The Virtual Pub
Come Inside... => Saloon Bar => Topic started by: Nick on February 07, 2008, 09:43:56 AM
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For the last couple of days my ears have been ringing slightly. I assumed it was a side effect of medication or another sign of approaching dotage. But then Mrs Nick and The Boy enquired about this strange noise which permeates the entire house at about the threshold of a ticking clock. What the devil can it be? It is the same volume in every room and has no obvious source. scared2:
ANy suggestions?
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Most of the odd noises in my house seem to emanate from the hot water and central heating systems but they don't usually persist. rubschin:
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I have turned all the heating off. The hum remains! rubschin:
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Switch off your electricity at the mains. If that stops the noise you have something to work with. Switch the leccy back on and visit each individual appliance and switch it off until you find the culprit. It may in fact be your meter itself. They do sometimes make a noise and need to be replaced.
We tracked our "noise" down to a freezer that was vibrating against a wall.
When a similar noise was detected some twentyfour months later I repeated the exercise and found that the stereo unit was on standby (because that is its default mode and to switch it off completely means crawling behind a bookcase to switch it off at the wall socket) and that one of the speakers was giving out a permanent hum of "feedback", presumably picking up the small amount of power being used whilst on standby. Moved the speaker and the problem ceased.
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That was my next suggestion!
Comes to something when the dog is the pub's "font of all knowlege"
;)
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I just turned off all the power at your suggestion. The hum remained!!
And I can't be arsed to go around checking every appliance. After all if the power is off and the humming continues it ain't the power. Is it?? rubschin:
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Shouldn't be .... It's prolly next door's leccy then.
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Good point. I must ask them if they can hear it (when they get back at 6.00 Banghead)
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Nick,
have you checked all of the boys toys, something is bound to be telling you it needs the batteries replaced??????
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Good idea, but no. Even the remote controlled dinosaur is in fine fettle! cussing:
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Lap-top on standby?
Windfarm noise being carried to you by the SW wind today?
Has a neighbour got themselves a "Cameron" windmill on their property?
Telephone company been spoken to? ... it could be their cables.
Leccy Company ditto.
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Then you are being bugged and should start talking in code at all times.
Promise we will try and notice the difference lol:
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Lap-top on standby?
Windfarm noise being carried to you by the SW wind today?
Has a neighbour got themmselves a "Cameron" windmill on their property?
Telephone company been spoken to? ... it could be their cables.
Leccy Company ditto.
So many possibilities, so little time. Wind farm idea is a poss, actually.
And Miss D, I could be being bugged eeek:. I will talk in gibberish from now on. spider:
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And I will shut up and do some work.
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Ah yes. The W word!!
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The hum is from the mother ship, Nick, which has come to collect you. lol:
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That too had crossed my mind!! A welcome abduction if true!
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Are you sure your not dreaming Nick - and that this actually your parallel universe full of all the negativity and frustrations that could blight your life.
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So how come Mrs Nick and The Boy can also hear it? Also visitors. My mate Steve dropped in earlier and asked what it was. It is just at an annoying level!! Banghead
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Check the bedside table Nick .... Has Mrs Nick left her rabbit on?
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Wash your mouth out, you dog.
The batteries are flat for some reason
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You've got a wasps nest somewhere.
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NO I HAVE NOT!!
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You just haven't found it yet.
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evil:
If I do, I will post it to you!! evil:
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Too early for wasps .. they die in winter and only the queens survive (See "I'm a fighter not a quitter" P. Mandleson)
rubschin: 'Spose it might be bees though
BUT my money is on the neighbours or BT.
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BEES? shocked003 shocked003 shocked003 shocked003 shocked003
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It could be a hive, have to checked the attic, crawlspaces etc.
Either that or someone has installed a Nick-o-ray detector and its going ballistic at the moment for some reason...... whistle:
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Too early for wasps .. they die in winter and only the queens survive (See "I'm a fighter not a quitter" P. Mandleson)
rubschin: 'Spose it might be bees though
BUT my money is on the neighbours or BT.
There's still plenty of them flying around down here. And bees.
We don't have cold enough winters anymore.
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evil:
If I do, I will post it to you!! evil:
Already got one, thanks.
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A fire extinguisher should sort that. I happeen to have one handy.
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evil:
If I do, I will post it to you!! evil:
Already got one, thanks.
Have another. They could mate! ;D
Or whatever.
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The hum is from the mother ship, Nick, which has come to collect you. lol:
Prepare to be probed! point:
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Well things can only look up!
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I am in the house alone. Wife is at work, with her mobile in her bag, Daughter is at school with her mobile in her bag. My mobile is on the desk next to me. I have just heard the tone of an incoming text. My phone is switched off. WTF is going on? scared2:
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Look out of the window and upwards. Seen Independence Day?
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You are hearing voices in the digital age snoops.... eeek:
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I am in the house alone. Wife is at work, with her mobile in her bag, Daughter is at school with her mobile in her bag. My mobile is on the desk next to me. I have just heard the tone of an incoming text. My phone is switched off. WTF is going on? scared2:
You only think you are alone ....... rubschin:
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I am in the house alone. Wife is at work, with her mobile in her bag, Daughter is at school with her mobile in her bag. My mobile is on the desk next to me. I have just heard the tone of an incoming text. My phone is switched off. WTF is going on? scared2:
Had any implants lately?
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It could be a Nickergeist Snoops. They are similar to a poltergeist except they just cause wierd things to happen that slowly drive you nuts... whistle:
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Turned out to be the window cleaner who had sneaked in and up his ladder whilst I wasn't looking. Good job I wasn't in the wife's underwear really redface:
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Turned out to be the window cleaner who had sneaked in and up his ladder whilst I wasn't looking. Good job I wasn't in the wife's underwear really redface:
eeek: I'm almost afraid to ask if that happens a lot eeek:
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Wasn't it Miss D who got caught once by the window cleaner in her undies ? or am I getting confused again rubschin:
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Turned out to be the window cleaner who had sneaked in and up his ladder whilst I wasn't looking. Good job I wasn't in the wife's underwear really redface:
eeek: I'm almost afraid to ask if that happens a lot eeek:
Of course not ...... I usually hear him struggling to get his ladder through the gate.
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Wasn't it Miss D who got caught once by the window cleaner in her undies ? or am I getting confused again rubschin:
No, it was the first thing that came to Snoops mind when he saw her heading for the axe whistle:
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Wasn't it Miss D who got caught once by the window cleaner in her undies ? or am I getting confused again rubschin:
redface:
I thought memory was supposed to fade with age evil:
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Wasn't it Miss D who got caught once by the window cleaner in her undies ? or am I getting confused again rubschin:
redface:
I thought memory was supposed to fade with age evil:
Sorry eyes:
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Sorry eyes:
No your not cry:
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Tee hee.
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Sorry eyes:
No your not cry:
I would never offend anyone with an axe that big ....
not unless I was a long long way away smile:
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The axe is proportional to the angst cry:
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The axe is proportional to the angst cry:
ooh err scared2: