Hello on Tuesday Morning

Dear Friends,



Another day went well for the Curley’s.



I never made it to my father’s home to do some chores around his house. I was just about ready to head out the door at 9 AM when my sister called. She had caught a cold, and asked if I would go with my mother and father to the audiologist. Mom’s hearing aide had to be cleaned, and reset. The specialist compared it to having your car tuned up. While there, I asked him about my situation, and a bunch of my male baby boomer friends. Many of us are experiencing some hearing loss. For me it is occurring in my right ear. The audiologist gives me a handbook explaining all of my questions and concerns. While he was taking care of Mom, I started to read the handbook. One of the sections addressed my particular problem. The quote that really stuck in my mind was that; “If you think that you have good hearing in one hear, and bad hearing in the other ear, than this means that you have bad hearing in both ears!” Several years ago, I used to laugh at those commercials where the elder gentleman asked: “What did you say?” Well, my friends and I could be making those commercials right now.

Some of my friends have hearing losses worse than others. We might as well as well wear name tags which say; “Please talk into my good ear!” One person has hearing so bad that if you ask him a question he responds with something that is totally irrelevant to the question you asked.

The handbook also pointed out that some people are against wearing a hearing aide. The audiologist said that he has many children as patients who need to wear hearing aides otherwise they could not function at home or in school. I did have a student one time who had a device that he would have to turn on to hear me. I had a device that I had to wear on my shirt / tie so that he could hear what I was teaching. When he didn’t want to listen to me, he shut off his device. He did this too many times throughout the year, and I had to give him a failing grade.

With respect to wearing a hearing aide, I am not opposed to wearing them. Most health insurance policies don’t pay for hearing aides. I am not sure about the policy which Linda and I have. Linda still has her bionic teaching ears, and healthy teeth. I have problems with these two body parts .



Linda had a fun time with her female golfing buddies last evening at Patrick’s Pub. She said that the place was packed for a Monday night.

My UNICO dinner meeting went well last evening. Our current President learned from me to take care of business in a short amount of time. The business portion of the meeting concluded in just 30 minutes.



Linda is playing Mah Jongg today with her Tuesday group of ladies. She has missed two consecutive weeks. I also saw in some e-mails that her other group is interested in playing this week too. I am not sure if the four ladies can find a mutually agreeable time to play.

I am going to Lee to do stuff at my dad’s place that I didn’t do yesterday.

Before this day ends I will have put away two air conditioners at my dad’s place, and three at our home.



When I came home from my meeting last evening, I started soaking some raisins in whiskey. I am going to make a dozen mini loaves of Irish Soda Bread for a bazaar which will be taking place at the Italian American Club this weekend. I might even make a batch of Irish Whiskey cake too. This is a quiet activity for me for the most part.



I just got back from Retro Fitness. I was with the 4:30 AM crowd of usual suspects. I have been lax over the last couple of weeks. I have to get back into a routine. I was using an aching leg as an excuse. My leg felt better after I did a mile on the treadmill, and finished up on a stationary bike. It will be back to the elliptical machines on Wednesday.



I have to end this e-mail, and prepare a boneless pork loin roast for the crock pot since we have no social engagements that I am aware of. Since it is fall and apples are abundant, I might prepare the roast using fresh sliced apples, and some apple cider as my liquid (just coating the bottom of the crock pot). Some potatoes and a vegetable of some sort will make for a pleasant supper time meal. I might even make a loaf of bread in my bread machine to soak up some of the wonderful juices created in the crock pot. I will drizzle the juices over the sliced meat as I plate the meal. I will let you know how the supper turns out in the morning.



Have a great Tuesday.

Talk to you soon. The Curley Lad