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Post by salem on Aug 6, 2014 21:07:56 GMT
Complete silence. Love it!
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oldcrow
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Post by oldcrow on Aug 6, 2014 21:08:56 GMT
Silence
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Post by leannec on Aug 6, 2014 21:15:47 GMT
I always have the TV on ... especially The Food Network
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linda~lou
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Post by linda~lou on Aug 6, 2014 21:16:29 GMT
I live alone, during the day, I read or I'm on iPad, no tv or music, just quiet. At night the tv is always on. I'm a tv junkie!
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Post by Debbie on Aug 6, 2014 21:17:54 GMT
My TV is almost always on.
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suzastampin
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Post by suzastampin on Aug 6, 2014 21:20:14 GMT
Usually either the tv or listening to music. I have to say, though, that I'm finding total silence more attractive as I get older. Unless I'm doing something in a room with a tv over the weekend, I tend to have nothing on.
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Post by sillyrabbit on Aug 6, 2014 21:22:14 GMT
I run a fan at all times. I can't stand total silence.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2014 21:23:24 GMT
LOVE total silence or watching one of MY shows that have been recorded on the DVR. I like to listen to them at a much lower volume than my husband.
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Post by monklady123 on Aug 6, 2014 21:23:35 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. Yes, same here! lol. I'm up by 5:00 every morning, sometimes earlier, and he gets up at 6:00 on work days and later on weekends. And you'd better believe neither of my kids are up at 5:00, lol.
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Post by doesitmatter on Aug 6, 2014 21:27:17 GMT
Depends what I am doing but sometimes I like quiet, other times tv,radio, podcast...
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Post by Zee on Aug 6, 2014 21:28:22 GMT
I usually prefer some noise in the background because of the constant ringing in my ears
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Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2014 21:29:17 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. This. I work from home so after my morning shows, I turn it off until it's time to call it a day. I'll sometimes have music on but not very often. If I'm doing sometime particularly mindless I'll have a show on my iPad at my desk.
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Post by Merge on Aug 6, 2014 21:32:55 GMT
I sing. . Only time I can do it without annoying someone.
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Post by moodyblue on Aug 6, 2014 21:36:48 GMT
Sometimes I will have the Food network on in the background when I'm home alone, and sometimes I'll have music going. But lately I've really been enjoying peace and relative quiet. I spend my days in an elementary school, and my husband almost always has the TV on when he's home, so I kind of like to not always have noise going. I got home fairly early today and I'm enjoying some quiet time.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2014 21:38:39 GMT
Rarely silence. I prefer the t.v./music on.
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lisasahm
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Post by lisasahm on Aug 6, 2014 21:39:35 GMT
I love the silence. Not the kind in Doctor Who though
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Post by katiekaty on Aug 6, 2014 21:40:07 GMT
TV in the back ground.
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Post by jeremysgirl on Aug 6, 2014 21:41:12 GMT
I prefer the radio, but I don't have one so if my kids are using the computer, then I usually have the TV on. I definitely need some kind of noise, though. I hate the silence.
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Post by Princess Amy on Aug 6, 2014 21:45:28 GMT
Total silence, please. I only turn the tv on to watch something specific, then turn it off.
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marianne
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Post by marianne on Aug 6, 2014 22:05:56 GMT
Some of each, depends on my mood or what I'm doing.
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Post by airforcemomof1 on Aug 6, 2014 22:11:02 GMT
I live alone. The TV is almost always on. I might not be sitting in front of it, but it's usually on. Same for me except sometimes when cleaning house I listen to music (turned up like a teenager! ).
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Post by winogirl on Aug 6, 2014 22:12:03 GMT
Silence only when I'm reading a book or doing a difficult logic puzzle. Music if I'm cooking or cleaning. Otherwise, the tv is on the rest of the time.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2014 22:12:09 GMT
Church service podcasts from our old church in TN or Scrapbooking classes.
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Post by purplebee on Aug 6, 2014 22:23:11 GMT
Getting ready for work, usually listen to NPR morning news show. Home alone reading or peaing or just surfing the web- silence. Scrapping, crafting, housework- Sirius Radio 60's or classic country channels. Dh has the tv on every minute he is in the house and awake. I relish my quiet time.
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scrappington
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Post by scrappington on Aug 6, 2014 22:53:37 GMT
There is always a TV on in my house. I grew up alone a lot so TV was my company. Still a habit
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Post by transprntbutterfly on Aug 6, 2014 23:09:46 GMT
As a recent empty nester I find the silence lonely, so the tv is always on.
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krbeah
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Post by krbeah on Aug 6, 2014 23:15:45 GMT
I listen to telephones, police radios and streaming news during my working hours so I LOVE silence on the days I am home!
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Post by BarbaraUK on Aug 6, 2014 23:16:02 GMT
Radio 4 in the mornings, sometimes Food Network or Good Food in the afternoons. I prefer talking to music to listen to.
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Post by bluepoprocks on Aug 6, 2014 23:19:07 GMT
On the very rare occasion I'm home alone I don't mind silence during the day but in the evening I have the tv on.
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Cim03
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Post by Cim03 on Aug 6, 2014 23:22:27 GMT
I usually have the tv on. I rarely listen to music except in the car. I don't have the tv on because I am home alone; I just like tv.
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