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It's easier than it sounds.
First, you need to drill a hole through your wall approx in the centre of the wall. Then you have to fit through a miniature bug type device, similar to the old Barcus Berry acoustic guitar pickups, then it has to pasted on the neighbours wall. Privacy issues may come in here, but, you're not after what they're saying, just the noise, and it has to be mounted to their wall to utilise it as a collector, (an extension of the bug so to speak), then feed that through an expander, (DBX or whatever) and then feed that into a small amp and in turn, to a pair of small speakers mounted flat on your side of the wall.
Wire the speakers +ve to -ve (out of phase to the source), calibrate the Expander, and at the right point all the sound should cancel out and disappear.
See! Simple!
First, you need to drill a hole through your wall approx in the centre of the wall. Then you have to fit through a miniature bug type device, similar to the old Barcus Berry acoustic guitar pickups, then it has to pasted on the neighbours wall. Privacy issues may come in here, but, you're not after what they're saying, just the noise, and it has to be mounted to their wall to utilise it as a collector, (an extension of the bug so to speak), then feed that through an expander, (DBX or whatever) and then feed that into a small amp and in turn, to a pair of small speakers mounted flat on your side of the wall.
Wire the speakers +ve to -ve (out of phase to the source), calibrate the Expander, and at the right point all the sound should cancel out and disappear.
See! Simple!
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lol, there is no such thing as learning the easy way =).
I think neighbor noise from below/above would be worse than coming from the side walls. My neighbor does not have a stereo but he has obsessive compulsive disorder and I hear the door open and close 10 times on certain occasions, thump thump thump. When I play my audio you can hear all the low range through the garage, luckily he is on the opposite side away from me and is very tolerant, I do watch my levels tho, I think the sound proofing on his side is much better than the garage side. Last 8 days has been great, he was away so i just let it rip when I wanted to, was nice but now my ears are bleeding. I can only have it loud for a few hours then it gets a bit much, old age I guess HA!
I think neighbor noise from below/above would be worse than coming from the side walls. My neighbor does not have a stereo but he has obsessive compulsive disorder and I hear the door open and close 10 times on certain occasions, thump thump thump. When I play my audio you can hear all the low range through the garage, luckily he is on the opposite side away from me and is very tolerant, I do watch my levels tho, I think the sound proofing on his side is much better than the garage side. Last 8 days has been great, he was away so i just let it rip when I wanted to, was nice but now my ears are bleeding. I can only have it loud for a few hours then it gets a bit much, old age I guess HA!
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There was a bloke that used live next door in my last place and he also had OCD and had a thing with his screen door. It went from just a couple of times to about TWENTY+. So one day when he stepped out, I took the screen door off. Enough was enough. He never knew who did it or whatever happened to it. It drove him nutz, but, and I'm really happy about this, in time it cured his problem!
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I zip tied the neighbor's wheelie bin to his screen door, was quite amusing. Got sick of him hosing leaves under the fence into my pavement then lying about it, caught him on camera doing it, so I blocked under the fence with bricks the whole way across. Left a small gap in the corner, he still tries.
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Forgive me for laughing, but that's even nastier than my trick.
.... and to anyone reading this, yes, us Ozzies really are terrible people.
Someone once said, it's because we have an outrageous sense of humour, but that's not true. We're just nasty!
.... and to anyone reading this, yes, us Ozzies really are terrible people.
Someone once said, it's because we have an outrageous sense of humour, but that's not true. We're just nasty!
[h=3]Message From Australia:
A Darwin fellow roaming the Red Centre with a beaut of a barbie on the ali tray of his fair dinkum ute was looking for some hard yakka because there was no sit-down money for the pokies. But it was a daggy deal as he hit the Bundi instead and ended up chundering in the dunny. [/h][h=3]Above Message As Reported By British Dispatches[/h]A person named Darwin with companions the fair skinned Barbara Dinkumute and Ali Tray were travelling through the center of China looking for some hard egg-yokes because of financial constraints and a lack of pigs. But something went wrong after a fight with someone called Bundy in a town called Chanderin-Dunni.
A Darwin fellow roaming the Red Centre with a beaut of a barbie on the ali tray of his fair dinkum ute was looking for some hard yakka because there was no sit-down money for the pokies. But it was a daggy deal as he hit the Bundi instead and ended up chundering in the dunny. [/h][h=3]Above Message As Reported By British Dispatches[/h]A person named Darwin with companions the fair skinned Barbara Dinkumute and Ali Tray were travelling through the center of China looking for some hard egg-yokes because of financial constraints and a lack of pigs. But something went wrong after a fight with someone called Bundy in a town called Chanderin-Dunni.
Monty Kelly, a rich man who lived near Darwin decided that he wanted to throw a party. So he invited his buddies including Darel, the only aborigine in the neighbourhood.
The party was held around the pool in the backyard of Monty's mansion. Everyone was having a good time dancing, eating prawns, oysters and drinking and flirting.
At the height of the party, the host said, "I have a 16ft man-eating crocodile in my pool and I'll give a million dollars to anyone who has the balls to jump in."
The words were barely out of Monty's mouth when there was a loud splash and everyone turned around and saw Darel in the pool fighting the croc, jabbing the croc in the eyes with his thumbs, throwing punches, doing all kinds of stuff like head butts and choke holds, biting the croc on the tail and flipping the croc through the air like some kind of Judo Instructor. The water was churning and splashing everywhere. Both Darel and the croc were screaming and raising hell. Finally Darel strangled the croc and let it float to the top like a dead goldfish. Darel then slowly climbed out of the pool. Everybody was just staring at him in disbelief.
The Monty says, "Well, Darel, I reckon I owe you a million dollars."
"Nah, you all right boss, I don't want it," said Darel.
The rich man said,"'Man, I have to give you something. You won the bet. How about a new car?"
"No thanks. I don't want it," answered Darel.
The host said, "Come on, I insist on giving you something. That was amazing. How about a new Rolex watch and some stock options?"
Again, Darel said "No."
Confused, the rich man asked, "Well Darel, then what do you want?"
Darel said, "I just want the bastard who pushed me in."
The party was held around the pool in the backyard of Monty's mansion. Everyone was having a good time dancing, eating prawns, oysters and drinking and flirting.
At the height of the party, the host said, "I have a 16ft man-eating crocodile in my pool and I'll give a million dollars to anyone who has the balls to jump in."
The words were barely out of Monty's mouth when there was a loud splash and everyone turned around and saw Darel in the pool fighting the croc, jabbing the croc in the eyes with his thumbs, throwing punches, doing all kinds of stuff like head butts and choke holds, biting the croc on the tail and flipping the croc through the air like some kind of Judo Instructor. The water was churning and splashing everywhere. Both Darel and the croc were screaming and raising hell. Finally Darel strangled the croc and let it float to the top like a dead goldfish. Darel then slowly climbed out of the pool. Everybody was just staring at him in disbelief.
The Monty says, "Well, Darel, I reckon I owe you a million dollars."
"Nah, you all right boss, I don't want it," said Darel.
The rich man said,"'Man, I have to give you something. You won the bet. How about a new car?"
"No thanks. I don't want it," answered Darel.
The host said, "Come on, I insist on giving you something. That was amazing. How about a new Rolex watch and some stock options?"
Again, Darel said "No."
Confused, the rich man asked, "Well Darel, then what do you want?"
Darel said, "I just want the bastard who pushed me in."
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[h=3]A Funny Story from the Australian Gas Company[/h]In March 1999 a man living in Kandos (near Mudgee in NSW, Australia) received a bill for his as yet unused gas line stating that he owed $0.00. He ignored it and threw it away as anybody might.
In April he received another bill and threw that one away too.
The following month the gas company sent him a very nasty note stating that they were going to cancel his gas line if he didn't send them $0.00 by return mail. He called them, talked to them, and they said it was a computer error and they would take care of it.
The following month he decided that it was about time that he tried out the troublesome gas line figuring that if there was usage on the account it would put an end to this ridiculous predicament.
However, when he went to use the gas, it had been cut off. He called the gas company who apologised for the computer error once again and said that they would take care of it.
The next day he got a bill for $0.00 stating that payment was now overdue.
Assuming that having spoken to them the previous day the latest bill was yet another mistake, he ignored it, trusting that the company would be as good as their word and sort the problem out.
The next month he got a bill for $0.00. This bill also stated that he had 10 days to pay his account or the company would have to take steps to recover the debt.
Finally, giving in, he thought he would beat the gas company at their own game and mailed them a cheque for $0.00. The computer duly processed his account and returned a statement to the effect that he now owed the gas company nothing at all.
A week later, the manager of the Mudgee branch of the Westpac Banking Corporation called our hapless friend and asked him what he was doing writing cheque for $0.00.
After a lengthy explanation the bank manager replied that the $0.00 cheque had caused their cheque processing software to fail. The bank could therefore not process ANY cheques they had received from ANY of their customers that day because the cheque for $0.00 had caused the computer to crash.
The following month the man received a letter from the gas company claiming that his cheque had bounced and that he now owed them $0.00 and unless he sent a cheque by return mail they would take immediate steps to recover the debt.
At this point, the man decided to file a debt harassment claim against the gas company. It took him nearly two hours to convince the clerks at the local courthouse that he was not joking.
They subsequently helped him in the drafting of statements which were considered substantive evidence of the aggravation and difficulties he had been forced to endure during this debacle.
The matter was heard in the Magistrate's Court in Mudgee and the outcome was this:
The gas company was required to:
[1] Immediately rectify their computerised accounts system or Show cause, within 10 days, why the matter should not be referred to a higher court for consideration under Company Law.
[2] Pay the bank dishonour fees incurred by the man.
[3] Pay the bank dishonour fees incurred by all the Westpac clients whose cheques had been bounced on the day our friend's had been processed.
[4] Pay the claimant's court costs; and
[5] Pay the claimant a total of $1500 per month for the 5 month period March to July inclusive as compensation for the aggravation they had caused their client to suffer.
And all this over $0.00.
[h=3]A Funny Story from the Australian Gas Company[/h]In March 1999 a man living in Kandos (near Mudgee in NSW, Australia) received a bill for his as yet unused gas line stating that he owed $0.00. He ignored it and threw it away as anybody might.
In April he received another bill and threw that one away too.
The following month the gas company sent him a very nasty note stating that they were going to cancel his gas line if he didn't send them $0.00 by return mail. He called them, talked to them, and they said it was a computer error and they would take care of it.
The following month he decided that it was about time that he tried out the troublesome gas line figuring that if there was usage on the account it would put an end to this ridiculous predicament.
However, when he went to use the gas, it had been cut off. He called the gas company who apologised for the computer error once again and said that they would take care of it.
The next day he got a bill for $0.00 stating that payment was now overdue.
Assuming that having spoken to them the previous day the latest bill was yet another mistake, he ignored it, trusting that the company would be as good as their word and sort the problem out.
The next month he got a bill for $0.00. This bill also stated that he had 10 days to pay his account or the company would have to take steps to recover the debt.
Finally, giving in, he thought he would beat the gas company at their own game and mailed them a cheque for $0.00. The computer duly processed his account and returned a statement to the effect that he now owed the gas company nothing at all.
A week later, the manager of the Mudgee branch of the Westpac Banking Corporation called our hapless friend and asked him what he was doing writing cheque for $0.00.
After a lengthy explanation the bank manager replied that the $0.00 cheque had caused their cheque processing software to fail. The bank could therefore not process ANY cheques they had received from ANY of their customers that day because the cheque for $0.00 had caused the computer to crash.
The following month the man received a letter from the gas company claiming that his cheque had bounced and that he now owed them $0.00 and unless he sent a cheque by return mail they would take immediate steps to recover the debt.
At this point, the man decided to file a debt harassment claim against the gas company. It took him nearly two hours to convince the clerks at the local courthouse that he was not joking.
They subsequently helped him in the drafting of statements which were considered substantive evidence of the aggravation and difficulties he had been forced to endure during this debacle.
The matter was heard in the Magistrate's Court in Mudgee and the outcome was this:
The gas company was required to:
[1] Immediately rectify their computerised accounts system or Show cause, within 10 days, why the matter should not be referred to a higher court for consideration under Company Law.
[2] Pay the bank dishonour fees incurred by the man.
[3] Pay the bank dishonour fees incurred by all the Westpac clients whose cheques had been bounced on the day our friend's had been processed.
[4] Pay the claimant's court costs; and
[5] Pay the claimant a total of $1500 per month for the 5 month period March to July inclusive as compensation for the aggravation they had caused their client to suffer.
And all this over $0.00.
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I got a bill from Optus once for $0.00 for a mobile account I never actually followed through with. I chose another provider at the last minute. A month later I got the bill. So I went to one of their shops and they promised they'd fix it.
Never happened, as the next month I got another bill asking for that payment plus the original payment or they'll cut me off which would've been difficult considering I didn't have an account with them. Went to their shop again. Sorry, we'll fix it.
So I ignored it. A month later I got a Summons to appear in court, so I went.
The Judge took one look at it and asked what was I doing there? Go home!
So I went home. Another month later, a knock on the door. A Sheriff, standing there scratching his head. Do you have anything worth nothing that you can use to pay this bill? Yes, so I gave him an empty plastic shopping bag. That'll do was his reply. (he actually got the joke and thought he's have some fun with it too!) What about the costs, I asked? Give me another shopping bag, was his reply.
I don't know what happened after that and never heard anything about it since.
Never happened, as the next month I got another bill asking for that payment plus the original payment or they'll cut me off which would've been difficult considering I didn't have an account with them. Went to their shop again. Sorry, we'll fix it.
So I ignored it. A month later I got a Summons to appear in court, so I went.
The Judge took one look at it and asked what was I doing there? Go home!
So I went home. Another month later, a knock on the door. A Sheriff, standing there scratching his head. Do you have anything worth nothing that you can use to pay this bill? Yes, so I gave him an empty plastic shopping bag. That'll do was his reply. (he actually got the joke and thought he's have some fun with it too!) What about the costs, I asked? Give me another shopping bag, was his reply.
I don't know what happened after that and never heard anything about it since.
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That's why I am with Telescum (Telecom/Telstra) for internet, super speed cos they OWN the network, oh and its an excuse to charge lots more too.
Optus recently sent me a flyer saying they increased 3g mobile coverage in my area.....well I'm sorry but I can still only get reception in my toilet! Guess that means I talk shit alot =).
Optus recently sent me a flyer saying they increased 3g mobile coverage in my area.....well I'm sorry but I can still only get reception in my toilet! Guess that means I talk shit alot =).
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