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Old 08-04-2021, 10:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Kahuna32162 View Post
What a great idea, let’s build thousands of new homes with no regard for the wildlife that is displaced. Let’s get rid of everything that irritates us.
Unbelievable, isn't it.
Some years ago a poster, new to TV, complained about noise from mockingbirds in the bushes outside her bedroom window.
In PA where I grew up, the sound of the cicadas meant August and summer winding down. Kind of bittersweet--the end of summer, but looking forward to new school clothes, return to a schedule of sorts, reuniting with friends.
Like someone up-thread said, the sound (we would hear as adults in Ohio and Michigan and sometimes here) brings back an actual feeling. I'm immediately back in the '50s & '60s.
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