Posted on 11/06/2009 11:20:19 PM PST by Saije
Old Ironsides’ upscale Charlestown neighbors are trying to pull off what British, French and Barbary pirate guns failed to accomplish in more than two centuries - silencing the cannons of the nation’s oldest commissioned naval vessel.
Miffed residents of a posh condo complex have invited the commanding officer of the USS Constitution over for a glass of wine so he can hear for himself that the frigate’s twice-daily cannon blasts - a tradition dating to 1798 - are “more disruptive to the neighborhood than you might have imagined.”
Commanding Officer Timothy Cooper received the most recent complaint two weeks ago from neighbors suggesting naval officers assigned to the historic vessel eliminate the morning and evening blasts on weekends, reduce the size of the gunpowder charge and turn down the volume of the national anthem recording played during the daily flag raising and lowering ceremonies.
“The residential population and congestion of this area has (sic) grown significantly and, it seems to us, that the cannon charge/noise is excessive,” the unidentified resident first wrote in an Aug. 26, 2009, letter obtained by the Herald.
High-end condominium developments have sprung up across from the Charlestown Navy Yard over the past decade, transforming the once hardscrabble waterfront into a toney enclave.
“Over the summer, we have entertained several times, and we have had guests sit up in shock when the cannon goes off,” the resident wrote. “It has also awakened them at 8 a.m. while they are vacationing and then blasted them again at sunset.”
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Not to worry, perhaps soon they can complain about the muezzin’s call to prayer five times a day rather than two.
Uhmm... F.U., shove it up your nether regions sideways and howl at the moon.
I live on the other side of the bay from these people and have never--ever--EVER heard this "disruption."
When I say other side, btw, I don't mean Southie, I mean the North End.
Bull.
Tell ‘em to stuff cotton in their ears. Old Ironsides’ cannons were there long before their damned condo existed.
Double the charge, put a ball in the canon and aim it at condo.
How do they not know this when they buy or rent in that area?
Time to give the whiners a whiff of grapeshot!
My reply would be to pull along side the condo building and let loose with a broadside of grapeshot.Twice a day until they strike their colors.Probably a good reason why I am not in command but I cant think of it.
Maybe the good Captian should start puting hot shot into the guns, eh:-)
Regards
alfa6 ;>}
They are democrat voters who are polluting the neighborhood.
Maybe a daily 21 gun salute will drive the vermin away!
Blow their white wine-sipping yuppie asses into Medford.
The cannons were around before you. You don’t like it. Move.
Yep.
Seems like a good fix to the situation, (in my best pirate's voice) Haaarrr!
Of course, that ONE person is going to bring the lawsuit - Obama is going to cave (Kerry will surrender even faster!) - and we will lose our heritage.
We have a local shooting range. From time to time people who move into the mansions within ear shot of the range try to get it closed down. Thus far, they have failed.
My grandma used to say “if you don’t want to get splashed stay away from the pool.” That seems relevent here.
I'd send my kids to TP his house random nights. Leave mean spirited conservative messages on his wind shield. Make a point of being a nosy neighbor that came over regularly just to annoy. Refer him to the Jehovah's Witnesses every month and the Mormons every other month. Make an anonymous call that his car is a polluter (especially if he had any environmentalist sticker on his car).
Basically be a general pain until he chose to move to a different neighborhood.
Did they buy their condos knowing that the ship was there? If so, QUIT WHINNING!!!!
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