[TheForge] See small stuff (Was: rust redux)OT
Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer
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Sat Nov 15 02:56:00 2003
Thanks Darrel: that makes more sense...PF
Darrell wrote:
>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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>http://www.machinemaster.com
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>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
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>>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
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>>G.Watts wrote:
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>>>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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>>>-----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
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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
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>>>>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
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>>>>newer technique that is supposedly 100% computer controlled that comes
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>>>>a guaranty of success. Find a Doc that has lots of refs. and check
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>>>>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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