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Irritating Neighbour's Water Feature
In article , BK
writes Here's my reality, I'm not making it up, honest. snip And my reality: Retired couple next door with drum kit in the basement (Actually I don't mind, but some people might) Church on the other side with daily services and 3 on Sunday Church bell (note singular - no Plain Bob Minor here) rung up to 50 times before Sunday services Main A-road in front, with continuous traffic, heavy lorries, concrete mixers, screaming ambulances, police cars and fire engines A fair in the park opposite 'Recycling centre' 50 yds as the crow flies Sewage works sending up interesting smells from the valley below. Accumulation point for bin bags in front of our front garden, meaning that, after the local stray dogs have visited, most of it ends up in our front garden Neighbours at the bottom of the garden who feel that the phrase 'shut the **** up you little ******' has a place in child rearing Very few people are lucky enough *not* to have things in their vicinity that they'd rather were not there. But set against the above, there is the large house, the cellars, the big garden, the open spaces all around, the good schools, the local community, the friends that my children have in the area, the supermarket 10 mins away and the garage shop on the corner, the nearby countryside, the swimming pool within walking distance ... It'd take a lot to get me to move from here! -- Kay Easton Edward's earthworm page: http://www.scarboro.demon.co.uk/edward/index.htm |
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Irritating Neighbour's Water Feature
Xref: kermit uk.rec.gardening:156924
The message from Kay Easton contains these words: And my reality: and mine Next door..elderly couple, no pets, who spend their life indoors. Other side, golfers' "second home" only occupied for about 3 weeks a year. Front; potholed deadend lane. Typical daily traffic, one postvan, four cars, all dead slow; half a dozen walkers. Back; sheep, seagulls, buzzards, sea. Occasional helicopter. Faint sound of "bingbong" announcement when ferry approaches/leaves harbour. Janet. |
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Irritating Neighbour's Water Feature
In message , martin
writes On Wed, 30 Jul 2003 20:05:57 +0100, Mike wrote: In article , martin writes On Wed, 30 Jul 2003 19:47:24 +0100, PJ wrote: On Wed, 30 Jul 2003 16:42:50 +0100, martin wrote (in message ): On Wed, 30 Jul 2003 15:47:30 +0100, PJ wrote: On Tue, 29 Jul 2003 21:23:42 +0100, martin wrote (in message ): On Tue, 29 Jul 2003 20:15:35 +0000 (UTC), "bnd777" wrote: I think you need to be grateful you dont have neighbours with a Swimming Pool,Wind chimes and Leylandii and a pub with a teenage disco and an airport just up the road......... and the road is a motorway... with a 5 level interchange..... and a potential TGV line at the bottom of your garden........... under which is a tube station... ........ full of football hooligans drunks and buskers .......near by, on a small lake are 20 jet skiers revving their engines.... ...... their noise is almost drowned by the Formula 1 cars on the local race track.. 12 Tornados on reheat climb lazily into the sky..... whilst the local church bells toll incessantly....... almost drowning out the gentle purr of the lawn mowers and the hedge trimmers and the DIYers Electric Drills. and the neighbour breaking up his concrete path with a sledge hammer I think you have all gone just a little over the top ;-) not forgetting the Swiss yodellers in the valley........ the Phil Collins wannabe with the drums in the flat upstairs the neighbour's baying rotweilers excited by the tom cats fighting under the bedroom window.. ........ I don't mind any of that - it's that f***** cock crowing at 5 am that gets me!! -- hugh Reply to address is valid |
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Irritating Neighbour's Water Feature
On Fri, 1 Aug 2003 10:40:29 +0100, hugh ] wrote:
In message , martin writes On Wed, 30 Jul 2003 20:05:57 +0100, Mike wrote: In article , martin writes On Wed, 30 Jul 2003 19:47:24 +0100, PJ wrote: On Wed, 30 Jul 2003 16:42:50 +0100, martin wrote (in message ): On Wed, 30 Jul 2003 15:47:30 +0100, PJ wrote: On Tue, 29 Jul 2003 21:23:42 +0100, martin wrote (in message ): On Tue, 29 Jul 2003 20:15:35 +0000 (UTC), "bnd777" wrote: I think you need to be grateful you dont have neighbours with a Swimming Pool,Wind chimes and Leylandii and a pub with a teenage disco and an airport just up the road......... and the road is a motorway... with a 5 level interchange..... and a potential TGV line at the bottom of your garden........... under which is a tube station... ........ full of football hooligans drunks and buskers .......near by, on a small lake are 20 jet skiers revving their engines.... ...... their noise is almost drowned by the Formula 1 cars on the local race track.. 12 Tornados on reheat climb lazily into the sky..... whilst the local church bells toll incessantly....... almost drowning out the gentle purr of the lawn mowers and the hedge trimmers and the DIYers Electric Drills. and the neighbour breaking up his concrete path with a sledge hammer I think you have all gone just a little over the top ;-) not forgetting the Swiss yodellers in the valley........ the Phil Collins wannabe with the drums in the flat upstairs the neighbour's baying rotweilers excited by the tom cats fighting under the bedroom window.. ........ I don't mind any of that - it's that f***** cock crowing at 5 am that gets me!! -- Martin |
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Irritating Neighbour's Water Feature
On Thu, 31 Jul 2003 23:29:02 +0100, Janet Baraclough
wrote: The message from Kay Easton contains these words: And my reality: and mine Next door..elderly couple, no pets, who spend their life indoors. Other side, golfers' "second home" only occupied for about 3 weeks a year. Front; potholed deadend lane. Typical daily traffic, one postvan, four cars, all dead slow; half a dozen walkers. Back; sheep, seagulls, buzzards, sea. Occasional helicopter. Faint sound of "bingbong" announcement when ferry approaches/leaves harbour. Janet. No next door neighbours ...... we live in a field (literally) depending on the time of season we have cauliflowers to our right, dutch cabbage to our left, wheat at the back, quiet road at the front with sugar beet beyond it! Nearest neighbour (farmer) really really nice people, next nearest elderly couple, really really nice !! We all look out for each other and nothing is really too much trouble .......... Flaming sparrows really make a noise in the morning though :-)))) |
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On Fri, 01 Aug 2003 17:15:52 GMT, AndWhyNot
wrote: On Thu, 31 Jul 2003 23:29:02 +0100, Janet Baraclough wrote: The message from Kay Easton contains these words: And my reality: and mine Next door..elderly couple, no pets, who spend their life indoors. Other side, golfers' "second home" only occupied for about 3 weeks a year. Front; potholed deadend lane. Typical daily traffic, one postvan, four cars, all dead slow; half a dozen walkers. Back; sheep, seagulls, buzzards, sea. Occasional helicopter. Faint sound of "bingbong" announcement when ferry approaches/leaves harbour. Janet. No next door neighbours ...... we live in a field (literally) depending on the time of season we have cauliflowers to our right, dutch cabbage to our left, wheat at the back, quiet road at the front with sugar beet beyond it! Sounds worse than E Anglia :-) Nearest neighbour (farmer) really really nice people, next nearest elderly couple, really really nice !! We all look out for each other and nothing is really too much trouble .......... Flaming sparrows really make a noise in the morning though :-)))) and the farmer's bird scarer cannon? -- Martin |
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Irritating Neighbour's Water Feature
My neighbour has a little waterfall in their pond. ....etc
I have similar problem. The water feature in question makes an excruciating trickling sound; fine in daytime and winter/autumn, but when you need the bedroom window open on sultry nights.... I've given in and closed the window. Its that or earplugs. I wrote suggesting a timer.. no reply. I guess putting the system into open loop may be rather unhealthy for their pump....I wonder if they're holdidaying this year ? Regards Graham |
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Water feature
"Vass" wrote in message
... Hi there of fountain of knowledge Can anyone point me in the direction of some good informative web sites to assist me in the construction of a stream in my garden Many thanks Vass For general information, you could try these sites: http://www.wildaboutgardening.org/en...summerfeature/ or this http://www.backyardgardener.com/pondlady/waterfall.html for general information Or for more detailed info search on Amazon (or go to a normal bookshop). There areloads of books that you can buy about building ponds and streams. HTH Jeannie --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.707 / Virus Database: 463 - Release Date: 15/06/04 |
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