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the doorbell. The first time it happened, I was standing in my PJs making coffee in my kitchen when the jarring sound of our doorbell invaded my home. I froze.
Millennials, also known as Generation Y or Gen Y, are the demographic cohort following Generation X and preceding Generation Z. Researchers and popular media typically use the early 1980s as starting birth years and the mid-1990s to early 2000s as ending birth years
originally posted by: lordcomac
Millennials, also known as Generation Y or Gen Y, are the demographic cohort following Generation X and preceding Generation Z. Researchers and popular media typically use the early 1980s as starting birth years and the mid-1990s to early 2000s as ending birth years
Now, having clarified... I was born in the mid 80's and fall into this category.
Know what?
I #in' HATE doorbells. When I bought my first house, one of the first things I did was trash that stupid thing.
I'm not 'afraid' of it so much as I don't like loud unexpected alarms going off in my home...
Having said that, I do plan to have a bell set up to ring when people drive through the gate on my hundred acre wood.
Just not in my house...
originally posted by: watchandwait410
I would understand if it was a who is at the door thing but the actual doorbell sound is just weird...
originally posted by: JAGStorm
originally posted by: lordcomac
Millennials, also known as Generation Y or Gen Y, are the demographic cohort following Generation X and preceding Generation Z. Researchers and popular media typically use the early 1980s as starting birth years and the mid-1990s to early 2000s as ending birth years
Now, having clarified... I was born in the mid 80's and fall into this category.
Know what?
I #in' HATE doorbells. When I bought my first house, one of the first things I did was trash that stupid thing.
I'm not 'afraid' of it so much as I don't like loud unexpected alarms going off in my home...
Having said that, I do plan to have a bell set up to ring when people drive through the gate on my hundred acre wood.
Just not in my house...
Is it that the sound is jarring? That might be a generational thing too. When I was little we didn't have electric clocks. We had to use wind up clocks with a little key. (on a side note, I remember every night when my dad would go through the hallway tell us what time it was so we could set our clocks, that probably sounds really weird to young people today) When the bell rang on those clocks (which was an actual bell) it was jarringly loud. I think we had a lot of very loud jarring sounds like that before the internet and computer and digital type of sounds/alarms.
originally posted by: Knapperdude
Has anyone else noticed that a large percentage of TV commercials have a doorbell sound? Thankfully I have a 10 year old child with perfect hearing to tell me if it was the TV or not. ( Ted Nugent is responsible for this I believe...hehe)
This is almost certainly satire meant as a joke and to prove conservatives will believe anything that demonizes non conservatives..
originally posted by: CriticalStinker
a reply to: JAGStorm
I like the sound and rhythm of the old grandfather clocks.
A couple times a month, me and my buddies go up to their parents cabin on one of the mountains here. The place is therapeutic.
No cellphone data, patchy service allows you to make a quick call and relay some information, but a bit to patchy for extended talks.
You walk in the floor level into the kitchen and living area, during the summer all the windows are open and you can hear the sounds of nature. Most of the group is chefs so while we're up there something is always cooking in that area.
When you go to the other side of floor level, there is a study with a grandfather clock and a wood stove with all kinds of cozy chairs and couches and dim lighting. You're likely to catch someone just reading a book and sprawled out in there.
Upstairs is where all the bedrooms are, when everyone is awake there is just a radio turned down low with classical music throughout the day.
My favorite area is the one with the wood stove and grandfather clock. The tic and tocks are like a metronome that help you re calibrate from this crazy unnatural existence we have constructed for ourselves.
And now that I think about it, I'd be livid if a doorbell went off in that sanctuary... But it's one of those places if you know where it's at, you just walk right in because you're welcome.