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7th November 2011, 10:58 AM
#11
I think maybe we have been wasting all those years at sea, all you have to do is write a Three word line and then repeat it a hundred times to the clashing of a couple of guitars , and Voila, you are a Millionaire.
all that overtime I did was wasted.
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7th November 2011, 06:25 PM
#12
what did you say , didn't hear !.
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8th November 2011, 04:31 AM
#13
Hi All.
Been deaf in the left year since using a ramset gun on building sites, like Vernon no earmuffs in those days, I now have a hearing aid, makes no difference to listening to modern music, I still can't decipher the words, I stick to the old ballads on my cd player. PS my wife thinks I'm faking it, the deafness I mean.
Cheers Des
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8th November 2011, 04:46 AM
#14
Dead Ringer!!
Hi Alf
Wouldnt hear much ringing after that Lead mate,i would then be a dead ringer! haha!
Cheers
I hear that they can put a small device in the Ear which emits a sound ,which in turn assists with the ringing,but as yet i havent bothered!
Got use to it now,only at Night when all is quiet thats the worst time!
But you know Alf when i used to have a good few Drinks,never heard a Belldin thing LOL!
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8th November 2011, 04:53 AM
#15

Originally Posted by
Des Taff Jenkins
Hi All.
Been deaf in the left year since using a ramset gun on building sites, like Vernon no earmuffs in those days, I now have a hearing aid, makes no difference to listening to modern music, I still can't decipher the words, I stick to the old ballads on my cd player. PS my wife thinks I'm faking it, the deafness I mean.
Cheers Des
Des mate it is known as domestic deafness!


Happy daze John in Oz.
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8th November 2011, 04:55 AM
#16
I know there is a large thing they can put in your ear which will cause all manner of problems, known as a mother in law!


Happy daze John in Oz.
Life is too short to blend in.
John Strange R737787
World Traveller

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9th November 2011, 02:22 AM
#17
Wife's point of view

Originally Posted by
happy daze john in oz
Des mate it is known as domestic deafness!
A.K.A. selective hearing.
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9th November 2011, 10:10 AM
#18
POP SONGS!!!! What are they? I now only ever listen to Radio four , But I do hear " Desert Island Discs" now and then. Cheers Albi
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16th November 2011, 06:26 PM
#19
I'm now 57 and I don't think I know what a pop song is, in these manufactured music days. I DO still listen to ACDC and Rammstein, however!
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