Re: Mileage (was RE: Just hot everywhere)

A distant neighbor has a horse boarding property, but at least 1/2 his land
is given over to a motocross track for his kids.  It looks like he brought
in fill dirt and mounded it in places to create a more diverse track.  On a
clear day you can hear the buzzing of those bikes all the way to my house.
I suppose the horses are used to it, but I'm glad I live no closer. Cyndi,
how do your animals react to the noise?

I don't mind kid noise as much as I made it sound.  It's just the really
excessive stuff.  And one sound that for some reason I cannot abide is
basketball.  If I'm working out front and the kids across the ways start in
with that monatanous thunk-a-thunk-a-thunk-a...I have to move to the back of
the house.

Kitty

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Johnson Cyndi D Civ 95 CG/SCSR" <cyndi.johnson@edwards.af.mil>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 11:11 AM
Subject: RE: Mileage (was RE: [CHAT] Just hot everywhere)


> I hear the screaming too, from the kids down the street whose family has a
> pool. Right after they built the pool it was so bad I wondered a couple
> times if I should call the police. After a bit I figured no one could be
> hurt too bad if they'd been screaming at that volume for 20 minutes.
> Worse for me is when the family next door decides to take out their dirt
> bikes/ATVs/quad things and ride around the property. 2 acres and they ride
> in circles. That awful revving motor noise just over and over and over
> again. I'm waiting for the kids to get old enough that they think it's
> boring, but since dad apparently still finds it entertaining I don't have
a
> lot of hope. And it's not like there's scenery you know, it's just flat
dirt
> and some shrubs. What's the point?
> On the plus side my other neighbors are perfect. He's retiring in
December.
> I may cry if they move.
> I have smaller wishes than the lottery, when I get a few hundred bucks I
> don't know what to do with, I'm going to buy those Bose noise-cancelling
> headphones.
>
> Cyndi
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
Behalf
> Of Pam Evans
> Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 9:59 AM
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Subject: Re: Mileage (was RE: [CHAT] Just hot everywhere)
>
> Good point Kitty.  And I don't understand the screaming and yelling
> Help - aaaauuuggghhhh all the time.  Morning, noon and night.  I've
> told some of them that if you ever really do get into trouble, no one
> will pay any attention to you when you carry on like that.  I mean
> these blood-curl\dling screams like they're being hacked up by an ax
> murderer or something.  It's like car alarms, the noise is so
> obnoxious you actually hope someone is stealing the car (as long as
> it's not yours).  Makes me crazy.  Wish I could win the Lotto, buy the
> whole block and throw the jerks out.
>
>
> On 7/27/05, Chapel Ridge Wal Mart National Hearing Center
> <4042N15@nationalhearing.com> wrote:
> > I don't have a lotof time to chat with my plants, but if the
neighborhood
> > kids' constant yelling and screaming helps, ok.  What IS it with kids?
> The
> > ones last night sounded older and the yells made me think of warring
> > factions.  Not a pleasant time in the garden.  Then there's the
> > high-pitched, constant screaming of little girls trying to see how long
> they
> > can keep it up.  No, I don't hate children and I understand noise and
fun,
> > but sometimes they just seem to carry it way too far.  There are times a
> > little peace and quiet would be appreciated.  As soon as it started to
> > sprinkle last night the kids shut up, so while I worked a little while
> > longer in the sprinkling before it actually became rain, I got that
little
> > bit of quietude.  You gotta take it when you can get it sometimes.
> >
> > Kitty
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Johnson Cyndi D Civ 95 CG/SCSR" <cyndi.johnson@edwards.af.mil>
> > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 12:22 PM
> > Subject: RE: Mileage (was RE: [CHAT] Just hot everywhere)
> >
> >
> > > Ummm. Thank heavens for Google, I remember watching but not the
> details.I
> > > think they were growing peas.
> > > They had 7 greenhouses, one with nothing, 2 with someone coming in and
> > > making nice talk, 2 with someone making abusive talk, one with heavy
> metal
> > > music, one with classical music. At the end of the month the nice talk
> > peas
> > > were doing a little better, but then their watering system on a timer
> > > failed, and everything wilted. So they weighed what was left, and
> decided
> > > that the heavy metal greenhouse had the most plant mass, the 4
> > talk-to-them
> > > greenhouses were no different, and the silent house was the worst.
> > > My vegetable plants are raised on the twice-daily sound of sheep
yelling
> > for
> > > alfalfa. I couldn't tell you if it helps or hurts. :-)
> > >
> > > Cyndi
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> > Behalf
> > > Of kmrsy@netzero.com
> > > Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 10:04 AM
> > > To: gardenchat@hort.net
> > > Subject: Re: Mileage (was RE: [CHAT] Just hot everywhere)
> > >
> > > >  they did do a show that tested
> > > if plants grew better with music playing.
> > >
> > > Results?
> > >
> > > Kitty
> > >
> > > -- Johnson Cyndi D Civ 95 CG/SCSR <cyndi.johnson@edwards.af.mil>
wrote:
> > > They were SUVs. Ford Explorers, or Expeditions. One of the
> > Ford-a-sauruses,
> > > anyway. I would bet that different types of cars, and different types
of
> > > driving situations would give different results. For instance, when I
> > drive
> > > with the windows open, it's only my driver's side window - otherwise
> > > everything blows all over the car. I don't remember what they did,
> > probably
> > > had all the windows open. Actual traffic as opposed to steady speeds
> might
> > > be different too. But the TV show isn't supposed to be a definite
> > scientific
> > > conclusion, after all, just a couple of gear-minded guys coming up
with
> > > experiments.
> > > To drag this back into the gardening realm, they did do a show that
> tested
> > > if plants grew better with music playing.
> > >
> > > Cyndi
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> > Behalf
> > > Of kmrsy@netzero.net
> > > Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 7:54 AM
> > > To: gardenchat@hort.net
> > > Subject: RE: [CHAT] Just hot everywhere
> > >
> > > Well, either way, I still think the choice of vehicle has to have
> > > something to do with it too. That was a comparison of 2 of the same
> > > vehicle - but what was it? An aerodynamically designed sedan or a boxy
> > > SUV or a Miata?
> > >
> > >
> > > Kitty
> > >
> > > -- Johnson Cyndi D Civ 95 CG/SCSR <cyndi.johnson@edwards.af.mil>
wrote:
> > > If you have ever seen the TV show "Mythbusters", they did a segment
> trying
> > > to prove this. They did two different tests - one used a mechanic's
> > whatzit
> > > (very technical terms, y'know) to measure engine efficiency and it
came
> > out
> > > better with the A/C on. Then they actually measured gas into identical
> > > vehicles and drove them around a track, identical speeds, and the one
> with
> > > the windows down went quite a bit farther. However, I think the speed
at
> > > which they were measuring was pretty low for highway speeds, like 45
or
> 55
> > > mph.
> > >
> > > Cyndi
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> > Behalf
> > > Of Daryl
> > > Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 3:54 PM
> > > To: gardenchat@hort.net
> > > Subject: Re: [CHAT] Just hot everywhere
> > >
> > > Actually, Kitty, with modern cars, it costs more in gas to have the
> > windows
> > > open than having the AC running,  due to the way the airflow over the
> body
> > > is designed and the drag with windows open.  Or so I'm told.
> > >
> > > d
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: <kmrsy@netzero.net>
> > > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> > > Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 6:42 PM
> > > Subject: RE: [CHAT] Just hot everywhere
> > >
> > >
> > > > As I said, I'm not used to a/c so didn't know where that point
should
> be
> > > > to just keep the house ok all day. I will turn it off tonight until
we
> > > > have another heatwave.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I don't use the ac in my car - gas is too high! When I went to the
> > > > country the other day, I had the windows down and elbows up so the
air
> > > > could blow in the sleeves and cool my back as I leaned forward.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Kitty
> > >
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> Pam Evans
> Kemp TX
> zone 8A
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