OT: drowning devices

[Don Y]

I "script" dog-n-pony's (do this; observe that...) so client has a record of everything I showed him and how it all fit together. "Weren't you paying attention??"

Better yet, have the receptionist field his call and reply, "Bowman? Oh, he doesn't work here anymore. Can someone ELSE help you??" and wait for the panic...

Clients aren't really "bad" -- they just don't seem to *think*. I always feel like I know more about their project and market than *they* do! I could understand this if they had lots of irons in the fire. But, often, it's a small startup and this project is EVERYTHING (you'd think they would know it in their sleep given their dependence on it!)

[Muggles]

Makes sense to me.

[Muggles]

When I got my first hearing aids I came home from the Dr's office, parked in my driveway, got out of my car, and stopped dead in my tracks. It was like I just heard a symphony for the first time live - I heard birds singing. Not just one or two close by, but I could hear all of them.

[Muggles]

I bet it'll take quite some time to do that.

[Muggles]

haha! Oh ... I can't count how many times I've had some snarky comments {under my breath}.

[rbowman]

They're probably happier not knowing I'm on the wrong side of the normal retirement age and have a diminished sense of humor.

[rbowman]

I don't bother with the under my breath part any more. If they fire me I file for SS and get on with my golden years.

[rbowman]

I'm hopefully a ways from that point but I do have cataracts forming. The eye doctor described the gradual yellowing of the world. He'd done the surgery on the wife of a local artist who is known for the vivid colors of his paintings. Afterward the removal she said she'd hear people talking about the beautiful colors but never thought they were anything special until she saw them unfiltered.

[Muggles]

You don't really doing like you're ready for that yet with all the hiking you do. I bet the view is beautiful.

[Muggles]

I didn't know I wasn't hearing everything other people hear, but now I hear everything, literally. Sometimes, it's hard to pick out voices or words from all the sounds. It can be hard to tell where a sound is coming from, and many sounds I don't recognize and have to ask someone what it is.

That's what it was like when I got my first hearing aids. It was like hearing the essence of "beautiful".

[Stormin Mormon]

You want a job with NSA, or with Hillary!?

Sounds like you're over qualified in either case.

- . Christopher A. Young learn more about Jesus .

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[Stormin Mormon]

Actually, there were five or so that you didn't hear, but you didn't know that. Oops!

- . Christopher A. Young learn more about Jesus .

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[rbowman]

Yes, it is.

Sometimes I see photos of the Alps or the NZ mountains where part of LOTR was filmed and think it would be nice to visit. Than I ask myself 'Why bother?'

I took a contract in Ft. Wayne IN that was supposed to be three months but lasted over a year. The work was interesting, there were a lot of fun things to do in the area, but the lack of mountains made me very uneasy.

[rbowman]

I've always had that problem. All the data is there but my DSP is not good at filtering out the relevant parts.

[Muggles]

Darn!

[Muggles]

wow ...

You have your own version of it! Beautiful.

There's no place like home.

[Muggles]

I've noticed lately when I watch tv that we've recorded that I don't have a clue as to what the dialogue is for a good portion of the shows. I have to run the video back several times before I can understand even some of it. When that doesn't work I turn up the sound more and try to read their lips by putting the sound I can hear with the movement of their lips. That helps but it doesn't always work.

[Tekkie®]

Muggles posted for all of us...

I have this problem also. I attribute it to all the background music they have. I just go to closed captioning. I have an old TV so that doesn't help either.

[Eagle]

I made one using My native language and have yet to get a reply. :D

Bent Eagle

[Eagle]

Dayam Munster dude! What works as it should anymore???