Turn down that music!! It can't be just because I'm old...

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2. I'll find out soon but we used to have to complain about neighbors' music

The husband's birthday was the same day of the month as the memorial for fallen police officers here in Tallahassee. Years ago we'd host the mounted units horses. The first year when the neighbor's birthday party began the police officers complained to me about the noise. Previously I had just ignored it but that year they had live bands and cranked the sound levels way up.

I called the sheriff's department and two deputies came out. Their first question was "What kind of music is that?" My response, "Who cares?" The conversation had to held in yells back and forth since even though the party was almost a half mile away we couldn't talk a normal conversational levels.

The deputies left, went down to the party and asked them to turn the sound down. I could here the announcements - "Here come the cops!" and "We have to turn down the sound." Then the level got tolerable - for about five minutes. Then it went right back up. I called back to the sheriff's office and put in another complaint. The dispatcher told me the deputies had just left and I told her what had happened. Then I held the phone handset out the window - she could hear the noise over the line.

Ten minutes later I heard another announcement about the cops - and the sound STOPPED.

Ever damn year for over five years after I had to call in a noise complaint about those assholes. I don't know if the husband died or if they got tired of hiring bands only to be told they had to cut the noise, but they haven't had one of their loud parties in years.