I grew up in a house with a grandfather clock that did its thing ever quarter hour. By the third quarter of each hour, the chiming was a full 6-8 seconds, and as you can imagine, at night, when you're most likely to be relaxing and watching TV, it was chiming anywhere from 8-12 seconds on the hour. The d@mn thing was 15ft from the TV. It was an absolute nuisance and very, very frustrating.It's not a huge mistake but probably the biggest mistake we made when choosing a house design for our current residence was selecting one with a great room. Seems like it never fails that a movie I'm watching gets to a critical point and someone walks into the kitchen area to fix a snack and "clatter, clank, thud" noises from dishes, cupboard doors, and the refrigerator doors interrupt the show.
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