I used to care, but things have changed

[neufox47]

Damn...didn't think about the trigger my cathartic rant would cause...to the folks here wiser than I, should i delete or edit to include a trigger warning? I'm Canadian and an apologist so feel compelled to ask.

I feel for you. Thankfully not a sufferer but my dad has a terrible case. He owned a sandblasting company for years and wasn’t always good about ppe. When the audiologist showed us how loud it was to him it was crazy, a ringing that made hearing others talk difficult. He is totally deaf in one ear due to vertigo operation, and partially deaf in the other. Has the highest level of hearing aid and next is a baja or cochlear implant. He’s told me that some days he’s thought he’d rather be deaf than keep the ringing.

[babybear]

dads used to take too much. they are some tough f*ckers
my dad got some (not inexpensive) hearing aids but that changed his life (he is also in the construction industry)
you prob know about the options but holler if I can help recommend

[irul&ublo]

Thunderdome!

“Not shit, its energy!”

[BmillsSkier]

padded room is Dr. Octagon

FIFY

[riser4]

lol, no clue. I rarely leave the safe confines of tech talk.

That's a bassackwards approach.

[mud]

[P_McPoser]

Seriously. If he never leaves tech talk how does he test the equipment....

Tech Talk JONG

[sb]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=92i5m3tV5XY

[swissiphic]

Seriously. If he never leaves tech talk how does he test the equipment....

I get out of tech talk from time to time. Equipment tested in nature's padded room...or if it's a particularly burly rock studded line; beyond thunderdome.

Gravel skiing, FTW.

fwiw: If anyone's interested in the optimum method to drag skis and a spade shovel to the top of yer gravel run, this is it.

[PB]

Well played, sir; and the shovel is for .....?

[ncskier]

obviously for making gravel moguls

[swissiphic]

obviously for making gravel moguls

Yup. Construction has begun on the flowiest gravel mogul zipperline north of Nevada.