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    Ruptured an eardrum and did in the crystals behind the inner ear in the last one, plus they think my tinnitus was caused by a previous head injury not hearing damage. I did a hearing test last year and my hearing is perfect except for a tiny mid-range drop, which is amazing considering years in bands, playing drums, and riding bikes.
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    Quote Originally Posted by James Deuce View Post
    Ruptured an eardrum and did in the crystals behind the inner ear in the last one, plus they think my tinnitus was caused by a previous head injury not hearing damage. I did a hearing test last year and my hearing is perfect except for a tiny mid-range drop, which is amazing considering years in bands, playing drums, and riding bikes.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ocean1 View Post
    Silver lining eh? Gota take 'em as you find 'em.
    Exactly, plus I'm fitter now than I have been for years, plus my BPPV is almost gone except when I'm really knackered.
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    Quote Originally Posted by James Deuce View Post
    Nice! In other news my tinnitus disappeared with my last head injury.
    So all I need to do is crash my bike?
    Quote Originally Posted by Mully
    The mind boggles.

    Unless you were pillioning the sheep - which is more innocent I suppose (but no less baffling)

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Everlasting View Post
    Bugger,so it must be like having one of those things in your head 24/7?
    Yup, the sound in the first vid is very close to what I have all the time only at a low background level. I find it easier to get to sleep with background noise. Still nights are murder.
    Quote Originally Posted by Mully
    The mind boggles.

    Unless you were pillioning the sheep - which is more innocent I suppose (but no less baffling)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ronin View Post
    So all I need to do is crash my bike?
    Not. Hit yourself in the head, hard, until it stops.
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    Quote Originally Posted by James Deuce View Post
    Not. Hit yourself in the head, hard, until it stops.
    My ex wife once suggested something very close to that.
    Quote Originally Posted by Mully
    The mind boggles.

    Unless you were pillioning the sheep - which is more innocent I suppose (but no less baffling)

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    Supposedly they only start up their racket when the temperature reaches 18 degrees.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Katman View Post
    Supposedly they only start up their racket when the temperature reaches 18 degrees.
    Yep, thats how you know it will be a hot day, when they are going hard out in the morning - hate them

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    Quote Originally Posted by James Deuce View Post
    They peak in NZ in two year's time. 17 year cycle. It's called a circadian rhythm.
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    Supposedly they only start up their racket when the temperature reaches 18 degrees.
    Awesome makes excellent fly fishing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by doc View Post
    Awesome makes excellent fly fishing.
    Certainly does. No messing around with subtle flies. Whack on a cicada fly, splat it down in a run and wait for the fun.
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    My house is on the edge of a gully. The bedroom I inhabit is on the gully side and is one floor above ground level. I leave the balcony door open all summer to stop the place melting down in the heat.

    So I wake up every morning to the cicada chorus. Loud as hell. Especially this year. There must be ten gazillion of the little buggers down there. But I love 'em. Waking to that is a pleasure for me.

    Mind you, one potential buyer of my house said she wouldn't buy it because there were "too many cicadas"... Stupid cow. I told the agent to tell her to fuck off then...

    Each to their own no doubt.
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    Their is a stand of old pine trees just down the road from my house which are always chocka with the little critters. This year has been exceptional to the point where the dog will not walk past. Since the monsoon it is a lot quieter. To warm for troutys up here but I bet the snapper in the bay have taken advantage.

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    Fella at Full Throttle in Puke told me his forecourt was covered in crickets this morning- he'd vacuumed up 2 full loads from inside his premises as well... Loads of the fekkers round here as well.
    Just been the long way round () for some baccie as well, and there were loads of bugs clattering into me lid- time to get the scraper out!

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Everlasting View Post
    Yeah they can get really loud,i don't mind the crickets,they are a rather calming sound,kinda like rain on the roof,although if there are too many of them,might get annoying.
    Crickets...much like Graemeeboy, always there chirping away. Though it seems since the crickets have arrived, Graemeeboy has gone silent.
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