Something interesting about Minnesotans
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07/07/20 03:29 PM
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I was perusing Minnesota covid newscasts by governor Tim Walz when I found an article about the sign language interpreter seen near his podium. The woman is extremely expressive and I wanted to find out more about her, so I googled Nic Zapko and got a lot of information about her expressive signing. But what really got my attention was the (reported) fact that one in five Minnesotans have hearing impairments.
To that end, I wear hearing aids. And now that I’m self conscious about it, I look for the hearing aid tubes worn by others. The numbers I’m seeing strongly suggest the 1 in 5 is probably accurate.
Back to the expressive signer for Tim Walz, it’s refreshing to see something other than closed captioning. The deaf people I know really like the expressiveness of Ms Zapko. Her presence reminds me that Minnesota may be unique in it’s high taxes, but it’s also unique in the services provided for state residents.
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Re: Something interesting about Minnesotans
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07/07/20 03:57 PM
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Our state has a very expressive signer too that is there for all the COVID briefings.... minus the high taxes.
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Re: Something interesting about Minnesotans
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07/07/20 04:03 PM
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They also throw cheese curds at Packer fans at the stadium during viking games..... Have great high school hockey..... Have 0 super bowl wins.
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Re: Something interesting about Minnesotans
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Yup, she’s definitely a chick. I don’t care about her choices in life—just interested in how she helps get pandemic information to the hearing impaired. I don’t go to ball games at the stadium. I like the local games better. Sounds like a colossal waste of cheese curds to throw at people wearing cheesy hats.
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Re: Something interesting about Minnesotans
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Yup, she’s definitely a chick. I don’t care about her choices in life—just interested in how she helps get pandemic information to the hearing impaired. I don’t go to ball games at the stadium. I like the local games better. Sounds like a colossal waste of cheese curds to throw at people wearing cheesy hats. You mean kung flu information or Chinese flu information. Let's say it right. Bahaha. No more news. Done being bamboozled.
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Re: Something interesting about Minnesotans
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What a dumb (This word is unacceptable on Trapperman) question. Tom
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Re: Something interesting about Minnesotans
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What a dumb (This word is unacceptable on Trapperman) question. Tom It is a dumb question. Someone that's been on here as long as martentrapper should know the Teacher is most definitely a liberal.
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Re: Something interesting about Minnesotans
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07/07/20 06:19 PM
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I'm pretty sure every man that gets married develops a hearing impairment.
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Re: Something interesting about Minnesotans
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Re: Something interesting about Minnesotans
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I'm pretty sure every man that gets married develops a hearing impairment. HUH ? HE SAID, ....LOL.
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