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| message from Stefan. on 27 Jun 2005 |
Where I can download background noises from to play on my PC so I can
fake my location when I am on the phone?
You know the sort of thing I mean: railway station noises,
supermarket sounds, car driving noises, etc.
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| Brian {Hamilton Kelly} replied to Stefan. on 28 Jun 2005 |
On 27 Jun, in article
Alcester has NEVER had a "train station"; back in the days before it
closed, it had a "RAILWAY station". "Train station" is some ghastly
neologism created by the younger generations.
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| Steven Sumpter replied to Stefan. on 30 Jun 2005 |
If you have a Symbian smart phone then Callcheater will do what you
want. It was reviewed in Personal Computer World this month.
Download from:
http://www.symbianware.com/product.php?id=callcheater60&pl=n7610
If you haven't got a symbian phone then have a look at the Sendo X at
about £140, or a nokia 6630 / 6680.
Steve.
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| R. Mark Clayton replied to Stefan. on 27 Jun 2005 |
For someone so sneaky, I am surprised you haven't worked out how to find
them on the web.
BTW your wife won't fall for it - she will still hear pub noises, romantic
restaurant music, massage sounds etc., although it might work for a week or
two.... Be particularly careful not to leave your phone on auto answer
(e.g. by leaving a headset plugged in) or your missus might hear rhythmical
bed creaking noises...
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| Mike GW8IJT replied to R. Mark Clayton on 27 Jun 2005 |
LOL
Regards Mike.
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| Stefan. replied to R. Mark Clayton on 27 Jun 2005 |
On Mon 27 Jun 2005 12:30:18, R. Mark Clayton wrote:
<news:d9oo0a$ict$1@nwrdmz03.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com>
Oi, you! Who are you calling sneaky?
And I thought I was so sneaky that I was able to hide my
sneakiness! I must be slipping up. :-)
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| Jet Morgan replied to Stefan. on 27 Jun 2005 |
"Stefan." <stefan@ukmobileDELETETHISTEXT.fsworld.co.uk> wrote in message
Why not go to a supermarket/station, and record your own ?
Richard [in PE12]
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| Dave C replied to Jet Morgan on 27 Jun 2005 |
If it's to con the wife or girlfriend be careful, or you will get the
"Didn't you tell me you were at Euston, when I distinctly heard the
tannoy say the next train was for Brighton." scenario
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| Jim Howes replied to Dave C on 27 Jun 2005 |
You can actually understand station announcments???
At some of our local stations, the speakers are so heavily vandalised or
full of pigeon dodoo that a typical announcement is:
Pfmpmfmmmfmpmpfppfpffppm fmpfppppf mpfppfpff fmpmfpmpp
pmfppfpppmpmppfppp fppmmmfmpmpppffpmfppfppf fmmmpppfffpmmffmmfmpp
mmfmmmpmfpmfmffpppmfm mmmfmp mmfpmfmmmpfmmfpmmmppm
pmmfmfpppmmffmpmffppfppp mmmpppmpm pmfppfpppmpmppfppp
fppmmmfmpmpppffpmfppfppf ppfppppmfffm.
(thanks to Thunderbird's Mnenhy extension for the translation there..)
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| Peter Corlett replied to Jim Howes on 27 Jun 2005 |
Sure. I was at Birmingham New Street (aka "Mordor Central") a couple
of weeks ago, and there was an quite clear announcement for a train
going to Alcester.
Alcester hasn't had a train station since Beeching. Perhaps they were
announcing the 1963 to Alcester :)
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| Jon replied to Peter Corlett on 28 Jun 2005 |
A train station is where trains stop to pick up and set down passengers.
You don't call a bus station a "road station" do you?
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| Jet Morgan replied to Jon on 29 Jun 2005 |
The places where buses stop to pick up / set down passengers
are called bus STOPs; a bus STATION is (typically) the terminus
of a route, and is just one example of a place where buses
can PU/SD passengers.
You could legitimately say "train stop", but then that would
be easily confused with a "trainstop", which is something else
entirely.
Richard [in PE12]
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| abuse replied to Peter Corlett on 28 Jun 2005 |
Bus station or road station? :-)
Zane.
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| Andy Luckman (AJL Electronics) replied to Peter Corlett on 30 Jun 2005 |
What are you doing on *my* soapbox? You'll start on about "sidewalks" in a
minute. :-)
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| Jet Morgan replied to Andy Luckman (AJL Electronics) on 30 Jun 2005 |
Thank you B{HK} for explaining what a T**** Station was. When I was first
asked where the T**** Station was by a passer-by, I didn't know what they
meant: they were dressed as if going to a sports/keep-fit establishment, so
I though "The T****Station" was simply the trade name of one of those
establishments
(as in weight-training etc), and had to tell them honestly that I didn't
know
where it was.
Now that I *do* know, I can add it to my "John Menzies" list; that is the
list of things for which I reply with a deadpan "never heard of it"
expression
when people phrase/pronounce something wrongly.
I've noticed that some of the metrophobes have been erasing the metric
equivalents on some road signs round here (even when the metric equivalent
is in a recessive typeface). Maybe we should take a leaf out of their book
and go around overprinting "T****" with "Railway" whenever we see it on
public places etc.
Richard [in PE12]
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| graham replied to Dave C on 27 Jun 2005 |
A few years ago, there was a news article on television about a pub in
London that installed a pay phone with fake background noises.
The pay phone was installed inside a phone kiosk in the pub. It worked
just like a normal pay phone, except that it also included a noise
generator.
It was possible to select from a number of background noises that
included a train station, airport and office (photocopier etc in the
background).
Someone who saw the pub phone decided to launch a web based system
where you phoned a premium rate number. When the premium rate number
answered you would select the type of background noise and then enter
the number you wished to call. The person at the other end would hear
the background noise.
Not sure what the web site was called though.
Graham
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| Stefan. replied to Adam Aglionby on 27 Jun 2005 |
<news:1119887436.492360.125040@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>
They all seem to charge an arm and a leg. I haven't had much luck
tracking any good ones down.
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| Brian A replied to Stefan. on 28 Jun 2005 |
In order to answer the original question...
I just went to Google and entered
"sound effects" MP3
and got a shed load of links.
Remove 'no_spam_' from email address.
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