What Has Your Area Done To Make Things Easier?

[Bobbisox1]

Here, we’ve had a young chap set up his speakers and gave everyone an impromptu concert, people kept to their social distancing , this was yesterday where the sun was warm, I think it lifted everyone’s spirits, I wish I could share the video with you but I can’t as it’s on FB

[woofgang]

I know I am snotfaced but someone elses choice of music with no escape would not lift my spirits at all.

[Bobbisox1]

Haha, glad he was mine and a lot more

[pastafreak]

That nice...as long as it appeals to a large number of people. If it doesn't, it may feel more like an intrusion...depending on where it happens. Then of course now there's the police to consider if it's in a public space.

[Bobbisox1]

It was in the middle of a private estate and you’d have so see the video to see that everyone there adhered to the rules

[gness]

Efforts to help like that one, Bobbi are wonderful. Something happens with music in the village each day here but we are too far out to see what it is. Nice to hear though and feel that we're sharing with other villagers.
Can't find the videos but in Dublin a chap has set up a bingo game. He is on the roof of a row of garages with loud speakers and folk in the flats opposite sit on their balconies with bingo cards.
I saw one last night where a chap in Cork who runs a traveling film company shows a film on the well positioned gable end of a house at the end of the street. All the neighbours sit in their front gardens with popcorn....and wine I guess and watch a film together. The children were loving it....almost a trip to the cinema with mum and dad......we need folk doing things like this don't we?....x

[Bobbisox1]

Now that is community spirit Gness, how lovely,

[Barsel]

Yesterday in a street that is quite a distance from me, someone decided to have a party from about 2pm until 11.30pm last night. Music was blaring what I call thump thump music. Kids and adults shouting, screaming almost as if they are sticking two fingers up to what we are suppose to do. I can't believe no-one called the police and I couldn't because although I could hear them I couldn't see them because of houses and trees in the way.I wouldn't have been able to tell the police exactly where they were or how many were there, but I really do find it hard to believe no-one complained, unless the police were turning a blind eye.Hope it isn't going to be a regular thing. Bobbi, I think was completely different to what you were listening too.

[ladybirder]

Barsel if you had called the police to your area surely they would have heard it and found the culprits for themselves?
I'm with woofy, someone else's choice of music forced on me is a big No No, especially in this weather when I want to have my windows open. Birdsong will do for me.

[Pooka1950]

Nobody has done anything round here, not that I'm aware of anyway. I am thinking of putting my Christmas lights up in the window to cheer things (and myself) up a bit.

[Bobbisox1]

I’ve done that this morning Pooka ( well OH did) I’ll switch them on come Thursday night at 8pm

[Bobbisox1]

Barsel, like LB says, the police could have followed the racket, there’s some total *** about

[gness]

Pooka...that would be a lovely thing to do especially after what you have had to go through recently. I am so very sorry for your loss which must have been made even worse in these awful times. Gx

[Bobbisox1]

That was d-heads btw

[Bobbisox1]

I agree with Gness Pooka, put them up to help you through these dark days you’re having xx

[Pooka1950]

Thanks guys, I appreciate that.

[New Judge]

he problem is such events rarely do lift everyone's spirits. They may do so for the performer and one or two of his like minded friends. But for the rest it would be an added annoyance to the inconveniences they are already suffering.

Rarely is amateur live music very compelling. Come to that, much live music performed by professionals doesn't do too much for many people. For me personally I cannot think of any live music I'd like to hear apart from a full concert orchestra, a brass band, some trad jazz, the Pasadena Roof Orchestra or a (good) military band. This cove blaring noise through speakers would probably make me reach for my shotgun - if I had one to hand.

[Barsel]

Pooka, one of my daughters and her neighbours do this on a Thursday night and this week they are getting dressed up as whatever they want to be.Hope that having your lights up might cheer you up a bit. x

[marval]

There has been nothing like that here, it has been eerily quiet.

I love ideas like that, it does help to lift ones spirits.

[retrocop]

Yesterday I was back to clearing out the workshop and garage. A neighbour on one side,a Polish woman, was sunbathing on the lawn and neighbour on t'other, unbeknowns to me, was chilling out on his patio with wine etc.
I had gone into Greek holiday mode and had started playing a collection of Bouzuki music on my workshop sound system .
When I saws the sunbathing neighbour I introduced myself and asked her if my music was too loud as I could turn it down/off.
She replied that she loved it and reminded her of happier times past and good times in the future. Result.
Today the other neighbour was cutting his lawn and remarked how much he enjoyed yesterday's selection of music as it reminded him of holidays past and those to come. Double result.
He had hired a skip at the start of lock down and filled it with all his junk. He knew I had been clearing out my 'man caves' over the last 3 days and invited us to use his skip with our junk. Triple result.
Strange. Due to their work patterns our paths rarely cross and it takes this awful plague to get to know our neighbours, albeit, from a 2metre distance. The bozouki is playing now as I type. :-)

[Barmaid]

On Friday we had a racket blaring out from 3 doors away. It's so quiet out here the noise carries. It was just irritating.