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Hah! I've been on a conference call while in a building under an airport's departure corridor. If you're trying to talk, it sounds kinda like this:

"So, about that system rrrrrrrrrrrRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH and you think so?" (excuse the bad jet noises)

That was a fun hour or so - especially since, even muting the mic when you're not talking, when planes are taking off every 60 seconds, you're bound to get some background noise...

I've been dialing into conference calls all week from China, where it's still Lunar New Year. This means fireworks and firecrackers, from 8am til midnight. Sounds just like shells and machine guns.

"No, I don't live in a war zone, it's just Chinese New Year."

I have a hard believing that you'd be able to even do a conference call in the thick of it (especially the new year eve fireworks). I can barely have a conversation with the person in front of me, let alone do anything with the phone. Truly, a war zone isn't that bad.

I really thought I'd be relatively safe at 8am on day 8 of the holiday... clearly not the case :)

Ditto for Tuesdays at noon.