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when you build a small permanent vocal booth that just so happens to have the exact resonance to amplify the old lady's TV on the other side of the wall,
and you ring her bell one afternoon hoping to pop the question, knowing she is home (obviously), and she opens the door and immediately closes it,
but that night the TV is lower, but....
the next night it is up to full blast again, 24 hours a day, 2am, 6am, 10am, 5pm, 9pm, midnight...
no? maybe it's just me and my misophonia.
and you ring her bell one afternoon hoping to pop the question, knowing she is home (obviously), and she opens the door and immediately closes it,
but that night the TV is lower, but....
the next night it is up to full blast again, 24 hours a day, 2am, 6am, 10am, 5pm, 9pm, midnight...
no? maybe it's just me and my misophonia.
Truth exists for the wise, Beauty for a feeling heart: They belong to each other. - Beethoven
Disclaimer:
"Kind reader, if this our performance doth in aught fall short of promise, blame not our good intent, but our unperfect wit."
Disclaimer:
"Kind reader, if this our performance doth in aught fall short of promise, blame not our good intent, but our unperfect wit."
Oh no, that sounds enraging! Fellow misophoniac here.realisticspeakers wrote: ↑July 12th, 2021, 8:26 pm when you build a small permanent vocal booth that just so happens to have the exact resonance to amplify the old lady's TV on the other side of the wall,
and you ring her bell one afternoon hoping to pop the question, knowing she is home (obviously), and she opens the door and immediately closes it,
but that night the TV is lower, but....
the next night it is up to full blast again, 24 hours a day, 2am, 6am, 10am, 5pm, 9pm, midnight...
no? maybe it's just me and my misophonia.
For the time being, I'll need a little more time than usual to PL sections that come in on weekdays. Thanks for your patience.
Sarah
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Isn't it horrible? I've been doing various mindfulness meditations, listening to Mooji, Sadhguru, Samaneri Jayasāra (aka Maggie Smith), Tara Brach, Rinpoche, Bruce Frantzis, Michael Singer, Thich Nhat Hanh, and a whole bunch of other people with insufferable mouth noise.
Truth exists for the wise, Beauty for a feeling heart: They belong to each other. - Beethoven
Disclaimer:
"Kind reader, if this our performance doth in aught fall short of promise, blame not our good intent, but our unperfect wit."
Disclaimer:
"Kind reader, if this our performance doth in aught fall short of promise, blame not our good intent, but our unperfect wit."
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Preciselyrealisticspeakers wrote: ↑July 12th, 2021, 5:20 pmtime for the dreaded purgeBookworm360 wrote: ↑July 12th, 2021, 9:15 am …When Audacity says ‘the disk is full’ when you’ve only recorded eleven minutes. (What does that even mean by the way??)
2 Timothy 1:7. Look it up.
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Still in Lurgy-Lockdown in Sydney, and me still without the household Internet.
But that's pretty small potatoes next to our mates in Germany, the Benelux and elsewhere doing it tough at the moment flooding-wise, so I say the above only to explain, not complain.
The admin work I'm going to do in the next 30 minutes is through my mobile phone, so apologies in advance if I muck anything up while attempting to perform "keyhole surgery".
Cheers,
Chris
But that's pretty small potatoes next to our mates in Germany, the Benelux and elsewhere doing it tough at the moment flooding-wise, so I say the above only to explain, not complain.
The admin work I'm going to do in the next 30 minutes is through my mobile phone, so apologies in advance if I muck anything up while attempting to perform "keyhole surgery".
Cheers,
Chris
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When you just KEEP FINDING more public domain books you want to BC. I just impulse-launched one a couple days ago, and I so want to start another.
There is no cure for what I have.
There is no cure for what I have.
I can identify with this! I keep adding to the list of books I want to coordinate, but I had to make a deal with myself that at least one of my current projects had to finish up before I could start anything new so that I can focus on my solo project.
For the time being, I'll need a little more time than usual to PL sections that come in on weekdays. Thanks for your patience.
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Well, apparently it's what made you an administrator!mightyfelix wrote: ↑August 11th, 2021, 9:20 pm When you just KEEP FINDING more public domain books you want to BC. I just impulse-launched one a couple days ago, and I so want to start another.
There is no cure for what I have.
1:be a LibriVox addict
2:be diplomatic and helpful (maintaining harmony on the LibriVox forum is important for the success of the project)
3:demonstrate hyperkeenness in Book Coordinator duties.
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2 Timothy 1:7. Look it up.
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The library of the college where I am emeritus prof underwent 3 years of million-dollar renovations, so that when my son went there, for 3 years he did his degree without access to a library. 3 years later, I have found out that they purged their entire poetry section. 300 books! One retired teacher I know, not from the English dept., was advised by a librarian and invited to pick up books, and he got 6. The rest....??? ! Some were old, probably lots out of print (poetry, you know). It's worse than the '90's when all the old oak card catalogues quietly disappeared.
I just have to vent!! It actually hurts.
Czandra
not from the English department
I just have to vent!! It actually hurts.
Czandra
not from the English department
I asked my librarian about the noise, and she said, "no one would come here
if they weren't allowed to talk out loud." So I read out loud.
Je lis à haute voix car refléchir fait trop de bruit!
if they weren't allowed to talk out loud." So I read out loud.
Je lis à haute voix car refléchir fait trop de bruit!
That is INSANE!!czandra wrote: ↑September 15th, 2021, 7:51 am The library of the college where I am emeritus prof underwent 3 years of million-dollar renovations, so that when my son went there, for 3 years he did his degree without access to a library. 3 years later, I have found out that they purged their entire poetry section. 300 books! One retired teacher I know, not from the English dept., was advised by a librarian and invited to pick up books, and he got 6. The rest....??? ! Some were old, probably lots out of print (poetry, you know). It's worse than the '90's when all the old oak card catalogues quietly disappeared.
I just have to vent!! It actually hurts.
Czandra
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Fancy some fun character recording? Small parts needed in these dramatic novels: Clouds of Witness | Ivanhoe (DR)
Fancy some fun character recording? Small parts needed in these dramatic novels: Clouds of Witness | Ivanhoe (DR)
There was an English dept. very strong in poets, whose works were probably in that bunch too. They are retired, and people aren't assigning their books. I've learned that some libraries don't think archiving is their task.
Boo hoo.
Cz
Boo hoo.
Cz
I asked my librarian about the noise, and she said, "no one would come here
if they weren't allowed to talk out loud." So I read out loud.
Je lis à haute voix car refléchir fait trop de bruit!
if they weren't allowed to talk out loud." So I read out loud.
Je lis à haute voix car refléchir fait trop de bruit!
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@#$$&**$#@!!!! WHAT IN THE NAME OF MIKE??!!czandra wrote: ↑September 15th, 2021, 7:51 am The library of the college where I am emeritus prof underwent 3 years of million-dollar renovations, so that when my son went there, for 3 years he did his degree without access to a library. 3 years later, I have found out that they purged their entire poetry section. 300 books! One retired teacher I know, not from the English dept., was advised by a librarian and invited to pick up books, and he got 6. The rest....??? ! Some were old, probably lots out of print (poetry, you know). It's worse than the '90's when all the old oak card catalogues quietly disappeared.
I just have to vent!! It actually hurts.
Czandra
not from the English department
EDIT: Pardon the incoherence; disposal of literature always drives me up the wall.
2 Timothy 1:7. Look it up.
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When you're all primed and ready to record, but the wind is howling around the house and rattling all the windows.
And it shows no sign of letting up.
And it shows no sign of letting up.
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I had a small window of opportunity to record yesterday afternoon. Just as I was deciding to do it, the washing machine in the next room started its spin cycle. At least that was more temporary! (I didn't record, though, even after the washer stopped.)
School fiction: David Blaize
Exploration: The First Four Voyages of Amerigo Vespucci
Serial novel: The Wandering Jew
Medieval England meets Civil War Americans: Centuries Apart
Humor: My Lady Nicotine
Exploration: The First Four Voyages of Amerigo Vespucci
Serial novel: The Wandering Jew
Medieval England meets Civil War Americans: Centuries Apart
Humor: My Lady Nicotine
I recorded half a story for Myths and Legends, then realized I'd left my earphones plugged in.
Can't record and listen at the same time.... Oh well, the second take was smoother!
btw, I'm using a brilliant device called MIFI from the local library, so I can have internet.
Now I have to be sure to do what I came to this internet-free zone to do!
Cz
PS The zone is a writers' residence 2 hours north of you, Tricia!
Can't record and listen at the same time.... Oh well, the second take was smoother!
btw, I'm using a brilliant device called MIFI from the local library, so I can have internet.
Now I have to be sure to do what I came to this internet-free zone to do!
Cz
PS The zone is a writers' residence 2 hours north of you, Tricia!
I asked my librarian about the noise, and she said, "no one would come here
if they weren't allowed to talk out loud." So I read out loud.
Je lis à haute voix car refléchir fait trop de bruit!
if they weren't allowed to talk out loud." So I read out loud.
Je lis à haute voix car refléchir fait trop de bruit!