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Such as?.....there are many things that make me feel good...Coffee in the AM makes me feel good and I get grouchy if I run out, but I'm not addicted to it. I just like it, and know I can do without it if necessary. Sort of like mind over matter....it don't control me. Same as for alcohol and...

In these days and times...everybody (or they should) know what drugs will do to you...You do have a choice to do drugs or not...knowing you can get addicted....It was a choice to begin with...Just Say NO! has been around a long time....When you make that choice?...it's on you. And to say "I've...

Agree to disagree...

People do and will make excuses for the choices they have made....blaming everybody else for what they have done to themselves. ...then expect the taxpayers to pay for their treatment and methadone....It's a never-ending cycle....IMO...drug abuse is a choice, not a disease.

Prescription Drugs and Political Ads...hate 'em too...and that dang Life Alert video!...don't be fooled by it!...as I did call...wanted to know if my Insurance would pay for it...gave me the run-around...asking if I had a credit card or a debit card???...then saying..."well, maybe some Insurance...

Never tried or had to make an international call via TTD...but all my long distance calls are free as I have the "bundle" with my Carrier....Guessing you could ask your Carrier about it ?

Cheering!...My Jags beat the Patriots...hahahahahahahahaha

No...and never took any speech classes. I became deaf at age 14. Some words I do/did pronounce wrong...such as "San Jose"....(used the J instead of the H)...San Juan..(used the J instead of the W). And learned that words are not always spoken they way they are spelled....Words that are not used...

What I told them is not printable here!...It was not all stations...just 2 that I noted...Seems we still are fighting to have all videos/Live newscasts in closed captions....The Mayor is responsible for having Interpreters for the Deaf at all Live Newscast I believe (especially in times of...

I'm still vocal and do use my voice every day...have been told I "slur" my words at times...sound a little "foreign" too. I was also told to keep speaking when I became deaf or I would forget how to pronounce the words....so I did...and glad for that...as I can converse with hearing and sign...

Whooooo-hoooo !...ur getting better looking as the years go by!...Careful out there!...Female Sharks love good looking guys...LOL

On the News...many evacuates are heading to my City (Jacksonville)….we surely will get some of the wind and rain here...but luckily, not a direct hit....Also, some newscasters in NC?...No Interpreters or cc's in their newscast....I did notify 1 news station about it ...seems the Mayor of that...

Jacksonville, Florida...last year's Huirricane Irma.. .

Reba lives in Charleston, SC....not sure if they have ordered mandatory evacuations there or not...but do know it's mandatory along the East Coast...My Family lives in Wilmington, NC...so do many friends....they say they are gonna stick it out...as they've had this Rodeo before...seems...

That looks soooooo good!

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My answer?...Time...and baby steps...as you adjust to the deaf world. I went thru phrases of crying...and saying/feeling my deafness had ruined my Life...My Love of Music?...dead and gone....I struggled to "be just as good as the hearing people"...worked twice as hard at my Job...carried a...

Be assured that those of us who have lost their hearing (as I did...overnight)...and a HA or the CI won't help me at all...we do undy your anger and frustration and depression. At one time, I was a basket case of bitterness and depression over my hearing loss....withdrew and blamed everybody for...

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Deaf people have no way of knowing the loud sounds they make as even I am guilty of that myself...(banging around in the kitchen)..and making "sounds" whenever they sign...just a little tap on their shoulder and say or sign..."lower ur voice pls."...but I've never been guilty of pointing at...