bmattock
Veteran
jan normandale said:
Or it could look like Walt Disney threw up.
But I could give it a try, I guess.
Best Regards,
Bill Mattocks
bmattock
Veteran
lushd said:
Yeah, but will they come wrapped in yak hair? I think that might not be fun.
Best Regards,
Bill Mattocks
PS - I still want Zeiss eyeball implants.
ClaremontPhoto
Jon Claremont
There's a chain of opticians near me that does a discount equal to your age. So a 45 year old gets a 45% discount.
I think that a 99 year old person would qualify for a 99% discount.
Do watch out for the neck ache thing though, it sort of creeps up on you, but it probably depends on screen size and position.
I think that a 99 year old person would qualify for a 99% discount.
Do watch out for the neck ache thing though, it sort of creeps up on you, but it probably depends on screen size and position.
rbiemer
Unabashed Amateur
Bill,
I'l be 46 later this year and am on my second pair of bi-focals. Been "four eyed" since I was 3 or 4.
It took me a while but I did finally find a good Opthamologist and that has made a world of difference.
The eye drops aren't fun but hope you never have to have samples of the fluid inside your eyes taken. I had to have that done once as a child and that was plenty scary!
Rob
I'l be 46 later this year and am on my second pair of bi-focals. Been "four eyed" since I was 3 or 4.
It took me a while but I did finally find a good Opthamologist and that has made a world of difference.
The eye drops aren't fun but hope you never have to have samples of the fluid inside your eyes taken. I had to have that done once as a child and that was plenty scary!
Rob
bmattock
Veteran
rbiemer said:
Rob, OOGA BOOGA! No way they get inside my eyeballs and start rummaging around! Yikes! I have no right to complain, with what you've been through. Wowzer.
Best Regards,
Bill Mattocks
rbiemer
Unabashed Amateur
Bill,
Sure you have the right to complain! Especially since you do it so amusingly!
I will admit to really hating the whole idea of bi-focals. I can't repeat here what I actually said to my eye doc but "Are you freaking kidding me??" is pretty close.
The fluid sample thing was more scary than painful; apparently there are very few/no nerve endings in the lens of one's eye but the honestly small needle looks huge. And the dotor saying "just don't blink" didn't help all that much.
That doctor is sadly no longer alive. He was my eye doctor for all of my life until I left my home town. And when I moved back he had retired. A crotchety old guy he always seemed to me but very good. And he never talked to me like I was just a kid.
Rob
Sure you have the right to complain! Especially since you do it so amusingly!
I will admit to really hating the whole idea of bi-focals. I can't repeat here what I actually said to my eye doc but "Are you freaking kidding me??" is pretty close.
The fluid sample thing was more scary than painful; apparently there are very few/no nerve endings in the lens of one's eye but the honestly small needle looks huge. And the dotor saying "just don't blink" didn't help all that much.
That doctor is sadly no longer alive. He was my eye doctor for all of my life until I left my home town. And when I moved back he had retired. A crotchety old guy he always seemed to me but very good. And he never talked to me like I was just a kid.
Rob
Fedzilla_Bob
man with cat
As much as I complain about all the aches and pains that come along with being .5 centuries old, I think it would be more annoying to be a youngun' againkyle said:
Honestly- asking girls out, and getting rejected... learning to drive... dodging teargas canisters... getting so badly plastered that your friends drop you off at home and run... space travel without a shuttle (I should say a command module... did I just say that out loud? "My God... it's filled with stars")...
The list is way too long. Geezer good. Rug shark bad.
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John Camp
Well-known
"Almost immediately after turning 40 much of my hair fell out and my eyesight, which had always been bad, got even worse.
I'll be turning 50 in a few months. I'm wondering what will happen then. "
I can tell you that (I'm 62.) You still have problems, they just tend to show up lower on your body.
I'll be turning 50 in a few months. I'm wondering what will happen then. "
I can tell you that (I'm 62.) You still have problems, they just tend to show up lower on your body.
pesphoto
Veteran
oh god, im going to turn 40 in 6 months. Is it all down hill from here.??!! Though I would not want to go back to my twenties!
bmattock
Veteran
pesphoto said:
Not only is it downhill, you pick up speed as you go.
Embrace the horror.
Best Regards,
Bill Mattocks
pesphoto
Veteran
bmattock said:
What scares me is that they say the second half of life deems like it goes by so much fastr than the first half. I will embrace,I will embrace,I will embrace,I will embrace,I will embrace,I will embrace,I will embrace,............
lushd
Donald
Remember that your Zorki 1s are all over 50 and they are doing OK!
I have a friend (older than me) who says about age that the climb is a long hard one but the view is stunning.
I have a friend (older than me) who says about age that the climb is a long hard one but the view is stunning.
JohnL
Very confused
bmattock said:
Bill,
Consider the alternative ...
Fedzilla_Bob
man with cat
Just think of it as roller coaster that only goes one way- straight down.pesphoto said:
You already have the right response.
drmatthes
Zeiss Addict
peterc said:
Due to my job, I see people 80-100 years of age on a regular basis.
My oldest patient will be 98 this year.
He has almost completely lost his eyesight, which is a sad thing. He still keeps his Zeiss Ikon Movikon from the 1930s and offered me to show some movies to me he made at that time. I would have to explain to him what I see, then.
He would strongly refuse to be mature, anyway, but he has become wise and relaxed - and he is self-confident enough to admit that, or - in his words:
"I have seen so much in my life that now it seems it is not absolutely necessary anymore, but I enjoyed staying on that farm in South Africa two years ago when I could still see properly, and meeting this tame lion who had lost his eyesight and almost all of his teeth. I fed him by hand. Now I'm the old lion."
Let's try and get old lions, too.
Jesko
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Ergo
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Toby
On the alert
I've got really good eyesight at thirty five -trouble is I'm deaf as a post from a childhood ear infection. My wife thinks I play deaf just to annoy her -but that's just a lucky side effect. I can't wait until my kids start asking me for money then I can really have some fun
bmattock
Veteran
The North Carolina School for the Deaf is in Wilson, and one of the teachers is my next door neighbor. He's a good guy, but I don't think he realizes that he hasn't mastered the fine art of asking instead of telling people to do things. He speaks in command imperatives mostly, and 'tells' me how to take care of my yard all the time, and he can't hear his horror-show children raising hell all over their yard all weekend long. Otherwise, we get along.
Because of the school, there are a lot of deaf folks here in town. One of the things I've promised to do at some point is to learn some ASL. My neighbor is Canadian. I wonder if he signs "eh?" at the end of his sentences?
Best Regards,
Bill Mattocks
Because of the school, there are a lot of deaf folks here in town. One of the things I've promised to do at some point is to learn some ASL. My neighbor is Canadian. I wonder if he signs "eh?" at the end of his sentences?
Best Regards,
Bill Mattocks
bob cole
Well-known
eye doctor
eye doctor
bill, i tried bi-focals and couldn't adjust to them in working on the computer...after a very short time, I switched to two pair of glasses: one Rx for driving and one Rx for work on the computer [pls a third pair of Rx sunglasses.] You must go to an opthalmologist for the Rx's and then to an optometrist for the frames and glasses...Because I am careless with the frames, I bought several new, old stock of the heaviest frames I could find plus extra side pieces of the frames and extra screws for the frames and always bought more in yard sales when I saw the kind I like...The lenses can be as expensive -- or inexpensive -- as you like...Bi-focals are convenient to have but , in my case, difficult to use...Lots of luck with your good news...regards, bob cole
eye doctor
bill, i tried bi-focals and couldn't adjust to them in working on the computer...after a very short time, I switched to two pair of glasses: one Rx for driving and one Rx for work on the computer [pls a third pair of Rx sunglasses.] You must go to an opthalmologist for the Rx's and then to an optometrist for the frames and glasses...Because I am careless with the frames, I bought several new, old stock of the heaviest frames I could find plus extra side pieces of the frames and extra screws for the frames and always bought more in yard sales when I saw the kind I like...The lenses can be as expensive -- or inexpensive -- as you like...Bi-focals are convenient to have but , in my case, difficult to use...Lots of luck with your good news...regards, bob cole
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bmattock said:
in a former life i was a sign language interpreter, went to the local community college for a year and got my certificate and all...
an older deaf person can tell where you were from by how you signed, like an accent.
joe