I have tinnitus with hearing loss and I too, love music. They never figured out the cause, either!
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People who haven’t experienced ‘pure tone’ mild tinnitus (I have some in the high frequencies) don’t seem to understand that you can still hear those frequencies, it’s just that the threshold for detecting them has increased.
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I avoid loud places most of the time, but haven’t done anything apart from that to protect my hearing. Still, it seems to be pretty good and I can still hear up to 18,000 Hz (just about). Here’s a test you can take with samples at 1000 Hz intervals. It used to be higher, but not much. Volume is a bit more difficult to test at home.
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The “new” 2003 Volvo station wagon we got this spring didn’t want to rev or accelerate this morning. Taking it to the shop after a doctor appointment.
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This is really a “first world problems” kind of thing, but…
This is just cruel. Having a package get almost all the way to me before the weekend is bad enough, but telling me that it’s physically on a delivery truck but won’t move until Monday??? Aaaarrrrgggghhhhh!
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It was only bronchitis and not pneumonia, but it just won’t go away whatever we do. Looks like this isn’t going to be our first holiday without a visit to the doctor…
Also, after all the costs of the last month (moving fees, making the new house suitable to live in (it was missing a number of things, like a kitchen sink and appliances), the first month’s rent + 3 months’ deposit, extra amounts for utilities etc.), we’re completely broke. Most of these costs were a surprise because they’re related to the move, and I’ve also lost a few weeks of work because I’m the only one who can do a lot of the work on the house. We’d booked and paid for the bulk of our holiday before we knew all of this too, so there was nothing for it but to go, and for me to take my work with me. Our previous landlord can’t return the deposit for our old house until December too, so it’s going to be an interesting couple of months.
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I’ve had that happen when what was in the package was frozen, and it was a 3-day holiday weekend.
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This was me yesterday.
“Well, guess it won’t be until Monday that I’ll see it. But what the heck, let’s watch it move.”
“Wow, it’s in transit already!”
“Hey, it’s just inside my state now. That was fast!”
“Woah, that’s, like, an hour away, and they’re sending it on. Don’t they do Saturday deliveries? Surely they wouldn’t take it almost all the way to my door and then just stop?”
(this morning) “10-15 minutes away, and… AAARRRGGLLEEBARGLE!!!”’
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Our previous landlord can’t return the deposit for our old house until December
Why not?
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WHO PUT THAT CAR WHERE I WAS BACKING UP THE VAN!!!
Worse yet, the kids were in the car (hence part of the distraction, still no excuse) - and they’ve never let me forget the building I backed into 2 years ago. (My wife reminding them of that fact periodically hasn’t helped, either.)
I’ll never get a job in livery, will I?
Or is this just the sort of qualifications they look for?
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I’m glad yesterday was a hoot, because today most certainly is not. Screw you, universe, and your damned dynamic balance!
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Officially, that’s the end of our three months’ notice. We should also get to live there during that time, but we agreed to move out earlier because we found the other house so quickly and he wanted to renovate the house before selling it. I’m still not quite sure how it works, but the deposit goes in a dedicated savings account for that purpose and I guess it can only be released at the official end of the rental contract. If every person and company that overcharged us or owes us money paid it back immediately, we’d actually be fine. It should all happen within the next month or two, but it’s just going to be painful until that happens.
ETA: And it’s a good thing we brought our son to the doctor – his oxygen level had gone down to 80%, so going to the doctor today was better than the hospital tonight. He’s on oxygen treatment for the next three days and he should be fine.
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*wince* ouch, sorry to hear that one. I know the feeling.
I’m sure there’s other options.
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Posts from valued community members disappearing sucks.
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I will never live down backing into a pole at least to the kid… I still hear about it some 10 years later now.
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Racists apologists, who care more for their tax bills than human life.
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Abusers of power.
Victim blamers.
Insufferable douchewads in general.
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Gobshites.
Utter twonks.
Cocktrumpets.
Clueless numpties.
Weapons-grade plums.
Witless fucking cocksplats.
Tiny-fingered, Cheeto-faced, ferret-wearing shitgibbon. (Okay, that last one is applicable only to Trump.)
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That always makes me smile; their expletives are so creative.
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