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Isn't Otex the smelly one? I usually use Cerumol, which doesn't smell so bad. I think it has gone too far for a do-it-yourself remedy, but I must remember to put drops in from time to time after it's done this time. It might prevent all this ridiculous time-wasting. (Not that I'm sure what I'd be doing with my time anyway, but anything's preferable to waiting rooms.)
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Grump, grump, grump
I am in the public library done South West and I have only 30 minutes online.
15 minutes of that have been spent trying to login to spatny's mock up of a R3ok site, where I do not have a membership, and I was endlessly trying different forms of my username to be repeatedly informed the username did not exist.
As indeed it did not.
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A time to weep, and a time to laugh: a time to mourn, and a time to dance
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...blasting your lugholes yourself after the wax has softened up a bit. I know this is frowned upon by doctors, but as long as you use warm water and don't squeeze too forcefully there's very little harm can be done.
Olive oil at room temperature will also do the job, and as for self-blasting, my own doctor said quite recently that a good soaking of the errant lughole in the shower/bath would be exactly the thing to help it along, and that proved absolutely the case for me. Hope you find relief soon. |
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« Reply #6738 on: 11:43:01, 04-08-2008 » |
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I have had occasional wax problems in the past and, following the last syringing a couple of years ago, the practise nurse at my GP surgery said I should run warm water into the ears every day while showering. And she was right; I've never had any trouble since.
As a warning against the use of cotton buds, she told me that she referred at least one patient a month to the local A and E with a cotton bud wedged in an ear, which for the patient is both extremely painful and humiliating.
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At every one of these [classical] concerts in England you will find rows of weary people who are there, not because they really like classical music, but because they think they ought to like it. (Shaw, Don Juan in Hell)
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As a warning against the use of cotton buds, she told me that she referred at least one patient a month to the local A and E with a cotton bud wedged in an ear, which for the patient is both extremely painful and humiliating.
Also they are rather bad for the environment. My brother was talking about in-ear headphones the other day and said that 'the real problem' as far as he was concerned was the way that they can become completely blocked up with wax... I must have looked a bit shocked. I occasionally get a bit of wax on the headphones but not to the extent of completely blocking them. |
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« Reply #6740 on: 13:56:08, 04-08-2008 » |
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With the ear thingey, I usually use Cerumol when my probs start. Does get in the way this problem. I hav'nt heard of using the shower to help it along. i will try that!
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Currently in the q for tonight's prom. Not only is it bluddy cold, but i have learned that my ruse for practising at rcm has been invalidated. I had been given the impression that season-ers were allowed to go away for half the time. There have t4 been occasions when i have q'd 4 2 hours, then gone in and practised 4 2 hours. Now i find that can only be gone for an hour! Grr. And now my thumb is about to fall off  |
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« Reply #6742 on: 16:19:21, 04-08-2008 » |
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Eru, I don't think there's any official ruling on how long one can leave the queue for. I generally subscribe to the "don't go away for any longer than you've already been there" maxim, subject to what one might term a fair use policy (i.e. if I'd already been there for four hours, I still wouldn't consider it acceptable to go away for four hours, and I'd expect the rest of the queue to have an issue with it too). Personally, the only reason for absence from the queue which I would routinely consider acceptable for over an hour at a time is lunch - it really can take a while for food to be served in some of the nearby pubs... (By the way, I hope you learned your lesson from the R3OK meet and are wearing enough clothes!  ) |
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Oft hat ein Seufzer, deiner Harf' entflossen,
Ein süßer, heiliger Akkord von dir
Den Himmel beßrer Zeiten mir erschlossen,
Du holde Kunst, ich danke dir dafür!
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« Reply #6743 on: 11:41:27, 05-08-2008 » |
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Olive oil at room temperature will also do the job, and as for self-blasting, my own doctor said quite recently that a good soaking of the errant lughole in the shower/bath would be exactly the thing to help it along, and that proved absolutely the case for me. Hope you find relief soon.
Martin, if you are passing, could you tell me how long you leave the olive oil in before showering your ear, and if you have to block up your ear while it is in. Thanks. |
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« Reply #6744 on: 13:05:49, 05-08-2008 » |
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Daniel, I put the oil in last thing at night whilst inclined (if you see what I mean) - a few droplets dispensed with a pipette or off the back of a small teaspoon, and wiping off any excess. I suppose you could keep it in with an earplug, though I don't bother. Then in the morning, into the shower or bath for a good soaking. It can take several days of this procedure to really soften it up. Hope that helps.
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« Reply #6745 on: 17:34:10, 05-08-2008 » |
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When we go to Tesco we find each week that all the displays have changed, and we spend AGES trying to find the things we went for!
WELL... this just happened to this MB! We tried to locate threads under "Music Appreciation" but they were no longer there. Instead (by back-tracking though our own postings) we discovered another collection of miscellaneous items called "Music Through the Ages"!
Is this re-branding going to happen often we wonder?
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« Reply #6746 on: 18:02:05, 05-08-2008 » |
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« Reply #6748 on: 18:14:07, 05-08-2008 » |
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Apologies, Baz, that was my doing: but actually it's exactly the same collection of miscellaneous items it's always been, in exactly the same place, but with a name that's more descriptive of what it is: just trying to make it a little easier for members and visitors to navigate. There are many threads which aren't in their logical categories, and I'm trying to tidy this up. The Radio 3 and Music boards rather overlap each other, for example, and the intention is simply to make it clearer exactly where things belong.
The only big change is the creation of the Arts Other Than Music category, which is something that has been requested for some time.
Ron
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