[MD] Stop Global Warming

[Arlo Bensinger]

[Platt]
The answer to all the above is move out of the way. With motorcycle 
racket there's no escape. And the solution is so easy and so fair -- 
require mufflers the same as with minivans.

[Arlo]
Really? Where can I move where I can know I will never again be 
bothered by chainsaws or BBQs? Maybe you could move there too, as its 
a safe bet that if there is a place that's a sure escape from smells, 
it must also be a sure escape from sounds. The solution is easier 
than you propose. I deal with your BBQ smell, you deal with my pipes. 
Ain't community living fun! And I get to enjoy little league, rather 
than becoming a shut-in Scrooge.

True story. I had a neighbor call the police on me once. Now, I run 
Vance and Hines pipes, that have a bit of a growl, but I keep the 
baffles in, and I never bark the pipes. When the police arrived, and 
looked at my bike (I started it for them), they said it was fine and 
sorry to bother me. But you know what, my good neighborness ended 
with him that day, and I made sure that he knew when I was coming and 
going. After he moved, and an elderly couple moved in, I went back to 
what I considered normal. One day the gentleman was outside and came 
over and talked about bikes, asked if I'd give his grandson a ride 
around the block, but then said he was sorry to have to ask if 
between 6-7 I could be extra quiet because his wife rested during 
that time. You know what, for the rest of the time I lived there I 
did not come or go on that motorcycle during that time. And that's 
how it is. And that's how I handled the chainsaw neighbor. I took him 
a beer, talked to him, and asked if he could not saw wood before 11 
on Saturday mornings. He obliged. As for the BBQer's, do I even have 
to tell you how that ended? Mmmmmm.......

But once again, for a self-professed worshipper of "individual 
liberty", you pick and choose your battles to align only to your 
particular tastes. Its a convenient hypocrisy that is always amusing.

[Platt]
Which of course has nothing to do with your deliberate act of annoyance.

[Arlo]
Ah, Platt, just like with Case I was only funnin' ya. If I did know 
where you lived I assure you I wouldn't go out of my way to drive 
loudly by.... more than once a month. ;-)