Don’t forget those pesky children as well – you know, the 6 to 8 year old girls screaming, well, like little girls, as they play tag, run around and generally do what kids do. And oh my goodness, don’t even get me started about how awful it is when the 10 year old boys are doing their darned skateboards out in the street / cul-de-sac. I mean, all that clattering and clacking as they try to learn to do the jumpy thing where the board flips around, and the little ramps they jump – you know, a piece of plywood and a hunk of 4×4. What an awful racket. And those darn boys, at it again – pop, pop, thunk, pop and they throw the baseball back and forth, leather ball on leather mitt, each trying to out do their buddy on how hard they can throw, and how tough they are for taking their buddies hardest throw. Yup – what awful neighbors, letting their kids play outside like I did when I was that age. Heck, if they don’t lock their kids inside, in front of the Wii I’ll just sue their @$$es off.

Jack, the judge in that case was not sympathetic to your point of view.

Mike, some folks have a surprisingly thin skin, are highly intolerant, and are simply self-centered.

What It Means To Be Open-Minded

and

What It Means To Be Respectful

Maybe she should write “What It Means To Be a Good Neighbor!”

Moron.

For me the question rests of the reasonableness of the expectation of silence in a residential neighborhood — and I don’t think it’s reasonable. Neighborhoods are filled with certain noises, and basketballs bouncing is one of them. If this author wants silence, she should move into the woods, or move her desk away from the window.

Still, all this lawsuit shows is that you can file for any reason. Call me back when she wins, then we might have something to complain about.