I have tinnitus. I hear reasonably well, & have no trouble in a one to one conversation. However, when in a group, with 2 or 3 people talking at once I can not decipher a single voice from the hubbub.

Tomorrow we are having an extended family picnic in a park on the Gold Coast Broadwater. There will be cars driving past, boats roaring up & down the estuary, some of us waterskiing off the beach, & lots of local kids in the attached kids playground.

We will have 5 extended families up to 4 generations, about 50 people, with at least 10 kids under 10. These kids are all very well fed, & very active.

Read very noisy, so THANK GOD I AM GOING DEAF.

So Merry Christmas everyone, do enjoy the festive season, even if you aren't lucky enough to be going deaf.

I am sorry to read that you have tinnitus Hasbeen.
I understand what you mean about deafness being a blessing at times though!

I have just found out my nephew has a new French girlfriend who he is bringing to our family gathering on Wednesday.
Apparently she doesn't speak any English, and he doesn't speak any French.
Obviously they must connect on some level....
Anyway, we will be playing charades all day, apparently.

Have a wonderful Christmas Hasbeen, and here's to a new year locking horns for us on OLO.
I'm looking forward to it.

Cheers,
Suse.

Yeah have a good Christmas OLO people.
I am not a horn locker but look forward to the discussions coming up in 2014.
I feel I learn more from the forum than I contribute.
Take it easy.
SD

I’m sitting here in my lounge room, with the neighbour's farking barking farking dogs going off their farking heads across the road, on and on and on… after 11PM!!

There is indeed merit in being arf deaf!!

Arf ya luck Hazza!

Merry Christmas!!

yes you make a good point..birthdays/holy days xmass east.er..
but..every day ..is the same for me..who..ignored kith and kin..to'save'the world

life is about making love..not hate
my curse are my teeth and eyes[my teeth were deliberately mutilated because of my..activism./.under the guize of 'cleaning them]..they etched away the enamel..on the gum line..as they gradually broke off..or the fillings fell out..they gradually pulled them out

now im just leaving the crime scene as it is
the stumps shall reveal their own tale

the every-thing..i dont know..it may be a mutant.vairient.clamidia.. but who worries about the mundane problems..xmass is the time of joy..so all of you ..dont worry..en-joy..the holy days..and hope our leaders fix things..next year..for..now enjoy the joy..

..life is what we make it..[for you]
or as you make..it for thyself...[or other]

merry enjoyment..my brother

Hasbeen,

You could always have this entrepreneurial fellow do sign interpretation for you,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPNQjfBX_UY

Seriously though, he was the first to correctly interpret an Obama speech as repetitious, incomprehensible bollocks. As a reward for being so dangerous he has been locked up.

-Which is a shame because there was a similar job waiting for him in Australia interpreting Bill Shorten speeches, which are a continuous loop of 'Whatever she says'. Probably referring to his Mum in Law, Quentin Bryce the GG, now that Julia Whatshername (you know, the big ginger) has been put out to pasture.