Walt Longmire Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 Sound you get used to, or even learn to like. My younger brother had an apartment near I5 in Kelso, Wa. The freeway had a gentle grade there. The trucks at night bothered me when I first started staying with him. After while I got used to it, and it became like white noise. I moved to a town north of there with the main North/South rail line. At first the train horn and the sound of trains was cool during the day, not so much at night. I got used to that too in a few weeks. I kind of miss it now. How about a grand father clock? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DWARREN123 Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 Lived near train tracks a coupe of times, got use to them after a little while. Complaining ex-wife, never got use to that noise! 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Longmire Posted August 11, 2018 Author Share Posted August 11, 2018 1 minute ago, DWARREN123 said: Lived near train tracks a coupe of times, got use to them after a little while. Complaining ex-wife, never got use to that noise! Women need something to complain about. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullClip Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 Been working in ship engine rooms and power plants for 40 years. At first the noise was pretty distracting. Doesn't seem very loud at all now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XSIV4S Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 6 minutes ago, DWARREN123 said: Lived near train tracks a coupe of times, got use to them after a little while. Complaining ex-wife, never got use to that noise! +1. In Bellaire Texas I was one house away from a very active track ( morning, noon and night). It was also wide enough for trees and brush, so we got a lot of noise and wildlife you wouldn't expect inside Houston. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Longmire Posted August 11, 2018 Author Share Posted August 11, 2018 3 minutes ago, FullClip said: Been working in ship engine rooms and power plants for 40 years. At first the noise was pretty distracting. Doesn't seem very loud at all now. "WHAT?" 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Czervik Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 4 minutes ago, FullClip said: Been working in ship engine rooms and power plants for 40 years. At first the noise was pretty distracting. Doesn't seem very loud at all now. Have you had a hearing test lately? ? I know my hearing is failing. I've been in/around airplanes, tractors, combines, shooting, wind tunnels, and skydiving forever. Hearing protection was never a priority, until recently. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Longmire Posted August 11, 2018 Author Share Posted August 11, 2018 1 minute ago, Al Czervik said: Have you had a hearing test lately? ? I know my hearing is failing. I've been in/around airplanes, tractors, combines, shooting, wind tunnels, and skydiving forever. Hearing protection was never a priority, until recently. Ever run an old McCulloch chain saw? The big ones. That's not a muffler. It is merely a spark arrestor. Damn those things are LOUD. We ran 85cc Macs with 42" bars in the old growth. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Czervik Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 1 minute ago, Walt Longmire said: Ever run an old McCulloch chain saw? The big ones. That's not a muffler. It is merely a spark arrestor. Damn those things are LOUD. We ran 85cc Macs with 42" bars in the old growth. Nope, I'd need a helper to run a 42" saw. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullClip Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 12 minutes ago, Al Czervik said: Have you had a hearing test lately? ? I know my hearing is failing. I've been in/around airplanes, tractors, combines, shooting, wind tunnels, and skydiving forever. Hearing protection was never a priority, until recently. Higher frequencies pretty well shot, and I hate crowded places and trying to carry on a conversation. Nobody wore ear plugs or muffs when I joined the Navy and started out on my carreer. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullClip Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 12 minutes ago, Walt Longmire said: Ever run an old McCulloch chain saw? The big ones. That's not a muffler. It is merely a spark arrestor. Damn those things are LOUD. We ran 85cc Macs with 42" bars in the old growth. WOW! You could ge a McCulloch to RUN!! I'm impressed!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borg warner Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 I love the sound of a train at night. For the past 20 years I've lived within a mile of the railroad tracks and in the summer I sleep with my windows open. Trains go by a couple times every night and it doesn't even wake me up but I know it's there. My mind processes the sound and allows me to sleep though it. The city that I live near (Spokane WA) is a major railroad hub with two Class I railroads, Burlington Northern Santa Fe and Union Pacific/Southern Pacific, , shipping nationally via direct lines that run from Seattle to Chicago, and has connections north and south to the Canadian Pacific Railway line. Prior to living here, I lived in Los Angeles and the only sounds I heard at night were police and emergency sirens and police helicopters. Compared to that, the sound of a nearby train is quite soothing. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Longmire Posted August 11, 2018 Author Share Posted August 11, 2018 24 minutes ago, FullClip said: Higher frequencies pretty well shot, and I hate crowded places and trying to carry on a conversation. Nobody wore ear plugs or muffs when I joined the Navy and started out on my carreer. Same here. Conversation in a noisy place usually means me just nodding my head like I understand.....which I don't. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borg warner Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 I love the sound of a train at night. For the past 20 years I've lived within a mile of the railroad tracks and in the summer I sleep with my windows open. Trains go by a couple timnes every night an dit doesn't even wake me up but I know it's there. My mind processes the sound and allows me to sleep though it. The city that I live near (Spokane WA) is a major railroad hub with Two Class I railroads, Burlington Northern Santa Fe and Union Pacific/Southern Pacific, shipping nationally via direct lines that run from Seattle to Chicago and all points South. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minderasr Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 My tinnitus. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmohme Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 (edited) 16 hours ago, Walt Longmire said: Ever run an old McCulloch chain saw? The big ones. That's not a muffler. It is merely a spark arrestor. Damn those things are LOUD. We ran 85cc Macs with 42" bars in the old growth. Loud enough to make your ears ring. Heavy enough to make your arms, shoulders, and back hurt, with the addition of thumb cramps from the manual chain oiler. Yes, many hours of the old Mac wearing me down. one of many reasons that the sound that I've gotten used to is the constant ringing in my ears. Edited August 12, 2018 by jmohme 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oneshotonepill Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 Cigarette butt earplugs while firing the m240 machine gun have left me with tinnitus. Luckily, the voices (in my head) are loud enough to drown out the buzz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deputy tom Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 Bus traffic on the front street. RR sounds from half a mile away and the Parkway noise near by. tom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sigobsessed Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 Definitely the ringing in my ears, I hardly notice it now unless I think about it! Wife babbling is a little tougher to block, out but I’ve gotten used to that now to! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullwinkle J Moose Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 Dare I suggest a GF? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Longmire Posted August 12, 2018 Author Share Posted August 12, 2018 I hope to get used to the sound of the roaring crowd as I finish my Marathon today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Longmire Posted August 12, 2018 Author Share Posted August 12, 2018 In the typhoon rain. It's a .5K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boogieman Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 20 hours ago, Walt Longmire said: Women need something to complain about. That's a unholy sound you never get used to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janice6 Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 23 hours ago, DWARREN123 said: Lived near train tracks a coupe of times, got use to them after a little while. Complaining ex-wife, never got use to that noise! Wife grew up a couple blocks from a major train route. When we married and moved to our new home, we had a master bedroom on the lowest level. It was "very quiet" and a little discomforting for her, because she missed the sounds of the trains. She mentioned it off and on, but blew it off as change in a new life. Since it was a simple thing for me, I put outside microphones under the eves and ran the sounds to the TV in the Bedroom. As long as I had the cables to the bedroom TV, I also put a video camera in that looked across the front door and down the driveway to the street. Now the bedroom TV shows the view of the front of the house and the sounds associated with the evening and nighttime wildlife. We have train tracks a few miles away from our house and with the sound amplification, she goes to sleep she lies in bed listening to the trains and the loons calling in the distance wetlands North of us. She watches the nighttime wildlife like Deer, Racoons, and assorted critters wandering and grazing on the boulevard at night. She loves it so much. I recorded Deer wandering through the front yards in groups of three and four casually strolling the neighborhood and streets while my neighbors are oblivious to everything. I think she sometimes goes to bed early just to listen and watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aomagrat Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 Aircraft catapults and arresting gear on an aircraft carrier. Scared the hell out of me when I first reported aboard. After a while they didn't even wake me up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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