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    Hello from the midwest usa

    :welcome: There are others like you in here...losing hearing over the lifetime. Actually it isn't wrong place to complain...you are welcome to vent!
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    georgia anyone

    Welcome! Same with stumper31, tell us about yourself!
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    new to all deaf

    Welcome! Tell us more about yourself!
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    DEAF's Inc. Tornado Preparedness Video

    By the way my whole life, I have seen three different signs for tornado: 1)"1" scratch on palm of hand (as shown in video) 2)thumb down, cut across the arm and top of hand. 3)sign "t" with both hands go around each other. Any other tornado signs I am missing? :D
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    DEAF's Inc. Tornado Preparedness Video

    ^^^^url link???? EDIT: Never mind...found it in small print...
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    The 10 Annoying Habits of Hearing People

    Number 8, 9, and 11(in comments)--Lol...so true!
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    Anyone here a birdwatcher?

    Technically, nobody is allowed to set their foot on Plum Island unless you are authorized personnel. Plum Island is home to animal disease research bio-safety/hazard level four facilities. Lol, I do the same while driving! Especially if I see bird of prey circling overhead, or perches in the...
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    How long until proficiency?

    Maybe she'll come back for you... :D It is so rare for deaf woman to find men who willing to learn sign language. Deaf men has it easier sometimes! Sorry to be off the subject!
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    More to bid on or less?

    If I were bidder, I would like to see a lot of photos of each bike, and more details information on each bike--year, manufacturer, etc...so I can decide which one is more worth to bid on. If you can, looking around at various place to see if you can find similar bike to see how much it is...
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    which way to teach cats ASL?

    You can do the same thing with cat as you do with the dogs, like your rottie Zeus. For example, if you see cat sits on countertop, you want the cat "off", you sign "off' and gentle push cat off countertop. Do that again and again until cat finally understood "off" so you don't have to...
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    do you think downs sydromes should be in Deaf school deaf unit?

    I feel everyone have the rights to receive the education they deserve and learns at their pace they are capable of, but I do not think school or teacher have the rights to force students to slow down for the others because they lack the resources. By the way I went to deaf school, and I was...
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    Anyone here a birdwatcher?

    I am...:D
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    Show off your own Built a Custom PC!

    Damn..:drool:..how about simulation flight setup too...I want both :D
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    What are you thinking about? Part VI

    It could be goldfinch. You can tell difference by the color of their wings. Goldfinch has solid black wing with a white stripes unlike yellow wabler. Other way to tell the difference is the way goldfinch fly, they fly like wave, zig zag up and down when in horizontal flight. By the way both...
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    How do I get my family to learn ASL?

    You can try family therapy, that is if they agree to do so. I dont know how old you are...you can try defy, not going to family events until they wonder why, then you explain to them how you feel. Maybe they'd wake up. If they still don't---it comes down to, sadly, two options I can think of...
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    How do I get my family to learn ASL?

    I don't know what to say...because I am dealing with same issue, I am deaf since the birth. My family refuses to be flexible at all. Below is one of my favorite poem. I tried to get my family to understand how I feel, about being left out. ===================== "What is it like to be deaf?"...
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    Getting my mom to understand I cannot hear her

    Be sure to announce your book in here when it comes out :)
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    Getting my mom to understand I cannot hear her

    You'd be surprises about how many people still living in the dark ages. I kept running into them all the time, unfortunately. I wonder maybe her father's HOH is root cause of divorce? I dont know.
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    Getting my mom to understand I cannot hear her

    I am sorry about your situation and I truly dont know what to say. I am deaf since the birth, and to today (I am in my 30's) most of my family do not want to be flexible when it comes to communicate with me, not even with pencil and paper. :( I think she knows your hearing has got worsen, she...
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    Hello from Western NY

    I did also live on 21 and older floor--10th floor in TA. Oh, god..."burnt their popcorn" in the middle of the night! I didn't forget those! It is so incessant! Sometimes two or three time in one night! I hate stand outside in the middle of frigid weather and trying to seek into other...
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