The AH Coffee Shop and Reading Room 02: A Comma (is a Restful Pause)

[NotWise]

I shudder when I think of any sort of eye surgery.

The truck was dead again this morning. As I feared, the battery was not the problem. I jumped it from my wife's hybrid and now the truck is at my regular auto shop, about 3/4 of a mile from my office. It's a fairly pleasant walk unless it's too hot out--and sometimes even when it is too hot out.

I carried my coffee with me when I walked to work and it was gone when I got here.

 

[voluptuary_manque]

I had cataracts. The nice man with the knife came along and took them out and replaced them with lenses that gave me better vision than I'd had for about sixty years. Bring on the surgeon!

 

[Handley_Page]

I had cataracts. The nice man with the knife came along and took them out and replaced them with lenses that gave me better vision than I'd had for about sixty years. Bring on the surgeon!

Excuse the question, please, Bear, but are these lenses some kind of plastic, prest things for which you'll have to wear glasses for some parts ?

 

[MagicaPractica]

We taped the shield over the latest-cut eye for the night and I drifted toward dreamland. Halfway there, a thought hit me: OH FUCK, THEY CUT MY EYES! With wee tiny sharp metal tools like knives and spoons and forks and I don't know what the fuck else, and lasers, and scooping around inside my eyeballs, and poking about, and burning stuff (did I smell hamburger?) -- and I can still see.

Fucking gobsmacked, I am. Anyone who hasn't had eye problems may muse on the mechanics of people CUTTING YOUR EYEBALLS. Yes, you may shudder. Yes, it's spooky shit. Yes, it beats the treatment of a millennium ago: prayer.

An extra dollop of tequila in this morning's coffee, if you please...

Yup, I had a c section. No problem. Then my brother reminded me that they basically eviscerated me then put everything but the baby back. Ewww...

 

[NotWise]

Yup, I had a c section. No problem. Then my brother reminded me that they basically eviscerated me then put everything but the baby back. Ewww...

Our first daughter was born by C-section and I was in the operating room with my wife. When they said "We can see the baby now" I stood up and watched. The pediatrician on one side of me and the anesthesiologist on the other both dove to catch me if I fainted.

I didn't, and I watched much of the gory process.

I got to carry my daughter from the operating room to the newborn unit. I had to step over a pile of bloody towels to get out of the operating room, and the pediatrician was ready if I fainted over that.

I was there when both of the younger ones were born. Neither was quite so gory, but they got out the way they got in.

 

[_Lynn_]

As if yesterday wasn't tiring enough, today I canned seven quarts of tomatoes. There are more, but I'm not staying up to do them.

 

[MagicaPractica]

Our first daughter was born by C-section and I was in the operating room with my wife. When they said "We can see the baby now" I stood up and watched. The pediatrician on one side of me and the anesthesiologist on the other both dove to catch me if I fainted.

I didn't, and I watched much of the gory process.

I got to carry my daughter from the operating room to the newborn unit. I had to step over a pile of bloody towels to get out of the operating room, and the pediatrician was ready if I fainted over that.

I was there when both of the younger ones were born. Neither was quite so gory, but they got out the way they got in.

I'm glad I couldn't see. I would have been tempted to watch and I was having enough trouble concentrating on breathing - I believe they gave me too much anaesthesia. (I was able to watch when I had a breast lump removed.)

 

[NotWise]

I'm glad I couldn't see. I would have been tempted to watch and I was having enough trouble concentrating on breathing - I believe they gave me too much anaesthesia. (I was able to watch when I had a breast lump removed.)

I haven't had anything removed yet, maybe because I haven't given them a chance. I don't think I'd want to watch.

 

[sharingfantasies]

If you are cutting me open, I want to sleep through it. I have never been interested in seeing the inside of a body or watching something come out of it. Although, I suppose if it was my child, that would be different. Maybe..

 

[Hypoxia]

If you are cutting me open, I want to sleep through it. I have never been interested in seeing the inside of a body or watching something come out of it.

I prefer unawareness of everything. My previous dentist administered nitrous for most work. I don't mind sleeping through crowns, root canals, all that stuff. Maybe I'll skip awareness of tomorrow's medical intrusions. Nitrous with my decaf, please

 

[voluptuary_manque]

Excuse the question, please, Bear, but are these lenses some kind of plastic, prest things for which you'll have to wear glasses for some parts ?

They come in three kinds. The basic one Medicare pays for. All it corrects for is distance vision. The second kind, the ones I got, you have to pay extra for but they correct both distance vision and astigmatism. The third kind, really expensive, flex with your eyes so you don't need reading glasses but they won't correct astigmatism. So I still need reading (and computer) glasses. I also plan on getting specialized driving glasses and shooting glasses that really tighten up the distance vision/astigmatism but not so much that I can't function without them. Later, some time, methinks.

 

[Handley_Page]

They come in three kinds. The basic one Medicare pays for. All it corrects for is distance vision. The second kind, the ones I got, you have to pay extra for but they correct both distance vision and astigmatism. The third kind, really expensive, flex with your eyes so you don't need reading glasses but they won't correct astigmatism. So I still need reading (and computer) glasses. I also plan on getting specialized driving glasses and shooting glasses that really tighten up the distance vision/astigmatism but not so much that I can't function without them. Later, some time, methinks.

Thank you, Bear.

 

[TxRad]

Happy Fry, uh, Friday.

Fresh coffee for everyone!

 

[ChloeTzang]

Happy Fry, uh, Friday.

Fresh coffee for everyone!

Good morning Fresh and the biggest mug you have one the cafe, Tex.

 

[TxRad]

Good morning Fresh and the biggest mug you have one the cafe, Tex.

Morning

Mine is 20oz but ya ain't getting that one.

I guess I need to stock some travel mugs.

 

[ChloeTzang]

Morning

Mine is 20oz but ya ain't getting that one.

I guess I need to stock some travel mugs.

20 oz!!!!! Baby size!!! Lol. Just take this tube and stick it on the nozzle while I connect the other end to the IV. We're going straight in this morning. Circumventing the digestion system and getting the caffeine to where it's needed.

And woe is me. My new story was all the way up to 4.49 last nite, almost that red H, and bang, 3 votes and it was down to 4.39 - I love it. I have never inspired such strong reader reactions before. It's rather inspiring.

 

[NotWise]

It's very monsoony here this morning. We had light rain overnight and now the temp is at 66 degrees and humidity at 90%, with a light fog hugging the foothills.

 

[Hypoxia]

Not enough clouds this morning. Not bad now but we're aiming for the high 90s F up here at 4000 ft in the Sierra Nevadas overlooking the smoke-filled Central Valley. We're short on coffee this morning so I had to stretch it with cocoa and tequila. We do what we gotta do.

The baritone-uke-tuned-as-a-tenor-guitar thang is coming along. I'm doing a little Bach in this weird-to-me fingering system, and some surf tunes. Not quite up for The Gymnopédies yet, but someday...

Hey, there's still some of that chunky Thai coffee left! We're saved!

 

[Handley_Page]

Ah - coffee.
After a crap night (too bloody cold) and a busy day, it's just what I need.

The good news is that I have a new Sigma lens [18 - 200 mm] and it's a cracker!

<slurp>

 

[sr71plt]

This calls for another cup of coffee and searching my mind for whatever it was I thought I was going to do today.

 

[Haulover]

They come in three kinds. The basic one Medicare pays for. All it corrects for is distance vision. The second kind, the ones I got, you have to pay extra for but they correct both distance vision and astigmatism. The third kind, really expensive, flex with your eyes so you don't need reading glasses but they won't correct astigmatism. So I still need reading (and computer) glasses. I also plan on getting specialized driving glasses and shooting glasses that really tighten up the distance vision/astigmatism but not so much that I can't function without them. Later, some time, methinks.

I'm still looking for that one pair of glasses that does everything. I came close with my progressives / transitions, but progressives are awful for computer use. So I might have to try old-fashioned bi (or tri) focals with a line across...

I've tried various vendors, both online and brick-and-mortar, but the best I've found so far is eyebuydirect.com. The product seems decent and the prices are good - and I like that i can take a selfie, then superimpose the frame across the picture to see how they'll look. They were also well-rated by Consumer Reports.

Brick-and-mortar opticians are definitely better than online retailers, but I can't justify paying triple the cost.

The good news is that I have a new Sigma lens [18 - 200 mm] and it's a cracker!

Cool! 18 to 200 is a huge zoom range. How fast is it?

 

[Handley_Page]

I'm still looking for that one pair of glasses that does everything. I came close with my progressives / transitions, but progressives are awful for computer use. So I might have to try old-fashioned bi (or tri) focals with a line across...

Brick-and-mortar opticians are definitely better than online retailers, but I can't justify paying triple the cost.


Cool! 18 to 200 is a huge zoom range. How fast is it?

I have a pair specifically for use with my PC. The optician was not too happy with the specifications ( focus at 40 inches !). But she did it and my new pair are OK.

The lens is f3.5, and it is Sharp. (I like Sigma lenses). It's not huge, either.

 

[NotWise]

Damn!

I've been working exclusively on one story since the beginning of May and I'm finally at the end. I thought I would be at this point two or three weeks ago, but backed up instead.

I hope to never write anything so complicated again. It's really three stories--one that wraps around two others--and long as a result. It also needed quite a bit of historical research.

But that's all done. It's down to the meaningful looks at the airport as she boards her private charter.

 

[sr71plt]

. . . which crashes in the next, fourth, story wraparound?

 

[NotWise]

. . . which crashes in the next, fourth, story wraparound?

Nope. She gets on her horse and rides again. The next story will center around a parade, and the brother/sister main characters will complete a mystical task. It will wrap around another story, but it shouldn't be as long as either of those in this monster.