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[astroNikon]

how old are you?

I'm apparently a good candidate for lasik, but when you reach certain ages and have troubles like you do, makes you a not good candidate

having troubles with sight SUCKS!

Don't you know you shouldn't be asking people that question ?

You certainly don't ask women.
So, Astro, how many summers HAVE you seen?

I'm not pregnant either.

 

[Stradawhovious]

I'm yelling when I'm annoyed by these kind of $%&%&#&&$#"!"&&&$)(&%$$$$$

[sniffle]

 

[mmaria]

Don't worry about it, it's OK.

awwww, like a real uncle

 

[Stradawhovious]

I'm not pregnant either.

WHEW!! Saves me the trouble of asking.

 

[snowbear101]

how old are you?

I'm apparently a good candidate for lasik, but when you reach certain ages and have troubles like you do, makes you a not good candidate

having troubles with sight SUCKS!

Don't you know you shouldn't be asking people that question ?

You certainly don't ask women.
So, Astro, how many summers HAVE you seen?

Close to, but not quite, 50 summers.

I still recall rowing through the Boston harbor with some Mr. Washington dude and watching people throwing tea into the harbor. We were filling up buckets of tea for a later tea party.

Yes they were. You should have seen it when the Mayflower got here. I told the guy standing next to me "There goes the neighborhood!"

 

[astroNikon]

So how old are you?

well, apparently I can't answer on that question here

And please stop yelling. I'm a delicate flower.

you're really not... and you should get used to it

I'm yelling when I'm annoyed by these kind of $%&%&#&&$#"!"&&&$)(&%$$$$$

was just pulling your leg .. .a joke ....

yes, I never understood why women should not be asked that question.
Why not ... instead we have to ask to see their drivers license because we have to lie and say they look like they are 18 and can't believe they are any older.

most ppl don't believe I'm as old as I am when they meet and see me.
but old age has it's problems .. I can't crank start my model T car as well as I used to.

 

[Stradawhovious]

most ppl don't believe I'm as old as I am when they meet and see me.
but old age has it's problems .. I can't crank start my model T car as well as I used to.

Didn't you sit behind Jesus in second grade? I heard he was a prankster.

 

[snowbear101]

Marija, the issue is cultural, more than anything else. Don't worry, we still love you.

 

[snowbear101]

When I got married, my lovely wife told me I looked like a five year old with a mustache.

 

[sm4him]

I can sympathize. The idea of any sort of surgery on the eyes is scary. No matter how many "good" stories you hear, the ones that didn't end well are out there too. Plus, just the idea of someone messin' with my eyeball...ewwww.

I have TERRIBLE vision. It's about 20/800 without my glasses. Even with them, it can't be corrected to anything like 20/20.
But the even bigger problem is that I have "floaters." LOTS of floaters. My eye Dr. says I have more floaters than anyone he's ever seen. And not only does that get in the way of your vision (and make you highly irritable sometimes), it also apparently means that I am at higher risk of a retinal tear.

I'm really having a hard time following your usa 20/20 vision way of saying or something... obviously I know what's 20/20 but have troubles with the rest

Without my glasses, I can see things at 20 feet/6 meters, about as clearly as the average person can at 800 ft/approx. 243.8 meters.
The floaters are tiny, nearly transparent things that just seem to "float" in your vision. A lot of people have one or two of them and they may not even notice them unless they "float" into just the right place. But I have so many that they ALWAYS obstruct my sight somewhat.

Take a clear plastic bag. Now draw a whole bunch of tiny little squiggly lines on it with a marker. Hold that up to your eyes. Then imagine those tiny little squiggly lines also MOVING around constantly.

That's what it's like to be me.

 

[snowbear101]

I can sympathize. The idea of any sort of surgery on the eyes is scary. No matter how many "good" stories you hear, the ones that didn't end well are out there too. Plus, just the idea of someone messin' with my eyeball...ewwww.

I have TERRIBLE vision. It's about 20/800 without my glasses. Even with them, it can't be corrected to anything like 20/20.
But the even bigger problem is that I have "floaters." LOTS of floaters. My eye Dr. says I have more floaters than anyone he's ever seen. And not only does that get in the way of your vision (and make you highly irritable sometimes), it also apparently means that I am at higher risk of a retinal tear.

I'm really having a hard time following your usa 20/20 vision way of saying or something... obviously I know what's 20/20 but have troubles with the rest

Without my glasses, I can see things at 20 feet/6 meters, about as clearly as the average person can at 800 ft/approx. 243.8 meters.
The floaters are tiny, nearly transparent things that just seem to "float" in your vision. A lot of people have one or two of them and they may not even notice them unless they "float" into just the right place. But I have so many that they ALWAYS obstruct my sight somewhat.

Take a clear plastic bag. Now draw a whole bunch of tiny little squiggly lines on it with a marker. Hold that up to your eyes. Then imagine those tiny little squiggly lines also MOVING around constantly.

That's what it's like to be me.

I get floaters, too, but it's not too bad. One time, I was able to trick the DMV into not giving me a corrective lens restriction on my license (I've worn glasses sporadically since I was eight) by not wearing them for a day or two before I renewed. Not anymore.

 

[sm4him]

That's right up there with "Are you pregnant?"

The answer to that question is usually self revealing, in time.

Still a question that shouldn't be asked. Ever. Even if there is a baby visibly crowning...

It's a recipe for an awkward moment.

Just saying.

When I worked for a publishing company here, we had several editor-in-chiefs for various magazines who would only come in during production of their magazine. Many of them actually lived elsewhere, even in different countries. This one guy was from England; he was always brash and generally clueless, not really a good combination.

So, he comes in one time during the production cycle for his magazine, and gets on the elevator with my boss. He looks at her and says, "Oh, I didn't know you were expecting. When are you due?"

Her baby was a little over a year old.

 

[sm4him]

oh... #$%$&#$&/(%$/%&$/&!!!!


that's a really SIMPLE QUESTION!!!


NEVER UNDERSTOOD THE FUSS ABOUT IT

AND PROBABLY WILL NEVER ASK THAT QUESTION HERE AGAIN

I'm 53. I don't honestly care who knows it. I never really understood the fuss either.

 

[sm4him]

I can sympathize. The idea of any sort of surgery on the eyes is scary. No matter how many "good" stories you hear, the ones that didn't end well are out there too. Plus, just the idea of someone messin' with my eyeball...ewwww.

I have TERRIBLE vision. It's about 20/800 without my glasses. Even with them, it can't be corrected to anything like 20/20.
But the even bigger problem is that I have "floaters." LOTS of floaters. My eye Dr. says I have more floaters than anyone he's ever seen. And not only does that get in the way of your vision (and make you highly irritable sometimes), it also apparently means that I am at higher risk of a retinal tear.

I'm really having a hard time following your usa 20/20 vision way of saying or something... obviously I know what's 20/20 but have troubles with the rest

Without my glasses, I can see things at 20 feet/6 meters, about as clearly as the average person can at 800 ft/approx. 243.8 meters.
The floaters are tiny, nearly transparent things that just seem to "float" in your vision. A lot of people have one or two of them and they may not even notice them unless they "float" into just the right place. But I have so many that they ALWAYS obstruct my sight somewhat.

Take a clear plastic bag. Now draw a whole bunch of tiny little squiggly lines on it with a marker. Hold that up to your eyes. Then imagine those tiny little squiggly lines also MOVING around constantly.

That's what it's like to be me.

I get floaters, too, but it's not too bad. One time, I was able to trick the DMV into not giving me a corrective lens restriction on my license (I've worn glasses sporadically since I was eight) by not wearing them for a day or two before I renewed. Not anymore.

Without my glasses, I wouldn't be able to find the little machine that tests your vision, so that would probably give it away.
My eyes have been that bad ever since I was in second grade.

I actually almost HOPE I'll end up with cataracts, because every family member who has had cataract surgery has been able to quit wearing their glasses!

 

[snowbear101]

oh... #$%$&#$&/(%$/%&$/&!!!!


that's a really SIMPLE QUESTION!!!


NEVER UNDERSTOOD THE FUSS ABOUT IT

AND PROBABLY WILL NEVER ASK THAT QUESTION HERE AGAIN

I'm 53. I don't honestly care who knows it. I never really understood the fuss either.

Some cultures are more secretive about things. Vanity plays a large part, too.
I'm proud to be 56. I've known people that didn't make it this far for various reasons.