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Quietude.

house_cat — Fri, 14 Aug 2015 12:39:10 GMT

Does a noisy home make you tense and cranky? I've been in homes that are so noisy - music blasting or loud t.v. in the background - no one even listening to it. I've never been able to deal with that.

If you came to my house, you'd find a very quiet place. DH and I rarely have the t.v. on, and if we do, the volume is low. We live in the middle of town, so there's a lot of outside noise - there's a hospital on my street so we have frequent sirens going by, trucks, buses and everything else, but inside my home, it's peaceful and quiet.

Are you bothered by noise in the home?

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Nataliesgramma — Fri, 14 Aug 2015 12:44:30 GMT

I like either music or the TV on when I am putzing around the house. I don't like shows that have people screaming obscenities that have to be bleeped out on though.....

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Mominohio — Fri, 14 Aug 2015 12:58:40 GMT

I have to say that the noise level in the house varies according to my mood.

Sometimes I like really loud music, but it can be classical one minute and rap the next, or anything in between. Other times, I can't stand to hear any music or TV.

We have no air conditioning, so there are ceiling fans and floor fans running just about 24/7 during the warm months. I get so used to that 'white noise' that when we put the fans away in the fall, it is hard for me to get used to the silence.

When I'm here alone, most days there is a TV on wherever I'm working.

But, we live in the country, so many days, there is just really quiet peace, since the kiddo grew up and is now out of the house most of the day and evening.

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Winkk — Fri, 14 Aug 2015 13:02:31 GMT

My house is quiet for the most part. There is nothing on TV that's worth watching so I usually just watch the news and then turn it off. I like to read, but the TV has to be off while I'm doing that.

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Nightowlz — Fri, 14 Aug 2015 15:15:54 GMT

As I have gotten older I like it quieter. Still listen to loud music sometimes. I like it quiet in the morning when I get up. DH is at work so it's quiet until I turn on the TV. I don't have it turned up loud like most people do. Any time I go visit my dad or sister the TV is so loud it makes me wonder if they cannot hear. I don't hear much outside noise. Since we had the dual pane windows installed I don't hear the outside noise like I used to.

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gmkb — Fri, 14 Aug 2015 17:12:09 GMT

I like quiet, no music, no loud TV, no radio. Each day I go to our community pool in the morning only because at noon the piped in music begins and I find it agitating. That being said, my husband is the complete opposite - talk radio 12-3 p.m. at top volume, Bill o'Reilly 8-9 p.m. top volume. Fortunately, no music. But I figure this is my idiosyncrasy, so let him enjoy.

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Nomore — Fri, 14 Aug 2015 18:57:22 GMT

My home is quiet. Tv is very low right now, it's only on because I'm semi-watching Valerie's show to see the set decor. I still hear the overhead fans running, but it's white noise for me. I can hardly hear the ac running.

I'm lucky. Outside is quiet, too. No planes overhead, no diesel trucks or Harley's moving, kids started school, not even any dogs barking. Something must be amiss, lol, it's never this quiet out there.

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RedTop — Fri, 14 Aug 2015 19:09:13 GMT

I live very rural, and enjoy hours of peace and quiet every day, as far as outside noise. Inside, not so much, as husbands TV is on from as early as 6 a.m., until 1 a.m. He starts out with westerns until 9 a.m., switches to game shows until noon, followed by local news and weather, more westerns and Syfy until local news and weather at 5 and 6 p.m., then he switches to reality TV or movie channels, until the 11 p.m. local news, before going back to westerns again. I wake up to the sound of shooting, whizzing bullets, and loud piano music, and it's the last thing I hear before I fall asleep. I watch TV in my little TV room every night, but am so quiet husband comes out to check on me because he doesn't hear any sounds, and thinks I'm "asleep". Our girls watch TV in their rooms with their doors shut, when they are here, and you never hear their volume. There are no radios or CD players in our house, and I rarely use the radio in my car. I thrive on peace and quiet.

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HB glamma — Fri, 14 Aug 2015 19:13:26 GMT

My husband and I are total opposites in this regard which causes some strain. I like perfect quiet....I enjoy sounds of birds and natural living sounds even if people going by, cars etc. I cannot stand constant noise of TV, music. My husband would have TV on all day and I'm going crazy since we retired! Funny but if I tell him, oh turn off that dumb TV, he'll turn on music as if that's better!!! ugh!!! Even QVC if on gets muted alot!

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GCR18 — Fri, 14 Aug 2015 21:43:23 GMT

I can live with a little noise. Constant loud noise, no.

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Snowpuppy — Fri, 14 Aug 2015 22:02:35 GMT

I live rural and it's very quiet here. Once & awhile I'll hear a neighbor walking their dog or a coyote howl at night.

Inside, I like the same peace. TV is on very little.

Funny because I'll crank up the radio in my vehicle!

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lucymo — Sat, 15 Aug 2015 12:51:06 GMT

Most days I like to listen to music but rarely watch TV. I like some low noise going on most of the time, can't take the sound of silence, I guess.

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151949 — Sat, 15 Aug 2015 13:41:35 GMT

I live right next to a hospital but they usually turn off the sirens when they are this close so we rarely get that. However, there is quite a lot of traffic, especially at shift change times.And we do get the helicoptors coming and going. We live in a gated community so our front street is pretty quiet, when they were still building and the gates were open we had traffic taking a short cut to the hospital through our community.

Within our house we rarely watch TV during the day. Sometimes we used to play the radio on the easy listening channel on Sirrus radio but they eliminated that channel and I haven't found another I want to listen to all day.

When we are at our summer camp it is very peaceful here all week then it gets busy and noisy over the weekends. We often get tired of all the noise and leave here most of the day when it's busy.