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    Hearing Loss

    Well, it's time for another try. Perhaps new Phonak models. Sophisticated automatics usually take care of adopting the sound to the current environment. There are different formulas to sound enhancement and fine adjustments possible, so perhaps new models could make a big difference.
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    What do you drive?

    I had a 1961 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia. Sold it for a modern Volkswagen Polo which I had 12 years with no major problems and then another VW Polo for 11 years now with no problems. I just love VW and it's price/performance ratio. It's a small city car, perfect for me. It shares it's chassis with...
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    Hearing Loss

    It's rare for hearing aids to enhance the tinnitus. It usually helps it by simply making everything else be heard louder thus masking the tinnitus. Most hearing aids have a special tinnitus function which by using an adjustable noise tend to mask the tinnitus and make it more bearable. It is...
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    What's your posting history?

    Slovenia is so small we just couldn't mantain a lively forum so I joined a Croatian one and realized there are members from all of ex Yugoslavia. It's quite active except for summer vacation time when everyone is on the Adriatic seaside recharging the body for the next year. There is a parallel...
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    Lockdown smoke

    Howdy I was put on hold at job and never smoked so much in my life. It was due to coronavirus, so the only safe option was staying at home and boredom became a problem. Sure I was also pretty nervous about the whole thing. Have you experienced a similar situation ?I smoked until my mouth hurt...
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    Mancave Get's a Make-Over (Pic Heavy)

    Wow!!! Am speachless, really...
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    The best Sherlock Holmes

    Found some pics of Plummer with pipe:
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    Opened my first tin of Balkan Flake

    Beautifully put in words. I wish I can follow the example sometime soon.
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    The best Sherlock Holmes

    Christopher Plummer (with James Mason as dr. W.) in "Murder by Decree" (1979) was my favourite. Somehow I imagined Holmes to look like that after reading the books. Of course, many were very good in that role, but Plummer kind of looked like a 'classic' Sherlock to me.
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    Happy Birthday pipeclubsi

    Well thanx, guys! (am I a bit late with my reply? :-))))) )
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    Fanfare Ciocarlia-Balkan/Gypsy

    Actually I own the "Le Mystere des Voix Bulgares" CD. Interesting thing. And I love Don Ellis piece a lot. Have you ever heard about Ferus Mustafov, a sax and clarinet virtuoso from Macedonia. Let me tell you an anecdote. I was working an a local TV station and we went to a festival. I pointed...
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    Fanfare Ciocarlia-Balkan/Gypsy

    I'm glad you like it! :D Markovic is one of the most known players, father Boban and son Marko. Those 'trubaci' (meaning:trumpeteers, pron. troobatchee) guys like to improvise and also play jazz or ethno-jazz mixture. But they make most money by playing the weddings, of course. Duels are...
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    Fanfare Ciocarlia-Balkan/Gypsy

    It's just a Romanian copy of original Serbian brass bands like Fejat Sejdic - who is known as a king of trumpet and blew Miles Davis away. Miles stated:'I didn't know the trumpet can be played that way'! And it's all by ear. Check the El condor pasa version. There is an annual gathering in...
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    Smoking "Cabin"

    Very nice place! The best I've seen is the one from Croatian colleague pipe smoker in Dalmatia near Sibenik: There used to be a similar one there before, but was ruined. This one was built with old stones except for all the wooden things that are new (windows,furniture). Very nice old...
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    Tobacco Site

    Interesting. I'm killing time Sathurday afternoon with pipe and reading about tobacco... A good way to relax.
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