
Who knew?! "Sabbatical" (oft postponed) will be a decidedly different journey ... after a recent late night (early morning) purchase of a metal detector was rationalized. So impromptu was the purchase that I was almost tempted to believe that forces in another dimension were influencing the questionable transaction.
... Or (more likely) I've been aware for several months that the geometry research has achieved a "good & sufficient" plateau - it's time to segue to fresh air, sunshine, human interaction, ... and non-virtual dirt.
However, I should mention that "treasure hunting" was not part of the rationalization.

I sensed that searching for hidden metal objects (including the necessary mental filtering of the audio signals from the device) might provide Psychic Awareness 101 training. Interestingly, audio-related events had occurred prior to these final years of geometry research; some of the experiences were posted to this topic.

Briefly, a key chain radiation detector would sound it's alarm in a bookstore when I was close to the bookshelf where I would find the object of my purchase desire. More intrigue than shopping device since, if I got that close to a bookshelf, I would usually find what I wanted. But what caused the device to signal only in these situations ... nowhere else in the bookstore and not when "just browsing"?
Long story short (a 3-month event): the keychain seemed to have a parasitic drain, causing me to replace that expensive disc battery every month. Closing theory: As the battery power faded, a certain power level was reached where the device could respond to a non-radiation signal. From where? A shopper's focused brain?

Another event involved the smoke/carbon_monoxide detector near my bedroom - this alarm sounded occasionally during my habitual afternoon naps ... and the decibels were significant! Long story short: Nothing was going to interfere with my naps

- the battery was removed and the alarm was silent ... for six months! Not a wise solution, but I had a similar alarm at the other end of my house. I rationalized that I would have just enough time to break a window and escape if that alarm sounded for a gas/smoke event in a different part of the house.
A nearby clock suggested that the alarm was signaling at certain Midwayer time prompts, but what was the message intended by these false signals? Who knows? I was more interested in returning to my nap and did not record the prompts during this month of audio intrigue. "Who can tell?" Maybe just friendly advice that the geometry research needed to get more serious and consistent.

These and prompt-related experiences with audio speakers (home computer and van) probably helped rationalize the purchase of another audio device: the metal detector. Already, I can imagine using the pin-pointer (a smaller device) to locate a UFO flying overhead with the signalizing caused by unseen forces/beings and not by metal detection. Admittedly, my imagination and creativity can run in squared circles.
Rod ...

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