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April 18th, 2021, 11:37 AM
#11
Watching the original video - some of those guys either got killed or badly injured and the guy on the bike came close to getting killed - I've been burning wood and cutting down trees since the mid 70s and had some close calls early on because of lack of experience - you got to be careful - and GW I hope that you wear hearing protection and a hard hat now - oh and stopped smoking - believe me you will pay when you get old
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April 18th, 2021 11:37 AM
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April 18th, 2021, 12:56 PM
#12
Nope still don't wear hearing protection doesn't seem to affect me much. I have always had very good hearing above normal and still do.
Well can't stop smoking right now as I just bought 8 cartons. I keep thinking about it, but not much point now as I have been smoking for almost 40 years, can't see it doing much good this late in the game.

Originally Posted by
JoePa
Watching the original video - some of those guys either got killed or badly injured and the guy on the bike came close to getting killed - I've been burning wood and cutting down trees since the mid 70s and had some close calls early on because of lack of experience - you got to be careful - and GW I hope that you wear hearing protection and a hard hat now - oh and stopped smoking - believe me you will pay when you get old
"This is about unenforceable registration of weapons that violates the rights of people to own firearms."—Premier Ralph Klein (Alberta)Calgary Herald, 1998 October 9 (November 1, 1942 – March 29, 2013) OFAH Member
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April 18th, 2021, 01:20 PM
#13
I had great hearing too. Right up until I didn’t. Now wearing hearing aids. And really wishing I was smarter about protecting my hearing. Trust me wearing hearing protection some times is way better than wearing hearing aids all the time
As for smoking I’m sure you know there is a great benefit to quitting no matter how long you have smoked
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April 18th, 2021, 01:47 PM
#14

Originally Posted by
greatwhite
Nope still don't wear hearing protection doesn't seem to affect me much. I have always had very good hearing above normal and still do.
Well can't stop smoking right now as I just bought 8 cartons. I keep thinking about it, but not much point now as I have been smoking for almost 40 years, can't see it doing much good this late in the game.
For someone over 50...,You may want to consider what my Dr. once said-noise induced hearing loss can not be reversed.
You call.
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April 18th, 2021, 01:53 PM
#15

Originally Posted by
greatwhite
Nope still don't wear hearing protection doesn't seem to affect me much. I have always had very good hearing above normal and still do.
Well can't stop smoking right now as I just bought 8 cartons. I keep thinking about it, but not much point now as I have been smoking for almost 40 years, can't see it doing much good this late in the game.
You couldn't be more wrong about that, never too late to quit.
Last edited by smitty55; April 18th, 2021 at 02:09 PM.
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April 18th, 2021, 03:36 PM
#16
I had friend that I use to go hunting and fishing with - he smoked big time - he is dead now but I remember the last time I talked to him over the phone he could hardly talk - he was hooked up to an oxygen machine - I remember always telling him to stop smoking - he didn't listen - he was younger than me - same with the hearing - I wear hearing aids if I want to watch tv or when I go out somewhere - the spring peepers were making a racket round my pond but I couldn't hear them unless I had my hearing aids on - when I'm outside doing working around the property I don't wear them because I don't want to lose them - very expensive
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April 18th, 2021, 05:37 PM
#17

Originally Posted by
JoePa
I had friend that I use to go hunting and fishing with - he smoked big time - he is dead now but I remember the last time I talked to him over the phone he could hardly talk - he was hooked up to an oxygen machine - I remember always telling him to stop smoking - he didn't listen - he was younger than me - same with the hearing - I wear hearing aids if I want to watch tv or when I go out somewhere - the spring peepers were making a racket round my pond but I couldn't hear them unless I had my hearing aids on - when I'm outside doing working around the property I don't wear them because I don't want to lose them - very expensive
Yeh just talked last week to an old partner from the job, same thing he could hardly talk on the phone and was complaining about now not being able to walk 15 feet at one time. I feel bad for him and have tried to help him over the years haying an doing yard clean up, but 45 years of smoking and hitting the booze takes its toll. He is the same age as me but I suspect he may not be around for much longer.
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April 18th, 2021, 05:45 PM
#18
My hearing is still well above average and well the smoking not much can be said been smoke since I was 13 or 14 can't remember now and I am almost 52. So with that many years of smoking a pack a day not much can be repaired now.
"This is about unenforceable registration of weapons that violates the rights of people to own firearms."—Premier Ralph Klein (Alberta)Calgary Herald, 1998 October 9 (November 1, 1942 – March 29, 2013) OFAH Member
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April 18th, 2021, 05:55 PM
#19

Originally Posted by
greatwhite
My hearing is still well above average and well the smoking not much can be said been smoke since I was 13 or 14 can't remember now and I am almost 52. So with that many years of smoking a pack a day not much can be repaired now.
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-51279355
I guess I will have to save you if I 'am going to convert you to the Liberal side. LOL
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April 18th, 2021, 06:03 PM
#20
Even my old man who was a Liberal, believes that anyone who would vote for Trudeau is truly lacking in intelligence.
Even on the world stage Trudeau is thought of as a real Joke.

Originally Posted by
Gilroy
"This is about unenforceable registration of weapons that violates the rights of people to own firearms."—Premier Ralph Klein (Alberta)Calgary Herald, 1998 October 9 (November 1, 1942 – March 29, 2013) OFAH Member