Clive

Sorry for the late reply.......They are Paeony Poppies...they grow about 1 metre tall...look very nice, but do not last very long, wind or rain soon destroys them...but look very nice when in full flower.

Nobody in my family had deafness....i am the 1st.....tinnitus, right ear is absolutely silent, left ear sound like the sound you hear on a airplane when it's flying....a constant hum, had it for so long that I have learnt to ignore it, it's worse at night, so loud it is deafening.

It is lonely, and getting more so for me....my wife and daughter are very good, look straight at me and talk clearly, it does help being in a quiet environment (no TV or radio blasting away) but most people seem to mumble nowdays...daughter in law is the worst... As I said to another member, one thing I really miss is music.

Think being a lorry driver helped.....only had outside mirrors to see behind, and always checking for vehicles hiding just outside the mirrors blind spots, or some cyclist with a death wish riding up the inside of the lorry........spent more time looking out for other drivers and having to drive accordingly.

Emergency vehicles nope can't hear them at all........ But I do take more care at junctions and use my eyes and mirrors much more when driving/riding about. Good rider nope I am competent...

I have removed all of our sharp knives from our kitchen drawers, just in case. She does loose her temper with me being deaf at times......er most of the time actually.

I worry more on the scoot.....I can just hear the engine, but with my lack of and distorted hearing it sounds nothing like a engine....it is hard to describe the sound I hear.......so if it was getting ready to go bang I would not know. I do know a guy who was passed for a cochlear implant and had one fitted, he was very disappointed with the results, he said everyone sounds like Minions.

Next step it to get her to do the repairs if it does.

Now that I can hear next to nothing I rely on my wife to tell me if there are any strange noises emanating from the car (obviously she can't do the same with the scoot) and if it's about to go pop or bang...

That's great news Music I have not listened to it for the last couple of years, no point really... I hope your hearing remains about the same and you can continue to hear as much as you can now for the foreseeable future.

That is in the back garden, out of sight.

I grow these each year....after the flower has died away I collect the seeds which I have to put in the freezer for 2 week, if i dont the seeds will not germinate.

How much!!!

And it is a super king-size bed.....even harder..

I thought I felt back to near normal.....I have just put a new quilt cover, sheet and pillow cases on our bed and now I am knackered....had to sit down....

My daughter (when she was single) nearly managed to escape to Spain....she got a job in a bar in Arroyo del la Miel...she was there for around 8 months...then the English owners fled back to the UK leaving her stranded with no job....so we had to fork out to get her back here.

He was a only child..bought up getting whatever he wanted.....and he wanted to continue that in adult life. He blames my wife and her sister for him not being able to buy the sports car he always wanted....a E Type Jag.

For the 1st year that me and my wife were together he only communicated with me in grunts.

My wife would leave tomorrow if we had the finances to do it...........bugger all here for us.....even less now we are both retired. We have kids and grandchildren.......but rarely see them.......only see our daughter on a regular basis.

My father in law told me to buy a one way ticket out of the UK in the early 80,s........wish I had taken his advice.

Mine expires on my 70th birthday........I think it has to be renewed every 3 years after that. Will look into it more nearer the time.

Did mine in November.....

Well done @busabeast