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Old Jun 18th 2011, 11:32 am
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http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...f-hearing.html
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Old Jun 18th 2011, 12:33 pm
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Perhaps his hearing loss is just temporary...being muffled by too many muffs.
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"You have to lean down and talk into his good ear for him to understand you.

"We could sit right next to him and he wouldn't have a clue what we said."

I imagine this could be a case of selective hearing. I dont think he wants them for their conversation anyway...
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Originally Posted by kittycat1
I imagine this could be a case of selective hearing. I dont think he wants them for their conversation anyway...
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Jeez - it's bad enough people posting links from the Daily Mail, but The Sun? Sometimes it's hard to tell the two apart.
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Old Jun 18th 2011, 4:19 pm
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Jeez - it's bad enough people posting links from the Daily Mail, but The Sun? Sometimes it's hard to tell the two apart.
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Pardon? what did you say?
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I prefer this story...............

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...va-is-ace.html
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wow, what a non-story...the guys 85, hardly surprising that he's a bit deaf...

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