caro
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Post by caro on Aug 6, 2014 20:29:42 GMT
Listen to music or have the TV on for distraction? Or do you like total silence?
I don't like the silence now that the kids are grown. So I will have music or TV on.
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anniebygaslight
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Post by anniebygaslight on Aug 6, 2014 20:31:22 GMT
Radio 4 or the telly ..... Or silence. I love it!
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grinningcat
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Post by grinningcat on Aug 6, 2014 20:31:47 GMT
Music or TV. I get much too distracted when there's total silence. My mind likes to make up for the lack of distraction so I have to have something going almost all the time.
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tracylynn
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Post by tracylynn on Aug 6, 2014 20:32:03 GMT
I live alone. The TV is almost always on. I might not be sitting in front of it, but it's usually on.
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Post by marmargirl on Aug 6, 2014 20:34:15 GMT
I always have the TV on. It keeps me company and it's something my dad always did, so it just seems natural. My husband, on the other hand, prefers to have music on so the days we are both home, it's just a matter of who gets going first.
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luckyexwife
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Post by luckyexwife on Aug 6, 2014 20:35:02 GMT
I have 3 kids still at home, so when I am home alone, I cherish the silence! When they go to bed, I love to sit in the silence for 10 minutes to just sit and relax. I'm sure when they are grown up and gone, I'll miss the noise!
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Post by snappinsami on Aug 6, 2014 20:35:28 GMT
I usually have the tv on at least for background noise. When I'm working, I stream CNN on my iPad on my desk too. Music works too, but I usually go for tv for some reason.
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newlywoods03
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Post by newlywoods03 on Aug 6, 2014 20:36:26 GMT
I have a 4 year old and a 2 year old. If they are gone, I want total silence
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Post by cecelia on Aug 6, 2014 20:37:10 GMT
My TV is almost always on. It keeps me from letting my brain take over all the time.
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Post by stampnscrap1128 on Aug 6, 2014 20:37:16 GMT
Depends on my mood. Most of the time it's either the tv or silence.
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Post by turangaleela on Aug 6, 2014 20:37:24 GMT
The tv is downstairs, in the family room (split-entry bilevel house here) so it's worthless to me as background noise. When I'm in the upper level I put on my police scanner for company or the radio if I'm cooking.
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Post by Sam on Aug 6, 2014 20:38:21 GMT
Radio 4 or the telly ..... Or silence. I love it! Radio 4 in the mornings and for certain programmes - Five Live and Radio 2 during the later parts of the day! I LOVE the confessions on R2 on my way home! I prefer talking to music for background most of the time!
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Post by ptamom on Aug 6, 2014 20:38:25 GMT
Silence usually. The rest of the family has noise going their every waking moments, so when I'm alone I like it quiet.
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Post by papersilly on Aug 6, 2014 20:39:26 GMT
t.v. just for the white noise.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2014 20:41:18 GMT
Silence. I share a work area with roughly a dozen other people and it is a pass-through for another dozen or so. My day is full of people's voices, keyboard clatter, copiers/printers, multiple phones ringing, doors opening/closing......
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Post by Spongemom Scrappants on Aug 6, 2014 20:41:16 GMT
I have the TV on in the morning for news, but then turn it off. It doesn't come back on until my husband gets home in the evening.
I usually have silence in the house if I'm working on paperwork or the computer.
For cleaning and cooking though, I like to turn up the tunes and sing/dance while I work,
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Post by Basket1lady on Aug 6, 2014 20:42:52 GMT
My kids are loud and noisy. When they are at school, I like the quiet. And if the TV is on, I find myself watching it instead of getting my jobs done.
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Post by disneypal on Aug 6, 2014 20:43:20 GMT
Most of the time the TV is on for distraction but sometimes I like it to be just nice and quiet.
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sharlag
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Post by sharlag on Aug 6, 2014 20:43:23 GMT
I like silence, but that makes MaxTheBeagle more reactive to neighborhood noises that the TV would mask. So it's either frequently barking Beagle, or constant background noise with less frequent barking Beagle.
Plus with silence, I notice my tinnitus.
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IAmUnoriginal
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Post by IAmUnoriginal on Aug 6, 2014 20:43:59 GMT
I can't do silence. Usually, the TV is on, or I have headphones on and my iPod going if I'm in the basement working on a project.
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Post by anxiousmom on Aug 6, 2014 20:45:17 GMT
The tv is in my hearth room which is pretty much in the center of my lazy circle during the day, so a lot of times I have the news on in the background for "company." But when I am cooking or cleaning, I prefer music and play it louder than I did when partying in college.
To be perfectly honest though, it is probably the partying and concerts from college that ruined my ears and are causing me to play the music so loudly. Side bonus? It annoys the ever lovin' tar out of the boys when I start singing at the top of my lungs.
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Post by lorieann13 on Aug 6, 2014 20:47:50 GMT
It depends on what I am doing. Cleaning? I like to have a favorite show or movie on. Eating lunch? Silence. And when I scrapbook I either have spotify going or nothing because sometimes I just need quiet. I will have the window open to have outside noise like birds, etc.
I do have to have foodnetwork on though while I prep dinner.
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Post by gmcwife1 on Aug 6, 2014 20:48:44 GMT
TV
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akathy
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Post by akathy on Aug 6, 2014 20:48:55 GMT
I rarely turn on my TV and play music occasionally when I'm baking but as a rule my house is silent.
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Post by mztfied on Aug 6, 2014 20:53:12 GMT
My first two years alone I NEEDED the diversion of background noise. Now I am beginning to enjoy silence. I no longer had that need. I'm getting more accustomed to flying solo. Not always fun but just my reality.
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Post by monklady123 on Aug 6, 2014 20:56:25 GMT
I like silence. Total silence. My dh is the opposite, always has something on. First thing in the morning he turns on his radio and takes it into the bathroom with him. He listens to it through shaving, showering, getting dressed....only turns it off to come to breakfast. When he walks the dog he always has music, or a pod cast or something. Always. I do listen to music sometimes when I'm walking the dog, but not all the time, especially not early in the morning when the birds are waking up. I think it's lovely just to listen to them. When dh is down in the family room the tv is on. If he's alone in the kitchen/dining room the radio is on, loud. It makes me crazy. On the rare occasion when I get to be home all alone I never turn anything on unless there's a specific show I want to watch.
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loco coco
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Post by loco coco on Aug 6, 2014 20:59:13 GMT
tv or if im feeling feisty blast music and dance
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scrappert
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Post by scrappert on Aug 6, 2014 21:03:51 GMT
Shhhhhhhhhhhhh.... Silence I forget to turn anything on. SO will come home and wonder if I am there. I don't need all the racket.
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Post by donna on Aug 6, 2014 21:04:39 GMT
This summer I have actually enjoyed having the house silent. During the school year I am so bombarded with noise that I crave quiet time.
My dh is bad to come in and just turn on the tv. Thankfully, he is starting to move a little more towards silence as well.
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Post by donna on Aug 6, 2014 21:06:29 GMT
monkeylady, my dh likes to play music when he is getting ready every morning. Fortunately, I get up about 2 1/2 hours before he does so I get my silence. Noise in the morning will put me in a bad mood pretty quickly.
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