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Neged
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It looks like some clown around 75th and 24th had his morning drinks/drugs extra early today. He is blasting some rasta music or something.
You can LITERALLY hear this guys music on the WHOLE block.
Is this legal? I believe he started as soon as the clock hit 9am.
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onederfullone
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Legal as a chainsaw or jackhammer...
sorry.
eric
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lol, GI - first thing i thought of was the kexp sat AM raggae show. promptly at 9.
its an awesome program. could be much worse, neged.
Neged,
I am curious. What would you consider an OK time to start working on a Sat AM? Sun? Weekdays?
For myself, I am a happy camper if folks stay quiet until 8. That usually lets me sleep late after a long week. But if I am gonna start making noise myself I try not to start until 9 on a Sat, and 10 on a Sunday. I figure most folks have gotten up, and have had a chance for a quiet coffee and a newspaper by then and my starting a house project at that point is not unreasonable. Of course, if I am aware a neighbor is a shift worker I will check with them personally in an effort to coordinate my needs with theirs.
Were you just being a slug a bed? <grin> Or are you working shifts and this hit you when you were mid snore? If the latter, you might contact your neighbor and see if they will work with you. I bet they would. I certainly would. I have worked shifts before and know how wacked you can get when you can't get decent sleep.
Mondoman
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Dave, the City says (noisy) construction work can start at 7AM on weekdays and 9AM on weekends and holidays.
Neged
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An OK time to start working? I don't think that super loud music amounts to doing work, so your question about proper hours for noise from work is invalid.
It just sounded obscenely loud for the otherwise quiet Saturday morning that it was.
Does everybody here blast music on the WHOLE block like this? What gives??
onederfullone
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Not me...
great idea
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I thought it was odd that an uproar ensued from the political robocall waking the household at 8:45 on a Sunday morning.
I don't think I've slept that late since I was 14.
Sorry Neged,
I didn't mean to be so specific in my post. I was really thinking of any noise; music, construction, kids on big wheels rumbling in front of yard, etc. I guess I think of work noise since that is the type I am most likely to make myself if I am gonna be noisy. I am a pretty quiet neighbor otherwise. Until I decide to take up the Highland Pipes of course. or start practicing amplified banjo duets with 1der!! (Either could make you appreciate the loud Rasta music!!! <grin>)
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Neged
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If you have a leak in your roof and you need to fix it before winter comes, then by all means, fix your castles wall starting at 7 or 9, or whatever. I would understand your needs. Same goes for any other kind of work that you need done, seeing as we are all busy, and the weekends never seem like enough time to get things done. Starting early is a definite advantage in such times.
Such extremely loud music didn't really seem necessary though. I can't imagine that it was pleasant standing next to those speakers.
I'm not trying to come off as an unpleasant person with the words that I used in the OP, but I was simply baffled. I had to see what the general consensus was on how early it is okay to be that loud.
And just because I mentioned legality doesn't mean that I would be quick to complain to the cops, or anything, either. I would try to tolerate it, and then try to talk to the people if their noise was really bothering me.
I did not talk to the people today, nor did I complain to anyone (other than MyBallard, of course). I figured that maybe the people are having a special day of some sort, and I let them have their fun.
Cate
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Neged - I would have been annoyed too. Saturday mornings (in my book) are for slow lazy starts. Even knowing that it was legal for them to make that noise wouldn't take away my annoyance, lots of things that are legal are annoying.
Norge
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There is a noise ordinance about this -- I just don't remember what the parameters are for the level of sound. But I had the problem next door to me 10 years back -- rental house -- I contacted the community policing team and they contacted the neighbors. If the owners of the home don't control issues such as this, the police department can have the renters thrown out and board the house up for a year so it behooves the owners of the house to keep tabs on the renters. I documented issues with the house -- chronic partying until 4 a.m., sent the owners letters and when I turned this all over to the police department they were thrilled with the documentation. The community policing team works wonders with neighborhood problems. In my situation it also helped that I was not the only one complaining and calling the police, everyone around this house, across the street and behind also complained.
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it is a question of being 'neighborly'.
how loud is too loud for music? I have a neighbor across my street and diaganol who I routinely hear blaring music (in the middle of the day). kexp ironically enough.
worse is the people behind and diaganol me who play really cheesy music so loud I can't sit in my backyard. I sometimes start singing along in frustration.
when I crank my music, which I do occasionally, I'm always somewhat paranoid and will go to the far corner of my property to see how loud it is. if I was having a party, maybe I wouldn't care so much (within hours of course).
lyl
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I have to admit I resent other people's amplified music intruding in my yard. Never once minded the live music though. The kid practicing trumpet. The kid practicing drums. Believe me, some of it was painful, but it was live and a real person trying to learn to play music and I appreciated that.
racerX
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worse is the people behind and diaganol me who play really cheesy music so loud I can't sit in my backyard. I sometimes start singing along in frustration.
"really cheesy music"? No examples?
Chickster
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We get the pleasure of putting up with Ballard Church's VERY LOUD music on Sunday morning in our neighborhood. They were practicing on the drums last night and were back to being loud and annoying again today during what should've been a peaceful Sunday morning. Not very neighborly...again! :-(
pugloverinsunset
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new to the forum...however...any music is ok with me. As long as it is not the horrible noise pollution that I have of the local neighbor using a garden blower thing. Really??? like you need to use that for a postage stamp yard? Brooms are very good, plus excercise...and you will not damage your, nor your neighbors, ears. Just saying...
teigyr
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There was a guy who lived in the apartment building next door to us who blasted easy listening music. I work shift work and would fall asleep around 3am. At 4am he'd get in his car and the music would start. He'd let his car warm up (nice SUV with tinted windows) and even with all our windows closed, the music sounded like it was in the house. He'd then go somewhere and come back at 6am. At 6am he'd sit in his car until whatever song was playing would finish.
I'd see him during the day sometimes and could hear him coming from a black away. I never did see him face to face outside the SUV and due to the tinted windows, I have no idea what he looked like. He's gone now, fortunately. I never understood his taste in music nor did I know why you'd need to play easy listening quite so loudly. I imagine his fellow apartment building dwellers hated him worse than we did because his SUV was parked right alongside the building. At least with us, there was a bit of distance.
onederfullone
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Easy listening, by definition, should never be loud...
I guess I'd forgive Quiet Riot, or...
marigold
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Well, you would hate my block. Loud children, loud parents yelling at them, band practicing, music and power tools all by 9 am on Sunday morning. Don't forget the dogs, chickens and contraband rooster. Big city living. Why do peeps think being neighborly is being quiet? I hate quiet, and that is why I live in a city.
onederfullone
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hey, that rooster is NOT contraband ;-/
GAM
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I always thought I was being neighborly when I strive to not needlessly disturb my neighbors. Incidental noise happens, of course, but tranquility can be a blissful oasis in city life.
iPlod
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"really cheesy music"? No examples?
FREE BIRD! FREE BIRD!
KORN! KORN!
NEIL DIAMOND!
MICHAEL BOLTON!
BARRY MANILOW!
PAt boone...! cough cough
m...u...z...a...k....aaaack....aaack.......
great idea
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Free Bird? perhaps a different kind of cheese.
your examples are classic iplod--those artists are beyond cheesy.
the neighbor I was referring to plays a local radio station that specializes in hits from the 80's & 90's. not sure of the handle, but it is pure cheese.
sadly I know the words to almost every song that comes on.
SeaSpider
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Noise from tools doesn't bother me - work needs to get done and if you don't like move to the 'burbs. Music is a mixed bag, if it's an occasional thing I'm pretty cool with it even if it's late at night on a week night. OTOH if it's an all the time thing it could get really annoying. If it was rasta music I'd definitely be heading over and asking them to turn it down.
To all the people who are suggesting you call the police let me just say you're the sort of people who can make Seattle so annoying. If you have an issue with your neighbor just go talk to them yourself instead of bugging the police - they have vastly more important things to do. If you actually make the effort to talk to someone and work it out direct chances are they'll be happy to cooperate. If someone asked me to turn down my music I'd happily do so. OTOH if my neighbors took the chickensh*t, passive aggressive Seattle route and called the police I'd probably go out of my way to annoy them at every opportunity going forward. Save calling the cops for when talking to the person direct doesn't work.
Cheese
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SeaSpider: Have you gone through the whole retaliation thing with neighbors after you've asked them to tone it down after like the 3rd day of a party? Where I used to live (i.e. not Seattle) I had a horrible experience that admittedly has colored my "just talk to the neighbor" route. Let's just say the problem just escalated to whole 'nother level.
From my experience I have some advice to those who do try to reasonably talk to their neighbors who are making a s**tload of noise - make sure they aren't alcoholics or addicts. Just sayin'.
ballardmike
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Tools make noise. Some people are tools.
onederfullone
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lmao
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