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[M.]

Quiet.

Try the inside of a freezer after about three bottles of vodka in Irkutsk in the winter. Quiet and comfy....if you have a dublionka on.........

m.

[Shaman]

I lived in a tenement in Paris that a colleague described as having a "Les Miserables" charm to it. Domestic discord ran rampant at Dysfunction Junction. The abandoned appliances and materials (eg. a sink, stove, bricks, sticks) that were strewn about the hallways proved useful as battering rams after the latest romantic peccadillo had been discovered (usually 3 a.m.). However, I must admit that my French slang improved immensely . Bellowing (en anglais) worked the first time - probably out of shock value. It dried up quickly after that. Get the earplugs - they work.

I agree with richard ame. For the earlier hours, I opted for one of two methods.
1. The passive - I put on the headphones and listen to something relaxing (classical, jazz, blues).
2. Fight fire with fire - I pulled out the nastiest CD I could find. I introduced the noisy neighbours to the stylings of Motorhead. If only the volume could have gone up to 11...

Shaman

[itslatedoors]

Live under the sea or in a pond.

[pirateinpanama]

Forget about Latin America too. Nothing quite like a culture that loves to blast music at all hours, speak when you�re speaking, honk horns for trivial reasons, and are just noisemakers in general. Try a south Pacific atoll.

[zakiah25]

Yes but avoid that atoll in the Pacific where the French did their nuclear testing!