Comments on: Stop to smell the roses https://grahamclements.com/stop-to-smell-the-roses/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=stop-to-smell-the-roses Writer, blogger, and dreamer. Sat, 06 Nov 2010 05:07:44 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.4 By: Graham Clements https://grahamclements.com/stop-to-smell-the-roses/#comment-1840 Sat, 06 Nov 2010 05:07:44 +0000 https://grahamclements.com/stop-to-smell-the-roses/#comment-1840 I have been thinking, and really, there was only two occasions I can remember noise was an issue. A barking dog and a party. Both in a flat in Sydney. I went and talked to the perpertrators the next day and the problem was fixed.

I doubt if you could have gone and talked to the screaming prostitute, she probably would have charged you for her time. At least my neighbours appear to be mentaly stable.

]]> By: Anthony J. Langford https://grahamclements.com/stop-to-smell-the-roses/#comment-1841 Wed, 03 Nov 2010 06:14:06 +0000 https://grahamclements.com/stop-to-smell-the-roses/#comment-1841 Okay, interesting. You had a great run with noise in city's then. Apart from my asshole neighbour, I used to live near this woman in Sydney, in fact, my little unit looked down on her backyard. She was infamous as she had featured on 60mins in the early 90's (this was the late 90's) as she had AIDS and was a working prostitute..She used to 'work' out of her house.. she also was a alcoholic and a drug user so she would crank up the music until it was distorted and scream at everyone. The cops were often there. Now I live next door to another loony.. a bit sad, but if he doesnt take his meds, he starts abusing the neighbours.. i think ive had a bad run. and i havent lived in bad areas.. aside from the late 90's..close to Redfern..which is much nicer now.

I think you make a good point. We can all be assholes at times. I also used to be uncaring about noise when I was young. I think here its about 25-75.

20 years of cities though, im ready to go back to the country. About 50 of Sydney drivers are assholes..

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]]> By: Graham Clements https://grahamclements.com/stop-to-smell-the-roses/#comment-1842 Tue, 02 Nov 2010 05:37:09 +0000 https://grahamclements.com/stop-to-smell-the-roses/#comment-1842 I went over and voted – I reckon only about 10 percent of people are arseholes. The rest are basically decent. Some people are arseholes and then change to decent people. But why do the arseholes have to live next door.

True to prediction, the dog, as well as the music, and my rising anger at arseholes, kept me awake until 3.00 am. I went and saw the owner the next day. He removed the dog.

As to your question about living in the city. I lived in Melbourne, when I went to Uni, and we made all the nose, we were the arseholes then. On a recent trip to Melbourne, I stayed at a hotel on Elizabeth street, and I did notice the tram bells etc.

I lived in Sydney, and surprisingly never seemed to be bothered by the noise. Except from one dog one night, put in the back yard of the hairdressers next door I went and saw the owner the next day, and he removed it. I think Sydney had a constant hum that blocked most noise out.

I lived in Brisbane, and I can't say the noise ever bothered me at night. Dog's might have been too sapped from the humidity to bark.

]]> By: Anthony J. Langford https://grahamclements.com/stop-to-smell-the-roses/#comment-1843 Mon, 01 Nov 2010 02:36:12 +0000 https://grahamclements.com/stop-to-smell-the-roses/#comment-1843 Yeah true.. We had to leave our last house because of a next doors dog..I complained but it did no good.. They were nuts so we put up with it for 4 years but I had to leave..
Barking dogs are the worst.. I think i read somewhere about the high stress they cause regarding disputes etc…

by the way, I have a asshole poll on my blog if yr interested..

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ps you ever lived in the city graham? no reason, just a question.. as I'm from Shep originally…

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