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MySmallWorldof4

MySmallWorldof4

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figmentfan423 said:
The hummus is finished along with tangerine rice and mac and cheese, a couple of falafel loaves are in the oven, the veggie platter is chopped, the cucumbers(grated by hand because the food processor was busy) are draining for the taziki, the tabbouleh is ready to go, the salad dressing has been blended and I'm going to take a coffee break!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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That all sounds so good! I wish you were my neighbor in the real world.
 
Figgy1

Figgy1

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Rista1313 said:
I'm guessing they are waiting to see how this goes in the next week or 2.
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My guess is they'll wait to see how the first week or 2 go after reservations end before making a final decision. It's already too late to make a reservation system assigned by days such as they did out in Ca.. ADRs have already been made and some people would have to make major changes to their plans. I'd hate to see what would happen to MDE if you could log in and make reservations:eek::eek::eek::eek:
 
donaldtoo

donaldtoo

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Goofyernmost said:
I've had that once in my left eye (with infection) and at least 5 times in my right (no infection). All after my cataract surgeries. Before that I never had a problem. Turns out, it is an issue that is passed along in families. Gene malfunction. It has a very lengthy Latin name that I can't remember, but, it means that the cornea is unstable. I have been fighting this for over a year now in my right eye although I haven't had another abrasion for about 7 months now, but, I still have a cornea that isn't staying flat against my eye so occasionally I have this very thin gray screen the affects my eyesight. I can still see everything, except possibly minor details, but, it is like driving in a light mist situation. Everything is visible, however, just not crystal clear. They have tried many different things to see if they can chemically stabilize the cornea that have so far failed. I just started a new one with a extremely expensive eye drop that I use twice per day. If that doesn't work, they next step is called a scrape. That is where they chemically and physically scrape the first outer layer of my cornea off my eye and allow it to grow a new one. It's supposed to grow back within 4 or 5 days. Good times, but, at least I can see, I can drive and I can see my computer screen. I don't want to do anything to make it worse.
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I haven’t had any of the other symptoms you described, but, the 2 times it happened were in my left eye. Just abrasion stuff that healed completely.
Both times it happened was about 2 decades ago, because it was before the firm moved into the new office building we built, and that was in the summer of 2000.
I’ve had it get to the point of feeling like it was goin’ that way again many, many times since, but, as long as I have OTC eye drops handy or find a way to tear up, it’s always gone away after several minutes to about a half hour.
Doc told me way back when that if it continued they had some kinda’ clear contact that might be necessary, but, so far, even after that many years it hasn’t gotten to that point.
2 times was more than enough for me...so much discomfort, and not being able to sleep.
Interesting about the timing of yours and the cataract surgery, though.
Hopefully, you don’t have anymore issues with it...!!! :)
 
Goofyernmost

Goofyernmost

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Mr Ferret 88 said:
Old people and technology
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HEY!!! I resemble that remark. And get off my lawn.

I remember the advancement of technology in things as basic as music. When I was young, radio's were AM only and all "record players" were mono and still had the 78 speed choice on them. Then we got transistor radio's that you could carry with you. The sound was awful, but, it was so cool to have one. Stereo recordings started to be sold and radio's went to a choice of AM or FM Stereos. TV's were small screened at first, and remained relatively small even though home TV's were packaged in designer cabinets about the size of a small car. (TV repair people actually came to your house to replace a vacuum tube in a broken TV, which was a regular occurrence.) Then Color TV came out. Those required constant color adjusting but still ended up with different shades of green faces of the people. Now I have a 50 inch HD TV with a picture that is as clear as reality.

Cars upgraded to AM/FM radio's but, not usually stereo. Then someone invented the "boom box", that had AM/FM and in stereo as well as much more powerful and better sound. Compared to today's, they sucked. I should add that they had the ability to play 8 tract and cassette in that order. Heck my first car player that I bought when I was on RR in Japan, played both in the same slot. A very clever design that when you put an 8 track in the cassette player collapsed to allow the bigger thing to be put in and vise versa when you wanted to play a cassette. It was an incredible design but, was a victim of it's own cleverness. To many moving parts so it didn't take to long to fall apart.

After that things happened way to fast to keep up with. Beta and VCR's came out for home viewing. Cars now had a slot in the radio face for an 8 track tape with recorded music in a big loop. That didn't last long before cassettes were used and had much more convenience and better sound. Cars then switched to the cassette player. 8 tracks were officially dead and even cassettes started to feel threatened by a new kid in town called a CD. If you owned a car with a cassette player, you could buy a CD player that had a plug in for the car that looked exactly like a cassette. Don't know how it worked, but, it was quite good. But talk about distractions when you tried to change the CD in the player (battery operated) that was sitting on the "Bench seat" next to you.

As little as 2 or so years ago, almost all cars came equipped with CD players built into the radio. My Cadillac had a 6 CD holder/player that was so great since you could load up the cartridge and play six albums without having to change them. Changing them did require stopping because the holder/player was in the glove compartment so you better like the choices you made. Without my knowledge they did away with that and the new car I just leased had no CD location, but, had a USB port and SD card port. I now have my Beatle music and other music with a melody, that are not that of people yelling and cursing, on a single SD card that can hold 2000 of my favorites. Complete with menu's and presented in an organized form. For each one I was totally bewildered about how to make it all work. I asked around, experimented on my computer and figured out how to transfer to the SD and have it take up the space of a postage stamp. I admit to being apprehensive about this stuff, but, once I figure it out it is just nothing short of a miracle.

And don't get me started on cell phones. A very short while ago you had a phone in your house, pay phones outside if you needed to contact someone on their stationary phone. You had to memorize phone numbers or make a list that you carried with you. Figure out the area you were calling and determine if it was considered long distance or not. And as a plus that tiny little computer that we carry around with us, can contact and display almost everything known to mankind. One cannot really appreciate the present without having lived the past. Wow... technology, despite some of the problems that it creates is absolutely awesome.

Sorry about the length, I got carried away again!
 
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Goofyernmost

Goofyernmost

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donaldtoo said:
I haven’t had any of the other symptoms you described, but, the 2 times it happened were in my left eye. Just abrasion stuff that healed completely.
Both times it happened was about 2 decades ago, because it was before the firm moved into the new office building we built, and that was in the summer of 2000.
I’ve had it get to the point of feeling like it was goin’ that way again many, many times since, but, as long as I have OTC eye drops handy or find a way to tear up, it’s always gone away after several minutes to about a half hour.
Doc told me way back when that if it continued they had some kinda’ clear contact that might be necessary, but, so far, even after that many years it hasn’t gotten to that point.
2 times was more than enough for me...so much discomfort, and not being able to sleep.
Interesting about the timing of yours and the cataract surgery, though.
Hopefully, you don’t have anymore issues with it...!!! :)
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Unfortunately, we haven't totally resolved the problem yet, but, I am an eternal optimist. (sometimes) I've had the clear contacts a number of times and they were almost like a miracle. But, they were only for the purpose to healing the cornea. When we took them out, the problem was still there. My worst experience what when I woke up with one and since I knew what it was I immediately jumped in my car and headed to the VA eye clinic. This particular one caused massive sensitivity to light. Any bright light would shoot a sharp pain into my head. I went before day light, but, the oncoming headlights practically killed me. I didn't want to think about what sunrise would do to it.
 

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