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El Zifaro 1-01-2016 Dutch Dive
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01/01/2016 02:15 PM
01/01/2016 02:15 PM
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Re: El Zifaro 1-01-2016 Dutch Dive
[Re: badbenni]
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01/01/2016 06:46 PM
01/01/2016 06:46 PM
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I HATE that crap. I would complain. That is a residential area, no place for that crap.
Carol Hill
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Re: El Zifaro 1-01-2016 Dutch Dive
[Re: dlbert]
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01/01/2016 08:43 PM
01/01/2016 08:43 PM
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No. There are usually only about 6 to 10 large jets per DAY, mostly just in the afternoon and for 30 seconds at a time. That is a whole different situation than that annoying boom, boom, boom of a base for HOURS on end, constantly.
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Re: El Zifaro 1-01-2016 Dutch Dive
[Re: Carol_Hill]
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01/01/2016 09:52 PM
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That's a shame if the music is that loud and annoying. Each time we were there earlier this month (5-6 times) over our two weeks, there was background music daily but it was pleasant and not loud and throbbing. That would be more than enough to send me elsewhere, for sure! <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" />
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pat
"Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat them."
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Re: El Zifaro 1-01-2016 Dutch Dive
[Re: pat]
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01/02/2016 09:58 AM
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Pat--that's the problem, for people in the neighborhood, they CAN'T go elsewhere, if there is loud music. You can't be in your own house without being disturbed. I would be very unhappy if they played that crap when I was there.
Carol Hill
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Re: El Zifaro 1-01-2016 Dutch Dive
[Re: Carol_Hill]
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01/02/2016 10:17 AM
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And there's the catch - if they are creating a disturbance and interfering with people's peaceful enjoyment of their property, the residents in the area have to take it to a higher authority, assuming there is such on St. Maarten, assuming they can't resolve it with the offender in the first place. It's been done before on both the French and the Dutch sides of the island so people really need to take a stand, assuming it does become a common occurrence.
Knowing how sound travels, and particularly over water, I can't imagine the neighbors on either side being terribly tolerant of something like this as a regular occurrence, but by the same token, a once or twice a year event needs to be tolerated within reason by the neighbors, IMHO, and I think that's what Benni is alluding to. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" />
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pat
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Re: El Zifaro 1-01-2016 Dutch Dive
[Re: MotownTim]
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01/02/2016 10:34 AM
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The point is that if people DON'T complain, they will think they can get away with it and then they WILL do it all the time.
Carol Hill
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Re: El Zifaro 1-01-2016 Dutch Dive
[Re: GaKaye]
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01/02/2016 01:45 PM
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They also need to understand that if they don't want everyone in the neighborhood to hate them, they can't do that crap.
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Re: El Zifaro 1-01-2016 Dutch Dive
[Re: MotownTim]
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01/02/2016 01:59 PM
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MotownTim said: Why don't we all wait to see if this is a regular thing or just a one-off because of the Dutch Dive on New Years Day. The music has always been kept low every time I've been there and I assume they will continue this policy. Points well taken. Given our experiences last month, (and didn't we decide we were there together a few days?)' I think we're all worrying needlessly but I guess time will tell, won't it?! <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" />
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pat
"Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat them."
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