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To think that using a chainsaw at 10am on a Sunday is a bit early/inconsiderate?

187 replies

namechangeaaargh · 02/04/2024 10:01

Just that really. We were woken up by it and thought it was 9am as we hadn't yet changed the clocks.

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AmyFl · 04/04/2024 00:52

It's much too early.

RedRobyn2021 · 03/04/2024 20:28

10am! I've usually been up 4 hours by then

LlynTegid · 03/04/2024 20:15

Depends on the use of the chainsaw!

Deathbyfluffy · 03/04/2024 20:13

While technically fine, stuff like this winds me up too.
I got some decent double-glazing fitted and it's no longer an issue - I reckon a bomb could go off up the road and I'd be none the wiser!

OhmygodDont · 03/04/2024 20:10

Even on a good good day there is no way I’m not out of bed by 10am or awake in bed at 10am.

StarbucksQueen1 · 03/04/2024 20:01

10am?! You kidding?! My son wakes at 530am… 10 is midday!

thepastinsidethepresent · 03/04/2024 20:00

10am is mid morning.

Most people have been up 3 hours by then.

No, 'most' people do not get up at 7 (or even 6.30 as one of the other halo-polishing posts boasts) on the Sunday of a Bank Holiday weekend. Some people do.

I think 10's fine myself, but bloody hell, what's with the judgement and early-riser virtue-signalling on this thread? People who get up earlier aren't morally superior to those who don't, sorry to burst the bubble.

Beautiful3 · 03/04/2024 14:00

10am is fine.

SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius · 03/04/2024 13:35

Tangential, at best, but I once bought a book on papercutting (using a scalpel to cut lacy paper patterns) via Amazon marketplace, and received The Homeowner's Guide to the Chainsaw - not quite the same hobby, IMO. 😂

CosmosQueen · 03/04/2024 12:56

It reminds me of the Londoners with weekend cottages in our village who moan about cows mooing, tractors driving down the High Street, horse poo and cow poo on the roads that gets splattered on their Ferraris and posh SUVs.
The latest whinge is that there are puddles…..🙄😵‍💫

Gruffallowhydidntyouknow · 03/04/2024 12:51

namechangeaaargh · 02/04/2024 10:01

Just that really. We were woken up by it and thought it was 9am as we hadn't yet changed the clocks.

10am is mid morning.

Most people have been up 3 hours by then.

Meadowfinch · 03/04/2024 12:38

10am is fine. Why would it not be?

If it was this weekend, they were probably just trying to get the work done in between downpours.

Zonder · 03/04/2024 12:34

Absolutely @fieldsofbutterflies

fieldsofbutterflies · 03/04/2024 12:31

Zonder · 03/04/2024 12:28

Asking a neighbour to take their bin in after work rather than before shouldn't cause too much distress, surely? And if it did OP could offer to put their bin back later.

It depends how you approach it, doesn't it?

"Your bloody bin wakes me up at 7 every week and I'm sick of it" vs "Don't worry about your sorting your bins before work, I'm happy to do it when I sort mine as it's been waking me up".

Zonder · 03/04/2024 12:28

Asking a neighbour to take their bin in after work rather than before shouldn't cause too much distress, surely? And if it did OP could offer to put their bin back later.

Kalevala · 03/04/2024 12:23

fieldsofbutterflies · 03/04/2024 12:20

But consideration works both ways, and complaining about normal household noise at 7am isn't great way to foster neighbourly relations.

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Yes, if you have the type who complain about normal daytime noise then call people party poopers when they complain about loud talking/laughing/music at 1am then it doesn't work.

Kalevala · 03/04/2024 12:20

Zonder · 03/04/2024 12:14

There's no law about it but in my experience neighbourhoods work better when there's a little bit of consideration all round.

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I agree, as long as it's consideration both ways between people who favour daylight hours and those who prefer to stay up into the night.

We have decent neighbours who will message on the WhatsApp group 'Hey guys, we are having some friends around for a small party in the garden on Saturday evening, will be moving inside by x time, please let us know if we are too loud.' They are the ones that will get a bit of extra consideration on Sunday morning!

fieldsofbutterflies · 03/04/2024 12:20

Zonder · 03/04/2024 12:14

There's no law about it but in my experience neighbourhoods work better when there's a little bit of consideration all round.

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But consideration works both ways, and complaining about normal household noise at 7am isn't great way to foster neighbourly relations.

Zonder · 03/04/2024 12:14

xSideshowAuntSallyx · 03/04/2024 10:19

I'd tell the OP to sod off if she spoke to me about taking my bin back later so she could sleep. How fucking entitled do you have to be!

There is no law to say when I can take my bin back.

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There's no law about it but in my experience neighbourhoods work better when there's a little bit of consideration all round.

destroyess · 03/04/2024 11:52

You should really be up by 10am OP.

Kalevala · 03/04/2024 10:51

Soigneur · 03/04/2024 10:41

It's fine - and pretty expected to hear chainsaws after the storms we've had - loads of trees down and roads blocked.

Especially with the weather still being so variable. If it's light and dry you need to get on with it!

Soigneur · 03/04/2024 10:41

It's fine - and pretty expected to hear chainsaws after the storms we've had - loads of trees down and roads blocked.

StaunchMomma · 03/04/2024 10:39

Annoying if you like a lie in but not too early, no.

I was a bit pissed of this Sunday to have our door knocked at 9.30am by a man selling his bloody paintings 🙄Stings a bit when the clocks have gone forward that night as well but it is what it is, really.

hookiewookie29 · 03/04/2024 10:36

10am is fine. Wish my neighbour left it thst late- he was smashing up a rockery one Sunday at 7.10am!!

Kalevala · 03/04/2024 10:35

brocollilover · 03/04/2024 10:28

yes indeed

but i said 10 and it was me you were quoting

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Not in this quote chain. Sorry, I can't keep track of what everyone has said.