On 2/7/2013 7:41 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
> jmcquown wrote:
>> That's the whole point if you like, as I do, both the breeze and the
>> "white noise" from the fan running.
>
> Ah... White noise! Now *that* drives me up a wall! My dad used to tell me
> about white noise and some machine that they made to put it out. But he
> also told me that all I had to do was turn my radio so that it was between
> stations and it would be white noise. Very unsettling to me. I also can't
> stand it if the radio is not getting good reception. Now when we were kids,
> we used to move the radio dial up and down in the middle of the night and
> try to get the station that was as far away as we could find. Pricking our
> ears to hear like that and doing it on purpose was fine. But to have the
> radio on in my vehicle while going down the road and having it on a station
> that isn't quite coming in? Bugs the heck out of me. Unless perhaps we
> have to hear the news or something like that.
>
>
White noise can also be something like a bubbling brook, softly chirping
birds. These are sometimes tapes or CDs made to create soft noise in the
background to help you sleep or relax. It isn't static.