my friend the radiator (AC and other sounds)

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> From: taylor deupree <taylor@xxxxxxx>
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> as people are speaking of childhood sounds that fascinated or relaxed them..
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> for me, i have two very memorable ones..
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> the first one being me in the back seat of my parents car, late at 
> night on road trips, 
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> the 2nd sound being the sound of my mom vaccuuming.. 
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i was fascinated with the rhythm of road bumps and spin cycles
of washing machines that weren't on a level surface.

not to mention the hissing and clanking of steam radiators when i was
very small (which woke me up and scared the hell out of me - i thought
it was some giant iron steam robot.)

as a matter of fact, to calm myself i used to try to carry on a
"conversation" with it, questioning and responding to all of it's noises
until it started to die down.