Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!know!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!yale!bunker!hcap!hnews!202!501!Frank.Hicinbothem From: Frank.Hicinbothem@f501.n202.z1.fidonet.org (Frank Hicinbothem) Newsgroups: misc.handicap Subject: Re: Use Fm Ald, Not Helmet Message-ID: <14614@bunker.UUCP> Date: 2 Oct 90 14:29:37 GMT Sender: wtm@bunker.UUCP Reply-To: Frank.Hicinbothem@f501.n202.z1.fidonet.org Distribution: misc Organization: FidoNet node 1:202/501 - The RATS Nest, San Diego CA Lines: 52 Approved: wtm@bunker.UUCP Index Number: 10781 [This is from the Silent Talk Conference] > Hi there, Frank! I wondered what had happened to you and am > glad you didn't up and die on us! Nah, I've been here. I just haven't had a whole lot of time to BBS lately. I read all the messages here faithfully, of course! > As you know, I can't wear any of the aids on the market. My message was more along the lines of a general response for any interested parties. I am aware that an aid wouldn't help you much. (I believe the phrase "deaf as a post" would apply... ) > Anyway, if I were around, I'd certainly remind you to remove > yours before diving into anything whether it be water I ALMOST always remember. It's pretty hard to stop and take out the electric ear after you've gone one step past the end of the diving board. Funny, Wile E. Coyote could always stop on the way down! I have a solution, though: you call up the hearing aid dealer and complain that the %^&* thing got all sweaty and stopped working. Again. My dispenser loves me. Actually, this new one I've got, the Telex 363C, is a real nice aid but it can't take any kind of moisture at all. It's been back for repair twice now-- once for a "real" sweat problem, once for a water balloon fight that got out of hand. > or....(snicker) I don't even want to know what you mean by that. I'm SURE I'm reading some implied meaning in there, which, of course, you did not intend... perhaps the recent salacious messages in this echo have put thoughts in my mind that don't belong there? > How about putting the pict of you on your scanner for a GIF > file? You mean the picture in the SHHH mag? Probably won't be a good candidiate for scanning. First, magazine pictures don't scan well, because they're printed as halftones; second, it was a bright sunny day when they were taking the picture, so the clarity will be poor. (I haven't actually seen it yet; my copy is late this month.) -- Uucp: ..!{decvax,oliveb}!bunker!hcap!hnews!202!501!Frank.Hicinbothem Internet: Frank.Hicinbothem@f501.n202.z1.fidonet.org