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Post by kerouac2 on Oct 31, 2018 13:08:24 GMT
I feel as though I am living in a carpentry workshop today, because the roofers are sawing and drilling and hammering the lumber they are using on the scaffolding just outside of my window. I went down across the street to get a look at what they were doing, and I was quite pleased with the way they are putting the new roof on the building.
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Post by rikita on Nov 1, 2018 10:04:51 GMT
mr. r. is also working from home today (for the first time), so i hear his keyboard as well as mine ... also, hearing all the sounds from my computer through head phones, so i won't bother him (he is using head phones too).
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Post by kerouac2 on Nov 1, 2018 12:13:23 GMT
The city is quieter than usual today since it is a holiday.
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Post by casimira on Nov 1, 2018 14:42:06 GMT
It's that time of year when early morning fog rolls in and the sound of fog horns on the river is so distinct.
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Post by bixaorellana on Nov 2, 2018 1:08:17 GMT
It's a little after 7 pm and very quiet. I just heard a gecko, there is a fly buzzing in this room and that's it.
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Post by mossie on Nov 2, 2018 19:40:21 GMT
The Guy Fawkes fireworks are going well, only a couple of days early.
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Post by bixaorellana on Nov 2, 2018 20:26:11 GMT
There are people who absolutely cannot resist shooting off fireworks if they have any! Are you going out to watch any displays or bonfires, Mossie? Anybody?
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Post by rikita on Nov 4, 2018 8:37:39 GMT
the washing machine, and mr. r. walking around.
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 3, 2018 20:46:34 GMT
LOTS of thunder here -- the loud, rolling, rumbling kind that is even vibrating the house.
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 4, 2018 9:38:01 GMT
I have been listening to hammers on the roof for a month and a half now.
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 4, 2018 17:02:03 GMT
I'm only hearing lovely gentle rain right now.
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 4, 2018 18:47:21 GMT
Rain, gentle or otherwise, has put the roofing work one week behind schedule so far.
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Post by rikita on Dec 5, 2018 1:25:05 GMT
listening to music, just clicking links on youtube ... right now this one ...
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Post by rikita on Dec 24, 2018 1:26:58 GMT
ah, i was listening to the christmas oratorio too, until a moment ago. interrupted it to listen to a song someone posted on a thread, and then will go to bed, so tomorrow i'll continue listening ... (just listening to random recordings on youtube, so no idea which one) ...
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Post by casimira on Dec 25, 2018 15:24:01 GMT
Peacefully quiet here at the moment.
I am hoping that my jackass neighbor refrains from blasting god awful bad noise music from his man cave that he constructed within the past year.
The music shoots directly into my second story bedroom and when it's mild outside I like to have my French balcony doors open.
I texted him last p.m. and politely asked him to please turn it down. His response was a rant that was almost laughable. He said that it was the anniversary of his father's death, AND, he had to have his dog put down AND filed for full custody of his son, AND got laid off from his job.
He did turn down the noise.
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 25, 2018 17:31:48 GMT
Sounds like he might have imbibed a bit too much as well to drown his sorrows.
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Post by bixaorellana on Sept 22, 2019 5:32:26 GMT
There is a concert going on in the open auditorium in the hill above my house. Right now the entire crowd is singing Imagine.
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Post by mossie on Sept 22, 2019 7:47:41 GMT
Sitting here finishing my breakfast listening to the dryer chuntering round. There are things in there with buttons which keep tapping on the drum, demanding to be let out. Just be patient!
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Post by kerouac2 on Sept 22, 2019 11:47:21 GMT
Coming out of the cinema, I heard the pouring rain before I saw it and was delighted.
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Post by mickthecactus on Oct 6, 2019 11:37:10 GMT
Fleetwood Mac coming at just the right level from the speaker in the beachside restaurant.
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 13, 2019 16:44:42 GMT
It sounds lovely! Last open window day because it's getting cold there?
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 20, 2019 3:48:57 GMT
Lots of slow-drag oompah music and very loud fireworks, then a pause for some a capella religious singing in front of my house. The band started up again, the procession moved on, and now there is complete silence.
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Post by kerouac2 on Oct 21, 2019 18:21:25 GMT
While I was peeing before the movie this morning, I heard one of those intestinal explosions, release of gas and faecal matter, then a pause and another flood of activity. The sort of thing that would mortify any of us in a public place. Thank god that nobody can see you in such a case. But at the same time, I thought about how good that feels when you are in distress and it all has to come out.
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 21, 2019 22:07:05 GMT
I feel my post sharing a auditory experience is pleasant and uplifting . Your post about an auditory experience is not pleasant and uplifting. Your 😫😫😫 post is appalling and yucky 🤢. Be like Bixa!
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Post by bixaorellana on Nov 10, 2019 0:43:04 GMT
Blues harmonica. WFT?!
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Post by bjd on Nov 14, 2019 7:49:15 GMT
We are having a rather ugly fireplace (typical 1980s provincial France)removed and a woodstove installed today. Right now, I can hear the workers knocking down and taking apart the fireplace. Since the house is rather shoddy quality, I have visions of cracks in the walls in the room behind.
As further background noise, there is the sound of rain bucketing down.
Originally they were supposed to come yesterday -- the only day since the beginning of the month that it didn't rain. The door has to be open so they can put the broken stuff into their trailer and it's 8°.
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Post by lagatta on Nov 14, 2019 12:27:34 GMT
At least it isn't -8. I still remember not having a real half of my side kitchen wall due to extensive structural work on our buildings - the ground floor people simply had to move out. I was sort of camping; sleeping in a sleeping bag as well as bedding, with Renzo sharing the sleeping bag.
Yes, reading K2's scatological post while it is still fairly early in the morning is a bit unsettling. I need some coffee.
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Post by Kimby on Apr 8, 2020 21:28:07 GMT
We are Sheltering in Place here in Montana, and today is the first day that’s nice enough to sit outside in the sun on the deck. We were listening to the babbling of the creek, the territorial robins chasing each other, and the wind in the treetops.
And then a neighbor kid came outside to practice their violin. “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star”
I’m guessing their parents sent them outside, to play. That would be a bit much in the house.
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Post by onlyMark on Apr 9, 2020 6:59:48 GMT
What would the opposite be? Sheltering in another place? Moving around and not sheltering? Can you be in place but not shelter?
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Post by bjd on Apr 9, 2020 11:09:19 GMT
Given that I live in a neighbourhood of houses and gardens, the main sound these days of nice sunny weather is power lawnmowers, hedgecutters, powerwashers. And the neighbouring small boys playing in their yard. Only when they all take a break do we hear birds.
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