oldbear
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Wow - You guys would die if you knew the things I do. I shoot .22LR (and in most cases, much larger rounds) without hearing protection, turn the radio up to 100 anytime i'm in the car and whenever I go to a concert I stand right in front of the speaker stack for the best sound. I'll be deaf by the time i'm 30!
Add to your list ridding off road motorcycles, playing with race cars, driving at highway speeds with windows down, and shooting big bore handguns, all without hearing protection and that was me until I was 40 years old. At 61 I now have some serious hearing loss and believe me IT IS NOT FUN to miss much of what is being said. My family and friends are very understand of this, but at times I know they get tired of having to repeat themselves.