@f00l I would jump off of a cliff! Bagpipes make my ears hurt. Literally. That would be the ultimate torture for me.
And I always want to go try to find the hurt animal in need.
@2many2no Have you driven I-10 from Mobile to Tallahassee? That has GOT to be the most boring ride in the world, esp. at night.
Well, except for the time I stopped to help a couple who had a flat and it turned out they were the parents of one of girls that fell victim to Ted Bundy.
But the drive is horrid!
@2many2no@tadlem43 This is how I feel about I-95 in South Carolina. 198 miles of big fat nothing, and the only reason to stay alert is that it’s only two lanes the whole way. At the Georgia line the width of the road triples and it’s like a glorious sunrise.
@2many2no@Tadlem43 So many candidates…
I-70 across western Kansas and eastern Colorado, damn near any long stretch in the Dakotas, I-40 from Amarillo to Moriarty NM, I-35 from OKC to Wichita and Wichita to KC and KC to Des Moines…
@blaineg The stretch from Cheyenne westward is less stultifying than the part from Cheyenne east. I’m told that the run through Nebraska is more forgettable than… than… dammit, it was on the tip of my tongue.
@2many2no Yep, still here, no thanks to myself. It was spooky at the time, but it’s worse in retrospect, thinking about what could have happened.
I was riding with two friends, and had stayed up too late the night before, getting ready. We stopped for lunch in Rock Springs, and somewhere west of there I got hit with a wave of sleepiness. I fought it off for a while, but wound up losing.
I wasn’t out for long, but the back end of a semi that had been tiny, and near the horizon, suddenly nearly filled my view. I changed lanes & passed him without any trouble. Other than a vastly elevated heart rate!
We pulled off at the next exit or rest stop and compared notes. They both thought I was going to plow into the semi, but didn’t know what to do.
I told them I was fighting post-lunch sleepiness, but didn’t want to stop and hold them up. Turns out they were fighting sleep too, and also didn’t want to hold things up. So we took a break for a while before hitting the road again.
Until it happened to me, I never thought it would be possible to fall asleep on a motorcycle.
Snoqualmie Pass (WA - near Seattle) where you have to use chains in July (speaking from experience here) would be a place that will keep you awake instead of asleep. On the other hand the Trans Canada highway is miles and miles of straightaway in some provinces. And route 70 in Utah went on for ever and ever and ever too - and not even any exits for about a zillion miles. Fortunately I had paid attention to the signs and filled up.
A fan and the same playlist I’ve used for a decade. I’ve pavloved myself into sleeping when any of these 17 songs come on (have to skip if they shuffle on when I’m driving).
A B-52G at 90% throttle screaming down the runway with a full payload or, a KC-135A heading up to rendezvous with the BUFF to refuel. Ahhh, the good old days.
@accelerator@steeltoesenator I spent over 3 years at Dyess AFB. We’d also have a C-5A there occasionally, drowning out the sounds of the BUFF’s.
After I separated, what I missed most in my routine was the aircraft sounds. Just seemed too quiet.
@accelerator@phendrick I spent my time at Blytheville AFB. I recently moved back there. The base has long been closed but officer housing was turned into a 55+ community. Occasionally C130’s from Little Rock fly in to do touch and go’s and come in oh so very low over my backyard. We got a buff visit this past January.
@phendrick@steeltoesenator I was stationed at Castle AFB Merced/Atwater, CA from 91-94 when the base closed. Most of the BUFFS went to Barksdale I believe. The old A model 135’s were updated or replaced with the “new” R model. They were much quieter.
I moved on to F-15’s at Tyndall AFB in Panama City, FL. The F-22 came in and the active duty maintainers got thrown out for contractors to maintain. That sucked! I moved on again to Air Force Research Laboratory where I finished my active duty and transitioned to Civil Service with the Space Force. Still at it after 37 years!
I like silence. But if I have to pick something I’d say rain (probably why I slept so good last night) or waves crashing on shore. My boyfriends family cottage is on a HUGE lake and I love having the windows open and hearing the waves hitting the rocks.
I’d prefer silence, but I can sleep through about anything.
In high school, my brother in the room next door kicked a blanket onto a space heater. He only woke up when his feet got hot. I slept through the whole commotion and learned about it the next morning.
@blaineg Gosh, seems like one way or another you’re going to end up “dying in your sleep”! I hope it’s the peaceful way we think of it, when you’re very very old…
@Kyeh I’ve never been much of a daredevil, pain hurts. But I have managed to do quite a few really dumb things in my life. Some have hurt far less than they should have!
Someone once asked one of motor sport’s greatest drivers, the 1930s Grand Prix champion Tazio Nuvolari, why he risked his life in a racing car. He responded by asking a question of his own: “How do you want to die?” His questioner said: “In my bed, in my sleep.”
To which the suave Nuvolari replied: “Then how do you find the courage to turn out the lights at night?”
When I was a little kid, I loved falling asleep at parties or in restaurants (stretched out on the booth) while my parents and their friends chatted and there was light ambient noise around. It always felt so safe and cozy.
One of the ‘ambient’ tracks on youtube for nights when its really hard to get to sleep. I use the attached bathroom vent fan for ‘normal’ white noise. Our ceiling fan is too quiet to help (for noise).
The weather Channel.
Generally music or movies. Sometimes a YouTube channel.
A fan.
Rain or listening to Charlie snore
@tinamarie1974 hey, I saw that! I dont snore. I stood up one night and listened!!!
@tinamarie1974 Isn’t it funny how cute an animal’s snore sounds? I hate hearing a human snore but I find my cat’s snoring adorable.
@Kyeh or a baby. But put a snoring adult within ear shot and I am not sleeping!
Big ole’ thunder storm with heavy rain.
Bonus points if I’m in a tent at the time!
@Clumber 'Cept for a leaking tent.
The person in the other half of the bed breathing.
Considering my window AC is a certified antique (one year younger than me!), definitely the second option.
@PooltoyWolf Really? All the way back to RonCo?
(I think you meant third.)
@werehatrack It was listed as 2nd for me when I posted and has since changed…how strange! I triple-checked, even.
@PooltoyWolf @werehatrack hey as long as it works…
@tinamarie1974 @werehatrack Better than any A/C unit you can buy for your window nowadays!
ceiling fan that has a couple of bearings in the motor going out. Just the right amount of white noise.
Soft gentle rain.
The Headspace app. Love the Sleepcasts and the Soundscapes. Hasn’t failed me yet.
The passengers in the car screaming “don’t fall asleep, you’re going to kill us”.
1970’s American Top 40 broadcasts on Sirius
@somf69 Casey Kasem? I listen to that on IHeartRadio a lot during the day.
Silence. I have tinnitus so I bring my own background noise wherever I go.
@heartny Never thought of it that way. I like that. If it ever could be ‘cured’ I’d probably be uncomfortable with the silence.
Nearby Jackhammer & Bagpipe Orchestra playing at full volume.
/giphy jackhammer bagpipe
@f00l I would jump off of a cliff! Bagpipes make my ears hurt. Literally. That would be the ultimate torture for me.
And I always want to go try to find the hurt animal in need.
@f00l @Tadlem43
I hate them too. I am so sick of hearing Amazing Grace played on bagpipes - such a cliché anymore.
@Kyeh @Tadlem43
That hymn on bagpipes is so much more enjoyable when played with jackhammer and steel foundry accompaniment.
@f00l @Tadlem43
It would sound a lot less whiny.
Absolutely nothing. Total silence in complete blackness.
My wife shouting “Are you going to sleep all day?!”
ASMR recording.
Just a plain old fan
Ocean sounds from actual ocean and not a $10 speaker.
@pmarin yes! if I’m at the beach I sleep with everything open so I can hear it—or I try, but sometimes it’s just bugs and frogs!
The neighborhood dogs barking or better yet howling at the wind.
I-40 from Amarillo to Oklahoma City.
I-10 from Baton Rouge to New Orleans.
Or generally any stretch of rural Interstate Highway.
With the completion of the Interstate Highway System we can now drive from coast to coast and not see a thing.
We can sleep through it all though.
@2many2no Have you driven I-10 from Mobile to Tallahassee? That has GOT to be the most boring ride in the world, esp. at night.
Well, except for the time I stopped to help a couple who had a flat and it turned out they were the parents of one of girls that fell victim to Ted Bundy.
But the drive is horrid!
@2many2no @tadlem43 This is how I feel about I-95 in South Carolina. 198 miles of big fat nothing, and the only reason to stay alert is that it’s only two lanes the whole way. At the Georgia line the width of the road triples and it’s like a glorious sunrise.
@2many2no @Tadlem43 So many candidates…
I-70 across western Kansas and eastern Colorado, damn near any long stretch in the Dakotas, I-40 from Amarillo to Moriarty NM, I-35 from OKC to Wichita and Wichita to KC and KC to Des Moines…
@2many2no @Tadlem43 Oh, and especially I-40 from Needles to Bakersfield.
@2many2no I fell asleep on my motorcycle on I-80 in the middle of Wyoming years ago.
@blaineg Fortunately, you’re here to tell us about it.
@blaineg The stretch from Cheyenne westward is less stultifying than the part from Cheyenne east. I’m told that the run through Nebraska is more forgettable than… than… dammit, it was on the tip of my tongue.
@2many2no Yep, still here, no thanks to myself. It was spooky at the time, but it’s worse in retrospect, thinking about what could have happened.
I was riding with two friends, and had stayed up too late the night before, getting ready. We stopped for lunch in Rock Springs, and somewhere west of there I got hit with a wave of sleepiness. I fought it off for a while, but wound up losing.
I wasn’t out for long, but the back end of a semi that had been tiny, and near the horizon, suddenly nearly filled my view. I changed lanes & passed him without any trouble. Other than a vastly elevated heart rate!
We pulled off at the next exit or rest stop and compared notes. They both thought I was going to plow into the semi, but didn’t know what to do.
I told them I was fighting post-lunch sleepiness, but didn’t want to stop and hold them up. Turns out they were fighting sleep too, and also didn’t want to hold things up. So we took a break for a while before hitting the road again.
Until it happened to me, I never thought it would be possible to fall asleep on a motorcycle.
@2many2no @Tadlem43 @werehatrack @blaineg
Snoqualmie Pass (WA - near Seattle) where you have to use chains in July (speaking from experience here) would be a place that will keep you awake instead of asleep. On the other hand the Trans Canada highway is miles and miles of straightaway in some provinces. And route 70 in Utah went on for ever and ever and ever too - and not even any exits for about a zillion miles. Fortunately I had paid attention to the signs and filled up.
East, not west. Must have been asleep while I was typing that.
@2many2no @Kidsandliz @Tadlem43 @werehatrack I-70 with a strong crosswind is a lot of fun on a motorcycle!
There were 4-5 of us headed west from Colorado, we and spent the whole time leaned over like we were cornering.
Except for the underpasses. There we’d abruptly jerk upright as the wind was blocked, then heel over again as soon as we cleared it.
@2many2no @blaineg @Kidsandliz @Tadlem43 It’s fun in an old VW van, too.
True Crime documentary … especially if it’s narrated by someone with a British accent.
Cat purring for me.
A fan and the same playlist I’ve used for a decade. I’ve pavloved myself into sleeping when any of these 17 songs come on (have to skip if they shuffle on when I’m driving).
@kostia Interesting! You could use that playlist at the dentist, maybe, or anywhere you want to be able to totally relax.
Rain.
"The SO next to me saying, “That was nice. Let’s cuddle.”
@phendrick Lucky - so few SOs appreciate the artistry of a well crafted fart.
@macromeh
Heh. Your thought and mine did not go the same direction.
Music, sweet music
The TV playing news or a talk show on a 30 minute timer was my routine for years until we were so strapped for money I stopped to save a few pennies.
A B-52G at 90% throttle screaming down the runway with a full payload or, a KC-135A heading up to rendezvous with the BUFF to refuel. Ahhh, the good old days.
@accelerator I too lived and worked on a SAC base. Nothing like the sounds from the flight line to lull one to sleep.
@accelerator @steeltoesenator I spent over 3 years at Dyess AFB. We’d also have a C-5A there occasionally, drowning out the sounds of the BUFF’s.
After I separated, what I missed most in my routine was the aircraft sounds. Just seemed too quiet.
@accelerator @phendrick I spent my time at Blytheville AFB. I recently moved back there. The base has long been closed but officer housing was turned into a 55+ community. Occasionally C130’s from Little Rock fly in to do touch and go’s and come in oh so very low over my backyard. We got a buff visit this past January.
@phendrick @steeltoesenator I was stationed at Castle AFB Merced/Atwater, CA from 91-94 when the base closed. Most of the BUFFS went to Barksdale I believe. The old A model 135’s were updated or replaced with the “new” R model. They were much quieter.
I moved on to F-15’s at Tyndall AFB in Panama City, FL. The F-22 came in and the active duty maintainers got thrown out for contractors to maintain. That sucked! I moved on again to Air Force Research Laboratory where I finished my active duty and transitioned to Civil Service with the Space Force. Still at it after 37 years!
quiet…
Clothes dryer, but with a load of towels, not shoes bumping around.
wind in the trees
I like silence. But if I have to pick something I’d say rain (probably why I slept so good last night) or waves crashing on shore. My boyfriends family cottage is on a HUGE lake and I love having the windows open and hearing the waves hitting the rocks.
I’d prefer silence, but I can sleep through about anything.
In high school, my brother in the room next door kicked a blanket onto a space heater. He only woke up when his feet got hot. I slept through the whole commotion and learned about it the next morning.
@blaineg Gosh, seems like one way or another you’re going to end up “dying in your sleep”! I hope it’s the peaceful way we think of it, when you’re very very old…
@Kyeh I’ve never been much of a daredevil, pain hurts. But I have managed to do quite a few really dumb things in my life. Some have hurt far less than they should have!
Guardian angels, or dumb luck?
@Kyeh
Jack Handey:
When I die, I want to go peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather. Not screaming in terror, like the passengers in his car.
Or another point of view:
Someone once asked one of motor sport’s greatest drivers, the 1930s Grand Prix champion Tazio Nuvolari, why he risked his life in a racing car. He responded by asking a question of his own: “How do you want to die?” His questioner said: “In my bed, in my sleep.”
To which the suave Nuvolari replied: “Then how do you find the courage to turn out the lights at night?”
Fan
The sound of my passengers talking.
@mcanavino
See: https://meh.com/forum/topics/whats-the-best-background-noise-for-going-to-sleep#62de0a740199ed9d098fb03f
@chienfou I really like the burned out Disney World/amusement park one.
Dishwasher
Knocks me out almost every time the dishwasher is running.
When I was a little kid, I loved falling asleep at parties or in restaurants (stretched out on the booth) while my parents and their friends chatted and there was light ambient noise around. It always felt so safe and cozy.
The sounds of two snoring pug brothers. Does it every time.
Rain on a metal roof.
Trains in the distance. Ahhh. Sweet.
That damn cricket that just won’t stop!!!
That damn cricket that just won’t stop!!!
@dahobbs9
Horror movies.
One of the ‘ambient’ tracks on youtube for nights when its really hard to get to sleep. I use the attached bathroom vent fan for ‘normal’ white noise. Our ceiling fan is too quiet to help (for noise).