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scottalanmiller

@scottalanmiller said:

We have today as our first day of Christmas music on around the house. We would have had it earlier but today is also our first day with speakers

Huh... I don't hear anything.

Ba dum tiss.

dafyre

@scottalanmiller said:

@dafyre said:

@scottalanmiller said:

We have today as our first day of Christmas music on around the house. We would have had it earlier but today is also our first day with speakers

Huh... I don't hear anything.

Ba dum tiss.

Sadly, I can't use that joke quiet as much now that I have battery powered ears.

scottalanmiller

Or you can use it because you are out of range of my bluetooth.

dafyre

@scottalanmiller said:

Or you can use it because you are out of range of my bluetooth.

Good point.

gjacobse

@dafyre said:

@scottalanmiller said:

Or you can use it because you are out of range of my bluetooth.

Good point.

Well since they are battery powered and electronic you could use a like from MIB

Swamp gas from a weather balloon was trapped in a thermal pocket and reflected the light from Venus.
Caused by a sunspot

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@dafyre said:

@scottalanmiller said:

Or you can use it because you are out of range of my bluetooth.

Good point.

That would be awesome if you could use that as a bluetooth earpiece.

scottalanmiller

Can't he?

scottalanmiller

We were discussing Chinese Gooseberries this morning which in the US are called kiwifruit as a marketing move to hide the fact that they are berries from import officials and to make them easier to sell in the US because Americans avoid things that have Chinese in the name. This worked and kiwifruit are rather popular in the US (and often mistakenly called kiwi instead of kiwifruit which is confusing because a kiwi is a bird or a New Zealander, not a fruit.)

So I made this analogy and Dominica was dying with this one...

Renaming a Chinese Gooseberry to kiwifruit and having it work is like shutting down American Thanksgiving because we had a political dispute with Turkey.

dafyre

@johnhooks said:

@dafyre said:

@scottalanmiller said:

Or you can use it because you are out of range of my bluetooth.

Good point.

That would be awesome if you could use that as a bluetooth earpiece.

I can. Waiting on the little doodad for it in the mail. It's like a necklace. I pair my phone up to the necklace, and then pair the necklace up to my implant.

coliver

Ok... this might just be on my end but literally every post is now bold.

scottalanmiller

Not here, just the one line.

coliver

Hmm, this is really weird. It isn't bold as I'm typing but when I post it the text changes. I'll clear my cache and see if that fixes anything.

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@dafyre said:

@johnhooks said:

@dafyre said:

@scottalanmiller said:

Or you can use it because you are out of range of my bluetooth.

Good point.

That would be awesome if you could use that as a bluetooth earpiece.

I can. Waiting on the little doodad for it in the mail. It's like a necklace. I pair my phone up to the necklace, and then pair the necklace up to my implant.

That's awesome.

dafyre

@johnhooks said:

@dafyre said:

@johnhooks said:

@dafyre said:

@scottalanmiller said:

Or you can use it because you are out of range of my bluetooth.

Good point.

That would be awesome if you could use that as a bluetooth earpiece.

I can. Waiting on the little doodad for it in the mail. It's like a necklace. I pair my phone up to the necklace, and then pair the necklace up to my implant.

That's awesome.

Yea. But I'll be burning through my batteries at a crazy rate, lol. I usually burn through 2 of my implant batteries every 3-ish days.

Edit: These are the watch-sized "hearing aid" type batteries with just a little more oomph.

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@dafyre said:

@johnhooks said:

@dafyre said:

@johnhooks said:

@dafyre said:

@scottalanmiller said:

Or you can use it because you are out of range of my bluetooth.

Good point.

That would be awesome if you could use that as a bluetooth earpiece.

I can. Waiting on the little doodad for it in the mail. It's like a necklace. I pair my phone up to the necklace, and then pair the necklace up to my implant.

That's awesome.

Yea. But I'll be burning through my batteries at a crazy rate, lol. I usually burn through 2 of my implant batteries every 3-ish days.

Edit: These are the watch-sized "hearing aid" type batteries with just a little more oomph.

Oh wow, I didn't realize they died that fast. They need to make a kinetic one.

dafyre

@johnhooks said:

@dafyre said:

@johnhooks said:

@dafyre said:

@johnhooks said:

@dafyre said:

@scottalanmiller said:

Or you can use it because you are out of range of my bluetooth.

Good point.

That would be awesome if you could use that as a bluetooth earpiece.

I can. Waiting on the little doodad for it in the mail. It's like a necklace. I pair my phone up to the necklace, and then pair the necklace up to my implant.

That's awesome.

Yea. But I'll be burning through my batteries at a crazy rate, lol. I usually burn through 2 of my implant batteries every 3-ish days.

Edit: These are the watch-sized "hearing aid" type batteries with just a little more oomph.

Oh wow, I didn't realize they died that fast. They need to make a kinetic one.

That would actually be an awesome idea... I wonder how that could be designed... I have an over the ear unit (looks just like a hearing aid to the uninitiated), so it can't be too heavy.

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@dafyre said:

@johnhooks said:

@dafyre said:

@johnhooks said:

@dafyre said:

@johnhooks said:

@dafyre said:

@scottalanmiller said:

Or you can use it because you are out of range of my bluetooth.

Good point.

That would be awesome if you could use that as a bluetooth earpiece.

I can. Waiting on the little doodad for it in the mail. It's like a necklace. I pair my phone up to the necklace, and then pair the necklace up to my implant.

That's awesome.

Yea. But I'll be burning through my batteries at a crazy rate, lol. I usually burn through 2 of my implant batteries every 3-ish days.

Edit: These are the watch-sized "hearing aid" type batteries with just a little more oomph.

Oh wow, I didn't realize they died that fast. They need to make a kinetic one.

That would actually be an awesome idea... I wonder how that could be designed... I have an over the ear unit (looks just like a hearing aid to the uninitiated), so it can't be too heavy.

Ya it might be a challenge. However, if they can fit it into a watch, I'm sure it could be made a little smaller.

dafyre

@johnhooks said:

@dafyre said:

@johnhooks said:

@dafyre said:

@johnhooks said:

@dafyre said:

@johnhooks said:

@dafyre said:

@scottalanmiller said:

Or you can use it because you are out of range of my bluetooth.

Good point.

That would be awesome if you could use that as a bluetooth earpiece.

I can. Waiting on the little doodad for it in the mail. It's like a necklace. I pair my phone up to the necklace, and then pair the necklace up to my implant.

That's awesome.

Yea. But I'll be burning through my batteries at a crazy rate, lol. I usually burn through 2 of my implant batteries every 3-ish days.

Edit: These are the watch-sized "hearing aid" type batteries with just a little more oomph.

Oh wow, I didn't realize they died that fast. They need to make a kinetic one.

That would actually be an awesome idea... I wonder how that could be designed... I have an over the ear unit (looks just like a hearing aid to the uninitiated), so it can't be too heavy.

Ya it might be a challenge. However, if they can fit it into a watch, I'm sure it could be made a little smaller.

I think the problem there is supplying enough voltage for the movements... and making it smooth enough that the wearer doesn't hear the ticking sound of the gears turning stuff, lol.

scottalanmiller

You know that you are getting older when... the thing that you add to your coffee isn't sugar but soluble fibre.

dafyre

Yay, weekend!