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  1. Good news Bob.
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      CommentAuthorThor
    • CommentTimeJan 24th 2011 edited
    BobdH wrote
    For over 2 weeks now, I've had an annoying beep in my left ear, and since some annoying kid blew off a firecracker pretty close to me on that side during new years eve, I've been worried SICK if it'd be tinnitus and that that would be the cause (googles a lot about it, with very worrying stories).

    Fortunately, I just came from the doctor, and he said the ear is just full of ear wax, which blocks the membrane and causes the beep. I didn't think that would be it, because it doesn't feel that way, so it's a HUGE relief! I've made an appointment for friday to have my ear cleaned, and then the beep must be gone. Can't tell y'all how happy I am!


    As someone who was diagnosed with chronic tinnitus a year ago (and already deteriorating, now louder and in both ears), let me just say how lucky you are!! I wouldn't wish this f"#¤n thing on my worst enemy.
    I am extremely serious.
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeJan 24th 2011
    Not even on one or two FSMers? wink

    Seriously though, I have no concept of what that's like, must be horrible.
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
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      CommentAuthorThor
    • CommentTimeJan 24th 2011
    Timmer wrote
    Not even on one or two FSMers? wink


    Okay, one or two of those, for sure. smile
    I am extremely serious.
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeJan 24th 2011
    I'll not name names but I'm sure we'd name the same person(s) biggrin
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
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      CommentAuthorThor
    • CommentTimeJan 24th 2011 edited
    Timmer wrote
    I'll not name names but I'm sure we'd name the same person(s) biggrin


    Indeed. Come to think of it, I wouldn't want them harmed by tinnitus either. Just imagine how cranky/troublesome they'll be THEN!! shocked wink
    I am extremely serious.
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeJan 24th 2011 edited
    Just best to wish DEATH on them wink

    well, one of them anyway, he sure wasn't backwards in wishing it on you.
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
  8. Thor wrote

    As someone who was diagnosed with chronic tinnitus a year ago (and already deteriorating, now louder and in both ears), let me just say how lucky you are!! I wouldn't wish this f"#¤n thing on my worst enemy.


    Damn man... That's awful news... I hope it will get better someday. sad
    "considering I've seen an enormous debate here about The Amazing Spider-Man and the ones who love it, and the ones who hate it, I feel myself obliged to say: TASTE DIFFERS, DEAL WITH IT" - Thomas G.
  9. DreamTheater wrote
    Thor wrote

    As someone who was diagnosed with chronic tinnitus a year ago (and already deteriorating, now louder and in both ears), let me just say how lucky you are!! I wouldn't wish this f"#¤n thing on my worst enemy.


    Damn man... That's awful news... I hope it will get better someday. sad

    Maybe one day it could be treatable:

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/ja … e-tinnitus
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      CommentAuthorsdtom
    • CommentTimeJan 24th 2011
    My knee is on the mend
    listen to more classical music!
  11. sdtom wrote
    My knee is on the mend

    Good to hear, Tom.
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      CommentAuthorBobdH
    • CommentTimeJan 24th 2011 edited
    Thor wrote
    As someone who was diagnosed with chronic tinnitus a year ago (and already deteriorating, now louder and in both ears), let me just say how lucky you are!! I wouldn't wish this f"#¤n thing on my worst enemy.


    Aww man, that's horrible sad . I'm sure 'my' noise isn't as loud as yours of course, and it's only my left ear, but at one moment I almost accepted that it wouldn't go away (since my ear doesn't feel blocked at all), which gave me very stressful situations. I feel like I've had a glimpse of how it must be to really have it, let alone a chronic version! I feel for you man sad

    I've also googled a lot about it, and it's weird how much difference there is in treating it. There are methods some doctors use in the Netherlands (expensive, but don't always work) but in general they tell you to learn to live with it, and in Germany they found some kind of cure (up to about 60-80%) for tinnitus when treated within the first 2 to 3 weeks, but that isn't exactly accepted elsewhere. Really hope there'll be some medical progress in the near future about this. I wouldn't wish this to my worst enemies.
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      CommentAuthorBobdH
    • CommentTimeJan 24th 2011
    FalkirkBairn wrote
    Maybe one day it could be treatable:

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/ja … e-tinnitus


    That's very good news, hopefully they'll push on with these experiments until it is indeed a workable cure. I know they've been doing tests with 'fairly positive' results by way of electronics for a while, and I really hope that's the key.
  14. Just off to bed now and I can hear a tawny owl calling from the trees across the road. It's a regular sound and it's something I never tire of hearing.
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    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeJan 26th 2011
    How do you know it's a tawny owl? You sure it's not a barn owl or a dog-bothering owl or a small child gathering owl or a Clash of The Titans made of gold owl?

    I recognise owl calls but I wouldn't know what kind they were?
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
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      CommentAuthorFalkirkBairn
    • CommentTimeJan 26th 2011 edited
    I have a bird book that has a CD that features bird calls. I think it's on that. And I've had a listen to some calls on YouTube and bird sites.

    Tawny owl call: http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdgui … index.aspx
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    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeJan 26th 2011
    Cool!

    Now what's the chance of capturing a photo? Slim I'd guess unless you had hours and days of endlessly watching.
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
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      CommentAuthorsdtom
    • CommentTimeJan 26th 2011
    I'm back to doing what I enjoy best which is listening to music.
    listen to more classical music!
  19. Timmer wrote
    Cool!

    Now what's the chance of capturing a photo? Slim I'd guess unless you had hours and days of endlessly watching.

    I could sit and watch the wood through the front window - and sometimes I do, watching squirrels, treecreepers, woodpeckers, sheep(!) - but apparently tawny owls are nocturnal and so the chances of seeing one is slim.
    The views expressed in this post are entirely my own and do not reflect the opinions of maintitles.net, or for that matter, anyone else. http://www.racksandtags.com/falkirkbairn
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeJan 26th 2011 edited
    You'd need some specialised equipment and a bucket load of patience.

    There's quite a lot of wildlife around my way too, foxes, hedghogs, squirrels and lots of various birds ( except I'm rubbish at recognising what types they are ) and bats ( which probably reside in the local church belfry ). I've lived in this area for 15 years and the wildest thing I saw was a bird of prey ( again, I'm rubbish and don't know what kind? ) swoop down onto the pavement where it instantly killed a pigeon and flew off with it's body....I've never seen a bird of prey around here before or since then, it was like having a brief moment of David Attenborough magic happen before your very eyes.
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
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      CommentAuthorsdtom
    • CommentTimeJan 26th 2011
    What can I say but another day in paradise
    listen to more classical music!
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeJan 26th 2011
    Howabout...

    'oh think twice, it's just another day for you, you and me in paradise'


    maybe not eh?
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
  23. I wish I had some of the specialist equipment but I try to do well with what I have when the chance presents itself.

    Birds are the most varied things we have here. We usually participate in the RSPB' Big Garden Bird Watch (which is this weekend) where we sit and watch the garden for one hour and note what birds we see. The feeders are stocked ready to go.

    We would hope to see blackbirds, thrushes, house sparrows, dunnocks, wrens, robins, blue tits, great tits, coal tits, maybe even long-tailed tits, chaffinches, greenfinches, goldfinches, nuthatches, maybe even a woodpecker. Mostly it'll be one or two of each in the hour but we have counted 12 goldfinches at once fighting for supremacy of the seeds on occasions.

    We regularly see buzzards overhead and Anne saw a sparrowhawk in the garden once. What you likely saw Tim was a sparrowhawk taking the pigeon.
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  24. Pleased to get out of the house for only the 3rd time since the new year. Don't know if the back is improving or whether it is just the painkillers. Walked into town and back (maybe just shy of 2 miles) and don't feel too bad.

    Seeing the doc on Friday for the results of the x-ray.
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    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeJan 26th 2011
    FalkirkBairn wrote
    Pleased to get out of the house for only the 3rd time since the new year. Don't know if the back is improving or whether it is just the painkillers. Walked into town and back (maybe just shy of 2 miles) and don't feel too bad.

    Seeing the doc on Friday for the results of the x-ray.


    Glad to hear it, I have a couple of friends with back problems, not fun.

    A Sparrowhawk seems to be the general consensus of friends I've told too, it just swooped down really fast and the whole thing was over very quickly, an amazing thing to see with my own eyes.

    I recognise Buzzards, I saw one really close by perched on a fence when we were in Wales last year....it took off while my hand was still reaching for my camera slant
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
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      CommentAuthorDemetris
    • CommentTimeJan 26th 2011
    Timmer wrote
    Howabout...

    'oh think twice, it's just another day for you, you and me in paradise'


    maybe not eh?


    Lovely song.
    Love Maintitles. It's full of Wanders.
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      CommentAuthorThor
    • CommentTimeFeb 2nd 2011
    Knowing that my dad is having lunch with Obama right about now (or one of the upcoming days)! Seriously.
    I am extremely serious.
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      CommentAuthorBregt
    • CommentTimeFeb 2nd 2011 edited
    Thor wrote
    Knowing that my dad is having lunch with Obama right about now (or one of the upcoming days)! Seriously.

    Your dad is Mubarak? shocked
    Kazoo
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      CommentAuthorThor
    • CommentTimeFeb 2nd 2011
    Bregt wrote
    Thor wrote
    Knowing that my dad is having lunch with Obama right about now (or one of the upcoming days)! Seriously.

    Your dad is Mubarak? shocked


    He, he...

    He's actually partaking in the National Prayers Breakfast in Washington, which is an annual gathering of religious, political and business men in Washington D.C. It's taking place right about now, with the Prez himself present.
    I am extremely serious.
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      CommentAuthorDemetris
    • CommentTimeFeb 2nd 2011
    Shame he's not Mubarak. Martijn would love you, he has a sweet spot for dictatorship wink
    Love Maintitles. It's full of Wanders.

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