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Originally Posted by jeyurkon
I'm glad you guys don't live next door to me!
Quite few years ago I went to a friends party. Once of his guest shows ups in a jeep with a 50mm machine gun mounted in the rear. It had been converted to fire with propane and gave realistic retorts.
After the owner drove it around the blocks a few times firing the neighbors must have called the police. Surprisingly they showed up on bicycles and were quite reasonable about it.
My friend is Iraqi or Iranian. I forget which. Had this not occurred before 911 I hate to think of what would have happened to us.
John Y.
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Fortunately, we have good relations with all of the neighbors. And they're no saints either, when it comes to noise. One of them operates an imported marble & granite business down in Los Angeles, and he has his rock smashing machine and an enormous Diesel-powered diamond saw up here on his ranch next to us since his business down in LA isn't zoned for that type of noise. Fortunately, he only fires it up about once a month. Another neighbor has been building his 14,000 sq ft house for about 3 years, slowly, steadily, and noisily with 100s of large vehicles entering across our private road. If that isn't enough noise, the ranch to the west of ours is used for Mexican rodeos. Now THAT'S NOISE! So my sirens aren't the focus, I suppose
. My Federal Thunderbolt siren is mounted way up high on the deck behind the house, and it's visible from the highway. So I guess if anyone complained, the officials would have no problem finding us. But I don't think I'm illegal, since there aren't noise rules on agricultural land in this county, and in fact, it's perfectly legal to shoot any type of weapons here.
Charles