My daughter lives there, too, and she and her husband are looking for an out. Do you have a plan to leave/resettle elsewhere?

@Condor5 Very loose plan at this time. I have one class to complete this semester in Santa Monica so late June at the earliest.

If only you could have taken the NASA-level soldering class I used to conduct...

Hi Condor5 Well after 66 years as a radio and television serviceman, there always comes a time when while not concentrating on the task at hand, that these things can occasionally happen. Things like accidently installing an electrolytic cathode bypass capacitor in reverse polarity and having it explode in my face, covering the entire chassis with shredded electrolyte soaked aluminium foil. [ while the client is watching and marvelling at my sheer professionalism.]

My dogs constantly licking...drives me up a wall. I know whereof you speak. Yeah, I've gotten some dirty looks for the finger drumming thing before. Sorry about that, we often don't even realize.

@Condor5 I've never had to remove myself from the room for that sort of thing...but if it came to it, I would. I've looked around enough to know that being that bothered by that sort of noise is my problem, no one else's. Although there comes a point--in loudness--where if you're making repetitive noise for no damn reason, you're just being rude. But it's got to be pretty loud, and I've almost never seen that happen with someone who wasn't developmentally disabled or otherwise out of touch.

Unfortunately, the offending canine is a very fluffy long-haired breed, so the bark collar isn't feasible.

@Condor5 What is it? The connectors go in front, maybe a little trim will help in the spot where the stim goes. Also has vibrate setting. I don't ever put them over a 3. After awhile some become "collar wise" which helps curtail 'sport barking".

@Qualia he's a Sheltie, Shetland Sheepdog, and barking is in his job description. The real problem is that he's not my dog, and his momma doesn't see it as a big deal, so I just have to live with it, and wear my earplugs (much of the time).

@Condor5 Ah that's rough Yeah think barking a great deal is in sheltie's dna.

@Qualia no doubt about it.

Some nights before I fall asleep, I hear my heart beating, and what sounds like the blood flowing through my heart valves; it's unsettling at first, then comforting.

Oddly, I enjoy loud children, IF they are just playing and laughing, I can't abide screaming, though, especially little girls' high-pitched screams anywhere close to me.

Prolonged hammering, yes, that's unacceptable. And the radio thing; those people seem to be totally oblivious, eh?

You are mistaken in your notion that I document and measure everything I hear. It's called "curiosity." Last year, I acquired a small handheld decibel meter out of curiosity about the environment around me. Sound levels, and noise in general, is something that has fascinated me for quite some time, as I believe it can have a direct bearing on one's well-being. I also acquired a small, portable anemometer to test wind velocity in various places and at various times; mainly up on ridges where I mountainbike. I'm quite curious about the world around me, and like learning/knowing these things.

@Condor5 everything you mentioned could be seen as obsessive. It does fascinate you isn't it? Obsessive do not necessary means a mental health problem but most here are not worried about noise pollution like you. And I record music on computers, my daughter record garage bands in Jax and we talk shop all the time and here you are measuring noise pollution and wanting to discuss it with us. I may be mistaken though. My curiosity never goes that far. Do whatever you need to do to be happy.

@GipsyOfNewSpain once again, I think you are mischaracterizing what I am saying. I am concerned about excessive noise levels in my environment and was curious if anyone else on this forum had similar concerns. I value my hearing and don't want to degrade it if I can do anything to prevent that. And it's not a matter of happy or not happy, it's simply taking a look at something that is around us every day but doesn't get discussed a lot. I may be mistaken, but I thought that was one of the points of this forum.

@Condor5 Pardon me if I turn you down now. But to answer your question... Yes, you coming across as hypersensitive. I have no problems with noise pollution. Noise do not bother or pester me. Not interested on your concerns other than recommend you to see a doctor for your obsession. Vegas or Maryland, both are pretty quiet to me and neighborhoods very to my liking.

@GipsyOfNewSpain fair enough. I did ask the question.

@Condor5 I am just too old for crusades. This is my "Me TIme". My Selfish "I" time. So this is the world we live in... world we created with all the nuisances that technology provide us for convenience of some kind or another. I did 20 years in the Navy... the enlisted staff accomodations in the carrier "Ike" were next to the catapult machinery room. There are launches 24/7 in a carrier. Is a floating living/working city and every sound is available to you at one point or another. I adapted and learned to tune sound out, the other option was never sleeping. So you complaining about level of noise is like me complaining to my son because I heard gunshots last night... my son is a veteran of Afghanistan. But you never stop trying to make a better place for you and your love ones.

@GipsyOfNewSpain well, it was a productive discussion (at least for me), and I learned something, so this probably won't be my last "complaint." Thank you for your contributions.

@Condor5 Me too... you make break out my hearing aids and put them on to listen to the water in the pipes. No problem with complaining for your sake and curiosity. Not at all.

Sometimes absolutely nothing.