Thread: Hearing

I should add, yes I've owned and tried a few.

Coming up to 11yrs of wedded bliss and just starting to develop selective hearing

Originally Posted by sako75

Coming up to 11yrs of wedded bliss and just starting to develop selective hearing

I don't understand these two words together.

Originally Posted by Wirehunt

I don't understand these two words together.

Its a paradox, and much easier to handle when logic is excluded.

Originally Posted by Wirehunt

I don't understand these two words together.

It is a grammatical syntax error Wirehunt.

I have always loved the word oxymoron. You can use it on so many occasions.

Originally Posted by Dougie

For some reason I always think of "the old axe wound" whenever I see his name. I must just be a dirty bastard. I have no idea what Gapped Axe is supposed to mean!

Dougie, message sent to me by a fan of yours for your attention - Back a few years when men were men and God help us even boys grew hairs out of there ass that would ‘gap an axe’

From what I understand (and I am no expert, merely recalling high school biology) the hair cells within one's inner ear which convert air vibrations into sound will deteriorate with age regardless. Overstimulating them by continued <insert exposure to loud activity here> will only hasten their demise.

Basically once you're past the age of about 10, these hairs begin to "die". If one looks under a microscope and compares the inner ear of say... a young child compared to a septuagenarian, the child's ear has hairs in abundance whereas the older person's ear, looks like a barren forest.

So I see 2 perfect solutions here, a) get a left hand drive car, or b) let the wife drive, and get a cig lighter powered portable beer chiller.

Originally Posted by zimmer

I have always loved the word oxymoron. You can use it on so many occasions.

Or 'foxymoron', a good looking blond.......

Originally Posted by Rushy

Dougie, I have had Tinitus a.k.a. "gunner ear" (the high frequency ringing in your ears) for at least the last three decades and have learned to ignore it even though it is there continuously. I attribute it entirely to noise exposure while in the army (rifles, machine guns, howitzers, thunder flashes, grenades, etc). Interestingly, I had a hearing test just 4 months ago and apart from the Tinitus my hearing is in the normal range.

The bugger about that is now my missus knows that I am able to hear OK, she just accuses me of being an ignorant bastard. I don't know about your time in the green machine but ear plugs/muffs were not provided when I was in.

Rushy your the bastard ringing me? I"ll never hear silence again, well maybe when Im dead!

Originally Posted by Wirehunt

I don't understand these two words together.

I've had 40 years of it this year,I must be lucky cause those two words still work for me!

[QUOTE=Maca49;84274]Rushy your the bastard ringing me?QUOTE]

I wish you would pick up the phone in that case Maca. It would stop the ringing for the both of us.

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Originally Posted by Maca49

Rushy your the bastard ringing me?QUOTE]

I wish you would pick up the phone in that case Maca. It would stop the ringing for the both of us.

Ill ring you tonite listen for the call, mine are ringing their farking ears off at present I was built without an answer button must be android?!

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Originally Posted by Rushy

Ill ring you tonite listen for the call, mine are ringing their farking ears off at present I was built without an answer button must be android?!

Mine ring all the time. I have taught myself to just ignore it so most of the time I am not conscious of it. It is an arsehole at this time of the year with the Cicada's chirping as that is exactly what my tinitus sounds like.