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Old 11-24-2023, 02:58 PM   #26
JonInMiddleGA
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Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA
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Originally Posted by Ksyrup View Post
My mom kept asking him something and he didn't understand, and then he turned to me and said, "There are a lot of advantages to being deaf. You can play stupid."

Reminds me strongly of my wife's grandfather who could hear certain people just fine and other people he could not hear whatsoever.

Funny thing, it didn't seem to be pitch related or anything of that sort.

"Selective hearing" got him to 101
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