having politely asked to turn the music down (twice) to the upstairs flat resident several times, they being the youts that they were, me having a wife at the time suffering an attack of rheumatoid arthritus they said fuck you and turned it up. I cant count to three. Knocked again, strode in with an axe and fixed their speakers. We lived in a part of town that doesnt call the cops because they wont respond.

Car alarms, if it is outside my abode, contact the owner, nicely twice. After that fuck him a concrete block thru the windshield gets the message accross. Which is why I live on almost an acre of dirt with other miserable rednecks, mexicans and white trash, we ask to be left alone. A ferry however is a different beast, its public transpo, take your own fucking boat if you dont like the ride, same with buses.

Peter calling the cops here about a car alarm may get you arrested for being a public nuisance, cops here have better things to do.
CRC glad to see you back in form :-)
thanx,
bill