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May I weigh in with an outside perspective? My impression is this is a cultural issue, i.e. Americans are very insensitive to noisy disturbances during sleep ho
by m_mueller 8y ago
May I weigh in with an outside perspective? My impression is this is a cultural issue, i.e. Americans are very insensitive to noisy disturbances during sleep hours. Biggest examples for me are your freight trains. Deadly accidents? Sure, the only solution is to disturb sveryone in a 5 mile radius around each crossing. In my home country this is unthinkable. People get chewed up, sometimes called the police on, for even running the washing machine past 10pm.
- widforss 8y agoI'll never forget the night I was visited by police in northern Norway because we committed the crime of ... haymaking at 11 pm.
- MRD85 8y agoI don't get this? What is haymaking?
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- widforss 8y agoNo, no. Literal haymaking. Cutting grass for hay.
- lexicality 8y agoI'm surprised you managed to fit the combine harvester in the bedroom
- MRD85 8y agoDo you know what parts of the world is hay used as a slang for sex?
- lexicality 8y agoI don't know the reach, but many agricultural activities can be a euphemism if you put a significant pause in front of them. "Where are alice and bob? Oh they're out... (gathering fruit|sowing barley|haymaking|looking for lost sheep|etc)"
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- gronne 8y agoTo be fair - its a very suspicious time to be haymaking. Threshing maybe yes - but haymaking... A word of advice: Don’t burn the candle in both ends - you need your strenght to work on the jarls estate (unless you are on a tenth or headtax plan of course).
- analog31 8y agoIronically, in the US we have a saying: "Make hay while the sun shines."
- widforss 8y agoThis was in northern Norway, in June. The sun was defininetly shining, even though it was at 11 pm ;)
- pulse7 8y agoYou must be from Switzerland... :-)
- glenneroo 8y agoSince someone already guessed that you live in Switzerland, may I also ask if you are in an apartment building with neighbors above/under/around you? We have similar neighborly complaints in Austria where (at least in cities) almost everyone lives in apartment buildings and thus when someone runs the washing machine, you not only hear it, you also feel it. In the USA, I think most people in cities are living in individual houses and therefore things like running a washing machine at 10pm would probably not even be audible by any neighbors.
- m_mueller 8y agoWe do, and yes, it's the most common form of housing, including upper scale units.