The Sounds of Silence . . .

I slept in until about 10:30 this morning. Even Jan didn’t get up until after 9. It was nice not to have anything to do this morning and the cool weather made it even nicer. But the afternoon was going to be different.

First up was coffee, with lunch about 11:30, and even better, lunch was topped off with some more of Miss Terry’s great pumpkin bread.

Then it was time to go back to work on the new computers I was installing at the RV/MH Hall of Fame. I had done one system before we left about 3 weeks ago, and now I’ve got the last four to finish up. When I got there, they told me they wanted another LCD monitor to use with one of the old systems, so I’ll order that when I get home.

A little after 5:30 we all headed out to our favorite local Mexican place, El Maguey. Delicious as usual. And of course on the way home we made the almost-mandatory Dairy Queen stop.

And now for something completely different: The Sounds of Silence. Or at least the sound of white noise.

It seems RV’ers are always complaining about noise in RV parks, a neighbor’s early morning departure, the almost-obligatory nearby train tracks or Interstate, etc.

The solution for this is a white noise machine. Jan and I have used one for years, even in our Sticks & Bricks home. For many years I worked night shift at NASA-JSC in Houston and slept during the day, and this did the trick.

White noise is the sound of a waterfall, or rain, or the ocean. It’s best described as a ‘rushing’ sound, and it does a very good job of masking out other sounds.

We have one like this that we bought from Radio Shack years ago, although they no longer sell it.

But you can find them just like this on eBay for less than $10. Or you can find them on Amazon. Just search for ‘white noise generator’.

This unit has six different while noise types: Rain, Train, Ocean Waves, Wind, Babbling Brook, and Night Time. We use the Rain setting because it’s smoother with no extra sounds like clickety-clack, waves, gurgling, or crickets..

Give it a try for a better night’s sleep.

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Thought for the Day:

“Some problems are so complex that you have to be highly intelligent and well-informed just to be undecided about them.” — Laurence J. Peter

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