On Wednesday, November 25, 2015 at 5:32:39 PM UTC-5, Stormin Mormon wrote:
On 11/25/2015 12:18 PM, DerbyDad03 wrote:
I can identify! My hearing loss means that I can't hear the beginnings
and endings of many words. I may be able to hear a portion of the word
and then unconsciously read the persons lips and fill in the blanks and
understand most of what is being said, but there's been times I quoted
back to someone what I thought they said and it was so far from what
they actually said that we both just had to have a good laugh over it.

--
Maggie

That reminds me of the old "Telephone Game" we played as kids.

"Sound" familiar? Pun intended ;-)


We did that. I would really love to remember what the
start was. The end was Jeannete (birthday girl) has
ketchup in her ears.


Jeannette is getting on in years.

Jeanette is caught up in her fears.

Jeanette's so fat she has two rears.

Per rbowman:

Sometimes I wonder what happened to American creativity when so many
movies and TV series are either remakes of US or European films.

Did you see the Swedish version of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo ?

I saw the Swedish version first, then read the book in English, and then
watched the American version in English.

The American version was ok.... but only "Ok"... no comparison to the
Swedish version.

Noomie Rapace *made* the Swedish version - and she speaks perfect,
unaccented English.... so I had to wonder why they did not get her for
the American version..... but even with her in the lead role, the
American version would not have stood up to the Swedish.... It just
lacked the intricacies and nuances that the Swedish version had.
--
Pete Cresswell

Per rbowman:
Wookiee, had to be Wookiee...

You mean "Wookiee" are a group of people ?

I know there are places called "Wookey Hole" and "Wookey Hole Caves"
near Wells, but did not know that "Wookiee" or "Wookey" were a group of
people.
--
Pete Cresswell

On 11/26/2015 06:10 PM, (PeteCresswell) wrote:
I saw the Swedish version first, then read the book in English, and then
watched the American version in English.

The American version was ok.... but only "Ok"... no comparison to the
Swedish version.

I've seen Dragon Tattoo, Fire, and Hornet's Nest, all in the Swedish
versions. I've never seen the American version. I wonder if 'The Girl in
the Spider's Web' will make it to a movie. I've read mixed reviews but I
think there is some discontent when Lagercrantz stepped in after Larsson
died.

I've only seen some of the Wallander episodes in Swedish too, not the
British remakes, and read a couple of Mankell's book. It's somehow
apropos that the 'Faceless Killers' in 1991 theme revolve around
immigration and its discontents.

On 11/26/2015 06:14 PM, (PeteCresswell) wrote:
You mean "Wookiee" are a group of people ?

I know there are places called "Wookey Hole" and "Wookey Hole Caves"
near Wells, but did not know that "Wookiee" or "Wookey" were a group of
people.

Not a 'Star Wars' fan I take it? I've only seen a couple of them but
that's enough to know Chewbacca is a Wookiie from the planet Kashyyyk. I
think Wookey Hole probably was there first.

On 11/26/2015 4:18 PM, Frank wrote:
On 11/26/2015 3:38 PM, (PeteCresswell) wrote:
To cut to the chase, I could not even begin to understand what they were
saying.... And I was *trying*.... and these were my people, so-to-speak.


Can't resist. We have a lot in the US. Some call them black people.

Yo bee mofo mofo, know ahm sa-in? RAY-sist.

--
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Christopher Afro. Young
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.. www.mofos.org
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On 11/26/2015 8:09 PM, DerbyDad03 wrote:
On Wednesday, November 25, 2015 at 5:32:39 PM UTC-5, Stormin Mormon wrote:
That reminds me of the old "Telephone Game" we played as kids.

"Sound" familiar? Pun intended ;-)


We did that. I would really love to remember what the
start was. The end was Jeannete (birthday girl) has
ketchup in her ears.


Jeannette is getting on in years.

Jeanette is caught up in her fears.

Jeanette's so fat she has two rears.


When I die and go to see Jesus, and my book of life is
opened. I hope to remember to ask. It's in there some
where, I expect.

I think you're right about the start line.

--
..
Christopher A. Young
learn more about Jesus
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On 11/26/2015 2:09 PM, rbowman wrote:
On 11/26/2015 09:35 AM, Muggles wrote:
Lots of people speak fast, slur their words together, don't bother
enunciating the first or last sounds of words, plus, have some sort of
accent to go with it.

In high school there was a girl who spoke very rapidly and could be hard
to understand. A teacher said it was because her brain worked so much
faster her mouth had trouble keeping up, My personal opinion was her
brain and mouth weren't connected at all.


I've known some people like that!

--
Maggie

On 11/26/2015 3:12 PM, (PeteCresswell) wrote:
Per Muggles:
The Dr. had to see me
every day for a week to rinse out the infection and clean them out with
q-tips, which was so painful I'd cry like a baby just when he'd touch my
ears, let alone go to cleaning them. By the 5th day, he finally could
see my ear drums and the pain was bearable by that time. After the
scabs fell off from the ear drums he told me there was some scarring,
but didn't say anything about hearing loss.

I has a similar experience in the military - except for typical
incompetent military medical attention.

It was only one ear. When it was all over and the eardrum finally
ruptured inwards (MAJOR sense of relief...), it wrapped around the
little bones in the ear.

Got back to the doc that had not treated me properly, he snapped his
fingers a few times, said "Can you hear that".... "Nope, not a
thing...", then he took a look in there and this "Oh **** !" expression
crossed his face... and I think he knew he could be in trouble over this
one..... sent me to a specialist who took a little suction tube and
un-stuck the eardrum from the bones and tacked it back in place.

But I do not think I lost any hearing from that one.... because it would
have shown up on tests as different results for each ear.

A side "benefit" of the chain saw experience was constant very high
pitched tones in both ears......


All-in-all, I'll take the deafness because before that I was constantly
tormented by sounds that were above the pitch that most people can hear.
Had to quit a perfectly good management trainee job at the local bank
because I could hear the ultrasonic emitters for the security system and
they practically blew my brains out....

wow. I've never heard of that kind of problem before.



--
Maggie

On 11/26/2015 4:17 PM, Stormin Mormon wrote:
On 11/26/2015 11:48 AM, Muggles wrote:

They looked at me as if "I" was the problem and said to me, "Can't you
go work somewhere else?"

My response, "My OFFICE is there ----------! What is wrong with you??"

They managed to turn it down and a few weeks later they had a
representative go through our part of the building and listen to just
how loud their music really was. {{dimwits}} sheeeeeeesh


"can't you work some where else". Moments like that,
large caliber handguns increase in appeal.


yeah like, where was I supposed to work? Oh, I could claim someone
elses office? lol

--
Maggie

On Thursday, November 26, 2015 at 3:12:44 PM UTC-6, (PeteCresswell) wrote:
Per Muggles:
The Dr. had to see me
every day for a week to rinse out the infection and clean them out with
q-tips, which was so painful I'd cry like a baby just when he'd touch my
ears, let alone go to cleaning them. By the 5th day, he finally could
see my ear drums and the pain was bearable by that time. After the
scabs fell off from the ear drums he told me there was some scarring,
but didn't say anything about hearing loss.

I has a similar experience in the military - except for typical
incompetent military medical attention.

It was only one ear. When it was all over and the eardrum finally
ruptured inwards (MAJOR sense of relief...), it wrapped around the
little bones in the ear.

Got back to the doc that had not treated me properly, he snapped his
fingers a few times, said "Can you hear that".... "Nope, not a
thing...", then he took a look in there and this "Oh **** !" expression
crossed his face... and I think he knew he could be in trouble over this
one..... sent me to a specialist who took a little suction tube and
un-stuck the eardrum from the bones and tacked it back in place.

But I do not think I lost any hearing from that one.... because it would
have shown up on tests as different results for each ear.

A side "benefit" of the chain saw experience was constant very high
pitched tones in both ears......


All-in-all, I'll take the deafness because before that I was constantly
tormented by sounds that were above the pitch that most people can hear.
Had to quit a perfectly good management trainee job at the local bank
because I could hear the ultrasonic emitters for the security system and
they practically blew my brains out....

OTOH, this lady who sat right under one of them - and claimed she could
not hear anything - had these huge bags under he eyes and dark circles
around her eyes - so I have to wonder if there is an effect even though
a person cannot hear the sound.
--
Pete Cresswell

I take it that the high pitched squeal from the horizontal output transformer in a CRT monitor or TV set is something you could also hear. I can still hear them and if the AC is off, the door closed and no one in this wing is screaming, I can hear ticking from the battery operated wall clock that's 15 feet away from me. I've always avoided loud noise even though as a young man chasing girls, I attended rock concerts. When I got older I would wear hearing protection when I was doing service work in bars and clubs where there was very loud music coming from the sound system. When it's very quiet, I hear the slight ringing in my ears from mild tinnitus but I can still hear a cockroach skittering around in the crumpled paper inside a trashcan. I can also hear the little critter scream when the bug spray hits it. ヽ(€¢€¿€¢)ノ

[8~{} Uncle Deaf Monster

On 11/28/2015 3:02 AM, Uncle Monster wrote:
On Thursday, November 26, 2015 at 3:12:44 PM UTC-6, (PeteCresswell) wrote:
Per Muggles:
The Dr. had to see me
every day for a week to rinse out the infection and clean them out with
q-tips, which was so painful I'd cry like a baby just when he'd touch my
ears, let alone go to cleaning them. By the 5th day, he finally could
see my ear drums and the pain was bearable by that time. After the
scabs fell off from the ear drums he told me there was some scarring,
but didn't say anything about hearing loss.

I has a similar experience in the military - except for typical
incompetent military medical attention.

It was only one ear. When it was all over and the eardrum finally
ruptured inwards (MAJOR sense of relief...), it wrapped around the
little bones in the ear.

Got back to the doc that had not treated me properly, he snapped his
fingers a few times, said "Can you hear that".... "Nope, not a
thing...", then he took a look in there and this "Oh **** !" expression
crossed his face... and I think he knew he could be in trouble over this
one..... sent me to a specialist who took a little suction tube and
un-stuck the eardrum from the bones and tacked it back in place.

But I do not think I lost any hearing from that one.... because it would
have shown up on tests as different results for each ear.

A side "benefit" of the chain saw experience was constant very high
pitched tones in both ears......


All-in-all, I'll take the deafness because before that I was constantly
tormented by sounds that were above the pitch that most people can hear.
Had to quit a perfectly good management trainee job at the local bank
because I could hear the ultrasonic emitters for the security system and
they practically blew my brains out....

OTOH, this lady who sat right under one of them - and claimed she could
not hear anything - had these huge bags under he eyes and dark circles
around her eyes - so I have to wonder if there is an effect even though
a person cannot hear the sound.
--
Pete Cresswell

I take it that the high pitched squeal from the horizontal output transformer
in a CRT monitor or TV set is something you could also hear. I can still hear
them and if the AC is off, the door closed and no one in this wing is screaming,
I can hear ticking from the battery operated wall clock that's 15 feet away
from me. I've always avoided loud noise even though as a young man chasing
girls, I attended rock concerts. When I got older I would wear hearing
protection when I was doing service work in bars and clubs where there was
very loud music coming from the sound system. When it's very quiet, I hear
the slight ringing in my ears from mild tinnitus but I can still hear a
cockroach skittering around in the crumpled paper inside a trashcan. I can
also hear the little critter scream when the bug spray hits it. ヽ(€¢€¿€¢)ノ


I can hear stuff like that with my hearing aids in, but don't always
know what I'm hearing.


--
Maggie

On 11/28/2015 11:23 AM, Muggles wrote:
On 11/28/2015 3:02 AM, Uncle Monster wrote:
protection when I was doing service work in bars and clubs where there was
very loud music coming from the sound system. When it's very quiet, I hear
the slight ringing in my ears from mild tinnitus but I can still hear a
cockroach skittering around in the crumpled paper inside a trashcan. I can
also hear the little critter scream when the bug spray hits it. ヽ(€¢€¿€¢)ノ


I can hear stuff like that with my hearing aids in, but don't always
know what I'm hearing.


Well, I usually git my gun. Oh, wait,
need to go buy one before I can git
it. Well, never mind.

--
..
Christopher A. Young
learn more about Jesus
.. www.lds.org
..
..

On 11/28/2015 4:02 AM, Uncle Monster wrote:

I take it that the high pitched squeal from the
horizontal output transformer in a CRT monitor or
TV set is something you could also hear. I can
still hear them and if the AC is off, the door
closed and no one in this wing is screaming, I can
hear ticking from the battery operated wall clock
that's 15 feet away from me. I've always avoided
loud noise even though as a young man chasing girls,
I attended rock concerts. When I got older I would
wear hearing protection when I was doing service
work in bars and clubs where there was very loud
music coming from the sound system. When it's very
quiet, I hear the slight ringing in my ears from
mild tinnitus but I can still hear a cockroach
skittering around in the crumpled paper inside a
trashcan. I can also hear the little critter
scream when the bug spray hits it. ヽ(€¢€¿€¢)ノ

[8~{} Uncle Deaf Monster


I some times wonder what it's like to have hearing.
Or (back on subject) to have a gun?

I'm fortunate, not to have done service work in
excessivly loud areas. If I did, certainly use
hearing protection. Bring a note pad and pen to
communicate.

--
..
Christopher A. Young
learn more about Jesus
.. www.lds.org
..
..

Tekkie® posted for all of us...



Frank posted for all of us...



NYC radio says ISIS on the roadways of upper New York state.

Nuke, don't just repute ISIS®. You saw it here first.

I meant rebuke ISIS.

--
Tekkie

On 11/24/2015 04:30 PM, Stormin Mormon wrote:
On 11/24/2015 2:40 PM, Frank wrote:
On 11/24/2015 12:20 PM, Stormin Mormon wrote:
On 11/24/2015 9:08 AM, Frank wrote:
NYC radio says ISIS on the roadways of upper New York state.

I'm in trouble!

Just listening to Glenn Beck, says that the
Soviet province of Crimea has been in power
cut for a couple days, no known reason why.

The planet is not getting any better.

This was a false alarm.

Listening to it carefully the NYC radio said:

Ice is on the roadways of upper New York state.

Sorry if I alarmed you.

1) hard to see
2) takes you by surprise
3) Can be lethal or cause folks to behead or
be crippled for life
4) Not US citizen

And, your point was? Sounds close enough
for government work. No worries, and apology
accepted.



Would this work on that black ISIS? What is the
melting point on that stuff anyway.

On 11/29/2015 01:26 AM, T wrote:
On 11/24/2015 04:30 PM, Stormin Mormon wrote:
On 11/24/2015 2:40 PM, Frank wrote:
On 11/24/2015 12:20 PM, Stormin Mormon wrote:
On 11/24/2015 9:08 AM, Frank wrote:
NYC radio says ISIS on the roadways of upper New York state.

I'm in trouble!

Just listening to Glenn Beck, says that the
Soviet province of Crimea has been in power
cut for a couple days, no known reason why.

The planet is not getting any better.

This was a false alarm.

Listening to it carefully the NYC radio said:

Ice is on the roadways of upper New York state.

Sorry if I alarmed you.

1) hard to see
2) takes you by surprise
3) Can be lethal or cause folks to behead or
be crippled for life
4) Not US citizen

And, your point was? Sounds close enough
for government work. No worries, and apology
accepted.



Would this work on that black ISIS? What is the
melting point on that stuff anyway.

https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=...hrower.jpg&f=1

On 11/29/2015 4:26 AM, T wrote:
On 11/24/2015 04:30 PM, Stormin Mormon wrote:
1) hard to see
2) takes you by surprise
3) Can be lethal or cause folks to behead or
be crippled for life
4) Not US citizen

And, your point was? Sounds close enough
for government work. No worries, and apology
accepted.



Would this work on that black ISIS? What is the
melting point on that stuff anyway.

Melting! Baah, perish the thought. Black ISIS matters.

BTW, about thay too grees. Fayn hat. No ahm sain?

--
..
Christopher A. Young
learn more about Jesus
.. www.lds.org
..
..

On 11/29/2015 4:26 AM, T wrote:
On 11/24/2015 04:30 PM, Stormin Mormon wrote:
On 11/24/2015 2:40 PM, Frank wrote:
On 11/24/2015 12:20 PM, Stormin Mormon wrote:
On 11/24/2015 9:08 AM, Frank wrote:
NYC radio says ISIS on the roadways of upper New York state.

I'm in trouble!

Just listening to Glenn Beck, says that the
Soviet province of Crimea has been in power
cut for a couple days, no known reason why.

The planet is not getting any better.

This was a false alarm.

Listening to it carefully the NYC radio said:

Ice is on the roadways of upper New York state.

Sorry if I alarmed you.

1) hard to see
2) takes you by surprise
3) Can be lethal or cause folks to behead or
be crippled for life
4) Not US citizen

And, your point was? Sounds close enough
for government work. No worries, and apology
accepted.



Would this work on that black ISIS? What is the
melting point on that stuff anyway.

Was wondering about heat required to melt ice and find it is 80 cal/g.

That is why, once it is formed, it sticks around for a while even when
surrounding air is warmer.

Heat of vaporization is 540 cal/g.

DIY'ers should have some concept of this when it comes to plumbing and
heating. For example there are humidifiers sold that use hot water
claiming it vaporizes easier. Yes, but when you look at the heat
requirements to convert from liquid to gas, its minor.