Look, if you live somewhere that the sun makes you regret existence (read: everywhere in 10 years), yard work is getting done in the morning, car work is getting done in the evening.
I have neither a yard nor a car, what do I do on a Saturday
You don't have any yardwork or car problems to deal with, so whatever the hell you want, I presume.
Except sleep without earplugs, I guess that's out.
Drink
Meanwhile, my wife keeps asking if it would be rude to mow the lawn at 7AM on a Saturday. With the electric mower.
and you said yes, of course I can only hope.
Modern electric mowers are actually very quiet, they're not your parents electric mower that's for sure lol
Mine is so quiet not only do I not need to worry about ear protection, you can't even hear it from inside my own house so def none of the neighbors will be able to hear it either lol
What lawn mower do you have that is that quiet??? I have a Ryobi electric push mower that I bought last year and while it's way quieter than a gas mower I would feel incredibly rude using it early in the morning.
And noise is different depending on time of day. Ambient noise is a lot lower in off-hours, so your mower would sound louder than it does during the day.
Lawns are one of the stupidest things Americans obsess about.
There is no mention of lawns in the post. Is this maybe supposed to be a response in one of the comment threads?
Our neighbors decided that it would be a very great idea to start split and saw 350 ft³ of wood at 6am on Saturday morning, until 11am.
Get out of town, into a rural area they said. It's much quieter they said. That and the street that runs in front of our house...
Hahaha welcome to rural living for sure! Ive had a couple early camping mornings because I didn't know how close the loggers would be. It's nice to get started on chores earlier as you can, but I do try to be mindful of gas tools before 8.
One of my neighbors must be invested in a couple different ammunition companies and trying to inflate their stock the way they shoot. All day Sunday sometimes.
Trade offs for living in the woods.
My neighbor used a leaf blower to dry his car after washing it at 7am on a Saturday. I don't know that I will ever be able to like that man after this.
My neighbors consistently party until about five in the morning with outdoor speakers on the weekends. I'm generally up for the day before they're done with last night, and I get to enjoy free concerts from their sound system.
You're God damned right I've zero qualms about firing up the lawn mower as soon as the sun breaks the eastern horizon.
Have you tried being a good neighbor and letting them know their loud parties are causing you harm?
Because otherwise you’re tacitly telling them it’s fine.
Have you tried being a good neighbor and letting them know their loud parties are causing you harm?
Just tried that last week and I will never directly contact people like that again.
All it got me was an angry neighbor who now turns their shit up louder than it was before as they drive by my house.
I guess I'll just resort to fucking with their vehicle in the future.
You can't reason with some people.
To be fair, doing my work around the house after worktime at 7PM weekdays is also not going to be very popular.
I'll take 8pm vacuuming over 8am vacuuming any day
Depends on what time, for me
After about 10am is pretty fair game if a noisy job needs doing IMO. If it's music and not obnoxiously loud, that's probably fine too
Anyone making any noise before that though absolutely should get in the sea
LEAFBLOWER INTENSIFIES
Kind of needs more context. 11 am is morning.
There’s no time of day I should be able to hear your music in my own home with all doors and windows closed.
Car or house work noise tho? I’m cool.
6:30am "Vrrrrroooooooooooooomm!" for about a minute.
Silence for 45 seconds.
"Vrrrooooooooooooom!" for about a minute.
Repeat for the next 1 1/2 hours.
Are you one of those damn night people complaining about us morning people getting on with stuff in the limited time window we have?
When I am doing stuff at night I try to be as quiet as possible. The morning people could follow this until 11 am.
Depending on location, it's too freaking hot to be doing yard work anytime past 11 in the summer months. 9 - 11am is usually when I get my shit done.
Then again, with my neighbors have a similar work schedule to me, so I guess I'm not bothering anyone.
Mindful and considerate, yes. But that doesn't mean I put my entire day on hold for people that don't get up until 10 or 11.
8am is pretty reasonable start to the day for me.
But I also believe that people bitching and saying no loud noises before 10am are being just as selfish as the people who get up and do yardwork at 6am. If someone has a problem or some extraordinary reasons for wanting it to stay quiet later, they can talk to each other and try to find a compromise.
And out of 7 days, if you are only being inconvenienced for a couple hours maybe that's something you should be more tolerant of.
Hey 8 am Saturday leaf blower guy. Fuck you.
Cool. No loud parties after 9pm then? Or is inconveniencing my sleep okay because you do it at night?
I've got one day a week I can do yard work, and only until 9am until it hits over 90° out. Sorry, buddy. But you might have to deal with some noise. Wish we could all live in perfect harmony. But until then you have to deal with some shit you don't like and I have to deal with some shit I don't like and we'll do our best to not inconvenience each other too bad.
I swear my upstairs neighbors have bowling balls where other people have feet.
Just my cope after an absurdly noisy morning :) happy weekend, everyone.
Reminds me of my father. He's up super early, like 4 am, and to him 7 am is perfectly late enough to run the wood planer on a weekend day.
White noise machine, y’all. Makes life so much better. Sleep whenever you want.
The people across the street were grinding tree stumps at 8am Sunday last week. I yelled out the window but it didn't work. They were done and gone by 10, which is when they should have started.
Ahhhhhhhh country living is amazing. Not one neighbor.
My parents live in the country. They have one neighbor. He's on meth so he likes to start chainsawing right around dark and continues until around 2am.
