Re: Mileage (was RE: Just hot everywhere)

I've got neighbors with all sort of noisy devices, including children, that they turn loose at all hours on all days. Some of these devices are useful, but most are not. One particularly annoying contraption is a gasoline powered radio-controlled model helicopter. It can, and does, hover for hours over a driveway down the street. I don't know why. Do you think the now commercially available stun gun could cook it without a trace?

On Jul 27, 2005, at 1:11 PM, Johnson Cyndi D Civ 95 CG/SCSR wrote:

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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Kemp TX
zone 8A

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Southwest Florida
27.0 N, 82.4 W
Hardiness Zone 10
Heat Zone 10
Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
Maximum 100 F [38 C]

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