OT - Stormin, git yur gun

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

Reply to
Frank
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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.

Reply to
Stormin Mormon

This was a false alarm.

Listen Ice is on the roadways of upper New York state.

Sorry if I alarmed you.

Reply to
Frank

No known reason? Someone blew up a few of the transmission lines from Ukraine.

Reply to
taxed and spent

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.

Reply to
Stormin Mormon

Sorry, mis spoke. No one has claimed credit for the transmission line explosion. Details when available.

Reply to
Stormin Mormon

Its a pun.

Also my aged hearing.

Wife told me once what sounded like she was worried about black guys on her drive to the city. She was actually saying black ice.

Reply to
Frank

probably some solar energy installation company.

Reply to
taxed and spent

Oh, that's a funny one. Hate those black guys on the road.

We also have a leafy green area, some drive east of me, folks talk about Lawn Guyland. That, and New Yak Sitty, where the animals are all sitting down.

Reply to
Stormin Mormon

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.

Reply to
Muggles

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

"Sound" familiar? Pun intended ;-)

Reply to
DerbyDad03

Getting older you can use it to your advantage, telling folks that your hearing, memory and vision aren't what they used to be and they will have to repeat something or help you.

The same mistakes can happen when you are much younger but then you have no good excuse.

Reply to
Frank

yeah! haha

Reply to
Muggles

My hearing loss happened when I was a teenager, but I didn't know I'd lost any hearing at all. I thought what I was hearing was normal, so all the years following the loss (the dr. told me) my brain compensated for the loss by filling in the blanks of words in sentences because I could still hear parts of the words and just "remembered" what they sounded like. So, fast forward to about 5 years ago when I had a routine hearing test, my Dr. told me that there are people who have selective hearing loss, people who just have minor issues with their hearing, and then there's ME. I was told I had profound to severe hearing loss and needed hearing aids in both ears.

When I don't wear them the world is relatively quiet. I can hear sounds and peoples voices, but if the people aren't looking at me or in another room I can't really understand what they are saying. When I do wear the hearing aids they turn up all sound, and the sound ranges I've lost are turned up even higher, so that I can hear everything, but everything is loud, including all ambient background noise. It just so happens that a majority of men's voices, and some women's voice fall within the same tone range as background noise. That means I actually have to be able to read those people lips and combine what I think is the sound from their spoken words and pick those sounds out from amongst all the background noise. It's an adventure for sure!

You said "WHAT? The cat in the pot couldn't be cooked well-done???"

Reply to
Muggles

Per Oren:

My neighbor calls it "Male pattern deafness.".

Reply to
(PeteCresswell)

Frank posted for all of us...

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

Reply to
Tekkie®

I take business calls from a company. The woman (who has been sending me calls) phones, and I can make out about 1/4 of what she says. I read back to her what I thought she said, and ask her fill in the rest.

One call last week, I had a question. I carfully typed an email, and sent it off. About thirty seconds later, the phone rings. I answer. Can't hardly tell what she is saying. Some thing about a phone call being more personal. Yah, and also maddeningly frustrating when I have to try five times to (audio) hear what I could (visual) read on the screen. And I think and process information visually. So, I end up writing down what she said, and then reading it for my brain to comprehend what it took five tries for her to say.

Look, silly. I sent you an email. That means I want the reply by email, got it now?

Reply to
Stormin Mormon

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

Reply to
Stormin Mormon

Sounded like Derby Dad doesn't like moaners invading Usenet cluelessly, and that he hates me.

Reply to
Stormin Mormon

Per Oren:

I like one of my fellow windsurfer's "That woman can talk the balls off of a pool table."

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(PeteCresswell)

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