Brown trout question/hearing aids saga
 

"SteveB" wrote in message
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BTW, this creek/stream was big enough that I did manage to fall into
one of the biggest holes, and go completely under water......... two
way radio, hearing aids, and all.

A Full electro-Reid?

;-)

Steve
(hope the electronics survived the dunking ok)




As an aside (true story), I got back to camp and took off the wet stuff.
I
sat my hearing aids on the barbecue, since it was a black surface, and I
thought they would dry out okay. I sat the two way Cobra radio on the
table
in the sunshine. (It survived the dunking and subsequent drying out.)
Stainless S+W was okay, too after drying out.

There was not a problem until later when I turned on the barbecue and then
about ten minutes started looking for my hearing aids.

Long story short, they are in the shop, and I am waiting to see if it is
going to cost me $375 to fix these, or $2800 for new ones.

Have you ever done something so stupid that you expect men with white
coats
are going to come running up and throw a big piece of shrimp trawl net
over
you?

Nope.......never fished with a gun.

Wolfgang

Brown trout question/hearing aids saga
 

"Wolfgang" wrote

Have you ever done something so stupid that you expect men with white
coats
are going to come running up and throw a big piece of shrimp trawl net
over
you?

Nope.......never fished with a gun.

Wolfgang


And what exactly does that mean?

Steve

Brown trout question/hearing aids saga
 

"Wolfgang" wrote

Have you ever done something so stupid that you expect men with white
coats
are going to come running up and throw a big piece of shrimp trawl net
over
you?

Nope.......never fished with a gun.

Wolfgang


And what exactly does that mean?

Steve

Brown trout question/hearing aids saga
 

"SteveB" wrote in
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There was not a problem until later when I turned on the barbecue and
then about ten minutes started looking for my hearing aids.

Long story short, they are in the shop, and I am waiting to see if it
is going to cost me $375 to fix these, or $2800 for new ones.


I showed your story to a similarly afflicted (hearing) colleague. She
didn't know whether to laugh or cry about the bbqing. The hearing gear
is jsut as expensive downunder.

Have you ever done something so stupid that you expect men with white
coats are going to come running up and throw a big piece of shrimp
trawl net over you?


Hmmm ... not sure ...I'd admit ... I do know they use 75% shade cloth
down this way, ozone, UV and all that.

;-)

Steve

Brown trout question/hearing aids saga
 

"SteveB" wrote in
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There was not a problem until later when I turned on the barbecue and
then about ten minutes started looking for my hearing aids.

Long story short, they are in the shop, and I am waiting to see if it
is going to cost me $375 to fix these, or $2800 for new ones.


I showed your story to a similarly afflicted (hearing) colleague. She
didn't know whether to laugh or cry about the bbqing. The hearing gear
is jsut as expensive downunder.

Have you ever done something so stupid that you expect men with white
coats are going to come running up and throw a big piece of shrimp
trawl net over you?


Hmmm ... not sure ...I'd admit ... I do know they use 75% shade cloth
down this way, ozone, UV and all that.

;-)

Steve

Brown trout question/hearing aids saga
 

"SteveB" wrote in message
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As an aside (true story), I got back to camp and took off the wet stuff.
I
sat my hearing aids on the barbecue, since it was a black surface, and I
thought they would dry out okay. I sat the two way Cobra radio on the
table
in the sunshine. (It survived the dunking and subsequent drying out.)
Stainless S+W was okay, too after drying out.

There was not a problem until later when I turned on the barbecue and then
about ten minutes started looking for my hearing aids.

Long story short, they are in the shop, and I am waiting to see if it is
going to cost me $375 to fix these, or $2800 for new ones.

Have you ever done something so stupid that you expect men with white
coats
are going to come running up and throw a big piece of shrimp trawl net
over
you?

Closest I came to that saga was three summers ago, while driving across
Finland and Norway, camping along the way with my girlfriend. She likes
those disgusting girlie mags ("Hello", etc) which I loathe to the core. One
afternoon, in camp, I went to go sit down on my campchair, and a copy of
"Vanity Fair" or something was on the seat, with some stupid cover article
saying something like "50 Ways to Dress Up For Your Man", so I irriatatingly
snatched it off the chair and tossed it on the table, rather roughly.

A few minutes later, she came by and said "Oh, have you seen my diamond
earrings? They were sitting on the magazine while I was looking for a
mirror..." They were valued at about what your hearing aids were, and we
never found even one of them in the tall grass.

--riverman

Brown trout question/hearing aids saga
 

"SteveB" wrote in message
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As an aside (true story), I got back to camp and took off the wet stuff.
I
sat my hearing aids on the barbecue, since it was a black surface, and I
thought they would dry out okay. I sat the two way Cobra radio on the
table
in the sunshine. (It survived the dunking and subsequent drying out.)
Stainless S+W was okay, too after drying out.

There was not a problem until later when I turned on the barbecue and then
about ten minutes started looking for my hearing aids.

Long story short, they are in the shop, and I am waiting to see if it is
going to cost me $375 to fix these, or $2800 for new ones.

Have you ever done something so stupid that you expect men with white
coats
are going to come running up and throw a big piece of shrimp trawl net
over
you?

Closest I came to that saga was three summers ago, while driving across
Finland and Norway, camping along the way with my girlfriend. She likes
those disgusting girlie mags ("Hello", etc) which I loathe to the core. One
afternoon, in camp, I went to go sit down on my campchair, and a copy of
"Vanity Fair" or something was on the seat, with some stupid cover article
saying something like "50 Ways to Dress Up For Your Man", so I irriatatingly
snatched it off the chair and tossed it on the table, rather roughly.

A few minutes later, she came by and said "Oh, have you seen my diamond
earrings? They were sitting on the magazine while I was looking for a
mirror..." They were valued at about what your hearing aids were, and we
never found even one of them in the tall grass.

--riverman

Brown trout question/hearing aids saga
 

"SteveB" wrote in message
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"Wolfgang" wrote

Have you ever done something so stupid that you expect men with white
coats
are going to come running up and throw a big piece of shrimp trawl net
over
you?

Nope.......never fished with a gun.

Wolfgang


And what exactly does that mean?

I've been an avid fly fisher for about twenty years. Prior to taking up fly
fishing, I spent a couple of years doing a lot of spin fishing after a
hiatus of about a decade and a half. In my youth I fished mainly with bait.
I never used a gun for any of that.

Better?

Wolfgang

Brown trout question/hearing aids saga
 

"SteveB" wrote in message
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"Wolfgang" wrote

Have you ever done something so stupid that you expect men with white
coats
are going to come running up and throw a big piece of shrimp trawl net
over
you?

Nope.......never fished with a gun.

Wolfgang


And what exactly does that mean?

I've been an avid fly fisher for about twenty years. Prior to taking up fly
fishing, I spent a couple of years doing a lot of spin fishing after a
hiatus of about a decade and a half. In my youth I fished mainly with bait.
I never used a gun for any of that.

Better?

Wolfgang

Brown trout question/hearing aids saga
 

"riverman" wrote in message
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"SteveB" wrote in message
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As an aside (true story), I got back to camp and took off the wet stuff.
I
sat my hearing aids on the barbecue, since it was a black surface, and I
thought they would dry out okay. I sat the two way Cobra radio on the
table
in the sunshine. (It survived the dunking and subsequent drying out.)
Stainless S+W was okay, too after drying out.

There was not a problem until later when I turned on the barbecue and
then
about ten minutes started looking for my hearing aids.

Long story short, they are in the shop, and I am waiting to see if it is
going to cost me $375 to fix these, or $2800 for new ones.

Have you ever done something so stupid that you expect men with white
coats
are going to come running up and throw a big piece of shrimp trawl net
over
you?

Closest I came to that saga was three summers ago, while driving across
Finland and Norway, camping along the way with my girlfriend. She likes
those disgusting girlie mags ("Hello", etc) which I loathe to the core.
One
afternoon, in camp, I went to go sit down on my campchair, and a copy of
"Vanity Fair" or something was on the seat, with some stupid cover article
saying something like "50 Ways to Dress Up For Your Man", so I
irriatatingly
snatched it off the chair and tossed it on the table, rather roughly.

A few minutes later, she came by and said "Oh, have you seen my diamond
earrings? They were sitting on the magazine while I was looking for a
mirror..." They were valued at about what your hearing aids were, and we
never found even one of them in the tall grass.


OUCH!
snake

--riverman