The Buckets by Greg Cravens for June 21, 2013

… and there is the idiot that had his ear buds turned so high that he couldn’t hear the train horn – he was walking down the railroad tracks!

http://www.wcax.com/story/22543835/police-investigate-rutland-train-incident

This has happened many times over the years.

@Jim Guess, stupid is as stupid does! :/

Well, my sister is half deaf because she played her music too loud, and too many loud concerts. :(

Darwin at it’s finest …

My dad is deaf, partly because he sold guitars, drum kits, amplifiers and such for thirty years. You can only hear the poorly-played opening riff to ‘Crazy Train’ so many times without just giving up and gratefully going deaf.

Too late Toby.

Was at a gas station and some kid pulled up with his windows pulsing from the beat. As he got out, I chuckled and pulled out my hearing aids and told him with a grin, you end up with these if it gets too loud. Darned if the kid didn’t go turn the sound way down! Amazing what a smile instead of a scold can make happen! (I’m not old, either, just was deafened young.)

Oh, and, at Greg Cravens: for your dad, the new Oticon Alta aids go up to 100 dB, with a dedicated microphone you can have a speaker wear, and blue-tooth that makes even a cellphone audible. Expensive but so very worth it. Love mine.