Bang … bang … BANG!

It started just before 10 am and hasn’t stopped since. I thought, at first, dopy sod that I am, “who’s setting off fireworks in the middle of the day?” especially as it’s peeing down out there (again). But as the banging continued I began to realise it probably wasn’t fireworks in the rain, but something else. And, taking a break from writing, made myself a brew and went out onto the balcony to listen.

Turns out not two blocks from here there’s a worksite in full swing with two maybe more, pile-drivers pounding away at the foundations for a new building. And that’s what I’m hearing. Well, the echoes from them bouncing off all the surrounding buildings. Throw in the constant Beep Beep Beep of onsite vehicles backing up and, you have a cacophony of noise that has become annoying to the Nth degree.

I can only hope that at noon they’ll break for lunch and give the neighbourhood a much needed break. But then again, it’s Wednesday, it’s bin day and at 1 pm almost to the second a dump truck is going to turn up and empty several large containers at the back of our complex. Oh joy of joys …

Damn but we live in a noisy world. I need some noise-cancelling headphones.