Everyday sounds you love? - General Discussion Discussion

[–] twinA (4921) 7 years ago

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[–] AngularTurnip (3338) 7 years ago

Psithurism: the sound of wind in the trees and the leaves rustling.

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[–] GlenEllyn (21660) 7 years ago

One of my favorites!

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[–] TexasJack (12516) 7 years ago

+1

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[–] AngularTurnip (3338) 7 years ago

Hard rain on a metal roof.

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[–] Frogarama (12942) 7 years ago

I have a vaulted wooden ceiling which is the underside of the roof, and it's so nice to hear the rain hitting it. Very peaceful sound. Granted I live in SoCal, so it's not very often. I guess that makes it more special =)

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[–] AngularTurnip (3338) 7 years ago

I once called SoCal my home. I'm in the Pacific Northwest now, and the sound of rain on a roof is a common one here, which is one of many reasons why I've never regretted moving.

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[–] Frogarama (12942) 7 years ago

I lived in Gresham, OR for a little while before I moved down here. My Dad has lived in West Linn for a long long time.

Loved the area, would be willing to live there again.

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[–] AngularTurnip (3338) 7 years ago

If you're like me -- a pluviophile -- the Pacific Northwest is for you.

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[–] slimone (7996) 7 years ago

As long as I'm not trying to sleep at night.

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[–] twinA (4921) 7 years ago

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[–] AngularTurnip (3338) 7 years ago

Me too.

That sighing sound a bus makes when it stops.

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[–] AngularTurnip (3338) 7 years ago

Far-off train horn.

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[–] MissMargoChanning (6630) 7 years ago

That's my favorite sound. A train. We have a track going through our small city. The trains carry pulp wood for the paper mills. It's on the other side of the river, but there are many mornings when I hear the whistle. Sometimes I hear it at night. I have always loved that sound.

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[–] AngularTurnip (3338) 7 years ago

How about the sound the semaphore -- I think it's the semaphore -- makes when a train's approaching, signaling to driver and pedestrian alike that it's unsafe to cross the tracks?

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[–] MissMargoChanning (6630) 7 years ago

Yes! We here that all the time too. That DingDingDingDingDing

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[–] AngularTurnip (3338) 7 years ago

Fabulous sound.

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[–] GlenEllyn (21660) 7 years ago

Trains are big around here as we're a major crossroad in the center of my state. I love trains and train whistles. And I don't mind waiting for a train, either. I like to imagine what or who is on them and where they might be going. The rail line runs directly behind one of our local Target stores and while shopping I often hear the train thundering along, vibrating the building. I think it's cool.

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[–] MissMargoChanning (6630) 7 years ago

" And I don't mind waiting for a train, either. I like to imagine what or who is on them and where they might be going. "

I use to sit out in the field out in back of my aunt's house when I was just a little girl. There were train tracks about a quarter of a mile away. I'd go out in the field and wait for the trains. I remember being so thrilled when my cousin came with me and pointed out the guy standing out on the back of the caboose. He saw us and waved. We waved back, and that was when I began to wonder about the people on those trains and the places they went.
The only time I ever rode on one was when our 8th grade class went to Chicago on our class trip. It was wonderful! The trip was especially special on the trip back home. It was late afternoon. We watched the sunset while riding home after a long day.

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[–] GlenEllyn (21660) 7 years ago

What a nice memory!

I took the train from Minneapolis to Chicago and back. Loved every minute of it. For me, riding the train through all the small towns along the way was like coming in the back door - you're on a different route from vehicle traffic so you're seeing backyards, gardens, swingsets, patios, barbecues, fire pits, clotheslines, the back porch, lawn furniture, dog houses, etc.

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[–] MissMargoChanning (6630) 7 years ago

Isn't that wonderful? And from that vantage point, you wonder about those people who live in those towns and what their lives are like.

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[–] GlenEllyn (21660) 7 years ago

Exactly. And how they ended up there. I love it.

I'd like to take the train to visit my son in ND, but both ways the trip is at night so I haven't done it.

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[–] MissMargoChanning (6630) 7 years ago

Oh! You should take the trip! A train trip at night sounds so wonderful! If you can't see many lights out in the distance, you can doze. So restful! I'd love that.

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[–] TexasJack (12516) 7 years ago

My friend’s family used to have a summer house on the shore, and I mean literally on the shore — they had a canal in the backyard where they docked their boats. Sleeping in that house with the windows open was absolute heaven. The scent of the ocean and the gentle sounds of the water lapping against the dock, the bell buoys in the distance and the seagulls...so relaxing. Hypnotic, even.

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[–] AngularTurnip (3338) 7 years ago

Sounds wonderful.

Snow crunching beneath your feet.

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[–] AngularTurnip (3338) 7 years ago

A plane flying overhead.

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[–] AngularTurnip (3338) 7 years ago

Bacon sizzling.

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[–] ShogunofYonkers (78608) 7 years ago

YES!

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[–] AngularTurnip (3338) 7 years ago

When it comes to great kitchen sounds this is definitely in the Top Five (honestly, in this category, it's probably "Citizen Kane").

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[–] ShogunofYonkers (78608) 7 years ago

Yessir!
A classic

Now the 'Howard the Duck' of kitchen sounds must be the blender right???
Awful, horrid racket...
I married a 'juicer' and damn do i think the woman is trying to drive me crazy some days😖

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[–] AngularTurnip (3338) 7 years ago

A former girlfriend of mine was a "juicer" too. I applauded her efforts to steer me away from bacon and other foods more damaging to the body than box cutters. Unfortunately, I found myself increasingly unhinged by her insistence on fazing out bacon from my diet completely. I have no problem with kale-filled elixirs (some of them were indeed quite good -- though if I described their contents you'd probably toss your cookies (or worse) -- but you have to afford me a respite from "health" once or twice a week ... and in this regard she was far from amenable.

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[–] ShogunofYonkers (78608) 7 years ago

Viva la bacon!
Adios girlfriend lol

Easy choice and you made the right 😉ne!

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[–] AngularTurnip (3338) 7 years ago

What does she put in her concoctions (if I may ask)? And does she afford you a break from "health" every now and then?

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[–] [deleted] 7 years ago

"kale-filled elixirs"

sounds tasty. lol.

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[–] AngularTurnip (3338) 7 years ago

She was a Nazi when it came to green smoothies.

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[–] db20db (17756) 7 years ago

And percolating coffee.

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[–] GlenEllyn (21660) 7 years ago

Companion sound is shoveling that snow with a metal shovel.

Raking leaves.

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[–] GlenEllyn (21660) 7 years ago

I have a windchime that sounds like the bell buoys. I inherited it from my mom, who bought it back East while visiting her brother in the Boston area of Massachusetts a number of years ago. Every time I hear it, it reminds me of my cousins who live there and in Maine (probably gearing up for yet another Nor'easter right now).

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[–] TexasJack (12516) 7 years ago

Nice! I never knew such a thing existed.

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[–] twinA (4921) 7 years ago

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[–] AngularTurnip (3338) 7 years ago

The love song of the cicada during the summer months.

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[–] AngularTurnip (3338) 7 years ago

The needle making contact with the record.

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[–] TexasJack (12516) 7 years ago

Oh that’s a good one.

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[–] Catbookss (13664) 7 years ago

The sound of crickets and frogs.

A creek or stream rushing nearby.

A fountain.

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[–] twinA (4921) 7 years ago

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[–] AngularTurnip (3338) 7 years ago

Or the sound of rain on a lake.

The wheels of a car slicing through a puddle.

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[–] AngularTurnip (3338) 7 years ago

Sand blowing over dunes.

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[–] MovieManCin2 (26342) 7 years ago

"I love the sound of a stock splitting in the morning."

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[–] [email protected] (6248) 7 years ago

LOL Funny MovieManCin2 But how does it sound???

I love the sound of geese overhead honking their way north in the spring. I've seen a number a flocks the last few weeks.

Ever since I was a child I loved the sound of heels clicking on the sidewalk. Weird huh?

We used to have fire drills in school. We'd all be lined up outside the building and the rule was NO talking! Then we would move silently back into the building. I loved hearing the sound of everyone's heels clicking on the sidewalk. Don't know why I like that sound.

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[–] MovieManCin2 (26342) 7 years ago

I have no idea. It's just a quote I clipped from a financial magazine long ago, and put up on my bulletin board. As to your love of the sound of clicking heels, my advice to you is start drinking heavily, or seek professional mental help before it's too late.

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[–] [email protected] (6248) 7 years ago

Well you are too late with ONE of your suggestions. But maybe I should seek professional mental help. LOL

Clicking heels is just a relaxing sound to me. But for some it is entertainment, why else would the flamenco be so popular??

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[–] MovieManCin2 (26342) 7 years ago

Great point, pj! LOL!

😎

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[–] AngularTurnip (3338) 7 years ago

I wouldn't know.

Church bell ringing.

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[–] missnat (1179) 7 years ago

Cat purring

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[–] AngularTurnip (3338) 7 years ago

Spurs jingling.

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[–] AngularTurnip (3338) 7 years ago

Kids playing

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[–] MovieManCin2 (26342) 7 years ago

Oh good one! I absolutely LOVE that sound! It's so warm and loving.

😎

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[–] somesunnyday (2078) 7 years ago

Rain on the roof. Crickets at night.

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[–] AngularTurnip (3338) 7 years ago

High heels on a hard marble floor

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[–] AngularTurnip (3338) 7 years ago

Tires on cobblestones.

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[–] [deleted] 7 years ago

Ducks from the duck pond behind my house. It means Spring is coming.

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[–] AngularTurnip (3338) 7 years ago

I have a pond nearby too and that sound assures me that we've seen the last of Mother Nature's worst ... for a while anyway.