Menopause Matters Forum
General Discussion => This 'n' That => Topic started by: KaraShannon on February 27, 2024, 01:51:13 PM
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Does anyone find themselves commenting on how things are different these days?
I mean I've only noticed all the differences along with the pandemic, not a more gradual ageing process but still, anyone with examples are welcome.
Mine starts with a moan. My new hairdryer takes 30 mins to fully dry my hair. Prior ones ALL MY LIFE UP TO NOW have dried it in 5 - 10 mins at the most. Anyone else noticed this?
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Oh and paper used to tear in a straight line, not all chaotic and wonky. But that's been going on for about 15 years as I remember a long time ago moaning about that one.
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Smaller Mars bars, twirls, cream eggs - whoops, there's a theme here ;D
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Smaller Mars bars, twirls, cream eggs - whoops, there's a theme here ;D
I remember my parents saying that Mars bars and Penguins were not the size 'they used to be,' and they were saying that in their early 30's.
They must have been ENORMOUS in the 60's ;D yet they were all skinny then!
But agree. They've shaved another bit off the top of the wispa bars in the last fortnight and in the last 2 months one 'bit size' has been taken off the end of the 4 packs. I know these things ::)
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Bad service for me, HATE when if you're getting served,the server is busy chatting to her/his buddy AND I let them know it ;D
I hate that too and agree it's a change. Unfortunately I think, at least in my area, there are now just way too many people and way too much time pressure on everyone that pleasant conversation is no longer happening. :(
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Oh don't get me started on those in supermarkets who are talking on their headsets! And that's the person scanning the goods :o >:(. One never knows whether they are a) talking to themselves, b) the customer or worse, c) staff in the back office!
And those walking towards me on their mobiles, not looking what/who they might bump into. I've taken a few mobiles off people for THAT!
Drives who don't keep to speed limits >:(
I may continue later ;D
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That's U on the other side of the street 2 me then jaypo :lol: and when they are in the queue at the check out >:( HOW RUDE . I've been known to mutter 'how rude' OUT LOUD ....... I fact I wouldn't serve them until they had finished. I would send them to the back of the queue - 1 where there wasn't an assistant. Why don't they use the self service :D
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All of the above ;D
and it's not like the prices have shrunk with the product. The prices have increased as sizes have decreased >:(
However in stores I really don't mind if there's no conversation. I prefer to just pay for my stuff and leave so I love self checkout! That's definitely a positive for "these days".
CLKD, they can't use self service because they'd have to actually do something. It's always the ones with the mobile phones that never pack their bags because that would mean actually focusing on the here and now!
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I've worked in customer service for nearly 25 years. It's always been a challenge at times but the rudeness of people has really leveled up in the past few years.
I don't work with the public, but with employees of the companies who purchase our product. It's mostly via email and it's quite shocking how rude some people are while emailing on their work email. I don't want to know how they behave when emailing via their personal account! :P
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Oh don't get me started on those in supermarkets who are talking on their headsets! And that's the person scanning the goods :o >:(. One never knows whether they are a) talking to themselves, b) the customer or worse, c) staff in the back office!
And those walking towards me on their mobiles, not looking what/who they might bump into. I've taken a few mobiles off people for THAT!
Drives who don't keep to speed limits >:(
I may continue later ;D
I haven't noticed an issue with staff talking into their headsets but I don't think they do that much where I am.
As for people texting into their phones and not looking where they are going, I tend to look down at the floor and keep walking in a straight line (they are the ones veering into my space) until they have to massively correct their positioning ;D
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However in stores I really don't mind if there's no conversation. I prefer to just pay for my stuff and leave so I love self checkout! That's definitely a positive for "these days".
Yes, I don't mind if there's no conversation, but it still bugs me that we are being herded more and more into the self checkout area, to the point it's now becoming 'weird' if you go to the assistant behind the till (unless you need cigarettes)
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Oh yes the mobile phone walker,if I see one heading in my direction, just stop dead in my tracks and then they HAVE to go round me ;D my bad ;D
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This is me . Sorry jaypo ;D
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Nor me >:( 'cos it'll be out o f your hand and away across the road B4 you blink ;D
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We refuse to use self service and if there's musak if the manager won't switch it off we walk out. B&Q are notorious and I can't think in such a warehouse-type space >:(. There's always on line these days!
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Agree CLKD
Back to hairdryers, I've given up and sitting here typing on here. >:( My hair seems to be drying quicker sat typing on here than it ever was with me struggling with the hairdryer. I cannot understand it, it must be health and safety these days. Standing there for half and hour, arms aching, trying to dry hair when it only took about 4 mins with my old hairdryer >:( >:( >:( >:( >:(
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Until the 1980s my hair was down to my waist. Washed over the bath then rubbed gently with a towel B4 sitting in front of the coal fire. 25 mins. done both sides.
Then it was cut in mid-1980 followed by perms for a few years. I looked like Crystal Tips ;D. I rarely used a hair dryer as it spoils the ends. Now I wrap a warm towel round after shaking my head ........ within 20 mins. it's done and if I'm out in the garden, much quicker 8)
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Card only self service tills. My local coop has 3 card only and none that take cash. Usually a long queue for a the one check out with a real person and no-one using self service.
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We have stopped shopping where cash isn't accepted ;D as well as where muzak is played. Soon we will be buying everything on-line. Because my brain doesn't function well I am unable to remember my card passwords etc. so cannot shop where a card is required. It's cash with me or nowt. 8)
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We have a chat with our regular check out ladies, I think that they are stuck to their chairs ;D. When the Bank with the dancing horse started asking me how I was spending my cash, after 3/4 times with a queue behind me: "It's a deposit for the building down the road where I'm opening a brothel" .......... every1 in the queue laughed so they were probably fed up with being asked similar .........
Now, where were we :-\
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Did U ditch the hair dryer yet?
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Fan heaters, similar to hair dryers. Now use twice the electricity of old ones and produce quarter of the heat >:(.
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With or without clothes on?
That’s the question! ;D
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Without - with shampoo to hand and some1 inside with a warm towel: job done ;D
These days: VAPES : in my face in the street :poke2: :bang:
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Until the 1980s my hair was down to my waist. Washed over the bath then rubbed gently with a towel B4 sitting in front of the coal fire. 25 mins. done both sides.
Then it was cut in mid-1980 followed by perms for a few years. I looked like Crystal Tips ;D. I rarely used a hair dryer as it spoils the ends. Now I wrap a warm towel round after shaking my head ........ within 20 mins. it's done and if I'm out in the garden, much quicker 8)
Understand. My hair was drying with me just here ranting about it. Why oh why was it not drying with the hair dryer. I have been spoilt though. The reason I ever used a hairdryer in the first place was because it was dry and tidy within about 4 mins. Pathetic now, no point in using it, I'm sweaty after and have only just showered, it's like an aerobics class just to get my hair dry.
You can tell I'm not over this. ;D
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Card only self service tills. My local coop has 3 card only and none that take cash. Usually a long queue for a the one check out with a real person and no-one using self service.
Yes this annoys me as well, I don't like being herded and digitised >:(
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I always do the scan your own shopping for my big shop, no way can I be bothered putting all my stuff on the conveyor belt only to then put it all back in my trolley PLUS have a cashier saying.....having a nice day? Are you doing anything nice later? >:( It's always on the tip of my tongue to say.....yes,I'm off to my pole dancing job ;D
That's something I've never done, scan my own shopping, I don't know why, it was always clever people that did that ;D I think I'm going to look into it, much more freeing and I need all the help I can get ;D
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Did U ditch the hair dryer yet?
that would be too easy wouldn't it ;D
No I keep walking past it, it's in the hall on the side. I keep looking at it in disbelief and thinking next time might be better (it won't be I'm in a rage every time) ;D
I'm not that good with toasters either. I mean how long does it take to toast the bread??! My old grandmother once got me to toast bread by an open fire on a fork, it was done in seconds. You'd think a modern toaster would do that.
I must just have rubbish appliances ;D >:( >:(
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Fan heaters, similar to hair dryers. Now use twice the electricity of old ones and produce quarter of the heat >:(.
Annoying >:( >:(
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These days: VAPES : in my face in the street :poke2: :bang:
Yes, annoying >:( >:(
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I'm having another problem, I can't stand the electricity from gaming or subwoofers, does anyone have this? In my day you didn't have
all that, you had peace. Unless I'm just more sensitive now, but I did read that even 15 years ago these things weren't commonplace so you wouldn't have had to deal with it.
Another thing I'm really struggling with lately and I'd really like to know if others are, but my timing is all out. My day always ended around 6pm and calls were usually made sometime between 6 - 8pm, and then settle for the night. Now I've got people calling at 1pm, 3pm, and not wanting to 'speak later' because they want to wind down, yet they are mean from 4pm onwards (I don't really have the time before 6pm to be chatting and they don't want to after, so not connecting with some of the people that are important to me). I think there are a lot of people doing this new routine since the lockdowns but I am really struggling with the change, the days seem really short, I'm not a 6am riser, more 8am and 9am on home working or days off. I don't want my day shunted forward like that but I seem out of kilter with the world. Does anyone else feel this? (not expecting anyone to because it does seem the world has changed)
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Don't answer. Our mobiles etc. are switched off at 10.00 p.m. and left downstairs. Landline for emergency messages from the Care Home who have been advised not to phone after or B4 9.00! Even if Mum pops her clogs, don't want to know until at least 11.00 ::)
Occasionally we get spam calls which are obvious >:( as there is no 'hello' until I speak . So I don't speak ::) and usually it's a click. lawn mowers make me angry, there should be 1 afternoon each week when they can be used and NOT at weekends :(
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Oh another one, I seem to spend my evenings flipping between tv channels, trawling through you tube, etc, attempting to find something gripping but at the same time enriching and that I learn something from (even films / fiction you can learn so I don't rule that out), but I am not finding anything anymore and just spend the time looking and then going to bed.
In the past, only about 15 years ago I would stroll through book shops and find stuff on tv, just ordinary 4 channel tv, now I haven't a clue where to start and find less and less quality.
Anyone finding this or is it unique to me? ;D
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Have a lookC at the 'whats on TV' thread?
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KaraShannon when it's quiet I add things to My List on Netflix so that I nearly always have things to watch. I currently watch a lot of documentaries and I'm very into films. I hate sitting down for my meal and the. Flicking through for something, although that doesn't happen now thatI Iive with my daughter and grandchildren as we always watch some action/ superhero type film, none of which I've ever seen before. ;D
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Today I have
1) attempted to make a doctor's appointment for the 5th time but told I cannot unless I arrive there at 2pm to make it (I can't do that due to work or other commitments or when I am free I might not remember, I mean it's a very small window in a whole day). So today I HAVEN'T sorted out getting an estriol cream with the doctor for the 5th time.
2) attempted to pay a bill but it didn't go through because my card was cancelled the other day due to a fraud attempt and I now have to wait 10 days for a new card. i will forget this bill because like everything if you keep being stopped each time you try to do it other things will build up and it will get forgotten. So today I HAVEN'T paid that bill
3) attempted to make a dentist appointment but due to my last misses (even though I offered to pay for those and explained it was ill health) they want payment up front before making an appointment and I can't pay up front because see Number 2. So today I HAVEN'T made the dentist appointment.
There's other things but I can't think right now.
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KaraShannon when it's quiet I add things to My List on Netflix so that I nearly always have things to watch. I currently watch a lot of documentaries and I'm very into films. I hate sitting down for my meal and the. Flicking through for something, although that doesn't happen now thatI Iive with my daughter and grandchildren as we always watch some action/ superhero type film, none of which I've ever seen before. ;D
Any names of anything you like particularly Autumnwalks? :)
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Have a lookC at the 'whats on TV' thread?
Thanks CLKD :)
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"I will forget the bill" :-\. Why ?
We have a magnetic board to hang bills upon as well as a calendar to write important reminders on.
Our dental surgery will ask for payment up front for a) new patients and b) for any that don't turn up. It is necessary to ring and cancel if 1 can't attend GP/Dental appts..
With every1 relying upon mobile phone apps it should be OK to put reminders on - me, I can't work an app ;D so have to remember to keep our His/Hers calendar up to date ::)
However: I have had brain fog recently :-\
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"I will forget the bill" :-\. Why ?
We have a magnetic board to hang bills upon as well as a calendar to write important reminders on.
Our dental surgery will ask for payment up front for a) new patients and b) for any that don't turn up. It is necessary to ring and cancel if 1 can't attend GP/Dental appts..
With every1 relying upon mobile phone apps it should be OK to put reminders on - me, I can't work an app ;D so have to remember to keep our His/Hers calendar up to date ::)
However: I have had brain fog recently :-\
thanks, I'm pretty sure I cancelled on those occasions though and pretty sure it was two, spaced well apart. they have lost two members of staff, they just don't need me asking for an appointment.
I tend to be of the view that if you call to sort something out you should be able to most of the time and it might just be where I live at the moment but it's impossible, every single day. 5 attempts to sort a GP appointment, I only want some estriol cream, I asked if I could send a message but no. I might be old school but I do expect to be able to contact a GP surgery and make an appointment :-\
I will forget the bill because it's a one off thing, not a regular electric or gas etc, and if I attempt to deal with it and can't it will get forgotten, there's loads of other things to deal with and coming in all the time, but I'm still working. If I could use my card to draw out money or, well, just use it, I'd drive to the place and pay the bill straight away, but can't do that because card been cancelled, can't go to the bank to draw out the money because the branch closed in my area and it was 2.30pm when all this was going on so too late to drive to another area, because they close (in my book) half way through the day.
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Was it Scarlett O Hara that said Tomorrow is another day ;D
But it's also wednesday, halfway through the week and no doubt I'll be met with fences again. It is just becoming too hard to do stuff.
The other option is to ignore my teeth, ignore my body and not bother. I asked for testosterone blood testing two years ago, it hasn't happened due to one snag or another, it's all too much of a fight these days :-\
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4) HAVEN'T got my new electricity / gas / mobile provider set up because old one refusing to switch, they are refusing to switch because I need to pay a bill to them (which was overlooked because I've moved and they didn't write to me, I was attempting to check on it and sort the switch but now they won't allow the switch), I've explained that I'm hundreds in credit to the other company and they are happy if the other company will hand over that money. I have asked other company to do this for months to give to me but no replies. Now they won't answer the phone (they're a good enough company it's just that no one answers the phone these days) for me to ask them to give to the other company to allow the switch to go ahead. They don't answer emails and most are no reply emails anyway.
5) HAVEN'T had reasonably fast internet or decent phone calls BECAUSE I NEED TO SWITCH MY PROVIDER!
Tell me, how much of this is menopause, I don't think even 50%
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Daily life for many I would suspect, having read the Sat money/sort it out pages for months ::)
A lot is because companies want us to go cashless and do everything on computer. Well there up against myself and several others who refuse to go cashless etc.. Due to memory problems I have for years been unable to remember m card PIN numbers for example.
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Daily life for many I would suspect, having read the Sat money/sort it out pages for months ::)
A lot is because companies want us to go cashless and do everything on computer. Well there up against myself and several others who refuse to go cashless etc.. Due to memory problems I have for years been unable to remember m card PIN numbers for example.
I don't blame you CLKD
Which pages are you referring to? On here? Or the weekend papers? Sorry I'm not following, but then I've already met with a few roadblocks today, lol
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We buy Saturday nationals which have lots of interesting articles in, not that I can remember them :-\
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Does anyone find themselves commenting on how things are different these days?
I mean I've only noticed all the differences along with the pandemic, not a more gradual ageing process but still, anyone with examples are welcome.
Mine starts with a moan. My new hairdryer takes 30 mins to fully dry my hair. Prior ones ALL MY LIFE UP TO NOW have dried it in 5 - 10 mins at the most. Anyone else noticed this?
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These days time flies faster than usual. I don't have 24 hours to do them all, I think I need 48 hours a day.
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So true Sophya.
Don’t know where time goes most days. :stupid:
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We buy Saturday nationals which have lots of interesting articles in, not that I can remember them :-\
Oh I read many an article and don't know later what it was about even though I liked it.
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Does anyone find themselves commenting on how things are different these days?
I mean I've only noticed all the differences along with the pandemic, not a more gradual ageing process but still, anyone with examples are welcome.
Mine starts with a moan. My new hairdryer takes 30 mins to fully dry my hair. Prior ones ALL MY LIFE UP TO NOW have dried it in 5 - 10 mins at the most. Anyone else noticed this?
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These days time flies faster than usual. I don't have 24 hours to do them all, I think I need 48 hours a day.
Definitely agree with this, what the heck is this about??
I've wondered about planning my 'day' over 48 hours and just treat night as an afternoon nap! Since all that I need to do in a day now seems to require 48 hours, definitely.
Annoying that one.
When the young children come round in our family, they seem to be on one activity, then another, then another. No wonder they think they have such a long day, their attention spans are much shorter. But I don't think having a short attention span as an adult gives a sense of more time, it just gives more chaos ;D
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The Word map has changed, the country where I was born no longer exists :-\
The sky is not so blue and the grass is not as green as before. ;D
Johnson’s baby cream in green round pots disappeared, I used that cream for my face until the age of 45. :-\
I am 1 cm shorter than before. When I am asked how tall I am I need to remember to deduct 1 cm. :-\
To be honest everything is changed, nothing left unchanged for me.
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The Word map has changed, the country where I was born no longer exits. :-\
The sky is not so blue and the grass is not as green as before. ;D
Johnson’s baby cream in green round pots disappeared, I used that cream for my face until the age 45. :-\
I am 1 cm shorter than before. When I am asked how tall I am I need to remember to deduct 1 cm. :-\
To be honest everything is changed, nothing left unchanged for me.
I struggle with change. Sorry to hear about your country :'( I haven't looked at the world map in a long time..
The 1 cm shorter thing, I am wondering if that's a decrease in testosterone. I was looking up about testosterone for my ex. One of the questions asked if you are shorter than before. I am thinking about getting mine tested and treated if need be.
Hope you have a good day :)
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I struggle with change. Sorry to hear about your country :'( I haven't looked at the world map in a long time..
The 1 cm shorter thing, I am wondering if that's a decrease in testosterone. I was looking up about testosterone for my ex. One of the questions asked if you are shorter than before. I am thinking about getting mine tested and treated if need be.
Hope you have a good day :)
My country disappeared from the Word map about 30+ years ago, it was huge country with 15 different nationalities and 15 different spoken languages, USSR. Older generations still can remember, but those who younger never knew it.
I don’t think testosterone is responsible for height change when we getting older. My testosterone level still within normal, I am quite androgenic lady and always was, so I lost near all estrogen and progesterone in my body, but not testosterone.
Here about why we are getting shorter.
https://theconversation.com/why-you-get-shorter-as-you-age-132826
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I struggle with change. Sorry to hear about your country :'( I haven't looked at the world map in a long time..
The 1 cm shorter thing, I am wondering if that's a decrease in testosterone. I was looking up about testosterone for my ex. One of the questions asked if you are shorter than before. I am thinking about getting mine tested and treated if need be.
Hope you have a good day :)
My country disappeared from the Word map about 30+ years ago, it was huge country with 15 different nationalities and 15 different spoken languages, USSR. Older generations still can remember, but those who younger never knew it.
I don’t think testosterone is responsible for height change when we getting older. My testosterone level still within normal, I am quite androgenic lady and always was, so I lost near all estrogen and progesterone in my body, but not testosterone.
Here about why we are getting shorter.
https://theconversation.com/why-you-get-shorter-as-you-age-132826
I remember the USSR. I was young and not into global news, but I do remember wondering how the people living there felt about it.
That's interesting about the testosterone decrease not necessarily a factor in getting shorter. I'll read the article soon as I should be in bed already, work tomorrow. Thanks AngelaH
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These days, too much low frequency noise around which I'm sensitive to. Give me a farm to live on, I want nature. :'(
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Many were relieved to be out of the very strict regime. In the 1980s I met a singing group from Latvia, where music had been banned completely. So musicians and singers went under ground to continue with their heritage.
These days there are few seasons, it lurches into Summer from Winter without a pause, OH so sudden!