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Sight or Sound?

gagirlgagirl Member Posts: 5,408
edited September 2006 in General Discussion
Was driving today.. which I seem to do way too much of lately.. anyway I wondered which one I would give up if I had to choose. There are so many things I would miss seeing and doing without sight but I am not sure that I could give up hearing because of my love of music.

So here is the question.. which would you give up if you had to Sight or Sound?
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  • tneff1969tneff1969 Member Posts: 6,682 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Sound , I find more often than not that I like it very quiet. Most days when driving around Houston , there is no radio on in the truck and I prefer it that way.
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  • CubsloverCubslover Member Posts: 18,601 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by gagirl
    Was driving today.. which I seem to do way too much of lately.. anyway I wondered which one I would give up if I had to choose. There are so many things I would miss seeing and doing without sight but I am not sure that I could give up hearing because of my love of music.

    So here is the question.. which would you give up if you had to Sight or Sound?


    You may loose the ability to speak clearly if you loose you hearing. I'd choose to lose my sight over my hearing, for I am a HUGE music lover.
    Half of the lives they tell about me aren't true.
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  • iwannausernameiwannausername Member Posts: 7,131
    edited November -1
    Hearing. More technology to assist/replace the loss - bone conduction could do a nice number for listening to music. Heck, it worked for Beethoven.
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  • dcon12dcon12 Member Posts: 32,040 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by iwannausername
    bone conduction


    Tempting. Don
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  • mateomasfeomateomasfeo Member Posts: 27,143
    edited November -1
    I would rather lose my keys.
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  • spanielsellsspanielsells Member Posts: 12,498
    edited November -1
    Hearing.

    I'd rather see than hear. I can always use a paper and pen if I had to, plus TV has closed-captioning.

    The other neat thing is that I no longer would need hearing protection at the range.
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  • zipperzapzipperzap Member Posts: 25,057
    edited November -1
    I've often read that those who lose their ability to hear become more isolated than those who lose their sight. [:(]
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  • 11BravoCrunchie11BravoCrunchie Member Posts: 33,423 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Hearing... Then I wouldn't have to pretend that I'm not listening to people.
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  • 11b6r11b6r Member Posts: 16,584 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I'd rather lose my virginity- however, if the choice is vision or hearing- while they are both important, it's darned hard to shoot if you can't see- and losing your hearing does not cause you to fall over furniture in the house. There are deaf drivers. There are no blind drivers (just those that act like it)
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  • pickenuppickenup Member Posts: 22,844 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Sound, lost part of it already.
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  • CubsloverCubslover Member Posts: 18,601 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by 11b6r
    I'd rather lose my virginity- however, if the choice is vision or hearing- while they are both important, it's darned hard to shoot if you can't see- and losing your hearing does not cause you to fall over furniture in the house. There are deaf drivers. There are no blind drivers (just those that act like it)


    So you're the 40yr old virgin of the board???
    Half of the lives they tell about me aren't true.
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  • Rack OpsRack Ops Member Posts: 18,596 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    You can't hear boobs
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  • CubsloverCubslover Member Posts: 18,601 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by HighVolumeOfFire
    You can't hear boobs
    [:D][:D]
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  • Colonel PlinkColonel Plink Member Posts: 16,460
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by pickenup
    Sound, lost part of it already.

    Yup. And the rest is going fast.
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  • William81William81 Member Posts: 25,483 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    As I age, both seem to be fading...I guess I will know when the first one finally gives out.
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  • dlrjjdlrjj Member Posts: 5,529 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by HighVolumeOfFire
    You can't hear boobs

    Depends on how big they are.
    Tax evasion is illegal, tax avoidance is an art form.
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  • CubsloverCubslover Member Posts: 18,601 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by dlrjj
    quote:Originally posted by HighVolumeOfFire
    You can't hear boobs

    Depends on how big they are.


    And what they are doing.[}:)]
    Half of the lives they tell about me aren't true.
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  • dongizmodongizmo Member Posts: 14,477 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by pickenup
    Sound, lost part of it already.

    +1, I have 70% loss on my right side[:(] makes it hard to pinpoint sounds sometimes.
    I have a friend who is legally blind, his wife is completely blind, I drive them around quite a bit, I would rather give up my hearing than my independence, especially in today's world, heck, my wife has even learned to send text messages, with the advent of computers & the internet, I don't see isolation as a problem, heck, I could be stone deaf, and none of you would know.

    quote:Originally posted by HighVolumeOfFire
    You can't hear boobs

    But you must keep trying.
    [:p][:p]
    Don
    The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to fill the world with fools.
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  • dlrjjdlrjj Member Posts: 5,529 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by cubslovers
    quote:Originally posted by dlrjj
    quote:Originally posted by HighVolumeOfFire
    You can't hear boobs

    Depends on how big they are.


    And what they are doing.[}:)]

    Or having done to them.
    Tax evasion is illegal, tax avoidance is an art form.
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