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

Fri Nov 14 12:32:00 2003

LASIK won't do anything for presbiopia but if you also have astigmatism
LASIK can fix that. Then all you need are the drug store reading glasses.
Darrell

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 11:18 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] See small stuff (Was: rust redux)OT

> 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.
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: [email protected]
> >[mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Peter Fels And
> >Phoebe Palmer
> >Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 9:27 PM
> >To: [email protected]
> >Subject: Re: [TheForge] See small stuff (Was: rust redux)OT
> >
> >
> >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
> >
> >G.Watts wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >>Yeah, Andy...my wife had the Lasik-thing done a couple of years ago and
> >>
> >>
> >she,
> >
> >
> >>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,
> >>
> >>George.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>-----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)
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>Mike Spencer wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>>     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.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>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.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >> yes, I know about this.  the same happens when you look THROUGH
> >> your eyebrows.  The hairs act as a diffraction grate.
> >>
> >> 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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