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Posted: 19:57 - 23 Apr 2021 Post subject: |
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The nearby road here would probably annoy me if it wasn't for the neighbour and his dog constantly barking at each other, and my own loud music. ____________________ Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
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I was born and spent the first 7 years of my life near the Elephant & Castle in Bermondsey, which is always busy and we lived in an ordinary council house, so no sort of double glazing.
Then we moved to Crystal Palace, which was, by comparison, semi rural - my parents had the whole house fitted with secondary glazing, but I refused to have my bedroom window done, because it was too quiet.
My first venture away from home was to the New Forest and in a double glazed house it was deathly quiet, too much for me and I used to crack the bedroom window open so I could hear the traffic on the M27.
For the last 5 years I've been living in rural Kent and I still haven't got used to the near silence at night, even the M20 gets quiet.
I tend to have a fan running gently, just so I've got some noise to sleep to. ____________________ Things get better with age; I'm close to being magnificent........
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Get her some noise canceling headphones. ____________________ '87 Honda XBR 500, '96 Kawasaki ZX7R P1, '90 Honda CB-1, '88 Kawasaki GPz550, MZ 150 ETZ
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Living in West London when I was younger, we had the A4/Great West Road at the back of our garden, and we were under the Heathrow flight path.
Then we moved to Bedfont, right next to Heathrow. .
Now I live in Norfolk, what a contrast!
Super quiet and no street lights.
I love the fact that the only thing I can hear outside are the birds tweeting.
Until the military jets fly over, but I hardly notice them compared to Heathrow and the Great West Road. ____________________ I am the sum total of my own existence, what went before makes me who I am now! |
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I guess I just learnt to zone it out.
When I first came to London in 1984 ( ) I had the Bakerloo line running down the back of my garden. Didn't take long to "not hear it".
I do notice if there's no double glazing, like at present, I am annoyed by the massive building works beside my office at the hospital. Can't hear the dictation sometimes
For a while I lived in a side road off Shepherds Bush Green, and that got a bit rowdy, sirens all the time. Also, the so-called "dawn chorus" there was ridiculously early. Birds properly out of sync with the damn time of day
But other times ... well my whole flat is double glazed. I'm really close to the A13 and yet at times, my bedroom is wonderfully silent, even with the bedroom window cracked a bit.
At the front window onto the street, yeah sometimes the occasional shouty-laughter Africans, or a drunk doorstep-sitting type neighbour up the road, but if I close the windows I never really hear it.
Planet hellkat, properly insulated, is a glorious place to be. I could be anywhere.
Can always hear me bike alarm, though! ____________________ Not nearly as interesting in real life. |
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Reverse here.
Living with a runway at the back of the house, we got so used to planes that you did not notice them taking off or landing.
When lockdown hit and they were all grounded. It was like what's that noise.... Almost total silence. Loudest noise was artics going through tunnel under runway... ____________________ Just because my bike was A DIVVY, does not mean i am...... |
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After a lifetime on ships with main engine, fans and all different auxiliary machinery running 24/7, not to mention vibration, I still find it amazingly quiet in our house in a cul-de-sac.
Down on the boat though, Canada geese honking, Swans tapping on the hull wanting breakfast, Mallards quacking and happy people shouting 'Good morning'.
I prefer the machinery. ____________________ Triumph Trophy Launch Edition |
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Polarbear wrote: | happy people shouting 'Good morning'. |
Down with happy people! ____________________ Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
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I live on a acreage just outside of a small town in rural Saskatchewan (Canada). like most late 19th century settlements the Canadian Pacific Railway run right next to the town. Of course most freight seems to be moved at night time which involves the train blasting its air horns at the two unmanned crossing at the each end of town. Took a while but just like living under the Heathrow flight path back in the UK you start to not notice it. ____________________ Past:NRG50,AF1125(x2),NSR125RR,ZZR250,CX500,VFR400,KR1S,ZZR600(x2),CB400N,YZF1000(x2),KH125,Z200,FX400R,CBR954RR(x2)GPZ500S,GT550,VFR750F(x2),RD350N,XR650R,CBR600F,CB250,KDX250,YZF750R,CRM250,400EXC,KLR650,TTR600RE,DR350S,R100GSPD,RGV250,VMAX1200,DL650 Present:G650XC,C12,KZ750,1190ADV |
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It's super quiet where I live and to be honest, I wouldn't swap it for anything. |
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Artillery impact area a few miles away, my house is directly under the edge of the bit where the choppers turn while flying at treetop height, small arms ranges a mile out one way and tracked armoured vehicles using the crossing 200 meters away. Oh and the woodblock a few hundred meters away gets used weekly by exercising troops who inevitably practice bugging out under fire at 0230. Almost forgot the DZ about a mile away, the planes come over superlow to practice supply drops at the lowest possible altitudes.
If you need background noise (or to desensitise yourself to a warzone) come live in Tidworth |
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Nimrods were the worst I remember, at RAF Wyton. Shook the ground. The hovering Harriers were far enough away from our barrack block that they weren't a problem at RAF Gutersloh, with the occasional particularly noisy visitor.
Engine ground runs late at night at RAF Brize Norton could be a pain sometimes, and they were at least a mile away.
But I swear, if that complete prick lets his dog out to bark incessantly at 2 in the morning again... ____________________ Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
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I have nothing more to add except that this is my 19000th post. How sad is that.
Of course the good thing is there are 12 sadder bastards way ahead of me with the post count and I only have 42088 more to post to catch the Borg. ____________________ Triumph Trophy Launch Edition |
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 2 years, 363 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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