Susan Mené

Inge Leonora-den Ouden wrote:

marie-helene kutek wrote:Hellooooo
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In my opinion 'it depends'. It all depends on why you have bad hearing (or eyesight). There can be so many different causes.

Some causes are in the inner ear itself, and even there, in those tiny thingies inside your head different things can go wrong. And then there can be something in the brain, or between the brain and the inner ear. And the cause of the bad hearing can be mental/psychical too!

What helps is at least as different as the causes too. A device or method that helps for one person can be ineffective/wrong for another person.

Not so long ago I accompanied a friend who went to an Ear Specialist. She asked me because she thought she might not hear everything the specialist would say. Okay, she didn't have to be afraid, the specialist was used to people with bad hearing and knew how to speak to them.
There I found out how it goes before you get a 'hearing aid' (device). There's a test first at the Audicien (Hearing Care Professional). Then you have to fill in questionaires. Then you go to the Ear (or ENT) Specialist. After some time you get your first hearing aid, but it is to try it out. Maybe you need a different one, or something needs to be adjusted. It takes time, and adjusting, to get good results from that device. You do not just hear better at the moment you put in that device.

With those tests and questionaires the Specialists get to know if your 'bad hearing' doesn't have a different cause, a cause that can't be helped with a 'hearing aid'. Like my problem: I have very good hearing (was the result of the test), but if there's a lot of noise, I can't concentrate on what someone is saying. That's why I don't 'hear' it.
I already knew I had concentration problems (since my childhood). Maybe there are practices that can help me ...

Inge, that was a such a helpful post; a simple walk-through of the beginning-to-end process of hearing evaluation.  I'm going use that info to help me talk with my sweet in-laws about having a full hearing evaluation instead of just the basic one they had done at costco.  

r ransom wrote:You couod plug that email into the forgotten password part of the login screen.  Once logged in, edit profile and email settings to decide which if any email you would like sent there.

I will try this.

Nancy Reading wrote:Hi Susan. I think you should be able to change this yourself under your profile settings - look under 'edit profile' and then click on 'email preferences' - as well as which emails you are sent (ike the 'dailyish') that should also show which emails permies has registered for you and you should be able to add and delete them as you wish.

Thanks, I did check that and it's not listed there.

I have an extra email that I rarely use and somehow, sometime, I managed to get it added to get emails from permies.  How to I get it removed so that emails aren't sent out unnecessarily and not reason?

M.K. Dorje Sr. wrote:It's hard to say without knowing more about your situation. For example- what kind of trees they are, how big they are, etc.  However, if you seek out the advice and help of a certified arborist with a good track record, you should have the answer to your question. Getting a second opinion (and bid) from a second arborist might possibly be a good option, too. Tree work can be expensive. But finding an arborist with a wood chipper might actually be an added benefit in such a situation. Good luck!

    Thanks, I have so much to learn about trees. Adding some basic facts to my post would have made a better question, haha.  
    Why I haven't "chipped" any is beyond me!   After Hurricane/superstorm Sandy, downed trees wereused  for firewood, mini hugel-type structures, stepping "stones", I am still using some tall stumps for planters.   They also made some great habitat for critters.  When I trim those boughs, I'm hiring my go-to guy to bring his chipper.

Timothy Norton wrote:That is really interesting, I can't say that I have seen that before.

In your picture, is the farthest part of the tree a stump or a still standing tree attached to the same stump?

I'm curious, if it is all just a stump that has been dry for some time, if there may somehow still be some living tissue in it that got infected and now is pumping out goop?

Great observation and questions!  

    Hi! sorry it took so long to respond.  It's a still standing tree attached to the same stump, we removed the other part just under a year ago.   I hate taking down trees, last year we took down two.  One was a heartbreaker, over 100 years old, but was becoming a danger (dropped some large, killer-sized branches at random), the other was the one now showing the fungi in the trunk.  I can't remember why we took that one.
    My next door neighbors are a young couple, teachers, very garden/farm minded (future permies?).  The woman's mother comes down from upstate New York and spends 5 out of 7 days week JOYFULLY caring for their toddler son while they work.  Through this fun grandma, I asked and found out that some of our trees are seriously shading a part of their yard that they want to garden in, so they are optimizing the space they have.  The young couple would NEVER ask, and I know they can't afford it, I will make sure we will trim the trees for that couple (haven't told my husband yet, haha).  I know very little about caring for trees, will this harm the trees?

Burra. Loved the video; it was oddly sooththing!

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. What do you think of this, perhaps?
https://purduelandscapereport.org/article/orange-goo-dramatic-but-harmless/

Can anyone explain this phenomenon to me? The tree was cut down a year ago. The stump is dry, not visibly rotting.
This is after the orange stuff thinned out a bit; it had been quite thick.