"SteveB" wrote in
news:uF%Gc.12403$nc.671@fed1read03:


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