point Shelly and I know its not all parents, in fact its not even most parents. Its usually the ones at Wal-mart when I am there! :)

Yeah for me to call the cops it would take more than loud music. Be an adult and go over and talk to your neighbors. Most of the time they will be cool and respect you. You have to give respect to get respect. If you go over and talk to them, and they are assholes about it, then maybe get the cops involved if you have kids trying to sleep or something.

[2Blonde]

I wasn't trying to be rude when I posted my answer. I was just saying that by chasing after the toddler maybe the parents were actually trying to stop the toddler from running around and making more noise and breaking things or hurting him or herself. Shelly pretty much covered the reasons why he/she might be up at 4am. But in any case, your original post didn't say anything about it being 4am and yet you blasted me and said my attitude is the problem.

Either way, I think your attitude is what is fucked up with people in apartments today. I think they need to stop their kid from running around at 4am to respect their neighbors.
I wasn't trying to give any attitude to anyone, it was simply a different perspective on the subject. I thought maybe it would allow you to see it from their point of view. Also you never said in your original post that it wasn't even your apartment. I apologize if I pissed you off so badly that you felt you needed to tell me I was part of the problem. But I resent the fact that you can make judgements about me without even knowing me.

...2Blonde

[Shelly]

2blonde,

I am not pointing fingers at anyone here but it is general knowledge that people who don't have kids sometimes don't get the reasons they behave the way they do.

I remember before I was a parent and I saw a kid acting up or whatever, my immediate reaction was, "my kid will NEVER do that!". Well, guess what? They have and still do sometimes. Going to the store with the both of them isn't a pleasant experience (and they are 9 and almost 12 and should know better) and I think it's safe to say that anyone on these forums who have met my kids would agree that they are pretty well behaved.

Moral of story: Just wait until have kids (if you choose to have them). Then you will understand.

steps off soapbox

[SpursWoman]

Now, if you were talking about a cholic-y baby...I'd say I dare you to go ahead and even try to make it stop, motherfucker.

























Please?

[SequSpur]

Go knock on their door and tell them to shut the fuck up.

[2Blonde]

Shelly,
I totally agree with you. While most people would consider my 12 year old very well behaved, there are days when I am ready to strangle her and I love her. I was speaking as a parent who has always tried to be considerate of non-parents and I guess I forgot that sometimes people without kids don't understand.

...2Blonde

[Shelly]

....or you could just take Sequ's approach....

[samikeyp]

and I think it's safe to say that anyone on these forums who have met my kids would agree that they are pretty well behaved.

as someone who has met Shelly's kids...I can vouch for that. I hope it wasn't my comments that offended anyone. The thing that bugs me, and I know its not all kids or parents is when you are, say, in a store and someone's kids are running around screaming and causing problems and the parents do nothing about it. I worry because those kids could get hurt or heaven forbid some freak snatches one of them. Those parents are also the kind that would sue the store if they left their kids unattended and then they hurt themselves.

BTW, SW...I have a question...and I ask because I don't know...would you want to take a baby out if they have colic?

[Shelly]

as someone who has met Shelly's kids...I can vouch for that. I hope it wasn't my comments that offended anyone. The thing that bugs me, and I know its not all kids or parents is when you are, say, in a store and someone's kids are running around screaming and causing problems and the parents do nothing about it. I worry because those kids could get hurt or heaven forbid some freak snatches one of them. Those parents are also the kind that would sue the store if they left their kids unattended and then they hurt themselves.

BTW, SW...I have a question...and I ask because I don't know...would you want to take a baby out if they have colic?


Oh, I agree completely. However, you should see the looks I get sometimes for yelling at them in the store when they are acting up, cuz I'm supposed to be their friend and all instead of their mother.

And if any of you were in TJ Maxx by the shoe department a few weeks ago, I apologize.

Can't answer the colic question. I was lucky enough that neither of mine ever had it.

[Kori Ellis]

How about trying the simple approach of going and knocking on their door and explaining that they've been loud lately in the middle of the night and waking you. Seeing as they live above you, they probably don't know how loud it sounds to you.

Like 10 years ago I lived in an apartment and my neighbor came and told that when I walked at night it woke them up. I had no idea -- it has a lot to do with the flooring/ceiling materials.

If you ask/tell them and then the noise doesn't stop, then you can ask them again or report the complaint to the building management.

[samikeyp]

I would rather you yell at them then bribe them with something to keep them quiet! I have heard that a few times. "Will you be quiet for mommy if mommy buys you that?"

Oh that was you in TJ Maxx? :lol (j/k)

Seriously though, your kids seem to know how to have fun yet still be well behaved. Props to you.

[3rdCoast]

TJ Maxx in the Forum? I was there and some kid was laying on the ground throwing a fit, all the while my stupid ass ho was sayin that she wanted kids....tha fuck is she thinkn??

[SpursWoman]

BTW, SW...I have a question...and I ask because I don't know...would you want to take a baby out if they have colic?



I was very fortunate with both of my children and never really had that problem....there was only one instance I could remember when my daughter was about 3 weeks old and cried non-stop for 3 days for no discernable reason. By hour #5 I was crying for my own damn mother. It's a terrible experience when you can't make them comfortable.

So no, it was safe to say that we didn't leave the apartment...except to take her for a ride in the car to see if that would help (didn't). I did, however, make a bunch of cookies for my neighbors for all of their suffering with me.

I'm sure you'll find that most parents are not inconsiderate of others, some things seriously can't be helped. Those are the ones you DON'T see, you mostly only see those who aren't, obviously.

And I used to think my kids were horrendous at the store with the *gimmies*, etc...until I saw just about everyone else's. Then I was pretty proud that it usually only takes 4 "no's" and 3 "go put it back's" instead of having to resort to screaming obscenities and spanking them like Shelly does.


:lol

[SequSpur]

The last time we lived in an apartment was in 1992, there were 2 lesbos living above us. They must have liked lolly pops or ice cream cones, because we could always here a bunch of licking going on.

[samikeyp]

I'm sure you'll find that most parents are not inconsiderate of others, some things seriously can't be helped. Those are the ones you DON'T see, you mostly only see those who aren't, obviously

exactly my point. for every inconsiderate parent you see, there are two you don't. Raising kids cannot be easy.

[SpursWoman]

Once they are too big for the basket and learn to talk back, it's all over. :)

[Shelly]

And I used to think my kids were horrendous at the store with the *gimmies*, etc...until I saw just about everyone else's. Then I was pretty proud that it usually only takes 4 "no's" and 3 "go put it back's" instead of having to resort to screaming obscenities and spanking them like Shelly does.

Damn! You saw me too? :oops

[SpursWoman]

:lol :lol


The hard part is.....it's very difficult to teach them how to behave in public if you never take them in public, so God forbid, they offend someone else. There are going to be a few mishaps before they catch on.

:lol

[Shelly]

I used to shop at Albertson's. My kids are the reason they high-tailed it out of town....

[timvp]

With three younger brothers (the youngest being like 12 years younger than me), it's pretty damn impossible for a kid to annoy me. I've been thru all those yelling-in-the-supermarket-because-they-want-to-buy-a-yo-yo-that-they-saw-while-you-accidentally-drove-the-cart-next-to-the-toy-section situations. People who haven't been around kids need to realize that sometimes kids are loud or crying or yelling and there isn't much the adults can do. When the other people are rolling their eyes or *gasp* tell the parents to "do something" ... that is what makes me mad:flipoff

Just buy a stereo or a fan or something. 24 years ago that was you crawling on the ground and the people below you had to put up with it.

[timvp]

Rumor has it that Shelly raises her kids using 15th century Warrior Ninja philosophies, including making them practice NFL2k5 until their fingers are callous ridden.

:depressed

[samikeyp]

When the other people are rolling their eyes or *gasp* tell the parents to "do something" ... that is what makes me mad

I agree...for me its more worry than anger. If I get upset...I just keep going...its all you can do.

[Jekka]

Wellll....lemme play mom here for a second and I think the other moms here will agree with me. And while I agree that a lot of parents don't parent, I can understand why the kid is up

Most toddlers are up at the crack of dawn. When mine were little I was always up by 5 am. You can try putting them back to sleep, but usually once they are up, they are up and raring to go.

Now, yes, they should try and keep the kid quiet, but it's also quite possible they don't know how loud it is below them.

See now, that would be the reason I posted that which is found at the following address - http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2004-8/817573/noisyneighbor.jpg - on their door after putting up with the 24/7 noise for a couple weeks (signed and with a gold seal of course). I figured either they'd appreciate the humor and shut up a bit, or it would piss them off enough to confront me about it ... but they just crumpled it in front of my door.

[timvp]

See now, that would be the reason I posted that which is found at the following address - http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2004-8/817573/noisyneighbor.jpg - on their door after putting up with the 24/7 noise for a couple weeks (signed and with a gold seal of course). I figured either they'd appreciate the humor and shut up a bit, or it would piss them off enough to confront me about it ... but they just crumpled it in front of my door.

Well then ... that's a different story. I guess you should call the apartment management. Trust me, they usually get pissed off at people who make a lot of noise :angel

[MannyIsGod]

Before I get anything saying I'm corrupting the girl, that shit was HER idea.

[jalbre6]

Oh!!!! Who was it here that posted about getting back at a loud neighbor. Remember we were all giving him song suggestions?

Shelly,

That was me, about six months ago. I had neighbors that would party and make noise all night upstairs, throwing beer cans and cigarette butts onto my patio and the grassy area where I take the dog out. So I started blaring news-talk radio at them when I woke up at 6:30. I'd leave it on full blast all day and turn it off when I got home. And I have a VERY nice, over-the-top sound system.

It got even better when my next-door neighbor got in on it, and she was blaring Tejano music out of her place. My building has four apartments in it, and the one above her was vacant, so she was game.

It got to the point where I was downloading and burning music, famous speeches, evangelists, zoo noises, etc. just to piss them off. Random playing on 100-disc changer. My girlfriend was at the time on the most popular morning news-talk show in Dallas, and they discussed it one morning for about five minutes on-air. She emailed it to me and I burned about 16 copies of it on a CD, and set that for repeat one morning.

Finally about ten days into this, they came downstairs and we had a chat. The girl was furious with me, telling me that I was a dick, yadda-yadda-yadda. I told her that as long as they kept me up at night, I would keep them up during daylight hours. And if anything happened to any of my property, my house, my dog, my truck, etc, that I would call my buddy Lance, the cop who patrols this area usually. We dubbed their apartment "Club Whiskey Tango", and Tiffany would make spoof club/party flyers on her work PC, full color and glossy paper, and we would pin them on the clip next to the door.

They finally moved out about two months ago, on a beautiful Sunday afternoon. Me, my GF, Tiffany, her fiance, and a couple of other people sat on my patio and drank Shiner Bock and watched them move their shit out. The best part was after they had people over all the time partying until the wee hours, no one would help them move. Seeing a 110 lb. girl and a scrawny little fuck carrying an entertainment center down a staircase is something you have to see for yourself. Especially when you despise them.

[Shelly]

:rollin

Great story and I'm glad it had a happy ending!

[jcrod]

2blonde,

I am not pointing fingers at anyone here but it is general knowledge that people who don't have kids sometimes don't get the reasons they behave the way they do.

I remember before I was a parent and I saw a kid acting up or whatever, my immediate reaction was, "my kid will NEVER do that!". Well, guess what? They have and still do sometimes. Going to the store with the both of them isn't a pleasant experience (and they are 9 and almost 12 and should know better) and I think it's safe to say that anyone on these forums who have met my kids would agree that they are pretty well behaved.

Moral of story: Just wait until have kids (if you choose to have them). Then you will understand.

steps off soapbox

I'm a parent and I still say my kid will never do that and stare.




JK,

Whew, I'm lucky my girl is a very well behavied in public. Ever since she was born, we would be able to go to resturants and eat without a problem. She would just set in her little car seat and stare at us. Know at 7, wether it be at a dr office or at the store, she's very quite and most of the time happy just to be with us. Everyone always comments on how well behavied she is. Most kids can't stay still. Of course she does have her moments.

They say your next kid is totatly opposite from you first, so we're holding our breath for our new love coming next month.

[Shelly]

Mine are usually well behaved and I have had people tell in restaurtants how well behaved they were in restaurants when they were little.

What they usually do in the store is try to punch and trip each other. It's very rare that I take the both of them with me when I go shopping. And when we go out to eat, they do not sit next to each other. By themselves, they are fine. They aren't like this every time.

However, when the were little, I did things on THEIR shedule. I didn't go to the store or whatever when it was nap time and we would usually go out to eat when it was their lunch or dinner time. It sovled a lot of problems. I think there are a lot of parents out there that don't have their kids on a schedule, hence, the acting up in public.

[jcrod]

^^^Exactly.

[samikeyp]

However, when the were little, I did things on THEIR shedule. I didn't go to the store or whatever when it was nap time and we would usually go out to eat when it was their lunch or dinner time. It sovled a lot of problems. I think there are a lot of parents out there that don't have their kids on a schedule, hence, the acting up in public.

That...is why Shelly is the cool mom. :)

[Taco]

shoot them! :p.

:lol :lol

[Guru of Nothing]

What do you do when it sounds like you have shrek and fiona living above you with their toddler that never stops running????

Breed your own Manny. Fight fire with fire!

[timvp]

Breed your own Manny. Fight fire with fire!

Good idea. I wonder if Jessica is game though.

:smokin

[MannyIsGod]

Bad BAD BAD BAD IDEA.

[MannyIsGod]

Aparently the 2 kids upstairs are about 4 or 5. Why the hell are these kids running around at 4 am, I don't know. But their parents need to take them outside everyonce in a while, it sounds like a gymnastics school up there.

[2Blonde]

I don't mean to laugh, but I'm just picturing one of them doing backflips off the couch at 4 in the morning while the other swings from the light fixture.

...2Blonde

[Hook Dem]

Damn Manny...you may just have to call them out for a little face to face confrontation. (measure 'em first) :lol

[MannyIsGod]

:lmao

They got evicted because of noise complaints. Who would have thought?

[Samr]

What do you do when it sounds like you have shrek and fiona living above you with their toddler that never stops running????

Burn the apartment.

[CharlieMac]

Neighbors upstairs moved in a few days before I moved out and I had the same problem. What kind of parent lets their kids stomp around at 3 in the morning?

Either way, I always wake up early, so I'd just bang on the ceiling at 7 in the morning when I knew they were asleep. I don't know how it affected them, but I felt better.

[CharlieMac]

Aparently the 2 kids upstairs are about 4 or 5. Why the hell are these kids running around at 4 am, I don't know. But their parents need to take them outside everyonce in a while, it sounds like a gymnastics school up there.

NooOoooOo.

The last thing you wnat is those kids running up and down the stairs going in and out of that apartment.

[scott]

My neighbors are some loud fuckers... and I mean that literally.

[Jekka]

This thread just reminded me how grateful I am to now have moved on to an apartment with all of my own walls and no noisy neighbors (with the exception of the dogs next door - but at least I get to throw leftover soda on them guilt-free :spin )

[PHANTOM21]

The first thing you have to do is find out what the neighbors phone number is. Then after you get it, start calling them but say nothing and keep calling them. Eventually, who ever answers the phone will tell the kid and everyone else in the place to stay quiet so they can better listen and maybe get a clue as to who keeps calling them. You will have them trained like Pavlovs dogs. So when you hear them make noise give them a call.

[Ishta]

What do you do when it sounds like you have shrek and fiona living above you with their toddler that never stops running????

Well, when you live in an apartment noise during times 8:00 am, and 10:00 pm is the norm before the office will send a lease violation..Have you already talked to your office about this problem? I know we have sent out notices for excessive noise to some of our residents in the past so there is something that can be done.

[MannyIsGod]

Read people, read.

[Ishta]

Read people, read.
I answered before I got to page 3 just trying to be helpful!!

[Procrastinator]

My neighbor is a fine looking woman so you won't hear no complaints from me.

[batman2883]

What do you do when it sounds like you have shrek and fiona living above you with their toddler that never stops running????


Ha ha ha ha makes me wonder if my neighbors ever hear the shit going on in my apartment, i mean it gets really loud sometimes

[batman2883]

My neighbor is a fine looking woman so you won't hear no complaints from me.

I'm on my way with a 6 pack and a lawn chair

[CaptainHook]

I hate noisy neghbors

[CosmicCowboy]

they are ok sometimes.

*waking up to noise from upstairs*

*whispering* "You awake?"

"uh huh...those damn noisy neighbors!"

*rolling over and cuddling*

*waiting appropriate amount of time*

"well...since we are both awake anyway, wanna have sex?"

next thing you know you have forgotten about the neighbors...:)

[GoGatos.]

Hey Manny any updates?

[Clandestino]

Has someone already said, get a real job and move to real home.

[Don Quixote]

I have that problem in my neighborhood. Not so much my next-door neighbors -- the house next to me, the one caddy-corner from me, and the duplex across the street have been mostly restored, but are all still vacant. So that's nice.

My problem is with the cars that roll through at all hours of the day and night. They treat the street like it's Highway 90. Not only did one of them kill my dog last year (and didn't stop, I might add), but they like to roll through with their music (rap) turned as high as possible. When you can hear the words while sitting in your insulated house, with your TV on, then that's too loud. It's an audio "drive-by"!

And I'm not even necessarily opposed to loud music, despite my well-known feelings toward rap. If you like it, fine. As the great AC/DC once said, "rock 'n' roll ain't noise pollution." But at least show us the courtesy of asking your neighbors before cranking the hip-hop. But no, they don't care. Their attitude is, this is who I am, and if you don't like it, or if it offends you, TOUGH!
I think it's rude.

I guess it's a symptom of the "look at me" thinking that's so pervasive with today's people. Well, I'm looking at you. If they want to spend lots of $$ tricking out their car with decals, advertise how big their rims are, all while still living in a FEMA trailer, then fine. But do show at least a little courtesy, man.

[marini martini]

I have that problem in my neighborhood. Not so much my next-door neighbors -- the house next to me, the one caddy-corner from me, and the duplex across the street have been mostly restored, but are all still vacant. So that's nice.

My problem is with the cars that roll through at all hours of the day and night. They treat the street like it's Highway 90. Not only did one of them kill my dog last year (and didn't stop, I might add), but they like to roll through with their music (rap) turned as high as possible. When you can hear the words while sitting in your insulated house, with your TV on, then that's too loud. It's an audio "drive-by"!

And I'm not even necessarily opposed to loud music, despite my well-known feelings toward rap. If you like it, fine. As the great AC/DC once said, "rock 'n' roll ain't noise pollution." But at least show us the courtesy of asking your neighbors before cranking the hip-hop. But no, they don't care. Their attitude is, this is who I am, and if you don't like it, or if it offends you, TOUGH!
I think it's rude.

I guess it's a symptom of the "look at me" thinking that's so pervasive with today's people. Well, I'm looking at you. If they want to spend lots of $$ tricking out their car with decals, advertise how big their rims are, all while still living in a FEMA trailer, then fine. But do show at least a little courtesy, man.

I agree,

Good post:toast

[CubanMustGo]

Courtesy? We don't need no steenkin' courtesy!

That seems to be the going attitude these days.

[SAGambler]

Back in tha summer when my boy lived in the townhouse with me, we would bump Mike Jones and Paul Wall at 3am and the old bitch next door would bang on the wall. it was funny. also, once, she tried to be louder then us by turning on her radio on some classical shit real loud. all were good times.

Apparently no one ever taught you about things like "noise laws". Or even about living in society.

You pull shit like that on me, first time I ask you politely to "turn it down". If it continues I go John Westley Hardin on your azz.

[Don Quixote]

New Orleans allegedly has a noise ordinance. I'll believe it when I see it enforced.

[marini martini]

I'm just glad I live in the sticks, and am deaf:lmao

Really!:p:

[Don Quixote]

New Orleans East WAS the sticks when I came back!

But too many of the young kids, and their older brothers, think life is going to be a big rap video, full of $$ and women, never having to work. If that's how you view life, then fine (actually I pity you). And if you want to show off your wealth (not sure where you get the $$$ without a high school education), with your car (decals, sound system, rims) then okay.

But keep the music down, man! That's all I ask.

[RandomGuy]

I have that problem in my neighborhood. Not so much my next-door neighbors -- the house next to me, the one caddy-corner from me, and the duplex across the street have been mostly restored, but are all still vacant. So that's nice.

My problem is with the cars that roll through at all hours of the day and night. They treat the street like it's Highway 90. Not only did one of them kill my dog last year (and didn't stop, I might add), but they like to roll through with their music (rap) turned as high as possible. When you can hear the words while sitting in your insulated house, with your TV on, then that's too loud. It's an audio "drive-by"!

And I'm not even necessarily opposed to loud music, despite my well-known feelings toward rap. If you like it, fine. As the great AC/DC once said, "rock 'n' roll ain't noise pollution." But at least show us the courtesy of asking your neighbors before cranking the hip-hop. But no, they don't care. Their attitude is, this is who I am, and if you don't like it, or if it offends you, TOUGH!
I think it's rude.

I guess it's a symptom of the "look at me" thinking that's so pervasive with today's people. Well, I'm looking at you. If they want to spend lots of $$ tricking out their car with decals, advertise how big their rims are, all while still living in a FEMA trailer, then fine. But do show at least a little courtesy, man.

Someday, I swear that I will set up a kind of hunting blind with a small aperature on our street.

I will then get a big ass slingshot and some rocks, set up after dark on a weekend with a good audio book and some headphones, and I will wait.

Everytime some asshole comes cruising down our street with his fucking rap music on loud enough to rattle the windows of our apartment, I will lauch a rock at the side of his car as hard as I can pull back that slingshot.

OR

I will buy a supply of cement blocks and carve the following into them:

"Turn your stereo down, asshole."

I will simply follow along to where they live, make a mental note, keep driving, and come back to drop that thing through their windshield.

Fantasy to be sure, but these thoughts keep me warm some nights.

[Don Quixote]

I'm not an electrical engineer, so I don't have the know-how on how to make such a device ...

But, I'd want to make something that will send out an inaudible radio signal that jams car stereos. Something that would overwhelm the stereo's internal signals and make it, say, turn off and on over and over again. Or change its setting from CD to radio.

I'd mount it on the telephone pole on my lot (I have a corner yard) and send the signal out 4 ways -- to each of the 4 spots of the intersection where cars come through. I'd send the signal out about 50 yards.

Could such a device be built? Has it already been invented? They can jam cell phones, why not car boom-boxes, with speakers facing out?

I'd be looking for engineers, and investors.

[thispego]

Someday, I swear that I will set up a kind of hunting blind with a small aperature on our street.

I will then get a big ass slingshot and some rocks, set up after dark on a weekend with a good audio book and some headphones, and I will wait.

Everytime some asshole comes cruising down our street with his fucking rap music on loud enough to rattle the windows of our apartment, I will lauch a rock at the side of his car as hard as I can pull back that slingshot.

OR

I will buy a supply of cement blocks and carve the following into them:

"Turn your stereo down, asshole."

I will simply follow along to where they live, make a mental note, keep driving, and come back to drop that thing through their windshield.

Fantasy to be sure, but these thoughts keep me warm some nights.
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