If it ain't one thing it's another...... - Bluegill - Big Bluegill2024-03-29T05:07:07Zhttps://bigbluegill.ning.com/forum/topics/if-it-ain-t-one-thing-it-s-another?groupUrl=old-geezer-group&commentId=2036984%3AComment%3A483552&groupId=2036984%3AGroup%3A326993&feed=yes&xn_auth=no There are a lot of us right…tag:bigbluegill.ning.com,2014-03-07:2036984:Comment:4838802014-03-07T20:27:45.216ZDonald Schmotzerhttps://bigbluegill.ning.com/profile/DonaldSchmotzer
<p> There are a lot of us right there with you.......... I have had to wear reading glasses for the past 10 years or so. Can't read a magazine without them. And as for fly tying......it is a MUST. Getting older is not for sissies. Good luck and just hang in there.........Don in SC </p>
<p> There are a lot of us right there with you.......... I have had to wear reading glasses for the past 10 years or so. Can't read a magazine without them. And as for fly tying......it is a MUST. Getting older is not for sissies. Good luck and just hang in there.........Don in SC </p> I can sympathize with that. I…tag:bigbluegill.ning.com,2014-03-06:2036984:Comment:4835612014-03-06T08:04:53.520ZJBplusThuyhttps://bigbluegill.ning.com/profile/JonathanByrne
<p>I can sympathize with that. I'm nearsighted, started wearing contacts in my late teens or very early twenties, only added glasses to the mix when I was about 30 but still mostly used contacts. Now, well into middle age, I can no longer wear contacts because my eyes are too dry, so I'm stuck with glasses. I have to take them off to do close work or read, something I didn't have to do when I was younger, and I wear a different pair for work. The prescription is a little weaker than my regular…</p>
<p>I can sympathize with that. I'm nearsighted, started wearing contacts in my late teens or very early twenties, only added glasses to the mix when I was about 30 but still mostly used contacts. Now, well into middle age, I can no longer wear contacts because my eyes are too dry, so I'm stuck with glasses. I have to take them off to do close work or read, something I didn't have to do when I was younger, and I wear a different pair for work. The prescription is a little weaker than my regular distance glasses, and the ideal focal distance is 4 feet.</p>
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<p>Why 4 feet? Because I measured the distance from my eyes to my monitors, and had them order me up lenses that would focus at the distance. I can see clearly a bit farther, but can't read the whiteboard in class with them, not even from the front row.<br/><br/>Haven't tried bi- or tri-focals, but did try progressive lenses. Always felt like I was going to fall down and/or get motion sick lol. They were a complete failure on me, thus the workstation glasses.</p>
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<p>Should I ever get LASIKed, I'd need to put on reading glasses to read or tie fishing knots, and I just feel like I'd rather remove my glasses for that or peek out from underneath them if it's quick. That's the number 2 reason why I'll likely never have LASIK done. The cost is number one LOL Number three is, what if they discover that after 30 years it makes you go blind? Nobody's been walking around with it that long, I don't think - although at my age, I might kick the bucket before I went blind, so it'd be a calculated risk :p</p> I'll never retire. I love wha…tag:bigbluegill.ning.com,2014-03-06:2036984:Comment:4835522014-03-06T01:14:45.487ZEarl W Storyhttps://bigbluegill.ning.com/profile/EarlWStory
I'll never retire. I love what I do and can't imagine retiring. Too many guys I know retired and died shortly after. So if I never retire I'm immortal!!
I'll never retire. I love what I do and can't imagine retiring. Too many guys I know retired and died shortly after. So if I never retire I'm immortal!! earl;; just do what I did bud…tag:bigbluegill.ning.com,2014-03-06:2036984:Comment:4836062014-03-06T00:49:20.115Zcarl hendrixhttps://bigbluegill.ning.com/profile/carlhendrix
<p>earl;; just do what I did buddy! before; or right after you retire;; send your wife off for a couple of days. while she is gone;; gather up all of you tools;; and have a yard sale!! get rid of everything!! except maybe something to work on a boat or fishing reel;; that part is ok. take the money you get from selling all those tools; and go buy fishing stuff!! remember-- retirement is golden!!your not suppose to work any more;; that's for somebody else!! and-- with age at…</p>
<p>earl;; just do what I did buddy! before; or right after you retire;; send your wife off for a couple of days. while she is gone;; gather up all of you tools;; and have a yard sale!! get rid of everything!! except maybe something to work on a boat or fishing reel;; that part is ok. take the money you get from selling all those tools; and go buy fishing stuff!! remember-- retirement is golden!!your not suppose to work any more;; that's for somebody else!! and-- with age at retirement;; we do often get hard of hearing. and that's ok to. wife never did say anything I really wanted to hear any way!</p> The older I get the more I fi…tag:bigbluegill.ning.com,2014-03-06:2036984:Comment:4836032014-03-06T00:25:34.191ZEarl W Storyhttps://bigbluegill.ning.com/profile/EarlWStory
The older I get the more I find ways around stuff!
The older I get the more I find ways around stuff! How well I know what you are…tag:bigbluegill.ning.com,2014-03-05:2036984:Comment:4835962014-03-05T22:56:13.359ZVince Fuscohttps://bigbluegill.ning.com/profile/VinceFusco
<p>How well I know what you are going through, Earl! Been wearing glasses for over 50 years now. My last pair two years ago were trifocals. Then I woke up one day and everything was blurry in my right eye. A few weeks later the left eye started acting the same way. After a trip to the eye doctor I was told I have cataracts <span style="font-size: 13px;">on both eyes. I am scheduled to speak to a surgen the first week in April to see about having them removed. I was told by my eye doctor that…</span></p>
<p>How well I know what you are going through, Earl! Been wearing glasses for over 50 years now. My last pair two years ago were trifocals. Then I woke up one day and everything was blurry in my right eye. A few weeks later the left eye started acting the same way. After a trip to the eye doctor I was told I have cataracts <span style="font-size: 13px;">on both eyes. I am scheduled to speak to a surgen the first week in April to see about having them removed. I was told by my eye doctor that the surgery will take all of 12 minutes, and two weeks later they can do the other eye.Recovery time is suppose to be about two days per eye.The good news is the day of the surgery I will get implants and can throw my glasses away! They did say I may need some readers for tying on hooks, and other close work. I am very excited, as I have never been able to buy a "real pair" of sun glasses. </span></p> Earl, I feel your pain, as…tag:bigbluegill.ning.com,2014-03-05:2036984:Comment:4836842014-03-05T21:22:44.830ZLord of the Fly , Rodshttps://bigbluegill.ning.com/profile/LordoftheFlyRods
<p> Earl, I feel your pain, as a wearer of tri focals I understand your suffering, a friend of mine had lasik surgery and was surprised that he could finally see hair on his toes in the shower, but still had to have half eyes to read, I have worn soft lense contacts since 6 months after they came out on the market, and I can say they have come along way since then but still they dont solve all the problems LOFR</p>
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<p> Earl, I feel your pain, as a wearer of tri focals I understand your suffering, a friend of mine had lasik surgery and was surprised that he could finally see hair on his toes in the shower, but still had to have half eyes to read, I have worn soft lense contacts since 6 months after they came out on the market, and I can say they have come along way since then but still they dont solve all the problems LOFR</p>
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