so waht ya doin today?

[Glaciers]

Yeah we are not going to cure the virus crud. But, all you can do is wear a mask if you chose, social distance, and stay home if you have the option. Just protect you and yours as best you can. Everything else is beyond your control.
Love you guys, stay safe.

 

[JonB]

I apologize for bringing it up.

 

[Wiresguy]

I'm glad you brought it up, Jon. I'm thinking I won't have a table at the show and likely won't even attend. Too many folks in a crowded venue with not so great air circulation.

 

[fiver]

great circulation just moves it further.
I wouldn't go if it's in a red zone.

all I'm sayin about it.

too damn hot here the last few days, I went out and pulled some weeds, and took out some old plants and was done for the day by 8 am.
I went over to Littlegirls place after dinner to see the G-boy and to let my idiot dogs play with hers,
they made it maybe 15 minutes and were all stretched out in the shade.

 

[dale2242]

The mask controversy goes on and on.
Not only here but wherever I hear people talking.
I wear hearing aids. Not cheap ones by any means.
They seem to amplify every sound but human voices.
Masks on other people make hearing their voices even worse.
Wearing a mask keeps me from going in a lot of businesses that insist I wear them .
I have to laugh when I see someone wearing a mask when they are in a vehicle alone or riding a bike alone away from people.
Maybe it1s just me.
Rant over.

 

[Glaciers]

What I see that is bother some is people who wear a mask and have it below their nose. Why bother.

Yeah Dale, I'll second the hearing aid thing. Can't hear voices, but all the aggravating sounds are amplified. But everybody thinks you can hear great with them. Actually the ones I got at Costco last year are pretty good as they are somewhat adjustable.

 

[Kevin Stenberg]

This last weekend i had to go to the big city again. (St. Paul, Minn) I now realize the extent the present shortage is getting to. I went to the Cabelas, and a Fleet Farm. The Cabelas which usually had 250 to 300 handguns had probably 35. The FF was the same but on a much smaller scale. An FF usually had 25 to 30 gun powder types. Had about 10 left in stock.

 

[Rick H]

I don't wear a hearing aid. (probably should, high frequency range hearing loss) I find understanding people talking when they are muffled by a mask almost impossible. I still wear one when going in a public building (required here) and just try to stand back and ask folks to repeat what they are saying from a safer distance, without the mask.

 

[462]

I wear hearing aids. Not cheap ones by any means.
They seem to amplify every sound but human voices.

I'll second the hearing aid thing. Can't hear voices, but all the aggravating sounds are amplified.

My hearing drops straight down, off the cliff, at 500 Hz. The aids allow me to hear the tips of the shoelaces hit the shoes' eyelets, when I walk, but still allow my wife to mumble.

 

[popper]

Got a hair cut (short) for moes on my scalp Thursday. Yup, gonna have a bald spot for a few months.

 

[Rick H]

My hearing drops straight down, off the cliff, at 500 Hz. The aids allow me to hear the tips of the shoelaces hit the shoes' eyelets, when I walk, but still allow my wife to mumble.

Sort of a mixed blessing???

 

[fiver]

unfortunately I can hear my wife perfectly well.
she talks like everyone in the room needs hearing aids but doesn't wear them.

 

[462]

Sort of a mixed blessing???

Exactly.

 

[Rick]

What I see that is bother some is people who wear a mask and have it below their nose. Why bother.

Why bother? Here's a reason . . . . I have COPD, breathing is plenty tough without that thing stretched across my face. Yes Jim, even the uncivilized have a right to breath.

 

[Ian]

My hearing drops straight down, off the cliff, at 500 Hz. The aids allow me to hear the tips of the shoelaces hit the shoes' eyelets, when I walk, but still allow my wife to mumble.

That's dumb. The majority of the conversational vocal scale is below 500 Hz, no wonder it sounds like mumbling. Most people aside from trained stage actors and some radio/television broadcasters do not enunciate very well at all. Lazy, sloppy, monotone voices are difficult to understand, but that's what people give us by and large. Some of the worst are the ones from the orthodontics generations, starting in the 1980s, where braces and fixtures cramped kids teeth into their mouths so much that there is no room for their tongues to move and they speak like they have a mouth full of gravy. Another side effect of those generations is being television-educated instead of reading-educated which results in an absolute lack of vocal punctuation.

 

[Gary]

Anyone remember a TV show I believe called Max Headroom; short span commercials called Blipverts were used. That's exactly what Utube does now at the start of most videos. I believe it's indoctrination at a whole different level + unbelievable profits.

 

[JonB]

unfortunately I can hear my wife perfectly well.
she talks like everyone in the room needs hearing aids but doesn't wear them.

That could very well be a description of me...especially if I am "amped up" on coffee.
That is also why I get "volunteered" at my sportsman club, whenever we need a MC....Don't need a Mic.

 

[JonB]

I processed some Cabbage (saurkraut) today. 14 lbs





Also, here is the Bulbous growths on the Burr Oak.

 

[462]

That's dumb. The majority of the conversational vocal scale is below 500 Hz, no wonder it sounds like mumbling. Most people aside from trained stage actors and some radio/television broadcasters do not enunciate very well at all. Lazy, sloppy, monotone voices are difficult to understand, but that's what people give us by and large. Some of the worst are the ones from the orthodontics generations, starting in the 1980s, where braces and fixtures cramped kids teeth into their mouths so much that there is no room for their tongues to move and they speak like they have a mouth full of gravy. Another side effect of those generations is being television-educated instead of reading-educated which results in an absolute lack of vocal punctuation.

More hearing/non-hearing stuff:
From 150 Hz to 2000 Hz my hearing is flat at 25 db, then it picks up to 35 db at 3500 Hz and has a steady decline to 25 db at 8000 Hz. I have pillows covering my ears and everyone whispers.
The consonants B, C, D, E and P are indistinguishable from one another.
Without my aids I cannot hear crickets.
Try as I might, understanding an English as a second language speaker is almost impossible. Not only do they talk with a mouth full of gravy, there's mashed potatoes in there, too.

 

[Rick]

That sounds much like me. I dunno about frequency ranges, just know I can't sh*t. Any accent or background noise or little kids speaking is out of the question. I've thought long & hard about getting hearing aids, insurance even pick up a good part of the bill but I've heard so much bad about even the good ones I've never pulled the trigger on them. Oh well, the world is quiet & peaceful.

Most people think I'm about deaf because of all the shooting I've done but not so much. Was just about the same long before I did any serious shooting.