Posted on 05/22/2009 3:48:56 PM PDT by TaraP
For decades, hundreds of people worldwide have been plagued by an elusive buzzing noise known as "the Hum". Some have blamed gas pipes or power lines, others think their ears are faulty. A few even think sinister forces could be at work. "It's a kind of torture, sometimes you just want to scream," exclaims retired head teacher Katie Jacques. Sitting in the living room of her home in the suburbs of Leeds, the 69-year-old grandmother describes the dull drone she says is making her life a misery. Most visitors hear nothing, but to Katie the noise is painful, vivid and constant. "It has a rhythm to it - it goes up and down. It sounds almost like a diesel car idling in the distance and you want to go and ask somebody to switch the engine off - and you can't." Katie says she no longer has any quiet moments and getting a good night's sleep has become impossible. "It's worst at night. It's hard to get off to sleep because I hear this throbbing sound in the background and you know what it's like when you can't get to sleep and you're tossing and turning and you get more and more agitated about it."
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I don’t now if anyone else got that, but I did. Funny that.
Those spots must be caused by the Marfa Dry Line, a well known ,meteorological event in West Texas.
Sounds wonderful. I love their fur/wool, yarn. I’m a weaver.
Seems to me the affectionate traits could be intensified with selective breeding.
I have too many interests . . . particularly at my age.
LOL.
My blood pressure is typically on the lower side. I forget the last time . . . but amazingly low—for my age, particularly. Well within healthy limits—I think even with the revised parameters.
They take it at the VA every time one goes in.
119/70 comes to mind.
62 years old.
It’s very rarely noticable in recent years. It’s been a while since I’ve been camping . . . it might be that there’d be some detectable chronic something . . . but even in a quiet house, there’s more than enough background sounds to mask it or else it’s not really there any more.
Hummmmm...
We generally refer to it as fleece, but I’ve heard it called wool or fur, or even hair. My wife is a spinner (she belongs to the local weavers and spinners guild) and she uses the yarn to knit with. She also has an automatic sock knitter that is made in New Zealand based on a design that is over 100 years old. It’s pretty amazing to watch. I always figured that if I, myself, ever did anything with fiber or such, that I would love to learn to weave (I would love to make wall hangings). I’m like you, though...too many interests, not enough time. Maybe later after the kids are out of the house.
LOL.
I’m wondering if we’ll be able to do crafts in Heaven? Or want to? LOL.
Given God and CREATIVITY . . . wouldn’t greatly surprise me.
You might enjoy Jesse DuPlantis’ narrative about his 5 earth hours in Heaven . . . including about animals.
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