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Babyruth
Member
07-19-2001
| Friday, April 28, 2006 - 7:58 am
Once a few years ago. The neighbors were having a very loud party, which was fine, but then there was a very loud, piercing, blood curdling scream followed by silence. I called the cops to check it out, just in case something serious happened. Turns out the neighbor lady was just extremely drunk. <wonders if Mary and Jagger were at that party...>
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Littlebreeze
Member
02-18-2001
| Friday, April 28, 2006 - 8:04 am
No.... been very lucky in having quiet neighbors.
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Adven
Member
02-06-2001
| Friday, April 28, 2006 - 8:14 am
No, I just went next door and cut his power.
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Froggiegirl621
Member
02-14-2003
| Friday, April 28, 2006 - 8:16 am
No, but I was tempted to once when a snow removal company was clearing a small parking lot at 2am and all we heard was the "beep-beep" from those back-up sensors on big machinery. The parking lot was right next to our apartment building. It was very annoying, and uncalled for at that time of day. But I've been very lucky to have quiet neighbors. Respectful - now that's another issue.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Friday, April 28, 2006 - 8:30 am
No but I bet our neighbors want to call on us every time we have poker night...we get loud and wild but we start at 3 and usually end by 10pm
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Friday, April 28, 2006 - 8:44 am
We didn't have to... when the neighbours were too loud with their music - all day, every day - mom just plugged in the vacuum cleaner and left it roaring beside the wall where their speakers were. They got the message real quick! This was after weeks of trying to reason with them, and complaining to a landlord who shrugged it off. I personally couldn't take it... I used to take a book and go sit in the park. Noise wars are not for me. When I look for a place to live, I check 2 main things, how quiet is the bldg/neighbourhood, and NO crispy critters (bugs)!
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Denecee
Member
09-05-2002
| Friday, April 28, 2006 - 8:47 am
No, I usually just ask them to quiet down and they have.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Friday, April 28, 2006 - 9:10 am
No
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Eeyoreslament
Member
07-20-2003
| Friday, April 28, 2006 - 9:20 am
Yes
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Spygirl
Board Administrator
04-23-2001
| Friday, April 28, 2006 - 10:00 am
Yes.
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Max
Moderator
08-12-2000
| Friday, April 28, 2006 - 10:06 am
No, but I've been known to go pound on their door when the music pauses and ask them to turn it down. Fortunately, that's the most offensive neighbor behavior I've had to deal with and it worked without a problem. 
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Friday, April 28, 2006 - 10:16 am
no
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Herckleperckle
Member
11-20-2003
| Friday, April 28, 2006 - 10:19 am
Well, I am one of those old ladies, I guess. When we lived in the City of Wilmington (and I was 31), I called the police ALL the time. Teens were out of control in the area til we moved in. I think I single-handedly quieted the streets bear me. An elementary school was at the end of our half street and teens would gather there, drink, curse, play loud music, smoke weed and throw bottles. When we moved in I had a young baby (Matt) and no air conditioners. At night I heard every single sound. So I started walking our dog (O'Mar) and going to where they were, warning them politely (which they ignored, of course) and then calling the police. I followed through every single time they were there and pretty soon they disbanded or found a more welcome spot. I know other neighbors were bothered by it, but no one would call except me. Hell, I didn't care what they thought of me. I did what suited me. And I am glad I did. I also contacted the police about a neighbor behind me whose ham radio constantly interfered with our TV. I was told I had to contact the FCC. So I did. I knocked on his door and let him know. His answer was to give me his phone number to call when he bothered me. But he bothered me all the time! I called him and told him his words were coming over my toaster. (He believed me. Not too bright.) Eventually, when the FCC got involved, his whole set was dismantled because the amps or something exceeded acceptable levels. I have no regrets and no qualms about calling the police.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Friday, April 28, 2006 - 10:36 am
Nope, never called, never been called on. First party we had here we went and introduced ourselves to the neighbors and told them we were having a party and if it got noisy to let us know. Next morning one neighbor told me they'd come home late and see all the cars but never heard a sound. Since then whenever we have a party we end up inviting em all anyways, lol. My next door neighbors throw a little get together about once a month. They start about 10:30 pm and the music is usually loud enough that it sounds like it's coming from my own stereo. Never even complained to them though because back in the bedrooms you can't hear a thing and it doesn't really annoy me while I'm sitting here playing online. Usually I'm too busy cracking up at their music selection cuz they bounce from one genre to the next quicker than I do!
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Babyruth
Member
07-19-2001
| Friday, April 28, 2006 - 10:40 am
HP, ROFL at your dim neighbor. Little did he know:

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Penguingirl
Member
01-26-2006
| Friday, April 28, 2006 - 10:52 am
no - but twenty years ago they were at my door all the time...my poor neighbors
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Clutterfree
Member
10-24-2003
| Friday, April 28, 2006 - 11:44 am
No, never called the police re loud neighbors. Have called 911 twice, once when a co-worker threatened suicide (took 1/2 hour to convince them to go to his apartment) and once when the neighbor's house was burning down (January 2005, 15 yr old son in family was killed in matter of minutes). Hope I never have to call 911 again.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Friday, April 28, 2006 - 11:48 am
I've called about gunshots and a few times about REALLY loud parties in Santa Ana. I'm not talking about just loud but outside, masses of drunken people and a setup with strobe lights and a loudspeaker so besides the amped up music that would actually make my walls rattle the entire neighborhood was treated to amplified shouting in Spanish. I'd wait until midnight or 1am. The really bad one was this sort of set up by the neighbors in back of me who of course put the strobe light thingy (this was about 12 feet high) by their back fence practically under my bedroom window, in the summer, very hot.. the cops in Santa Ana would come quickly because so often parties like that would only escalate into fights and then shooting.
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Tater
Member
03-19-2003
| Friday, April 28, 2006 - 12:00 pm
Yes. My neighbor was beating his wife in the front yard in front of his kids. What a nice guy, NOT!
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Jbean
Member
01-05-2002
| Friday, April 28, 2006 - 12:11 pm
no, i have complained to apartment management before, though.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Friday, April 28, 2006 - 12:23 pm
<better not let on I have a strobe light and that I used to live in Santa Ana>
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Shadoe
Member
11-04-2004
| Friday, April 28, 2006 - 4:19 pm
no
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Merrysea
Member
08-13-2004
| Friday, April 28, 2006 - 4:28 pm
No
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Friday, April 28, 2006 - 5:34 pm
Yes. It was a long time ago.
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Friday, April 28, 2006 - 6:18 pm
oh my heck, i have called the police so many times they probably have a direct line to my house! drunken teens, wild dogs, a guy trying to stab his gf with a sharpened screw driver, etc. i also called in when my son was a tiny baby in brookline, mass. i had taken him for a walk every day for two weeks. each day, i crossed my street between two cars. i just have a thing for numbers and i had memorized the license of the car i walked behind. when a jeweler was killed in a hold-up a town or two over and they had a partial licence plate and the color and size of the car, i called in and said, "i have seen this car on my street every day for 2 weeks. it's been parked in front of a boarding house. it's a red toyota celica and the license is...." turns out it was the guy. he had left the area, but they found him a day or so later with the car.
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