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GoneOffShore

(18,018 posts) Sun Aug 10, 2014, 02:17 PM Aug 2014

Noises we could all live without. [View all]

After a particularly sleepless night, I'll start:

Motorcycle exhausts that rattle windows and set off car alarms.
ANY music played on a car stereo that is above normal listening volume - I'm including "Happy", "Stand By Your Man", "The Ride of the Valkeries" and everything in between.
Back up alarms.
Any drum circle, anywhere, anytime.
Any Faux Noise commentator.

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Noises we could all live without. [View all] GoneOffShore Aug 2014 OP

car horns fizzgig Aug 2014 #1

Fox "News" Scuba Aug 2014 #2

I've gotten less tolerant of background noise as time goes on Populist_Prole Aug 2014 #3

Chain saws antiquie Aug 2014 #4

gas powered leaf blowers are the worst NightWatcher Aug 2014 #5

Yes, especially antiquie Aug 2014 #6

I would ban them... Phentex Aug 2014 #32

Ice cream trucks Brother Buzz Aug 2014 #7

OH Yes! GoneOffShore Aug 2014 #15

snoring. noamnety Aug 2014 #8

Can't actually speak to this one, GoneOffShore Aug 2014 #16

I think all husbands have... 3catwoman3 Aug 2014 #22

I was very proud of myself earlier this week noamnety Aug 2014 #28

Fox's 'The Five' shenmue Aug 2014 #9

Sarah Palin's blackboard screech lunatica Aug 2014 #10

My first thought. kairos12 Aug 2014 #25

Dogs barking. femmocrat Aug 2014 #11

Small children and babies Rochester Aug 2014 #12

And that small percentage of folks who say: GoneOffShore Aug 2014 #23

I once suggested this sharp_stick Aug 2014 #36

Put a few potatoes in the pipe. MADem Aug 2014 #50

My next door neighbor Jamaal510 Aug 2014 #13

leaf blowers here, too NJCher Aug 2014 #14

Nails on chalkboard sakabatou Aug 2014 #17

Sorry, but when was the last time you heard that? GoneOffShore Aug 2014 #18

Over 10 years ago sakabatou Aug 2014 #20

we still have them at our school NJCher Aug 2014 #33

Plenty of places are still using them. nt MADem Aug 2014 #51

Dick Cheney's voice lastlib Aug 2014 #19

The whine of mosquitos. 3catwoman3 Aug 2014 #21

The annoying chirp pipi_k Aug 2014 #24

Women's voices: May have to do with drop in smoking? Gidney N Cloyd Aug 2014 #34

I don't know... pipi_k Aug 2014 #41

The crunch from eating chips. (nt) Inkfreak Aug 2014 #26

Farts. I find them absolutely disgusting and those that can't contain themselves Purveyor Aug 2014 #27

Black helicopters in the middle of the night SkatmanRoth Aug 2014 #29

phil collins pretending he can sing. KG Aug 2014 #30

Car audio systems. From the "music" to the throbbing bass LeftinOH Aug 2014 #31

What prompted my OP was the jerk driving down the street while I was napping GoneOffShore Aug 2014 #39

those dirtbags pipi_k Aug 2014 #44

Planes taking off and landing! Gidney N Cloyd Aug 2014 #35

When I lived in Windsor (UK) the glide path for Heathrow went over the house. GoneOffShore Aug 2014 #40

Infrasound from the nearby railroad. kentauros Aug 2014 #37

Screaming little girls. El Supremo Aug 2014 #38

My... polihood Aug 2014 #42

It's not a fart. GoneOffShore Aug 2014 #43

The black helicopters hovering over my "garden". panader0 Aug 2014 #45

Screaming and crying babies (nt) bigwillq Aug 2014 #46

Loud motorcycles, yes, and FIREWORKS and mistreated animals crying or barking. NYC_SKP Aug 2014 #47

The damn maintenance man.......... mrmpa Aug 2014 #48

The sound your car makes when you try and crank it... AllenVanAllen Aug 2014 #49