Classic from the Mrs! Vol 2
Discussion
Blown2CV said:
i reckon 80% of people out there don't understand the difference or that one needs the other to get to the internet
Reminds me of the tail note in the long dead monthly publication “Revolution” in the early days of the internet when there were CDs for internet access at the checkouts in most supermarkets. Apparently the most asked question of the help-desks was “What is a modem?”Might need explaining to the youngsters.
My wife was running charity event, a small screening of a singalong film in a local hotel
"I dont need your help its fine"
cue a call as they started to say nobody could hear anything, the room had no PA system whatsoever and she had a laptop playing the film and providing the audio. I ended up having to disconnect the sound bar from the spare TV and quickly dash through then set it up and actually focus the projector.
"it was fine when i tested it" yes dear, it might seem fine for you when you're sat next to the laptop with the room otherwise completely silent
"I dont need your help its fine"
cue a call as they started to say nobody could hear anything, the room had no PA system whatsoever and she had a laptop playing the film and providing the audio. I ended up having to disconnect the sound bar from the spare TV and quickly dash through then set it up and actually focus the projector.
"it was fine when i tested it" yes dear, it might seem fine for you when you're sat next to the laptop with the room otherwise completely silent
Muddle238 said:
Mrs M has just told me off for making too much noise... by blinking. I mean, c'mon..... bloody woman.
You know she just wants attention. Take her by the hand, upstairs and start undressing her. Tell her she's absolutely the most beautiful woman you've ever met and...etc... let us know the result. Mine tells that I have the TV too loud, at age 70.
I politely point out to her that volume varies from programme to programme.
But funnier still is being told to get my hearing checked……by someone who was born profoundly dear and has zero natural hearing. She can only hear any sound at all through a cochlear implant.
I politely point out to her that volume varies from programme to programme.
But funnier still is being told to get my hearing checked……by someone who was born profoundly dear and has zero natural hearing. She can only hear any sound at all through a cochlear implant.
Skyedriver said:
My wife and son are both pestering me to get my hearing checked and a hearing aid.
My stock response is "what"
I do miss a lot of conversation (sometimes beneficial) and stuff on the TV (some people are very clear, others inaudible) but do I want something stuck in my ear(s)?
I gitba referral on the NHS to have my hearing tested at Spec Savers. Because I kept having to ask my wife to repeat herself.My stock response is "what"
I do miss a lot of conversation (sometimes beneficial) and stuff on the TV (some people are very clear, others inaudible) but do I want something stuck in my ear(s)?
Turns our 35 years in Manufacturing Engineering had very slightly dented my low frequency range. The audiologist said I just met the limit for free hearing aids.
They haven't helped me hear my wife any better, but you can connect to your phone, so you can listen to music.
Skyedriver said:
My wife and son are both pestering me to get my hearing checked and a hearing aid.
My stock response is "what"
I do miss a lot of conversation (sometimes beneficial) and stuff on the TV (some people are very clear, others inaudible) but do I want something stuck in my ear(s)?
I ruined my hearing with pistols when I was younger plus power tools and rave music.My stock response is "what"
I do miss a lot of conversation (sometimes beneficial) and stuff on the TV (some people are very clear, others inaudible) but do I want something stuck in my ear(s)?
I finally gave in to hearing aids when I was 45 (now 50) and a good pair can really show you what you have been missing and I have to regularly check I have them in as cannot feel them. In ear are rubbish.
It was my Ego that stopped me getting them. I spent about 5k on my set and the noise cancelling is great, plus it virtually cures the tinnitus when wearing them.
Caddyshack said:
Skyedriver said:
My wife and son are both pestering me to get my hearing checked and a hearing aid.
My stock response is "what"
I do miss a lot of conversation (sometimes beneficial) and stuff on the TV (some people are very clear, others inaudible) but do I want something stuck in my ear(s)?
I ruined my hearing with pistols when I was younger plus power tools and rave music.My stock response is "what"
I do miss a lot of conversation (sometimes beneficial) and stuff on the TV (some people are very clear, others inaudible) but do I want something stuck in my ear(s)?
I finally gave in to hearing aids when I was 45 (now 50) and a good pair can really show you what you have been missing and I have to regularly check I have them in as cannot feel them. In ear are rubbish.
It was my Ego that stopped me getting them. I spent about 5k on my set and the noise cancelling is great, plus it virtually cures the tinnitus when wearing them.
GasEngineer said:
Caddyshack said:
Skyedriver said:
My wife and son are both pestering me to get my hearing checked and a hearing aid.
My stock response is "what"
I do miss a lot of conversation (sometimes beneficial) and stuff on the TV (some people are very clear, others inaudible) but do I want something stuck in my ear(s)?
I ruined my hearing with pistols when I was younger plus power tools and rave music.My stock response is "what"
I do miss a lot of conversation (sometimes beneficial) and stuff on the TV (some people are very clear, others inaudible) but do I want something stuck in my ear(s)?
I finally gave in to hearing aids when I was 45 (now 50) and a good pair can really show you what you have been missing and I have to regularly check I have them in as cannot feel them. In ear are rubbish.
It was my Ego that stopped me getting them. I spent about 5k on my set and the noise cancelling is great, plus it virtually cures the tinnitus when wearing them.
BenS94 said:
Why are people so hostile and incredibly strict regarding thread titles. If someone has something to say linked with another post, let it happen.
If something goes totally O/T for a page of argument, can it or take it elsewhere.
...but a few helpful comments like that are part of what makes PH a community.
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cliffords said:
My wife makes spaghetti Bolognese about twice a month . I am very lucky she often cooks for me . She makes it the same way each time . It never ever ever tastes the same . Sometimes good, sometimes fantastic, sometimes not so good.
We often speak about it , wow this one is good or nice but not quite so tasty this time .
I asked why it was always different and she said she never uses a recipe, just makes it up that day .
And why wouldn't she? I make a bolognese sauce a couple of times a month and it often depends on what veg I left in the fridge, if there's the remains of a bottle of red wine (very rare) etc.We often speak about it , wow this one is good or nice but not quite so tasty this time .
I asked why it was always different and she said she never uses a recipe, just makes it up that day .
I don't cook very often, but when I do, it'll be a very large pot of either chilli or spag bol (always the same recipe). We'll eat it on the day, then the next day, the rest is split up into around 10 meals and frozen. The ones eaten later from the freezer invariably taste better, as the flavours have had chance to develop.
Slow cooking is better than than a quick recipe, and when frozen and reheated it's even better still.
Pit Pony said:
Skyedriver said:
My wife and son are both pestering me to get my hearing checked and a hearing aid.
My stock response is "what"
I do miss a lot of conversation (sometimes beneficial) and stuff on the TV (some people are very clear, others inaudible) but do I want something stuck in my ear(s)?
I gitba referral on the NHS to have my hearing tested at Spec Savers. Because I kept having to ask my wife to repeat herself.My stock response is "what"
I do miss a lot of conversation (sometimes beneficial) and stuff on the TV (some people are very clear, others inaudible) but do I want something stuck in my ear(s)?
Turns our 35 years in Manufacturing Engineering had very slightly dented my low frequency range. The audiologist said I just met the limit for free hearing aids.
They haven't helped me hear my wife any better, but you can connect to your phone, so you can listen to music.
To GasEngineer, sorry for this post but I can't hear you.
And my wife has managed to walk about 400m today, slow and with a stick but she's getting there. (Broken leg/ankle 4 weeks ago).
Skyedriver said:
Pit Pony said:
Skyedriver said:
My wife and son are both pestering me to get my hearing checked and a hearing aid.
My stock response is "what"
I do miss a lot of conversation (sometimes beneficial) and stuff on the TV (some people are very clear, others inaudible) but do I want something stuck in my ear(s)?
I gitba referral on the NHS to have my hearing tested at Spec Savers. Because I kept having to ask my wife to repeat herself.My stock response is "what"
I do miss a lot of conversation (sometimes beneficial) and stuff on the TV (some people are very clear, others inaudible) but do I want something stuck in my ear(s)?
Turns our 35 years in Manufacturing Engineering had very slightly dented my low frequency range. The audiologist said I just met the limit for free hearing aids.
They haven't helped me hear my wife any better, but you can connect to your phone, so you can listen to music.
To GasEngineer, sorry for this post but I can't hear you.
And my wife has managed to walk about 400m today, slow and with a stick but she's getting there. (Broken leg/ankle 4 weeks ago).
She had a little hearing up to the age of 17, then had a virus and lost the lot.
14 years in total silence. Then along came the miracle that is cochlear implanting.
For the last 30 years she has had about 30% hearing one side from the cochlear, which means she can hear noises around her, and this helps her hear basic words and improves her lip-reading. Here's what it looks like, but of course she wears it under her hair.
She takes it off at night, so is back to totally deaf in bed. Things like smoke alarms and so on have to flash to be any use.
She too has tinnitus, so she sympathises with those that do. Her's sounds like a kettle boiling, she tells me.
Of course, at 70 my hearing is not as good as it was at 20, but it amuses me to be told by her that I need to get my hearing checked.
And she is an armchair expert on whether the TV is too loud
My wife loves to be helpful to others, even when she can't really help, drives me nuts.
We were out yesterday on a dog walk, locally ish, using All Trails, it was in the middle of nowhere about 8 miles from where we live, this is an area with alot of woodland, bridleways, streams, unmade lanes etc with random cottages dotted about, many of which are off lanes which you kind of look at and wonder if cars are allowed down them.
We happen across a woman looking all flustered, chatting to a guy who is dressed for walking, her phone is out, she is parked up outside a cottage on a single track road, straightaway from what I am presented with I can tell she is looking for a cottage, she asks if we are local, I reply that we don't live too far away but no, we aren't local to here, I apologise saying we are unable to help and continue to walk by.
The wife stops, says "well I work nearby" giving me evils in a kind of "how dare you speak for me way", "I may be able to help?", well she works kind of nearby (ish), she probably drives through this area on the main road getting from point A to point B without much thought and she also has an absolutely hopeless sense of direction, just by chance if this woman was looking to get back to the main road, the wife wouldn't have a clue how to get back there, however I know she was looking for a cottage, it was obvious!
"Oh thank you, I am looking for XYZ cottage", "Oh I'm afraid I don't know where that is", well there's a surprise!, then she starts offering advice, advice that isn't needed as it is the sort of thing one would do straightaway, "have you checked Google maps?", no signal in the area, "have you got the phone number of the person" no signal in the area "have you asked anyone else?", no one else about!!
A couple of other walkers rock up and then we have the sight of 6 people all on their mobiles wandering around trying to get a signal, eventually the owner of the cottage we are outside of, arrives home and points her in the correct direction, "3 along up that dirt track"
The wife always does it, we couldn't help at all, I knew it straightaway, when she realises she can't help she then still gets involved trying to help but not helping at all, just wasting our time!
We were out yesterday on a dog walk, locally ish, using All Trails, it was in the middle of nowhere about 8 miles from where we live, this is an area with alot of woodland, bridleways, streams, unmade lanes etc with random cottages dotted about, many of which are off lanes which you kind of look at and wonder if cars are allowed down them.
We happen across a woman looking all flustered, chatting to a guy who is dressed for walking, her phone is out, she is parked up outside a cottage on a single track road, straightaway from what I am presented with I can tell she is looking for a cottage, she asks if we are local, I reply that we don't live too far away but no, we aren't local to here, I apologise saying we are unable to help and continue to walk by.
The wife stops, says "well I work nearby" giving me evils in a kind of "how dare you speak for me way", "I may be able to help?", well she works kind of nearby (ish), she probably drives through this area on the main road getting from point A to point B without much thought and she also has an absolutely hopeless sense of direction, just by chance if this woman was looking to get back to the main road, the wife wouldn't have a clue how to get back there, however I know she was looking for a cottage, it was obvious!
"Oh thank you, I am looking for XYZ cottage", "Oh I'm afraid I don't know where that is", well there's a surprise!, then she starts offering advice, advice that isn't needed as it is the sort of thing one would do straightaway, "have you checked Google maps?", no signal in the area, "have you got the phone number of the person" no signal in the area "have you asked anyone else?", no one else about!!
A couple of other walkers rock up and then we have the sight of 6 people all on their mobiles wandering around trying to get a signal, eventually the owner of the cottage we are outside of, arrives home and points her in the correct direction, "3 along up that dirt track"
The wife always does it, we couldn't help at all, I knew it straightaway, when she realises she can't help she then still gets involved trying to help but not helping at all, just wasting our time!
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