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----- Original Message -----
From: "Walt Wayman" <hiwayman@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2004 2:47 PM
Subject: [OM] OT Outdoor speakers
>
> Tris, or anyone else considering outdoor speakers, unless you live
> way out in the middle of nowhere, I hope you will be a good
> neighbor with these things. They can be a real annoyance to those
> who live nearby if used injudiciously and inconsiderately. As an
> example, let me give you as brief an account as possible of a
> recent experience in this regard.
>
> We live in an older subdivision northwest of Atlanta, where each
> house is on a lot of from about 1/2 to 3/4 acre. Five or so years
> ago a family moved into a house behind and slightly to one side of
> us. From our back deck to the deck of that house is precisely 347
> feet. They immediately hooked up outdoor speakers on their deck
> and played them raucously loud from morning to night on most
> weekends and on evenings during the week. The music was often so
> loud that it was clearly audible inside our house with the doors
> and windows closed.
>
> Four other homeowners were unfortunate enough to be even closer to
> this family of scum than my wife and me. We all complained, but
> to no avail. These were truly obnoxious people, and the music
> continued unabated. We called the cops. They got a couple of $25
> tickets, which they laughed off, and the racket continued, even
> louder it seemed. The cops got tired of having to bother with
> such Mickey Mouse crap, and we got embarrassed about calling them.
>
> Finally, those of us in the five houses most affected had endured
> enough and we got together to decide on a course of action. It
> looked like there were three choices: arson, murder, or a
> lawsuit. I was outvoted, despite what I thought was a most
> eloquent argument in favor of either of the former, so we settled
> on the latter, hired a lawyer and filed suit, alleging a
> continuing trespass and intentional infliction of emotional
> distress.
>
> To make a story that's already too long short and cut right to the
> chase, it's quiet here now. The case went all the way to a jury
> trial, and we won, and won big. We had audio recordings and video
> tapes, a good lawyer, and, best of all, haughty and obnoxious
> defendants who showed their asses in court.
>
> We now own that house, the five of us, subject to the remainder of
> the mortgage, of course. We rent it out, and the lease has a
> special clause regarding loud music. And those speakers are now
> somewhere deep in Mount Trashmore, which is the local euphemism
> for the Cobb County landfill.
>
> Walt
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