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#2897081 - 11/08/09 01:53 PM Re: Old Ironsides Under Fire [Re: DaveP63]
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hopefully the geezers that are living there and complaining will die soon and their repeated complaints will no longer be received

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#2897097 - 11/08/09 02:18 PM Re: Old Ironsides Under Fire [Re: Corsair8X]
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Originally Posted By: Corsair8X
What happened to checking out the neighbourhood first? Everybody is so self-absorbed that they focus on the house, the property and assume that this will exist in a vacuum.


Today you do it all from a computer.
"Why the hell did I buy a house next to the sewage treatment plant? When I saw it on the internet it looked like it would smell great living here."
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#2897100 - 11/08/09 02:22 PM Re: Old Ironsides Under Fire [Re: Clownloachlover]
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“Over the summer, we have entertained several times, and we have had guests sit up in shock when the cannon goes off,” the resident wrote. “It has also awakened them at 8 a.m. while they are vacationing and then blasted them again at sunset.”

Yep something done twice day for over 200 years all of sudden is a "Shock"

In bed at 8:00AM then again at sunset? Yeah I'm always grumpy if I don't get a least 12 hours sleep a day.
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#2897146 - 11/08/09 04:17 PM Re: Old Ironsides Under Fire [Re: semmern]
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the most recent complaint two weeks ago from neighbors suggesting naval officers assigned to the historic vessel eliminate the morning and evening blasts on weekends, reduce the size of the gunpowder charge and turn down the volume of the national anthem recording played during the daily flag raising and lowering ceremonies.


Sooooo here's what I would do:

Turn UP the volume.
Increase the amount of GP (safely) BIG BOOM!
And not only keep the blasts but increase the duration.

And for all those that don't stop long enough while our Nations Anthem is being played to pay respect PROPERLY, I'd have some sort of red light camera system set up within a four block radius. Then, I'd mail 'em all tickets.

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#2897193 - 11/08/09 06:08 PM Re: Old Ironsides Under Fire [Re: 531 Ghost]
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(Said in best Thurston Howell the 3rd voice) "Dear gawd, Luvey. What was that? Remind me to buy that boat in the morning. The nerve of them honouring those dirty people that kill and hate peace..... MY PEACE. Ha Haaaaa!"

Common sense. I think it's becoming extinct. As long as dignity and respect doesn't interfere with YOUR dignity and respect, who cares. We are becoming a peoples of 'me first' intelligence.

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#2897314 - 11/08/09 11:14 PM Re: Old Ironsides Under Fire [Re: knightgames]
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Those complainers ought to know it is the sound of freedom they are hearing.

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My suggestion, bring in the USS Massachusettes down for a visit and let her rip off some 16 inch gunfire twice a day for about a week or two. Maybe give those losers some kind of perspective.


..I like the idea!
(it would be 'up' though as the USS Massachusetts is moored in Fall River, which is south of Boston)
I've visited both ships and it was truly an honor to stand on those hallowed decks.


Edited by RAF_Roy (11/08/09 11:16 PM)
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#2897382 - 11/09/09 04:02 AM Re: Old Ironsides Under Fire [Re: RAF_Roy]
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They should be keel-hauled, seized to a grating and flogged, proper Navy way biggrin
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#2897397 - 11/09/09 04:53 AM Re: Old Ironsides Under Fire [Re: semmern]
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More whining about things by people who have no gratitude for the fact that they are Free to do that whining.

I hate them deeply.
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#2897412 - 11/09/09 05:34 AM Re: Old Ironsides Under Fire [Re: semmern]
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Originally Posted By: semmern
They should be keel-hauled, seized to a grating and flogged, proper Navy way biggrin


I prefer tying them in front of the muzzle of a 32lb cannon, and firing it.

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#2897413 - 11/09/09 05:35 AM Re: Old Ironsides Under Fire [Re: oldgrognard]
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asshats like this are everywhere. Some real estate developer puts up a fancy sub-division next to a centuries old farm....and then the yuppies complain about the smell. This happens ALL the time..........some people don't deserve oxygen.

The thing to do here is make more noise in support of USS Ironsides than the idiots make against her
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