Noise and idiot neighbors with their TV's

[Juddog]

Update: I did the subwoofer trick last night, worked like a charm. It got the wife pissed off at me, but it worked. I put in God of War 3 on my PS3 and just cranked up the subwoofer like mad and played maybe 10 minutes before he got the message.

 

[Juddog]

I'm talking about TVs, stereos, voices, passing cars, trains, dogs, cats, people fucking, and other normal everyday noises, not going 20 miles out of town to the fucking airport to see if planes are really as loud as they say.

"Of a certain volume". you said it yourself.

The guy is "in his 60s", so I think I can safely assume that his home entertainment center looks more like this:

than this:

My point is that this guy actually MOVED three times due to what he considers excessive noise. Would you move even once? I doubt it. I doubt it for most people. So if he is that upset by noise that he has actually packed all his shit and moved three times, is it not unreasonable to question HIS TOLERANCE to noise?

Obvious troll is obvious.

The guy has a 50" or so plasma, not a little old black and white TV. I've also been to plenty of concerts and even worked in a car wash earlier in life, so as I mentioned previously I'm partially deaf myself. The previous noise issues had to do typically with neighbors fighting violently non-stop every day, with numerous times where the cops were called on them.

 

[SR1729]

Nope, don't care. At three times I am compelled to start finding the fault is yours.

I am also coming from this perspective: noise only hurts and bothers those who choose to be hurt and bothered by it (like name calling). Don't pay attention.

Also, everyone that I have ever seen complain about noise is either a doucherocket, old, or both.

And everyone I've seen make idiotic assertions like this are usually the ASSHOLES the rest of us are plotting our revenge against. Don't get pissed when some sleep deprived zombie affixes an axe to your chest.

 

[Bignate603]

Before we got our house we had an apartment that had concrete walls between units. We NEVER heard any of our neighbors... until a group of people moved in across the courtyard. They had parties constantly and it was loud enough that it got hard to sleep. On top of that they left beer cans and bottles everywhere. They even smashed a few in the courtyard and left the glass everywhere. Everyone in the building went and talked to the landlord. The landlord told us to do two things:

1. Call them with EVERY complaint. To kick somebody out they need to have a pretty solid case against them. Housing laws often make it hard to evict a tenant so it helps the landlord if they can show the tenant is obnoxious.
2. If they were being loud after a certain hour a city noise ordinance applied. If it was after that time call the cops on the non-emergency number. Do it EVERY time there's a problem. The landlord got a record of a police response every time they showed up. It helps kick them out.

It took about a month but they got booted out.

 

[shortylickens]

Cable?

Fixed:

Satelite?

Fixed:

 

[SphinxnihpS]

Obvious troll is obvious.

The guy has a 50" or so plasma, not a little old black and white TV. I've also been to plenty of concerts and even worked in a car wash earlier in life, so as I mentioned previously I'm partially deaf myself. The previous noise issues had to do typically with neighbors fighting violently non-stop every day, with numerous times where the cops were called on them.

Now we're in territory where I can take it back. When someone says that they have moved three times due to "noise" I think most sane people are going to question the person doing all the moving. Neighbors having knockdown dragouts every day is not the same thing as someone listening to their TV too loud.

I still have zero sympathy for people who work nights, or have conditions. Compassion yes, sympathy, no. I also still hold to the fact that people are noisy and have the right to be, apartments are not ideal.

 

[AnitaPeterson]

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Satelite?

Fixed:

OK, I have to ask... how does shaving cream "fix" the satellite dish? You put the stuff on the LNB, or what?

 

[Raduque]

All this bitching about noise is funny. Noise doesn't bother me. I could sleep next to a running jet engine.

 

[sandorski]

Gonna see Gramps this Weekend and install a Wall of Subs. This shit is about to get realz yo!

 

[StinkyPinky]

Some people are really inconsiderate when it comes to noise though. My previous house we had a family move in that would party 2-3 times a week to about 5am. Utter assholes. The entire street hated them. In the end the entire street basically harrassed the landlord until they had enough and evicted them.

 

[Rubycon]

OK, I have to ask... how does shaving cream "fix" the satellite dish? You put the stuff on the LNB, or what?

Raspberry Jam!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcArnepkhv0

 

[gaidensensei]

What I want to know first is how old is this man?

Did anyone ever suggest to him to use headphones or even the wireless kind?

 

[sygyzy]

What do you mean he got the idea after you did the subwoofer trick? Did he suddenly turn down his television set?

 

[Juddog]

What do you mean he got the idea after you did the subwoofer trick? Did he suddenly turn down his television set?

Yeah - basically I pointed the subwoofer "opening" directly at the floor, turned it up loud, and popped in God of War3 on the PS3. There are constant explosions, yelling, etc. in the game. I only played for about ten minutes before I put it on pause and noticed his TV was turned down.

I think that with some deaf people it's only particular ranges of noise that they cannot hear; I think in this guy's case he probably can't hear the higher end tones, but many people can feel bass / subwoofer noises as it tends to vibrate right through objects.

 

[Rubycon]

Get a decent motor like a 56 frame 1/2hp or greater and bolt it down TIGHT to your floor. Securely attach something unbalanced to the shaft. Testing behind a concrete wall is suggested with a 3450 RPM motor first!

Essentially what you've made is a REALLY large vibrator - no different than what makes a cell phone vibrate but really large. So instead of making the casing of a phone vibrate the frame of the building vibrates! A quick blip or two of the motor is all that's needed. Very simple and will run on any typical circuit and will produce terrifying results only matched by really large professional amps and reinforcement type subs that both won't fit through your doors nor run on 120VAC household current.

 

[gaidensensei]

Yeah - basically I pointed the subwoofer "opening" directly at the floor, turned it up loud, and popped in God of War3 on the PS3. There are constant explosions, yelling, etc. in the game. I only played for about ten minutes before I put it on pause and noticed his TV was turned down.

If you're doing this to a 60+ year old man I'd disagree with you are doing. Yeah he's dumb but its going way over the line for a disabled old man. What if got he it as a result of one of the wars or something?

If you're trying to interfere with his hearing aid you can only do it with high pitches, the same range that bothers normal hearing. But I don't think he listens to the TV with it on.

 

[Ruptga]

What if got he it as a result of one of the wars or something?

Who cares? If he can't hear he needs to either turn it up during the day and go to bed earlier, or get some headphones. I am fully capable of respecting what someone has done while hating them for what they are currently doing.

 

[ZOXXO]

 

[waggy]

Get a decent motor like a 56 frame 1/2hp or greater and bolt it down TIGHT to your floor. Securely attach something unbalanced to the shaft. Testing behind a concrete wall is suggested with a 3450 RPM motor first!

Essentially what you've made is a REALLY large vibrator - no different than what makes a cell phone vibrate but really large. So instead of making the casing of a phone vibrate the frame of the building vibrates! A quick blip or two of the motor is all that's needed. Very simple and will run on any typical circuit and will produce terrifying results only matched by really large professional amps and reinforcement type subs that both won't fit through your doors nor run on 120VAC household current.

soo thats what keeps you in a good mood..:awe:

 

[alkemyst]

my money is on the OP never diplomatically tried anything. Probably called the landlord...maybe jumped on the floor....pounded on his door and ran or something.

If he did go down there diplomatically and the old dude still living in an apartment didn't comply it's sort of a very rare deal.

Maybe lift weights or something?

 

[torpid]

Sorry for the late reply, but I just noticed the douchebaggery continued after I left for the weekend.

I think you are oversensitive too, and quite possibly nuts. You seriously did all that?

You told a guy in a letter that moving was a great idea for him, and nothing happened? Shocker!

You called the police about noise in NYC and nothing happened? Shocker!

You told your landlord in NYC about it and nothing happened? Shocker!

You were wasting taxpayer money. Guess why nothing happened? Because you're oversensitive and most people could give a shit.

Light sleeper, not my problem.
ADHD, not my problem.


I made a point about how a guy moved 3 times due to noise (that probably never exceeded 70db) and you jumped on me with examples of planes. You can see I just brim with sympathy.

You made a generalized statement that was complete bullshit and then backed down from it to claim that you weren't talking about "noise" you were talking about noise of a reasonable volume which itself is bullshit since many TVs can get quite loud.

Speaking of bullshit:

A) From what hole in your brain did you conjure up the notion that I live in NYC?

B) The police made the person move each time I called them. What they didn't do was respond to my request to do something about the situation long-term so I didn't have to keep calling to point out the ordinance violation.

C) I call bullshit on the notion that not wanting to hear something over 100 decibels is being "oversensitive"

D) The person was violating the law as I said in my example. The law which specifically states what can and can't be done on the exact street I live. Yes, my former street is mentioned in the city ordinances specifically.

 

[Rubycon]

soo thats what keeps you in a good mood..:awe:

Well yeah, it's pretty big!