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Originally Posted by abshipp
What was?
One time I fired a #&$ without any ear protection. That was a mistake. It seems like it was ten minutes or so before things started sounding normally again.
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
Lawn equipment is louder than the trumpet. I usually have some ear protection, but haven't always.
One time I fired a #&$ without any ear protection. That was a mistake. It seems like it was ten minutes or so before things started sounding normally again.
One time I fired a #&$ without any ear protection. That was a mistake. It seems like it was ten minutes or so before things started sounding normally again.
Yeah, took me a minute.
01-25-21, 11:34 AM
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Originally Posted by big john
What is a #&$? A weapon?
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
There are certain topics that are no no here. #ShortLeash
01-25-21, 11:42 AM
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i've been next to a lightning strike. I raced motocross on two strokes before mufflers were required. The loudest noise i've been subjected to was as InSync concert with my daughter. (not the band, the girls watching).
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Originally Posted by WhyFi
It's similar but better. It uses the same engine, but there are some tweaks to gameplay and the storylines, and story telling in general, are better.
Character creation and the tutorial is the most tedious bit - is that what turned you off?
Character creation and the tutorial is the most tedious bit - is that what turned you off?
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01-25-21, 11:58 AM
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Originally Posted by LowCel
Howdy all, thought I would stop in to say hello and to post a progress update. I've been doing pretty okay recently on my diet and exercise. I managed to ride a little over 5,300 miles last year and have a goal of 6,000 miles for 2021.
I'm currently down 85 pounds, from 295 to 210. I'm still just as ugly but that isn't nearly as easy to fix. My initial goal is to get to 195 then decide if I want to go lower.
Anyway, that's about it for me. Hope everyone is doing well.
I'm currently down 85 pounds, from 295 to 210. I'm still just as ugly but that isn't nearly as easy to fix. My initial goal is to get to 195 then decide if I want to go lower.
Anyway, that's about it for me. Hope everyone is doing well.
01-25-21, 12:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
Nope. Even if I had the interest/money, I suspect my hearing is not up to the task of appreciating the sound nuance.
01-25-21, 12:05 PM
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Originally Posted by genejockey
UPDATE: I found it! Strava put it in January of 2015! I contacted Strava Support about moving it to the right date. We'll see what happens.
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
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01-25-21, 12:12 PM
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Originally Posted by abshipp
What is the University of Tennessee trying to hide?
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Originally Posted by Trsnrtr
Generally, it's all of the A. B. C. dialogue. I'm not a fan of choosing the dialogue.
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Originally Posted by ls01
Stop living in the past...
Walk a mile to drink your water...
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Originally Posted by big john
What is a #&$? A weapon?
Yeah, took me a minute.
Yeah, took me a minute.
"'I have a gub. Give me all your cash.' Gub? What's a gub?"
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
Lawn equipment is louder than the trumpet. I usually have some ear protection, but haven't always.
One time I fired a #&$ without any ear protection. That was a mistake. It seems like it was ten minutes or so before things started sounding normally again.
One time I fired a #&$ without any ear protection. That was a mistake. It seems like it was ten minutes or so before things started sounding normally again.
Dinner was in a tent, right next to the flagpole where the cannon was sitting and during dessert and dancing and toasts and whatnot, I remembered the extra shell in my pocket and it was obvious what needed to be done. This time I enlisted some help, a real retired line officer, former XO of the Kittyhawk, i.e., the real thing. I put fingers in both ears and made him do it. He was terrified.
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Originally Posted by Mojo31
I now wear hearing protection when using gas powered lawn equipment as well.
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01-25-21, 12:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Mojo31
That is a mistake, and you're lucky it returned to normal. About 2 years ago, I was using electronic hearing protection that failed while at an indoor range. Ended up losing a fair bit of left ear hearing. Only do it outdoors now, with ear plugs and muffs.
I now wear hearing protection when using gas powered lawn equipment as well.
I now wear hearing protection when using gas powered lawn equipment as well.
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Originally Posted by bampilot06
I get addicted, and start wanting to play all the time. The worst part about it, I usually feel worse after than before I started. Now my time is so limited I don’t have the time even if I wanted. I did just pass level 1439 on candy crush.
Now, yeah, it's only occasionally that I have large blocks of time to myself, so I've got no real desire to start up something again.
01-25-21, 12:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
One time I fired a #&$ without any ear protection. That was a mistake. It seems like it was ten minutes or so before things started sounding normally again.
Originally Posted by BillyD
Same. Too many live bands in small clubs & bars.
My hearing isn't awful, but there is some tinnitus there.
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Originally Posted by MoAlpha
At a sailing buddy's wedding, they borrowed a yacht race starting cannon, which fires a blank shot#&$ shell, to fire at some point in the ceremony. The crowd was mainly military and because they me pegged as the only corps officer in the bunch and a big city, lib, academic, Jew and had nothing else for me to do, they naturally made me fire the cannon. I put a finger in the near ear and pulled the lanyard with the far hand and HOE-LEE ****! was that loud! I had actually fired a #&$s, including shot#&$s, in the past, without hearing protection because I was a punk-ass kid, and this was way louder. I had tinnitus for many minutes and I'm sure it took my auditory thresholds on the left down a permanent notch.
Dinner was in a tent, right next to the flagpole where the cannon was sitting and during dessert and dancing and toasts and whatnot, I remembered the extra shell in my pocket and it was obvious what needed to be done. This time I enlisted some help, a real retired line officer, former XO of the Kittyhawk, i.e., the real thing. I put fingers in both ears and made him do it. He was terrified.
Dinner was in a tent, right next to the flagpole where the cannon was sitting and during dessert and dancing and toasts and whatnot, I remembered the extra shell in my pocket and it was obvious what needed to be done. This time I enlisted some help, a real retired line officer, former XO of the Kittyhawk, i.e., the real thing. I put fingers in both ears and made him do it. He was terrified.
And, no, he's not a member of any militia.
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My dad has bad hearing, and I think my hearing is going as well. If you talk to my wife she would tell you i’m deaf, what she wouldn’t tell you is that she always try’s to have conversations with me when she is on the opposite side of the house. Or when we are in the car she talks to her window instead of looking at me.
But yes, I am deaf.
But yes, I am deaf.
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Originally Posted by bampilot06
My dad has bad hearing, and I think my hearing is going as well. If you talk to my wife she would tell you i’m deaf, what she wouldn’t tell you is that she always try’s to have conversations with me when she is on the opposite side of the house. Or when we are in the car she talks to her window instead of looking at me.
But yes, I am deaf.
But yes, I am deaf.
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Originally Posted by bampilot06
My dad has bad hearing, and I think my hearing is going as well. If you talk to my wife she would tell you i’m deaf, what she wouldn’t tell you is that she always try’s to have conversations with me when she is on the opposite side of the house. Or when we are in the car she talks to her window instead of looking at me.
But yes, I am deaf.
But yes, I am deaf.
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