Clive

Hope you don't have his physique.

Na, I had the snip many years ago..........maybe that guy from Telford is your dad though.

I just want them to refund the tax they owe me.......£1200 is better in my bank account than theirs...........too much to ask for?.....seems like it.

Never thought of trying that.........brother in law is a candidate, just hope they don't mention golf to him though, or the poor sod at the other end will be tied up for hours

Good things...rarther be deaf than blind, blind, now that is a disability.

Ear plugsand the quietest helmet you can buy............I had a AGV (years ago) helmet, it was as loud wearing the helmet, as not wearing a helmet when riding.

And this is not a feeling sorry for myself statement, but being deaf is very isolating, can't hear music, visit in laws, can't join in the conversations, television is off more than it is on, some channels have subtitles, but alot dont. Mobile phone is only usefull for internet and text messages. If I have to go somewhere, hospital (they can call my name all day, I won't hear them) shopping and the garage to have car repaired wife has to be there too. We had a hell of a time getting the car and bike insurances to talk to my wife instead of me, and official departments like the tax office are adamant they want to talk to me only, sorry cannot talk to your wife, data protection and all that shit. I have one sort of riding buddy, he is very useful at cafes and eateries, otherwise I am stuffed. It would be easy to withdraw altogether, but I try not too.. Anyway guys remember "loud exhausts save lives" maybe mine. Louder the better, so I know you there

I used to....er....collect (steal) earplugs from factories I delivered to, thinking (maybe wrongly) that if a employer provides them they should be if a certain standard and up to the job they where designed for.

Yep, back in the 70,s 80,s and 90,s they where unheard of.....maybe that's where I started the damage.......and shite Kangol helmets did not help.

Any earplug is better than no earplug.....

I do miss music I can hear a noise when I turn radio up to nearly full....but it's just a distorted sound....sink don't bother. But wife is becoming a expert on noises on the car telling me about squeaks and rattles......just need her to get competent with spanners.

My tinnitus started very mildly, when I laid in bed at night it sounded like sound of the surf/sea.....but quiet. I used ear plugs for years, but they did not stop the progress of my tinnitus. Look after your hearing @Pedro....get the best ear plugs you can buy......once this shit starts it's a downward spiral.

Once I am asleep I have no problems.

Strangely I have learned to ignore it, but I do have a white noise generator (like a little radio) for when it really bad.

Could be just my age, or could be small tumours on the nerves, which the guy said is quite common, but thankfully not life threatening, and little they can do about it

I have raging tinnitus.. @Pedro

95% loss in right ear....90% in left ear, so by their assessment...deaf. Can hear little bits with my hearing aids, what I can hear is distorted though.

I am bloody happy they did not take my bike and car licence off of me Would have nothing to do if they did MRI on the 26th of June........not having a cochlear implant!!!....they not drilling holes in my head at my age.

If I had some hearing Bob I would..

Thank CC.....good to be back after my fit of pique.

Fuck knows what they feed it on as it looks more like a pile of curry than shit.

I am slowly loosing it But if I had worked past my retirement age, which I could have done, i would have to had to finish when I lost my hearing....took my lorry licence off of me. So I try to fill my time as best as I can.

Every day is the same to me, being retired.

Back garden is quite a size, and having to weed the borders takes time. I had to clear the (next door neighbours) cat shite 1st.. All done now, for a while..........I have gardening.

The San Miguel..I could not agree more.