[Boatanchors] Color blindness

[William L Howard]

. When I took the physical for the army, they brought out that infernal
book
> and said, "Read the numbers." The only one I could see was on the
first
> page, because it was black and white dots. Then as a backup test in
case you're
> faking, they ask you, "How do you know when a traffic signal is red?"
If you
> ARE  partially colorblind, you will know the answer to that question.
I'm not
> totally  color blind, but I'd be lost without my ohmmeter. Even it
doesn't help
> sorting  pairs in the newer telephone cable.

When I went to ROTC summer camp and took the physical, the examiner
turned each page, whispered, "what number do you see?" When I finished
the color blindness test, I discovered I had also passed the hearing
test!

So much for army physicals in the 1960s.

Bill Howard