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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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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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Oh god, that's a pet peeve of mine - when people talk away from you or when they talk to you at a time when your hearing is clearly compromised. My wife is always trying to talk to me when I have headphones in or I'm standing over the sink with the water running or the like.
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My future SIL has a collection of antique things like flintlocks and other muzzleloaders. He also has a couple of Civil War era cannons. All of it was handed down to him over several generations. He keeps the cannons on a family ranch, and every great once in a while will fire one for grins. I'm still waiting for the invite to check it out some day.
And, no, he's not a member of any militia.
And, no, he's not a member of any militia.
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I wear hearing aids.
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40 years of heavy construction makes most people hard of hearing. I’ve worn hearing aids for at least 6 years or so and needed them long before that. Even with hearing aids, I watch tv with closed captioning on.
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Oh god, that's a pet peeve of mine - when people talk away from you or when they talk to you at a time when your hearing is clearly compromised. My wife is always trying to talk to me when I have headphones in or I'm standing over the sink with the water running or the like.
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Just be careful with the cannon. Remember what happened to the Mythbusters....
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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!
In hindsight it would have been nice had the person whose &^* I fired given me a heads up on how loud it was (I believe it was a .357 pistol), but she did not.
I haven't had a proper hearing test, but in general I think mine is OK. The problem is I have spells of ringing in the ears, which can be annoying.
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So I went to area velocipede shoppe and checked on my bike. Unfortunately, the mechanic was not in. But I did see the bike and the white encrusted bars. They've got a lot of encrustment on them, but I think much of it can be cleaned off.
The bars he put on are indeed ones with flat tops. I've never ridden with anything other than round. Are they indeed more comfortable? Put differently (I can't remember if anyone said this), has anyone tried them and not liked them? I could have him take them off, since we didn't discuss this before he did it.
The bars he put on are indeed ones with flat tops. I've never ridden with anything other than round. Are they indeed more comfortable? Put differently (I can't remember if anyone said this), has anyone tried them and not liked them? I could have him take them off, since we didn't discuss this before he did it.
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So I went to area velocipede shoppe and checked on my bike. Unfortunately, the mechanic was not in. But I did see the bike and the white encrusted bars. They've got a lot of encrustment on them, but I think much of it can be cleaned off.
The bars he put on are indeed ones with flat tops. I've never ridden with anything other than round. Are they indeed more comfortable? Put differently (I can't remember if anyone said this), has anyone tried them and not liked them? I could have him take them off, since we didn't discuss this before he did it.
The bars he put on are indeed ones with flat tops. I've never ridden with anything other than round. Are they indeed more comfortable? Put differently (I can't remember if anyone said this), has anyone tried them and not liked them? I could have him take them off, since we didn't discuss this before he did it.
My wife has them on her bike, and finds them much more comfortable.
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These are non-crabon. $50ish.
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So I went to area velocipede shoppe and checked on my bike. Unfortunately, the mechanic was not in. But I did see the bike and the white encrusted bars. They've got a lot of encrustment on them, but I think much of it can be cleaned off.
The bars he put on are indeed ones with flat tops. I've never ridden with anything other than round. Are they indeed more comfortable? Put differently (I can't remember if anyone said this), has anyone tried them and not liked them? I could have him take them off, since we didn't discuss this before he did it.
The bars he put on are indeed ones with flat tops. I've never ridden with anything other than round. Are they indeed more comfortable? Put differently (I can't remember if anyone said this), has anyone tried them and not liked them? I could have him take them off, since we didn't discuss this before he did it.
2) Do you rest your hands on the bar when on the tops? Or loop your thumbs underneath?
C) With the bar and the brakes set where you can ride comfortably on the hoods or in the drops and reach the brake and shift levers, is the flat top still level?
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This may come as a surprise to some, but I am not a &$% nut. In fact, the occasion cited above may have been the only time I fired a "real" %^*.
In hindsight it would have been nice had the person whose &^* I fired given me a heads up on how loud it was (I believe it was a .357 pistol), but she did not.
I haven't had a proper hearing test, but in general I think mine is OK. The problem is I have spells of ringing in the ears, which can be annoying.
In hindsight it would have been nice had the person whose &^* I fired given me a heads up on how loud it was (I believe it was a .357 pistol), but she did not.
I haven't had a proper hearing test, but in general I think mine is OK. The problem is I have spells of ringing in the ears, which can be annoying.
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The loudest sound I'd ever heard, followed by the quietest silence.
"Okay, do that two more times to see how it's grouping."
"Okay, do that two more times to see how it's grouping."
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So I went to area velocipede shoppe and checked on my bike. Unfortunately, the mechanic was not in. But I did see the bike and the white encrusted bars. They've got a lot of encrustment on them, but I think much of it can be cleaned off.
The bars he put on are indeed ones with flat tops. I've never ridden with anything other than round. Are they indeed more comfortable? Put differently (I can't remember if anyone said this), has anyone tried them and not liked them? I could have him take them off, since we didn't discuss this before he did it.
The bars he put on are indeed ones with flat tops. I've never ridden with anything other than round. Are they indeed more comfortable? Put differently (I can't remember if anyone said this), has anyone tried them and not liked them? I could have him take them off, since we didn't discuss this before he did it.
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