Our neighborhood now has a group of young flatties - they are just over the road from us. When they moved in we were a bit nervous. There seemed to be a lot of cars, and some of them drove quickly and sounded loud. I have young kids and I don't want them to be run over right outside my door. And I don't want really loud parties right over the road. I like a 'nice' quiet neighborhood where we can ignore the fact we have neighbors.
When one of them was dropped home a couple of days with screeching tyres and a spinning car, I was grumpy. This wasn't looking good.
They have turned out to be fine. They had a flatwarming for all the parents - that was very sedate. And any group of twenty somethings that actually put on a flatwarming event for the olds can't be all bad. Then they had a flatwarming for their friends. That wasn't loud, and they were up the next morning picking up the stray cans and bottles. Apparently someone was doing dough nuts on the road at three in the morning but I slept through that, so I can't complain about it.
I am told they play hackysack in the back yard. It was the final part of their halo for me - anyone who hackys is basically good.
Before Christmas I bought an amplifier (80w). On Saturday I bought a cable to connect the computer with the stereo so we can get some volume off the hard drive music collection. And when I got it home, I realised I could actually plug into the amp. Heh. So I have, and the son is getting the old stereo system.
Now, if anyone tries to be loud in this neighborhood, I reckon I will have the possibility of at least keeping up with them. I can fill the house with sound without even beginning to get anywhere near the possibility of this amp for volume. And by gum, the music sounds better now we have actual bass.
Posted by Toni at January 16, 2007 08:13 AM