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iGary

iGary

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May 26, 2004
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That the Fire Station has to check each and every siren on each and every piece of emergency equipment each and every day at 7 a.m.? Why not noon?

I mean OK, I'm up, but that's usually the time of day where I'm easing into my desk, snacking on a Clif Bar or something, and seeing what avian visitors I have at my feeders. My quiet time, if you will.

While I'm bitching, they have been doing construction next door for almost a year now. If I hear "beep beep beep beep" one more time I may kill someone. They've ruined my bird feeder activity. Asshats.

Yes, I should move to the country, but the significant other doesn't like the idea.

My bitch for the day. :D
 
Whilst this is only a guess: perhaps they check the sirens on a change of shift and 7am is the change between night and day shifts?
 
I used to live behind the police station & fire department. Those morning testers sure can intrude on your quiet time. I used to work 3rd shift at the time and I'd be winding down after a hard day, perhaps sipping some tea or wine, gazing out the window, only to get rudely jarred out of whatever daydream I was having. I feel ya;)
 
Where I'm from, they check the tornado sirens what seems to be several times a week. Couldn't imagine what would happen if a real tornado paid a visit...
 
robbieduncan said:
Whilst this is only a guess: perhaps they check the sirens on a change of shift and 7am is the change between night and day shifts?
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Still, though...

At least I don't bitch about the Med Evac helicopters that fly into the hospital over our roof. :D


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iGary
That the Fire Station has to check each and every siren on each and every piece of emergency equipment each and every day at 7 a.m.? Why not noon?

I mean OK, I'm up, but that's usually the time of day where I'm easing into my desk, snacking on a Clif Bar or something, and seeing what avian visitors I have at my feeders. My quiet time, if you will.
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Quiet time is just that...and those beep...beep I know how you feel. I don't have a large backyard (40x60), but a nursing-home is on the other side of the fence and so is the dumpster, loading docks and whatnot. Trucks backing up @ 6:00am everyday, all day long and the dumpster gets emptied @ 10:30pm.

The Fire station around here only tests once or twice a month and it's around noon if they do, 7:00am seems odd. Maybe you could call the local politicians office and see if he/she could give a friendly call and ask for a time change.

Construction for almost a year :cool: that place better look very special...and I can only take so much of my neighbor yelling at her kids, can't conceive all that banging and traffic (supplies back and forth).
 
Artful Dodger said:
Quiet time is just that...and those beep...beep I know how you feel. I don't have a large backyard (40x60), but a nursing-home is on the other side of the fence and so is the dumpster, loading docks and whatnot. Trucks backing up @ 6:00am everyday, all day long and the dumpster gets emptied @ 10:30pm.

The Fire station around here only tests once or twice a month and it's around noon if they do, 7:00am seems odd. Maybe you could call the local politicians office and see if he/she could give a friendly call and ask for a time change.

Construction for almost a year :cool: that place better look very special...and I can only take so much of my neighbor yelling at her kids, can't conceive all that banging and traffic (supplies back and forth).
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All that green area to the righ of my place in the picture above is now condos. It took them 6 months just to excavate the site. :rolleyes:

I'm ready to move to Monterey, CA. :)
 
iGary said:
All that green area to the righ of my place in the picture above is now condos. It took them 6 months just to excavate the site. :rolleyes:

I'm ready to move to Monterey, CA. :)
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I've never been to Monterey, so I google mapped it, and it doesn't look any less crowded than your city :confused:

Living in the country is really great. Unfortunately, I have to sometimes do some freelance in NYC, and the commute is a bitch.

I'm still looking for the ideal place to live - maybe the Italian coast in a place like Sorrento. ;)
 
njmac said:
I've never been to Monterey, so I google mapped it, and it doesn't look any less crowded than your city :confused:

Living in the country is really great. Unfortunately, I have to sometimes do some freelance in NYC, and the commute is a bitch.

I'm still looking for the ideal place to live - maybe the Italian coast in a place like Sorrento. ;)
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Scroll down a little further south towards Carmel. ;)
 
iGary said:
Scroll down a little further south towards Carmel. ;)
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Bliss... I'd love to move to Monterey. It's such a beautiful bit of coastline. I suspect I'd lose days just sitting on a rock staring at the sea. :p

Our office tests the fire alarms every Wednesday at 11am when I'm generally stuck in a small meeting room where the very loud speaker seems to reverberate around my skull and bruise my brain.
 
iGary
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I've never been to Monterey, so I google mapped it, and it doesn't look any less crowded than your city

Living in the country is really great. Unfortunately, I have to sometimes do some freelance in NYC, and the commute is a bitch.

I'm still looking for the ideal place to live - maybe the Italian coast in a place like Sorrento.

Scroll down a little further south towards Carmel.
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Okay, so the other half doesn't like the looks? ;) I can't wait to move away from this area...I just have to stay a bit longer for now but I crave an area like that :D
 
skunk said:
Perhaps you should hit the "Edit" button before she sees this....
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:confused: I thought iGary's SO was a he?

Psh. Monterey and Carmel are overrated. :p They're starting to be overtaken by larger stores (Tiffanys, Coach outlet, etc.). I love me some Capitola.
 
devilot said:
:confused: I thought iGary's SO was a he?

Psh. Monterey and Carmel are overrated. :p They're starting to be overtaken by larger stores (Tiffanys, Coach outlet, etc.). I love me some Capitola.
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But he knows he's a bitch, so it's OK. :D
 
devilot said:
:confused: I thought iGary's SO was a he?

Psh. Monterey and Carmel are overrated. :p They're starting to be overtaken by larger stores (Tiffanys, Coach outlet, etc.). I love me some Capitola.
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I like Seaside and Carmel, personally. I could see myself setting up a little photography business there when I have Lotto earnings to be able to afford to buy a one bedroom house for a million dollars.
 
iGary said:
At least I don't bitch about the Med Evac helicopters that fly into the hospital over our roof. :D
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My grandmother used to live next to an airbase (the base moved, not her :p), and once a chinook was coming in so low that one of the cupboards in the garage shook so much it came free of the wall and smashed her rear windscreen :eek:
 
njmac said:
I've never been to Monterey, so I google mapped it, and it doesn't look any less crowded than your city :confused:

Living in the country is really great. Unfortunately, I have to sometimes do some freelance in NYC, and the commute is a bitch.

I'm still looking for the ideal place to live - maybe the Italian coast in a place like Sorrento. ;)
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Ahh my some of my family is from sorrento, amazing place, very quiet, but I still say one of the noisiest and hectic cities in the world is napoles or delhi;)
 
devilot said:
Psh. Monterey and Carmel are overrated. :p They're starting to be overtaken by larger stores (Tiffanys, Coach outlet, etc.). I love me some Capitola.
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Ugh, Capitola's just as bad. The rest of the Santa Cruz area is pretty nice (with the exception of Scotts Valley) if a bit small town-ish.

I loves me some San Francisco (where it looks like I may be moving back to...)


If you want to see some nice coastline, head a bit north and drive up 1 past the Golden Gate. Doesn't go right by the coast however, you'll have to get out and hike a little but its so much cleaner and prettier than anything where there's a lot of people around it.
 
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