OT: Quiet In the Backyard, Please!

[Thomas Rogers]

Yes, a bunch of LI, NY neighbors are up in arms over a couple of young girls playing in their pool...



Click the link at the bottom to see a video report, or cut and paste the link immediately below to read the story:



http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070621/ap_on_fe_st/odd_backyard_noise

 

[Todd Z]

They are kids in a rich snotty neighborhood just trying to have a good time...



I too like my quiet, I understand it has been going on for a year or so and I understand that kids are kids....



Notice the charges were droped....



So whats with the recent Posts about LI there TJR ???:unsure::unsure:

You trying to degrade us or something ??? :angry::angry:



Todd Z

 

[Thomas Rogers]

Todd,



This was the first LI-related thread I started (though I contributed to others).



I didn't post it because of the LI reference but instead because it is one of those "darn neighbor" stories which we have had on this site several times.



I hoped it would create some discussion.



It wasn't meant to degrade anyone.



TJR

 

[Woppy V]

lol i don't todd was seriously looking upset at ya. but IMO that recording was rather loud but not OVERLY loud. I think there is another underlying story here... some hidden anger amongst the neighbors.

 

[TomT]

I think the parents are being ******** and not concerned about their neighbors. I have a similar problem with neighbors across the street from me that have a beagle that constantly barks. It's not the beagles fault, just like it was not the kids fault. It comes down to the new American mentality that seems so prevalent these days: No respect for others.

 

[Thomas Rogers]

TomT,



Beagles bark...it's what they do. We had a beagle when we lived in our old house. If we put it outside for a couple of hours during the day to get exercise and fresh air it barked the whole time....no matter what training.



Yeah, it sucked. We got rid of the dog because it just wasn't a neighborhood friendly breed.



TomT, would you want them to get rid of the dog?



TJR

 

[TomT]

Hey, I used to have a beagle also. They do bark that is why he stayed inside most of the time and ALL the time at night. I'm sure he still bothered some of the neighbors but it was only for a few minutes during the day and never at night. The neighbors across the street keep their beagle outside 24 hours a day and it barks 23-1/2 hours out of the day. If they are going to ignore it then yes they should get rid of it.

 

[Mark Grumpy]

If they are going to ignore it then yes they should get rid of it.

Agreed. Kids and dogs - should be seen and not heard.

 

[Fred]

Agreed. Kids and dogs - should be seen and not heard.

Agreed, too.

 

[Todd Z]

Agreed. Kids and dogs - should be seen and not heard.

I agree, But my dog only barks when some on enters the yard or the door bell rings...

We trained her that way. My neighbors still say " I forgot you owned a dog, She is so quiet"



I personally hate it when I go out to a restaurant and the kids are making a playground of the place...

The parents should keep the little noise makers home...

The kids in my neighbor hood play for a couple of hours making noise and stuff, but it stops soon before I get anoyed...



Todd Z

 

[Bill V]

Agreed. Kids ... should be seen and not heard.

If that's how you feel, the solution is quite simple--eyeglasses and earplugs.



If you don't like the sound of airplanes, don't live next to the airport. If you don't like the sound of kids, don't live in a residential area next to neighbors who have children. There are still enough remote, Kaczynski-like shacks available in this country for you to move away to.

 

[TomT]

I won't even go to movies anymore. There's always some ******* parents that bring their infants to the movie and the babies scream and cry the whole time. It should be legal to shoot people like that on site.

If that's how you feel, the solution is quite simple--eyeglasses and earplugs.

I can only assume your kidding Bill V, because no one could make such an asinine statement and be serious about it.

 

[Fred]

Playing is one thing, but being a non-stop, screaming nuisance is another.

 

[Bill V]

TomT--



Wait a second--you're talking about wanting to shoot people just because their kid makes a noise, and then you claim that I'm the one making assinine comments????? To quote Phoebe from 'Friends', "Hello, Kettle? This is Pot. You're black!"

 

[Mark Grumpy]

Bill,

Tom's comment was obviously tongue in cheek. Yours did not appear that way.



I'm not necessarily talking about back yards, playgrounds and swimming pools. I'm talking theaters, malls, general public places, airplanes.

 

[TomT]

I thought it was obvious I was being sarcastic. I can only assume you were also being sarcastic otherwise your statement implies you could care less about annoying others.

 

[Bill Ellis]

One child is 11 years old. Old enough to be tought that making too much noise is not the proper way to behave. It's hard for me to imagine that at some time, every parent on this site hasn't had to tell their child [ren] to "hold it down" a bit when it comes to making too much noise either inside or outside the dwelling.

 

[Thomas Rogers]

TomT said:

I can only assume your kidding Bill V, because no one could make such an asinine statement and be serious about it.

Actually, I was about to applaud Bill V for his comment.



Extremes are what is bad with this country, IMHO. Expecting that children be literally "seen and not heard" is an extreme. It's unrealistic. If you WANT that, then you will have to move away from where there are kids, as Bill V suggests. If you absolutely do not want to hear kids, that's your issue, not the issue with kids.



Now, the other extremes is where neighbors and/or their kids simply make too much noise, all the time. A dog that barks 23.5 hours of the day...that's an extreme. A baby that cries loudly throughout an entire movie in a theater...that's an extreme.



However, kids that play in their yard as kids do, hearing a baby cry out in a theater as its mother takes it to the back our outside to deal with it, or a dog that barks when outside for a few minutes to an hour...well, my friend, those are all things we should expect to tolerate when in a society.



TJR

 

[WXMotorSports DecalsPartsAccs]

That wouldn't bother me at all. My neighbors have kids and lots of parties. The noise doesn't bother me. What bothers me we live at the end of at street and they block our driver way all the time.



And, this was classic. Waste management put their cans in our driveway. Neighbor pulls up into their driveway and doesn't pull his cans into his area. So, I took the truck and pushed them into his driveway...LOL



They don't block our driveway anymore.

 

[TomT]

I thought TJR, based on the thread you provided, that we were talking about the extremes. Since I have both pets and kids of my own I realize that dogs will be dogs and kids will be kids. But when it gets to the point that their behavior is annoying most of the people around them then owners/parents need to do something. It's those that say "screw everybody else" that I hate with a passion. That's all I'm trying to say.