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Title: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: bk on June 20, 2019, 12:04:30 AM

Well, you've read the notes, you used your eyes to read the notes, and now it is time for you to post until the eyes of the cows come home.

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: bk on June 20, 2019, 12:05:08 AM

And the word of the day is: DEMEANOR!

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: George on June 20, 2019, 12:12:08 AM

First post after BK.

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: TCB on June 20, 2019, 12:14:47 AM

Good night.

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: George on June 20, 2019, 12:19:34 AM

To continue from last night...The actor playing Cervantes/Don Quixote/Alonzo Quijana was using his script because he only came into the production last week.  Tonight was his eighth rehearsal!  He was good, though.  The actor originally hired for the role left to take a better paying gig. :o

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: George on June 20, 2019, 12:26:05 AM

The woman playing Aldonza was a fairly small Asian woman, and she's completely deaf in real life!  She signed her part, and they had another woman actually sing the songs from the front of the stage.  It kind of worked.  The singer wasn't too distracting.  She also played the innkeeper's wife and the housekeeper, so she was singing a lot.  Fortunately, she had a good voice. 

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: George on June 20, 2019, 12:40:40 AM

Some of the other actors were too young and (to me) too modern in their acting styles.  The set and costumes were very good.  Also, some of the actors played the instruments.  Several were just instruments and chorus.  I think Sancho was the only named character that played an instrument.  He played the sax and clarinet...and maybe a third.  I can't remember. 

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: George on June 20, 2019, 12:45:48 AM

It was kind of weird having both a deaf actress and instrument-playing actors.  I think it would've been better if they had either the deaf actress or the instrument-playing actors.  Just my 2¢.

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: George on June 20, 2019, 12:47:26 AM

Well, I need to get some sleep.  Good night, Tom and BK.

Have a good day, all!

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: TCB on June 20, 2019, 03:07:50 AM

Here it is, after 3:00 a.m. and I am wide awake.

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: TCB on June 20, 2019, 03:10:21 AM

The MAN OF LA MANCHA that George saw last night seems like a very strange unusual evening of theater.

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: TCB on June 20, 2019, 03:15:02 AM

I am surprised that the theater company didn’t reach out to my friend Micheal to take over the role of Don Quixote.  He just finished a run of the show a couple of months ago, se he could have easily gotten back into the role with eight rehearsals.

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: TCB on June 20, 2019, 03:30:02 AM

I took over the role of Scrooge in a musical called BAH HUMBUG with just three rehearsals which says more about the size of my ego than anything else.

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: TCB on June 20, 2019, 03:33:45 AM

Of course, I had done the role in SCROOGE, THE MUSICAL a couple of years before that, and most of Scrooge’s dialogue is pretty similar in all of the different variations.  The biggest problem was learning all of the songs which I had never seen or heard before.

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: TCB on June 20, 2019, 03:34:40 AM

Quote from: George on June 20, 2019, 12:45:48 AM

It was kind of weird having both a deaf actress and instrument-playing actors.  I think it would've been better if they had either the deaf actress or the instrument-playing actors.  Just my 2¢.

I agree.

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: TCB on June 20, 2019, 03:39:03 AM

Tonight is the first night I have heard any voices coming from another condo.  I think they may be outside, perhaps on the balcony, which is why I can hear them.  They also seem to be slightly raised voices, but I still can’t make out what they are saying.

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: TCB on June 20, 2019, 03:40:54 AM

Well, as usual, I am babbling so I should just shut up.  I will try again to sleep.

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: elmore3003 on June 20, 2019, 03:47:25 AM

Good morning, all!

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: elmore3003 on June 20, 2019, 03:50:54 AM

It took me forever to get to sleep, and i'm blaming Stella for most of that.  She's like popcorn: she explodes at you, and she spent a lot of time bouncing all over my bed and me, pestering Thatch who was lying beside me and working my last nerve.

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: elmore3003 on June 20, 2019, 03:52:31 AM

Annabelle arrived around 4:15 to crawl under the blankets and snuggle up next to me to get warm.  She's eating again, so I think the medicine is helping.

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: elmore3003 on June 20, 2019, 03:54:19 AM

Today's another City Center day.  When I leave today, Joshie is loading me down with weekend work.  Tomorrow is the sitzprobe for Working, so his workshop will be closed and I will work at home.

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: elmore3003 on June 20, 2019, 03:55:34 AM

Another rainy day, warmer and wetter than yesterday.  I hope I can avoid getting wet in my peregrinations.

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: Druxy on June 20, 2019, 05:12:39 AM

T.O.D.

I've worn glasses (not contacts), mainly for reading, since I was in college.

And, yes, my eyes have gotten worse over the years.

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: elmore3003 on June 20, 2019, 05:22:42 AM

I've worn glasses since I was in third grade.  When my brother Macbeth was born two years after me, my mother made him the center of her life and pretty much left me to fend for myself.  I honestly doubt that my parents ever looked at me much after we left my grandmother's house for a new home around 1951; she was too wrapped up in an unhappy marriage, crushed dreams, a lot of guilt over Macbeth's cerebral palsy that had her focused on his therapy, and an affair with the man across the street.  My dad was too wrapped up in an unhappy marriage and using work to keep himself out of the house as much as possible. 

It was my Uncle Bud, husband of my mother's sister Jean, who was watching me draw one day and observed to my parents, look how close his face is to the paper; that boy needs glasses.  I've worn them ever since.  In the early 1980s, when I was working with Ben Bagley, he tried to get me to change to contract lenses.  You're hiding behind those frames, he claimed, and perhaps he was right.

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: ChasSmith on June 20, 2019, 05:53:17 AM

Good morning, all.

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: ChasSmith on June 20, 2019, 06:23:28 AM

It would have been sometime around third grade for me as well. I was very nearsighted, which they discovered one day when my grandmother was taking me somewhere on the bus in Columbus (a regular occurrence). While we waited at the bus stop, I asked her how she always knew which bus to get on. She soon figured out that I couldn't see the name or number on the bus. I had no idea they were even there. So my mom and dad made an appointment with an optometrist and I soon had my first pair of glasses. Unlike some kids, I was truly thrilled with them, and I still remember raising them as I'd walk along a sidewalk, or while I was looking down, to savor the difference. I fell in love with sharp vision then, and one of my doctors a few decades later said that most "myopes" share that obsession with sharp vision.

So it was glasses from that day on, throughout childhood and school years, and I needed a change of prescription probably every couple of years. At around age 25 when I was ready for another checkup, my dentist recommended a highly regarded optometrist whose office was in the same building (the California Federal Building on Wilshire, as it was known then, don't know if it still is). So there I went, and this guy turned out to be an early sort-of-high-profile proponent of soft contact lenses AND the then-new sleeping lenses. I wasn't at all interested then, but a year or two later his pitch had won me over and I let him give me a trial. I couldn't believe it -- it was almost better than putting on that first pair of glasses as a kid, and I couldn't wait till my pair came in. I was mainly a contacts wearer for some years after that, but they eventually stopped allowing them for sleep, and I later grew a little tired of the daily ritual. So I began alternating with glasses -- and skipping ahead to the present, you all have only known me in glasses. But I still have contacts and wear them occasionally. When I do, it feels so fantastic that I wonder why I don't just make it a habit again. At this age, though, the need for reading distance and even computer (and piano) distance make it more complicated and bothersome, and to this day I have yet to resolve all of that to my satisfaction.

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: Jane on June 20, 2019, 06:27:23 AM

Quote from: elmore3003 on June 20, 2019, 03:50:54 AM

It took me forever to get to sleep, and i'm blaming Stella for most of that.  She's like popcorn: she explodes at you, and she spent a lot of time bouncing all over my bed and me, pestering Thatch who was lying beside me and working my last nerve.

;D The joys of kittens.

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: Jane on June 20, 2019, 06:27:52 AM

Quote from: elmore3003 on June 20, 2019, 03:52:31 AM

Annabelle arrived around 4:15 to crawl under the blankets and snuggle up next to me to get warm.  She's eating again, so I think the medicine is helping.

Fantastic.

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: KevinH on June 20, 2019, 06:28:47 AM

Good morning!

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: Jane on June 20, 2019, 06:30:23 AM

I got my first pair of glasses in second grade.  My mother bought me a little purse to take to school to keep my glasses in since, at the time, I only needed them in the classroom.  While talking to m teacher she found out I had not worn my glasses & my teacher didn't know about them.  From then on I had to wear them ;D

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: KevinH on June 20, 2019, 06:33:27 AM

TOD:   "Be careful what you wish for..."   

When I was in elementary school for some reason I envied my classmates who wore glasses.   Flash forward till I was about 23 and I finally needed them for distance.   I only wear them when driving and for movies, plays, etc.  Or if I have to read a menu in a takeout place.    I can still read very small print without glasses but I've noticed that the lighting must now be brighter than in the past.

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: KevinH on June 20, 2019, 06:33:42 AM

Page 2!

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: Amy on June 20, 2019, 07:23:27 AM

TOD:
I first got glasses when I was six years old. I couldn't see the chalkboard from the back of the room when I was in the first grade. And, yes, they've gotten much worse over the years. When I was 16 years old, I could still drive without them, but I shudder to think what would happen if I tried to drive without them now. :-) I started wearing hard contact lenses when I was in college and eventually switched to soft lenses and eventually switched to bi-focal soft lenses, which are really amazing. I'm not constantly scrambling to find one of many pairs of reading glasses that Mark leaves strewn all over the house, and yet he can never find them when he needs them.

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: Jrand73 on June 20, 2019, 07:34:03 AM

We need to see photographic evidence of said New Spectacles.

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: Jrand73 on June 20, 2019, 07:34:34 AM

More rain.

It's not what I want - it's what I got.

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: Jrand73 on June 20, 2019, 07:35:07 AM

I am horrified by DR GEORGE's description of what he saw last night....not for me.

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: Jrand73 on June 20, 2019, 07:37:11 AM

And even though I am NOT the prop person, I brought a few things in last night.

Of course the lead said of one of the items:  "That's not right....what we need is this...."

So of course I said: "Then you go get it, dumb ass...."  Of course I said this only in my head.....but he ain't gonna get anything else from me....even if I have it on a shelf at my house.

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: Jrand73 on June 20, 2019, 07:37:35 AM

And I have A LOT of stuff on the shelf at my house.

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: Jrand73 on June 20, 2019, 07:40:12 AM

I sat close to the TV and of course couldn't see the blackboard....I didn't know what I was missing.

I got glasses in the eighth grade.  And my experience was like the one DR CHAS SMITH wrote about.  Suddenly I could see!

I of course had my Clark Kent glasses frames and always got those for many years.....

My eyes have indeed gotten worse as the years went by.  I used hard contact lenses and I now have soft contact lenses which I wear sometimes onstage.  But I can't read or see close with them....so I don't wear them much.

Now I usually use my prescription and get my glasses online.

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: John G. on June 20, 2019, 08:23:09 AM

Good morning, all.

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: John G. on June 20, 2019, 08:23:46 AM

Long morning of meetings.

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: John G. on June 20, 2019, 08:24:13 AM

A road runner just ran onto the patio. And raced off again.

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: Jane on June 20, 2019, 08:43:36 AM

Cool.

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: Jane on June 20, 2019, 08:47:44 AM

I hate wearing progressive lenses and have the reading portion kept very small.  To read I take off my glasses and put whatever fairly close to my face.  My glass frame needs to be small which contributes to my issue with progressive lenses, plus my sensitivity to motion sickness.

I love my contacts except reading is a problem and reading glasses to fit me are difficult to find.

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: ChasSmith on June 20, 2019, 08:53:23 AM

Well, I'm ready for an exam (have been for a while now...) and new glasses, contacts, cataract evaluation, etc. For now, it's at the point where when I'm just reading at home, I take my glasses off and hold the book or iPad or whatever right up to my face. That's become my most relaxing and clear-sighted method of reading. For reading music at the piano I make sure I learn the music enough that following what's on the page is more a reminder. When REALLY reading (and God forbid, sightreading) I simply have to lean in a bit to catch as much as I can.

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: John G. on June 20, 2019, 08:54:16 AM

I got glasses in the tenth grade when a teacher noticed i couldn’t read the board. I’ve been though my contact period. I do like them but the vision insurance I’ve had for most of the past 25 years haven’t covered the cost well enough, so I wear glasses.

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: John G. on June 20, 2019, 08:54:43 AM

I don’t wear glasses for reading.

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: ChasSmith on June 20, 2019, 09:06:56 AM

Feels like a Friday. At least there's a reason for it. We have our added performance tonight (the entire run sold out), so this evening we'll be off on a four-day weekend of Disaster!

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: John G. on June 20, 2019, 09:51:10 AM

Great news on Disaster! ticket sales.

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: John G. on June 20, 2019, 09:51:50 AM

Time for a nap. Except I can’t take a nap. 

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: Jane on June 20, 2019, 12:05:44 PM

DR TCB did you send me a video through messenger? 

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: elmore3003 on June 20, 2019, 12:07:39 PM

I am home from City Center with an envelope of work for tomorrow-Sunday.  I need a nap.

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: Druxy on June 20, 2019, 12:30:59 PM

This is the movie that Hollywood was afraid to make.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1074052668/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: elmore3003 on June 20, 2019, 12:39:28 PM

DR TCB, did you send me a video link on Facebook?  If not, you've been hacked.  And . . . I won't open it until I know it's from you.

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: bk on June 20, 2019, 01:08:35 PM

I'm up, I'm up - ten hours of sleep.

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: George on June 20, 2019, 01:35:47 PM

Quote from: TCB on June 20, 2019, 03:15:02 AM

I am surprised that the theater company didn’t reach out to my friend Micheal to take over the role of Don Quixote.  He just finished a run of the show a couple of months ago, se he could have easily gotten back into the role with eight rehearsals.

They may not know Micheal and someone may have known this guy...and maybe they wanted the cachet of saying that he's from Ashland. ::)

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: George on June 20, 2019, 01:35:55 PM

Quote from: elmore3003 on June 20, 2019, 03:52:31 AM

Annabelle arrived around 4:15 to crawl under the blankets and snuggle up next to me to get warm.  She's eating again, so I think the medicine is helping.

Good news, Larry!

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: George on June 20, 2019, 01:38:11 PM

Quote from: Jane on June 20, 2019, 12:05:44 PM

DR TCB did you send me a video through messenger?

I was going to ask the same thing! :o

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: George on June 20, 2019, 03:15:49 PM

Topic of the Day:  I can remember taking an eye test in 5th grade at school and "cheating."  I squinted and winked both eyes to be able to see the letters, so I didn't get glasses then, but I really did need them.  It wasn't until I started college that I actually got glasses.  I did wear soft contacts for several years and didn't mind them on my eyeballs, but I just got tired of the hassle of (then) cleaning them every day.  Then when disposable contacts came out, I didn't like the idea of having to pay all the time for what is essentially a subscription to being able to see.  So, with the vision plan at work, I now just get new lenses every year (as needed) and new frames every two years. 

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: George on June 20, 2019, 03:16:11 PM

As for my prescription, it changed every time for a while, but they haven't changed very quickly over the last several visits.  I last needed new lenses two years ago, and I didn't need to update them at my appointment last month, so I'm good for at least another year. :D

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: George on June 20, 2019, 03:17:17 PM

PAGE THREE GLASSES DANCE!!

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Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: Jeanne on June 20, 2019, 03:42:44 PM

Hello, everyone.

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: Jeanne on June 20, 2019, 03:46:35 PM

I have wonky eyes. I've always had wonky eyes. I started wearing glasses in the fifth grade and really hated it. My eyes got worse rapidly until I was very near-sighted and with an astigmatism. I grew accustomed to wearing glasses, but had many bad experiences having glasses made. I tried contacts three times, but I'm just terrible about inserting them, so that didn't work.

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: Jeanne on June 20, 2019, 03:52:50 PM

Not long after I moved to Virginia someone joined our team at work who happened to be a retired optometrist. Dave was also a really nice person. Our team traveled extensively and Dave and I were on many trips together. He'd often ask me to take off my glasses, then he'd gaze at them and say, "Ah, yes, they're..."  Which was sooo much better than people who'd insist on trying them on, then exclaiming, "God, you're really blind!" (This is why I wear glasses, you nitwit.)

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: Jeanne on June 20, 2019, 03:59:18 PM

When it came time for new glasses I asked Dave to accompany me to the optician. There were so many options and I didn't know which to choose. Dave was a great help. After that I knew which to choose. I also found a really great optical shop nearby. For people like me, that makes a huge difference. When they heard (or read) "high minus with astigmatism" they UNDERSTOOD. 

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: Jeanne on June 20, 2019, 04:06:50 PM

My eye surgery a few years ago largely corrected the nearsightedness and astigmatism, but created new problems. I wasn't all that happy with the ophthalmologist I saw last year and will be trying someone new this year. I found an optometrist I like, very thorough and happy to answer questions. Dave's advice was to see an optometrist for eye exams for glasses and ophthalmologists for eye diseases. I've taken his advice and it's worked out well. The few times ophthalmologists have given me refractions I've had trouble with the prescriptions.

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: Jeanne on June 20, 2019, 04:22:06 PM

Bruce, since we tend to get farsighted as we get older it could be that your weak eye benefitted from the move toward farsightedness and in that sense corrected. Your good eye became a bit farsighted.

In any case, how are your new glasses?

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: Jeanne on June 20, 2019, 04:25:42 PM

I have no news.

TTFN.

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: John G. on June 20, 2019, 04:41:54 PM

Lamb chops in the oven. Caprese salads assembled. Mushrooms sauteed. Polenta to be nuked.

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: bk on June 20, 2019, 04:46:13 PM

Picked up a couple of packages, had Popeye's for lunch, and now listening to music after a big dust-up with AT&T landline phone.  They've been charging over 100 bucks again.  Three months ago it had reached ninety and I called them then and told them I wasn't paying that much.  They did whatever they did to get it down to what I had agreed to originally, close to fifty bucks.  He said there'd been a rate increase - I said nice they let me know about it - not.  He said it's in the bills.   I said I don't get paper bills anymore and it's auto pay so I never actually look at the bills.  Anyway, he got it down again and I said it has to stay there or I give up the landline.  But the real shocker is taxes - do you know what the taxes are on a seventy dollar phone bill???  Over twenty bucks.  How is that legal?

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: bk on June 20, 2019, 04:47:11 PM

Must go look at the DMV handbook again and take the sample tests again.  I've been doing that all week and my brain is fried.  They say the questions are easy and that only one answer can possibly be correct, but many of the answers are designed to be unclear, IMO.

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: FJL on June 20, 2019, 05:08:07 PM

Quote from: Jrand68 on June 20, 2019, 07:37:35 AM

And I have A LOT of stuff on the shelf at my house.

Didn't Michael Jackson say it best:

So tonight
Gotta leave the nine to five up on the shelf
And just enjoy yourself

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: FJL on June 20, 2019, 05:08:57 PM

Congrats to BK on that incredible milestone!

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: jan on June 20, 2019, 05:17:48 PM

TOD  I've been wearing glasses since I was three.  I would fall down a lot, turned out I am farsighted so I couldn't see things in my path.  I wore them all the time till high school and college when vanity said to only wear them when absolutely necessary.  When I went to work, I realized if I wanted to keep my job, I needed to see my work so the glasses came back full time.  For many years my prescription never changed but the last couple of years they've gotten worse.  I never tried contacts as I am paranoid about things in my eyes.

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: Ginny on June 20, 2019, 06:40:29 PM

Thursday evening greetings from Arlington, VA!  We had a smooth drive today and only a little difficulty finding our hotel.  We scoped out how to get to the convention center on the Metro, registered for ALA, and figured out where I need to be tomorrow morning.  Picked up wonderful pita sandwiches and dessert and came back to our hotel for a quiet evening.

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: George on June 20, 2019, 07:26:18 PM

Time for me to head home.

Be back later.

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: John G. on June 20, 2019, 07:59:12 PM

Watched the sunset from the quasi-infinity pool tonight. How luxurious is that?

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: John G. on June 20, 2019, 07:59:59 PM

I shall be sad to leave here.

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: John G. on June 20, 2019, 08:00:22 PM

I even enjoyed working from here.

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: John G. on June 20, 2019, 08:01:15 PM

I’ve eaten healthier this week. Exercised. Slept more.

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: John G. on June 20, 2019, 08:01:31 PM

I should be on vacation more.

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: John G. on June 20, 2019, 08:02:19 PM

Carol and I are planning on Hilton Head, SC, for Christmas. Sounds like fun.

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: John G. on June 20, 2019, 08:02:58 PM

Right now I’m watching TV. Scary, isn’t it?

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: John G. on June 20, 2019, 08:05:59 PM

I’m watching the AFI tribute to Denzel Washington. I’d forgotten a few of these films. I remember really liking The Mighty Quinn.

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: bk on June 20, 2019, 08:08:15 PM

Page three?  REALLY?

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: bk on June 20, 2019, 08:08:51 PM

Still listening to Panufnik.  My head is about to explode with this DMV arcana.  I think I have to stop and just hope for the best. 

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: bk on June 20, 2019, 08:09:07 PM

I mean, the damn handbook is over 100 pages.

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: bk on June 20, 2019, 08:09:20 PM

Who is going to retain all that crap?

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: bk on June 20, 2019, 08:10:49 PM

My feeling is it is ageist and could be challenged that this written test is mandatory when you hit age seventy.  I don't have any tickets for the past four years, no accidents, just a clean driving record, and that's all that should count.  Because let me tell you, it doesn't make you a good driver if you can memorize everything in the DMV handbook.

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: bk on June 20, 2019, 08:11:14 PM

I'm told that some have figured out ways to cheat, but I'm a luddite and probably would get caught.

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: ChasSmith on June 20, 2019, 09:13:32 PM

Last DMV test I had to take must have been when I moved from L.A. to Danbury and had to do it all:  register the car and get CT plates, get new insurance, get the car inspected (which was something of an ordeal), get the drivers license. And you know when that was?

1989.

So wait. WTF? Am I kidding? Maybe there was a renewal in there someplace for which SOMETHING had to be done other than showing up and signing something. But honestly, that summer of 1989 is the last I remember doing any of this. Since then, it's been renewals by mail. And now they're pretty much online.

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: ChasSmith on June 20, 2019, 09:22:57 PM

And I am back from a mid-week performance that was, at least in one scene (one of my favorites, if it's possible to identify any one as a favorite), totally hilarious in stuff going wrong. And that was all handled absolutely brilliantly. It was a good show overall, and the audience had a rollicking good mid-week time of it. The next (last) three shows should be tops.

I wish I could say there will be some archival or educational evidence of this, but this theater is strict as all HELL, and there won't be. They play by the rules. They have a couple of the shows professionally filmed, PURELY for archival purposes, and we'll possibly be granted one private showing at some point. But that's all.

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: Jane on June 20, 2019, 09:59:41 PM

Quote from: elmore3003 on June 20, 2019, 12:39:28 PM

DR TCB, did you send me a video link on Facebook?  If not, you've been hacked.  And . . . I won't open it until I know it's from you.

Must have been the same one I received.

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: Jane on June 20, 2019, 10:02:30 PM

Quote from: George on June 20, 2019, 03:15:49 PM

Topic of the Day:  I can remember taking an eye test in 5th grade at school and "cheating."  I squinted and winked both eyes to be able to see the letters, so I didn't get glasses then, but I really did need them.  It wasn't until I started college that I actually got glasses.  I did wear soft contacts for several years and didn't mind them on my eyeballs, but I just got tired of the hassle of (then) cleaning them every day.  Then when disposable contacts came out, I didn't like the idea of having to pay all the time for what is essentially a subscription to being able to see.  So, with the vision plan at work, I now just get new lenses every year (as needed) and new frames every two years. 

Wow, you went from 5th grad until college without getting glasses

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: George on June 20, 2019, 10:06:49 PM

Quote from: Jane on June 20, 2019, 10:02:30 PM

Quote from: George on June 20, 2019, 03:15:49 PM

Topic of the Day:  I can remember taking an eye test in 5th grade at school and "cheating."  I squinted and winked both eyes to be able to see the letters, so I didn't get glasses then, but I really did need them.  It wasn't until I started college that I actually got glasses.  I did wear soft contacts for several years and didn't mind them on my eyeballs, but I just got tired of the hassle of (then) cleaning them every day.  Then when disposable contacts came out, I didn't like the idea of having to pay all the time for what is essentially a subscription to being able to see.  So, with the vision plan at work, I now just get new lenses every year (as needed) and new frames every two years. 

Wow, you went from 5th grad until college without getting glasses

I know!  What was wrong with me??

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: Jane on June 20, 2019, 10:07:37 PM

Quote from: John G. on June 20, 2019, 08:01:15 PM

I’ve eaten healthier this week. Exercised. Slept more.

Very nice.  I too am sorry you will have to leave.

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: George on June 20, 2019, 10:07:48 PM

;)

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: bk on June 20, 2019, 10:08:27 PM

I should be looking at the DMV stuff, but I am maxed out, I'm afraid.  I just have to trust I'll do the best I can do and hope that most of the questions are ones I've seen on the sample tests.  But I'm going to mention the ageist thing when I'm there.

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: Jane on June 20, 2019, 10:09:16 PM

Quote from: John G. on June 20, 2019, 08:02:19 PM

Carol and I are planning on Hilton Head, SC, for Christmas. Sounds like fun.

It sure does.

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: Jane on June 20, 2019, 10:10:16 PM

Quote from: bk on June 20, 2019, 08:11:14 PM

I'm told that some have figured out ways to cheat, but I'm a luddite and probably would get caught.

;D

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: vixmom on June 20, 2019, 10:11:54 PM

Just checking in, and in greenbelt MD.

Despite the damn rain and roadworks

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: vixmom on June 20, 2019, 10:12:05 PM

Goodnight

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: Jane on June 20, 2019, 10:12:06 PM

I hope Washington doesn't have as challenging a test when I have to renew my lucence.  All I know is that now I am 70 I can't renew online.

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: Jane on June 20, 2019, 10:12:52 PM

Quote from: George on June 20, 2019, 10:06:49 PM

Quote from: Jane on June 20, 2019, 10:02:30 PM

Quote from: George on June 20, 2019, 03:15:49 PM

Topic of the Day:  I can remember taking an eye test in 5th grade at school and "cheating."  I squinted and winked both eyes to be able to see the letters, so I didn't get glasses then, but I really did need them.  It wasn't until I started college that I actually got glasses.  I did wear soft contacts for several years and didn't mind them on my eyeballs, but I just got tired of the hassle of (then) cleaning them every day.  Then when disposable contacts came out, I didn't like the idea of having to pay all the time for what is essentially a subscription to being able to see.  So, with the vision plan at work, I now just get new lenses every year (as needed) and new frames every two years. 

Wow, you went from 5th grad until college without getting glasses

I know!  What was wrong with me??

Or your parents ;D

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: bk on June 20, 2019, 10:16:04 PM

What is this page four malarky.

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: Jane on June 20, 2019, 10:17:10 PM

Quote from: bk on June 20, 2019, 10:08:27 PM

I should be looking at the DMV stuff, but I am maxed out, I'm afraid.  I just have to trust I'll do the best I can do and hope that most of the questions are ones I've seen on the sample tests.  But I'm going to mention the ageist thing when I'm there.

;D  I am sure they will care ;)

Did you look up the overall stats on drivers over the age of 70?

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: Jane on June 20, 2019, 10:18:13 PM

We spent the day with out of town friends and had a very nice time.

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: Jane on June 20, 2019, 10:18:57 PM

I have been awake since 4 and am ready to sleep.

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: Jane on June 20, 2019, 10:19:10 PM

'night

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: George on June 20, 2019, 10:29:52 PM

Quote from: Jane on June 20, 2019, 10:12:52 PM

Quote from: George on June 20, 2019, 10:06:49 PM

Quote from: Jane on June 20, 2019, 10:02:30 PM

Quote from: George on June 20, 2019, 03:15:49 PM

Topic of the Day:  I can remember taking an eye test in 5th grade at school and "cheating."  I squinted and winked both eyes to be able to see the letters, so I didn't get glasses then, but I really did need them.  It wasn't until I started college that I actually got glasses.  I did wear soft contacts for several years and didn't mind them on my eyeballs, but I just got tired of the hassle of (then) cleaning them every day.  Then when disposable contacts came out, I didn't like the idea of having to pay all the time for what is essentially a subscription to being able to see.  So, with the vision plan at work, I now just get new lenses every year (as needed) and new frames every two years. 

Wow, you went from 5th grad until college without getting glasses

I know!  What was wrong with me??

Or your parents ;D

No, it's on me.  I never told anyone. ::)

;)

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: George on June 20, 2019, 10:31:03 PM

Quote from: Jane on June 20, 2019, 10:18:57 PM

I have been awake since 4 and am ready to sleep.

Yikes!  I can't imagine getting up at 4!

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: Jane on June 20, 2019, 10:40:00 PM

Quote from: George on June 20, 2019, 10:29:52 PM

Quote from: Jane on June 20, 2019, 10:12:52 PM

Quote from: George on June 20, 2019, 10:06:49 PM

Quote from: Jane on June 20, 2019, 10:02:30 PM

Quote from: George on June 20, 2019, 03:15:49 PM

Topic of the Day:  I can remember taking an eye test in 5th grade at school and "cheating."  I squinted and winked both eyes to be able to see the letters, so I didn't get glasses then, but I really did need them.  It wasn't until I started college that I actually got glasses.  I did wear soft contacts for several years and didn't mind them on my eyeballs, but I just got tired of the hassle of (then) cleaning them every day.  Then when disposable contacts came out, I didn't like the idea of having to pay all the time for what is essentially a subscription to being able to see.  So, with the vision plan at work, I now just get new lenses every year (as needed) and new frames every two years. 

Wow, you went from 5th grad until college without getting glasses

I know!  What was wrong with me??

Or your parents ;D

No, it's on me.  I never told anyone. ::)

;)

LOL Maybe...... but I thought getting eye checks was routine.  At least in my family it was and both my boys had checks even before they needed glasses.

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: Jane on June 20, 2019, 10:41:09 PM

Quote from: George on June 20, 2019, 10:31:03 PM

Quote from: Jane on June 20, 2019, 10:18:57 PM

I have been awake since 4 and am ready to sleep.

Yikes!  I can't imagine getting up at 4!

Heck, I didnt get UP at 4:00.  I waited until 6:00.

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: Jane on June 20, 2019, 10:46:56 PM

I had a special problem as my right eye muscle would roll out when it was tired.  I spent a lot of time with a specialist doing exercises in the office and had more to do at home.  My father couldn't bear the thought of my having surgery to fix the problem, thus the PT for my eye.

I thank my mother the drill sergeant my eye is fairly good.

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: jan on June 20, 2019, 11:26:09 PM

My right crossed when I was little.  The doctor said he didn't think I needed surgery, that wearing my glasses would straighten it out.  He was right.  Unless I'm very tired, then my eye drifts in again.

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: TCB on June 20, 2019, 11:33:54 PM

Good evening.

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: TCB on June 20, 2019, 11:34:23 PM

Page 4?  Seriously?

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: TCB on June 20, 2019, 11:35:04 PM

What have Jane and BK been doing all evening?

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: TCB on June 20, 2019, 11:35:30 PM

I will let it slide this time.

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: TCB on June 20, 2019, 11:35:45 PM

One more post.

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: TCB on June 20, 2019, 11:36:36 PM

Page 5

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: George on June 20, 2019, 11:38:33 PM

Hi, Tom.

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: TCB on June 20, 2019, 11:52:51 PM

Hi, George.

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: TCB on June 20, 2019, 11:53:45 PM

UNDERPANTS!

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: TCB on June 20, 2019, 11:54:41 PM

Wow, that is a big pair of underpants!

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: TCB on June 21, 2019, 12:03:07 AM

We need posts.

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: TCB on June 21, 2019, 12:03:20 AM

And quickly.

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: TCB on June 21, 2019, 12:04:09 AM

Let’s get together, yeah, yeah yeah

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: George on June 21, 2019, 12:04:22 AM

I'm burning some DVDs and have been watching FETV...whatever that channel is. 

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: TCB on June 21, 2019, 12:04:31 AM

No jan tonight?

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: George on June 21, 2019, 12:04:32 AM

I just watched an episode of Maude and two episodes of One Day at a Time.

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: George on June 21, 2019, 12:04:52 AM

And now, Designing Women.

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: TCB on June 21, 2019, 12:05:52 AM

Travel vibes to vixmom and vixdad!

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: TCB on June 21, 2019, 12:06:54 AM

Quote from: George on June 21, 2019, 12:04:22 AM

I'm burning some DVDs and have been watching FETV...whatever that channel is. 

FETV?  Isn’t that a type of cheese?

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: George on June 21, 2019, 12:08:03 AM

Quote from: TCB on June 21, 2019, 12:05:52 AM

Travel vibes to vixmom and vixdad!

~~~DITTO!!~~~

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: George on June 21, 2019, 12:08:32 AM

Quote from: TCB on June 21, 2019, 12:06:54 AM

Quote from: George on June 21, 2019, 12:04:22 AM

I'm burning some DVDs and have been watching FETV...whatever that channel is. 

FETV?  Isn’t that a type of cheese?

:))

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: TCB on June 21, 2019, 12:08:55 AM

I’m listening to Bette Midler’s HELLO DOLLY!

Title: Re: THE EYES HAVE IT
Post by: TCB on June 21, 2019, 12:11:31 AM

CRANBERRIES