Well this is an interesting thread encompassing air circulation, DIY, TCM, and ‘quantum science’. What next, the psychology of how the sound of a ceiling fan can start composing music in your head?
And to combine the sound of ceiling fans with one facet of the expat experience, esp. the effects of leaving and becoming an ex-expat, we have...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEgqIY7xgtE
Re-Cut of Sheen's Opening Scene in Apocalypse Now... [1:23Mins]
------------------- [V.O. = voice-over of the thoughts in his head]
‘ INT. SAIGON HOTEL - DAY
The CAMERA MOVES slowly across the room...and we SEE
WILLARD, a young army captain. He looks out the window to
the busy Saigon street.
WILLARD (V.O.) *
Saigon...shit. I'm only in Saigon.
Every time, I think I'm gonna wake
up back in the jungle.
He moves back to the bed, lies down. He's unshaven,
exhausted, probably drunk. We SEE alcohol bottles, photos,
documents scattered on the table.
WILLARD (V.O.)
When I was home after my first
tour, it was worse. I'd wake up
and there'd be nothing. I hardly
said a word to my wife until I
said yes to a divorce. When I was
here, I wanted to be there. When
I was there...all I could think of
was getting back into the jungle.
[snip]