That's me. Being partially deaf is great for a few reasons. Firstly, when I genuinely can't hear, it is funny half hearing and making up the rest. Secondly, I have a great excuse to not listening to she who must be obeyed. Thirdly, I sleep on my good ear, so have a great night sleep every night #EveryCloud
My dad, who is 87, is really quite deaf in both ears now, and can't hear without a hearing aid. The batteries keep going flat, but funnily enough they seem to go flatter quicker when my mum is talking to him. I know what level to pitch my voice at when I talk to him, but my mum is always demanding to know why he hears a question from me about Saints, but has no idea what she is saying when she is issuing him with various instructions.
Oh you can bet your last penny that she selects which ear to point at me, yet amazingly she can still hear me mutter something disdainful from the other end of the house!!!!!!
That maybe it's time to support a different club... Or just that some of them need a noose and a broken chair.
Thanks for that. I don't use the train often, but every little helps, as they say. Will look into getting it sorted.
When father in law was still alive, my two sons would be talking to him then mid sentence start mouthing the words without actually saying them out loud, before speaking properly again. After watching him fiddle with his aids a few times, they would wet themselves laughing when he went into swear mode at his useless effing hearing aids. He never seemed to twig that when they stopped talking properly, he could still hear the to in the background. Kids. Bless them, the little "tods" as he would call them.
Onionman Jr has just picked up his OAP bus pass. He only looks young because he's lived a virtuous life (just like me; I'm actually 107). Vin
