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used my vision "super power" to morph the link in Dana's sig line into penispoetry. And I don't even have the excuse of being tired oh well. |
Ha! thats brilliant Carruthers.
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The TV must be high because watching is not pleasurable if we have to concentrate so hard we're straining. Plus TV dialog varies greatly in volume, and saying, "What", to the TV is useless. I know from whence I speak. :yesnod: |
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(1). Dad will sit close to the TV with his hearing aids turned up to maximum and the sound turned down to a level where I cannot comfortably hear it. (2). Dad will run down the batteries of his hearing aids because he has been running them at full throttle. See (1) above. Upshot: I am deafened by TV. (3) As pointed out TV dialogue volume varies markedly especially during some of the news programmes. Dad will make constant adjustments to the sound so he can comfortably hear it. Determining 'comfortable' in this context may be complicated by (1) and (2) above. (4) If a particular reporter or performer that does not feature on his popularity list makes an appearance, the mute button is pressed in short order. No one else (me) has any say in the matter. (5) Loud music accompanying any documentary also gets the 'mute button' treatment. If there's dialogue going on at the same time, well that's just too bad. It won't hurt if we (I) miss it. (6) Use of the mute button does not take into account the fact that the underlying volume might well have increased substantially by the time the mute is 'unpressed'. Particularly jarring when his batteries are about to expire. See (2) above. (7) The perfect storm is when his hearing aid batteries are low, the TV volume is set high, and he unmutes when the transmitted sound is at its maximum, just at the time when I happen to be walking past the TV. In comparison, Krakatoa's explosion in 1883 sounds like a lamb sneezing 200 yards away. |
Have you considered a tv set of your own?
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Accordingly, I suffer in silence. In a manner of speaking.:D |
My mom has some sort of blutooth transmitter from a box she connects to the tv and it sends a signal directly into her hearing aids so her hearing aids transmit the tv sound. Other people in the room can listen to the tv at a comfortable volume, and she can listen at her own volume.
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Speaking of expensive mistakes, I bought a satellite box some while back which he won't use. On the rare occasions I use it, he sits there with the remote for the TV and wonders why none of the buttons work. He'll express surprise at the channels available on satellite when I find something different from the usual fare, but he soon forgets about it and we're back to square one. I seem to spend much of my time on the Internet at the other end of the house but I then feel guilty about the old man in the other room sitting by himself watching TV. |
He's dependent on other people for everything in life except the TV. It's the one thing he has left he hasn't lost control of, and guards it jealously. Sounds like Alzheimer's symptoms. It also sounds like you hate confrontation and avoid it at all costs. The proper Englishman stereotype, not saying that's a bad thing, just an observation. ;)
Now I've been wearing hearing aids for 33 years x replace every 3 years x 2 ears = a shitload of hearing aids. I've never owned one that varied the volume with battery strength. Volume remained where it was set until the voltage dropped below a certain level, then the sound would shut off. Some had a warning where it would beep a couple times, every few minutes, for the last hour or so, but never changed volume. |
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I know what you mean, I just installed that boiler... 20 years ago. I just bought groceries... 10 days ago. I just bought that truck... 10 years ago. Christmas and birthdays used to be a year apart, too. :haha:
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If you're looking for my English stiff upper lip, it's just above my English flabby lower lip. ;) |
I've seen Alzheimer's give someone trouble recalling some things, but cock sure about what they feel is true. The path of least resistance can be a wise method of self-preservation, especially for a gentleman. :notworthy
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