Spring In NEPA? It's when the yellow and orange barrels bloom
Bap bap bap bap bap bap bapuh. Beep beep beep beeeeeep.
For the last two months the reasonably quiet Rising ranch has been a cacophony of construction sounds.
Normally it’s pretty quiet here. Oh sure the goof that lives on the hill next to my property runs his chain saw while riding his ATV around with a loud portable radio strapped on his back.
All at the same time. But not all the time. And usually not all day long.
Its quiet enough on a good day that I can hear the hummingbirds arrive at the feeder, sounding like a very large bumblebee.
But not lately.
Bap bap bap bap bap bap bapuh. Beep beep beep beeeeeep.
For the last month they have been installing big yellow pipes on the side of the road. Gas will run through them I am told.
This process apparently involves a machine that sounds like a jack hammer (Bap bap bap bap bap bap bapuh) and a construction vehicle backing up for hours at a time (Beep beep beep beeeeeep.)
It also involves traffic on the roadway to be stopped for long periods of time on the street in front of my house so I get to enjoy the motorist’s tastes in listening pleasure. I have also noticed a large increase in the quantity and variety of trash being ejected from said vehicles.
So it’s all good. Like living in a cement mixer filled with marbles.
Very relaxing.
Not at all designed to make me crazy as a rat in a coffee can.
Soon they will be directly across from my house. Since I work mostly from home there really is no escape. Bap bap bap bap bap bap bapuh. Beep beep beep beeeeeep.
I notice all the construction workers are wearing ear protection.
I am not so lucky.
But I said in the first part of this that it’s been going on for two months. But the gas pipeline guys have been at it only a month. So what about the month before?
Well the road crew from the township was busy patching the many potholes and fixing up the road. They did a great job too. The pothole right by my driveway that I watched an SUV drive into and I am not sure ever came out is now smooth as a baby’s posterior.
They did this all up and down the same road that the gas pipeline guys are now digging up.
Somehow, somewhere this makes sense.
I am guessing when the gas guys go the pavers will be back.
Bap bap bap bap bap bap bapuh. Beep beep beep beeeeeep.
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