My roommate just bought a white-noise generator

[ThomCat]

because he hates to hear the sound of anyone else nearby.

Problem #1: He lives in my apartment. I'm the quiet one. I can't be any more quiet.

Problem #2: The volume on those things isn't supposed to go up to 11.

x(

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. You need your own white noise generator to drown out the sound of his.

[ThomCat]

5. Can I put it in his room so that only he has to hear it?

:P

[Longhorn]

23. I thought that's how they're supposed to work!

You don't put it near the source of the noise; you put it near the person who is bothered by the noise. We have one in our room and it works great covering up some of my husband's snoring. But we would keep it in here even if the noise that was bothering us was outside of the room.

Just so you know, you do get used to it after awhile. We can hardly sleep without ours and even take it with us when we travel, which really helps in hotel rooms.

[ThomCat]

26. I could easily get used to it if he turned it down.

:)

Getting a white noise generator was actually a good idea. It's just his choice of volume that's got me concerned.

I hope I can get him to turn it down without a conflict, and I hope I do get used to it.

[Longhorn]

30. The directions that came with ours said to start off low and gradually

increase the volume as needed so you can get used to it. Maybe you can convince him to do that. Good luck!

[Ellen Forradalom]

41. There's a Saturday Night Live skit in here somewhere. n/t

[lizziegrace]

2. I have one in the closet

I'll send it to you if you want it. This one has the sound of rain, birds, ocean, crickets and all. Might really annoy him...

;)

[ThomCat]

8. Oh No! Two of those things going at once will drive me batty.

x(

How can someone who is so sensitive to every little sound I make be so damned loud? He plays the tv loudly, talks loudly on the phone, and now this.

[DS1]

3. the one who thumps headboards with his GF all night?

[ThomCat]

4. No, she moved out.

:(

I'd much rather listen to thumping all night than static that's supposed to be a waterfall.

My last roommate broke up with her boyfriend, dropped out of grad school, and moved back home very suddenly. :shrug:

This guy is my new roommate, and I'm starting to second-guess my decision.

[lizziegrace]

6. Hang in there

:hug:

[Roon]

36. My roommate got tossed in the slammer

until June the 1st. We get along so good, that I am waiting for him to get out and I'm paying full rent. I am keeping his room exactly the way he left it. I just don't want to risk getting stuck with someone that I don't get along with.

[ThomCat]

38. If he's a good roommate then I'd do the same.

When one of my dearest friends, Tracey was living here she had the misfortune to be working in the World Trade Center on 9/11. She was amazingly fortunate to be one of the 3 survivors from Cantor Fitzgerald. She went home to her family to try to recover. I held her room for her for a long time, until it became obvious that her injuries were permanent and she wasn't going to be able to come back.

I hope he's not in jail for anything violent or serious, and I hope he can recover/rebuild after he gets out.

[Roon]

42. Naaa, nothing violent

but it was pretty stupid. Failure to appear, DUI, No proof of insurance,driving under suspension..bla bla bla...it was all traffic and the judge got fed up with him and gave him 6 months.

[Ikonoklast]

7. Was it made in Joisey?

Noice.

[ThomCat]

9. Spelling corrected. Thank you.

:)

[Ikonoklast]

14. I liked it better the way you spelled it.

I'd like to have a machine that made everything 'noice'.

[Kutjara]

10. What's that, a machine that only plays country music?

:hide:

[ThomCat]

12. That's a good idea. I have a much larger collection of CDs than

he does. I'm sure I have music that will really annoy him. :P

I'm not quite ready for a noise war through. He's basically a nice guy, but he definitely has OCD. So i will adapt, and I'll talk to him, and we'll work this out. (Takes a deep breath. Om...)

[triguy46]

11. I have slept with the antique version of those for the past 30 years..l

its called a 'fan.' Cannot sleep without one. I travel with a small one. Need the hum.

[ThomCat]

13. I wish he was just running the fan. I've done that many times

to drown out other noise. :)

[DS1]

15. me too

otherwise the ringing in my ears gets deafening

[ThomCat]

19. I've acquired recently

ringing in my ears as a side effect from meds.

Is background noise the only way to deal with it? How do you handle it? :(

[DS1]

22. fan, basically

when I'm sleeping in a really quiet house it's a hell of a time falling asleep. if there's not any sound, it's like my ears turn up the volume trying to hear something, but only get the tone.

[Connonym]

47. I've got ear ringing too

sucks, doesn't it? I use a fan to sleep and I've also got some white noise on my ipod and sometimes will use both simultaneously. I find it helps to have one between me and the window to block window noises and then another to block noises from outside the door and, of course, both to mask the stupid ringing in my ears. I can't sleep without the white noise now.

[Skittles]

44. I'm a night worker who does the same

yup

[Skittles]

45. I'm a night worker who does the same

yup

[Starbucks Anarchist]

16. The only time I've heard you "loud" is when speaking about politics.

Which is a good thing. ;)

[ThomCat]

21. That is very true. I'm usually only loud when I'm talking about

politics, civil rights, and/or feminism. Topics that overlap greatly, of course. :)

[SallyMander]

17. White noise makes me crazy

I can't even stand it when Iza leaves the bathroom fan running!

Maybe you could ask him what it is he's trying to drown out???

:hug:

[ThomCat]

24. He has already said that hearing the random noises of

someone else too close really bothers him.

Which makes me wonder why he's not living alone.

[DS1]

27. don't you live in NYC?

because that's the antithesis of restful

[ThomCat]

28. Yes, but I'm on Staten Island.

Compared to the rest of the city, you can watch paint dry out here. :)

[Midlodemocrat]

18. a 'good' one actually sounds like the sounds it is supposed to mimic.

I have a Sharper Image one, and the 'surf' button sounds like the surf. No additional buzz or hum. It's several years old, so I don't know what is available now, but I would 'think' they've only gotten better.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

20. I have one of those, too. The surf really does sound like surf

and the rain sounds like rain. I use it all the time at night, usually set on "surf." But I don't have a roommate to annoy.

[ThomCat]

25. I'm sure he bought the cheapest model he could find online.

And it definitely did not come from Sharper Image. It sounds like it came from Radio Shack. :P

[Steven_S]

29. Come on, show him who's boss.....

turn up your speakers - way up - and click this.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ak_j0hb007Y


HAHAHAHHAHHAHAHHA :)

[ThomCat]

32. That's not my normal music, but that's kind of cool.

:)

Yes, that would drive him absolutely nuts. Bookmarked in case of need. :P

[RetroLounge]

31. Get one of these...

RL

[ThomCat]

34. If I had any hope of playing it

I would already have one of those. :7

I'll need to have someone else come visit and play it for me. ;)

[DarkTirade]

58. Oooh, ooh, pick me! Pick me! :)

[Oeditpus Rex]

33. Does he know 'white noise' also comes from

an FM radio tuned between stations?

[ThomCat]

35. He used to work as an engineer

for a water treatment company. You'd think he would have a clue about something that simple. But, no.

He's a nice guy, and he's very, very helpful. During the day he's an ideal housemate. But he's kind of dumb as a post, and he gets weird when the sun goes down.
:shrug:

[Oeditpus Rex]

37. Does he ever bay at the moon?

:scared:

[ThomCat]

39. Not that I've seen. And no problem with garlic either.

:P

[Oeditpus Rex]

40. Oh, BTW

Excellent job on hyphen use in the thread hed. :thumbsup:

[marzipanni]

46. I was going to say that!

When I was in high school a friend, her boyfriend, and I accompanied another friend into his house one night when his parents had gone to bed. The hallway was filled with the sound from the 'static' between radio stations. I had never heard of falling asleep to such a loud sound.
My favorite falling asleep sound is a chorus of spring peepers.

[Inchworm]

43. I suggest "The Spear"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80-EYjLJ3EU

Get him before he finds his peace! :P

:hi:

[ThomCat]

51. Oh yeah! I'd be able to do that.

:P

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

48. I want a white-noise generator in my car

with a really powerful amp, and a couple of hugh!!1 subwoofers.

I will quiet the whole neighborhood.

:rofl:

[ThomCat]

52. Don't you wish it worked that way?

:P

:rofl:

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

56. Yeah, but it's worth trying ,,

Putting a "white-noise" boombox accessory on maybe a new "ride" that is in need of "pimpin'"

Know of any?

:hi:

[Jamastiene]

49. Have you asked him why he bough a noise generator if

he hates noise? :silly:

[ThomCat]

53. Yup. He only hates people noise.

:eyes:

[CreekDog]

50. Maybe you should adjust the volume

with a hammer. :evilgrin:

[ThomCat]

54. I convinced him to turn it down.

If it turns it back up, I may have to consider that. :evil:

[derby378]

55. Use Lustmord and Negativland CDs to counteract the noise generator

:evilgrin:

[ThomCat]

57. I'll have to look up who they are,

But I have a feeling you're earning that evil grin. :)

[Infomaniac]

59. Methinks I see a better roommate in your future.

Who might need a noise machine of her own, but not for the same reason. :pals:

[ThomCat]

60. Wow! You're Psychic!

One of your many good qualities. :pals: