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I dont know if this is the right place for this one but if it isnt could someone move it somewhere more suitable or delete it please - thanks.
I am going back now some 20 years and, as always, will tell this story as honestly as I can remember.
It was a saturday evening ( I know this as it was the only time in the week we had friends round) sometime in summer during the 90's. It would be about 9pm and the friends and Mr B and myself were sat in the living room, drinking coffee and chatting. From the direction of the kitchen Mr B and the male friend heard something going bump, bump, bump. Mr B got up to see what it was, only for it to stop as he reached the hall. He quickly checked the kitchen and found nothing out of place so returned to the living room. A few minutes later, it happened again and again Mr B went to see what was making the noise. For a second time the noise stopped as he had got to the hall. Another check around the kitchen revealed nothing out of place and nothing that he could see that could be making the noise.
A short time later, our male friend asked to use the toilet which was at the far end of the hall. As he was returning to the living room, he had to pass the open kitchen door and it was at that point we heard the bump-bump, bump-bump again. This time our male friend noticed the tumble dryer drum rotating and the bumping was one of those washing liquid balls tumbling around in it. Nothing unusual in that other than the fact if you open a tumble dryer door when it is working, it stops tumbling and Mr B had taken the motor out of this dryer as it had some parts that needed replacing, and had placed it on top of the dryer unit. It also had no known electrcity going to it as it was unplugged. It never did it again after that night and we have never been able to explain it, even though there must be some explanation.
We have always had random electrical items come on when they have been switched off though, tv's will change channel without being programmed to do so, cd players have started playing and then stopped and shut down of their own accord - i can only assume they are receiving some sort of 'remote interference' from people/taxis etc passing the house like with cb radios back in the day. For information purposes, the house underwent a complete electrical rewire some 25 years ago.
I am going back now some 20 years and, as always, will tell this story as honestly as I can remember.
It was a saturday evening ( I know this as it was the only time in the week we had friends round) sometime in summer during the 90's. It would be about 9pm and the friends and Mr B and myself were sat in the living room, drinking coffee and chatting. From the direction of the kitchen Mr B and the male friend heard something going bump, bump, bump. Mr B got up to see what it was, only for it to stop as he reached the hall. He quickly checked the kitchen and found nothing out of place so returned to the living room. A few minutes later, it happened again and again Mr B went to see what was making the noise. For a second time the noise stopped as he had got to the hall. Another check around the kitchen revealed nothing out of place and nothing that he could see that could be making the noise.
A short time later, our male friend asked to use the toilet which was at the far end of the hall. As he was returning to the living room, he had to pass the open kitchen door and it was at that point we heard the bump-bump, bump-bump again. This time our male friend noticed the tumble dryer drum rotating and the bumping was one of those washing liquid balls tumbling around in it. Nothing unusual in that other than the fact if you open a tumble dryer door when it is working, it stops tumbling and Mr B had taken the motor out of this dryer as it had some parts that needed replacing, and had placed it on top of the dryer unit. It also had no known electrcity going to it as it was unplugged. It never did it again after that night and we have never been able to explain it, even though there must be some explanation.
We have always had random electrical items come on when they have been switched off though, tv's will change channel without being programmed to do so, cd players have started playing and then stopped and shut down of their own accord - i can only assume they are receiving some sort of 'remote interference' from people/taxis etc passing the house like with cb radios back in the day. For information purposes, the house underwent a complete electrical rewire some 25 years ago.