As someone once said - "Old age is not for the weak and timid. On the other hand, it beats the alternative".
I'm with you on all counts -- On 9/15/05, R A Bennell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Have any of you all noticed that it is more difficult to notice and diagnose > problems as you get older? > > I picked up my son at lunch time and he asked me what I thought the > squeaking sound was. My response, was of course, "what squeaking sound?" I > can't hear it - especially over the noise of the diesel. My car makes some > sounds that I can hear and I need to look for but the one's that I cannot > hear worry me too. > > My 4Runner is in the same boat. My wife and boys have been saying for a > while that it pings on light acceleration but I can't hear it. I had my > brother in law over to listen (he is a mechanic) and he really counldn't > hear what they were talking about either. > > I am also finding that I can't see bu**er all either without lots of > artificial light. It is getting harder to work on stuff in the garage, > especially if the weather is such that I want to keep the big door down. > > The scary thing, is that I know it has to get worse over time. > > Randy in Winnipeg, who can still see the computer screen well enough to > complain in a post. > -- OK Don, KD5NRO Norman, OK '87 300SDL, '81 240D, '78 450SLC The FSM created the Diesel Benz http://www.venganza.org/
