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  1. Kai Onca

    Buying a House

    Am curious if the bank and the lawyers involved are required to provide ASL interprerer if I request one during the closing day when signing documents?
  2. Kai Onca

    How to record VP calls? To prove doctors refusing interpreters

    I'm wondering, just frustrated with doctors of any kind trying to get interpreters set up for office visits is just downright a huge obstacle. The last doctor I set up an appointment a month ago, I had to explain to the rude office lady on the phone that I cannot simply go to a doctor that...
  3. Kai Onca

    How do you know?

    With recent hotbed issue about religious freedom got me to thinking about how a future law can hurt us. How does someone know someone is gay when doing business? I do my business everday and don't announce I am straight everytime I am buying something. Why should I tell the whole store of my...
  4. Kai Onca

    2015 Iditarod who follows that epic dog sled race?

    Day one has begun! The Iditarod is one of the epic dog sled race that takes many days to finish and many teams dont even finish Im putting my money on 4 men... the 2 Mackeys and 2 Seaveys either one or both for the win/2nd place. Anyone else interested? Didnt know to either put this in...
  5. Kai Onca

    What random stuff was revealed when snow melted that you saw?

    Its this time of the year when all of the winters snow is melting revealing tons of garbage stuff.... I remember this time last year walking in Chicago in neighborhood and seeing a crab leg, just so random! It was peeking out of melting snow and I had to know what the heck it was because of...
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    Disappointed with strawberries this season!

    I've not had one batch of strawberries that tasted halfway like real strawberries.I've asked family members if they scored a decent batch and all said no. They smelled okay, looked like real strawberries but when I bite into them, no dice not the sweet savory flavor explosion, zip, zlich, nada...
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    text only plan and non smartphone suggestions

    Am curious about unlimited text only plans thats cheaper than 40 a month nowadays. I am just looking for a phone thats not a smart phone just a simple ol fasioned perferrable with qwerty keyboard. All 3 big three phone co refuse to do text only plan. Am not willing to pay premium charge...
  8. Kai Onca

    what type of Ci's can be similar to analog HAs?

    Wondering which CI's as I'm beyond hearing aid help :( I have a Nucleus 22 and its useless as CI does not make the unit anymore so I'm just going to try other options though, I did love my analog hearing aids when I had them My hearing just got worse and worse I'm so deaf I sometimes only...
  9. Kai Onca

    "gold digger" being overused.

    I'm seeing more and more of people complaining about how they don't like gold diggers. I've been told by people who don't really know me that I'm a gold digger just because I won't date anyone that does not have a Bachelors degree or above. I have a Bachelors. I don't care if I do date or not...
  10. Kai Onca

    does the ADA cover VP videophones if TTY is provided?

    Title says it. I work for a deaf-related company Ironic isn't it? They still have tty's which just makes my work performance dealing with parents decline as I have so much hatred for those outdated devices that gets garbled 25% of the time and I've been requesting for a VP to be installed...
  11. Kai Onca

    What are my options Nucleus 22 user

    I'm a nucleus 22 with espirit 3g BTE I recall those days when I had that huge bulky processor. EEK! I don't wear it at all, and I get a letter from cochlear that they're ceasing production of repairing those 3gs. I don't even want the magnet still in my head, I want it out, I know its...
  12. Kai Onca

    Fiction books with deaf characters list?

    Am really interested in reading a book with a deaf character in it and see how the author describes a deaf person in the book. I'm into any genres, really as long as the book is well written. The latest book I loved was Pat Conroy's South of Broad but that was months ago. Need to find...
  13. Kai Onca

    How will this affect you personally if Chinese economy crashed?

    contrarian-investor-sees-economic-crash-in-china: Personal Finance News from Yahoo! Finance The question is would you guys be really happy if this happened? My very first reaction was that I was hoping this ends up to be true. Why? Something tells me that this would help the folks of...
  14. Kai Onca

    LCD monitor into TV converter need know if CC supported?

    Hi guys: Have a spare 17'' LCD flat screen samsung syncmaster that I wanted to convert into a TV monitor without any use of computer pc etc The prices of small flatscreen TVS was :shock: just for a tiny one wanted to experiment a little bit on this 17'' before I go ahead and try to find...
  15. Kai Onca

    dealing with work and hearing peers subthread?

    I'm shocked, this forum covers almost every aspect but work- most of us deaf folks are in the work force and we deal with annoying hearing vs deaf issues that is not "part of the ADA related issue" but I would like a sub forum whatever you call it a section just for people who had a bad day...
  16. Kai Onca

    Any deaf Aces?

    Curious about any fellow deaf asexuals as theres one or two but they're not currently active on this forum. I'm a member of AVEN forum, and yet the last two years, have not met another Ace just like me that just happens to be deaf. Only few who knows some sign. Cheers-
  17. Kai Onca

    "GBLT LOUNGE" excludes everyone else

    Yea, now I finally got your attention. I've mentioned it as a suble hint but for some reason emotion overrode reason and logic in this another thread For some reason I've seen GBLT as limited to ONLY themselves and I do recall some of my friends not liking that title/label what about...
  18. Kai Onca

    Graduate School assistance

    Curious if theres anyone pursuing any degree higher than a bachelors as I'm always going back and forth between going back to school as I'm always changing my mind about the major DUE to money!!!!! (different majors have different length the degree is finished) Was wondering about any...
  19. Kai Onca

    Becoming Straight trend...

    Due to recent events with several friends of mine becoming straight again, after years of being gay themselves, it just made me realize that I have not seen many open relationships, not many gaybow decorations and so on, is it because it was a fad for friends my age as I am in my twenties, or is...
  20. Kai Onca

    What form of sign language do they use down under?

    I'm wondering what type of sign language do Aussies use and which books are the best to buy on Aussie sign because the Deafolympics is going to be held there soon. I'M aware that there are some members that is from that region. I have several friends going there and thought maybe I'll give one...
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