Writer's Block: Chatty

[karebu72]

Neither, I hate my cell phone.  For starters, I'm deaf in one ear and losing the hearing in the other. most times, I have to try to figure out what people are saying to me over a high pitched squeal in the ear that kind of works. Second, because I have a cell phone, people expect me to answer it the second they call, then get mad at me when I

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[karebu72]

That is the ear I'm deaf in too...the left one! I started losing the hearing in it when I was in my early 20's. It has me nervous about the right one and the squealing, but it could be worst...at least both eyes work ;-)

[karebu72]

No, I have speakers that attach to the outside of my ear; I've been nervous about sticking things with suction in my ears ever since I worked at a plastics plant. It was madatory everybody around the machines had to wear earplugs (even the guy who was completely deaf). We played practical jokes on each other after managment left, mostly harmless ones like writing "Caution Bad Gas Leak" on a peice of clear tape and set it upside down on someones stool so when they sat down, it would stick to them. One person wasn't thinking, walked by me and pulled the string to my ear plug, which broke my ear drum. The pain ranks right up with walking into a ball hitch on the back of a truck. It healed eventually and the guy felt so horrible about it, he bought me lunch for a month. I love my music too...