The Old Folks Home

[Cynthia12]

Have to share my once a yr. hot summer funny post. Man, it really is hot here. Triple digits, and we are in for it for another few days!

 

[Alaskan]

Tinnitus... yup, got that one covered here as well. I actually go for my hearing aid fitting next Monday. Mine is due to many years in the Navy around aircraft with loud engines. I've learned to ignore/not hear the constant ringing, but right now, while discussing it, it's right there droning in both ears. Finally got tired of always saying "huh?" and "what" to my daughter. Mine are covered by the VA as it's a service connected disability.

After all these years she STILL hasn't learned to SPEAK UP, and as many times as I've explained my hearing loss to her, she still sometimes gets aggravated when I don't hear her the first time. Her voice falls right in the middle of my worst frequency range. I get aggravated when she starts talking then turns away from me while doing so. That makes it even harder to hear/understand what she's saying. Ah well...

I have the same issue with my kids!

I don't understand why it is so difficult for them to understand that I need to see their mouth while they speak and speaking clearly is a must.

Silly children with good hearing.


My hearing loss is genetic...but I did lots of things to help.

 

[Athaid]

I posted this on another thread this morning and I think this is the best forum to get this word out. Please spread the word.

Now for soapbox time. This is really important for the future of backyard and small flock poultry. There have been over 600 cases this year across the country of people contracting salmonella from handling pet poultry.
For those that allow small children to handle poultry, don't allow kissing and make sure you wash them up immediately afterward.
This goes for adults as well. Always wash hands with soap and water immediately after handling poultry or anything where poultry live.
 I can't stress this one enough. It is recommended to never keep poultry in the house - including chicks and ducklings. That dust gets everywhere. They belong out in a brooder house - not a bedroom.
As someone who has fought in city after city across the area challenging city councils to allow chicken keeping, it is always an issue that is raised as to why they shouldn't be allowed. They don't understand why we don't want to buy store eggs and chicken meat.
I've had council members quote the CDC word for word on multiple occasions saying that the CDC recommends:

• Always wash hands thoroughly with soap and water right after touching live poultry or anything in the area where the birds live and roam;
• Do not let live poultry inside the house; and
• Do not let children younger than 5 years of age handle or touch chicks, ducklings or other live poultry without adult supervision.

I counter by saying that they say the same about dogs and cats but dogs and cats are legal.
If we continue to allow this to get out of control, the pendulum of more backyard poultry being allowed will certainly swing the other way.

http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2016/07/more-than-600-sick-in-45-states-because-of-poultry-pets/

http://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/salmonella-pet-chickens-makes-611-sick-n612576

There is a thread I have visited about people keeping "house chickens". Do you think they're at a high risk of contracting salmonella?

 

[Peep_Show]

I posted this on another thread this morning and I think this is the best forum to get this word out. Please spread the word.

Now for soapbox time. This is really important for the future of backyard and small flock poultry. There have been over 600 cases this year across the country of people contracting salmonella from handling pet poultry.

New Mexico, Hawaii and maybe another state or two haven't had any reports of chicken-caused salmonella. Found that interesting.

 

[Peep_Show]

I've got intermittent tinnitis in one ear only, and I only hear it on certain mornings. As it turns out, it's the same pitch as the Taos hum that artists report hearing....except we're several hours away. I don't know what to think...except my life has never been ordinary, so this isn't anything exceptional.

 

[Athaid]

You can take a listening test online to see how old your ears are. Apparently mine are that of a thirty year old! Don't know how I messed up my hearing so badly, but I can't hear the higher pitches.

 

[Leave a LightOn]

You can take a listening test online to see how old your ears are. Apparently mine are that of a thirty year old! Don't know how I messed up my hearing so badly, but I can't hear the higher pitches.

would you be willing to share the link? please?

 

[Athaid]

Here ya go

 

[Leave a LightOn]

Here ya go

Thanks! I'll check it out.

 

[Alaskan]

You can take a listening test online to see how old your ears are. Apparently mine are that of a thirty year old! Don't know how I messed up my hearing so badly, but I can't hear the higher pitches.

My first thought was "Dang! That is awesome!" Then I remembered how old you are.