A few years back we were sitting in the kitchen with our grandson, then two years old. Our house is a few blocks from a rail line, and we do get the occasional train rolling through town, blasting their horn.
Our grandson LOVES trains and mimics them saying 'Choo choo!'.
It's just about the cutest thing I've ever heard. We only get a few that pass by every day, but sometimes when they pass by, we'll run down the street to see if we can catch a glimpse of them. It's always nice to get a wave back from the friendly train conductors.
On one particular morning we were sitting having breakfast and we hear my grandson say loud and clear:
Choo choo!
Not hearing anything, we dismissed it saying awww...that's adorable, but there is no train coming. Sorry little guy
...3 minutes later...
🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃
CHOO CHOO CHOO CHOO
Of course he heard the train and we didn't.
Sigh... the difference of 40+ years. But who's counting, right????
I realized instantly the substantial amount of hearing loss I've suffered over the years.
From DJ headphones to crappy ear-buds, Fugazi concerts that shook my entire body, to raves in the 80s and 90s(major damage for sure), and nightclubs 'til dawn, none of this has been good for my ears. That sickening feeling the moment you leave a venue and discover your ears are ringing from the permanent damage you've just done to them.
Take care of your ears!!!
I'm now a bit less careless, and at least make an effort to use my noise reducing ear-buds whenever I know I'll be around amplified sounds. Better safe than sorry.
I can't help but wonder what beautiful sounds I can no longer hear.
A wave from the friendly conductor
🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃
Train Images created with the Deep Dream Generator
)
My son says chu chu chu chucu chucu chucu. Hahahaha this is in spanish. Wondeful post! Great image!
Thanks for sharing. I wish I would have started taking ear protection more seriously at an earlier age. I remember when I first started playing music, it was still 'cooler' to not wear it. Thankfully, times have changed a bit.
I have been much more cautious about protecting my ears, especially since I got more into mixing/mastering my music. Gotta protect those money makers lol!
A great story Thanks for sharing it keep it up I am just waiting for your upcoming post
God bless you
It is a great reminder. I am obsessive over the loud jams and need to be smart about this hedonistic fetish I have for la musica.
That image is really cool, too.
Children capture minimal things. Campaigns are made in favor of caring for other parts of the body, it is good that someone reminds us the importance of taking care of our ears. Thank you so much!
The imagen is great!
Whose artwork is that?
the drawing...
everything in this post was really good.
Thankyou @rebele93
The image was created with some photographs I took and then processed on the DeepDreamGenerator.com I added a link to my complete gallery in the post above. Cheers!
Thank you soooo much I'll try the editor..
When a train goes through a tunnel and it gets dark, you don't throw away the ticket and jump off. You sit still and trust the engineer. and my young sister say it cha cha cha :D