[TheForge] See small stuff (Was: rust redux)OT

Fri Nov 14 02:22:01 2003

As one's closest usable focal length  gets farther away from one's nose 
with age...one's arms  won't reach far enough  to read text,at some 
point in time. That was the thread that lead to lasik...Lasik as a cure 
for presbiopia....I was wondering how it could?.....Pete

G.Watts wrote:

>I haven't the faintest idea what short arms have to do with old eyes, but
>Andy asked about Lasik in an earlier post...so I responded :)
>Regards,
>George.
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>[mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Peter Fels And
>Phoebe Palmer
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>I'm confused ( again?):
>I thought that presbiopia(SP?..short arm syndrome) was due to growing
>inflexability of the eyeball with age.
>How does lasik's trimming the cornea help that?  Pete f
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>G.Watts wrote:
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>>Yeah, Andy...my wife had the Lasik-thing done a couple of years ago and
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>>along with the other 10 or so people I know that have had it are glad that
>>they did.  Most are spectacles-free, though a couple need them at night.
>>Lasik's a booming business here in San Diego...I've heard a recent ad for a
>>newer technique that is supposedly 100% computer controlled that comes with
>>a guaranty of success.  Find a Doc that has lots of refs. and check them,
>>then see if your condition is treatable.
>>Good luck,
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>>George.
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: [email protected]
>>[mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Andy Vida
>>Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 9:06 PM
>>To: [email protected]
>>Subject: Re: [TheForge] See small stuff (Was: rust redux)
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>>Mike Spencer wrote:
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>>>>     It's annoying as hell to pick up the menu, which is printed
>>>>     in 2 point type, and find you ahve no glasses.  Then Seshat
>>>>     has to read to me.
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>>>You *do* know about the pinhole effect?  Curl your forefinger up as
>>>tight as possible.  Put you finger right against your orbital ridge,
>>>try to peer through the "hole" and open your finger a tiny bit until
>>>you can see a glimmer of light.  Fiddle with the size of the hole
>>>(small as possible) and the distance to the menu until it comes into
>>>focus.  In a good light I can read the fine print on a matchbook that
>>>way -- about 4pt -- without glasses.
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>>	yes, I know about this.  the same happens when you look THROUGH
>>	your eyebrows.  The hairs act as a diffraction grate.
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>>	I don't do this because people think I'm insane as it is.  All
>>	I need is to have the waitress notifying the manager of this
>>	guy that's got a hand glued to his eye... next thing you know
>>	it's the nice men in white coats coming to take you away for a
>>	talk with another nice man (or woman) in that posh hotel with
>>	the tufted walls.  Who'd feed the dogs?
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