Sounds 21st century kids don't hear?
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XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX says,
Cash registers, adding machines, typewriters, phones ringing, letters being opened, pen on paper, feet on pavement, "that'll be twenty-five cents", sewing machines, dinner being prepared, conversations over that dinner, kiddie matinees, a singer who can carry a tune, a tune, "that prom dress better cover your knees", condom, or nothing doing, an iron, ...I could go on.Sagacious says,
The sounds of dinosaurs making passionate tyrannasaureal love.scribbling_scribe says,
mom callingmzejay says,
the thunk of changing the channel on a console televisionDean6805 says,
SHHHKK! Tika tika tika tika... RING!marymc says,
dial up.Level1 says,
The shrieks of kids playing in a playground, the old school kind: monkey bars, metal swings, slides, see saws. Those shrieks were both joyful and pained. There were no rubber mats or wood chips when I was a kid, just asphalt.MrsPremise says,
Roller skates on sidewalks, playing cards on wheel spokes, a record dropping on the turntable, the backyard dinner bell (from three blocks away), heel plates...Believe says,
A typewriter. A record skipping. A phone actually ring. A farm animal moo, cluck or oink. I could go on.SolitaryMan says,
The same sound I miss I don't think kids hear these days: silence. Music playing cell phones, wifi internet everywhere, makes sure we are constantly entertained and probably over-stimulated. Sometimes silence can be better.Level1 says,
That is a good one Solitary and very precious.DynamicDbytheC says,
No.sgbrown78 says,
Wow, great stuff. So true SolitaryMan and Dynamic. How 'bout the sound of a backyard baseball game, a broken record, a cassette tape any maybe, with the advent of e-books, kindles, etc., the sound of pages turning (I hope not).unknown116 says,
My favorite, kick-the-can with all the neighborhood kids.Paige04 says,
Life without a soundtrack.mzejay says,
Broadcast of National Anthem when tv shuts down for the nightbackstagewriter says,
Trains passing by.VincentAurelius says,
A supersonic boom from an airlinersisterpoet says,
johnny pumpsJujeebal says,
Good humor truck, "um...what's up doc?"JAD says,
Clean talk from t.v. mom saying " bed time, its 8:00.BecomingLogyn says,
I'm 17 and can honestly say I've heard all but I think one of these...But I'll just add: Quiet things, because half of us are almost deaf from headphones...
mzejay says,
Which one haven't you heard Calliandra?