You are in a residential neighborhood at 9:30 AM, getting "Honk" signal from child on sidewalk

I’d use the air horn. It only takes a few seconds to make that kid’s day and they’ll remember it for awhile. There’s been a few times where I’ve had a rough day and a kid motions for me to pull the horn. Every time, they smile and wave. It also makes my day too.

 

His nearest neighbor is a mile and it even amuses them assuming he doesn't get to drunk and blows it after midnight. It sounds like it's turned into a point of pride for the neighbors. They are 70 miles south of Lake Superior and when they hear the fog horn their guests look at them like "what the fudge" snickering abound and the Legend of the Edmund Fitzgerald invariable plays out.

I remember when he built that deck and i pondered why he used pl construction adhesive and screws. Now i know. Man the low level bass those thinks kick out while being obnoxiously loud up close is unreal. He also built a fire pit with a rock crushing cone, #### thing is 8' across with a heavy grate at the bottom where he has a stainless air line to provide proverbial fuel to the fire. Retired dairy farmers are some pretty ingenious people!

Back on topic and a very cool story i couldn't wait to share. A young lad my sons age (12'ish) gave me the arm pump Monday evening and i don't know what the trucker etiquette is but i gave him one long 3 second solid blast and the smile on his face when he turned to mom ended the debate for me.

 

I promised the neighbor kid I would let her blow my horn (she was about 6 at the time) because mom said some trucker didnt blow it for her. A couple months later I had the truck at the house and I stopped, got out, and went up to mom and said "I made someone a promise". Little did I know her 8 year old was having a birthday party....

I kept looking for the cops to show up, neighbors were coming out to see why the horn was constantly blowing. Finally she says "dont worry about it, my husband is a St Paul cop".

 

HOA street "laws" vs trucker, that's funny.