On Apr 8, 7:43 pm, ~ jan wrote:
As some of you know, I have neighbors that don't like my frogs.

This spring I've been vigilant about keeping the population down to no more
than 2-3 frogs before I go out and catch them. These neighbors have been
gone most of spring break and knowing they would return today I caught all
but 1 last night. During the night at least 1 or 2 joined it, which I'll
catch tonight. Unfortunately my compromise isn't working. One of the frogs
decided to croak during the day and I got "the complaint" e-mail. I was
sent:

"Once again the noise level is such that it
is affecting my ability to sleep at night and to relax
during the day and evening."

And they HAVEN'T EVEN BEEN THERE!!! And only ONE frog was croaking!!! Not a
whole chorus. And that is SO abnormal for them to croak during the day
anyway.

Needless to say, I no longer find the joy in my frogs thanks to these
sh*tty neighbors, so I guess it will be no more frogs for me, if I can
prevent them. :-( ~ jan
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Zone 7a, SE Washington State
Ponds:www.jjspond.us

They are being absolutely unreasonable. Buy them some kind of 'PM' and
tell them to grow up. A sound machine in their bedroom could give
them the sound THEY want to hear. Your ponds and frogs are part of
your 'life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness', and they need to
get real.
We all have noise to put up with. I have teens and a father with noisy
pickup trucks and cars, and only God knows who is going where at all
hours of the night and dark early mornings. Another neighbor works on
boats and runs them dry or with a hose and they make a horrible
racket, and the latest across the street is a new neighbor who owns a
cleanup business and has 4 or 5 trucks parked all over his front lawn
and comes and goes at weird hours. But I have never said a word to any
of them and will not.
Serously, these people are being whiners and thinking the world
revolves around them. You can't be expected to keep the frogs out of
your ponds, and you have the right to enjoy them. I've never been one
to complain about the neighbors or cause fights with them, but I truly
feel these people are out of line with their whiney emails.

Just my opinion.
Nan