Summer is here! My back yard is lush and green and I would love to enjoy it but I can't. "Why?", you may ask? Because my charming neighbors are making too much frelling noise, that's why. All day long its lawnmowers, weed whippers, screeching children (who set off my dogs, thus adding to the noise), power tools (you would think that everyone would be done adding to their houses or putting on decks but thanks to a wave of refinancing they've got fresh ammo to do even more unnecessary home "improvements") and hip-hop.

Now, I know I've asked about those inexpensive (cheap) Pakistani made bagpipes in the past and have been warned off them by every knowledgeable member of this forum...and I do want to save up and get a nice set of Dunbars some day....but as a weapon of sheer revenge what do you think? Perhaps my getting out at, oh, let's say five thirty in the morning and celebrating my heritage by piping in the new day with a set of hopelessly out of tune pipes might help to make them more sensitive to ambient noise levels? I mean, I DO still have my euphonium and a little "Ride of the Valkyries" played al fresco at three in the morning might make my point but I have to think that there's nothing like cheap bagpipes poorly played to really make their blood run cold.

Any suggestions for a "set list"?

Best

AA