Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2015 22:53:51 -0700
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From: OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@COMCAST.NET>
Subject: Re: Fri. Generator rant.
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Don
AgreeWithYou 100% on the NoisePolutionIssue ~ It's the main reason why I
Avoid CampGrounds > With A Passion < & SeekOut OutOfTheWayPlaces to do my
Enjoying of TheGreatOutdoors ~ Another reason is that when I get up in the Middle
of the night because NatureCalls I don't want to bother AnyoneElse when my Slider
does its PoorAttempt @ trying to call in a few Elk ~
OnceUponATime back before my WestyDays my Wife&I were CarCamping in a
CampGrounds Quite a Ways OffTheBeatenPath in the SW Colorado Mtns & we had
the place all to ourselves until about dusk when a huge PUTruck with a BackYardGrill
in the back pulled in, just a couple of spaces away & behind where I was parked ~
They FiredUp the Grill & the Generator & then the Stereo with some sort of "music"
that DidNot Appeal to The2OfUs Especially since we had planned on a nice Quiet
NightInTheMountains ~ MyRide ThoseDays was a '66 2+2Mustang & I had a Really
Fine Stereo of MyOwn ResidingWithin It ~ Some of the speakers were mounted in the
bulkhead between the Backseat & the Trunk so if the TrunkLid was open & the Volume
CrankedUp it Presented like a ConcertVenue ~ I decided to FightFireWithFire & Popped
the Trunk, put one of my FavoriteTapes of the time in the Player & let David Allen Coe
HaveHisWay with these folks with '"If That Aint Country You Can Kiss My A**" ~ It only
took that 1 song & it was Quiet the rest of the night ~
ORR ~ DeanB
O5 Feb , 2015, at 4:29 PM, Don Hanson wrote:
> "Preaching to the choir" ? I appreciate the agreement. I've not
> encountered many VW vans with generators, but there are some.
>
> Organized formal camps often have "generator hours". It just amazes me
> that people are so 'unintentionally' rude..It seems to go right over their
> heads that someone might want to sit outside and enjoy nature without a
> background drone. I've actually asked a couple of people if they would
> perhaps shut their generators down, and I've never had a civil response..
>
> The best answer I got was a few years back from a guy with a noisy
> one....He would fire it up and leave for hours.....Asked him very
> politely. His answer made my jaw drop! He said something on the lines
> of..." I don't like the noise, so I always leave it on and go away so I
> don't have to hear it"
>
> Anyhow, that's my Rap...generators are noisy and a big imposition on
> others. On a still desert evening you can hear a Briggs for miles and a
> Honda for about one mile....I have 3 I hear going within earshot as I post,
> On Feb 5, 2015 2:34 PM, "Dennis Jowell" <dennisjowell@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I agree 100% shut the noise off and hear nature that's what most of us
>> are out here for.
>> Don thanks for your insight!
>>
>> Dennis Jowell
>> Scotch Hollow Farm
>> Newbury, Vermont
>>
>>
>>> On Feb 5, 2015, at 11:43 AM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>>>
>>> Again I must comment on how selfish it is to "camp" with your generator
>>> on. Plug your ears, stick out your tongue and yell "La LA LA..." at high
>>> volume so you don't have to "hear" what I'm saying here, but there it is!
>>>
>>> Deny deny deny, but your generator noise DOES completely eliminate the
>>> peace and quiet that many people go camping to find. Is it fair to
>> impose
>>> your noise on everyone around you? No it is not.
>>>
>>> I know that most people don't even get out into the country very often
>>> and fewer yet think their generators make any noise at all, but they
>> really
>>> do.
>>> The natural world is getting full, I know, but dang!...There's Solar and
>>> batteries that do not impose on others who may value no unneeded noise,
>> and
>>> nobody NEEDS to listen to a generator.
>>>
>>> OK you all who Generate....You can unplug your ears and stop going "LA
>> la
>>> LA LA LA!" now, my annual anti-generator rap is done...hit the starter
>>> button and go outside by your exhaust pipe and enjoy your camping...
>>
