The Mr. Softee truck music??
Manmade sounds that bring you joy.
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Patman
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The distorted sound of the goofy music they play does bring a smile to my face!
...screaming while it is pulling a sled at the local county fair.
The sound of steam engines both stationary and trains.
A baby cooing in his crib waking up from an afternoon nap.
I thought they were a thing of the past. Last year I'm driving through one of the inland towns near our beach house and there's a brand new Mr. Softee store.The distorted sound of the goofy music they play does bring a smile to my face!
This is puzzling.
Silence. The lack of sound before a snowfall.
During the early covid days when air traffic was halted the silence was deafening.
During the early covid days when air traffic was halted the silence was deafening.
Patman
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I remember the same after 9/11. At the time I was living so close to the Toronto airport that the landing gear on the planes would already be down when they flew over my house. A plane would fly over my house every two minutes (except in the wee hours as landings are restricted there overnight) But after 9/11 the silence was very noticeable without all of the planes.
deep in the woods during a heavy snowfall where you can hear the flakes hitting the ground it is so quiet.
- The distant hum of a lawnmower on a hot summer evening
- An outboard or jet ski revving up and heading out of the harbor when we're having a few beers before lunch or dinner down at the marina
- We live close to the airport, and 767's, 747's, and sometimes A330's all make an intermittent, somewhat eerie, resonating howling noise when coming in on approach, I've always liked that sound for some reason
- Grew up near Kings Island (amusement park) and spent a lot of time in the woods and river behind it, the clickity-clack of the roller coasters takes me back to my high school days
- An outboard or jet ski revving up and heading out of the harbor when we're having a few beers before lunch or dinner down at the marina
- We live close to the airport, and 767's, 747's, and sometimes A330's all make an intermittent, somewhat eerie, resonating howling noise when coming in on approach, I've always liked that sound for some reason
- Grew up near Kings Island (amusement park) and spent a lot of time in the woods and river behind it, the clickity-clack of the roller coasters takes me back to my high school days
wemay
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Relaxing flute music from various cultures.
A nice fan while trying to sleep.
A nice fan while trying to sleep.
I have a 346xp with muffler mod. That thing sounds incredible! 14,000 RPM of two stroke joy.
My favorite manmade sounds are well tuned two stroke dirt bikes like a YZ250, and the 1980's Nascar/Daytona/fast oval 200+mph monsters, I was there for 205MPH, was not there for the 210+mph runs. God they sounded good while standing at the guardrails, as they were considerably faster than today's cars. While today's versions sound good, those sounded better, probably because the approach speeds were at least 20MPH faster than today. Just a glorious V8 8500 RPM wail.
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Owen Lucas
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I was gonna say 12v71!
Any radial aircraft engine, distant train horns, gong buoys and whistle buoys.
The sound of children playing outdoors.
Gas powered OPE and any diesel engine are two of my faves.
