Stupid thoughts

[Bobbygun]

Or even up close once you learn when to turn them down.

Shucks, I don't even wear hearing aids. Can't hear my wife from the passenger's seat. She's always fiddling with the volume on the radio/CD player though.

 

[solv3nt]

Shucks, I don't even wear hearing aids. Can't hear my wife from the passenger's seat. She's always fiddling with the volume on the radio/CD player though.

Dude, there's no small adjustments with my wife. It's full tilt or nothing. So much for a few clicks.

 

[CamoDeafie]

Sign language is the manual transmission of languages

It takes hands, hand coordination, focus, practice, and is not as ubiquitous as spoken (automatic) languages,
And can be quicker on data transmission between people (speed of light vs sound, baby!)

 

[Flopsweat]

Sign language is the manual transmission of languages

It takes hands, hand coordination, focus, practice, and is not as ubiquitous as spoken (automatic) languages,
And can be quicker on data transmission between people (speed of light vs sound, baby!)

And you can't catch hearing aids.

 

[CamoDeafie]

And you can't catch hearing aids.

Not without them being dropped or thrown

 

[DunRanull]

Maybe one day my wife will quit trying to talk to me from the other end of the house.

Amen to that, bro! Or, should I say "I hear that!"??

 

[solv3nt]

Not without them being dropped or thrown

"Dropped" you say.

 

[The Heretic]

Maybe one day my wife will quit trying to talk to me from the other end of the house.

When people try talking to me from a distance, I keep telling them "I can hear you are saying something, but I can't understand what you are saying". It is ten times worse when their back is to me. Most acquaintances know I have a significant hearing deficit but they seem to not want to take it into account.

 

[Flopsweat]

When people try talking to me from a distance, I keep telling them "I can hear you are saying something, but I can't understand what you are saying". It is ten times worse when their back is to me. Most acquaintances know I have a significant hearing deficit but they seem to not want to take it into account.

I had a golf "buddy" who would talk to me on the course while facing away despite my repeatedly telling him that I can't hear him. I finally gave up and just ignored him when he did that. This didn't stop him, but it annoyed me less. Eventually I realized this was just one part of a larger pattern of passive-aggressive behavior and stopped golfing with him.

 

[The Heretic]

I had a golf "buddy" who would talk to me on the course while facing away despite my repeatedly telling him that I can't hear him. I finally gave up and just ignored him when he did that. This didn't stop him, but it annoyed me less. Eventually I realized this was just one part of a larger pattern of passive-aggressive behavior and stopped golfing with him.

To be fair, I know that the people who do this (at least most of them) are forgetting (or don't realize) that turning their back on me cuts way down on the volume/etc. of their speech. So I have to remind them. Same goes for distance.

OTOH - I've had a few people who get frustrated with me when I ask them to repeat themselves - sometimes to the point of them seeming to get mad at me. Those are the people that in turn make me mad because they do not have the patience to deal with my disability. I am glad I no longer have to deal with such people (I am thinking of one person in particular I used to work with).

Additionally, for me, they may also need to slow down and enunciate their words - in part due to my hearing, but also because I have always (since I was a child) speech processing problems (I think I always had a level of hearing deficit too, just not near as bad as today) - it isn't just spoken speech either, it can be closed-captioned text too.

 

[Flopsweat]

To be fair, I know that the people who do this (at least most of them) are forgetting (or don't realize) that turning their back on me cuts way down on the volume/etc. of their speech. So I have to remind them. Same goes for distance.

OTOH - I've had a few people who get frustrated with me when I ask them to repeat themselves - sometimes to the point of them seeming to get mad at me. Those are the people that in turn make me mad because they do not have the patience to deal with my disability. I am glad I no longer have to deal with such people (I am thinking of one person in particular I used to work with).

Additionally, for me, they may also need to slow down and enunciate their words - in part due to my hearing, but also because I have always (since I was a child) speech processing problems (I think I always had a level of hearing deficit too, just not near as bad as today) - it isn't just spoken speech either, it can be closed-captioned text too.

I'm sure there are people who just forget. I'm fine with them.

 

[Flopsweat]

Back on topic.

 

[FATAL125]

What if...

When you walk into a room and forget why you're there, it was because you ran into an alien and he had to erase your memory so he could escape...

 

[Capn Jack]

I've told my wife when she reaches the stage of not being able to remember who I am, she can call me anyone she wants and have a different lover every week.

 

[Richo877]

What if...

When you walk into a room and forget why you're there, it was because you ran into an alien and he had to erase your memory so he could escape...

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What's the .gif? I don't see anything.

 

[Richo877]

 

[FATAL125]

What's the .gif? I don't see anything.

 

[ditchtiger]

I've had my wife rambling along and I'll stop her and ask. Are you talking to me or the dogs because I'm not paying attention. Always gets quiet after that.

 

[1uz86]

In all the years I have worn windbreakers, I've never found one that kept me from breaking wind.

Far to true

 

[1uz86]

I've had my wife rambling along and I'll stop her and ask. Are you talking to me or the dogs because I'm not paying attention. Always gets quiet after that.

Happens daily