I am living in Edgar Allen Poe's, Tell Tale Heart. And it's driving me similarly mad. The only difference: it isn't the beating of his hideous heart incessantly ringing in my ears. There is a distinct yet soft "beep" in the kitchen.
The beep sounds intermittently but about every 20 minutes or so. It has been beeping for months now.
I can't find it!
I don't know what it is!
It's driving me mad!
At first I thought it was the UPS for the iMac at the desk. I replaced it and was shocked to hear the beep a while later. No!
I've unplugged everything in the kitchen that requires electricity and that can be unplugged. The beep continues to mock me.
If the refrigerator requires a change of a filter, I can find no documentation of it. And I still hear the beep when I turn the refrigerator's sound feature off.
What makes the beep maddening is the imperceptibility of its location. No matter where one stands when hearing it, it always sounds like its over there—even when you're standing "over there."
It is the beeping of his hideous heart!!
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