On Sun, 21 Feb 2021 10:17:51 -0000, "Ophelia" >
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>"Bruce" wrote in message ...
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>On Sat, 20 Feb 2021 09:57:48 -0000, "Ophelia" >
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>>"dsi1" wrote in message
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>>On Friday, February 19, 2021 at 12:38:33 PM UTC-10, Stu Rawlings wrote:
>>> On 2/19/2021 5:28 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>>> > On Friday, February 19, 2021 at 11:42:21 AM UTC-10, Stu Rawlings wrote:
>>> >> On 2/19/2021 4:30 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>>> >>> On Friday, February 19, 2021 at 10:22:50 AM UTC-10,
>>> >>> wrote:
>>> >>>> On Friday, February 19, 2021 at 1:09:29 PM UTC-6,
>>> >>>> wrote:
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>>> >>>>> ...Health Insurance! :-)
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>> John Kuthe, RN, BSN...
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>> Hey wait a minute! You always said you didn't need health insurance
>>> >>>> because
>>> >>>> you are a nurse and are your own insurance. Besides, you 'doctor'
>>> >>>> yourself up
>>> >>>> with cannabis oil, Seroquel, and garlic; why would you need
>>> >>>> insurance?
>>> >>> My daughter had a toothache and went to the dentist. It's going to
>>> >>> cost us 3 grand. My dentist bill is $2,500. We're going to have to
>>> >>> buy
>>> >>> a new range because the old one died. Our plan was to get a newer
>>> >>> used
>>> >>> car this month but it looks like that's out the window. My daughter
>>> >>> as
>>> >>> been offered a job at the animal clinic where she's required to put
>>> >>> some hours in for school. I'm hoping she takes the job and gets
>>> >>> dental
>>> >>> insurance. That would be nice.
>>> >>>
>>> >> Damn, that all sounds costly. Hey you know about hearing right?
>>> >>
>>> >> I bought three of those sonic pest-repllers' that plug right
>>> >> into the wall and they all have three settings, low, medium
>>> >> and high..It says not to run them on high if humans or pets are going
>>> >> to be in the room, so just I had to plug one in to the wall in the
>>> >> kitchen and run it on high, just to see how nasty it was.
>>> >>
>>> >> At any rate, I couldn't hear it very much at all, while my
>>> >> wife was telling me to turn it off quick, it bothered her.
>>> >>
>>> >> My question is did I stand too close to the stage and listen
>>> >> to my music too loud when I was a younger guy and roach my
>>> >> hearing, or perhaps I'm just tone deaf to that particular
>>> >> frequency?
>>> >>
>>> >> <i have my doubts about how effective the chasers will be
>>> >> anyway..i put three of them in my barn today>
>>> >
>>> > As it goes, most people will lose about half of their hearing by the
>>> > time they're in their 60's. Kids can hear up to 20,000 Hz and above.
>>> > Someone my age might hear up to 11 kHz. You can get a free signal
>>> > generator app for your phone and test your limits.
>>> > Around 30% of people over 65 will have some hearing loss. Mostly it'll
>>> > be in the higher frequencies. People with hearing loss will typically
>>> > have most of the loss in frequencies starting about 2 kHz. People that
>>> > have some loss due to their occupation, will probably show a steep drop
>>> > in hearing starting at 1 kHz. Their hearing will be completely gone by
>>> > 4
>>> > kHz. It's the large losses above 1000 Hz that makes speech
>>> > comprehension
>>> > difficult.
>>> > Oddly enough, people in my generation have better hearing than their
>>> > parents. That's what the research has shown. I can't say why that is.
>>> > I doubt the ultrasonic chasers will work on bugs. OTOH, I'm thinking of
>>> > an high frequency generator app that keeps cats away from me. I won't
>>> > hear a thing but my wife would get ****ed off. It's always something.
>>> >
>>> Well thanks for a really well written response, I do appreciate it. As
>>> far as I can tell I can hear well enough when it comes to conversation
>>> and such, I'm not really concerned about being hard of hearing but the
>>> fact that it was too aggravating for my wife to listen to when I
>>> couldn't hardly notice it bothered me a bit.
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>>> Now I recall my dad saying "you're gonna go deaf listening
>>> to that shit you call music that loud"
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>>> I do wear hearing protection now around machinery, like
>>> closing the barn door after the horses are running away?
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>>I have a constant ringing in my ear so if you don't, consider yourself
>>lucky. It's a good idea to wear hearing protection when you can. The thing
>>about hearing loss is that it's so gradual that people don't notice it.
>>The good news is that these days you can buy rechargeable Blu-tooth ear
>>pieces that can help you hear. In the future, they'll be made specifically
>>for hearing losses - they just probably won't be advertised as such. The
>>cost will be under $200.
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>>D. has hearing aids that just don't work and they cost £4.000.00!
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>>Where do we find these Blu-tooth aids??
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>You can get Aids from Bluetooth?? And WHY would you want to find it?
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> Thwap!

That was 2x fake Bruce, my biggest fan.