[Boatanchors] Color blindness

[Duane Fischer, W8DBF]

Bill, 	
	
I am aware of how color blind drivers distinguish the colors on a traffic light.
Let's see how many of those who are not color blind know that answer Bill - 	
 

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From: William L Howard <wlhoward at verizon.net>
To: boatanchors at qth.net <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: [Boatanchors] Color blindness
Date: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 10:58 AM


. 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

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