'You know it was a great gig when your ears are still ringing 3 days after the concert' I have a different hearing problem that's driving my family nuts. According to the specialist, sound is reaching my eardrums ok, but when it leaves the ear on the way to the brain - yes, I have one of those - the sound gets screwed up. This makes a lot of the sound I 'hear' just a blurr or a mess of incomprehensible noises. For example: I can't tune in to conversations in a crowded room anymore, and the tv is indistinguishable from someone sitting next to me and talking. It started to get out of hand before I had it checked out. My daughter thinks I've been lip-reading for years.

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All the Woes of a World by Jonathan Icknield aka The Bryster

And in my final hours - I would cling rather to the tattooed hand of kindness - than the unblemished hand of hate...