MARIA Margeurie has this week given everyone who moans about din a rap over the knuckles.
She believes we ought to be grateful that we have our hearing and can pick up noises!
Marie, of Astley, says she would give her right arm to hear the clip-clop of horses, the tweeting of birds and especially music.
She wishes people would appreciate what they have, they never know when they might lose it.
You're dead right, Marie, many of us lucky enough to have all our senses intact can be a selfish lot.
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