I got pretty shocked at how bad my hearing actually was when I did the test, Burnham.
Not so much the part where they pipe a sound in and you raise your hand if you hear it, because you obviously can't tell how much you are missing.
The part where they put me in a sound chamber and had me do...
Burnham, go have a hearing test and try a pair of aids.
Once you get used to wearing them, they make a HUGE difference.
I used to wear mine on and off, since it is folly to wear hearing aids while running a saw and Sam isn't much of a conversationalist.
Consequently I'd forget to put them on...
Some years back, I was sitting in a giant sequoia, watching the sun go down, probably 50 miles from the nearest house, a really, really quiet evening.
Then Richard turns to me and says: " I bet your tinnitus is really loud now, eh?"
It was!
I think you are right about some people being more affected by noise than others.
I've always used hearing protection and am none the less having to wear hearing aids.
I just looked at the picture and it sure looks as it leans away from the lines, with all that limb weight on that side.
But...........but.......but........pictures can, as we all know, be decieving, so maybe I spoke out of turn.
Why are you all ( almost all) so set on pulling that tree?
Why pull something that has a natural lean in the direction you want it to go?
Complete waste of time IMO, but that may just be the bushel faller part of me speaking:lol:
I agree on the shallow face, on a tree like that I'd try to make...
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