Right there with you on the sensitive hearing thing, and it seems to be getting to be more intense with the passing of time. I love silence.

Trying to understand one person who is speaking while there are others speaking, when there is music playing or any other background noise going on is nearly impossible for me.

Engine (lawn mowers, generators, pumps etc) and close by traffic noise gets my 'anger motor' running, which is odd because normally I'm not prone to anger. Why do some people need to rev or roar their engines as they go along in their cars?

The binging and bonging at checkouts are right up there with the announcements and music played in stores. How do the clerks stand it hour after hour?

When I stay at my father's place, I usually take my camper, park it in his driveway and stay in that because his house literally hums with all the appliances that go on and off day and night. On top of that they have a Westminster style clock that chimes every 15 minutes, which they say they don't really hear anymore.

I can't even stand TV. I haven't owned one for years and politely leave if I'm at someone's place and it gets turned on.

Glad that I live in a fairly quiet neighbourhood but there is a park 100 ft away where they hold concerts and events in the summer. Some band is down there playing now and I may as well have a stereo playing in my living room. Willy the dog agrees with me on this. He's camped out under the coffee table.

Canadians are pretty tame when it comes to fireworks. Yahoo! They are highly regulated where I live and one needs a special licence to purchase them and set them off.

Wishing you the sweet sound of silence.

With love, Erika