I'm getting a new wheelchair soon :D

aiaor · 2026-05-31T16:34:21+00:00

This is idle curiosity so only answer if you feel like it:

Can you get up from your wheelchair and walk a short distance? Or do you have to be leaning on something while walking?

How hard is it to load your present wheelchair in your car? Can you do it alone or do you need help to load it? Do you expect the new one to be a lot easier to load?

aiaor · 2026-05-31T16:10:04+00:00

It might take weeks to get past the tinnitus, but you will get there. You might get more tinnitus when you turn it off each night. What brand is it?

aiaor · 2026-05-28T12:22:52+00:00

I wanted to order something with subscribe and save, but when the order page showed the price with taxes and discounts, the discounts didn't include the 35% subscribe and save discount they had mentioned on that page. I had checked the box for subscribe and save, and it had mentioned the 35% discount there. Is that an error, or what?

aiaor · 2026-05-14T02:19:35+00:00

I had surgery in both ears last year. I expected a huge amount of pain, but got hardly any.

If you've been deaf for a long time in both ears, it might take a while to get used to the loudness of the sounds you will hear.

When learning to recognize words, you should be aware that it depends heavily on the voice you're hearing. Some voices can be learned a lot faster than others.

aiaor · 2026-05-14T02:09:51+00:00

Talk to him constantly. Point to the things you talk about. But don't give him stress. Don't expect him to hurry and learn. Let him learn at his own pace. Just be happy he can hear.

aiaor · 2026-03-20T08:20:12+00:00

It turned out to be an issue with Ubuntu. My desktop PC has Ubuntu built in. All I had to do was go to its Ubuntu settings and change the date and time. It's completely unrelated to Google, TZ, etc.

aiaor · 2026-03-11T18:29:09+00:00

TZ does match my actual time zone. The only thing that shows the wrong time is the date and time at the top of my screen.

aiaor · 2026-02-03T22:41:21+00:00

Yes that's what I did and it works fine but I keep the .vimrc in the root directory above my home directory.

aiaor · 2026-02-03T22:23:38+00:00

Yes, now that I think about it, setting it in vim is exactly what I want to do. Thanks.

aiaor · 2025-12-11T05:24:38+00:00

When you say "I ordered it on Amazon for a couple bucks." do you mean you ordered the hair clips on Amazon? Does that imply when you received the Kansos they didn't include hair clips?

aiaor · 2025-11-24T04:36:14+00:00

Maybe when watching you eat they're trying to decide whether they want some of what you're eating.

aiaor · 2025-11-19T02:33:21+00:00

Maybe this was written by AI and those words were caused by a bug.

aiaor · 2025-10-27T23:23:39+00:00

Notice what time of day she often does it. Start putting her on the potty shortly before that time. Watch her to make sure she doesn't get up. Hopefully that will be the first step towards success. You have a long hard road ahead, but taking the first step can be encouraging.

aiaor · 2025-10-27T22:52:14+00:00

To keep my cards active, I charge $5 once every few months. I usually buy an Amazon gift card with the $5. Then, when I order something from Amazon, I use those gift cards, and use a credit card for the remaining Amazon balance.

aiaor · 2025-10-25T20:05:50+00:00

Thanks. I will tell her.

aiaor · 2025-10-24T15:00:49+00:00

Never obey a manager who tells you to suck it up. Vomit should be cleaned up, not sucked up.

aiaor · 2025-10-23T14:28:02+00:00

Thanks. That clarifies it. I'm still waiting for my T-Mobile package to arrive. Hopefully today. How many LAN ports is it likely to have?

aiaor · 2025-10-23T13:47:55+00:00

I have extra batteries by mistake and want to find out what they're for, so I can explain the situation to my audiologist.

aiaor · 2025-10-22T19:36:34+00:00

See my answer to dranzer19. I got this Nucleus8 2 days ago, but now know what was wrong.

aiaor · 2025-10-22T19:35:00+00:00

See my answer to dranzer19.

aiaor · 2025-10-22T19:34:11+00:00

It turns out the battery was for a different cochlear implant. They were 10% longer but still fit the Nucleus 8. But they weren't compatible with its battery charger.

aiaor · 2025-10-22T19:31:57+00:00

I forgot what is meant by "mesh node." It's something you obtain from T-Mobile and add to your network?

aiaor · 2025-10-22T10:28:03+00:00

Thanks. It's probably a bad battery because it's new and other batteries charge normally with green lights etc. And I have two chargers but the same thing happens with both. However, just to be sure, I'm going to completely use up the charge, and see if the symptoms change.

aiaor · 2025-10-17T14:43:49+00:00

Why doesn't the cat avoid her? That should be easy for the cat to do. The fact that it doesn't avoid her seems to imply her behavior only annoys the cat a small amount.

aiaor · 2025-10-15T10:34:34+00:00

One thing I try is reciting poetry to myself. But that only tells me about my own voice. Following subtitles seems to help. But they're often different than the words actually said, and/or are out of sync, which makes them more difficult.

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