Amusing anecdotes & random ramblings
As if my mid-life crisis needed confirming…
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You’re in a mid life crisis
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Your ears aren’t what they once were and you have resorted to doing online hearing tests.
The highest pitched ultrasonic mosquito ringtone that I can hear is 12kHz |
| Find out which ultrasonic ringtones you can hear! |
Bah. Time to buy a Ferrari. If I can hear it coming.
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By day a BBC/Intranet content producer. By night, mildly obsessed by web, film, comedy, pop/digital culture, people, and randomness.
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I can hear up to 21.1kHz, which surprised me. I thought I’d given my ears too much punishment over the years. The site tells me I’m a dog or mosquito, which is possible not something to be proud of.