James ThomsonThat sinking feeling when you realise your downstairs neighbours have bought a piano.
Ken Disbrow@jamesthomson Beats the neighbor who bought the bag pipes.
Jack Wellborn@jamesthomson The only way to cope as the upstairs neighbor is to give indoor bocci ball a try.
Robert George 𓇳𓃀𓁹𓏏𓇥𓆓𓀀@jamesthomson The important question is whether or not they know how to play it or if they’re going to be taking lessons.
@rrgeorge They are pretty good, but still definitely learning.
elroy 
@jamesthomson i read this twice before i realized you didn't say "a potato"
@elroy In this economy?!
Jonathan Hogg
Rob Ireton 
@jamesthomson related: when the next-door neighbors get a basketball hoop.
Benjamin Herrin@jamesthomson Use this as an excuse to buy a new home theater system with a really strong subwoofer!
Or you could take the high road...
Cliff Maier@jamesthomson at least it’s not a drum set
(((Jann Gobble)))🏳️🌈@jamesthomson Well, James, I seem to sense a forthcoming tee with piano keys on it!
...to finance the soundproofing. 😳
ahakim@Ahakim I could negotiate with cats!
Marcus Mendes@jamesthomson Slip a John Cage 4’33 score under the door. That ought to send the message.
hannah@jamesthomson It's good to have a few neighbors that are musicians because I'm 100% off the hook for any noise complaints for basically forever
@h_thoreson I can certainly see the argument - there's a saxophonist on the floor above me, and another pianist on the floor two down. I have a synth, but at least that uses headphones! Maybe at some point we'll have a very keyboard heavy band…
John Keller@jamesthomson @h_thoreson I *thought* that I’d remembered your mentioning in the past a neighbor who played another instrument. For a moment, when I read your original post about the piano, I thought that it was the same neighbor, expanding their horizons.
You’re right: at this pace, you and your neighbors are eventually going to have to form a band. It’s just destiny.
Jason Nickel@jamesthomson Time to get the vuvuzela out.
@JasonNickel It's not even world cup season!
Charlie@jamesthomson Perhaps you could take up clog dancing
Alberto Sendra@jamesthomson let’s see how it plays out.
mnem@jamesthomson learn the cello and start performing together. It could be the start of something beautiful.
@mnem I have a synth, but to be honest I'm a worse player than they are.
James Atkinson@jamesthomson I used to have a trumpet teacher as a neighbour. Fun.
@jimmyjamesuk There's an occasional saxophonist upstairs…
@jamesthomson my sympathies. On a totally unrelated note, I believe noise cancellation on the new AirPods Pro is very good.
@jimmyjamesuk Yes, I may get an upgrade!
@jamesthomson me too…just in case.
BillSaysThis@jamesthomson Yeah my next door neighbor is a piano teacher 😭
@BillSaysThis Oh no, they are financially motivated to keep playing…
Pedro Fernandes@jamesthomson same here, since Xmas, and the problem is that they are learning. I was hoping that by now they would have given up
@pfernandes They seem to be learning here too… I'm really hoping it's an electric one, and they can plug in headphones.
David Lochhead@jamesthomson Didn’t you just get a keyboard? 🤣
@Defmech Yeah, but that has a headphone socket!
@jamesthomson But can be connected to an amp. 😉
@Defmech I would not stoop to such lows!
Hobbs@jamesthomson have you considered the 1812 overture with cannons? https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0F5k70xwGSk
Tchaikovsky "1812 Overture" with 105mm Cannons 20101017 (2/2)
@Hobbs Maybe I could try talking to them as a first step :)
@jamesthomson I suppose that’s an option. 😂
Nathan@jamesthomson
I think I’ve got some time before my downstairs neighbours learn to play the piano.. 😉
I think I’ve got some time before my downstairs neighbours learn to play the piano.. 😉
@nathan They could always surprise you!
@jamesthomson
Every time I imagine a highly evolved earthworm, I get distracted from the idea that it might play the piano..
😄
Every time I imagine a highly evolved earthworm, I get distracted from the idea that it might play the piano..
😄
TK@jamesthomson there’s a sport podcast in the DC area, hosted by a national figure, and he from time to time has music created by his listeners (known as littles) as a bumper for his final segment.
In 2017, one Tony Beeson wrote, “I have a piano,” and I’m reasonably certain it’s what your now hearing. Feel free to give it a listen 😆 http://littlesongs.net/searchresults.aspx?query=I%20have%20a%20piano#
Jeff Watkins@jamesthomson Time to burn the building down.
Bryan@jamesthomson hopefully it’ll be like working out after the new year and won't last 😛
Henry@jamesthomson I’m not sure what housing prices are in Glasgow, but it might be time to raise the price of PCalc to fund a single family home on a couple of acres of heavily forested land — to permit you to code in peace.
bavster@jamesthomson if you can’t beat em… 🤗
@jamesthomson Maybe the move here is for you to buy a drum kit.
@Jotz That's mutually assured destruction!
@jamesthomson sometimes that’s the way it has to be!
Calum@jamesthomson Time to crack out the bagpipes.
@scottishwildcat I feel that’s going to hurt me more than it hurts them!