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RC

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20. Being alone in the quiet.
Fri Sep 21, 2012, 10:49 AM
Sep 2012

My SO works and I am retired. So I usually have all day alone. I have a hearing problem stemming from the Navy and that helps. Without my hearing aids, it is peacefully quiet. Usually no TV, no radio, no music, just the quiet, till she gets home. Some TV in the evenings. She has her sewing and I have my computers. 4 now counting the laptop I just bought her. I waiting for next Summer for Google Fiber.
I can make use of the speed, because I have two web sites and a photo site to play with. Plus my camera and photo software to keep me busy.
Oh, and Google is my knowledgeable friend!

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The quiet. My quiet. im no longer a rrneck Feb 2012 #1
the stillness knowbody0 Feb 2012 #2
Where I am, almost all the time, all I hear is the ticking of the clocks. dixiegrrrrl Feb 2012 #3
It's safe and quiet and you can read and think hard without being distracted. bemildred Feb 2012 #4
No negotiating MadrasT Feb 2012 #5
Shhhh. be careful, or everyone will want one!!!!!! dixiegrrrrl Feb 2012 #6
quiet and quiet Tumbulu Feb 2012 #7
yes shanti Feb 2012 #8
It is a special thing to be able to be quiet Tumbulu Feb 2012 #9
many types of fiber shanti Feb 2012 #10
I have spun everything- started when I was 12 yrs old Tumbulu Feb 2012 #11
Nobody is trying to get my attention. LWolf Apr 2012 #12
"uncomfortable with quiet" dixiegrrrrl Apr 2012 #13
The same. jp11 May 2012 #14
Perhaps that is the attraction of computers/internet.. dixiegrrrrl May 2012 #15
I have the ultimate loner job Trunk Monkey Aug 2012 #16
Totally understand. dixiegrrrrl Aug 2012 #17
I had a great job like yours. no_hypocrisy Sep 2012 #18
I've actually had this particular job twice Trunk Monkey Sep 2012 #19
Being alone in the quiet. RC Sep 2012 #20
I so agree with you about the quiet. dixiegrrrrl Sep 2012 #21
Yes, as do me. RC Sep 2012 #22
The sounds of silence Trunk Monkey Sep 2012 #23
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