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PArt of getting old.
Well yes, that plus even if you can focus without lenses you still need more light to see as you get older. I've heard that a 40 year old needs twice as much light to see the same thing as a 20 year old.
I didn't believe this until I went to visit my parents to hook up their new television. After crawling behind the set, I looked at the markings on the various jacks for a moment ... and asked for a flashlight. I'm 39.
That is actually part of you eye sight deteriorating. Presbyopia. It is age related, almost everyone will need reading glasses eventually. Bright light causes your iris to close down, which increases your depth of field. Just like in a camera...f22 (small aperature) has greater depth of field than f4 (wide open). I'm 52....but lucky in that I don't need the reading glasses all that much..unless I'm working behind a TV ot inside a computer.
Having said that...I just bought more reading glasses to scatter around my haunts. I leave a pair at work, in my car, in my back pack, by the bed, in the kitchen....etc. etc. They are cheap.
(Of course, Aahz figured that out ages ago) :)
hair... f'course i wear a hat almost all the time anyways...
Sun Mar 20 2011 01:36:34 PM EDT from IGnatius T FoobarI'm wearing more hats now that I've cut my hair very short (1/2 inch using a #4 clipper). It's a lot easier now that I don't have to worry about "hat hair."
(Of course, Aahz figured that out ages ago) :)
Talk to me when you go to a #2 clipper......
Short hair is great if you do any sweating, or SCUBA. Damn cold in the winter though. Hats become mandatory.
(I use #5 for the long part on top.)
Recently had my annual eye visit with Dr. Random Eyedoctor, as is the practice at Madigan. This time, dumb luck was in the form of a full-bird Colonel (equiv to a naval Captain if that's the branch you know) who was most recently the head of optometry for Department of the Army. Not only did he give me a very clear and cogent explanation of some of the eye weirdness that I've always had (and explained why I shouldn't even bother trying to see those "magic eye" things because it's never going to happen), but he decided that my eyes as bad as mine really ought to get LASIK on the Army's dime, policy or no policy*. He was going to "make some phone calls" and have word for me at the followup (later this week). That was pretty cool. Ridiculously friendly guy, very knowledgeable, and not at all condescending--I have no idea why he's still in the military medical system.
*National Guard soldiers are eligible for the same laser treatment that the regular Army gets as a matter of course, so long as we're on active duty orders with at least one year left. The problem is that 95% of us on active duty are on "fiscal year" orders, meaning they are never long enough for us to be eligible. So we're out of luck. Except for two 1-month breaks in service before and after my deployment to Afghanistan, I've been on continuous active duty since early 2004. I have no plans to change this any time in the next few years, and if we deploy again, it's the first thing I will shell out for out of my own pocket, but I'd just as soon the Army pay for it if I have the option. Thank you, taxpayers.
Hats are mandatory in the summer - Sunburnt bald head is just as bad as
all the heat leaving that way in the winter.
I think it's worse.
Over the last couple of years my hair has become thin enough that the top of my head burns in the summer without a hat on. It's ... somewhat unsettling.
To IG
From all the fair skinned people of the world -
It's about time! Ha Ha!
-Fair skinned and sunburned prone people of the world!
Di Apr 12 2011 13:58:17 EDT von boo-booTo IG
From all the fair skinned people of the world -
It's about time! Ha Ha!
-Fair skinned and sunburned prone people of the world!
sun-what?
Do Apr 14 2011 07:16:11 EDT von fleebIf a person stays in the sun too long, they turn red, and endure what we call a 'sunburn'.
hm, do you have to leave the cellar for that? or even go outside?
It requires access to a huge firey bag of gass, enough to envelope worlds if it were to get too close. There is one conveniently located in what some people refer to as 'outside', just far enough to avoid consuming this planet, but close enough to cause the aforementioned effect on a human being. I'm still rather suspicious of it, though... anything that powerful should be treated with considerable respect and caution.
Fleeb: A man who will not be holidaying on Sol 2, whereas should it have had any satelites, I might have gone.