[Boatanchors] Color blindness

[Jim Wilhite]

Stop (red) on top or to the left.  I remember that from the driver's test 
about 50 years ago.  In my childhood the town were I was raised had the 
green on top.  When the lights were standardized, the city council threw a 
fit.

73  Jim
W5JO

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Duane Fischer, W8DBF" <dfischer at usol.com>
To: "William L Howard" <wlhoward at verizon.net>; "boatanchors at qth.net" 
<boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 4:39 PM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Color blindness


> 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 -
>
>
> ----------
> 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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