I feel ya! My body seems to think I need a goatee… I keep telling it I’m a freaking WOMAN! It won’t listen though, SMH… I guess it doesn’t help that I’m half deaf…
I also have a single, super thin, white hair that likes to grow on the edge of my ear, closest to my face… you know that little flap most folks push in to close their ears instead of putting their fingers in their ears…? On that… and it hurts SO MUCH to pluck it… the little bastard!
On a plus note, I’ve been slowly going gray since I was 30… wait… that’s not a plus… OH the plus is that it’s SILVERY WHITE, not gray. I have two streaks, just above my temples that get more white hair, every year… I call them my “racing stripes”… I mean, the more obvious they are, the faster the years go by…so…
After 50, I did seem to start dropping mods more often. Decades of playing live with no hearing protection, monitors, PA mains (yes, there WAS music before in ears), and excessive range time / live fire did exact their revenge on my high frequencies.
My nickname in middle school was “ears”. On a clear night, if I hold my head at just the right angle, I can tune in HBO, Apple TV and alien transmissions.
I just don’t take selfies in general. I’m either riding or working. I’m the farm manager,so I’m usually covered in dust, dirt, mud, horse poop etc. this is probably the last selfie I took
In 97 the VA awarded me a hearing disability from 76-77. I was a candidate for hearing aids then but I didn’t want them. I finally got a pair this February. Wowww! I had no idea how much I was missing. Listening to music is so much better now. It’s worth looking into if you have hearing loss.
Oh my goodness, I love minis. We have one at the farm. She’s pretty stand-off-ish, but cute. We are a 28 horse training and board barn. We get all types of horses and ponies. One of the best parts of the job is being able to see foals born. This is Vera, I came in to feed one morning, and 15 minutes later, she was born
Unfortunately, they still say I’m ineligible, through the VA… With 49% loss in one ear and 37% loss in the other. Like I said in another thread, they are currently doing a reevaluation, so cross your fingers that it goes well.
You would think losing half your hearing would be significant. Oh…that’s employing logic…sorry.
Have you seen your hearing chart? My low and mid range is normal but the high range is about 25% of normal. I have no idea how they would quantify it though. I mean, I still have at least 66% of my original hearing.
Did you get a disability from them? When I was tested at the VA in 97 the audiologist asked me what I had done in the AF. When I told him he told me to file a claim. I put it off for a couple of months then did it. To my surprise they approved it and it was based on my entry and exit audiology exams. So maybe that’s why they gave me the aids. Who knows?
same to you! There is another one above of me in my natural habitat too lol 
One of the best parts of the job is being able to see foals born. This is Vera, I came in to feed one morning, and 15 minutes later, she was born 
