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How often do you hear emergency vehicles near your home? They are common here as we live close to a hospital.

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Posted - September 3, 2020

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  • 34272
    Never. 

    At work, everyday. My business is on a main route (root) to get to hospital or police. 
      September 3, 2020 5:57 PM MDT
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  • 53509

     

      (everyday every day)

      September 5, 2020 6:04 PM MDT
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  • 7404
    Never near my home, I can’t think of a time I’ve heard at work either and that’s in the city. Maybe I block it out. 
      September 3, 2020 6:18 PM MDT
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  • 182
    Here it is a feature of the environment. It is remarked upon, one of the familiar sounds of the place. We heard less of it even living on a major artery in the heart of a smallish city (2.7million people) a few years ago, a city milling with people and traffic at all hours of day and night.
      September 3, 2020 7:15 PM MDT
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  • 44608
    2.7 million? Smallish?
      September 3, 2020 8:22 PM MDT
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  • 182
    What would be the sizes of a small, medium and large city in your country? I count Mexico City large, with a population of almost 22 million. This post was edited by Nyse Elias at October 28, 2020 8:28 PM MDT
      September 6, 2020 9:18 AM MDT
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  • 53509


      Not very often at all.  We live about four blocks from a main street, and within a half mile of an expressway.  Both of them run parallel in a north-south direction in relation to where our house is, and there are a lot of others other residences between ours and the main street.  The expressway is situated a bit downhill from our house, and there's a retaining wall that runs along it, so we don't often get disturbed by the sounds of traffic in general, or specifically by sirens.
      Of course, it could also be that in the time since the expressway was completed, about 15 years now, we've merely become accustomed to the sounds and subconsciously dismiss them.  When my wife's brother first came here to California from Florida on vacation a few years ago and stayed in our guest room, he couldn't sleep at all, citing the noise of the expressway's traffic.
    ~ This post was edited by Randy D at October 28, 2020 8:31 PM MDT
      September 3, 2020 7:37 PM MDT
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  • 44608
    One more clue...I know where you live, how old you are, I have access to your military records. Next...real name and phone number.
      September 3, 2020 8:25 PM MDT
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  • 53509

      Wow, talk about someone being bored and having no hobbies!
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      September 3, 2020 8:30 PM MDT
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  • 44608
    I forgot to tell you I am Jane's PI.
      September 3, 2020 8:34 PM MDT
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  • 53509

     

      Nice try: Jane is not seeming seeking any information on me!  She’s into avoiding me and trying to get me to avoid her!
    ~

    This post was edited by Randy D at September 5, 2020 3:51 PM MDT
      September 3, 2020 10:46 PM MDT
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  • 34272
    seeming seeking
      September 4, 2020 5:11 AM MDT
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  • 53509

     

      Thanks!

      September 4, 2020 6:04 AM MDT
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  • 11002
    It's easier to avoid you if I know exactly where you are. Element keeps me informed most of the time.
      September 5, 2020 3:45 PM MDT
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  • 53509

     

      Gee, that’s funny; he’s agreed with me that he won’t divulge to anyone whenever I enter the state of Minnesota, and he even accepted money from me as part of our agreement . . . hey, wait a minute, . . . you don’t suppose he’s a double agent, do you?





    ~

      September 5, 2020 3:56 PM MDT
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  • 11002
    Better see if you can stop payment on that check.
      September 5, 2020 4:12 PM MDT
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  • 53509

     

      It’s been several weeks now, and I’ve made numerous installment payments. Will you help me drag him into civil court?  I hear you’re pretty experienced with their procedures. 

      September 5, 2020 4:20 PM MDT
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  • 11002
    Yes, as long as you pay me in cash.
      September 5, 2020 6:01 PM MDT
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  • 53509

     

      Wait, what’s with all the witnesses?

    :(

      September 5, 2020 6:07 PM MDT
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  • 10052
    Almost never. 
      September 3, 2020 8:06 PM MDT
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  • 44608
    Wait...there can only be never, but not almost so.
      September 4, 2020 2:01 PM MDT
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  • 10052
    That's deep, man. 

    :)
      September 4, 2020 2:04 PM MDT
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  • 11107
    Probally  at least 10× a  day 7 days a week.  Stupid part is when my dog was a pup I taught him to do the wolf howling at the moon thing whenever he heard a emergency vehicle go by.  Back then we lived in  a place that rarely had emergency vehicles go by so it was funny but it's not so funny now. Cheers! This post was edited by Nanoose at September 5, 2020 7:38 AM MDT
      September 3, 2020 9:08 PM MDT
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  • 17596
    Not too often considering there are many retirees here and my house is only a couple miles from a fire station.  Crime is low too.  I do from time to time see and hear cop sirens when I'm out and about but from home I think I always assume a siren is a fire truck or ambulance. 
      September 4, 2020 12:41 AM MDT
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