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Posted by Racer on September 7, 2006, at 15:45:31
My neighbor is learning to play the electric bass. It drives me crazy. I want to go over there and rip it out of his hands to make it stop. I want to yell, "STOP IT STOP IT STOP IT!!!"
I'm told beginning bagpipers are worse. I don't care. I just want this to stop.
Posted by Racer on September 7, 2006, at 15:52:02
In reply to I just need to communicate this, posted by Racer on September 7, 2006, at 15:45:31
Posted by Gabbi~G~ on September 7, 2006, at 17:38:54
In reply to ARGH! IT'S GETTING EVEN WORSE!!! (nm), posted by Racer on September 7, 2006, at 15:52:02
First of all I empathize.. the walls in my building are so thin I can actually hear my next door neighbour snore at night, and of course when his girlfriend is over, I hear other things
that I really wish I didn't, especially because I've seen them both, and I get the whole mental picture.A guy I used to work with had neighbours below him who blasted music day and night, he'd complained and complained, then he developed a sudden yearning to learn tapdancing. :D
I love stories like that.
Posted by ClearSkies on September 7, 2006, at 17:48:00
In reply to I just need to communicate this, posted by Racer on September 7, 2006, at 15:45:31
Get a staple gun and tack up rugs on your walls.
Get your neighbour to do the same.
Bill the condo association for the rugs and staple gun.
Hah!I think there's a way he can plug in a headset and he hears the "music" he creates, but no one else does. That way only he would suffer.
I once had an apartment with walls so thin.... (how thin were they?) that I could hear my neighbour turn over in her sleep.
And I could tell when she'd eaten chili for dinner.
Yuck!
Posted by Racer on September 7, 2006, at 18:02:41
In reply to Re: I just need to communicate this » Racer, posted by ClearSkies on September 7, 2006, at 17:48:00
> > And I could tell when she'd eaten chili for dinner.
> Yuck!Thank you, that certainly put the bass player into perspective! And it made me laugh, to boot.
The noise is still going on. Honestly -- I'd prefer living by the drummer down the hall...
Posted by TexasChic on September 7, 2006, at 20:06:55
In reply to OMG! ROTFLTIWMP! » ClearSkies, posted by Racer on September 7, 2006, at 18:02:41
At my old apartment I would hear my neihbor's (I just can't spell that word!!!!!) girlfriend every time she coughed. I never could figure that out. Why when she coughed but not when they talked?
I also have to admit my downstair's neighbor (did I say I can't spell that word?) probabley hates me. I lived upstairs at my Grandmother's house and my family was always talking about how I STOMP. Of course, I felt I was walking normal. However, I do remember people in my past talking about how hard I walk (even when I was skinny!). What the hell is wrong with me??? The only reason I live on the second floor is because my cat can sit on the patio without escaping, and the stairs give me inforced exercise. Otherwise I would live on the groundfloor out of respect for others.
-T
Oh! I could also always hear when my previous downstair's neihgbor played his heavy metal on Saturday nights. I was always trying to figure out what the song was, but I could only hear the beat. I should have tried to hang with him, he was cute.
Posted by TexasChic on September 7, 2006, at 20:19:50
In reply to OMG! ROTFLTIWMP! » ClearSkies, posted by Racer on September 7, 2006, at 18:02:41
Oh, one night my neighbor was having a fight with her boyfriend right outside my front door, which means right at the head of my bed. I had to get up and 4AM the next morning and agonized and agonized about getting up and saying something to them. I know they would have gone inside and been perfectly cool about it, but I guess I still have that 'treat others better than yourself' attitude hanging on. Arggg! Why did I have to get so hung up on the 'meek' part of religious childhood??? Okay, I guess I got other things out of it too. But still, some people have a natural inclination to being 'meek', which means promoting that ideal can actually cause harm.
Listen to me, what am I talking about? Sorry, my mind is going round and round from work and I'm trying to work off that mental energy. I'm so going to dream repetitive dreams about work tonight.
-T
Posted by finelinebob on September 7, 2006, at 22:41:49
In reply to OMG! ROTFLTIWMP! » ClearSkies, posted by Racer on September 7, 2006, at 18:02:41
... I found, when I lived in the dorm, was to bounce it off of whatever surface was between you and someone being too noisy. Walls. Floor. Ceiling.
... if they live a couple doors down, you can take the basketball and bounce it directly against their door.
Posted by Racer on September 8, 2006, at 0:19:23
In reply to Best use of a basketball..., posted by finelinebob on September 7, 2006, at 22:41:49
Posted by finelinebob on September 8, 2006, at 0:57:59
In reply to Do you think my Pilates ball would work? (65 cm) (nm) » finelinebob, posted by Racer on September 8, 2006, at 0:19:23
Posted by NikkiT2 on September 8, 2006, at 5:58:06
In reply to I just need to communicate this, posted by Racer on September 7, 2006, at 15:45:31
Oh I sypathise..
12 year old brat next door is learning trumpet.. at 9am on saturday mornings.. directly behind the head of our bed I swear..
One day I would like to live more than 6" from my neighbours *L*
Posted by happyflower on September 8, 2006, at 6:03:07
In reply to Re: I just need to communicate this » Racer, posted by NikkiT2 on September 8, 2006, at 5:58:06
Did you see my thread below that i accidently started ? LOL Yup, I am like that 12 yr old brat, but I am 37. LOL It could be worse, it could be drums. ;-)
Posted by llrrrpp on September 8, 2006, at 16:52:58
In reply to Re: I just need to communicate this » NikkiT2, posted by happyflower on September 8, 2006, at 6:03:07
I always hated the fact that my upstairs neighbors have squeaky floors. I can hear them walking around. There are a couple of girls too. It was really bad a few years ago, but since they turned double digits, the gymnastics has evolved into stomping and running rather than major seismic events followed by pitter pater of 10,000 fleeing deer.
I think one of the reasons why I feel disoriented is because they moved out 2 weeks ago. I hear occasional footsteps of the maintenance guys painting and whatnot, but I never realized how I had habituated to the squeaking sounds that meant that the mom of the girls was going to bed (between 11-11:30 at night, when I usually do too)
or when she got up in the morning, which was usually between 7 and 8.
I think this had become part of my internal clock too. I miss them already (plus, they were a really sweet family)
-ll
Posted by tizza on September 12, 2006, at 2:20:28
In reply to I just need to communicate this, posted by Racer on September 7, 2006, at 15:45:31
thanks the lord it's not drums, I had a neighbor do this to me for 18 months
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