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Yeah, I sort of like genealogy. I have a book that two guys published that traces my father's family back 12 generations. It's a huge book. Originally my ancestors were from the Navarre region of Spain (my last name is the name of a small town in Spain), but they don't know how to trace it...

Hmmm... seems like they need to figure out a way to attach it to the cup holder, but still attach a cup holder to use or something. This is really good feedback. I'm working with a local theatre to try to get one of these installed, but I want to make sure that things like that (falling screen...

Hmmm... the thing is, the deaf community around here is kind of small, so I don't think the theatre will do open captioning. This may be the best I can push through. Do you think it's even worth the bother then? Is rear captioning really bad? What makes it bad?

...guess nobody has used one? Are they that rare?

I'm hearing, but I've experienced that too when I'm with my wife at a restaurant. Sometimes we'll practice with each other when we're having a date night. We're both hearing, but my sister's husband is deaf, so we're learning ASL. People stare and stare. It used to bother me, but now I...

So... I'm a hearing person and I have a deaf family member who lives in another city. I've been learning ASL for about a year now. Some of what has been said here makes me feel a little sad. :( I know ASL isn't my native language. I know not all deaf people use it. I know that not...

Jeez, that was mean. If "The Old Rugged Cross Made the Difference", I wonder why you're not bearing more spiritual fruit like Paul said. Wouldn't it have been adequate to just ask for a clarification? I understood most of what she was saying.

Now I think we need all us fat men to post pictures of our beer bellies. :wiggle: I bet one of us has a bigger belly than you! :mrgreen:

lol Yer funny. I especially like your avatar "Pirates Knocked Up Nancy Drew"... lol

Wow, that thing is huge!

Mine does.

You know, this was one of the hardest things for me to come to grips with when I first got married. You're not marrying your spouse only. You're marrying their whole family. In my case, my wife's family is pretty nice, so it wasn't too hard, but it was still an adjustment. That's why it was...

Yeah. In my opinion, the first question the server asks should be "How is the check being split?" That way, he/she can keep the totals separate from the beginning. If everybody did it that way, there would be no confusion. Their order slip should be a set of boxes (based on seats), and each...

Hmmm... if I had been your dad, I would have made you wear the ear protectors. Dads do unwise things sometimes... I know... I'm a dad too, and I do unwise things all the time. He was just wanting to spend time with his kids, so his heart was in the right place. Maybe he didn't understand how...

Ha ha! Maybe! See, we need that, and we need it everywhere! It used to be common in hearing society too -- a person who "spoke their mind" was respected. Today, for some reason hearing society has shifted to a "go along to get along" mentality, so you're always struggling for a way to say...

Oh yes, a gun (or any loud sound -- even music) that is too close to your ear or too loud can damage hearing. It actually physically hurts when this is happening too. So I guess that's a little different that the visual sense. I don't think I've ever been in a room that was so bright it...

This is a really old thread, but maybe it's sort of interesting for deafies to read different perspectives from hearies. Yes, a partially closed door does affect the sound some. The sound bounces off walls and doors and things, so it does have a bit of a muffling effect when a door is...

If you've watched the movies "Sound and Fury" and "Sound and Fury 2", there's a scene where the mother is talking to a doctor / audiologist. The mother is deaf from birth (she is maybe 30 or 35 years old), and she is thinking about getting a CI. The doctor / audiologist tells her that if she...

Keith Wann does a bit in his comedy routine about when he was a kid doing prank calls on the TTY... acting like he was his mom and telling his friend that he must do Keith's homework for a month, and that he smells like a fart. :rofl:

Not all restaurants pay below minimum wage. Actually, I'd like to know that when I walk in the door. It should be mandatory that that be posted on the door. I wouldn't go to restaurants where they pay really low and expect my tips to make up the difference. I think that should be illegal --...