What do you hear outside RFN? - Page 5

limey · 05-23-2011, 03:45 AM

Wind.

classicman · 05-23-2011, 09:06 AM

traffic... all day 5 days a week I hear traffic...

Glinda · 05-23-2011, 11:43 AM

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Originally Posted by classicman

traffic... all day 5 days a week I hear traffic...

Once upon a time, I lived in a gorgeous penthouse condo in the SF Bay Area (Hayward, to be precise). My gorgeous condo was roughly 70 feet away from a six-lane freeway (that intersected with an eight-lane freeway about 750 feet further down the road). You can see the set-up here.

So, yeah. I hear (*snort*) your pain.

After six years of constant traffic noise, GDMF jake brakes, and reliably regular car crashes (stupid people changing lanes at the last second in order to be in the correct lane for the freeway interchange), I bugged out for the woods.

This morning, I'm hearing birds chirping and the occasional cock crow.

Ahhhhhhhh.......

Spexxvet · 05-23-2011, 11:57 AM

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Originally Posted by classicman

nothing but the buzz of tinnitus in my ears.

Is your tinnituts outside? I SAID IS YOUR TINNITUS OUTSIDE?

Pete Zicato · 05-23-2011, 12:13 PM

Trash pick-up.

casimendocina · 05-23-2011, 12:36 PM

There's someone ringing a bell (like a cowbell). I'm told that the people who walk around the streets selling things from carts all have a particular sound that is unique to what they sell. The only thing I'm sure of is that this one wasn't the bread guy who plays a song with the word 'bread' in it as he walks down the street.

limey · 05-23-2011, 01:03 PM

Wind. For the past ten hours. Wind. More wind. Blusters. Gusts. Wind. [power outage] More wind. Whoosh. Blusters. Gusts. Wind. [/power outage].

BrianR · 05-23-2011, 01:07 PM

RFN, I hear thunder and rain from the third thunderstorm this week. More scheduled for the next two days at least. I don't wanna hear boo about a drought this year.

Under normal weather, I hear roosters crowing next door, lotsa dogs barking (howling if a siren goes by) and skwerls on my roof. The hum of my air conditioner is just white noise since I moved to God-forsaken Texas.

Gravdigr · 05-23-2011, 02:01 PM

Fucking, death-deserving blue jays.

Bullitt · 05-23-2011, 07:38 PM

A tornado siren.. anyone else actually enjoy severe weather? I love watching it rain and lightning like all hell is breaking loose.

footfootfoot · 05-23-2011, 08:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Bullitt

A tornado siren.. anyone else actually enjoy severe weather? I love watching it rain and lightning like all hell is breaking loose.

A few years ago we had a gale and my son, then 3, and I were watching the storm out our window when the huge ass maple (65feet tall ~150 yrs) split and dropped half of its trunk on the sidewalk. Smashed the hell out of the slate.

Totally awesome. I even like being out in it.

wolf · 05-23-2011, 09:41 PM

Lots and lots and lots of sirens. Far more than usual. Also heard a train whistle, three short blasts, multiple times. Thought that was a distress signal of some kind, started with assumption that train struck a car or pedestrian, but the county dispatch board only shows a house fire. Not a lot of chatter on the fire-dispatch board, but they may be active on the event channels that aren't part of the public broadcast.

wolf · 05-23-2011, 09:43 PM

Make that two active fires fairly close to each other ... covered by the same fire company.

Bullitt · 05-23-2011, 09:48 PM

Foot: When I was about 8 there was a huge tree outside my bedroom window that was struck by lightning. left a huge scar down the side of it, easily 5 feet long. The noise about tossed me out of bed since it was the middle of the night. It was awesome. The tree took it like a boss, didn't lose any limbs.

Busy night for those boys. Your local department paid or volly wolf?

ZenGum · 05-23-2011, 09:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Pete Zicato

Trash pick-up.

Yo, bitch, wanna go get some burgers and crack?

05-23-2011, 03:45 AM	#61
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	Wind. __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

05-23-2011, 09:06 AM	#62
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	traffic... all day 5 days a week I hear traffic... __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

05-23-2011, 12:13 PM	#65
Pete Zicato Turns out my CRS is a symptom of TMB. Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Chicago suburbs Posts: 2,916	Trash pick-up. __________________ Talk nerdy to me.

05-23-2011, 01:03 PM	#67
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	Wind. For the past ten hours. Wind. More wind. Blusters. Gusts. Wind. [power outage] More wind. Whoosh. Blusters. Gusts. Wind. [/power outage]. __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

05-23-2011, 01:07 PM	#68
BrianR Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 3,338	RFN, I hear thunder and rain from the third thunderstorm this week. More scheduled for the next two days at least. I don't wanna hear boo about a drought this year. Under normal weather, I hear roosters crowing next door, lotsa dogs barking (howling if a siren goes by) and skwerls on my roof. The hum of my air conditioner is just white noise since I moved to God-forsaken Texas. __________________ Never be afraid to tell the world who you are. -- Anonymous

05-23-2011, 12:36 PM	#66
casimendocina Professor Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,622	There's someone ringing a bell (like a cowbell). I'm told that the people who walk around the streets selling things from carts all have a particular sound that is unique to what they sell. The only thing I'm sure of is that this one wasn't the bread guy who plays a song with the word 'bread' in it as he walks down the street.

05-23-2011, 02:01 PM	#69
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Fucking, death-deserving blue jays. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

05-23-2011, 07:38 PM	#70
Bullitt This is a fully functional babe lair Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Akron, OH Posts: 2,324	A tornado siren.. anyone else actually enjoy severe weather? I love watching it rain and lightning like all hell is breaking loose. __________________ Kiss my white Irish ass.

05-23-2011, 09:41 PM	#72
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Lots and lots and lots of sirens. Far more than usual. Also heard a train whistle, three short blasts, multiple times. Thought that was a distress signal of some kind, started with assumption that train struck a car or pedestrian, but the county dispatch board only shows a house fire. Not a lot of chatter on the fire-dispatch board, but they may be active on the event channels that aren't part of the public broadcast. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

05-23-2011, 09:43 PM	#73
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Make that two active fires fairly close to each other ... covered by the same fire company. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

05-23-2011, 09:48 PM	#74
Bullitt This is a fully functional babe lair Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Akron, OH Posts: 2,324	Foot: When I was about 8 there was a huge tree outside my bedroom window that was struck by lightning. left a huge scar down the side of it, easily 5 feet long. The noise about tossed me out of bed since it was the middle of the night. It was awesome. The tree took it like a boss, didn't lose any limbs. Busy night for those boys. Your local department paid or volly wolf? __________________ Kiss my white Irish ass.

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