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What can you hear right now?

180 replies

DrunkenElephant · 22/03/2024 11:23

The hum of my laptop
Traffic on the road in the distance
Birds tweeting

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Giggorata · 22/03/2024 11:53

Birdsong
occasional traffic
a chain saw in the distance, so not annoying
an occasional moo or baa
Tinnitus, sadly.

Idratherbepaddleboarding · 22/03/2024 11:57

Lonelycrab · 22/03/2024 11:39

Rain on my conservatory roof
The recycling truck and its reverse beeper going off, smash of glass sound as it gets thrown in.
A pigeon cooing

A woodpecker, going hell for leather, in a nearby tree

Yes I’ve got one of them too. Not going right now but it was 20 mins ago. Couldn’t work it out for days, thought it was an alarm clock or something till a friend said woodpecker.

We had one on our house one Sunday morning. I couldn’t work out where the tapping was coming from until I went outside and there was a woodpecker tapping away at our drainpipe 😂.

Right now, I can hear the tumble dryer, the dog’s little woofs as he’s dreaming and the noise of his paws rubbing on the carpet. I wonder where he’s going? Oh and now I can hear some seagulls.

Jennalong · 22/03/2024 11:58

Silence , I'm home alone bar the cat .

DrunkenElephant · 22/03/2024 11:58

I’m sorry to all of those suffering with tinnitus x

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WoodBurningStov · 22/03/2024 11:59

Mainly birds and the faint rumble of a road in the background. Once in a while a train and the occasional dog bark (sometimes mine).

MollsDolls · 22/03/2024 12:01

WelcomeMarch · 22/03/2024 11:46

Tinnitus, mostly.

Same. Low rumble in one ear and high pitched in the other and radio to try drown it out but today it's not working.

MollsDolls · 22/03/2024 12:02

Jennalong · 22/03/2024 11:58

Silence , I'm home alone bar the cat .

Can't remember what silence sounds like 🙁

Goneback2school · 22/03/2024 12:02

My clock ticking and some of my coworkers chatting in the front of the building.

spiderlight · 22/03/2024 12:02

A clock ticking, a vague hum of unknown origin, a crow, and my constant tinnitus.

ladymactíre · 22/03/2024 12:02

music in one ear and the lads in the workshop in the other, as they left the door open and I'm too lazy to get up and close it

TheHound86 · 22/03/2024 12:04

My budgie playing.

Strawberryicecreamz · 22/03/2024 12:06

Washing machine
DH on a Teams meeting upstairs
Kids Construction cartoon
DDogs little feet tap tap tapping on the floorboards

Gonnagetgoingreturnsagain · 22/03/2024 12:07

Kids playing in the school playground, the hum of the central heating, yes it's on!

Lianna077 · 22/03/2024 12:10

Midsomer Murders playing quietly in the background on the TV (sorry - I just can’t help loving the old John Nettles episodes).

The gentle hiss of my steam iron.

BouleDeSuif · 22/03/2024 12:10

The Twix advert
Tinnitus
Myself crunching peppers

mentalbandwidth · 22/03/2024 12:12

DD Ewen the sheep 🐑
DH muttering about work stuff
Ddog barking

Avastmehearties · 22/03/2024 12:14

Clock ticking, cat snoring, hammering outside, DP tending to his hobby upstairs when he is supposed to be WFH

AmyDubanowski · 22/03/2024 12:16

The clock ticking in the room I’m in. Someone outside in the distance using a drill. The odd car driving past.

ApolloandDaphne · 22/03/2024 12:17

The wind outside and my DH on the phone in his office inside.

oldwhyno · 22/03/2024 12:28

Birds singing and gentle distant tradesmen/builders noises, the odd vehicle.

Chipsahoy · 22/03/2024 12:29

I’d love to say the birds singing or the little lambs bleeting as we live in the countryside. Nope, youngest child is off school unwell so all I hear is “Chippendale rescue rangers” oh and the whir of the washing machine building up to a spin cycle.

Snugglemonkey · 22/03/2024 12:32

Light rain on the conservatory roof. My baby sleeping, snuffling away.

Twatneighbours · 22/03/2024 12:33

My dishwasher and the sound of workmen outside

Littlebitpsycho · 22/03/2024 12:33

My washing machine doing its final spin, and my family jabbering away in Polish (which I don't speak 🤣😌)

RabbitsRock · 22/03/2024 12:34

Radio 2 ( Jeremy Vine), the washing machine & just heard a very noisy motorbike roaring past the house.