My
Hissing Heater Audio Surprise
By:
Pete Phillips
January 26, 2005
You know on TV or in a movie, where a guy complains
so much about how he has it and things only get worse? Well Luksic
has taken a dangerous turn for the worse in room 108, or 107, wherever
the hell I live. You can only assume that when you have a building
built sometime in the Middle Ages, that things won't be 100% up
to par. I'm not one to expect the best in all things either. I am
good with just getting by. I like to be comfortable, but not excessive.
Luksic would be perfect for me if I thought it was up to health
codes. I kid you, of course. The roaches have been missing for quite
some time and they have really been kind when they do come around.
The bathroom health code still must be in violation. Either that,
or the code needs to be changed to add required drainage so as to
avert the build up of mysterious bacteria. But hey, you're heard
all this before, right?
I'd like to pitch a new danger to you today, and
that is the heating system. I can only assume the system was installed
in the 50's, at best. We all know that things have changed since
the 50's and most things have been advancements, except in morals
and ethics. Anyway though, my heater has thought it best to start
spitting water. This phenomenon was warned as a possibility by former
residents, who bestowed upon me all of their Luksic knowledge. Last
year it did leak, but there was no dangerous spitting-- furthermore
it was much more polite. Now the heater spits and makes more noise
than I would like to hear which generally explains my sleepless
boughts at night.
Let me go further to explain this torturous situation.
First of all, waves of heat bombard me throughout the night. This
isn't terribly awful because in the winter, heat can be quite good
at times. Suffice it to say, I'm better with heat than without.
Of course if I get caught in a fire, then I would rather be without
heat. Moving along... The noise my heater now makes is terribly
teasing because it sounds like a person frying some sort of breakfast
food. However, when I turn around there is no bacon-- no eggs--
no french fries. This is okay since I'm normally not starving, but
it sucks because it's pretty damn loud. Also, since this heat dries
out my sinuses, it would probably not be wise to put in ear plugs
to keep out the noise because that may be the only hole in my head
that isn't sealed shut-- unless I'm snoring.
This was all just fluff though. I just wanted to
post an audio clip of the noise my heater makes. I hope you enjoy
that media aspect from the ol' site and I would also like to congratulate
you for not being me.
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