The neighbor is about 40 feet away, both houses are near the property lines. He likes to play music so loud that my walls rumble til 2 am at times. I walk over sometimes when I have had enough and ask politely that he turn it down so I can sleep. I try not to be offensive, but something about me(6'5", 285#, and former bodyguard) that seems to make people nervous when I talk to them in a firm tone. He would wait til I got out of the driveway and back home and turn it back up so the bass would kick my heart off rhythm, lol.
I did finally call the sheriff to ask him politely to turn the noise down, and the cop agreed that it was rather excessive. So, this is probably his way of getting back at me. Whatever, I moved the fence(took 5 minutes) and he can kiss my hairy toucas. My fence already IS orange, does not cause drainage problems(duh) and will not be up at plowing time. The birds will be dead in less than a month and I won't need it up. I will be constructing the most hideous fence I can come up with on HIS property line, with allowable setbacks, and shovel all the manure I can on the property line(no laws against shoveling poop, are there?)
I won't actually do these things, but I will try to be nice, not stink up the neighborhood, but I will keep my birds and my way of life, and if the town doesn't like it, they can bite me.
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