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Mosquito ring tone
My dad told me about this. I hadn't heard of it. It's a cell phone ringtone that is pitched at a frequency that most people over 30, supposedly, can't hear. It's based on a device that is used by British shopkeepers to repel unwanted teenagers from their stores.
You can download and listen to it (if you can hear it) here: http://www.jetcityorange.com/MosquitoRingtone.html
I can hear it, but barely. It's definitely at the very upper limit of hearing for me (and incredibly annoying -- it's like the high-pitched whine that some electrical equipment makes, such as an old TV set). Now I'm very curious what it sounds like to other people.
You can download and listen to it (if you can hear it) here: http://www.jetcityorange.com/MosquitoRingtone.html
I can hear it, but barely. It's definitely at the very upper limit of hearing for me (and incredibly annoying -- it's like the high-pitched whine that some electrical equipment makes, such as an old TV set). Now I'm very curious what it sounds like to other people.
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It does seem like some people are more bothered than others. Orion's reaction to it was more extreme than mine -- I find it irritating, and it drives him completely crazy. But it doesn't bother you all that much. Another reason why it's a flawed people repeller.
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but..
my husband comes home from iraq in about 15 hours!
and... when i read the latest freebird.. all i could think was... "are they going to get together? scandal scandal!!!) it was like watching two of your friends hiton each other. call me crazy. i know. i just thought i'd pass that piece of comical information on to you.
take care.
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What are you doing obsessing over comics at a time like this, woman?! :D
No, seriously ... that's simply an *awesome* compliment, one of the best I've ever gotten. Because I want the characters to seem real, and I want people to care about them, and knowing that I've succeeded is just the compliment to end all compliments.
But still not as wonderful as knowing that he'll be home soon.
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I guess there is one thing good about my aging form, and that is a few years into my thirties and I could most definitely hear the tone. It really is like some computer monitor (or an LCD on my phone charger plug).
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It's a very electrical-sounding noise. Ironically, I wonder if it's *less* annoying to teenagers because they're used to being surrounded by whining electrical equipment?
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They're probably half-deaf from blasting iPods too loud more than anything, the teenagers. Probably can't hear it anyways.
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Ahahaha! Too true!
"You damn kids! Back in MY day, we destroyed our hearing with Walkmans! CASSETTE TAPES! It was HARD! We had to CRANK that sucker! And then the tape would get wound up in the gears and we'd have to stop and untangle it! You kids, going deaf without half trying, you don't know how good you got it!"
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"Say Skeezix, what's that thing you're carrying around with both hands?"
"Why, this mamajamma's my eight-track, suckah!"
"You mean it's portable now?"
"Yeah, only weighs eight pounds!"
"That's fly!"
"Yeah, sweet mono sound too!"
Tape decks.
Jezus, we're OLD. :P
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I remember the first time I listened to stereo headphones on a Walkman. It was my sister's, and I was incredibly jealous. It blew me away; it was like the COOLEST THING EVER.
Excuse me for a minute, I have to go shake my cane at the DAMN KIDS on my lawn again.
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Bless lifetime warranties. I haven't bought a new pair of studio headphones in over 15 years.
Stop making me laugh. I'm supposed to be pissed off, incontinent or squeezing oranges at the supermarket on 10% senior citizen's day.
Whippersnapper!
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It seems to drive Orion battier than it does me ... leading me to believe that he might be hearing it louder than I can. I can just barely hear it -- I can tell it's on the very edge of my auditory range.
You should try it on Crystal. Theoretically, she ought to be able to hear it better than any of us.
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I tried it at various volumes as well. Cass never heard anything, but it quickly became physically painful for me when I turned it up. One strange thing was the aftereffect of blasting my ears with it. It really had a lingering unpleasant sensation. It's tough to describe in familiar terms, and I'm a little reluctant to repeat the experiment to search for a better description.
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Orion suggests we should have you guys out here this weekend. You doing anything?
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