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These darned cicadas.
Posted on 09/08/2012 1:17:52 PM PDT by LouAvul
I used to hunt without/before hearing protection.
I don't guess I'll ever get used to hearing these cicadas 24/7. Now I don't even cut the grass without muffs.
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posted on
09/08/2012 1:17:58 PM PDT
by
LouAvul
To: LouAvul
Are those the ones that come out every 7 years?
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posted on
09/08/2012 1:21:51 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
To: LouAvul
I remember when they came though here in the Pittsburgh area back in 1985. They were so noisy and numerous that when I was driving to my senior (high school) boatride on the Gateway Clipper, we drove by a wooded area and they made such a horrible screech, my buddy and I thought it sounded like a UFO. 2002 wasn’t as bad. Getting back to 1985, I remember I could not drive anywhere without hearing them pop under my tires.
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posted on
09/08/2012 1:23:14 PM PDT
by
Nowhere Man
(June 28th, 2012, the Day America Jumped The Shark.)
To: LouAvul
On the up side, you don't have to listen to (redacted to protect myself).
Daughter now has a habit of grabbing my arm, spinning me around to face her and saying "You can damn well read my lips!"
Meh... hearing loss is God's way of giving us an end-of-life bonus. Embrace old and grumpy. ;)
/johnny
To: LouAvul
They make for a pretty good stir-fry with some snow peas and a whisper of ginger...
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posted on
09/08/2012 1:23:44 PM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: LouAvul
“I used to hunt without/before hearing protection.”
And I used to sit on cramped stages in Honky Tonks, with the drummer’s cymbals behind one ear or the other. I don’t hear cicadas, my tinnitis is much, much worse than that! I can’t hear people speak. They can’t even tell how much hearing I’ve actually lost, because the noise in my brain is louder than the test tones. I’d be very happy with cicadas!
To: LouAvul
John Cicada:
To: LouAvul
Those things are bastards. We got a place in the country for “peace and quiet”. HA!
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posted on
09/08/2012 1:43:08 PM PDT
by
youngidiot
(The name's Bond. James Bond. James Bond Jovi.)
To: Joe 6-pack
Are those fresh or reconstituted dried noodles?
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posted on
09/08/2012 1:54:48 PM PDT
by
rackatoot
To: rackatoot
Either will work. I use reconstituted in all my cooking.
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posted on
09/08/2012 2:00:30 PM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: JRandomFreeper
Mark Twain used to tell the story of his terribly hen pecked uncle who had gone deaf years ago. However, he could still hear the word “whiskey” whispered three rooms away with the doors shut.
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posted on
09/08/2012 2:07:22 PM PDT
by
CrazyIvan
(Obama's birth certificate was found stapled to Soros's receipt.)
To: CrazyIvan
Some people are just born with a special gift. :)
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posted on
09/08/2012 2:29:54 PM PDT
by
ken in texas
(I was taught to respect my elders but it keeps getting harder to find any.)
To: LouAvul
I have a bit of tinnitus now as I get older. It is not as loud as cicadas though.
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posted on
09/08/2012 2:34:22 PM PDT
by
Kirkwood
(Zombie Hunter)
To: GeronL
They’re supposed to be 13yr and 17yr cycles, but with changing natural weather patterns, those traditional 13&17 cycles aren’t holding true, anymore.
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posted on
09/08/2012 2:48:59 PM PDT
by
Carriage Hill
(Liberals, democrats & unions - the leftist scum - are like bacteria: attack, attack, attack!)
To: LouAvul
Things that go “BANG!” brought the cicadas for me. Damage was cumulative over many years of exposure to gun fire. Some nights it's like trying to sleep in the jungle. The insect symphony is incredible. Inexplicably, too much caffeine and stress makes it much worse.
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posted on
09/08/2012 2:51:50 PM PDT
by
PowderMonkey
(WILL WORK FOR AMMO)
To: carriage_hill
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posted on
09/08/2012 2:56:11 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
To: LouAvul
Aw c’mon, cicadas are summer!
Other than the big “7 year” variety or whatever. Those get kind of annoying.
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posted on
09/08/2012 2:58:26 PM PDT
by
workerbee
(June 28, 2012 -- 9/11 From Within)
To: GeronL
weird how they have cycles.. it’s feast or famine with finding them little noise makers.. we used to hunt ‘em down for 4-H.. trees were the best place to look.
To: PowderMonkey
Aspirin and tylenol and Advil make the cicadas worse for me. I can always tell when I have been taking it for a while, as my ears start to scream. And yes.... it does sound like cicadas to me.
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posted on
09/08/2012 3:30:58 PM PDT
by
Grammy
To: Grammy
Mom calls it “bacon fryin” in the pan.
Does sound like a case of chronic cicada ear.
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posted on
09/08/2012 3:55:49 PM PDT
by
peteyd
(A dog may bite you in the ass,but it will never stab you in the back.)
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