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monster · 01-27-2015, 11:19 AM

I just

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.

Carruthers · 01-31-2015, 06:10 AM

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Originally Posted by monster

I just

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.

I understand that Arts Council funding is available for that.

classicman · 01-27-2015, 11:33 AM

Ha! thats brilliant Carruthers.

monster · 01-27-2015, 03:04 PM

Have you considered a tv set of your own?

Carruthers · 01-27-2015, 03:15 PM

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Originally Posted by monster

Have you considered a tv set of your own?

The cabling and distribution system for the antenna and sat dish would be complex and expensive so it's not really a practical proposition.

Accordingly, I suffer in silence. In a manner of speaking.

glatt · 01-27-2015, 03:24 PM

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.

Carruthers · 01-27-2015, 03:45 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

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.

There's a similar sort of gizmo available here, but Dad is not very good with technology. Coupled with the fact that he is monumentally impatient it would be an expensive mistake to go down that route.

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.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-27-2015, 06:51 PM

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.

Clodfobble · 01-28-2015, 10:42 AM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Now I've been wearing hearing aids for 33 years x replace every 3 years x 2 ears = a shitload of hearing aids.

This is something I'm just sort of getting used to: the idea that I'm going to live long enough to replace shit on a relatively regular basis that I feel like ought to be "long-lasting." It is long-lasting; I'm just longer-lasting. Stupid stuff like, "What do you mean we have to replace the sheets again, didn't we just buy new ones, like... ten years ago?" There's a complete-turnover factor for all products that I haven't gotten used to yet.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-28-2015, 10:51 AM

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.

BigV · 01-28-2015, 03:16 PM

choosing one's battles is smrt.

DanaC · 03-19-2015, 12:53 PM

hahahaha I missed the penispoetry comment:p

I just...

ate a bananananana and I have an episode of Person of Interest (my latest tv obsession) racked up and ready to watch.

BigV · 03-19-2015, 09:53 PM

I just...

fuck that. by the time "I just..." is gramatically correct, I'll be incapable of making this post. So here's my post to myself and my friends, in the future.

"I just...

--got home from work.

--made a gin and whatever/lime/seltzer/bitters on the rocks. they get better the more of them you drink.

--had something to eat, don't care what, easy, fast, hot, that'll do.

--took a shower, much to the relief of everyone downwind.

--went to bed and fell asleep watching My Little Pony, Friendship is Magic. (getting in character for this year's SakuraCon).

Gravdigr · 03-19-2015, 11:57 PM

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Originally Posted by BigV

...they get better the more of them you drink.

Heheh...they'll do that.

monster · 02-25-2016, 02:55 PM

I just...

...taught my son how to shave his armpits and legs

01-27-2015, 11:19 AM	#1
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	I just 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. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

01-27-2015, 11:33 AM	#3
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Ha! thats brilliant Carruthers. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

01-27-2015, 03:04 PM	#4
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Have you considered a tv set of your own? __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

01-27-2015, 06:51 PM	#8
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	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. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-28-2015, 10:51 AM	#10
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	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. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-27-2015, 03:24 PM	#6
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	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.

01-28-2015, 03:16 PM	#11
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	choosing one's battles is smrt. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

03-19-2015, 09:53 PM	#13
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	I just... fuck that. by the time "I just..." is gramatically correct, I'll be incapable of making this post. So here's my post to myself and my friends, in the future. "I just... --got home from work. --made a gin and whatever/lime/seltzer/bitters on the rocks. they get better the more of them you drink. --had something to eat, don't care what, easy, fast, hot, that'll do. --took a shower, much to the relief of everyone downwind. --went to bed and fell asleep watching My Little Pony, Friendship is Magic. (getting in character for this year's SakuraCon). __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

02-25-2016, 02:55 PM	#15
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	I just... ...taught my son how to shave his armpits and legs __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

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