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Title: Noise
Post by: CLKD on September 20, 2010, 10:55:30 AM
 >:(  :bang: :bang: :bang:  I seem to be more susceptible to noise.  Can't bear the radio on.  Pick up every movement the fork lift truck is making on the building site half a mile away.  Car gears seem to grate more .............

I hear every creak and groan in the house at night.  Kids screaming down the Estate annoy me a LOT  :D
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Joyce on September 20, 2010, 12:19:09 PM
It's horrid when that happens.  Every nerve on edge.  I get that when I'm knackered, like now! Fold across the road are having an extension built at the back of their house and the hammering is driving me nuts!
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on September 20, 2010, 12:25:03 PM
I could hear the bubbles in the washing up water in the sink popping, bit like that breakfast cereal! whilst I was working the other side of the kitchen earlier  >:( it took ages to locate the snap, crackle and pop  ::)
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Pammie on September 20, 2010, 03:20:58 PM
I prefer peace and quiet... but I wouldn't say I was noise intolerant or sensitive.  Although raised in an extremely quiet area I am very tolerant of what they call necessary noise.. ie building works, traffic etc. 
But what I can't stand is unnecessary noise, inconsiderate noise... people shouting at the tops of their voices at each other, when we all have to be spectators to the Oprah moment.  Why do I have to listen to other people's music or TVs.. why can't I listen to my own?  The type of noise which says "I don't give a s**t about you!" - totally disrespectful.  Better stop now or I'll go into an even bigger rant :rant: 

Peaceloving Pam xx
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Joyce on September 20, 2010, 07:22:37 PM
Know what you mean Pammie.  I have a neighbour who got a new dog a few months ago.  He takes it out for regular exercise, which is fine.  Except that he frequently has the dog off the lead and exercises his tonsils by yelling at the dog to stay to heal.  Maybe he should train the poor dog better.  No need for that, it's like some folk who insist on screaming blue murder at their kids, when a much more subdued tone will do.
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Bette on September 20, 2010, 07:48:47 PM
I hate it when people yell at their dogs - especially if they're barking - will obviously only make them bark louder! No need to ever yell when training a dog. Obviously I hate it when they yell at their kids too  ;D
Bixby x
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on September 21, 2010, 07:52:52 AM
I hate it when parents won't let *me* shout at their kids  ;D

this morning above the noise of traffic in the distance and the fork-lift truck on the building site I can hear birds singing, lots of  :-*
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on September 21, 2010, 09:48:18 AM
My rant is : why can't people copy details correctly!  >:( I sent off a form for a magazine subscription and they have spelled my surname wrong  :bang: :bang: :bang:

as for the noise I'll kill that fork-lift driver before much longer  >:(
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on September 24, 2010, 01:26:49 PM
All morning there's been the sound of people sawing, I think taking down trees not far away but it goes on and on and ...... they didn't even stop for lunch!  :'(

I walked into a clothes shop last night and straight out again - the musax drove me away  >:(
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Joyce on September 24, 2010, 03:16:13 PM
Had neighbour out cutting his grass before 7am this morning.  Should be illegal!
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Pammie on September 24, 2010, 03:32:49 PM
That's just downright inconsiderate - what's wrong with these people?? >:(

Get your own back in the morning Joyce - and cut yours at 6am ;) - what's sauce for the goose etc.

Pam x
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Taz2 on September 24, 2010, 04:31:02 PM
You'd need a torch!!   ;D ;D 

Taz x
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Pammie on September 24, 2010, 04:57:44 PM
Yeah, and shine it in his windows! ;D

Pam x
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Joyce on September 24, 2010, 05:58:08 PM
 ;D ;D ;D
Bless him he's really a bit old, probably couldn't sleep so thought he'd wake the neighbours!
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on September 24, 2010, 06:44:50 PM
We had a neighbour who would cut his grass at 7.30 a.m. on a Sunday until I pointed out that because I had been long-term poorly I would appreciate a later start time, i.e. 10.0 0 a.m.; he would also wash his car with a pressure washer after cutting the grass ...... he's gone now.  Phew.  He told me he hadn't known I was ill and I told him it wasn't something I bandied around but if he had been observant he would have noticed my car constantly on the drive - undriven - and the Drs car there often.  He was the type of man who thought he knew everything before anyone actually did it!

Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Dede on September 25, 2010, 08:24:21 PM
I'll never complain about noise again after what happened to me four weeks ago.
 I woke up and couldnt hear anything, not even my own voice (I posted a message about it ) It was the most frightening experience I have ever had. I felt totally isolated and trapped inside my own head. I was desperate to hear anything. There was no sign of infection in my ear but I was given antibiotics just in case. Its a long story but after six days I heard the car engine and traffic in the street for the first time, not a lot but it was a start and I was so relieved. I finally managed to get an urgent appoinment at ENT and was told it was ETD eustacian tube disfunction.
 I'm still finding it hard to hear voices but I'm so relieved that I can now hear something, even flushing the toilet is music to my ears ! I found a help line where people had posted their experiences of ETD and in some cases it has take six months for it to clear up. Maybe we should start a topic on favourite sounds.
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Oldteen on September 26, 2010, 07:31:52 AM
I get sensitive to noise too. When my husband and son go off on one of their jaunts together for a couple of days and it's just me and my daughter, when they return and start talking in their loud, booming voices ( about football or something equally unimportant) I feel like telling them to go away again!
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on September 27, 2010, 07:14:48 AM
Dede - begin that Thread :-)

My ears go silent occasionally but never both together.  Also I've had  a lot of like they feel 'full' recently but a quick wriggle with my little finger and it gets better.
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Oldteen on September 27, 2010, 09:57:36 AM
CLKD - Earwax.

Dede, that must have been awful!
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on September 27, 2010, 10:54:07 AM
I'll get hubby to have a look later - if he can see right through  ::) ........ :P
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Dede on September 27, 2010, 07:19:57 PM
Hello all,Thank you for your concern.
 I kept trying to wriggle my ears in the hope they would pop, it was a nightmare, definetly couldnt see daylight through my ears  :)
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Oldteen on September 27, 2010, 07:23:00 PM
Well, that's some consolation! ;D
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on October 19, 2010, 11:54:06 AM
Fork lift truck reversing all day so the alarm goes constantly.  Hedge cutting ready for the new builds.  Builders cutting slates for church roof quarter of a mile away then the bang bang bang of the hammer as the nails go in to hold the slates on    ........ at least the barking dog from yesterday has shut up  >:(
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Joyce on October 19, 2010, 12:39:07 PM
It's quiet beside me.  For now.
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on October 19, 2010, 07:16:58 PM
Move over, on my way  ::) ???
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Meg on October 20, 2010, 10:01:12 PM
With regard to noise sensitivity.  Yes,yes, I seem to be ultra sensitive nowadays.  Cannot tolerate loud noises and yet seem to be surrounded by people intent on causing them.  Builders banging, car doors banging, intensely loud music coming from cars, Supermarket delivery men loudly unloading their crates.  Forced to move a few years back because of noisy neighbours and dread a recurrence!  Think I have always been a bit sensitive to loud noise but meno has ramped this way up and we are living in such a noisy world, particularly in the cities.  Would love to escape somewhere where it is peaceful.

Best Wishes

Meg
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on October 21, 2010, 07:13:50 AM
Our neighbour has treated himself to a strimmer  >:(
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Taz2 on October 21, 2010, 02:02:55 PM
I hope they watch out for hedgehogs.

Taz x
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on October 21, 2010, 02:13:21 PM
As well as our baby froglets  ::)
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Meg on October 22, 2010, 09:05:38 PM
Pammie

I well understand your feelings.  There are too many totally inconsiderate people and those of us who just want peace and quite are entitled to it and should have a lot more protection of our rights.  Good Luck.

Meg
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Lucky Stone on October 22, 2010, 09:57:42 PM
This has struck a chord!!  I used to work in a shop which was underneath a hairdressers and about twice a day, they put their washing machine on. When it spun ...  >:( it was awful and several times I had to run out into the street just to get away from it. Lorries outside with their engines idling over as well, just shot my nerves to shreds. I think it is definitely linked to anxiety. At church, we have taped music and sometimes certain notes go right through me, they seem to interfere with my insides which then go all shuegly (that's a great Scots word, means sort of unsteady).

And this is me who has always loved music loud and fast :) Big punk fan. Best band in the world? Green Day, and yet now there are days when I think, no, let's put on Radio 4 and listen to Womens' Hour.  :-\
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Eddie on October 23, 2010, 09:27:38 AM
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. Don't give in to radio 4. Shoogly or no!
Eddie. x
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Bette on October 23, 2010, 09:39:50 AM
Sorry but I LOVE Radio 4. Listen to it all the time - in the house and in the car. Bet you won't want to talk to me now!  ;D
Bixby x
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Taz2 on October 23, 2010, 09:45:26 AM
I've listened to Radio 4 for as long as I can remember. I switch between 4, 1 and BBC 6 Music. Some of radio 4 is dull as far as I am concerned like the political programmes but there are so many interesting things on there from poetry to wildlife to dramas.

Now - don't get me started on Radio 2 - once I start listening to that I will know it's time to give up!

Taz  :sunny:
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Eddie on October 23, 2010, 10:12:10 AM
A-Ha, But the difference is, have you always enjoyed it, or are you changing because you feel you need to? The minute i start looking for kind of music my parents listened to SHOOT ME. Westsound or something. A few years back on a caravan site shower block they played Radio 4, i found it so irritating. Silly.

No Bix. Each to their own.

Eddie. x
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Bette on October 23, 2010, 10:20:30 AM
Listened to it for years. My childhood was spent listening to Radio 2, then changed to Radio 4 once I was on my own - can't remember exactly when. Think it's because my job is music-based so I don't listen to it for relaxation.
Bixby x
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Taz2 on October 23, 2010, 10:41:57 AM
I love Radio 4 because there is so much to learn I think. Gathering information all the time - like a squirrel and its nuts! That reminds me there was a wildlife programme on the other night when I was on my way to the pub which was about migration - I must look it up on listen again.

I like new music better than past music - hate hearing people saying "I remember this from...."   and "this reminds me of when I was.." which is why Radio 2 probably annoys me. I did try listening to it for a week once. A lorry driver friend of mine was extolling the virtues and I was telling him about Radio 1 so for a week we swapped and listened to the other. He has never been the same since.... !

Taz x
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on October 23, 2010, 10:58:02 AM
Havne't listened to Radio1 for years, a devoted Radio2 fan except when presenters ask questions but don't listen to the answers because they want ot put their points over  :cuss: it's getting that way on TV too  >:(

I can hear Hubby cracking home grown hazel nuts from last year  ::) as I'm SICK of them laying around in a bowl uneaten  >:(
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Lucky Stone on October 24, 2010, 02:56:41 PM
I usually listen to Radio 2 out of habit although I HATE most of the music - all that 1970s disco  :-X but I love my Jeremy Vine (now, stop throwing things everyone). Went over to Radio 1, where the music is better but find it a bit purile. No one station really suits me. I heard that prog on migration too. So I hop about a bit, but often just sit in silence. Bliss!
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Margarett on October 24, 2010, 03:19:07 PM
I listen to radio a lot, including Radio 4, which of course has the best soap of them all.......The Archers!
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Eddie on October 24, 2010, 04:41:59 PM
I usually listen to telly or Galaxy radio, until 4pm, then it's in house radio, lots of opposing views, interactive questions and unusual music, then i realise it's just the girls home from school.
Eddie. x
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on October 25, 2010, 08:01:16 AM
People are outside keeping their vehicle engines going as it's cold ....... why they didn't stay at home in the warm is beyond my ken, they are waiting for the builders opposite with the on-going Saga of the new builds.  Builders are late.  So the sparkies are in their vehicles with engines running .......  >:(
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Meg on October 27, 2010, 09:07:25 PM
Had a bad day today.Woke up pretty much as usual feeling queezy which is a real downer.  We have new neighbours after six years of relative peace.  The new ones are more into DIY and I had to go out to escape.  Work part-time from home but noise really really bugs me now, just need peace.  Went to a local country park to get away into a green space and blow me they were cutting down a tree.  Maybe I should join a nunnery.  Just cant cope with noise.

Meg
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on October 28, 2010, 07:27:42 AM
Meg it's the same here.  Around 3.30 a.m. is the quietest, no traffic, no tree surgeons etc.; then by 6.30 it's started - people off to work, scraping ice from windscreens, leaving cars running to warm the insides, [illegal] banging the lids as they put rubbish into their dustbins  >:( ..... a Nunnery probably isn't quiet either with all that chanting, bell ringing, movement of gowns along cold floors as the Ladies scurry from one prayer spot to another  ;)
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Taz2 on October 28, 2010, 08:08:53 AM
Noise can be a nuisance - it it's there all the time then we do tend to screen it out but early morning noises can be very annoying. If you have to leave for work at 6.30 though, which a lot of people do, it is really difficult to defrost the car in a quiet way no matter how hard you try and I must admit that sometimes I have thrown some rubbish into my recycling bin at around 6 in the morning and it's only when it's on it's way to the bottom that I think "Whoops maybe not everyone is up"

Meg - hopefully your DIY neighbours are just trying to get the property round to how they want it. Quite often people do lots of "doing up" for the first few months and then stop.

Taz x
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on October 28, 2010, 10:12:38 AM
Certainly the new owners 3 doors down did a lot of 'doing up' for the first 3 months, all finished now  ;) at times though I had to drive away for half an hour to give my brain a rest!
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Lucky Stone on October 28, 2010, 01:55:34 PM
Time for an amusing - and true - story. My friend used to have a Jag she used for work. Her hubby runs a driving school so there's always a lot of vehicles around, anyway, one winter's night she wanted the Jag moved to the front of the house ready for the next morning so after some shifting of the driving school cars about, this was achieved, she went in and went to bed. Now, in the morning, her hubby often goes out and starts the car to warm it up for her (!), so ... she went out to get in the car for work, already running as usual, pulled out of the drive, glanced at the fuel gauge and saw it was on the red. Strange, she thought, that was full yesterday, so where's the fuel gone.  Well, you've guessed it, she'd moved the car the night before, gone in and left the engine running AND IT HAD BEEN RUNNING ALL NIGHT AND USED A WHOLE TANK OF FUEL. :) :) Couldn't make it up, could you? ::)
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on October 28, 2010, 02:01:22 PM
Lucky it wasn't nicked  >:( .......
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Eddie on October 29, 2010, 01:58:36 PM
 ;D ;D about the Jag.
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Dede on October 29, 2010, 05:18:52 PM
Hello Ladies,
 I'm sorry to put a downer on this and I do understand how you all feel, but I'm having to take early retirement now from a much loved job because of my hearing loss. I guess we dont realise how lucky we are until it is no longer there.
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Taz2 on October 29, 2010, 05:23:17 PM
So sorry to hear that Dede. You are right in that we don't appreciate what we have until it is taken away from us. Did we know about your hearing loss? Sorry if I missed your posting about it. Feel free to have a chat if you want to. In the meantime have a big hug from me  :hug:

Taz x
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Dede on October 29, 2010, 05:49:37 PM
Thank you Taz, I added it to this thread about a month ago. I was so relieved at the time that I was able to hear something again. Unfortunatly though its not come back sufficiently for me to continue my job. It was a huge shock at the time and very depressing but I'm coming to terms with it a bit more now. Just trying to decide what I'd like to do now.........
any suggestions ?
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Taz2 on October 29, 2010, 05:55:25 PM
I have found it Dede and copied it - hope you don't mind.....

"I'll never complain about noise again after what happened to me four weeks ago.
 I woke up and couldnt hear anything, not even my own voice (I posted a message about it ) It was the most frightening experience I have ever had. I felt totally isolated and trapped inside my own head. I was desperate to hear anything. There was no sign of infection in my ear but I was given antibiotics just in case. Its a long story but after six days I heard the car engine and traffic in the street for the first time, not a lot but it was a start and I was so relieved. I finally managed to get an urgent appoinment at ENT and was told it was ETD eustacian tube disfunction.
 I'm still finding it hard to hear voices but I'm so relieved that I can now hear something, even flushing the toilet is music to my ears ! I found a help line where people had posted their experiences of ETD and in some cases it has take six months for it to clear up. Maybe we should start a topic on favourite sounds.

Just thought I would put it in here for others who missed it. How scary for you Dede. A friend of my sons has had a similar thing happen a few weeks ago. She had just come back from her honeymoon (we went to the wedding which I put on a thread somewhere as it was quite funny) and lost her hearing completely. She is still undergoing tests - MRI scan various other things to determine what is the matter. She has got back a little bit of her hearing but it is a very long process and as she is only in her early twenties she is very unhappy and scared.

Is your hearing loss likely to be permanent?

Taz x
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on October 30, 2010, 07:35:37 PM
I would rather go blind than deaf ............
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Lucky Stone on October 30, 2010, 09:08:30 PM
One wouldn't want to make a choice, but no, I think I would opt for sight before ears ... still dealing with my sore eye so my mind has been a bit focused on senses recently. My mum was deaf, Dede, a middle ear problem that is hereditary, her mum was as well but - touch wood - my ears are okay at the moment. However, I can understand how such a sudden loss would be such a shock and make you panic, I think we all would.  :( It's going to take you a while to adjust, do you have the opportunity for an 'employment breathing space'? I hope so. One thing to remember, they are developing new stuff all the time, medicine marches on, so don't give up hope with your ears, a solution could be just a matter of time. In the meantime, I am also sending you hugs (can't do the moving  :bighug: ... ooh, yes I can!) take care of yourself and we are, of course, all on here to offer loads more of them.
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Lucky Stone on October 31, 2010, 03:45:58 PM
Have just seen your posting Pammie. My lovely elderly neighbours in London went through something similar some years ago. People who moved into the flat upstairs were a nightmare and so noisy. They were Turkish and even after pleading from the Turkish folk next door in their own language (they are old, would you like someone to treat your parents this way etc?), they did not stop. It drove them barmy and made their flat a hellhole. With the help of the noise people at the council and after a court case, they did get it resolved and the noisy ones moved out but they had a couple of years of real hell. I have always lived by the maxim that your home is your castle and the one place you should be able to retreat from the world and be peaceful. I hope your situation is resolved really soon. Good luck.
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Taz2 on October 31, 2010, 03:50:10 PM
I wonder where they were moved on to......?

Taz x  :)
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on October 31, 2010, 04:11:30 PM
Also it's whether I can get away from the irritations that surround me and often the answer is 'no'  :'(.  So I get annoyed, upset, tired .....
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Taz2 on October 31, 2010, 04:43:33 PM
Everyone needs an escape sometimes. I hate it if the car's not on the road so I can't go for my drives around the country.

Taz x
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Dede on October 31, 2010, 07:25:30 PM
 I certainly didnt mean to trivialise the discomfort felt by excessive noise and I have had experience of this myself in the past. In my case it looks as if the loss will be permanent, no noticeable difference in my audiograms. I already had a hearing loss with sensitivity to low sounds ( drum and base would drive me mad ) but not being able to hear anything was devastating. I had tinnitus at the same time, like the wind howling in my ear. It drove me mad but fortunatly that has gone now.
It has been a very difficult time for me recently, not being able to hear my grandchildren laughing has been particularly hard. I guess I was feeling sorry for myself when I read his thread and felt how I would do anything to be able to hear again regardless of how annoying it was. I know its easy for me to say when I'm not having to put up with noise nuisance but all I know is that wneh my hearing went completely I
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Pammie on October 31, 2010, 07:32:39 PM
Dede, if you were beside me here I would give you a big hug!  I hope you will share further about how you are coping - and on the days that you feel you cannot cope I hope you will come on here and let us know. 

Please take good care of yourself.

Love,
Pam xx
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Dede on October 31, 2010, 08:03:22 PM
Thank you Pam. I sincerely hope the problems with your neighbours are sorted out soon.
Best wishes Dede x
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on November 01, 2010, 11:15:17 AM
Oh Dede when something happens so suddenly and with tinnitus as well  >:(  :hug:

However this morning a pavement is being lowered opposite our house.  2 new builds are already there, but it's a continual machine with man in charge knocking out .......... plus the sounds from the building site behind our property.  Plus the wheelbarrow next door which has a squeeky wheel ....... put the kettle on someone  :'(

AND now there's a dog barking; and the men using these machines are shouting at each other rather than switching off the damned machines  :cuss:  off to find barking dog with large bucket of water!
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on January 04, 2011, 01:31:45 PM
for 2 and a  half hours our neighbour has had both Landrovers running continually ...... he hasn't had the bonnets up, he's been taking down out-side decorations  >:( it's driving me MAD .... he's the type to moan about the added VAT and how much diesal has gone up in price  :argue: is there a Law which covers continual engine running?
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Meg on January 04, 2011, 11:44:11 PM
CLKD

I am so sorry to hear about these engines.  I get so stressed about noise, I think it must be a meno symptom, I just seem hyper-sensitive to it now.  All that I crave is peace and quiet for my frazzled nerves but some people are so loud and inconsiderate.  Car doors banging, children who dont seem to know how to talk without shouting.  One thing that gets me down are people who have this awful banging beat on their car radios, I cant possibly regard it as music it would drive me insane.  Today I heard that my local supermarket is going to have major building alterations and I thought, 'Oh No'.  I go when it is relatively peaceful and empty so any banging there if going to drive me nuts, but the staff are so nice!

Meg
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Suzi Q on January 05, 2011, 06:05:19 AM
Poor you Dede so sorry it must be horrible
Hearing is so important we dont realise how much till its not there
MUMS hearing went very bad with her stroke she was so angry
With us though its also Genetic Im hard of hearing sos Hubbie sos Son
We are the neighbours you dont want we play MUSIC AND TV DEAD LOUD good job we live in a detached house
BIG HUGS
SUZI Q :-*
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on February 08, 2011, 09:18:04 AM
Someone is cutting down trees.  Someone else is reversing a fork-lift truck, constantly; lorries keep turning up with roof struts on ......  :'(   :rant: I can't stand it any longer!
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: terriw on February 08, 2011, 12:27:43 PM
is it a meno thing? That explains it then.
I have two friends, a couple. Love them to bits but they both talk VERY loud and a lot! If I spend an evening in their company I end up with the most awful headache.
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on February 08, 2011, 12:29:55 PM
I know someone who is a teacher and she comes home talking very LOUDLY  ::)
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Harrys-girl on February 08, 2011, 12:42:09 PM
I hate noise. I went to my brothers last night...the TV was blasting, the kids were shouting, my SIL and brother were having 2 conversations. What a nightmare environment.

Went home...DH sat reading on the sofa with soft music playing in the background. Bliss.

I have always been very sensitive to noise, so can not blame the meno for that.
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on February 08, 2011, 12:48:56 PM
My b in L and his wife have the radio on loudly in the kitchen, they have the TV on loudly in the lounge and then wonder why Iread!  I can't be bothered to compete  ::)  ....... another reason why I don't like staying there  :-\

Builders must be at lunch, no fork lift noises .........
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Taz2 on February 08, 2011, 10:10:26 PM
Ummm - as I sit here I have my music playing on Spottify, the radio is on in the kitchen (I left it on) the tv is on quite loudly in the living room (husband has gone out and left it on) and my son is playing a computer game in his bedroom while talking noisily to the other players through the microphone/headphones. I can't imagine living in a quiet house after 30 years of parenting.

I have just turned the tv off and the radio and stopped my spottifying - spookily quiet apart from son through the floorboards.

Not sure I  like it...

Taz x  :D
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: viv on February 08, 2011, 10:27:14 PM
After a day in the city (Glasgow) I love the peace and quiet of the countryside/coast where we live. I love the sound of the sea and the wind, but I hate traffic noise.
I am not a city girl, it would send me mad in weeks.  ;D

Honey
X
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Misty on February 21, 2011, 03:51:01 PM
I've also noticed my hearing has become very acute - unfortunately mainly when I am trying to get to sleep.  Somebody on another thread commented that she could "hear a fly fart in the next room" - that is me!  I have also developed extremely itchy ears :(
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Eddie on February 21, 2011, 04:08:40 PM
I've noticed my hearing getting dull, thinking about trying some ear drops for wax first. Eddie. x
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Val.M on February 21, 2011, 11:44:13 PM
Dede - I know this thread is a bit old from your point of view - but I also had the horrendous loss of hearing, but not quite to your extent....  It took me quite a long time to understand that it was related to my allergies.  Sprays didn't work but nose drops did.... eventually.....  God knows why it took my GP and ENT specialist (In local surgery though) so long to find out what was causing it..... And it was seriously bad by then.  (We're talking about 2 years here :o)

Prior to the nose drops I tried a device called OTOVENT - It's a balloon type device which you blow up with your nose and is great for "glue" ear etc.  I think I paid about £7 for this device from the Internet - if you google it, you'll find it......  When I mentioned it to my GP he actually took some notes on it because he'd not heard of it. 

My hearing was really bad - I couldn't hear much at all but at other times it was so overpowering - particularly when I was exposed to loud noises.  Not a good thing to put up with when working in a school :o 

I'm not 100% and that's a pain - I'm suffering at the moment because I've got a cold which immediately affects my hearing - but OMG - so much better than I have been in the past :)

Valxx
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on February 22, 2011, 11:32:59 AM
We have a thread on itchy ears somewhere  ::)

The builders are banging piles into the ground at the back of our house  >:( it's scared the cat rigid  :cuss:
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Eddie on February 22, 2011, 11:48:27 AM
piles?????
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on February 22, 2011, 11:54:38 AM
Huge concrete and metal 'stakes' which go into the ground in order to make boundaries in which to pour more concrete on which 'footings' will be built
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Eddie on February 22, 2011, 12:01:56 PM
 ;)
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on March 22, 2011, 10:29:46 AM
 :cuss:
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on March 24, 2011, 12:21:12 PM
Kids not getting their own way outside the house so are screaming, that'll be me soon then  >:( ... blue sky, warm air, screaming kids playing in the street .........  :beat:
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Dede on March 24, 2011, 07:22:30 PM
Hi Val, ( and everyone else of course  )
 My sudden hearing loss was connected to my sinus's, I was given antibiotic and steroid nasal drops which helped but unfortunatly the damage affected my hearing permanently ( I've been hard of hearing since I was a little girl ) and I'm now profoundly deaf and taking ill health early retirement.
 I was starting to feel a bit more posiive about it all but my ear was congested again a few weeks ago and its knocked me right back again.
 I now know he difference between feeling sad and feeling depressed ( which is how I feel just now) and its not nice  :'(
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Bette on March 24, 2011, 07:25:28 PM
Dede - just want to send you a big  :hug:
Bette x
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Dede on March 24, 2011, 07:36:31 PM
Thank you Bette its much appreciated x
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on March 25, 2011, 08:32:08 AM
I hate that feeling of congestion.  It happened last week after the dental trip  >:( and lasted a few days.

No wonder you are depressed, to be deprived of my hearing is one of my worst thoughts.  Never to hear bird song again.  Would rather not see!  :hug:
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Dede on March 26, 2011, 05:50:25 PM
I miss hearing the cat purr.......
I havnt heard birds for a very long time, too long to remember really.
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on April 06, 2011, 07:58:20 AM
 :'(  it's been constant ........ due to new builds behind our house 'they' are now digging up the pavement, backing large lorries with fill-in and tipping it, then back-filling with trucks which bleep when in reverse.  Constant drilling, backing up, tipping in, reversing bleeping ........ even with the windows shut it's constant  :'(
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: bev couzens on April 07, 2011, 07:24:14 AM
Before the menopause i was never bothered by any noise...then it was so scary that just hearing the heat come at night..or the floor boards creeking  put be on edge.....BEV
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Lucky Stone on April 07, 2011, 11:00:46 AM
Isn't it odd how night noises are always more scary? When I lived in London, I woke up a few nights running hearing what sounded like mice scuffling about in the bedroom. Made me all rigid. OH was away so to see if they actually were in there with me, so to speak, I scattered some flour on the carpet and then a small amount of breakfast cereal on top before I went to bed. I figured that if there were mice, they would eat the cereal and leave footprints. Well, nothing happened and I never did solve the mystery ... ??? OH really laughed when he got back ... and he never did hear those scuffling noises ...
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on April 07, 2011, 12:19:59 PM
It's been almost constant dogs barking and yapping this morning, I'm going to have a shout at the neighbour's fence soon to shut them up  >:(
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Taz2 on April 07, 2011, 05:12:11 PM
Hi Lucky - your story  made me laugh  :)  If there were mice though they would probably be scuffling about between the walls or between the floor joists not actually in the room itself. We used to hear one gnawing away above us and it sounded like a huge something would soon appear through the ceiling - of course it never did.

Taz x  :)
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: coffee mate on April 07, 2011, 06:28:07 PM
My daughter tells me she hears  something like a large animal running across her loft at night...she said it sounds too "heavy" for mice. Wonder what it can be?
cm xx
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Taz2 on April 07, 2011, 06:29:23 PM
Mice can sound very heavy. I was convinced that we had rats but they were only teeny mice running up and down.

Taz x
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: coffee mate on April 07, 2011, 06:32:06 PM
I thought maybe a fox?  is that possible?
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on April 07, 2011, 06:52:11 PM
Blackbird is singing and apart from the occasional car going by it's quiet  :-* ..... sunset is calm.  Peacefully going down ........
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: viv on April 07, 2011, 08:09:12 PM
Could be a squirrel CM.

In our first flat we had mice running about in the space upstairs. We blocked up all the holes and then the neighbours complained they had mice.  ::)

Dont like mice  :-\

Honeyb
x
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: coffee mate on April 07, 2011, 08:55:50 PM
Me neither Honey, I cant bear them they really frighten me to death.
I never thought of a squirrel though, that is very possible, as it sounds too heavy even for lots of mice, unless they are wearing doc martins ;D
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Meg on April 07, 2011, 09:58:38 PM
I absolutley understand about feeling uptight about noise.  I think a lot of women in meno are so much more sensitive to noise.  I just cant do with it anymore.  Every day there seems to be something going on in my road.  People using power tools really early in the morning, supermarket trucks delivering, people drilling the road and today my neighbours who have been periodically doing DIY started banging at 5.15 pm when I was already tired as I came in from my part-time job, no consideration.  Just felt like freaking out and I was hot and flushing cause it was so warm.  One of my major things now is how to get peace and quiet.  The Spring only serves to get people making more noise improving their houses etc.  Sorry to vent but I perfectly understand how CLKD feels must be part of meno.

Meg
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on April 08, 2011, 07:55:52 AM
Thanks Meg it's the thought that people are being thoughtless that makes me mad, the neighbour had a bad cold so was off work on Tuesday, didn't stop him strimming his huge lawn though  :cuss: so I was unable to sit by our pond and relax
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Lucky Stone on April 08, 2011, 06:11:24 PM
I've really appreciated quiet these last couple of years. I am better now with the HRT but still certain pitches really get to me. It just depends on the song, musically, but on the whole, silence is best.  :) :)
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Meg on April 09, 2011, 10:00:27 PM
People seem to be incredibly thoughtless about noise now.  If neighbouors would just let you know they are going to be a few hours doing something and offer apologies it would maybe help. People are so intent on doing up their own homes they dont seem to consider what its like on the other side of the dividing wall.  Today has been really hot and I've been struggling which is a pain cause you would like to be able to cope.  Then, of course, you get the windows down on the cars and the banging music for us all to hear.  Does anyone like to listen to classical just on low, all I hear is the thumping beat from inside cars which would send me insane.  Went into the local park and listened to the birds, the only blot was an off-the-road biker invaded the space - beam me up somewhere quiet Scottie.

Meg
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on April 10, 2011, 08:32:50 PM
Me too Meg - tomorrow the builders will begin again, 7.30 on the dot  >:(  :'( ........ apart from kids laughing and the smell of BarBQ  :sick02: it's been birdsong all weekend  :-*
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Taz2 on April 10, 2011, 10:02:53 PM
Sorry that you are still having to put up with the builders CLKD. Any fit ones yet? I only ask as we have had a new build at our tiny primary school (all female staff) and it has been quite good this past week watching the builders. I know that I am old enough to be their mum but they are still good to look at!

Weth regard the noise though we all live in homes of some sort and at some point, I guess, other people had to put up with the noise created while they were being built but I can appreciate how annoying it is when it is right on your doorstep and you have lost an orchard view as well.

Taz x  :hug:
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on April 11, 2011, 08:40:10 AM
Oh this is another site Taz., behind us ....... [oh no it isn't, oh yes it is ..... ] ....... 2 new estates going up which means the houses opp where there was the orchard haven't sold yet and have dropped £25,000 last week - we paid £35,000 for this in 1983!  Behind us the crew are digging up the road to put huge concrete drainage pipes in, then having tarmac delivered so the smell too     and the fork lift going back and forwards  ::) - on Friday I had to go out for 3 hours  :-\ and the weekend was bliss, no builders' noise!
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Taz2 on April 11, 2011, 09:23:57 AM
Think I will come and visit - you know how much I love my trucks and machinery! I expect you will have to wait until all the developing is finished then before you can put yours on the market?

Taz  :)
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on April 11, 2011, 12:00:45 PM
Yep.  Want to get my gob sorted first, the implants can be up to 12 months before the sessions are completed  ::)
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Taz2 on April 11, 2011, 01:28:43 PM
Hope it all goes well then.

Taz  :)
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on April 11, 2011, 02:34:59 PM
Oh it will  ;)
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: viv on April 11, 2011, 07:16:36 PM


A nice case of builders bum then Taz  ;)

When I was in my twenties I worked on a building site selling new build homes. I was the only women for miles and I spent more hours than I can remember watching the builders....... Happy days.  ;)


Honeyb
x
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on April 11, 2011, 07:39:16 PM
We saw builders' bums yesterday but they were going away from us on BMX-type bikes  :-*
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Taz2 on April 12, 2011, 07:01:16 AM
I held up a queue of traffic the other week. I was mesmerised by the bum in front of me. It belonged to a very fit cyclist and I didn't want to overtake. He was traveling at quite a speed and that rhythmic side to side of his pert, lycra-clad bum was a good start to the day. Haven't seen him since though - he could have been my morning fix!

Taz x
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on April 12, 2011, 07:25:05 AM
 :rofl:  it's best to wait behind in case they swerve into the traffic lane avoiding a Pot Hole  ;)
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Taz2 on April 12, 2011, 11:44:38 AM
That's what I thought CLKD.

Taz x  :jiggy:
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on April 12, 2011, 11:55:01 AM
It's marginally quieter today ......... must be lunch-time for the builders  ::)
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on April 12, 2011, 02:37:59 PM
now the kids have tractors and other sit-on toys outside the house and one has fallen off ....... they have HUGE gardens behind the houses but seem to have a need to play outside ours  >:( and the father is trying to shout about the noise of the kid screaming  :cuss:
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on April 18, 2011, 08:44:11 AM
Dogs barking and yapping, the owner puts them into their yard whilst she Hoovers round the house so *SHE* can't hear them  >:( - builders must be having a T-break 'cos the digger noise has stopped.  Peace Blessed Peace ........
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on May 16, 2011, 07:22:37 AM
Car doors slamming.  Kids going off to school.  Builders making NOISE  >:(  :'( ......... it's started already and it's not 8.30 yet  :diablo:
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Taz2 on May 17, 2011, 09:05:01 PM
8.30 is late though for builders CLKD. Sorry that you are having to put up with all of this noise. When will it all be finished?

Taz x
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on May 18, 2011, 08:06:49 AM
With a stick! 

The builders won't be finished for another 6 months, there are workers in the road too putting in huge concrete sewage pipes ........ it's the fork lift trucks reversing bleepers that penetrates ............  >:(
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on May 18, 2011, 08:11:44 AM
Morning LD!  Living in the London area is my idea of Hell.  I cannot imagine living in a City at all!  However, I understand that living 'in London' can mean different things/areas for different people?
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Eddie on May 18, 2011, 08:34:11 AM
What do you mean Lovey?
Eddie. x
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Eddie on May 18, 2011, 08:57:17 AM
Ahh, and i missed it. lol, The things we don't think about. Eddie. x
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on May 18, 2011, 12:03:13 PM
the World won't remember, they all have meno-brains as well  ;)

Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Christine662 on May 28, 2011, 08:15:00 PM
and because its 'summer' time they assume we all want to listen to their music at full balst into the early hours.

and all afternoon when the sun is shining!!! throw open all the windows & pump up the volume..erm no we dont want to hear it.
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Meg on May 28, 2011, 09:31:41 PM
As said before on this thread, I am another lady who just yearns for peace and quiet at present and I think forever probably.  Neighbours can be really inconsiderate, people should be able to advertise for quiet, considerate neighbours.  If I could afford to live in a detached somewhere quiet I would.  Someone should invent a car with doors and boot that dont bang when shut!  I went to a local park the other night just to get some peace and listen to the birds, look at nature but a seven pm it was packed with cubs doing some sort of run but I did eventually find a spot away from it all and it was heaven. Noise levels are getting much worse and there needs to be more protection against noise pollution because it can seriously stress people out as well as damaging hearing.
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Taz2 on May 28, 2011, 11:29:19 PM
I'm afraid that I am a car door banger sometimes  :-[  I try to shut it quietly but then I have to re-shut it as it doesn't quite click. My immediate neighbour is still awake when I get back - she is a late going to bed person like I am. It is difficult sometimes to remember that others have been in bed for a couple of hours or so but I do remember to turn the music down just as I pull into our road.

I know what you mean about peace and quiet being needed. I have a couple of quiet places which I can drive to but I am also lucky to live in quite a quiet cul de sac. I did upset one of the neighbours a while ago though when he was ranting about the children in the garden next to his making a noise while playing in their paddling pool and bouncing on their trampoline. He is the same age as me so would be able to live in an "over 55 complex". He wasn't amused when I suggested it! I did apologise the next time I saw him and I was forgiven.

Taz x  :)

Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on May 29, 2011, 02:46:23 PM
Off to Scotland then?  Peace and quiet there unless the wind blows  ::).  It's kids outside this afternoon with their toy sit on tractors  >:(
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on May 30, 2011, 01:51:41 PM
Dogs should not be left alone all day.  Look on the notice board in the Vet's to see whether anyone offers dog sitting services, then pop a business card in to the neighbour's door?  Ask the Council or RSPCA to check this out too.

It's raining today so no kids outside, no father's with remote control cars ..... time for a sleep  8)
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on May 23, 2012, 09:00:06 PM
BUMP!
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Scampi on May 24, 2012, 08:41:56 AM
Having always lived in a city, the noise of traffic, building, sirens, etc doesn't bother me.  The noise that REALLY makes my blood boil is the 'leakage' from those in-the-ear headphones that so many people use (the white ones supplied by the 'fruity' company seem to be particularly bad!).  ON my journey to and from work on the train I don't want to hear other people's 'music'.  And the suggestion I should listen to mine to drown it out really infuriates me!!!  Yes - I have 2 of said 'fruity' products (and a set of proper, non-leaky headphones) for when I do want to listen to music, but more often than not I just want to sit quietly and gaze out of the window or read on my way home.  I HATE having to listen to my music just so I don't have to hear someone else's.  >:(

Oh - and the other noise that irritates is a work colleague who literally talks all day - he's been in the office for 2 hours now and hasn't yet drawn breath!!
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on July 24, 2013, 02:30:33 PM
Nope - noise awareness and annoyances are 'within normal limits' - apparently!

I recently reported the builders behind us for having their radios on - the Enviornmental people stopped it  ;)
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on August 02, 2013, 02:00:00 PM
IT continues - builders over the road constantly moving fork lifts around so beeping all day long.  Thank goodness they shut at 3.30 today.  The neighbour opp has recently retired - and he hasn't stopped - I think they are re-building their house and patio from the outside in  >:( - we went out last night in order to get away from the constant strimming ..........  :-\
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: honeybun on August 02, 2013, 04:21:20 PM
It's very quiet here. I could not stand city noise but I am and always have been a seaside girl.

We stay on a very small estate and I think the parents of young children must gag them because I never hear anything.


Honeyb
X
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on August 02, 2013, 05:06:40 PM
If you can find out the design of the 'gag'  ;D  ........ I'll pay 2-3p for one ......... right now it is QUIET! the only sound is the curry bubbling on the cooker  ;)
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: honeybun on August 02, 2013, 06:11:28 PM
I have to say after the nightmare of our last house when really all I should have heard was the sea what I have now is bliss.
 Our last house was right on the sea front with stunning views and all I had was the neighbours from hell.

As CLKD would say.....I could write a book. Mine would be X rated horror movie type.


Honeyb
X
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on June 08, 2014, 01:46:53 PM
BOUNCE!   :hapij:
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Ju Ju on June 09, 2014, 07:57:53 PM
My parents have lived in a quiet street since 1958. They are now in their late 80s. A few years back next door was converted to bed sits. They have had a range of tenants since then, some creating huge problems for the neighbours, including noise, aggression, rubbish shrewn around, domestic violence, police visits etc.. It seems there is little that can be done, though the Environment agency got involved in getting rid of a mound of rubbish outside, as there were reports of rats.

My parents would love to sit outside, but would have to remove their hearing aids so they couldn't hear the swearing. Another neighbour, a retired soldier, knocked on my parent's door and told them if they had any problems not to deal with it, but to let him know and he would sort it. It's good to know that people are looking out for my parents.

I should imagine this house affects the house prices around. Not that my parents could cope with moving unless it was to a home and then all that would be up to me.
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on June 09, 2014, 08:11:38 PM
It would affect prices.   Also it's not easy to get the Council to do much about noise unless one is prepared to sit for hours with a tape machine and record it all  >:(
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Taz2 on June 09, 2014, 10:53:11 PM
Anyone else find the noise of a fan - especially the extractor fans on ovens - unbearable nowadays?

Taz x
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: oldsheep on June 10, 2014, 07:30:09 AM
Anyone else find the noise of a fan - especially the extractor fans on ovens - unbearable nowadays?

Taz x

Our hob extractor sounds like a jumbo jet taking off.
I'm very noise sensitive. When I get my bike out of the shed, I tense up completely in case the dodgy shed alarm goes off.
We are in London but it's so quiet here. I think my inertia on moving has a lot to do with that.
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on June 10, 2014, 01:24:49 PM
Lawn mowers  :cuss:
Strimmers  :cuss:
smell of BarBQes  >:(
Shouting 'good morning' before 9.30 a.m.  ;D
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Joyce on June 10, 2014, 02:50:46 PM
Don't get me started on lawn mowers CLKD. I've got neighbour who cuts his grass at least twice a week. No kidding. Grass is immaculate mind you, but really is twice a week necessary.

Another neighbour works from home & he gets deliveries before 7.30am about once a week. Come in big lorry. Plus the fact he shifts all 3 cars in his driveway before that to make room for said deliveries. Grrr. I must be getting old & grumpy!  ;D
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on June 10, 2014, 02:59:52 PM
It's the lorries which deliver then back up the Estate with the bleeper going  >:( .......... fortunately not many people here run a business!

The road by us is supposed to be 30mph.  Pity the Police don't remind drivers by sitting in an un-marked van ......... one day there's going to be a big bang as a slower driver pulls out into the road  :-\
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Ju Ju on June 10, 2014, 05:22:06 PM
I have no idea if my parent's other neighbours have checked, Sparkle. I would imagine so, but it wouldn't do any harm to check myself. Thank you.

 My parents do not understand why on earth I live in a quiet, beautiful village, apparently with no facilities, though they have noted the friendliness and numerous activities and societies on offer. Plus just the sound of owls at night and..... My hubbie snoring! We came here for 5 years ...... Now 28 years later!
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on June 10, 2014, 08:38:58 PM
Don't tell us where Ju Ju ...... we'll all be there  ;)
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Ju Ju on June 10, 2014, 09:35:04 PM
I'll think of you when I hear an owl tonight, Sparkle! I have to roll hubbie over if he snores. He's very considerate if he's restless and snores, as he will takes off to the spare room so I can sleep. He looks quite cute under the very hungry caterpillar duvet!
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on June 11, 2014, 03:57:37 PM
Rolling DH over works, he also does the hold his breath then puff air over my face  >:( ……. he gets a nudge for that too ……….
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: groundhog on June 11, 2014, 09:11:49 PM
My husband snores :(. It's horrendous.  We now have a routine - we go to bed separately as I can't get to sleep before he starts snoring.  He comes into my bed about 3am if he wakes for a wee as by this time I am usually fast asleep.  But - by 5 am my joints start to ache so I wake up and usually go back into the other bed as he is snoring again!!  I don't know what a nights sleep is :(
Plus as I have to sleep with the window open -I hear all the nearby animals like donkey,  sheep and peacock.  Ah the joys of living in the country lol xxx
 :bouncing:
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Ju Ju on June 11, 2014, 09:49:11 PM
Apparently I do my share of snoring! Not true of course! :ange:
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on June 12, 2014, 02:10:36 PM
We only have sheep in the countryside ………  ;)

It's quiet here today apart from starlings squawking each time I appear ……...
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Ju Ju on June 12, 2014, 09:40:00 PM
My husband feeds the birds and you get stalked and shouted at by the blackbirds in the garden. The baby bluetits are beginning to make their presence known in the bird box, the woodpecker drills the trees and the cows moo and the woodpidgeons play seasaw on the loose ridge tile on the roof. Noisy old world!
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Taz2 on June 13, 2014, 10:23:22 PM
Your bluetits are late Ju Ju - or maybe their first brood died as has happened this year and this is the second attempt! I hope you have a successful fledging!!

Taz x
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on June 14, 2014, 05:30:45 AM
Our blue-tits are on their 2nd brood - out of the nest last week (whoops wrong thread  ::) ) ……...
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Taz2 on June 14, 2014, 07:37:40 AM
I reckon that this is a different pair of tits (!) CLKD or the first brood failed. It is apparently extremely rare for any of the tit family to have a second brood which is why they lay up to a dozen eggs.

Sorry for hijacking the thread!

Taz x
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Ju Ju on June 14, 2014, 07:52:58 AM
I'm just glad we have tenants in this nesting box.

Returning to the topic of noise, there is building work starting next door and resultant noise. However, this means our neighbours are staying put, apparently, which is good as we share the drive and I love the sound of the children playing. We don't want to lose good neighbours.
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: honeybun on June 14, 2014, 08:31:32 AM
We have great neighbours this time which is such a relief. It's so quiet which suits me fine. Just hope they don't move anytime soon as I may have to go with them  ;D


Honeyb
x
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on June 14, 2014, 04:18:35 PM
Our blue-tits have 2/3 broods yearly, we have 3 sets of parents ……… this week there were 4 newbies  ;) making that special out of the nest blue-tit noise  :-*

Starlings are on brood 3 - and that's those in our neighbours roof space.  I know 'cos we see them in and out feeding.  We can hear them too.

Robin came and went.  Wren is heard and occasionally seen.  Right now there's a blackbird singing outside our lounge window, now that is a noise I like  :-*
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Ju Ju on June 14, 2014, 05:35:27 PM
Yes, I love the bird song. I love living here. I love the countryside racket. I grew up in a town that has all the disadvantages and none of the advantages. I visit my parents, who live in the same house I grew up in, as often as I can. It's a regular reminder of how lucky I am.
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on July 19, 2014, 10:27:02 AM
 :bounce:  and there are several more so you are not alone!  I am certainly less tolerant of other peoples' kids too  :cuss:
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on November 05, 2015, 08:58:19 PM
 :bounce:
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on November 05, 2015, 09:08:32 PM
Disappeared into the other threads  ;) - someone was discussing her friend's noise sensitivity.
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on May 19, 2016, 08:09:34 AM
I keep switching off the radio, it's all too much this week  :-\.  Records are repetitive, noisy, droning …….. and as for the very 'in your face being my best friend' presenters  >:(.  Once The Quiz is done I'll switch off!
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: riversong on May 20, 2016, 04:39:14 AM
I am happy to have stumbled onto this thread, ever since I started menopause everything seems to so much more enhanced, sounds, and smell, when I go to bed at night I have to wear earplugs, mask on my eyes to cut out any light and if there's any strong odor around forget sleep.  :-\
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Dana on May 20, 2016, 04:45:33 AM
I'm not really that noise sensitive, but I don't like loud noise and I really hate inconsiderate noise. I have a neighbour across the street whose princess of a daughter is learning the piano. This has been going on now for a few years. The piano is right at the front of the house, in front of a door and windows that are always open, and directly across the road from my bedroom window.

She was playing as early at 5.15am and as late as 9.30pm. I complained about it a few times and asked them to keep the door and windows closed before 7am and after 7pm, which they initially agreed to, but now it seems they can't be bothered. I will admit I haven't heard it before 7am for quite a while, but she regularly plays until 8.30pm or 9.30pm, and sometimes she'll play for hours over the weekend.

The girl is only 14, and like most teenagers has a very "me first" attitude, but the mother is at fault for not teaching her to have respect and consideration for other people who live around her. I've stopped complaining because I was only becoming "that grumpy old cow over the road". Now I just turn my TV up REALLY LOUD when she's playing and hope that it's at least annoying someone.
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: kpatton56 on May 20, 2016, 06:21:22 AM
As I get older I love silence. When young I couldn't contemplate being without music in the background no matter what I was doing.
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Meg on May 21, 2016, 03:02:44 AM
Absolutely relate to the noise intolerance thread.  Just cant stand the shrieking audiences on some TV shows, infact hardly watch TV at all now.  Kids playing football outside my house really gets me down, just the continual thud.  I have asked them to not kick a ball outside and of course they have me down as the grumpy bitch!  I dont think kids can move now without bouncing a heavy ball on the pavement!  I like kids, have a grown son of my own, but some of them can be so inconsiderate or is it the parents.  Obviously I played out when a child and we were sometimes chided by adults but I think football was a no no and we sure knew boundaries.

Meg
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Dana on May 21, 2016, 04:53:24 AM
Meg, I think the difference between us being chided by an adult and the kids these days, is that we respected the authority and didn't talk back to parents, neighbours etc. We did as we were told, or we suffered the consequences. Kids today are more likely to give you a mouthful of abuse, or worse. They have been allowed too many "rights", and they know every single one of them. Their parents are often just as bad because they never teach them respect or consideration.

Yeah, I know that's a sweeping generalisation, and probably most kids are fine, but sadly the minority makes all of them look like insolent little sh**s.
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on May 21, 2016, 06:00:41 PM
Oh don't get me started on the 'bouncing ball' scenario ……..  >:(
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Meg on May 22, 2016, 03:02:28 AM
The bouncing ball scenario is incredibly irritating.  Heavy footballs being bounced incessantly, just cant tolerate it!

Meg
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on May 22, 2016, 02:38:04 PM
Yep.  My neighbour knows I've been poorly and am still poorly: he spoke to Himself 5 mins. B4 going into his garden and to use a strummer.  When I get my voice back I'll have WORDS  :bang: :bang: :bang:.  If hadn't been complaining about having a lerrgy himself, but of course, he's had Man 'Flu [not]
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on January 18, 2017, 01:04:05 PM
 :ola:
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on January 31, 2017, 05:39:52 PM
I don't know if it's due to anxiety: or if I'm sickening for a Germ : but I can't stand noise; TV adverts, the rubbish Ken Bruce was playing this week, people leaving their vehicles to warm up early in the morning whilst they eat breakfast .........  :sigh:.  Even Himself blowing his nose in another room is getting to me ......
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on February 03, 2017, 03:30:51 PM
The neighbour went away for 3 months - charity cycle ride through India apparently.  I can hear that he's back, he's banging in his garage opposite  :'(.  Surely after all that they have done to the property in the last 3 years there really isn't much else to be done  :bang: :bang: :bang: ..... WORDS will be said!
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Tempest on February 04, 2017, 08:39:49 PM
I can't stand most things on the TV! It's all too shouty....

The only channels I can rely on are the history and documentary ones, and only if it doesn't involve violence or upsetting images (that gets to me too - and I can't watch scary movies now either too)!

I also find I can't talk for long on the phone nowadays - it really makes me feel panicky and I lose my train of thought easily even if it's a relative. Does anyone else get this? :(
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Menomale on February 04, 2017, 09:12:19 PM
Hi dear,

These are very common Aspie traits, I have been battling them since I was born... maybe that explains how messy our brains can become after the change in neuro-hormones, modulators and transmitters in menopause because that's exactly what happens in Aspie brains too. Call me twice exceptional ...   ::)
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: babyjane on February 05, 2017, 10:48:44 AM
I have always been noise sensitive.  Apparently when I was very small if anyone was making a noise I would say "rowww" and cry.  Loud or continual noise makes my head feel as though there is a tight band round it, worse when I went into perimeno.

Funnily I coped with a local music event on Friday night but I am struggling now, 48 hours later.  Being surrounded by sound makes me feel panicky and overwhelmed.  Daughter's wedding reception was fine (37 guests), daughter's best friend's wedding reception (95 guests) was a different matter altogether.

I take ear plugs with me if we go to the cinema (which is very seldom).  I took them with me on Friday night but didn't need to use them as it was a small local venue and the speakers were also small.

I tend to be a bit antisocial as a result.
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Tempest on February 05, 2017, 11:18:40 AM
I get you totally, Menomale! My son is autistic - semantic pragmatic. Super intelligent, just like yourself! :)

Babyjane, me too! But mine has only come on since menopause. To think I used to enjoy going to see Metallica perform live....... :o :o
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on February 05, 2017, 05:36:38 PM
I hate people rowing - brings back too many memories  :-\  :'(

..... and if the neighbour doesn't move soon  :bang: :bang: :bang: - I'll be over there with a hammer to shut him up.  There surely can't be anymore alterations to do to their property .......  :-[
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Meg on March 03, 2017, 12:36:39 AM
Totally cant stand noise either.  Many people don't exercise consideration in relation to their neighbours.  Dread lighter nights because cant stand sound of footballs being slammed about.  Just want peace, quiet and tranquillity these days.

Meg
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Ju Ju on March 03, 2017, 08:21:57 AM
CLKD are you sure you don't live on the other side of my neighbours?! Our neighbour always has to have a project on the go, but after a new roof, extension, windows, porch, internal renovations, summerhouse........what else can he do? Some of it involves noise and some of the bigger projects involved blocking us in by builders and deliveries, without warning.
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Cazikins on March 03, 2017, 01:27:49 PM
We are so lucky with our neighbours.  :)
One side have been our friends for over 25 years, 15 years ago a house came up for sale next to them & we were looking for somewhere to move to, so we bought it.
The other side we chat to over the fence, they give my dog treats but not too keen on DIY or gardening oh & no kids YAY RESULT.  :parti: :parti:
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Elizabethrose on March 03, 2017, 01:41:03 PM
The bane of our lives is builders, it's a constant round here!

Couples reach an age, downsize, their property is sold to couples in their 40s. They move in, buy a dog, dog barks all day, kids revelling in the larger garden slam footballs, cricket balls or rugby balls constantly. Then they move out because it's far too inconvenient for them to live in the properties whilst building work is going on, and the builders start. Unsupervised builders, noise 6 days a week, a constant battle with the neighbours insisting they work within controlled hours, regularly ringing environmental health.

Do I sound cross? A house opposite are just finishing after 11 months of building work and the scaffolding had just gone up on two houses directly behind now. Kill me! We haven't had a summer without building noise for about 15 years. I kid you not!!
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Ju Ju on March 03, 2017, 02:15:00 PM
My parents had the neighbours from hell for many years in a quiet owner occupied cul-de-sac. The house, 2 bedrooms and a box room, detached, was divided into bedsits. Tenants came and went with the common denominator, noise day and night from music, arguments, shouting, alcohol, drugs. The police were regular visitors. Last year, the house was shut down by the police for 3 months, related to drug dealing offences, and the house was sold to the builder who lives opposite. So my parents have had several more months of noise as the house was sorted out, but now the house is nearly finished (it was in a terrible state). I don't know if it will be sold or rented out, but now, fingers crossed, they will get some nice neighbours. Hopefully, they will be able to sit in the garden, without the noise, cigarette and cannabis smoke drifting over the wall. The thought before was that if I had to sell my parents house, it wouldn't have sold. Now I don't have that worry.

We are surrounded by dogs that bark as we back onto a path that is frequented by dogs taking their owners for a walk and resident dogs start a choir of barking whenever anyone goes by.
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on March 03, 2017, 03:14:47 PM
...... and of course, once the dogs bark at people who walk away, the dog has achieved what it set out to do! until the next set of walkers wanders by  >:(

The neighbour in question is at it on another part of the property ...... which I am sure is illegal alterations. 
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on June 18, 2017, 03:16:04 PM
At least the lawn mowers have stopped but now it is kids screaming - why don't parents  :kick:  :whip: oh now a young lad is about with his very old motor 'bike'  >:(
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Annie0710 on June 18, 2017, 05:32:15 PM
We were on the IOW to Southampton ferry this morning and we found a great front window row to sit on...... great we thought, but a whole load of boys about 12 came barging in around us, turns out 3 guys were in charge of the child cricket team.  I'm minding my own business watching all the yachts and one of the little sods donks me right on top of my head !!! I was shocked then really pee'd off thinking he'd done it on purpose but OH said they were running across the seats and slipped and his hand came down on my head.....of all the people sitting in our row it's yours truly that gets hit, no apology nothing but the guy in charge told them to sit down quietly.  As they were leaving I'm sure I heard a quiet apology

I'm smiling writing it now but at the time I was fuming !
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on June 18, 2017, 08:04:33 PM
Reminds me of a quiet lunch out with Himself and my Mum a few years ago: there was a party of small boys and a few girls, a private room had been booked but the kids spilled out into the cafe we were sitting in.  Words Were Said  ;D "Do your parents, who have booked that very expensive room for you to play in, know you are out?"  the child continued to twirl round close by us, knocking into empty chairs until I stood up, "Where *is* your parent?" ....... he scurried off.  I WILL NOT put up with other peoples' children. [nor drunk adults].

I expect the lads were really excited but even so - were you going or returning?
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Mbrown001 on June 18, 2017, 08:27:45 PM
Oh dear.... :-\

I have to say I like the sound of kids playing about outside.

My two were out constantly as were umpteen others on our street.  They all ran in and out of various houses and were welcomed.

I just like kids. Be it in a supermarket or cafe or hotel.

If you expect children to sit like little angels then you have no memory as to what it was like when you were a child. We didn't so why should they.
I'm more inclined to engage than complain. I've seen many a mother look grateful for an adult being understanding.

Drunk adults don't bother me that much either unless they look as if they are about to throw up.

You have more chance of that with kids though  ::)  ;D

My son had a mini dirt  bike when he was young and scooted up and down the hills behind us.
Oh dear....I'm one of the parents that others would complain about whose kids ran about in the summer....I liked them to get the fresh air....oh and be children  ::)


Mrs Brown
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on June 18, 2017, 08:58:47 PM
We had to sit like angels  :D  ::) ...... were also allowed to play appropriately but not to annoy others.  We climbed trees.  Had a sand-pit, bikes, trikes, scooters .........

It's constant traffic this evening, most doing over 30mph  >:(.  Birds have gone to bed.  Waiting for the hogs ;-)
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Annie0710 on June 18, 2017, 09:12:33 PM
We were returning from 4 days in IOW

I was one of four kids in our family so behaviour was important.  We were allowed to let off steam but only at appropriate times/places.  We spent every summer driving to Spain camping in the summer and we knew our boundaries, our parents were great and good fun but very strict on manners and behaviour.  When we were driving to relatives houses our parents used to give us the talk about having 6 extra people for the day is a big deal to most people so please behave and play when invited to.

I had 3 kids and I carried that on, I chose to have my kids so it wasn't fair for them to encroach in others space if not invited.  Like I was they were brought up to sit on floors at others houses, take a little food then go back for more if all eaten instead of pigging out the plate and leaving less for others etc
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Mbrown001 on June 18, 2017, 09:23:49 PM
I could take my two anywhere in the certain knowledge they would behave and we never disturbed others in hotels or cafes. I took little games or toys to keep them entertained. Manners were taught.

However. I think kids need to let off steam especially in the good weather and to hear children playing out is great. Too many sit inside on computer games.
When I was little we were out from dawn till dusk and home for food.
It was a freedom that our children don't get these days.

Children sitting quietly for long periods of time....well it's not what they do...but as long as it's appropriate then it's good with me.

When my kids were young they grew up in a quiet street with lots of other children of the same age. I guess our street would have been a nightmare for some but it was a great place to play. Next to fields and a stream with loads of pals. You could barely drive in the summer for bikes and kids and.....fun.

Happy days.

Mrs Brown

Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Mbrown001 on June 18, 2017, 09:44:31 PM
Oh I agree. My two were never like that but they did have a lot of outdoor freedom.

I hate the parents that pretend it's not happening...but it's not the kids fault as they don't know any better.


Mrs Brown
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Annie0710 on June 18, 2017, 10:24:46 PM
Yeah my 3 were brought up on a horseshoe street, I lived one end, my friend in the middle and another friend the other end so all 3 of us were 'lookouts', we had lots of families with kids so they were always out, but we also had some bungalows for elderly people but they were great too and would sit out the front on deckchairs watching  the kids play
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on June 19, 2017, 11:25:35 AM
I didn't have many friends to play with  :-\ as our village was widely spread, Dad made various toys and maintained trikes etc., we went for long walks in the woods where he showed us wild-life, including red squirrels and roe deer  :).  We ran in the sand dunes at Wells and along the beach on the Norfolk Coast ....... if we went visiting friends of theirs Mum packed lots of toys/books to keep us quiet  ::)

This morning the air is full of sparrows chirping  :D
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Scampi on June 22, 2017, 10:17:39 AM
Apples, celery, chompy chewy sweets and anything with a crunch should be banned from offices - and anywhere else I can't escape them!!!  I'm pretty sure I have a mild form of misophonia (means I react badly to sounds that most people wouldn't even notice).  I want to inflict pain on people eating noisy foods (or eating noisily in general) - and I'm surrounded at work by a never-ending stream of apple-munchers and celery-chompers, liberally interspaced by those crunching anything they can shove in their mouths with noises like a pig with a lump of coke  >:( >:(  I'm going to kill someone before home-time today.  The woman across the desk from me doesn't chomp or slurp when she eats (unlike the guy who sits behind me), but grazes all day on anything with a crunch - it's driving me insane.  Yesterday, I had to leave the floor or I would have said something I'd have regretted, and all the poor woman was doing was eating a small bag of almonds!!  I really don't like wearing earphones, but I might have to resort to it today as I seem to be more sensitive than usual - and 'usual' is bad enough.
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on July 24, 2017, 08:34:49 AM
........ a few weeks ago there were 9 dogs barking locally  :bang: it was like 101 Dalmatians  >:( this morning there's 1 but I haven't located it yet.  One day I will .......  :-X
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Ju Ju on July 24, 2017, 09:00:25 AM
I love the sound of children playing happily. Our neighbour kept apologising for their noise and I kept telling her to stop worrying!

Not so happy with her hubby's loud music on hot summers days. Wouldn't be so bad if I liked his choice of music!

It gets noisy here when our GS comes. DH and GS together is a noisy combination!

Not so happy with the constant yapping from the little dog the other side. Day and night. Somehow escapes into our garden and leaves deposits. At least the neighbour has tried to sort that out, but the escape route remains a mystery!
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on July 24, 2017, 11:06:00 AM
Could it be a fox?  They can climb ;-)
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Ju Ju on July 24, 2017, 12:10:01 PM
Oh we see the little ******** doing its business! She doesn't look remotely like a fox! She doesn't like being hosed though!
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on July 24, 2017, 12:57:41 PM
 :o ....... it's not her fault that she finds her way through  :'(. 
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on July 24, 2017, 01:16:19 PM
It is cruel.  She may be deaf/blind or a bit wobbly - would you like it?
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Cazikins on July 24, 2017, 01:20:31 PM
.  She may be deaf/blind or a bit wobbly

But wasn't she able to get through from next door though  ;D ;D
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on July 24, 2017, 01:23:15 PM
You obviously have had a blind dog!  Ours followed her nose  ;) .......... blind and deaf as long as furniture wasn't moved and the field gate was left open, she lived 3 years quite happily and somehow, knew what time to turn up at the kitchen for her dinner  ;D
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Cazikins on July 24, 2017, 01:27:45 PM
I had 1 JRT who went blind in both eyes which was funny went mother had the ironing board up in the lounge on a Sunday night, & another one that went deaf which had it's good points when firework night came around.  :)
My dear little JRT seems to have all faculties a.t.m., she is 12 years old & apart from a few benign lumps all is ok.
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on July 24, 2017, 01:33:58 PM
JRs are feisty enough to find their way round, a little growl will move most things, but probably not an ironing board  :D
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Ju Ju on July 24, 2017, 06:11:48 PM
The dog is not blind or deaf! She is also agile and ran back through the hedge to wherever the hole is. When I pointed the hose at her. Safer than running out in the road. She's a couple of years old. And yaps and yaps and yaps and yaps. I'm fed up with being woken up at a late hour when she's sent out for toileting and then early in the morning. I'm not a dog owner, so have no idea if training would be effective. Surely she must drive her owner nuts as well. He is, by the way, a very sweet man. It is wearing.
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Ju Ju on July 25, 2017, 10:07:03 AM
That's the problem! Neither we or our neighbour can locate the hole. We have a laurel hedge between us and our neighbour has installed a wire fence on his side. The dog is tiny, so can get through smaller holes than perhaps you would think possible. Waits until no one is looking though!

 When I was a student, I worked for a family looking after the children. They had a husky type of dog. The garden had a 6' fence, yet the dog still escaped and was seen observing the green cross code crossing the very busy road on a zebra crossing!
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on July 25, 2017, 12:19:52 PM
All dogs can be trained.  ;-).  As for the yapping, you have my sympathy  :-\ - a couple take their yappers out every morning at 5.30 B4 they go to work  :bang:
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on July 26, 2017, 10:57:55 AM
I stood in our garden at 8.30 B4 it began to rain and listened: not a noise other than my heart beating  ;)
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: dulciana on August 07, 2017, 08:08:39 PM
Apples, celery, chompy chewy sweets and anything with a crunch should be banned from offices - and anywhere else I can't escape them!!!  I'm pretty sure I have a mild form of misophonia (means I react badly to sounds that most people wouldn't even notice).  I want to inflict pain on people eating noisy foods (or eating noisily in general) - and I'm surrounded at work by a never-ending stream of apple-munchers and celery-chompers, liberally interspaced by those crunching anything they can shove in their mouths with noises like a pig with a lump of coke  >:( >:(  I'm going to kill someone before home-time today.  The woman across the desk from me doesn't chomp or slurp when she eats (unlike the guy who sits behind me), but grazes all day on anything with a crunch - it's driving me insane.  Yesterday, I had to leave the floor or I would have said something I'd have regretted, and all the poor woman was doing was eating a small bag of almonds!!  I really don't like wearing earphones, but I might have to resort to it today as I seem to be more sensitive than usual - and 'usual' is bad enough.

Hi Scampi - I've only just read your post two months after you wrote it, but it has struck a chord with me.  I've become really irritated by the sound of anyone swallowing near to me and that's usually my hubby, poor thing!  At least now I know I'm not the only one to be affected like this, as I was beginning to feel like a freak.   I've always had very sensitive hearing but this is ridiculous now.  However, I do feel reassured to read about your experiences and I certainly do sympathise/empathise!
Dulciana x 
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on August 07, 2017, 09:08:57 PM
Mine eats lots of noisy apple every day especially now when our trees are ready  >:(  ::)
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Scampi on August 08, 2017, 02:37:09 PM
Hi Dulciana - have a Google for 'misophonia' - it's a real thing!  I too found it reassuring I wasn't alone (or going mad), but it really is something you have to develop coping strategies for - I don't think there's a 'cure' as such.  Sometimes I just have to put my earphones in and listen to music. 

My husband has a 'clicky' jaw - not helped by the HUGE mouthfuls he insists on taking  >:(  But at least when it's him annoying me I can tell him to belt up!!
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on August 08, 2017, 03:01:38 PM
What *is it* with men chomping ........ mine can't understand that it makes me quite queasy when he takes a large mouthful  >:(
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on January 23, 2018, 11:47:20 AM
Currently it's owners who allow their dogs to bark constantly.  Next door, next door to them; across the road there are 4  :o as well as a large dog that I have yet to identify.  Words will be said  >:(
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on April 26, 2018, 08:18:40 PM
I am in the house. Double glazing.  Raditors tapping as they heat up: and I can STILL here a dog barking which lives 3 doors away  :diablo:  I swear to God ..........  :whip:
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on May 05, 2018, 02:37:03 PM
Dogs still being a nuisance.  I spoke to the neighbour earlier, his had been barking for 2 hours - I thought that they were out but nope, the owner was lazing in the sunshine  >:(.  "She's having a barking session!" he told me.  Yep, I can hear, from inside.  "Nowt I can do about that!" - we will see,  :bang: - off to the Council next week !!!

Cars racing by at over 30mph.  In a school zone but there isn't a 20mph and the school is less than year old  :(
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Joaniepat on May 05, 2018, 04:02:24 PM
What an idiot! Don't these people realise that dogs are pack animals and need to be with the rest of their "pack"? It's inevitable they will bark or become distressed if left alone. I know some dogs can cope with solitude for a time, but obviously not the ones near you that are causing so much disturbance. The owners obviously don't give a damn about you, the dogs or anyone else within earshot. Talk about "I'm all right Jack"  ::) Do you think other neighbours will also lodge complaints with the Council?
JP x
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Daisydot on May 05, 2018, 04:21:45 PM
Bet he had his ruddy earphones in with music blaring while he was sunbathing,poor dog.poor CLKD too.
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Shadyglade on May 05, 2018, 04:32:25 PM
Just spent, what should have been, a quiet afternoon in the garden, listening to my neighbour power washing her patio
:cuss:
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on May 05, 2018, 04:59:48 PM
We had that last weekend.  The neighbour took 8 hours to do his  :-X

This particular dog barks whilst they are in sight of it  :-\ ........ runs round the house as though looking for someone, even when the owner was sitting in the garden.  It will get a good  :kick: ........

However, birds are singing - now that doesn't bother me a bit  :)
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on June 19, 2018, 09:59:04 AM
Yesterday I read an article about a girl who is 'allergic' to noise.  It has a name which I need to look at again but it maybe explains why I find repeated noises annoying to the point that I want to  :cuss:
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: jillydoll on June 19, 2018, 04:17:01 PM
CLKD, my OHs the same.
He can't tolarate noise either.
Wheather it be kids, dogs, music, and after a certain time at night,
well, our house can turn to a dramatic shade blue....lol
He just can't deal with it....

Jd x
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on June 19, 2018, 09:50:13 PM
I will have a look-see at the article again ...... of course, it's down stairs and I'm not  ::)

Quick search:

The term Selective Sound Sensitivity Syndrome has been championed by audiologist Marsha Johnson as a more accurate description of the symptoms experienced by many misophonia sufferers, but Misophonia UK understands that Dr Johnson now prefers to use the term misophonia as an official diagnosis.
FAQs - MISOPHONIA UK


The article concerns Juliette Wills who has issues with noise that she isn't able to control.  Even eating at a table with others can upset her equilibrium!  'The Daily Telegraph', Health Section, Monday 18th June.

Certainly it's noise that I am unable to control that upsets me the most: lawn mowers, barBQ smells/sounds, dogs barking when owners do nowt, speeding cars - it's 30mph behind us but drivers particularly locals! drive much faster.  Then even speed over the zebra crossing which is humped  :o
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on January 28, 2019, 07:10:48 PM
It's getting me down  :'(.  Background music to adverts..   Introductory music to The 1 Show, Bargain Hunt etc. boring  :(

Neighbours are drilling, almost constantly all day ......... be glad when their build is finished.
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on February 01, 2019, 07:59:38 PM
BUMPED
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: NaturalMystic on February 01, 2019, 08:08:43 PM
Thanks for bumping.  For me its more than one noise at a time.  Music, lots of people talking, its like white noise to me and I start to feel outside of my body
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on February 01, 2019, 08:12:39 PM
That's a peculiar feeling, had it happen a few times; a sort of unreality feeling  :-\

This week it was constant banging and hammering.  Turned out to be a niehgbour building a fence where a fence should NOT BE!

And don't get me started on dogs being allowed to bark all the time  :-X

I find Muzak in stores annoying, I have told a few stores recently that I will take an air-rifle in next time.  One did offer to turn it off but it was by then Too Late.  Pity those that have to work there, I would be turning it off at source!  The high street is in difficulties without driving me away due to constant music  :bang: :bang:

B&Q last week.  Large store so a bit of echo, music++ and my brain discussing with me what I needed to buy  ;D.  Found myself talking to me in order to shut out other noises  :-\
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: NaturalMystic on February 01, 2019, 08:18:48 PM
😂 I have a staffy, the most laid back dog on planet, hardly ever makes a sound 😁
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on February 01, 2019, 08:20:50 PM
Oh Staffies almost purr  ;D ....... I've never met a bad one yet. I usually go straight in for the cuddle and come out slobbered on  ;D

What GETS to me is that owners are there, they know that their dog is barking  :bang: :bang: :bang: which makes me more aware of the noise and then I get angrier and angrier and ...........
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Cazikins on February 02, 2019, 11:32:55 AM
I've got a Jack Russel.... ;D one of the most yappy 4 legged critters on the planet.But one shout from me & she comes trotting back indoors........well unless there is someone with a dog walking on the footpath at the bottom of our garden - now that's a different matter!
However I would never let her continue to bark.

How are your ears now CLKD? Have you had them syringed yet?

I have to get mine micro-suctioned at the hospital about every 6 - 12 months ::) ::) it's like a mini vacuum cleaner that sucks all the debris etc out. It's quite an experience I can tell you.

Cazi x
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on February 02, 2019, 11:57:40 AM
Well perhaps being almost deaf on the R is an advantage ........  ::)

Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Cazikins on February 02, 2019, 12:03:53 PM
Have you had them syringed yet though?
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: jaypo on February 02, 2019, 12:22:30 PM
Try poodle x chihuahua,yapping  little beggars ,when I yell at one of them in particular ,she does that shut your eyes thing,I can't see my mum so she can't see me 😆
Re noises I can't stand noisey eaters, I literally have to leave a room if someone is eating with their mouth open yuuuuuuuk,even thinking about it makes me cringe
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Joaniepat on February 02, 2019, 12:30:30 PM
I agree about the noisy, open-mouthed eaters jaypo, and while we're on the subject of people's noisy and disgusting behaviour, the other bunch that gets in amongst me is the sniffers and snorters on trains. Too too revolting my dear!!! Did their mothers never teach them to use a handkerchief?  :(
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: jaypo on February 02, 2019, 01:47:49 PM
Omg joaniepat yes yes,bloody sniff sniff sniff,do you think we're grumpy old women 😂
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on February 02, 2019, 01:57:07 PM
I found that a wellie aimed at the rear end means at the very least, a small terrier hanging on to the toe of the wellie  ;D growling furiously ....

Watching the rugby: OH the noise in the background  :-X

DH sometimes eats with a lot of noise.  And don't get me started on the early morning yawning when I'm sleeping  :(
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: jaypo on February 02, 2019, 02:03:22 PM
Oh yes,why is it men need to make some horrendous noise when they yawn,my husband does it all the time😡
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on February 02, 2019, 02:04:45 PM
Nope - we should have gone away so didn't make an appt for ear syringing and next week, weather allowing we are away ...... so app will be booked once we are back  ::)
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: jaypo on February 02, 2019, 02:10:27 PM
Nope - we should have gone away so didn't make an appt for ear syringing and next week, weather allowing we are away ...... so app will be booked once we are back  ::)
Have you not had your tablets today clkd,wrong thread me thinks 😂
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on February 02, 2019, 02:21:28 PM
Deaf = lack of noise  ;)
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on February 02, 2019, 04:35:38 PM
The response was "We have to work with it, continually" ........ actually there is probably a Law that says that workers cannot be maddened by constant music.  I have decided that when I want to browse and make decisions I will ask for the racket to be switched off  ;)

I switched off the skiing commentary earlier due to background noise.
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on February 17, 2019, 04:17:41 PM
 :D
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Two hoots on February 17, 2019, 06:02:50 PM
Our doctors surgery will not syringe ears any more, my a friend was told to use olive oil in a dropper and prescribed antibiotics instead  >:( really silly situation as he said he's had his ears syringed in the past without a problem.

My next door neighbour ALWAYS lets her dog out so that it can bark when she mows the garden  >:( I'm hoping one day the little b***er will choke it barks so much  ;) or my neighbour cuts through the cable and electrocutes herself  ::)


Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on February 17, 2019, 09:14:16 PM
I would refuse the ABs and insist on syringing.  My R ear has been popping loud/deaf all day  :-\.  I have bilateral hearing right now, however  :-X
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on July 13, 2019, 09:41:51 AM
I can't stand noise.  Raised voices make my guts churn.  Even when Mum was calling to Himself in her garden when I sat in the bathroom one morning, the deep seated reaction kicked in  :-\

Add to that people with loud music from their cars/gardens, shouting across gardens when they are BarBQing  :bang:
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Tc on July 13, 2019, 10:43:25 AM
Thanks for bumping CLKD.
I come from a very noisy family everyone talks loud and in happier days I was constantly loud and singing around the house much to my wife's chagrin at 8.00 in the morning!! I always found any new noise like roadworks or when I moved house, buses, trains etc. I quickly got used to. And zoned them out.

But lately everything "jangles" my nerves. Dogs barking, kids screaming, horns toting and even my little cats nighttime howling which shes always done. Ambulance sirens are a particular trigger for me but I think I know why that is.
Aggressive screaming and shouting outside my flat had me almost in full panic attack last night

When the family are all together I sometimes have to leave the room.

I cant seem to stand too much stimulation these days.

I'm not claustrophobic per se. I can get in a lift on my own but being crowded in sets me into "escape" mode and if you add noise to that it's a double whammy. Recently at a restaurant I was seated in a corner and I was o.k till a very excited and noisy birthday party came in and then loud music came on and I had to get out ..and quick.!!

Do you think anxiety levels being consistently raised which mine are just heightens all the senses. I even feel more sensitive to flashing lights. I've only been to one concert in the last year and the crowd noise, music and flashing lights I just couldnt stand it  I never used to be like that.

Xx
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: jaypo on July 13, 2019, 10:45:02 AM
My OH watched Andrew Neil interview Hunt & Johnson last night, I had to leave the room coz of the constant talking through each other,omg,what a rabble
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Tc on July 13, 2019, 11:37:14 AM
I know. I saw a 10 second clip and that was 10 seconds too much  my mum just told me shes watching the tennis with the sound turn down so she doeznt have to listen to the constant 'drivel "!!
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on July 13, 2019, 11:58:58 AM
'drivel' that's a real Norfolk word  ;D as is 'squitt'  8)

Noise that I can't control makes me WILD big time.  It's lack of consideration.

From B4 I can remember my parents argued.  Now I know why  :'( and it wasn't always Dad's fault.
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: jaypo on July 13, 2019, 01:48:38 PM
But some noise is quiet noise,my biggest bugbear?people eating noisily,aaaaaarghhhhhhh with the tennis it's the grunting,especially the women who seem to exaggerate it 🤬🤬🤬
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on July 13, 2019, 02:27:40 PM
There is at least an on/off button for the tennis - or switch to le Tour  ;)

Fireworks makes me wild too  :(
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: jaypo on July 13, 2019, 02:45:26 PM
Come on now clkd we all KNOW why you watch that 😆😂
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on July 13, 2019, 02:52:56 PM
remind me ........  scenery not a lot of good yet  :-\
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on November 05, 2019, 04:02:55 PM
The film Zulu is being screened on Bonfire Night for veterans whose Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder symptoms could be triggered by fireworks.

Rhondda Cynon Taf council and a group of veterans are showing the 1964 film starring Michael Caine which recounts the battle of Rorke's Drift in 1879.

More than 200 veterans have snapped up tickets to Tuesday's screening.

Paul Bromwell, a Falklands War veteran with PTSD, said the noise and smells of fireworks can trigger flashbacks.


Now forgive me but surely this film isn't the best choice  :-\  :D
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on March 12, 2020, 08:16:09 PM
Look - this far back!
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on April 22, 2020, 11:23:35 AM
I'm fed up with someone strimming, he seems to be doing the whole Estate instead of leaving the grass for insects  >:(. It's getting me down now .... I'm going to HUFF all over him  >:(

He began at 10.45, we went for a walk for 40 mins and he's still at it  :cuss:
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on June 02, 2020, 05:25:58 PM
There has been a background noise of 'strimming' since 8.50 a.m.  :-\ can't find out who is annoying me yet.  BUT !  >:(

FOUND HIM  >:(.  He is cutting his blasted hedge with a pair of electric scissors  :o crikey this isn't Chelsea  :cuss:.  The noise has been constant since 2.30 p.m. could hear it in our back garden and have had to shut the windows as it's getting me down.  5 years ago when he and his wife arrived they invited everyone close by to their house for food/drinks ....... we don't go to Church/Chapel so we didn't get another invite. 

2 weeks ago she told me that she had often held get togethers but very few people turned up ........ that she would like to do some more now that people are getting together, distancing.  Well nope actually, even if you invited us we wouldn't be going. The times they have both driven by without acknowledging us and now ............

I've switched up the TV to outdo his strimming. 
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Salad on June 03, 2020, 03:05:11 AM
Don't blame you CLKD- I can't stand it when people appear to be all chatty one moment and can barely acknowledge you the next   >:(

I've been the opposite with noise over the weekend though. We have a neighbour, now nicknamed ?Hank?, who insists on strumming his electric guitar loudly and next to an open window.
I was actually relieved when another neighbour went out to jet wash clean his driveway - the noise drowned out the dreadful guitar sound beautifully  :D
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on June 03, 2020, 06:29:13 AM
Dropping off to sleep at gone midnight and 3 helicopters sounded like they were landing on my roof  >:( ............

Oh don't get me started on jet-washing  ;D
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: jaypo on June 03, 2020, 08:06:10 AM
Oh clkd we had that a few nights ago, I nearly had a heart attack,the helicopter was so low,thought our windows were going to break,think they land at Wooten basset which isn't far from us
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Jeepers on June 03, 2020, 12:24:07 PM
At least you don't have the Hercules in and out of Lynham anymore jaypo! I have friends in WB, and it used to drive them nuts!
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: jaypo on June 03, 2020, 02:40:21 PM
We could wave to the pilots practically,was pretty awesome seeing them fly so low mind you,my dogs used to chase them across the garden  ;D
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on November 07, 2020, 07:04:19 PM
Blasted things  >:(
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: jaypo on November 08, 2020, 10:11:55 AM
Bloody fireworks,two nights ago,the goats were absolutely terrified,I thought they were going to have a heart attack,neighbours along the road have children and did tell us but they were soooooo loud,wish they would ban them  >:(
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on November 08, 2020, 10:58:15 AM
Keep it to 5th November - tuff if it falls on a school night, kids can sit up late for once  :-\

It begins here in late Sept.  :(
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on January 18, 2021, 03:43:22 PM
The signature tunes for most of the shows on TV GET TO ME  >:(
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: jaypo on January 18, 2021, 06:33:02 PM
You know what bugs me? Is on BBC before the 6 o'clock news,when they pour water into cups aaaaaaarrrgggghhhhhh I hate it  ;D
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on January 18, 2021, 07:40:40 PM
We watch ITV at 6.00 then turn over to Rick at 6.30  ;D
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Tootsey11 on February 14, 2021, 10:45:07 PM
Jaypo, I hate the water pouring into those blasted cups too.

Cats licking themselves is doing my head in, I can't stand it
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: jaypo on February 15, 2021, 01:24:31 PM
Haha brilliant tootsey,glad it's not just me  ;D
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on March 07, 2021, 03:15:49 PM
The neighour has been pressure washing his 2 large vehicles for 4 hours thus far  >:(.  Then there's the hoovering ......... doesn't he know it's SUNDAY  :argue:

The other neighbour decided to use a chain saw to rid himself of some wooden furniture :bang: :bang: :bang: B4 mowing his lawn  :beat:
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on August 24, 2021, 02:25:44 PM
 :bouncing:  4 new members

Once I tune into a noise, it's there, bothering me.  >:(
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Suzysheep on August 24, 2021, 03:10:33 PM
Thankyou for bumping this CLKD x
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on August 24, 2021, 03:12:45 PM
It might help  :D
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: jillydoll on August 25, 2021, 07:33:51 PM
We’ve had new neighbours since about 4 months ago.
All they’ve done is, bang, saw, bang, saw, drill. And, it’s not just that, it’s the kids WITH the adults sometimes, playing bloody football in the garden, thud, thud, thud, is all we hear when the ball hits their fence which is stood up a wall. 🤷🏼‍♀️ It drives us mad!
I quickly get up and shut the patio door, and turn the tele up a notch. 🤬
That still doesn’t drown out their kid when he starts crying, I think the whole street can hear him shout MOM…..😡
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on August 25, 2021, 07:51:52 PM
That's new neighbours 4 U.  Our newbies moved in 5 years ago and he hasn't stopped, I'm sure that not all the alterations is legal  :-\.  He has 3 motorbikes ......... which he stands in the front all running at once  ::).  U can only ride 1 at a time?

The constant bounce, bounce, bounce of balls gets 2 me too.  Next door's daughter was into basket ball, so was dropping balls for hours at a time.  The bounce on the ground  :o she's moved onto drumming now  ;D
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: getting_old on August 26, 2021, 09:38:16 PM
A number of years ago we got new neighbours and every weekend and evening they were DIY'ing, so constant banging and hammering. After about 6 months they called round to say they'd been burgled and had we heard anything unusual  :-X
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on August 27, 2021, 07:36:08 AM
 ;D. 
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Sparkler on September 10, 2021, 06:57:13 AM
I did wonder whether my reaction to noise was to do with peri? I do listen to music but really don’t like intrusive background noise, or large variations in volume on TV, and some noises give me a physical reaction, like anxiety and I just have to make it stop.

Is this normal- ish?

Sparkler
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: jaypo on September 10, 2021, 07:54:45 AM
Pretty normal (ish) for us lot  ;D
I hate loud noise too,not music etc but roadworks or the bin men emptying the glass recycling,that kind of thing,wasn't like that when I was younger for sure
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Suzysheep on September 19, 2021, 03:33:52 PM
Sparkler… I’m suffering big time with extreme anxiety and physical reactions to noises. I feel like most noises are torturing me at the moment. Never been like it before….
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on March 23, 2022, 04:02:55 PM
Does any1 remember the bit in 1001 Dalmations when the dogs passed the message on about where the puppies were?  It's like that here today  :bang: 1 dog starts at the end of the Estate which encourages all the others, I can hear the drum roll right across the village  :o Add that doors banging, kids on scooters up and down; lorries from the building sites 'going home' ........ then someone found his strimmer  :poke2:
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Ju Ju on March 23, 2022, 04:58:12 PM
One of the first films I ever saw. Loved it! It used to be like that here, but some of the barking culprits have died and I forgiven the yappy little dog next door for yapping so much once I realised her presence has stopped any sign of rats. She can carry on yapping! It’s quiet here. Next door is all out and no very loud music. Just bird song. Wish I could bottle it. Oh and the odd mooing from the cows. I think one of them has asthma or smokes a pipe!
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Vicky81 on March 23, 2022, 05:12:02 PM
Hi I've got this too. Developed a severe jumpiiness to most noises now.....especially a main road ....cars whizzing past on a fast road. Is this anxiety to do with peri?
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on March 23, 2022, 06:22:42 PM
4 me it's because I take less crap from others so notice annoyances far more quickly  ;D
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on July 19, 2023, 11:59:22 AM
We have a thread about noise irritation.

4 me it's mowers at any time of day  >:( - lawns should be cut between 4.30 and 6.30 of an evening, once a week.  Never on weekends !

Title: Re: Noise
Post by: Taz2 on July 20, 2023, 06:24:39 AM
We have a thread about noise irritation.

4 me it's mowers at any time of day  >:( - lawns should be cut between 4.30 and 6.30 of an evening, once a week.  Never on weekends !

What about people who are still at work?  ;D
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on July 20, 2023, 08:26:14 AM
Put it down to gravel and pots  ;D
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: KaraShannon on July 20, 2023, 12:12:41 PM
We have a thread about noise irritation.

4 me it's mowers at any time of day  >:( - lawns should be cut between 4.30 and 6.30 of an evening, once a week.  Never on weekends !

What about people who are still at work?  ;D

I agree with all this  ;D plus everyone should mow their lawn at the same time, on the same day, and those that work should only do it once a month on a saturday at the same time indicated  ;D
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: sheila99 on July 20, 2023, 12:20:09 PM
I advocate rewilding, no need to mow at all  :)
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: KaraShannon on July 20, 2023, 12:22:40 PM
I advocate rewilding, no need to mow at all  :)

agree with that too  :)
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on July 20, 2023, 12:33:50 PM
1 needs sheep to keep re-wilding tidy though  ;D

Agree KaraShannon ....... it's those who like stripes in their lawns to the nth degree  >:( oh get a Life  :D

Title: Re: Noise
Post by: KaraShannon on July 21, 2023, 12:54:25 AM
Agree KaraShannon ....... it's those who like stripes in their lawns to the nth degree  >:( oh get a Life  :D

 ;D  yes, never mind everyone else, they need to go in and meditate or do some other quiet thing  ;D
Title: Re: Noise
Post by: CLKD on July 21, 2023, 08:46:20 AM
Yep.  Off to Thailand for those who want to make a noise  :D