Well, numbers do make a difference, but in this case, it could also have been that it was a guy who said it the second time, instead of a woman. I hate to say it, but a lot of people will listen to a man, but not a woman.

I'm glad your note worked.

I live in one of the most inconsiderate neighborhoods you can probably find. If I tried to ask them to keep it quiet I'd probably get a can of Natural Ice in my face.

It's a tightly packed area - houses are very close to one another and all back-to-back. So we have houses on the left, the right, in back, then in front is a small one-way road with houses opposite. On Thursday nights the asshat behind us turns his jetskis on in his driveway on their trailer and he lets them run for upwards of 1.5 hours. I have no idea why, but it's obviously in preparation for his weekend somewhere. On Sunday evenings around dinner time, when he gets back from polluting the ocean with his Skidoos, he mows the lawn then weed whacks, even after it's dark.

The 'hood is also filled with bikers. The idiot across the street blew $50,000 on his piece of shit Harley (it's always broken down; he brags about how much he spent on it. He lives with his brother or something). He revs that piece of junk and peels out. Turns around. Peels back. Bikers just love to let it scream on our street. Usually in groups.

Dave has a Kawasaki Ninja and it's pretty loud. We only ride it on Saturday afternoons and we don't choose to get it up to 100 MPH on our little road b/c not only is it deafening and rude - it's dangerous b/c there are kids and pets. When we get up our hill Dave cuts the engine and will coast down the road and into our driveway so as to not be obnoxious.

The guy in the house next to us is a peeping creeper. He'll peer at me through the fence. He'll stand outside the house and walk over to see what I am doing in the yard. He's just stare me down no matter what I am doing - if I'm sitting in my car for more than 10 seconds with the engine on, he'll come over and stare. SO AWKWARD. He needs a hobby. One far away from the house.

I'm at my wits end and pretty glad it's almost time to seal up the house from outside noises for a few months. Can't wait to move somewhere and have more space between our house and the road/neighbors. We should (HOPEFULLY!) be in a position to move in another 3-5 years. I'm grateful to have a house but there's something to be said for renting - you can just up and move when you hate the area.

The comments about the bikers reminds me of a South Park episode in which the boys call loud motorcycle riders FAGS which cause some homosexuals some problems. Got some real world lesbian and gay groups up in arms (some terse sounding letters and tongue tsking, still nothing compared to the Muslims)

Anyways a clip
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7hQN4Amaeg

Of course my solutions would probably require property damage.

I saw this rude woman at Ralph's yesterday. She butted in line.

I said, "We don't like you butting in line!" I put a little flourish under the "We."

She said, "Fuck off, pervert!"

I said, "You didn't hear the royal 'We'?"

She said, "Shove it up your royal ass! Or asses, whichever it may be."

I turned to the man next to me and said, "Are we going to take this?"

He said, "You really are a weenie, aren't you?"

I said, "But I read Amy Alkon, and this is what she said would result in a victory for the civilized (though potty-mouthed)resisters of rudeness."

He said, "You read and you are wasting your time like this? You read who?"

Point taken.

If my friend Mr. Oscar Meyer was here, you woudn't dare talk to me like that!

I'd talk to you just the same, and Oscar Meyer needs me more than they need you, with all the Oscar Meyer low-sodium bacon I go through a month. (It's my favorite -- put it in the microwave on a covered Pyrex dish; three strips on 10 minutes/medium/high, no splatter, delish.)

I wait until they're 2 for $6 and buy 20. I have a tiny freezer and that about fills it to the gills, but it's worth it.

BOTU seems a bit more snarky today. Usually he is better with the sarcasm. Bad night BOTU?

He probably lost his favorite butt plug

Well, numbers do make a difference, but in this case, it could also have been that it was a guy who said it the second time, instead of a woman. I hate to say it, but a lot of people will listen to a man, but not a woman.

Posted by: WayneB at September 29, 2010 5:54 AM
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Or (not that this is any better) maybe the offender assumed that only women dislike loud noises, since he probably wouldn't have minded if another man was yakking, and therefore he didn't care so long as other men weren't visibly bothered.