Wise words from a wise man.
or maybe other's penetration?
@Felis_Catus_Domesticus if i recall, and this was almost 30 years ago, i think he was referring to the sound of the train in the distance or something...
...he was an off professor
A mashup of Poe and Thoreau would be pretty entertaining. The Telltale Heart, but instead of the beating of a heart, it's the noise of the ice saw on the lake slowly driving him insane.
Thoreau could be America's first HOA NIMBY.