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{SPEAKER name="William Ennis/John Ennis"}
And that corner where I would sometimes stand to wait for the traffic light to cross, to go across, there would be a lot of people coming by on the way down to the money, engraving.
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And of course, the people would want to know how to get down there. And they'd see me standing there on the corner and they'd come walking up, and say "Hey, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah" [[laughter]]
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Oh, oh, yeah. "Right down that way, yes. Huh, huh. Just go right straight down there, you'll be fine." Well, one day, some people were, they seem to always ask the same question. It always felt like I knew which way they wanted to go down to the Engraving Department and somebody said something and I said "right down that way".
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And they looked at me [[laughter]] and gave me a really funny look. "What's that?" And I said "Uh, oh, wait a minute, let's see. No, no, don't go that way, go this way then."
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[[laughter]] And then I ran across the street. [[laughter]] That's sometimes is the problems that you have to deal with.
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{SPEAKER name="Jo Radner"}
[[laughs]] Barbara, have you ever had experiences like that? Or do you have friends with experiences you can think of?
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{SPEAKER name="Barbara Kannapell/John Ennis (interpreter)"}
Well, let's see. I don't consider that as a hazard of deafness. But maybe some funny experiences I've had with hearing people that didn't know I was deaf and we'd meet they'd start speaking,
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and I'd have trouble understanding what they were saying and then they'd start pointing to the watch and then I'd show them the watch and they'd go on by.
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They really didn't know I was deaf. Same thing with smoking. They'd come up and maybe looking for a match. And I'd say "Oh, you need a match?"
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And I'd find one and give them a match, they'd get a light and probably never realize I was actually deaf. Connected with hearing people, I have some, like some hazards of deafness, but maybe I'll hold that for later.
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{SPEAKER name="Jo Radner"}
Fine, sure. Don, how 'bout you? Do you have any favorite hazards?
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{SPEAKER name="Don Pettingill "}
I've had the plumbing business for 16 years, and of course I had to join some of the local civic clubs.
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Like the JC. And every year they had this stag party. One year, I had Las Vegas Night, everybody is around.
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Well, I knew my limits. I never understand anything, so when a friend of mine said, "Come on down and get in this game? We've got one vacancy."
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I said "No, no, I'm afraid I would slow things up.
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I wouldn't understand." "No, we would make sure you understand. We will interpret for you".
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OK, against my better judgment, I planked down my 5 dollars.
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I could understand somebody say "Draw" or "Stud with a deuce wild".
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Finally, my dentist, I never did understand him anyway, always mumbling. Finally I got him down, and I thought, oh I could figure out what the game is, so, I said "OK" and, ah,
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Transcription Notes:
William and Barbara are speaking through a deaf interpreter.