I think that is a kind of mushroom.🍄

I worked 12 hour shifts for years. The trick was to do almost no chores on workdays. Sure you need to make meals and a bagged lunch, you might have to wash a sink full of dishes. But no yard work no house work. You get bigger jobs done that you need to, on your days off.

Then because you work longer hours you have more days off, and you use them productively. In short I learned to like long work days, and seized control of my procrastinating habits to my advantage.

You can do 10s if a guy like my me, can enjoy 12s.

Dam good idea. I'm going to try that next time I'm in this situation. I occasionally use 3M transfer adhesive, basically it is like two sided tape without the tape. It is an adhesive that you peel one side off install where and how you want, rub int in good, and then peel the other side. It is very very thin, and fragile, and very sticky

It absolutely happens in the wild. Since complications usually kill in the wild, the genetic predisposition to have any dangerous complications are culled out of the gene pool, so it happens less.

Many cattle and horses have very poor ability to give birth without help now. This is because they have had help for numerous generations. On cattle operations where because of geography and climate this doesn't work, ranchers are using bloodlines that have a strong ability to give birth unaided. An acquaintance developed a line of bulls whose offspring have smaller shoulders, the cows need no help almost ever. Breeding. Evolution. Darwin.

My mother taught me to not pee on my hands. So there is that. Also all those slobs that half wash their filthy paws and then get germs all over the sink, taps, towel dispenser etc.. it is enough to just not wash my hands in public. (Had to edit, typos)

Ya, those were the days!

The big problem for most folks is twofold.

First they wait till they are as deaf as a stump before they try to get help. If you can't remember what year you last heard a mosquito ?? And you never wake up to the sound of birds or even the neighbour's snow blowers anymore you already really need hearing aides. And if you wait till you are very old and a bit confused you will never learn how to use them.

And second of course is paying 3 times what is reasonable, is very hard to do on a fixed income. (this is of course the main reason folks put off getting them when they start to need them)

My MIL is 96, confused and is technically not quite stone deaf, but she can barely use them and got soaked for $7000 -more than 3 times what I paid!

That might be the way to go for you then.

Mine perch on and behind the outside of my ears and my glasses complicate issues. But I cope, as they are still better than not being able to hear speech well enough to socialize. I doubt they will give you any kind of head ache. Totally get the glasses and mask problems. But still rather do my best to cope and try to avoid getting sick which, touch wood is still working! Edited a word.

The kind where they make a mold of the inside of your ear etc. Are I believe, usually used for extreme hearing loss, and I(so far) have not had that experience. But if I do someday need those complex and expensive ones, Costco will be my first choice.

I believe Costco on Canada is using trained audiologists. Now I did not demand to see accreditation papers from them. The testing was thorough lasted over an hour. Next appointment I was shown how my hearing aids were set up for my specific hearing loss etc.

Try a different Audiologist

You are right that that would be bad!

Except where Costco sells hearing aides they employ trained Audiologists. This not a pick your own or one product sales thing.

The Gal that I was served by worked there for years on the floor , worked up into a lower management position, then asked for the training, and tells me she loves her job! It is a small but fully staffed department. The testing was thorough, free, and completely un-rushed. No pushy commission sales staff. Though it took a few weeks to get an appointment.

I'm familiar with that point of view. I found the Costco did carry other brands as well as the brand's that they had a contract with at the time. And because the others were more expressive for what I got, I voted with my wallet.

I've been to audiologists other than Costco staff. With my parents when they were aging and my in-laws when they were aging, and the last decade for myself and my spouse. They were IMHO worse than the worst of used car salesmen anywhere. If Costco puts a few of those scammers out of the ripping off grandma business, I'm okay with that!

This should be a huge boon to many of my American neighbours. I hope that Costco starts selling them in the USA. In Canada, Costco sells very good hearing aids for about 1/2 to 2/3 of anyone else. Saved me and my spouse over $1000 EA. for sure!

Thanx

Is this your pic O P ? Can you share what your gear is and exposure?

But if you like the people who work at that grocery store and want them to have a job after Christmas, just be pleasant and wait your turn, complement them on how they pack your things better than you can and support your local neighborhood community.