[SEL] Totally "Off Topic" question.

Thu Apr 22 13:35:33 PDT 2010

Once upon a time I was in the army going through  basic. 
One of the things we did was fire a
30 cal. machine gun.  The procedure was to split us into 
groups of two, one fired the gun the other looked into his 
eyes to see if he was flinching.  This looking into was done 
by laying prone in the front of the gun with your legs 
spread out and out of the field of fire.  Your head was only 
about a foot from the muzzle when firing.  My ears rang for 
two weeks after this.  We did not wear any hearing 
protection as that was considered wimpy.  I think this is 
partly the cause of being somewhat deaf today as I have very 
little high freq hearing left.

Jim

Jim and Diane Kirkes
jd.kirkes at verizon.net
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Willman" <blcksmth at wcnet.org>
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Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2010 11:54 AM
Subject: Re: [SEL] Totally "Off Topic" question.

My tinnitus was caused by high powered firearms - especially 
the 357
magnum without hearing protection. Who knew back then!

Bob Willman
The Eagle's Anvil
WB8NQW
Bowling Green, Ohio

America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we 
falter and lose our
freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.

Abraham Lincoln

-----Original Message-----
From: sel-bounces at lists.stationary-engine.com
[mailto:sel-bounces at lists.stationary-engine.com] On Behalf 
Of jlb94 at juno.com
Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2010 10:17 AM
To: sel at lists.stationary-engine.com
Subject: Re: [SEL] Totally "Off Topic" question.

Hi List.
I see that someone has started a thread on Tinnitus.
I've had the ringing, crickets, birds, bells, Humming (all 
at once) for
about as long as I  can remember.
When I was young, I figured everyone had this noise going on 
in their ears.

First you have to understand where it comes from -   It's 
caused by the
dying of nerve endings in the ear.  Or - If you will - 
Imagine several nerve
endings standing straight up like blades of grass. As you 
get older, the
nerve endings tend to bend over at the top making it harder 
to hear as the
nerve endings dye out and making the Tinnitus louder.

Anyone that has it knows that it is louder than anything 
else.  If you are
running a grinder, the Tinnitus will be heard over the sound 
of the grinder
- or - If you are listening to music, it will be louder than 
the music - or
any other source of noise or sound.

Someone gave me a brochure on this "Quietus".  I would be 
willing to try it
but I am not willing to spend $99.95 + $9.95 S&H for 
something that
(probably) doesn't work.
Joe "Pip" Betz said that.
jlb94 at juno.com - - - www.oldengine.org/members/betz
,-._,-.      http://community.webshots.com/user/pipbetz
\/)"(\/       Be kinder than necessary - - -
(_o_)          everyone you meet is fighting some kind of 
battle.

---------- Original Message ----------
From: "Richard Strobel" <Richard_Strobel7 at msn.com>
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Subject: Re: [SEL] Totally "Off Topic" question.
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 07:37:49 -0600

Anyone have any luck with this stuff?

http://www.quietrelief.com/

RickinMt.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Elden DuRand" <edurand at mchsi.com>
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Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2010 8:17 AM
Subject: Re: [SEL] Totally "Off Topic" question.

> Steve:
>
> I've had my tinnitus since about the time recorded music 
> went from vinyl
> to CD's.  Before, the rumble and surface noise of the 
> records bothered me.

> Now, I can't hear it 'cause it's drowned out by the high 
> pitched singing
> (inside my head).
>
> Life ain't fair!
>
> Take care - Elden
> http://www.oldengine.org/members/durand
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: sel-bounces at lists.stationary-engine.com
> > [mailto:sel-bounces at lists.stationary-engine.com]On
> >  Behalf Of Steve W.
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 10:41 PM
> > To: The SEL email discussion list
> > Subject: Re: [SEL] Totally "Off Topic" question.
> >
> >
> > jbcast at charter.net wrote:
> > > ---- Elden DuRand <edurand at mchsi.com> wrote:
> > >> Roger:
> > >>
> > >> Whut did 'ya say??!!  That ringin' in my ears
> > is actin' up somepin' terrible this evenin'.<<
> > >
> > > Elden,
> > > I have it. I tell my wife I have two problems,
> > hard of hearing and hard of listening.
> > > J.B. Castagnos
> >
> >
> > I developed this lovely condition about a month
> > ago. Currently in the
> > right ear only. Strange thing is that it
> > comes/goes. Seems worse when I
> > wake up in the morning.
> >
> > Same time it started I also got diagnosed with
> > type 2 diabetes and
> > hypertension...
> >
> > Man getting old isn't fun.........
> >
> > -- 
> > Steve W.
>
>
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