NEIGHBORS STEREO destroys serenty of the garden

Rich · 2004-02-29T13:13:22+00:00

This may not be the right group to ask this question in but I am hoping some other gardeners have had this problem and found a solution.I've got a neighbor across the street that apparently likes to garden/maintain his house to the beat of a drummer (not a diffeernt drummer, just a drummmer and a 28 piece band )..to enhance his listening pleasure he has installed outdoor speakers. HE enjoys it but (he did this as the weather was getting cold late last year (I am in northern NJ)and now with some warmer days happening, so is his 6-8 hour marathons of music) The noise makes the thought of gardening in peace a thing of the past for me. I have lived here for 14 years on a dead end street and its quite peaceful, or WAS until this character decided that his music must be shared with the world. I am perplexed that people cannot just enjoy the sounds of nature when working outside. Yeah sometimes I want to listen to some music myself but I use wireless headphones and no one knows I am listening to The Beatles as loud as I did when I was a thoughtless teenager. I mentioned this to him after a another neighbor (right across the street from him) called me to ask if I would speak to this individual about the loud music. That is when I heard "hey I have the right to play my music during the daytime".....apparently the concept of other peoples right to quiet is beyond his comprehension.OR he just doesn't give a S***~ which is more likely the case.I have talked with the other neighbors and while they HEAR it and find it annoying they don't want to say anything (are most people deaf or just sheep?). Perhaps its because they spend most of the winter shut up tight (though the music comes through MY windows) and spend the summer in central air and still keep those windows shut tight. I guess I am weird, I LIKE fresh air........but now its polluted with noise that is so unnecessary.I have spoken with the police and while there is a town ordinance again noise above certain decibles, I...

Feb 29, 2004 63 Replies

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Rich 22 years ago

************** Well, my neightbor directly next door IS an ex model and DOES sometimes sunbathe.........I wouldn't want to offend her bathing sessions

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Rich 22 years ago

*********************************** Promises promises promises

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Salty Thumb 22 years ago

Rich wrote in news:NAS1c.37329$ snipped-for-privacy@nwrdny02.gnilink.net:

Man, some people have all the luck. ;-)

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Beecrofter 22 years ago

The more I think about it the more inclined I would be to make the speakers disappear.

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