On Thu, 22 May 2014 22:52:34 -0700, sf > wrote:

>On Thu, 22 May 2014 18:25:09 -0700, "Cheri" >
>wrote:
>
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>> "sf" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > On Thu, 22 May 2014 18:29:24 +0100, Janet > wrote:
>> >
>> >> You can't please some people. A recent guest here complained about
>> >> "noisy birds in the garden" which woke her at dawn :-)
>> >
>> > That's for sure on both points! I was raised in the woods, next to a
>> > lake and there was non-stop racket 24-7 with between the noises of
>> > frogs and crickets all night and birds all day. The city is much
>> > quieter.
>>
>> That's what noise machines are for. I have mine set to deep sounding rain
>> and don't hear outside racket of any kind.
>>
>I don't think those existed when I was a kid and have never needed it
>as an adult, but DD uses an air filter/ionizer fan as white noise at
>her house.

They've existed since forever... I have one white noise, one black
noise, two tuxedo noise, and two calico noise machines.