Oh, the racket. They're putting in the other half of the roadbed up the hill from me. The washout for the concrete trucks is across the street. That thumping can put one out of sorts, especially if a headache is in the background. Rap, go rattle your sabre at them and ask them to take that further away, please. If they say no, you can threaten them accordingly. A blunderbuss probably won't work. What else is in the arsenal?