http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/deaf-defrying Just another bbPress community en-US Thu, 23 May 2013 04:19:25 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/search.php http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/deaf-defrying#post-289307 Fri, 07 Dec 2012 03:45:32 +0000 joan 289307@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ <p>Well, here in Australia hearing aids, very nice, almost invisible ones too, are free if you are on the state age pension.</p> <p>I laugh at adverts for them, and at adverts for medical insurance, as medical care is free for everyone, and dental care for those on pensions. Children have the school dentist - free.</p> <p>(Of course, I worked for decades and paid taxes - it is all quid pro quo)</p> <p>I don&#39;t understand why rich countries like the USA can&#39;t provide the conditions a small (in population) country like Australia does. </p> http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/deaf-defrying#post-289269 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 17:16:02 +0000 . 289269@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ <p>You would say that cos you&#39;re biased. </p> http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/deaf-defrying#post-289267 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 17:13:11 +0000 . 289267@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ <p>Jus&#39; as well you talk a lotta sense then eh. </p> http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/deaf-defrying#post-289265 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 17:12:37 +0000 . 289265@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ <p>I do believe I&#39;m talking to meself. </p> http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/deaf-defrying#post-289263 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 17:11:25 +0000 . 289263@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ <p>Fallen on deaf ears methinxs, I SAID F... er, oh forget it, hear today, gong tomorrow. </p> http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/deaf-defrying#post-289235 Tue, 04 Dec 2012 22:23:58 +0000 . 289235@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ <p>It beggars belief that adverts for hearing aids, mainly aimed at the elderly? never include the price, there&#39;s even one chap advertising a particular brand that mentions this fact and reasons not to pay over the odds, you&#39;ve guessed it, the ad, also, doesn&#39;t mention the price.</p> <p>They say you have to be a bit of a bastard to be a businessman, even so, this is underhand and needs to be addressed, because this practice must mean that there&#39;s unfair price fluctuations, generally penalising those that can &quot;ill afford&quot; the most. </p>