Posts Tagged ‘humming’
March 8th, 2013 | 
Author: 1- March 3, 9:40am, LIRR train from Mineola to Penn
2- High pitched humming in the background due to the heating system at the other end of the car, other train-like mechanisms make soft noises off and on.
3- The sounds of the train moving on track creates a hypnotic lull, an announcement is made regarding the next station and that patrons should watch the gap between the train and the platform, the doors ding and slide open with a groan
4- The person in the seat in front of me coughs occasionally and ruffles the papers of their newspaper; when the doors open, a large gaggle of high school girls with a chaperone, talking and laughing loudly – clearly on a field trip of some kind. They discuss a woman they saw on the train another time who decided to appear in public topless in high pitched voices, talking over each other and finishing each other’s sentences.
5- The sound level and activity begin at a low and are abruptly shifted to a high sound level and activity
6- Interrupted
7- The background humming, the clacking of the train tracks, and before: the shuffling of the newspaper, after: the loud chatter and laughter
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1- 1/28/13, 1:40pm, Republic dorm room
2- Cars passing on Hempstead Tpke, sirens in distance
3- Truck idling in the parking lot, car doors closing, indistinct conversation
4- Sprinkling rain tapping on the window, humming of the air conditioner, an occasional sigh of the person next to me
5- Quiet, everything is muffled and calm; the sound activity is low
6- Sleepy
7- Truck idling in parking lot, tapping of the rain on the window and the humming of the air conditioner
1) 4/14/11-10:45 p.m.-Women’s bathroom on 9th floor of Alliance Hall
2) Boy yelling in the hallway and faint music coming from a room just outside the bathroom were the furthest audible sounds.
3) Water flowing in the shower, the door opening and closing, and a girl humming next to me would qualify as medium range sounds.
4) Water rushing from the sink, my toothbrush bristles scraping against my teeth, and spitting would be considered sounds closest to me.
5) The sound level was moderate. The sound activity was also moderate because there aren’t typically many people using the bathroom at once that make lots of different sounds.
6) Aqueous
7) Water from the shower, bathroom door opening and closing, and sounds from brushing my teeth.