One would think...

...that living out in rural cow country, one would be free from the nerve jangling, obnoxious noises of city living;

...that once retired, one had earned the luxury of sleeping in and waking up when one pleased instead of being at the mercy of an alarm clock and a waiting job, especially on a Monday morning;

...that those poor unfortunates who must be up at the crack of dawn would have just a skosh of forethought and consideration for those who don't.

One would think, wouldn't one?

One would be wrong...

just ask the Frederick county construction workers who just had to begin operating a jackhammer outside my window before 8 o'clock this AM.