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It's a common story. One of the reasons my brother was in deaf schools through highschool (other than some afternoon classes he was mainstreamed into--and he chose that because the busride took some time out of his day ;) ) was because he wanted the social connection. He decided, for college...

I'd like to think so. ;) I mean too old for a family. I'm 37, but still want to have kids, you know. Obviously this is less dependant on me than on whom I would marry, but it's harder to get people out of one's age range the older one gets. ;)

Yeah, my guess is that the sound of the carwash was overwhelming what she was saying, you're right. But sometimes I notice I ask people to repeat themselves here and there, and I find that I have learned to rely on captions somewhat, for not missing things. But part of that may be that...

Out of context, the first sentence scares me.

How expensive are they, Shel? There's not some foundation that might help with that?

Okay, Guess my hearing is okay... I took a little online test... (probably not as accurate as a real one) I seem to be MOSTLY normal. I guess. Anyone know how to read these things? :D

Fascinating. It seems like you hear pretty normally with this hearing aid. I wonder if I need to get my hearing checked. I wouldn't get an aid (right now) as I hear okay I think, but I was getting my car washed Saturday, and the woman on the outside of my car said: "Is it a new truck?"...

I learned to sign at age 29. It's never too late.

I think the more technology allows the deaf to be less isolated from hearing culture, there's going to be some big changes. But there will always be some commonality of experience unless deafness is completely ended--and I imagine that is some time away. Deaf culture will be around for some...

Too smart for signing? :pissed:

I have a good friend in Sweden. Uppsala. He says it's a wonderfully friendly place to live.

Closed captions on HDTVs area bit different. Captions cannot travel via HDMI or DVI connections, and only sometimes (depending on the equipment) can travel over the componant connections (that's the blue/green/red cables). The reason for this is because a LOT of information travels via those...

Thanks. :) Hope so. The rough part--rather than telling me she didn't want to see me anymore, she told me HER mom was sick and she needed to go help her and would be back in a few months. Well, she disappeared and I continued to sort of carry a torch for her until I found out she basically had...

Sure. But never lived with her or anything. Which is not to say I wait for marriage for that, but it never has gotten to that point. I'm still not giving up hope, though. Someone is out there for me, and I for her--I'm sure. Let's hope I find her before we're too old. ;)

Mine: 1. Nontheist (100%) 2. Secular Humanism (100%) 3. Unitarian Universalism (86%) 4. Theravada Buddhism (65%) 5. Liberal Quakers (49%) 6. Neo-Pagan (29%) 7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (26%) 8. Taoism (16%) 9. New Age (8%) 10. Bahá'í Faith...

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I don't know anyone who's totally normal. Everyone has their weird little differences. :) Everyone wants their child to be "cured" from whatever problem might make their path in life more difficult--you can't blame them for that. What parents sometimes miss is that expressing that, when...

Heh. Thanks. It's been four years at least.

I'm using Norton360 for firewall, spam, and virus protection. It's pretty good.

I'm single. Never been married. Last time I was close (thinking I would fall in love) she broke it off soon after my mom died of all things--and she did it in a really rude way. Ah well... her loss, huh? :(