Do you wish you were talk of town sometimes??

dereksbicycles · 12-09-2011, 01:43 PM

Let's say you had something vintage and people want to talk about it.

Example #1:

You have a 1960 Schwinn Corvette bike that you love riding around town. If you were hearing, you would hear everyone talking and pointing to you. Wow, what a cool bike this is!! I wish I would ride a bike like this

. However, you're deaf, so you don't get to hear people saying wow this is a cool bike. You just enjoy riding it because it's cool to you.

Then again, what if you were riding on a 10 years old Huffy bike? You won't hear anyone saying what a stupid bike you have. Wow, this is piece of a crap bike you're riding.

Eample #2:

You have a 1957 Ford Thunderbird convertible. You wish you would hear people whistle and say wow, what a nice piece of classic you have. However, you enjoy the car on your own because you don't hear anyone tell you what a wonderful piece of wheel you have.

What if you were driving a rusty 1985 Dodge Aries? You won't hear anyone tell you what a poor person he/she is. He just cannot afford a safe car. You don't hear anything negative because you're deaf.

Example #3:

You are mowing your lawn with a vintage Deere 70 riding mower. You get to hear people saying wow, this guy is simple. He likes vintage items just like in the good old days!!! Being deaf, you do enjoy Deere 70 for what it is, but you don't hear the whistles and the conversation piece this one makes.

DeafCaroline · 12-09-2011, 01:47 PM

Usually when someone admires something you have, it shows not just in their spoken words but in their face and body language. When I had a Harley, I got admiring nods from other bikers, and when I did actually own a very cool bike that was very retro, same thing happened again - looks of admiration or thumbs up signs. No hearing necessary to pick up on this.

Buffalo · 12-09-2011, 03:53 PM

Dereksbicycles, are you trying to push CI on us Deafies???

Frisky Feline · 12-09-2011, 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Buffalo

Dereksbicycles, are you trying to push CI on us Deafies???

Oh i didnt see it coming but i view this thread as a depressing thread.

Buffalo · 12-09-2011, 03:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Frisky Feline

Oh i didnt see it coming but i view this thread as a depressing thread.

That, too.

dereksbicycles · 12-09-2011, 04:00 PM

ANYONE who thinks that I am pushing CI on people can put me on IGNORE!!! I don't have time for people accusing me.

dereksbicycles · 12-09-2011, 04:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Buffalo

Dereksbicycles, are you trying to push CI on us Deafies???

I hope that you apologize for accusing me for pushing CI on deaf people because that was not what this thread was about.

Buffalo · 12-09-2011, 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by dereksbicycles

I hope that you apologize for accusing me for pushing CI on deaf people because that was not what this thread was about.

Then what is the point of continuing pointing out how it would be nice if we can hear. This is not the first one I have seen you posted. What is your goal when you compared situations where we can hear or where we can't? I just want know what is your goal.

dereksbicycles · 12-09-2011, 04:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Buffalo

Then what is the point of continuing pointing out how it would be nice if we can hear. This is not the first one I have seen you posted. What is your goal when you compared situations where we can hear or where we can't? I just want know what is your goal.

I was just curious if people in general were interested in wishing that they would hear abouit what great thing(s) they have.

Try to think of something really cool you have. A cool conversation piece you may have. In my case, I would use a 1960 Schwinn Corvette. I was just curious about if anyone wished they would hear what cool stuffs they were saying about the 1960 Corvette. Or are they satisfied with nod and a thumb up??

It does not have to be 1960 Corvette. I was just using it as an example. Not everyone likes bikes.

Buffalo · 12-09-2011, 04:20 PM

Sounds like you are a late-deafened. Many of us were born deaf. I agree with DeafCaroline that we don't really need to hear the comments - good or bad. It is all about their face expressions. Sometimes they would give a thumb-up.

You gotta to understand that ones who were born deaf are a world apart from those who can hear or lost their hearing after they learn to speak. I need my peace so I don't care if I can hear them or not. I just don't like to get all jumpy whenever I hear noises with my hearing aids in.

whatdidyousay! · 12-09-2011, 05:07 PM

People that are very vain care about what other people say or think about them. I could care less what people think about what I drive wear or whatever! The only thing I wish I could hear is my sweet granddaughter talking to me.

**mbrek** · 12-09-2011, 05:17 PM

Frankly, I like flying under the radar. No amount of money would be enough to buy my personal freedom. I prefer to come and go with little notice.

**TWA** · 12-09-2011, 05:18 PM

Yeah, when I was 15 years old.

**shel90** · 12-09-2011, 06:10 PM

I dont give a flying f**ck.

rockin'robin · 12-09-2011, 06:50 PM

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Originally Posted by shel90

I dont give a flying f**ck.

....That's my girl, Shel!

**sallylou** · 12-09-2011, 07:51 PM

People who judge me on the basis of my material possessions are not my friends. True friends don't care about superficial things like that.

**Beowulf** · 12-09-2011, 08:03 PM

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Originally Posted by whatdidyousay!

People that are very vain care about what other people say or think about them. I could care less what people think about what I drive wear or whatever! The only thing I wish I could hear is my sweet granddaughter talking to me.

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Originally Posted by mbrek

Frankly, I like flying under the radar. No amount of money would be enough to buy my personal freedom. I prefer to come and go with little notice.

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Originally Posted by TheWriteAlex

Yeah, when I was 15 years old.

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Originally Posted by shel90

I dont give a flying f**ck.

Cannot add to this.

**Cheetah** · 12-09-2011, 08:13 PM

There are lots of people that join clubs to show off their vintage something. Or to show off their craft skills. Maybe it's a vanity thing. But for most it's a social thing.

**shel90** · 12-09-2011, 08:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Cheetah

There are lots of people that join clubs to show off their vintage something. Or to show off their craft skills. Maybe it's a vanity thing. But for most it's a social thing.

I think it is both...to feel good about one's talent and to socialize with others who have the same interests. Nothing wrong with that.

**shel90** · 12-09-2011, 08:15 PM

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Originally Posted by rockin'robin

....That's my girl, Shel!

I have gotten so used to people talking about me behind my back and I have learned the meaning of true friends in the recent years. After what I went through 2 years ago with my daughter, this kind of thing is not important to me anymore.

dereksbicycles · 12-09-2011, 08:35 PM

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Originally Posted by shel90

I have gotten so used to people talking about me behind my back and I have learned the meaning of true friends in the recent years. After what I went through 2 years ago with my daughter, this kind of thing is not important to me anymore.

I was not around 2 years ago. I am sure many people don't know. I am curious what happened if you don't mind.

**shel90** · 12-09-2011, 10:02 PM

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Originally Posted by dereksbicycles

I was not around 2 years ago. I am sure many people don't know. I am curious what happened if you don't mind.

Not here on AD..but in real life. My daughter was taken away from me and moved 3,000 miles away. That does put a new perspective on life and what is important and what is not. I grew up worrying about what other people thought or said about me..now, I dont care. In turn, I have become someone who used to be so afraid of confrontation to someone who will tell someone off if needed.

I told a co-worker off yesterday and had to write up an IR against her. She was my friend outside of work but at work, she was very unprofessional. The old days, I would have said nothing and accepted her talking about me but I caught her...wrote up an IR. Like I said, I dont give a flying f**ck about silly things like that anymore. If someone wants to trash talk about the back of my car being held together by blue tape because I cant afford to pay close to $500 for repairs, let them.

It will never make me wish I could be "hearing". I dont give a damn what hearing people think of my deafness. If I miss out on shit...I will catch up later. Not the end of the f***^** world.

**SneakerNet** · 12-10-2011, 07:42 AM

I don't give a sh*t about what people says once they saw something cool. The only thing when I have vintage items, it just basically become a magnet. They will come to me and ask all sort of things. You know I rebuild cars, like one example here in this pix, 1968 MBG, brought it for $500, bad shape. Then it took me year and half to rebuild it. This car have 8 layers of acrylic, reupholstered seats and carpet, new top. Once I'm on the road, some people come to my car and they want to touch it. Sometime people want to buy this car for $5000 and so on. It just simply a magnet. Then I rebuild 1960 Austin Healey 3000 Mark 1 (pix below).

howag · 12-10-2011, 08:14 AM

Sometimes, but not for any of those reasons lol

dereksbicycles · 12-10-2011, 08:20 AM

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Originally Posted by SneakerNet

I don't give a sh*t about what people says once they saw something cool. The only thing when I have vintage items, it just basically become a magnet. They will come to me and ask all sort of things. You know I rebuild cars, like one example here in this pix, 1968 MBG, brought it for $500, bad shape. Then it took me year and half to rebuild it. This car have 8 layers of acrylic, reupholstered seats and carpet, new top. Once I'm on the road, some people come to my car and they want to touch it. Sometime people want to buy this car for $5000 and so on. It just simply a magnet. Then I rebuild 1960 Austin Healey 3000 Mark 1 (pix below).

Wow, cool cars!!!!! Thank you for sharing them with AD

.

I am glad that you understand me. Some people like hearing what others say or think about their vintage item(s). Some doesn't.

Those are nice classics by the way. I would not mind owning one of those type of vehicle down the road.

posts from hell · 12-10-2011, 08:53 AM

Derek... It can be DOWNRIGHT ANNOYING to be "the talk of town"...

I have several instances, but one i'll share.

Driving the H1 - People will drive in circles around you while you're driving. People will stare at you while steering away from you. One guy almost went down a mountain doing this.
Fathers in their tiny S10 pick ups will point and tell their sons what an awesome car it is.
People will ask for rides. Douchebaggery goes up ten fold.

I don't miss it.

**sequoias** · 12-10-2011, 09:13 AM

Well, I don't give a shit about what people think of what I have. I THINK what I like or don't like. I have a 2000 Honda Civic and I know for sure no one cares about it because it's just a boring little car.

Early in the days, many people didn't like Mac computers and that didn't stop me from loving Mac computers til the present day.

dereksbicycles · 12-10-2011, 09:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sequoias

Well, I don't give a shit about what people think of what I have. I THINK what I like or don't like. I have a 2000 Honda Civic and I know for sure no one cares about it because it's just a boring little car.

Early in the days, many people didn't like Mac computers and that didn't stop me from loving Mac computers til the present day.

It will not be a boring little car if it was turbocharged!!! Then you would have some fun

.

whatdidyousay! · 12-10-2011, 01:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shel90

I think it is both...to feel good about one's talent and to socialize with others who have the same interests. Nothing wrong with that.

I have to disagree with this! My dad tried to join a golf club that was not far from our house as businessmen would meet there to make new deals. My dad was not allowed to join because he was Jewish! I heard that 50 years later Jewish people where still not allowed to join!

DeafCaroline · 12-10-2011, 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by whatdidyousay!

I have to disagree with this! My dad tried to join a golf club that was not far from our house as businessmen would meet there to make new deals. My dad was not allowed to join because he was Jewish! I heard that 50 years later Jewish people where still not allowed to join!

That's very unfortunate but do you disagree that it's nice to meet and socialize with others who share the same interests?

12-09-2011, 01:43 PM	#1 (permalink)
dereksbicycles Registered User Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: 60202 Posts: 3,797	Do you wish you were talk of town sometimes?? Let's say you had something vintage and people want to talk about it. Example #1: You have a 1960 Schwinn Corvette bike that you love riding around town. If you were hearing, you would hear everyone talking and pointing to you. Wow, what a cool bike this is!! I wish I would ride a bike like this . However, you're deaf, so you don't get to hear people saying wow this is a cool bike. You just enjoy riding it because it's cool to you. Then again, what if you were riding on a 10 years old Huffy bike? You won't hear anyone saying what a stupid bike you have. Wow, this is piece of a crap bike you're riding. Eample #2: You have a 1957 Ford Thunderbird convertible. You wish you would hear people whistle and say wow, what a nice piece of classic you have. However, you enjoy the car on your own because you don't hear anyone tell you what a wonderful piece of wheel you have. What if you were driving a rusty 1985 Dodge Aries? You won't hear anyone tell you what a poor person he/she is. He just cannot afford a safe car. You don't hear anything negative because you're deaf. Example #3: You are mowing your lawn with a vintage Deere 70 riding mower. You get to hear people saying wow, this guy is simple. He likes vintage items just like in the good old days!!! Being deaf, you do enjoy Deere 70 for what it is, but you don't hear the whistles and the conversation piece this one makes.

12-09-2011, 01:47 PM	#2 (permalink)
DeafCaroline Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 4,889	Usually when someone admires something you have, it shows not just in their spoken words but in their face and body language. When I had a Harley, I got admiring nods from other bikers, and when I did actually own a very cool bike that was very retro, same thing happened again - looks of admiration or thumbs up signs. No hearing necessary to pick up on this. jillio, Buffalo, dereksbicycles and 2 others like this.

12-09-2011, 03:53 PM	#3 (permalink)
Buffalo Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,025	Dereksbicycles, are you trying to push CI on us Deafies??? __________________ “The problem is not that the (deaf) students do not hear. The problem is that the hearing world does not listen. “- Rev Jesse L. Jackson ( American Civil Rights Activist, Minister)

12-09-2011, 04:20 PM	#10 (permalink)
Buffalo Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,025	Sounds like you are a late-deafened. Many of us were born deaf. I agree with DeafCaroline that we don't really need to hear the comments - good or bad. It is all about their face expressions. Sometimes they would give a thumb-up. You gotta to understand that ones who were born deaf are a world apart from those who can hear or lost their hearing after they learn to speak. I need my peace so I don't care if I can hear them or not. I just don't like to get all jumpy whenever I hear noises with my hearing aids in. __________________ “The problem is not that the (deaf) students do not hear. The problem is that the hearing world does not listen. “- Rev Jesse L. Jackson ( American Civil Rights Activist, Minister)

12-09-2011, 05:07 PM	#11 (permalink)
whatdidyousay! Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 8,611	People that are very vain care about what other people say or think about them. I could care less what people think about what I drive wear or whatever! The only thing I wish I could hear is my sweet granddaughter talking to me. sallylou likes this.

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12-09-2011, 04:00 PM	#6 (permalink)
dereksbicycles Registered User Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: 60202 Posts: 3,797	ANYONE who thinks that I am pushing CI on people can put me on IGNORE!!! I don't have time for people accusing me.

12-09-2011, 05:17 PM	#12 (permalink)
mbrek Premium Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 1,512 Blog Entries: 1	Frankly, I like flying under the radar. No amount of money would be enough to buy my personal freedom. I prefer to come and go with little notice. AlleyCat, deafskeptic, rockin'robin and 2 others like this. __________________ Sarcasm - just another little service I offer.

12-09-2011, 05:18 PM	#13 (permalink)
TWA Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 5,374	Yeah, when I was 15 years old. Reba, jillio and shel90 like this.

12-09-2011, 06:10 PM	#14 (permalink)
shel90 Let It Snow!!!! Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: A place where crabs are popular Posts: 40,294 Blog Entries: 3	I dont give a flying f**ck. TWA likes this. __________________ "Wine improves with age. The older I get, the better I like it." --- Anonymous

12-09-2011, 07:51 PM	#16 (permalink)
sallylou Potterhead and Janeite Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: My own private Idaho Posts: 6,653	People who judge me on the basis of my material possessions are not my friends. True friends don't care about superficial things like that. Buffalo likes this. __________________

12-09-2011, 08:13 PM	#18 (permalink)
Cheetah Cheetah Consulting-Closed Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 2,694	There are lots of people that join clubs to show off their vintage something. Or to show off their craft skills. Maybe it's a vanity thing. But for most it's a social thing. Reba, Beach girl and dereksbicycles like this.

12-10-2011, 08:14 AM	#24 (permalink)
howag Registered User Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: London Posts: 334	Sometimes, but not for any of those reasons lol

12-10-2011, 08:53 AM	#26 (permalink)
posts from hell Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 9,434	Derek... It can be DOWNRIGHT ANNOYING to be "the talk of town"... I have several instances, but one i'll share. Driving the H1 - People will drive in circles around you while you're driving. People will stare at you while steering away from you. One guy almost went down a mountain doing this. Fathers in their tiny S10 pick ups will point and tell their sons what an awesome car it is. People will ask for rides. Douchebaggery goes up ten fold. I don't miss it. dereksbicycles likes this.

12-10-2011, 09:13 AM	#27 (permalink)
sequoias Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Iowa, the land of the cornfields and pigs Posts: 21,865	Well, I don't give a shit about what people think of what I have. I THINK what I like or don't like. I have a 2000 Honda Civic and I know for sure no one cares about it because it's just a boring little car. Early in the days, many people didn't like Mac computers and that didn't stop me from loving Mac computers til the present day.

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