Yeah, Randi is someone I never tire of following on the Tube.

I have the amazing inept power of running out of beers five minutes before the off license closes ten minutes away.

Best regards.

Fubar2Niner

Do what I do....stock up the garage :03:

Is it possible to buy Fords Dagenham, Jim ? That's one helluva garage............ Expensive, but if we go halvsies...? Think of the discount mate ;) Lockup might be a problem tho :hmmm:

Best regards.

Fubar2Niner

You and me getting through the contents of my garage would probably end up with us both getting locked up :)

Possibly divorced too mate :doh::haha:
Bloody tempting proposition tho ............. Here's to you and yours Jim !

Best regards.

Fubar2Niner

My special power is clouding people's minds so they don't believe I have any special powers.

I think it is working rather well.

When I was young I could "hear" the phone about 2-3 second before the first signal came

I used to say "phone" and about 2-3 second later the first signal came.

Markus

Now that's a good one; can you no longer do it?

When I visit my Mom who still have the old type of phone I sometimes hear the phone before the first signal

When it comes to mobilphone I can't

It's like I hear a click or something and I wonder if it has something to do with my hearing problem. I have some kind of "overhearing". There are certain frequents I hear better than other people do and perhaps I have had this
"overhearing" all my life.

Just a thought.

Markus

You'd make a good earthquake early warning system. :)

I wake up 3 minutes before my alarm clock rings (what ever time it was set for). Also - I wake up if some one comes to my door (I am one light sleeper).

I have something similar. Often have trouble separating close noises, or hearing conversations, often overpowered by outside sounds. ...... birds, dogs, a breeze.
Can hear things miles away though, and also clearly hear electrical appliances sitting idle or on standby in other rooms.

Because I had a sister who had silent Grand Mal seizures, I developed a high sensitivity to changes around my area. I, too, used to know when a phone would be about to ring, but I attributed the ability to a very low volume mechanical 'noise' occurring in those old style phones just before the ring itself. I have lost a lot of the ability since my sister is no longer around and, also, due to, I suppose, aging...

I used to freak out my 2nd ex by being able to tell when someone was coming down the walkway in front of the door before we could hear any footsteps. I also put this down to a highly developed 'sense' for very low volume sounds...

The earthquake bit is something I still retain. Any shaker 3.0 or over I seem to sense just a few seconds before it occurs. This has proven to be a big benefit living here in California, home of big quakes. The Northridge Quake (6.7 on the scale) in particular: I was sound asleep after having spent the night out and about consuming mass quantities of adult beverages; at about 4:30 in the morning, I woke up alert and stone sober and I immediately knew there was a quake coming. I quickly grabbed the pillows and blankets and pulled them over my head as protection. The quake hit a few seconds later and all manner of item rained down on me, including a bookcase that wound up pinning me down on the bed. If I hadn't 'sensed' the approaching quake and been able to cover and brace, I might have been injured more than the slight bit I was...


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I'm not a light sleeper, I just don't sleep very well. I probably wake 3 or 4 times a night and with out looking at the clock I can guess the time to within a few minutes. Every time.