Latest moan from you and me - 2016

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    Must be under the weather, Linz:dunno::doh::heehee:
     
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      Post 498 :blue thumb:

      Yes, they're costed into the premium but you don't they don't reduce the price for not having freebies. So the price is set, and you get the freebies thrown in. Only a semantic difference. :dunno:
       
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        I use a hair grip (better than a hairpin or hair clip) but I would, wouldn't I? :heehee:
         
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          Sorry, that's what I meant @shiney . :) We are told the smallest thing we should put in our ears is an elbow! :biggrin:

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            Better to warm the instrument you are going to put the olive oil into ;) So, if you are using a small plastic syringe, warm *that* in a mug of hot water, then draw up the olive oil into it which will warm it enough but not make it hot. If using a spoon, put the spoon in a mug of hot water, then put your olive oil into the spoon and ... drizzle! :rolleyespink:

            @fat controller - hope your ear is sorted soon :cmonhug: Personally, warmed olive oil is the best (and cheapest!) route - no need to buy it from a chemist :nonofinger: it seeps behind the compacted wax and then "floats" it out; does take a couple or three days though (and 3-5 applications per day; so, probably as must as the ear drops?)
             
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              That's the one. :blue thumb:

              @Sheal I was just getting a little bit professionally pedantic. ;) :heehee:
               
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                :th scifD36: Who's paying you? :th scifD36:
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                  @fat controller

                  I lie on my side and put a couple of drops of hydrogen peroxide (3%) in the upper ear ... it fizzels and tickles. After 5 minutes I turn and do the other ear. Put a tissue under your ear to catch any drips.
                   
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                    Good morning all my friends as you probably know us owls have highly sensitive hearing so I have mine syringed out once a year at my Avian vets:heehee:
                     
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                      Shhh! Don't mention it out loud :nonofinger: I tell the taxman that I don't have any income :whistle:

                      (Just for your information, but no one else's. :mute:) They pay me in hair grips :blue thumb:
                       
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                        i use a menthol eucalyptus rub applied and then wiped off atfer 5 min to keep ears clean.as for the inside that should be interfered with as little as possible, warm olive oil or the remedy that Victoria suggests are probably my favourites.
                         
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                          Thanks all :)

                          I have been using a combination of olive oil (Mrs C dripping it in off a warmed spoon), and the Otex which is urea hydrogen peroxide, and using the syringe kit. After using the Earex yesterday a hell of a lot more wax came away than has done all week, so things are improving. I will keep up the regime until it is sorted
                           
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                            That'll make'm grow, funny what things are use for nower days
                             
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                              Well, after another shot of Earex followed by a syringing session, I have hearing back in my left ear! You should have seen the crud that came out - oh my God!!

                              The slight downside is that my left ear is so clear now that my right ear sounds dull, so I am going to have to do the right side....
                               
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                                Don't fall over sideways :yikes:
                                 
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