NOISE

Listen to "pink noise" and...
Sleep soundly without pills!

Many sleep experts recommend using "white" noise---which sounds like TV static---to mask other sounds and help you fall asleep. But now there's something better: "pink" noise! Like white noise, it masks other sounds, but it's more soothing and more effective at canceling out lo- and medium- frequency noises like snoring and traffic. No wonder brain-scan studies show it gets you to dreamland faster!

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Well, this is a first. Seems there's a device that's called the Mosquito that repels teenagers. Supposedly this device emits a high tone that kind of sounds like a buzzing mosquito, but for the most part it can only be heard by teens around age 15 to young adults around 23. This is because they still have sensitive hair cells in their inner ears.

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My husband has been complaining recently about his thinning hair. Personally, I don't notice it at all, but it seems to be upsetting to him.

I guess it's one of the signs of ageing. Women tend to look at how gravity makes various parts of our body sag, or at the skin on our neck.

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I kid you not. A month ago, I was in danger of checking myself into the local hospital's mental ward. Our neighbor's dogs had barked almost non-stop for 2 days.

This particular neighbor, when asked to quit throwing beer cans across the fence into another neighbor's yard, responded by draping a huge banner with the 4-letter f-word across the fence so that this elderly lady would see it every time she entered her back yard.

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It's time to turn off the televsion. Turn off the music. Sometimes, just once in awhile listen to the quiet. Take in the peace. Let your thoughts flow uninterrupted by the polution of noise.

Are you afraid of the quiet? Some people are. They don't know what to do if there isn't some noise in the room with them. They don't like the feeling of being alone.

What's wrong with being alone? Is it some sort of disease?

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