It's midnight and there are some sort of gas/electrical works going on in my road, complete with generator and light

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Wtf
I can't see properly from the window and I'm not going out in my nightie. Must be some emergency works. But I cant get to sleep with the racket. Pity the poor buggers whose house they are outside.

Has happened to me. I presume because it's either an emergency or the road is too busy to close it during the day. The road I'm on was resurfaced at night. It was the loudest thing I've ever heard.