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Post by thistledome on Sept 13, 2021 18:11:19 GMT
Thanks for your good wishes chaps and chapesse.Op done and dusted.It takes some time for the procedure to manifest itself as my last op took 8 days to show wonderful results.Still I can see some good improvement so far Hope all continues well Peter. I still have a cataract on my right eye, but they will not operate to remove it until it gets worse! Cheers, Mike.
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Post by banjo on Sept 13, 2021 20:12:20 GMT
I "clicked" with varifocals immediately nob. I maintain that they do nothing to help ailing vision, quite the opposite in fact. The muscles utilised to focus with the cornea are no different from any other muscle- without excercise they go flaccid (ooh er Mrs.). Wearing varifocals means that the need to focus is replaced by simply looking through that part of the spectacle that allows 20:20 vision, and over time the initial convenience becomes a crutch. Although I'm aware of this I still stick with them because I can see everything everywhere without swapping glasses, or donning and doffing or whatever.
You can buy spectacles which have a matrix of tiny holes and work like dozens of tiny pin-hole cameras. They are no more expensive than so-called reading glasses from the pound shop. A pin-hole camera works like a fully stopped-down camera lens which translates to massive depth of field and that in turn implies everything from a very close distance to infinity will be in focus. It feels odd putting on glasses with black metal "lenses", but it's astonishing when you discover that they do really work, albeit with greatly reduced light levels- again just like a stopped-down camera lens. Reading is a little awkward though because you keep having to make tiny head movements to bring the next word into the specific pin-hole you're looking through.
I have been known to make a "pin-hole" between my thumbs and index fingers when stuck without specs- you have to squeeze your fingers and thumbs together hard until the by now tiny four sided aperture is small enough to work, and hold it up close to an eye, but it DOES work even if the looks you get from other folks are priceless!
After your second prescription, the optometrist informs you that you now need a little distance correction too. They don't tell you why because no one ever queries it, but now you know. Caveat emptor- this is just my opinion, but I reckon I'm not far from the truth.
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Post by nob on Sept 16, 2021 7:27:10 GMT
There's a programme on channel 5 about a Submarine, That's the one my lad was on and back in 2007 we had a day in her. It was interesting when we dived and the lads and Commander made us very welcome. A few got their dolphins while we were there, given in a tot of rum they catch it in their mouth. Worth a catch up if you missed the first episode. www.channel5.com/show/submarine-life-under-the-waves/
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Post by banjo on Sept 16, 2021 7:59:59 GMT
Now that I would like to see nob, but I don't have a telly.
Edit: I see that's a catch up link. On my todo list! Cheers.
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Post by banjo on Sept 17, 2021 7:34:52 GMT
We watched episode one on the 26" monitor last night nob- no good on a tablet. It was really an eye-opener and we were disappointed to note that there was an episode 2 but then to discover it doesn't become available until Monday. We are spoiled by binge-watching!
Incidentally, the first attempt crashed the browser resulting in a PC that wouldn't even respond to the three finger salute. I discovered that was due to the ad blocker and trying to create an exception for Channel 5 hosed the PC. I was reduced to holding the power button down. I installed Privacy Badger last night so I expect more grief to come.
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Post by nob on Sept 17, 2021 8:06:43 GMT
Yes Steve the second is on Monday, they get a new skipper and not liked. The lads thought it hilarious when the skipper said nobody wants to return when they had a problem with the propulsion. But the boats ended its life now and sailed back alongside in March.
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Post by nob on Sept 18, 2021 6:07:59 GMT
The French aren't happy about their sub deal with Australia getting scuppered. shame.
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Post by duyuthinkysaurus on Sept 18, 2021 10:58:44 GMT
Yep the little frog is certainly hopping. There there how sad never mind.
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Post by banjo on Sept 27, 2021 17:10:46 GMT
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Post by banjo on Sept 28, 2021 13:01:13 GMT
Well the local Cornish village fuel station has just had a delivery and filled up the tank in The Bus. This has removed the cloud of despondent uncertainty and transformed our visit. I now exalt the Cornish above every other miserable race on Earth! Never have I been more happy to give the local fuel station my hard-earned for inflated diesel prices!
We're in The Blue Anchor already. Sadly, the "Special" is "off" (yet again- it's getting mighty boring now) but I'm not complaining. It is after all only a twice a year 600 miles round trip ...
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Post by nob on Sept 28, 2021 13:14:25 GMT
Relief Steve. enjoy the pints now.
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Post by banjo on Sept 28, 2021 14:16:56 GMT
No "Special" nob (Again. It's all getting a bit tedious now. The brewer (the landlord's son) said "Might be "on" Monday, depends how I feel".
Then the stout yeoman bartender had the temerity to suggest that assistance shouldering in one ton/tonne of malt in 25Kg sacks would be appreciated. If'n they'd had any Special I would have willingly played my part as anyone would in a temple like that, but after witnessing that intransigence, we just sat there sipping our "Middle" and masticating our oggies.
I try to explain how that feels when you've driven 300 miles, but someone could care less. How many more times in my dwindling Earth years must I put up with this disinterest?
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Post by nob on Sept 29, 2021 4:18:43 GMT
Probably down to drivers or lack of or Covid they are the two get out of jail cards they use Steve.
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Post by banjo on Sept 29, 2021 8:24:54 GMT
Well I derived the impression that it could be on over the weekend or maybe even sooner because he actually said as much, but he sat there where the old postman used to stand at the bar and adopted a whatever attitude. Over the past four years, I've had no beer, off beer (really off) no beer again, more "watery" beer and now no beer again. This goes way back before Covid so I'm just unlucky in my chosen times to visit, but it's an expensive game hiring a place to stay and the diesel when The Blue is 50% of the draw! I kept smiling because I am aware that their lives do not revolve around me, and I very much want to remain welcome in my favourite pub.
As for their bottled product, I've given up because I've poured far more down the sink than I've swallowed. The "Special" is very similar to Owd Roger to my taste buds and every bit as strong. Lovely!
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Post by banjo on Nov 17, 2021 17:27:29 GMT
Interesting.
The leviathan Amazon acts on the interests of consumers by blocking Visa credit cards? Pot-Kettle-Black? I immediately led to pondering over who will call Amazon to account for their profligate behaviour.
But the more salient point here for me is that when I subsequently checked, Amazon had already changed my default card from the Visa one to the MasterCard which I had registered on my list of payment methods. Without prior consultation or permission. Scumbags. I changed it back again just to be a square peg but even with the 19th of January looming, I suspect it'll all blow over as soon as it impacts upon Amazon's revenue stream?
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