Pickles by Brian Crane for September 25, 2014

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    Templo S.U.D.  about 10 years ago

    And you can’t see without your hearing aids, can you, Opal?

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    hariseldon59  about 10 years ago

    Maybe Opal is a lip reader.

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    Llewellenbruce  about 10 years ago

    When was the last time we saw Muffins sitin Earl’s lap?

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    LuvThemPluggers  about 10 years ago

    For some of us, this is very true: If we can’t see clearly (ie: no glasses) we can’t concentrate on the spoken word, either. Go figger..

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    Shawn Black Premium Member about 10 years ago

    I could smell that one coming…

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    pelican47  about 10 years ago

    Didn’t they used to make hearing aids built into horned rimmed eyeglasses?

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    dee everett  about 10 years ago

    That was my mother. She did the same thing.

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    Flossie Mud Duck  about 10 years ago

    I’m that way. It’s amazing how much we all lip read. Those of you with perfect vision just don’t realize it.

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    KEA  about 10 years ago

    Inverse Italian

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    alittlebirdie  about 10 years ago

    Opal is a lip reader. Who knew?

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    jeanie5448  about 10 years ago

    haha, been there done that.

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    Retired Dude  about 10 years ago

    I once had a pair of glasses that my wife said were tasteless. I couldn’t wear them when I ate.

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    rilla7979  about 10 years ago

    We actually all lip read, most people just don’t realize it until the hearing starts to go.

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    SallyLin   about 10 years ago

    This is so true!

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    Diane Lee Premium Member about 10 years ago

    As I have gradually lost my hearing, I have learned to lip read without even realizing I was doing it. I can be looking at someone, understanding every word, and if I simply shut my eyes, if seems as if they are mumbling.

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    Angrboda Premium Member about 10 years ago

    True fact! It’s hard to pay attention to what someone is saying when you’re trying hard to see them. I have the same problem if people are talking to me while they’re in front of a window with strong sunlight coming through so all I can see of them is a silhouette.

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    edbel1701  about 10 years ago

    My Grandma had her hearing aid built into her glasses, so she quite literally couldn’t hear without them.

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    amaryllis2 Premium Member about 10 years ago

    The high frequencies are the first to go. Consonants are made with the tongue against the teeth, so they’re higher pitched. Vowels are made deep in the throat; they’re lower pitched. So when you start losing your hearing, you hear people talking but they’re mumbling because pieces of the words are missing. “Hearing” becomes “ee..e”

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    erin.adamic Premium Member about 10 years ago

    I think her eyesight isn’t the only thing that’s going …

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    Number Three  about 10 years ago

    Are her senses reversed?

    xxx

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    contralto2b  about 10 years ago

    YES!!!!

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    JP Steve Premium Member about 10 years ago

    What? She’s scanning for the name with her Google glasses!

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    milady1  about 10 years ago

    I totally have that problem too, Opal, and I’m much younger than you ;-)

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    TIMH  about 10 years ago

    Uh oh, Opal has been into the LSD again.

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    Mainer12  about 10 years ago

    Sight and hearing are actually linked in ways we’re just finding out. And it’s nothing to do with age or lip reading, but the way our minds are designed.

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