What’s your obstacles on the way of listening

Yah, ATVs and motorcycles are really noisy.. we used to have modified exhaust car in our neighbourhood thanks God  not any more... I think it was lot of complaints about it.  Forgot to mention fish tank air and filtration pump... luckily it’s under my control :)

What kind of drugs?

@tooblue 

Who knows?

Hummers are knocking?  
Advance the timing a BCH.

So the question is, What distract us from listening?

Or what distracts us period. 

I'm a retired HEAVY equipment master mechanic. I have been plagued with hearing hypersensitivity, sense birth. I still have to wear -15db inserts.  I HATE NOISE.  49 years of ear plugs and muffs..

The benefit was and is great hearing NOW. 16Khz plus, from 20khz in my 20s. I'm 66 now.  By 18khz there is some serious roll off.

I can at least drive with the window down NOW. That would just ruin a listen for the night, and the AC in MY service truck kept ice cream cold in the cab..:-) Still does.. That would dry you out like no other.. Catch 22..THEN.. Not so much now..

I have a neighbor that moved in last year. He has a PU with pipes and a Harley that is pretty quiet.. BUT 5:30 in the morning, and he will warm them up for 10 plus minutes.. DRIVES ME BONKERS.. It takes ONE minute to warm up a piece of NEW equipment... UNLESS your below ZERO.. or above 100 degrees.. pretty simple..

Contributed to my heart attack, I kid you not.. I'm CLOSE with this guy, I'm back on the iron pile..  I'm patient as Jobe though.. Potato in the ol tailpipe time.. :-)

Don't make me uncork my 5.0 liter Eddie Bower. LOL 180 degree headers.. WhoppA!! Serious "Farm Truck" 12.9 quarter with a chip change, little turbo boost bump an NOS adjustment.
Fast PU.. LOL 20+ miles to the gallon..