great sounds/terrible sounds

In My Humble Opinion
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Great sounds:

  1. Rain falling and thunder during a summer storm.

  2. The sound oars make in the water as you row across a lake on a very still day.

  3. The tinkle of the ice cubes against the glass in a good glass of scotch.
    Terrible sounds:

  4. My Mom crying.

  5. P.A. system feedback (Was in bands for years, and never got used to that one.)

  6. When a waiter or waitress dumps a huge tray of dishes in a restaurant. (Makes me cringe just thinking about it.)

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Terrible sound: The long squeal of tires followed seconds later by a sickening crunch or thud of an accident. I really hate that one.

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great sound: birds in the morning

terrible sound: birds stuck in the chimney

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Great Sounds: Kids snoring softly in their beds.
Terrible Sounds: Kids yelling in their beds.
SLeep? What’s that?

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Great Sounds:

  1. A huge thunderstorm with lightning and lung-rattling thunder
  2. Cats’ purring
  3. the sound of a pop tap on a can of Diet Dr. Pepper

Terrible Sounds:

  1. My parents screaming at each other
  2. My parents screaming at me
  3. The silence that follows either screaming match
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A very bad sound: A wet snapping sound in your ankle when you trip and fall down

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Good Sounds:
Breathing
crickets
the hum of an air conditioner on a hot day.
The “ksht” of a beer or a pop opening
the chimes on my computer when it wakes up
Kids playing

Bad Sounds:
Snoring
same damn crickets a hour or two later
the clunka clunka BANG of a car breaking down
A fork scraping a plate.
the thumping bass of a morons stereo.
Kids playing at eleven at night…

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Good Sound: Moans of pleasure
Bad Sound: Wet Farts.

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Good:
The big fireworks that shake the ground, and rumble deep in your chest. Only nine more days!
Staplers.
Clicking keyboard keys.
Clicking retractable ballpoint pens.
Walking on wet, round gravel.
The clear, bright -crack- of the ball hitting the bat when someone on your team hits a home run.

Bad:
Metal utensils scraping metal pots/pans.
Loud chewing.
Scratching.
Small dogs barking.
Squeaky box springs.

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God:
My hubby’s breathing as I listen to him sleep
Cats purring (sorry to copy)
Rain

Bad:
Static on radio
A baby or animal crying
Breaking glass

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Okay, I don’t know if that was a typo or a psychological slip–I meant * GOOD * not GOD, but those things make me know that there has to be a God, so whatever I meant…

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great sounds:

  • wind blowing
  • kissing sounds (not the excessive slurping ones nor the pecking ones)

terrible sounds:

  • babies crying, especially in movie theatres
  • styrofoam being rubbed into pieces
  • rap/r&b/“cebraritas” playing loudly from either a car during rush hour or from a small party
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TroubleAgain wrote:

It was kind of profound, actually.
Welcome to the board, Trouble!

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Thanks, Kiva! I love it here!

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** Good Sound **

  • Listening to the heartbeat of ones I love.

** Bad Sound **

  • Listening and not hearing any heartbeat of ones I love.
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Great sounds
twangy rock-a-billy guitars
the sounds of a baseball game
any weather related noise that denotes a break in the sunshine
Bad sounds
the leaf-blower that comes by my apartment seemingly every day
the sounds of jets landing or taking off (I’m in the flight path of an airport)

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Great sound: Sirens, on an otherwise quiet night. Is that weird?

Terrible sound: nail filing. It makes my skin crawl.

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Great sound: Three-way JBL speaker with nine inch bass cone, 4 inch midrange, and two JBL SuperTweeters ™.

Bad sound: Thirty year old, 2.5 inch speaker on my mother’s television.

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Good sound: Hearing my kids eating

Bad sound: nails on chalkboard

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Great:

Water doing almost anything…bubbling gently, lapping gently, crashing, flowing…water rocks.

My dog, heaving a big sigh.

Hearing someone tell me “I love you.”

Awful:

The eardrum-shattering shrieks of children, generally female, between the ages of 3 and 11.

Animals or children crying in pain.

Mariachi bands (Hell’s soundtrack)