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 02/05/2008, 19:03
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mooky
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How privileged you are to hear the sound of nature. Nuture it, and respect it. Or quite frankly move. Every living creature has a place on this world. If we can't respect a pond full of frogs, then we are in a very sorry, sad state ourselves.
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03/05/2008, 8:42
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cassis
 
Joined on 28/12/2007
Manhattan and Glasgow
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As for those screaming swifts ... ![Smile [:)]](/cs/images/emotions/smile.gif)
Zoggy played guitar, jammin' good with Weird and Golly.
Lyrics copyright Sausage Music 2008
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05/05/2008, 15:24
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steve
Joined on 30/01/2006
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I cannot believe that someone could be shallow enough to complain about the noise made by frogs, and have 8 shallower friends, who left because of the noise!
Pond = frogs...... simple as that.
Frogs make noise, so do the crickets and other insects and nightbirds. If you lost the frogs, how would you go about a mass cull of the crickets? Turn your lawn into a mass of sticky traps?
We are surrounded by ponds, in fact we have one a metre away from our house in our back garden, the kitchen looks out onto it, and our bedroom over it. We have at least 20 in that pond. Out of the front of the house, we have another pond, and a stream, and a large lake, all full of frogs. Our neighbours have 3 or 4 large ponds, that they breed frogs in. None of our friends have walked out in the evening because of the noise, they all love it and find it fascinating and we certainly haven't lost any sleep because of it.
We came from an area where we had helicopters flying over all times of day and night, tanks thundering past throughout day and night, lorries cars etc.... I certainly know which I prefer,
IT'S CALLED LIVING IN THE COUNTRY!!!!!!
(Must stress to the cats that frogs are a protected species though..... they do like to scare them! ![Big Smile [:D]](/cs/images/emotions/biggrin.gif)
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05/05/2008, 15:32
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cassis
Joined on 28/12/2007
Manhattan and Glasgow
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05/05/2008, 16:12
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Cathy
Joined on 07/03/2006
Mostly near Bordeaux; Sometimes near Bristol
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... or next to the Chinook headquarters in Liphook, Hampshire.
Cathy
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Your children won't remember you ironing their pyjamas but they will remember you reading them a bedside story.
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05/05/2008, 16:13
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Cathy
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06/05/2008, 8:13
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steve
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06/05/2008, 19:36
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inkflo
Joined on 29/02/2008
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I have read these postings about the frogs with great interest & I can see the points of view of all sides here.
Yes, the frog noise can come as a bit of a shock, (laughing Hyenas come to mind!) But, once you realise that they are part & parcel of living in the French countryside, then I think you have to have a sense of humour about it.
We lived in Spain & the Cicadas (night time chain saws) came as a surprise to us at first, just as the frogs did when we moved here. I have to agree though that country life is wonderful & those Cicadas & frogs were here long before the human, car & motor bike (sorry Bugbear!) moved in.
The frogs do wake us up sometimes, but we love the windows open all year round & the owls, snuffling badgers, hedgehogs, nightingales and ... yes the frogs are all part of this wonderful environment.
They are all natural sounds of the planet, I expect our snoring & other bodily noises wouldn't sound too great to a frog anyway
It's all a bit like road noise, you won't think about it after a time... really.. you won't!
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06/05/2008, 19:54
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Clair
Joined on 23/08/2004
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I always sleep with the windows open (curtain closed).
In the UK, the noise of the passing traffic would build up from 5 am and I would have to get up and close the windows.
Here, I rather enjoy the sound of the dawn chorus...
Clair, a Real Virtual French Person
La vérité est si obscurcie en ce temps et le mensonge si établi, qu'à moins d'aimer la vérité, on ne saurait la reconnaître. (Blaise Pascal)
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07/05/2008, 10:36
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Belle
Joined on 05/03/2008
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This is a reply mainly to mooky and steve, mooky I had to shake my head at your comment, YOU say to me that I should repect the sound of nature, I gave you lots of sympathy when your noise was upsetting you, i.e neighbours, I class those B----y frogs as my noisey neighbours, they drive me mad du ring the day, and keep me awake at night, I can't write to the gendarms like you, maybe very shortly your neighbours will be gone, mine won't,and they will be back next year. Steve, how dare you call me shallow, I wouldnt have dreamt of saying that to you, I have lived all my life with traffic noise, I could have touched the trains at the bottom of my garden, we had one going past every half hour, none of that was a problem to us, so instead of calling you shallow I would have understood that different noises mean different things to different people, also incase you think moving is an option, it isn't, we couldn't afford to.
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