Youth scarers - a new one on me

[lazybloke]

I've not noticed any child-repelling noises in my neck of the woods (apart from the word "homework") but I find mole repellers annoying - maybe a similar frequency?

 

[Gary E]

I've not noticed any child-repelling noises in my neck of the woods (apart from the word "homework") but I find mole repellers annoying - maybe a similar frequency?

Jasper Carrot on a swivel chair with a shotgun and a torch?

 

[MacB]

It's indiscriminate and can hurt babies who will suffer but not be able to communicate their discomfort.

It should be banned.

Let me get this straight, on a thread about children and 'yoof' you are actually saying care and consideration should be given to how they're treated? No reason for an indiscriminate approach like this, there was nothing wrong with the birch.

I thought you were the successful type, didn't realise you were one of these commie, leftie, pinko, liberal whackjobs...I'm disappointed.

 

[LonesomeWanderer]

Suppose their intention is to preserve as much of the signal as possible rather than degrading it further, but feel free to ridicule your acquaintances if they take that concept too far.

Or try some exploitation : Flog them some premium HDMI cables and other digital interconnects to ensure those 0s and 1s are in fine shape.

Well, there's always this.....
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/201...-that-actually-improves-your-picture-quality/

 

[Markymark]

Let me get this straight, on a thread about children and 'yoof' you are actually saying care and consideration should be given to how they're treated? No reason for an indiscriminate approach like this, there was nothing wrong with the birch.

I thought you were the successful type, didn't realise you were one of these commie, leftie, pinko, liberal whackjobs...I'm disappointed.

Actually my goal is just to disappoint you.

 

[Glow worm]

[QUOTE 5031710, member: 9609"] so how do I refer to my wife in a post then ?
[/QUOTE]
I think you've answered your own question there .

 

[TheDoctor]

If you think that will upset them I think you are insulting them & more misogynistic than I am (if I am at all), however this is now way way off topic

Or maybe he's way more perceptive than you are.

 

[ColinJ]

[QUOTE 5031710, member: 9609"]so how do I refer to my wife in a post then ?
for instance I recently used the line in a post 'I texted my wife to say I had extended my ride and would be later than planned'
TBH I can't see how that is wrong or how it could be annoying but how should I have worded it ? (I don't want to use her name on the forum and I don't are for the Mrs User9609 type approach). I really don't get why terms such as missus or wife is wrong. Its a serious question, if I understood I would use other terms - I do try to fit in and not offend others but I know I sometimes get it wrong.[/QUOTE]
Continue to refer to your wife as ... "my wife", the woman you married. It is the word "the" that may offend since it makes that woman sound more like a thing than a person?

 

[ColinJ]

With audio cables there is a point at which the cable is 'good enough', this is when the connectors are well made, the wire is of a high enough quality and the insulation/shielding is adequate. Beyond that you're chasing very small improvements at very high cost.

The worst case was a pair of high quality loudspeaker cables costing £500 to replace a pair of high quality loudspeaker cables which had cost £50 ...

 

[swee'pea99]

Instead of youth scarers, can we please just have a device that instantly vaporises anyone who uses the phrase 'my/ the Missus'

Are they equivalent? I've always abhorred 'the' wife/missus/whatever, but on account of the 'the', not whatever word was attached. I use 'my missus' sometimes, and 'er indores for that matter, but there's nothing dodgy about it. It's affectionate, not slighting. 'My wife' feels, to me at least, rather dry and formal for, say, chat among quasi (but in truth strangers) friends; it's the terminology I would use in an official context. Do I really have to use 'My wife' every time, for fear of being called a misogynist? Seems a tad po-faced/over-earnest to me. But then I am 104.

 

[Jody]

[QUOTE 5031802, member: 9609"]Anyway, moving on

Where do you get to with this test. I can get up to just over 18k and the wife only 11k. However in some instances her hearing is much better than mine - I can now not make out what other people are saying in a busy pub / cafe type enviroment

here is the test (I guess you need reasonable speakers)?
http://onlinetonegenerator.com/hearingtest.html[/QUOTE]

17.5K even with my tinitus

 

[swee'pea99]

[QUOTE 5031802, member: 9609"]Anyway, moving on

Where do you get to with this test. I can get up to just over 18k and the wife only 11k. However in some instances her hearing is much better than mine - I can now not make out what other people are saying in a busy pub / cafe type enviroment

here is the test (I guess you need reasonable speakers)?
http://onlinetonegenerator.com/hearingtest.html[/QUOTE]
Interesting. 12,500ish for me. At 56.

 

[Glow worm]

Are they equivalent? I've always abhorred 'the' wife/missus/whatever, but on account of the 'the', not whatever word was attached. I use 'my missus' sometimes, and 'er indores for that matter, but there's nothing dodgy about it. It's affectionate, not slighting. 'My wife' feels, to me at least, rather dry and formal for, say, chat among quasi (but in truth strangers) friends; it's the terminology I would use in an official context. Do I really have to use 'My wife' every time, for fear of being called a misogynist? Seems a tad po-faced/over-earnest to me. But then I am 104.

Agree 'the' wife /missus is much worse as explained above. I wouldn't suggest anyone 'has' to use any particular term, more that they think about the language and particular words or phrases being used any how that may impact on others.

 

[ColinJ]

Interesting. 12,500ish for me. At 56.

I can hear very little above 5 kHz, but worse than that is the fact that I effectively have a comb filter eliminating certain lower frequency sounds altogether. I used to work with one person whose speaking voice happened to hit some of my dodgy frequencies. When I was in project meetings it became a bit of a farce because I could understand what all the other people were saying but had to keep asking him to raise or lower his pitch so I could hear him. He would remember for a few sentences but would drift back to his natural pitch and to me it was like he had then stopped speaking.

 

[lazybloke]

[QUOTE 5031802, member: 9609"] I can now not make out what other people are saying in a busy pub / cafe type enviroment

here is the test (I guess you need reasonable speakers)?
http://onlinetonegenerator.com/hearingtest.html[/QUOTE]

The inability to pick out voices over background noise can be a sensory processing disorder rather than a hearing problem.

ie, a problem in the brain not the ear. I speak from experience, and my eldest child has recently been diagnosed with the same : it's a problem in noisy classrooms or if the room has bad acoustics.