We all know that many things change as we age. I just never figured my hearing would go so soon.
There is a "mosquito ringtone" that teens are using on their cell phones because the teachers can't hear it. Apparently, the ear changes at about eighteen. Purchase alprazolam online, So, high schoolers can text message each other during class and the powers that be are none the wiser.
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If I get really close to the speakers of my laptop, I can barely hear something. The high-pitch sound is almost drowned by the sound of the computer itself. Since I'm watching my nephews (ages six and eight) this week, ordering levitra no rx, I thought I'd see how well they can hear it. They have no trouble, many feet away from the computer, even. Cheap acomplia online, I recorded our interaction as I played it for them. Fascinating:
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"Man, adults stink.".
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August 4th, 2006 at 12:17 pm
Another generation of youth ruined for their parents by reckless uncles. Adults may stink, Adam, but you rock.
Now, all you need to do is install that ringtone on your nephew’s cell phones.
August 11th, 2006 at 12:20 pm
Yeesh, that’s an obnoxious sound. I have no problem hearing that from anywhere in my house. How addicted to cell phones does a teen have to be to be willing to endure that as a ringtone?
That reminds me of when i was a house painter for a summer. One old lady had a device that let off a sound like that to scare off racoons from her fish pond. I had to ask her to turn it off whenever i was there as it was quite painful.
February 21st, 2007 at 2:50 pm
Wow – whoever thought of that is genius. I think I missed out in high school now.
May 2nd, 2007 at 6:38 pm
Adam,
This is so funny. I just loved their little voices. Did you actually play the sound that they could hear? All I hear was them. What a good Uncle Moo you are.
Love,
Paula