Retired

Seems a long time ago when I had the ringing, Decades back. That just went away one night and never came back. Probably my first sign they just got worst. Funny though, I sort of liked it. I used to not sleep because my my wife snored. I can't imitate her snores but she sounded just like a hog grunting and that bothered me so much I went downstairs to the couch. One day that ringing disappeared, my hearing went mute and she could snore and grunt all she wanted to and I slept like a baby.

Niki, my audiologist knows I play guitars. She was worried I might not be able to play anymore if I had the implant. I would still have a hearing aid in the other ear. I'm thinking if I still have one, I can still hear the guitar. Not looking forward to 6 months of this training my brain to hear with one ear. I can function with the aides now but feel bad to. I'm left out on every conversation as no one wants to back up and repeat what I missed. So I feel like I don't even belong in any conversation. For that reason, I stopped going to the Bible study group we used to go to. Plus, I used to ask something and was told It was already said. So I just sat like a lump on a log hoping it would get over soon.

I probably shouldn't say I'm completely deaf without my aides. I don't actually hear anything or any sound. I sleep great at night, I have no tendinitis ringing. I hear no thunderstorms or my wife snoring next to me. Lol. She can talk to me without my aides in and she talks loud but I hear something but understand nothing she said. It is a faint noise, and I have to put my ear right next to her mouth to hear what she said. So its just a matter of time and I probably will be completely deaf. I'm going on 71 this April. My hearing is different from right to left. In the booth, I pick up highs and lows differently. Mostly I sit quite till I hear a definite beep. Those are far apart. Seems a waist of time actually.

Yep, My first ringing in the ears was when they stuck me inside an underground tank at Eaten Metals grinding out a bad weld someone else made. He was too fat to fit inside so I had to fix his weld. My ears rang for an entire week. Then my racing career didn't help. Being around loud race cars going down the quarter mile. Top fuel dragsters and funny cars are unbelievable LOUD. Then all my shooting guns inside buildings with target ranges are LOUD and it echoes. Even with roll up plugs and ear muffs its loud. I worked at loud factories but the two Railroads were the loudest. UPRR and BNSF. BNSF was the one that forced me to get a lower and sue them because they were going to fire me for hearing loss. They made all the employees take hearing booth tests every year. When I hired on, I still had perfect hearing according to the readings I got. I kept all those each year. Over the years, my hearing got worse by the time I retired. Shot Blast was the worst I worked at and they had a guy from Fort Worth come and do sound tests of the noise. He told us we should all be completely deaf and I kept that record and proved to BNSF They didn't help matters either. So they lost that law suit and I retired from there. I finally got out of Shot Blast and worked my final years where it wasn't as bad.

I did read about it and also read lots of peoples responses from having it done. Sounded like no one liked it. at least for 6 months or better. takes that long to work in your brain. That didn't appeal to me. It's my wife and audiologist who want me to have it. I also saw you have to be like completely deaf to have it done. But what they are telling me, I'm young enough to have it done in the worst ear now and Medicare pays for it all. If I wait to be completely deaf which will happen as I age, Medicare won't offer it then. So its like catch 22. I'm not looking forward to doing it and know I will hate it. I am told after 6 months or so, most people can hear better or understand conversations. Were supposed to go in to boys town to listen to a conversation about it.

Yes, Do that. And I'm a gun collector also. Or used to be. Target shooting doesn't help matters. I only went to the target range once to three times a year. But when I bought my Smith and Wesson .500 Magnum, I got hooked on it. I was in bodybuilding at the time and had solid hard rock muscle. My wife told me hugging me felt like hugging a solid rock. even my butt cheeks. So I loved shooting that .500. It felt like a grenade going off in the hand. Talk about a super accurate gun. Don't think it helped my hearing though even though I wore all the best of hearing protection.

I was forced to go by my real name in school. Dad and had the exact same names. Floyd Delton Hanslip. He was sr and I was jr. Then later in life I found out he was married to another woman before my mother. He named his first son after him also so there were 3 Floyd's and One Sr and two Jr's. So I hated my name and always went by the nick name my mother gave me from birth. BUTCH.

Can hardly wait. My hearing aid gal put in Loop in my cell phone. My cell phone works with my aids. Loop is put in several places for people like me. So I can go to LOOP and hear them singing and talking on stage and it goes right in both aides. best thing they did. Gee, Maybe we should put Loop in our house so I can hear my wife? LOL

When Deb was a little girl and her mom scolded her she called her Deborah. She hated that. Haha.

My audiologist said I'm a candidate for implants. Guess medicare will pay for one, the worst ear. But she said, music will never sound the same again. It doesn't now? I can't make out who is playing on the radio and it sounds awful. Nothing like what I remember. I know when Deb is gone I can play my guitars. No one complains but when she comes home she says, "I can hear you out in the street." I tell her, So people are getting a free concert than huh?"

I can do that super easy. Just remove my hearing aides. Like Sergeant Shultz says; "I HEAR NOTHING!"

Sgt, not to change the subject but I wanted to say, Steely Dan must have gotten better as it was reported that they are playing the warm up band for the Eagles last tour. We see them in concert this Saturday. Then the wife got tickets to see the Doobie Brothers with Michael McDonald at the next concert hear coming up. Then our Symphony Orchestra is playing with some band downtown that are playing Chicago's music. Deb just got me a ticket for $40.00 to see them. She has to work that concert so we won't be sitting together.

I used to watch Super Bowls for the commercials. I'm not a NFL fan so could care less who wins. So I will be watching the game. I do like College football and it is a football game So?

She knows better but always talks to me outside when its windy. Sounds like a Tornado in my hearing aids. I hear nothing except wind. Then I have to have her repeat herself when we get inside a building. If I'm in the house and she yells out something for me, I always have to search and find the room she's in. I can't tell the direction sound comes from. That's why I trained Oliver to "Go Find Mom" He always shows me where she is.

I used to watch Bewitched all the time back in the days. Darren, called his wife Sam for short. So I did the same and call Debbie Deb. Her real name is Debra though.

Yeah, call me stupid but I seem to struggle with my hearing every day.

But. Tonight I was playing two guitars. First the Riviera with 3 P90's in it. It sounded good plugged in. Then my Casino with 2 P90's in it. It was even louder but both guitars were missing Something? I kept playing with the amp settings but couldn't tell any changes. They both had that acoustic sound. Then it dawned on me. The red light on the amp was off. I forgot to turn it on Lol. Well, I could tell something was missing but I thought it was on? So I turned it on and what a difference. Wife was gone so I turned it up. The Casino sounded great now but that Riviera with the 3 P90's was fabulous. Played till the fingers were sore. Probably should have posted this on the; YOU KNOW YOUR OLD WHEN?

The other day, my wife asked me to pass her lipstick but I accidendently passed her a glue stick. She still isn't talking to me!

Did you her the rumor going around about the butter? Never mind, I shouldn't spread it.

Could be? I know she said her date was a creep and never dated him again.

Sgt. When I married my wife, she had this album which I cannot remember the name of it now. I would not recommend to anyone. All the songs sounded lame but one song I still remember the start of the lyrics. "Heh, hey Babe won't you be my dog, and I can be your tree and you can pee on me!" I asked her, what are you doing with that album? She told me some boyfriend dated her once and gave it to her. She just put it with the rest of the albums. I told her to throw it away.

I know there are people who like a guitar that looks well played. Chips and all, and I've seen them like that brand new in stores priced pretty high. I never could see the purpose for it. If I wanted a guitar with chips and scratches, I'll put them on myself. I don't need someone else doing it for me. Then there's the price. I've taken guitars in to sell before. "Its got a chip and scratch on it. I'll give you $400.00 less!" But they want Thousands more for such things now. Think about that the next time you sell a beat up looking guitar! Tell them you want a few thousand more for the chips and scratches you put on it.

Reminds me of the sign I have in the back Porch off the kitchen. "No One Gets To See The Wizard. No Way, No How!" I've had it there ever since I started showing Dobermans. And they get the run of the house. Lol. Someday I would like to have one very nice acoustic guitar though. No clue which I should look at. What is the big difference between Taylor & Martin? Which one was started first?

But then if you do that to any guitar, You just increased its value $5,00.00 Lol.

That is very sad. He was so young and always posting. I looked forward to reading his stuff. Sorry to hear this. RIP.