Interesting and ironic insofar as the speakers I have in mind would be
installed on a property Katie and I own in, of all places . . . Cobb
Mountain, California. <g>
Not making fun, Walt. But with us you (and the neighbors thereabouts) won't
have a thing to worry over as Katie and I are what you might describe as
quiet folk.
Tris (listen softly but carry a big speaker)
At 02:47 PM 3/6/2004 -0500, you wrote:
>Tris, or anyone else considering outdoor speakers, unless you live
>way out in the middle of nowhere, I hope you will be a good
>neighbor with these things. They can be a real annoyance to those
>who live nearby if used injudiciously and inconsiderately. As an
>example, let me give you as brief an account as possible of a
>recent experience in this regard.
>
>We live in an older subdivision northwest of Atlanta, where each
>house is on a lot of from about 1/2 to 3/4 acre. Five or so years
>ago a family moved into a house behind and slightly to one side of
>us. From our back deck to the deck of that house is precisely 347
>feet. They immediately hooked up outdoor speakers on their deck
>and played them raucously loud from morning to night on most
>weekends and on evenings during the week. The music was often so
>loud that it was clearly audible inside our house with the doors
>and windows closed.
>
>Four other homeowners were unfortunate enough to be even closer to
>this family of scum than my wife and me. We all complained, but
>to no avail. These were truly obnoxious people, and the music
>continued unabated. We called the cops. They got a couple of $25
>tickets, which they laughed off, and the racket continued, even
>louder it seemed. The cops got tired of having to bother with
>such Mickey Mouse crap, and we got embarrassed about calling them.
>
>Finally, those of us in the five houses most affected had endured
>enough and we got together to decide on a course of action. It
>looked like there were three choices: arson, murder, or a
>lawsuit. I was outvoted, despite what I thought was a most
>eloquent argument in favor of either of the former, so we settled
>on the latter, hired a lawyer and filed suit, alleging a
>continuing trespass and intentional infliction of emotional
>distress.
>
>To make a story that's already too long short and cut right to the
>chase, it's quiet here now. The case went all the way to a jury
>trial, and we won, and won big. We had audio recordings and video
>tapes, a good lawyer, and, best of all, haughty and obnoxious
>defendants who showed their asses in court.
>
>We now own that house, the five of us, subject to the remainder of
>the mortgage, of course. We rent it out, and the lease has a
>special clause regarding loud music. And those speakers are now
>somewhere deep in Mount Trashmore, which is the local euphemism
>for the Cobb County landfill.
>
>Walt
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