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Dear Abby Asked by Dear Abby
2/5/2019

Which sense would be the most difficult to live without?

86%
Sight WINNER

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14%
Hearing

5

86%
Sight

15 Comments
Tim Powers
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Tim Powers

I have 90% hearing loss. I would rather have that than 905 vision loss. I was legally blind at one time. deafness is preferable.

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byzantium butterfly
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byzantium butterfly

I've lived most of my life on the quiet side of life due to hereditary hearing loss but a quiet day can be a godsend. Blindness takes a lot more adjustment on a person's life.

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Nancy Sam
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Nancy Sam

There are beautiful things in live to see that you could never describe.

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Dana Sowerby
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Dana Sowerby

I don't think I could handle not being able to look into the eyes of the people I love.

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Cornelia H. Dunnings
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Cornelia H. Dunnings

I would want to be able to see everything in the World.

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Jeff Willman
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Jeff Willman

As much as I LOVE music, blindess would be very hard to deal with.

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Jeff Rohr
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Jeff Rohr

I can't even imagine ...

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Kristi Guentzel Gauthier
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Kristi Guentzel Gauthier

You can learn to read lips and most people already can to some extent

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Fiorello Centanaro
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Fiorello Centanaro

I couldn't live without sight

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Julie Brantley
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Julie Brantley

Sight opens the world to us - reading, driving, identifying loved ones, etc.

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Suse Corliss
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Suse Corliss

I couldn't live without reading. Also I couldn't use my laptop, TV, or navigate the house and shops, friends etc. I'd miss music a lot without hearing.

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Dave Pickett
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Dave Pickett

Though I'm half-blind I enjoy watching things going on around me in the day-to-day life.

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Jason Bertalotto
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Jason Bertalotto

Hard to navigate without sight

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Harry Nichols
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Harry Nichols

Seems like it would be harder to get along with normal living without sight!

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Rea Long
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Rea Long

for sentimental reasons I would miss seeing my loved ones faces,

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14%
Hearing

5 Comments
my name
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my name

As a mother of young children, hearing is important. They let you know something is wrong by sounds, especially when not in my direct line of sight .

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judith corey
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judith corey

to only have my own voice in my head, and the ghost voices of my loved ones....no thank you ...take my eyesight

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Greg Stewart
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Greg Stewart

Neither, Hearing or Sight. Common. If you don't have common sines you are doomed to a life of misery, and can hear is an see it in real time.

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Heidi Pooley
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Heidi Pooley

Helen Keller always said that blindness separates you from THINGS, but deafness separates you from PEOPLE. I find this VERY true as I have several blind friends and blind hubby.

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Carol L. Gonzalez
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Carol L. Gonzalez

I have not completely lost my hearing but it is not as good as it used to be and it does make life difficult sometimes. I would hate to lose my sight also though.

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Do you have a favorite holiday movie?
Dear Abby Asked by Dear Abby
12 months left

Do you have a favorite holiday movie?

Yes

1

No

1

Yes

1 Comment
Bob Pickett
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Bob Pickett

really like Ralphie

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No

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rover6rover
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rover6rover

There are too many great choices to settle on just one. Among my faves, "A Child's Christmas in Wales," "A Christmas Story," and "Arthur Christmas" is pretty cute.

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Do you own more or less than a dozen pairs of shoes?
Dear Abby Asked by Dear Abby
12 months left

Do you own more or less than a dozen pairs of shoes?

More

1

Less

3

More

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rover6rover
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rover6rover

Maybe just a dozen or so if you add them all up and include snow boots and water shoes along with the rest.

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Less

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Lisa Gray
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Lisa Gray

I have 5 counting my slippers! haha

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Bonnie Fitzgerald
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Bonnie Fitzgerald

when I retired I threw away every heel, every dress shoe and most of my work /dress clothes. now I dress for my comfort (11 years ago I'd have een on the otherside)

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