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.
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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
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Thank you 
same to you! There is another one above of me in my natural habitat too lol 
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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.
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My wife does similar part-time on a horse property here so I know exactly how that is.
This is me with the farms miniature pony…
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It is, indeed, the perfect job for me. I’ve been riding since I was 6. Some girls want to become nurses, I wanted to ride horses lol
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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
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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. 
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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?
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Gee, for a brief moment I though you were a giant.
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Yeah, not a giant but not a small person either. Even funnier when I take a photo with my 5’ tall wife… 
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Nice, we have a friend who has a 32 horse stud. We used to go and baby sit them for him when he went away as he didn’t trust anyone else.
On our bucket list, timing has never lined up for us to see this as yet but we are friends with a few breeders so will happen eventually.
Sounds just like my wife 
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I spent my early youth on a cattle ranch. A few horses, but mostly a lot of bullshit. 
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Yeah, they rated it at only 10% which doesn’t get you anything, compensationwise… I’ve since had two more tests and they said there was significant loss compared to both the intake and the original claim exam.
I performed structural and hydraulic repairs to jet prop propelled aircraft in the Navy with the accompanying noisy equipment that goes along with such maintenance…
Plus another 13 years on turbo jets as a DoD civilian employee…
That’s why the reeval… my hearing is shit… I hear the oddest things in conversations and constantly have to ask everyone to repeat themselves to avoid confusion… 
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It’s a shame sometimes the way the VA does things. I know lots of people think they’re inept and frustrating to deal with. I think they’ve come a long way after not dealing with them for 24 years. The post Vietnam VA was a fucking nightmare. Keep after them and wear the bastards down.
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