Neighbors aim to silence Old Ironsides’ cannons

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Self centered assholes could use a broadside to the face...

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.

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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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Other nearby residents agreed, including 52-year-old Elizabeth Ames, who lives in a luxury development called The Nautica.

“This is the heart of the city’s history,” Ames said. “If you don’t like it, don’t live here.”

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[barbtries]

1. simple

If you don’t like it, don’t live here.

did this just start when these people moved in? pah

[The Magistrate]

3. Exactly, Ma'am: The Ship Was There First....

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5. From the article...

The daily gun salute - halted in the early 1900s and revived in 1975.

[Dennis Donovan]

6. Well, for the residents who moved in before 1975, you missed your chance...

...for the residents post-1975, "WTF were you thinking moving into a historic neighborhood where such events happen?"

:crazy:

[NYC_SKP]

2. Assholes is right. Move into a neighborhood, then bitch about it?

Fuck off and move somewhere that's just right for you, like some gated community in Florida or Arizona or Vegas.

[DJ13]

4. They moved there knowing it happens

Tough shit if they dont like it.

[imdjh]

7. Like people who move to the beach and then complain about "the tourists".

[tabasco]

8. Oh, fuck them.

I would consider it a pleasure to hear those guns twice a day.

These assholes can move.

[elleng]

9. Too bad, They MOVED TO THE NUISANCE.

[Tim01]

10. Dumbass bought houses next to cannons that fire twice a day. nt

[lpbk2713]

11. Just like a-holes who move in next to the airport and complain about the noise.

Deal with it and STFU fer crisakes.





WAAAH!! No fair!!

[Vincardog]

12. These a$$hatters are just like the people who moved in next to me. Then started to complain that my

animals smell like ANIMALS! Excuse me but horses smell like horses, and we were here first.

[Cirque du So-What]

13. In a town where I used to work

the main rail line connecting Chicago with New York - comprising two sets of tracks its entire length - crossed several streets on its way through this town of ~2,000 residents. A new, luxury condo development was built adjacent to the tracks, and its residents raised a hue & cry over train whistles at intersections - despite an average of 2-4 fatalities every year, even with the whistles.

This didn't matter to the well-to-do residents of those condos, however, who lobbied for suspension of state law (possibly federal law) in order to silence the trains. They never got their way, but it wasn't for lack of trying.

The rich - at least those with an overdeveloped sense of entitlement - will always attempt to run roughshod over the rights of anyone who gets in their way. Bending the rules, seeking exemptions and exceptions, they consider it their birthright. I fight to make sure they get treated just like everyone else whenever I get the opportunity. I hope those who appreciate what Old Ironsides means to this country prevail over the modern-day royalists!

[Historic NY]

14. The USS Constitution is still an active ship of war.....I think they should

sound the guns every 8 bells. :evilgrin:

[mudplanet]

15. How about

charging the cannon with live rounds and aiming them at the condos next time. End of story.