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Show Just Stuff Houses have a lot to say People get accustomed to the pleasant noises their homes make. There's the familiar rumble as the furnace kicks on in the wee hours of a winter morning, or the hum of the air conditioner when the day is sweltering. You get used to the strange little clicks that the refrigerator makes, and the buzzing song it sings. The oven timer, the bathroom fan, the front door bell all have their distinct sounds. You know the crashing sound the washer makes when the load is unbalanced, or the thump, thump, thump of tennis shoes drying in the dryer. You become familiar with the creaks and groans the floor boards make when someone steps on them and you can tell when someone's walking upstairs. Surprisingly, each door has it's own slam, every bedspring their own squeak, even the faucets trickle the water just a little bit differently. It's amazing how many sounds become so everyday. We become unconsciously aware of how our footsteps sound in each room, and how each door Creaks. We're even familiar, with our own toilet's flush. I remember lying in bed when I was little, listening to the clock that hung in our living room. It was a big clock, with a swinging pendulum that ticked-off, loudly, the seconds. It became so familiar that I didn't realy notice it, until it stopped. I actually had a hard time getting to sleep without the tick-tock of the clock serenading me off to sleep. The little creaks and groans, hums and buzzes, squeaks and thumps, all the familiar noises we never really notice, make up the orchestra of home. |