Recent content by moldyfig

I would love to sleep. I am simply not tired, I'm up for a long time then I crash for a while and it's rinse and repeat.

If they insist you can do it, start insisting that they can run like Usain Bolt. When they say no they can't, tell them that they ran when they were younger, they can still run really fast and beat Bolt, just like you can really hear well now. All joking aside, tell them seriously that they...

Tom, what specifically would you like to know since you're coming from curiosity and not a homework assignment?

The way I look at it is because I rely on non-hearing cues to understand the hearing world around me, I'm deaf. If I could hear and understand speech without lipreading or having to write it on paper, I'd call myself HoH. If hearing aids worked well enough and I could understand someone...

Darnit I lost my post. Ok, reconstruction time. 1. Go to the professor, have her write down what happened, the problems with the interpreter and sign it. Ask her if she will assist you with your formal complaint. 2. Make a formal grievance in writing with the disability services...

stupid double post

I don't understand why people get so upset when their kids are offered free condoms. If they have taught abstinence only to their kids and assume that is what the kids will do, well then they have some condoms sitting around at home that won't be used. If they've taught that if you're going to...

We don't have any family nearby, and that is exactly the reason why we're going to install a nanny cam in our homel Just too many whack jobs out there.

You know, when I dated a deaf guy, we held hands all the time. I'm also deaf. If we wanted to talk, we'd let go and then sign, and go back to holding. So I think the "not holding hands because you're deaf" is just a personal thing. In verbal conversations you take breaks and often walk...

Look up the Howard County Association for the Deaf Howard County for the Deaf They have signed suppers often, where you can mingle and practice sign. They just had a meal in Scaggsville, they should get the new ones up soon enough. There is also Deaf Chat Coffee, which is an...

I wasn't sure whether to put this here or in assistive devices, so here it is. Anyway, my beloved service dog died unexpectedly a few months ago. I had trained him myselfand I'm so excited. He should be pretty well trained by the time he's 6 months old, then give him another 6 months for...

How do you feel about teaching "Baby Signs" vs ASL? I think it bothers me more than it should. My attitude is that ASL is a fully developed beautiful language, why not use it? You wouldn't teach your baby baby-fied English, so why teach baby-fied ASL? I know some just want to have a way to...

My last two phones have been sidekicks, but lately they seem to suck, not really keeping up with the technology available. I have a great speaking voice, and it would be fantastic to have a phone where I could speak into it and the person on the other end could listen and use an IM to type back...

My greatest number of hang ups on relay is at 32 right now. Yep, it took them 32 times to actually listen to what was being said instead of saying "this is a business, do not try to sell us something". The best part of that was going over that person's head and then having relay write what the...

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