Trev123 wrote:Jim seems to be able to misread peoples posts and what they are trying to say. I enjoy helping people and volunteer my time helping people with disabilities.
Pardon me, but what do you mean, by what you just said - I mean by "mis-read other people's posts, and what they're trying to say" I certainly don't "mis-read" your post, but, if you said that in English, then there's a slight I may have mis-read that, because you're English, and I'm a common Kiwi, but NOT the bird (!). That's about all I can think of, actually. Joking aside, I also happen th be deaf (most of my life, after age 10) But I speak normally to others, and so have to work out what other's are saying, at times. I can hear others when they talk, but only the sound of their voices, and I can't really understand what they're saying, unless I face them directly, and put my lip-reading skills into play, as well. No way can I understand, unless I do that. I hear by means of a cochlear implant I had in 2001.
I live by myself, having taken over the lease of the Govt. house my girlfriend of 20 years, and I lived in. She left me last year, after phoning the Police, and saying "she was "frightened of me", simply because I developed a problem of sorts, that affected my brain, and stuff like that, that takes a long time to develop, really. But nothing was wrong with me, at the time, but she still left. Right now, all that is wrong with me, is that I tend to be a little forgetful, at times. I also share my house with my pet cat - a lovely little boy, who's black & white, and have had him since he was a kitten, given to me by a young lady who turned up on Saturdays, to prepare evening meals for me. She's since left, for a more well-paying job. My other cat, of 15 years, died late last year. Me in a nutshell, I guess. On, and of course - I love all kinds of trains, and I know where to stop !

Oops - my age ? I'm 67 years young.
Regards...
Jim McDermott
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