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Date:         Thu, 5 Feb 2015 15:29:44 -0800
Reply-To:     Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Fri. Generator rant.
Comments: To: Dennis Jowell <dennisjowell@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To:  <4B4D92B9-8834-4FCA-AACE-7D435B33CABE@gmail.com>
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"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... >


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