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I have had it since 1980. I know exactly what caused me to get it. I was restoring a '68 Mustang, running a disk sander. With no ear protection, of course. I was 27, and hearing problems were not a consideration. I'd stop, my ears would ring for a while, then stop. Except one day, one ear...

I have occasional floaters that are evidently residue from when I had a bleeder on the edge of my retina a few years ago. My optometrist saw something he wanted checked. The next day I was at a retinal specialist. The took pictures of my eye, and the opinion that day was that the bleeder was...

I'm waiting until I have cataract surgery. Why fool around with Lasik when I can have a procedure that insurance will pay for. :D

It's nice to see after not having posted here in about nine months to see that you guys are still dealing with the important issues of the day. :D

It does get easier, and touching my eye wasn't a big deal for me, but on really long days I was really glad to get them out. The only positive aspect was being able to wear any old pair of sunglasses. But I was just as happy to go back to wearing glasses. It was either that, or I either had...

What's the big surprise that the women at Star Fleet academy are beautiful. While Khan and his group are the extreme products of the eugenic wars, and Dr. Bashir is the product of illegal eugenics in his day, everyone in that time are to some extent the product of eugenics before the backlash...

Wedding was in 1976. Most of the expenses were paid by my mother-in-law out of an inheritance she had received. The rehearsal dinner was at my parents home. No idea what it cost, I don't even remember what we ate, but $100 probably covered it. Wedding was at my wife's church, so there was no...

I've been looking around and especially if you switch everything over and have the broadband with a voice plan the cost is $20 a month, unlimited. My current contract with U.S. Cellular is up next spring, and while I haven't had any big complaints, when I moved here it was the only choice, and...

Some of you guys have evidently never lived in places where it gets really cold in the winter, particularly not in the old days before fuel injection and electronic ignition. When/where every car has a plug dangling through the radiator, not to recharge a battery, but to keep it warm enough to...

Culvers makes great desserts, the turtle sundaes that were mentioned earlier are usually my choice. The rest of the food isn't bad either. McFlurries are a poor substitute for a Dairy Queen Blizzard. The Blizzards make eating there worthwhile. If I'm just getting ice cream and I'm near one...

It sounds like I have probably smoked more turkeys than anyone else who has responded yet. A number of times I have started the turkey in the smoker, and then switched it to the oven to finish. I always use a roasting bag when I put it in the oven. Holds in the moisture, and also holds in the...

I think you are overemphasizing the religious aspect as to why Mother's Day is "more popular." It was begun by Ann Jarvis, as a movement to rally women to improve sanitation in the 1850's, then to specifically improve sanitation in camps of both armies in the Civil War, and then to re-unite the...

More phone calls are made on Mother's Day than on any other day of the year. More collect calls are made on Father's Day than on any other day of the year.

I've only had two political campaign calls since Jan. 3. I got one each from the Clinton and the Obama campaigns to remind me I was a delegate to my county caucus. Hard for me to forget, since I was on the committee organizing it. I don't want to get to political, since this isn't the pit...

Yes, I am aware of that. As I stated earlier, I'm not going to be using them that much. In my office to catch the news and the occasional ball game, and more or less the same with my Media Center laptop.

The Philco ATSC has analog passthru, and Solid Signal has it in an open box, because its not one of the less expensive units. OPEN BOX ITEM - Philco ATSC Coupon Eligible Digital Converter Box TB100HH9 (CECB) | TB100HH9 [Philco] | dta box digital receiver analog box tuner OBO OPEN BOX ITEM analog...

I already have an amplified "rabbit ears" antenna and it does make a difference. The difference between snow and sometimes getting shapes in the snow. On really lucky days I can get colored snow. When the tornado wiped out a third of the town just to the east of me recently it took out our...

Like I said in my OP, or meant to, I'm looking for the most sensitive tuner I can get, because the signal around here is crap. We are on the edge of 3 different markets, and none of them really get here. And you must have missed the description of me as a miserly, pennypinching, skinflint. I...

I don't know if there is a better, more technical place for this question, but I'm just going to put it here as a chat item. A few months ago I submitted the request for a couple of coupons for the digital converter boxes. I'm not really sure if I will use them for anything or not, but thought...

The thought used to be that you let females go into heat once before neutering, and I suppose the equivalent for males. Not anymore. The thought generally is that what the cats have never experienced they aren't going to miss so much. We at one time had a beautiful male Siamese...

We have always had our cats declawed, and without that protection and because our cats have usually been either Siamese or Himalayan, we have kept them in if at all possible. Most of our cats have been ok with this, and most have shown no interest in the outdoors. The exceptions were a cat...

In many places, at least in the past, this was known as Decoration Day. This day memorializes no battles, the signing of no armistices, or anything of any military significance. This day is set when it is for one reason, flowers are in bloom, and could be used to decorate the graves of the...

It's been 40 years since I read many comic books, and at that time I read more DC than Marvel, but my son is a big Marvel fan and all of these are very well known to him, and greatly anticipated. His only gripe is the order in which they are being released.

I'm still waiting to find out if my daughter will get the $300 minimum. She was serving in the Peace Corps last year, so did not make enough to pay tax, but still had earned income and according to the Peace Corps staffer who does all the tax stuff she was supposed to qualify. Haven't heard...

Have you looked at your tires? How are they wearing? Not only a clue to suspension problems, but noise/vibration are often coming from the tires themselves.