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A Grateful American |
Once I was out back clearing trees and pulling stumps. The ex-missusmonkey came out and mentions I should spray paint the exposed tree roots with dayglo paint so I don't trip over them. Now, (of which she was full aware) I'll mention that I used to work on tactical commie killing fucking awesome weapons delivery platforms, and often had to tap dance around a shit-ton of hydraulic lines, electrical power cables, large volume air hoses in all sorts of weather and the noise and confusion of combat turns, with oil, JP-4 and hydraulic fluid on the ground, bent at the waist and all our shit was (re-painted) OD green, and I survived, so I sez: "I don't need you out here micromanaging me, I got this." She turned, walked away, took my daughter and left the house and they did not return for over 12 hours, and did not speak to me the rest of the weekend. I tried to bottle and sell it on the Internet, but I think potential customers figured out the formula. "the meaning of life, is to give life meaning" ✡ Ani Yehudi אני יהודי Le'olam lo shuv לעולם לא שוב! | |||
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Don't Panic |
They make some nice in-ear noise cancelling earphones these days.  | |||
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| Three Generations of Service  |
Really? Hmmmmmmmm... Be careful when following the masses. Sometimes the M is silent. | |||
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| Cruising the Highway to Hell  |
Being a guy that has spent more time than I care to admit in trouble for not putting up with the BS from the spouses friends and or relatives, the noise cancelling technology has saved me a ton of grief. I put them on, listen to music from the phone and I no longer have to listen to the garbage. Thus, no longer in trouble for getting pissed and telling someone to STFU. “Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.” ― Ronald Reagan Retired old fart | |||
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"How about we all just shut the fuck up?" Rather than being quite so directive, I try and give them something to think about; "Can you shut up?". Sometimes it works because they can't talk while they are thinking. Usually it just pisses them off anyway. They think the silent treatment is punishment. So cute (and quiet). | |||
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☺ You tripped on a root, didn't you? | |||
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You need to find a way to get Fate with you out on your walks more often.  _________________________________________________________________________ “A man’s treatment of a dog is no indication of the man’s nature, but his treatment of a cat is. It is the crucial test. None but the humane treat a cat well.” -- Mark Twain, 1902 | |||
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Next time....Drive them to the trailhead and help them out. Then drive away  By the time they walk home, they'll be all talked out. | |||
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| Three Generations of Service |
Funny you should mention that. We're dog-sitting Fate this week as Grandson, his family and their dog are visiting my daughter and she didn't feel it was a good idea to introduce a strange dog into the mix especially considering Fate has just been spayed and needs to stay relatively calm for a week or so. Fate will be accompanying us on our morning walks for the week. Be careful when following the masses. Sometimes the M is silent. | |||
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| Three Generations of Service |
Oh yeah, that'd work REAL good. The next human voice I heard would be her lawyer...  Be careful when following the masses. Sometimes the M is silent. | |||
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Spectemur Agendo |
In those types of situations I have been know to interrupt with something completely unrelated and equally meaningless such as,"I like kittens," or "I think egg prices are going up next year." SIGforum's triple minority "It can't rain all the time." - Eric Draven | |||
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| Little ray of sunshine  |
Triumph! I got stuck in the car from Houston to Lafayette, Louisiana for a kid sporting event with the mom of some other kid. She ran her mouth incessantly about nothing the whole way over, and after about an hour of it on the way back, I tuned my Sirius radio into the adult comedy channel. That shit can be very raw, and it was. When she realized what was playing, she humpfed and oo-ed a couple of times, but then sat in a sort of a stunned silence the rest of the way back. My wife thought it was a bit much, but she was as sick of the chatter as I was and didn't complain much. I was even less tolerant than usual because she had contributed only $10 for gas money for a five and half hour round trip in a Ford Expedition. The fish is mute, expressionless. The fish doesn't think because the fish knows everything. | |||
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| Three Generations of Service |
I'd go with "turtles" but I don't think it would work. Sis-in-law is nearly as deaf as I am, plus when she gets her claws into a subject, it takes more than a mild non sequitur to break her concentration. Be careful when following the masses. Sometimes the M is silent. | |||
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goodheart |
Is your wife Irish by any chance? My mother-in-law was, and she loved to argue. Won a national debating contest when in college. _________________________ “ What all the wise men promised has not happened, and what all the damned fools said would happen has come to pass.”— Lord Melbourne | |||
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| Three Generations of Service |
Nope. English on her Father's side, French-Canadian on her Mother's side. Be careful when following the masses. Sometimes the M is silent. | |||
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| Spectemur Agendo |
If it gets to that point I usually start saying, "What?" in response to everything. SIGforum's triple minority "It can't rain all the time." - Eric Draven | |||
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Plowing straight ahead come what may |
I kinda like the way he handled it...we old LCMS folks are nothing if not direct (we get it honestly...just look at old Martin with that hammer) ...Great well written rant by the way  ******************************************************** "we've gotta roll with the punches, learn to play all of our hunches Making the best of what ever comes our way Forget that blind ambition and learn to trust your intuition Plowing straight ahead come what may And theres a cowboy in the jungle" Jimmy Buffet | |||
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| Too old to run, too mean to quit! |
Just tried that 3 second thing, does not seem to work on mine. Not that I need it. Just wanted to try and see. I have the Phonak aids. Elk There has never been an occasion where a people gave up their weapons in the interest of peace that didn't end in their massacre. (Louis L'Amour) "To compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors, is sinful and tyrannical. " -Thomas Jefferson "America is great because she is good. If America ceases to be good, America will cease to be great." Alexis de Tocqueville FBHO!!! The Idaho Elk Hunter | |||
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אַרְיֵה |
It's a software option that can be set by the audiologist when s/he programs the hearing aids. They don't do it by default; you have to ask the audiologist to activate the feature. הרחפת שלי מלאה בצלופחים | |||
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