Pickles by Brian Crane for May 24, 2019

What my father says to my mother as she hurts my ears with her yelling!

Yes, Opal needs her hearing aid adjusted as soon as she’ll first get fitted with one.

{pace palm}

Time for the 2 of them to learn about texting.

She’s right. Everyone speaks too softly these days.

….and mumble and talk facing the other way, …OPAL get your hearing checked!

Earl check the batteries ……………Hearing Aid batteries do not last long :-(

My hearing aids are fine. I put them in once a week just to be sure they still work.

I remember when my mother started to complain about TV and movie performers mumbling all of the time. I had no idea what she was talking about. Turned out she was going deaf. She does fine with hearing aids now.

This makes me realize how blessed I am to be able (at 73) to still hear birds singing, the lapping of water against the lake shore, any so many other auditory sounds!

From experience “Quit Mumbling!!!”

sooner or later, something’s going to happen to Opal to make her adjust her hearing aid!

I’ll bet if her called her a few choice WORDS, she would hear THAT..!!

I’m pestered by mail from the various hearing aid firms. It began when I signed up for SS. It’s annoying.

She didn’t say, “You don’t have to yell”?

Seems like Earl has the talking softly part down. Now he needs a big stick.

I can hear you just fine, I just can’t understand what you’re saying. It’s a bit garbled.

We had a friend – a little old lady – who swore she could hear just fine. (Don’t they all?) She kept her TV turned up so loud that if you were walking barefoot upstairs you could feel the floor vibrate. It made you feet tingle!

Just like my wife, now do a strip about the TV volume

I can see fine. It’s the world that’s out of focus.

My boss refuses to get hearing aids or bifocals. He says they make him feel old.

Exact portrayal of the situation at our house. I admitted defeat about 20 years ago, but my OH is still at the “Oh, do stop mumbling !” stage, and has been for some time.

Earl speaking softly? Out of character : )

I’m guilty of that. Sometimes I’m not loud enough

Everybody ELSE has a problem.

My hearing is fine. If:

You are looking at me, and speaking clearly

I am looking at you and paying attention

The background noise is low and not other people talking

And you have something to say that I want to hear. :)

When I was young, I tested above average in hearing, but I could never make out words in songs when there was instrumental music with them, or hear people talking in the car when it was raining. Now that I’m in my 70s, I have mild hearing loss (especially in the ear that had an infection years ago) and use hearing aids. I enjoy listening to music and use them all day. Oddly, I still have trouble hearing in noisy backgrounds, but the hearing aids I use can hone in on one direction or be set to screen out some of the background. For me, well worth the price!

At least that’s not a problem for me yet, but my eyes are getting weird! I think I look @ my pad too much. Things get a little blurred after a while