You guys done went and had a fracas and didn't invite me.

I like the Marks' take on this (and most other things). MH defines my perspective on equipment well; I KNOW I've lost some hearing capacity, and I cannot control external noise (dishwashers, children, dogs, wind, furnace, the voices in my head, etc.) well enough to perceive that last .01% towards the ideal. MW, as usual, made my favorite beverage of the moment shoot out my nose by concisely defining the perpetrator's intent.

Now, go have a beer.

bibere usque ad hilaritatem