Clive

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.

Tomorrow I am going to try and strip the rear shocks, adjustment collars are seized solid, Lathered them with WD40, but still seized Alloy and steel don't seem to get along very well.

Been fooking gardening most of the afternoon. After I won the battle with the lawnmower, Bosch!!!!...German quality!!.....fook off...it's shite. Relaxing with a San Miguel now.

Warmer today here.....I have a fight with a lawn mower blade to look forward to.

I was happy with the Tiger, was nice to ride, I found it quite comfy, it seemed to fit my frame, but jeez it was very top heavy with a tank full of fuel, had a couple of oh shit it's going over moments, but it never did...

Around here we have some very touristy places, Newstead Abbey, Hardwick Hall, Bolsover Castle...Clumber Park, and Edwinstowe, the home of the fabled Robin Hood, these place get packed on public holidays.....best avoided.

Thanks @Pedro but our days of foreign travel are behind us, too much hassle crossing the channel now we out if the EU.

I did 150 miles on Bank holiday Monday.....all country lanes, kept away from the holiday hotspots.