Older Folks and Vaping Back Porch - Part Seven
- Thread starter yiddleboge6
- Start date
- th_trl_thread_readers 0
- Status
I'm going in for cataract surgery at thge end of Feb (and second eye at the beginning of March). I plan to get both eyes lensed for close-up work (14-15"). I figure that the 14-16 hours a day I spend reading or at the computer should be glasses-free. I need sun-glasses anyway when I'm outdoors/driving, so why not correct for distance viewing for those few/occasional hours, and spend most of my time with no glasses at all.
Got mine done almost a couple of years ago. I am pretty good on distance even now, but not as good as I was when the surgery was first done. I was better than 20/20 when they were done, but now a little below 20/20.
But, I have to add - 1,000% better than before the surgery...
I do have to wear bifocals for reading though. Laptop distance and book/watch distance. Anything over 3ft away - don't need anything...
Love that feeder. We have a wonderful store around the corner from us called Birds and Beyond. I could go broke in there! We go through 40 lbs of bird food every 2 weeks if we stretch it. The squirrels manage to get into our squirrel proof feeder and knock a bunch of food onto the ground and then the deer come and eat that so we're not just feeding the birds. I don't mind the squirrels having some of the bird feed, but they pig out on the seeds, make a mess and then sit on the railing like little Buddhas, fat and content and they're chewing the heck out of the suet log. Definitely need to get a better suet feeder. Then there's the chipmunks in the warmer weather. It's amazing how fat their cheeks get when stuffed with seeds. They've found nirvana in our feeders. We've found the best pest control is our daughter's dog when she comes to visit. Meanwhile I have to get us some safflower seeds.
Speaking of squirrels. We have one with only a 2" tail! Looks so funny. And we just noticed another one with a problem tail. About 2" from the body is a 2-3" section with no hair on it and the remaining part of the tail looks dead. All these years we've never seen any tail problems and now we have 2.
Was very interested to read the comments about being able to chose to have far or near lenses with your cataract surgeries. When hubs had his eyes done about 10 years ago ghis was not an option. 
Oh, I know about the cost of the seeds.....our bird store 'Wild Birds Unlimited' sells safflower seeds and also the Brome feeders which have a lifetime guarantee and customer service is top notch. I've already called the 800 number and got a real live person on the second ring.
I didn't buy the Brome there however, cause I found it a bit cheaper on Amazon, of all places.
We usually buy our seed at the local feed store and sometimes will buy cracked corn for the deer.
Those 2 squirrels undoubtedly got in some sort of trap or had a down and dirty fight.
What a clever name for the store!
I had both lenses replaced in 2010. Mine are set up for what's called "monovision", which is a weird name that doesn't mean what you might think.
Monovision corrects for distance vision in one eye and close-up vision in the other. Rather than being the best of all worlds, it's the OKest of all worlds. It's a compromise... neither near nor far vision is as good as it would be with both eyes corrected the same way, and depth perception is also negatively affected. I'm happy with mine. I was able, just barely, to pass my driver's license eye test in 2010 or 2011 without needing glasses, so there's no endorsement requiring me to wear them for driving, and I don't. I have to renew this year so we'll see.
I go weeks at a time without using magnification, but it is definitely helpful to have some kind of magnification available for coil building and reading teensy print.
Not sure if it's all the talk about the eyes has made my eyes feel quite itchy this afternoon, so Systane to the rescue.....haven't needed them in a while, so I guess it's time.
When we lived in SE Texas, we had 2 squirrel feeders. I bought cracked corn to feed the squirrels. The feeders were popular for squirrels, birds, and deer. The feeder we had in the front yard in the fork of a tree held 25lbs of corn. I loved sitting in the living room and watching the visitors to the feeder.
I have a feeder outside the living room here that is visited by the squirrels and birds. The squirrels do get busy and spread the smaller seeds on the ground. This doesn't hamper the birds at all. They are just as happy cleaning up the dropped seeds. I only refill it when they have eaten the seeds on the ground. When it snows, I take seeds and throw it out on top of the snow. The birds really appreciate it.
We always have a few birds that stick around all winter. Feed them as needed.
The squirrels came out - a lot this week... I guess their store of nuts are getting low...
The squirrels came out - a lot this week... I guess their store of nuts are getting low...
Wahoooooooooo!!!!!!! That's so wonderful. What a great dog he is. So happy for him, you and his breeder!
sounds yummy! Hope yur savin that bacon grease yur pourin off
Was the eye surgery for cataracts? Dunno if I missed that, or just forgot. Glad it's doing well and hope the discomfort goes away quickly
Yep, saving the bacon grease and Yep, cataract surgery. Getting better each day. I think my dry eye is making it more uncomfortable than it would be otherwise.
When I had my next day eye check-up there was a basket of dry eye drop samples with a Help Yourself sign on it. Yay! Now I've got one downstairs and in my purse for when I'm out. It's funny, an eye doc once told me 70% of his patients have dry eye. What's up with that? Do the lubricating glands just dry up when you hit a certain age?
@Bea-FL - wow, that's a lot of feeders to keep filled! I'm going out to my bird store tomorrow to get a suet feeder on my way to the grocery store for some supplies.
Was very interested to read the comments about being able to chose to have far or near lenses with your cataract surgeries. When hubs had his eyes done about 10 years ago ghis was not an option.
I don't have that option because I've got thyroid eye disease which messes up the eye muscles so the eyes don't focus together. I have a prism in my lenses to correct that and they can't do that with the implants. It's also why I can't use the cheap glasses from the drug store. The doc said my far sight will be improved but I'll still need glasses for reading. Wonder if our kids will look back at this surgery and think it's barbaric.
Hubs and I are hard core birders. Have been for some 40+ years and all our vacation trips are birding trips. I was a licensed wild bird rehabilitator for 27+ years. Wrote and published papers on the subject.
So, naaaah, this is not much
We feed birds around here, but maybe not so elaborately. Mostly safflower seed in the feeders and a couple of suet feeders.
As far as feeding in the snow, here is my dad's take on a snowy morning (with a few notes on bird feeding) from when he was about 80: http://www.pwmeek.com/bilmeek/memoirs/snow.html
As far as feeding in the snow, here is my dad's take on a snowy morning (with a few notes on bird feeding) from when he was about 80: http://www.pwmeek.com/bilmeek/memoirs/snow.html
I ordered an Instant Pot. Can't wait to try it.
For sure my monthly food budget will benefit because instead of buying all my legumes canned I can go back to storing them dry…much cheaper. Since my pressure cooker died I always forget to set them out to soak the night before .
How marvelously your dad wrote!
I'm just a relative noob to cooking with an Instant Pot... 3 or 4 years.... but.... I cook a fair amount of dried beans and I do NOT soak them. They come out great. 75 to 90 minutes for kidney beans and pinto beans.... or maybe you were saying that you only soak when NOT using a pressure cooker? Anyway, my 2 cents.I ordered an Instant Pot. Can't wait to try it.
Wow, your father was quite a writer. It felt like I was there with him!! Beautiful!
I ordered an Instant Pot. Can't wait to try it.
I made potato soup for the first time in my pressure cooker yesterday. It took longer to cut up the potatoes and onions. This is definitely something that can be made in the spur of the moment. It was delicious!
Might be a generation or two further down the line, but with what they're doing now sure points that way - just take a DNA sample, adjust it, put it back in, and one's own body does the repairs. Scalpels will be seen as barbaric.
How nice that you have this from you dad whose writing is so beautiful
You're tempting me more, Janet!
Now, exactly what is the difference between the pressure cooker and the Istant Pot.....from what I've read on another forum I frequent, I'm not seeing too much of a difference.
- Status
Similar threads
