tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post2338964373894354564..comments2024-03-15T04:01:53.036-04:00Comments on Cranky Fitness: Can't Seem to Focus? Take This Quiz!Crabby McSlackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12108791388350253344noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-16951938187630687122012-04-09T12:05:52.492-04:002012-04-09T12:05:52.492-04:00Love this post - just stumbled upon it. And now I ...Love this post - just stumbled upon it. And now I am finding myself sometimes wearing two pairs of glasses so I can see small print. What is the world coming to?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-30045177906182043392009-03-30T12:33:00.000-04:002009-03-30T12:33:00.000-04:00Did you know that everyone eventually becomes pres...Did you know that everyone eventually becomes presbyopic?<BR/><BR/>Reading glasses is such a hassle! But there are better options these days — go to www.goodbyereaders.com for more information!SeeaNewYouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17832709992043933068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-86825461699704026602009-03-19T10:37:00.000-04:002009-03-19T10:37:00.000-04:00I couldn't resist trying that, but in Safari what...I couldn't resist trying that, but in Safari what gets dropped is the url.<BR/><BR/>Mary Anne in Kentuckysolarityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03606487180967915130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-55521156375107882122009-03-19T03:07:00.000-04:002009-03-19T03:07:00.000-04:00Hey, I just discovered you can drag and drop the c...Hey, I just discovered you can drag and drop the captcha word into comments, LOL! This one was "FLAME" in bright red.<BR/><BR/><BR/>https://www.blogger.com/captcha?type=IMAGE&captchaKey=1kpfp7drodf47<BR/><BR/>BTW, in Firefox you can hit ctrl and use a scroll wheel to size the page up and down, much lazier way to do it. ;)TKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15747390418220178858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-62205567072120699742009-03-19T03:04:00.000-04:002009-03-19T03:04:00.000-04:00I'm 52, terribly nearsighted and have worn contact...I'm 52, terribly nearsighted and have worn contacts since 16. I have a variant of stubbornopia in that I REFUSE to wear the stupid chain whatever thingy around my neck! I slide one earpiece in my shirt, which is fine til I lean over and half of my many pairs jump right off. I have had a couple infuriating pairs that would absolutely fling themselves off if I just sneezed, say, and I have hurled them across parking lots for being so impertinent!<BR/><BR/>Then I walk around wearing them slid down my nose or resting on my chin because I will need them again in a moment. I even do that in the store, I don';t care if it looks silly. <BR/><BR/>I also realized about 6 months ago I have become my Gram, who would wander the house muttering where are my glasses? Have you seen my glasses?! And they were right there on her chain. Mine are generally hanging off my shirt...<BR/><BR/><BR/>LOL. Getting old is better that taking an early dirt nap.TKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15747390418220178858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-11391599286813738702009-03-18T23:31:00.000-04:002009-03-18T23:31:00.000-04:00Hehehe this made me cackle because my parents both...Hehehe this made me cackle because my parents both have such a hard time reading menus. We all end up spending more time laughing about it than actually understanding what's ON the menu. Good thing they're good sports about it ;)<BR/><BR/>(and am so glad that I have very good vision)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-70253069531314122732009-03-18T21:35:00.000-04:002009-03-18T21:35:00.000-04:00Crabby, Very funny post. I missed you!I don't have...Crabby, <BR/><BR/>Very funny post. I missed you!<BR/><BR/>I don't have trouble reading, but my night vision (distance wise) keeps getting lousier and lousier. I used to be able to see just fine at night. I still do OK, but definitely heading South.<BR/><BR/>I have an ancient pair of mild distance specs (I'm ever so slightly near-sighted) that I wear in the car in the rare event I'm doing highway driving at night. (I do not legally have to wear them when I drive, but maybe by the next eye-test...who knows?)Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12503183987906575422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-40818486985785276572009-03-18T20:53:00.000-04:002009-03-18T20:53:00.000-04:00Near-sighted since childhood; far-sighted since ea...Near-sighted since childhood; far-sighted since early 40s. Astigmatism developed somewhere in between. If only I could afford a new prescription four times a year, which seems to be how often I'd need one. Will my eyes ever stop changing? The longest I've gone with one prescription was three years in my twenties.<BR/><BR/>And reading menus? I used to startle the waitstaff by picking up the candle and holding it up to the menu.<BR/><BR/>[Deleted post? Why, no, I can't read what I'm typing.]<BR/><BR/>Mary Anne in Kentuckysolarityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03606487180967915130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-89620904892337908702009-03-18T20:49:00.000-04:002009-03-18T20:49:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.solarityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03606487180967915130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-84484780766073263742009-03-18T16:26:00.000-04:002009-03-18T16:26:00.000-04:00still young........for now! But why do I wanna go ...still young........for now! But why do I wanna go to bed when the kids do at 8:00!new*mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05147814248509745599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-82391077998689438482009-03-18T14:55:00.000-04:002009-03-18T14:55:00.000-04:00I would have to amend all the Bs to "I make a deci...I would have to amend all the Bs to "I make a decision about which diopter I need at the time and then spend ten minutes trying to find the right pair. Or any pair..."<BR/><BR/>At home I have every diopter from 1.00 to 2.25. Somewhere. I try not to give up and go to my backpack where I pack three different diopter strengths: one of them a strong pair of bifocals because I can't sing with a conductor without them unless I memorize, one a weak pair for the computer at work, and another strong pair of regular readers because I hate reading with bifocals (you have to move your head up and down). And an extra teeny-weensy pair in my outside purse pocket for whipping out at the grocery etc..<BR/><BR/>I try not to access my traveling pairs when I'm at home because then I tend to leave them around the house instead of putting them back. <BR/><BR/>I also have some contacts, but I can't wear them every day.<BR/><BR/>So I guess I'm the Imelda Marcos of presbyopia correctives. If they ever develop a reliable surgery for it, I am so going to do it.Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12785796365378274088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-83323217870202967212009-03-18T14:11:00.000-04:002009-03-18T14:11:00.000-04:00Well I'm blind as a bat anyhow (myopia) so I don't...Well I'm blind as a bat anyhow (myopia) so I don't think that I'm stubborn at all when it comes to my vision. I'm just hoping they develop the eyeball transplant soon because that's the only way I'm not going blind before I die...Charlottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04339643338071382257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-42788892009531726282009-03-18T13:57:00.000-04:002009-03-18T13:57:00.000-04:00I wear glasses only to read menus.I never suffered...I wear glasses only to read menus.<BR/><BR/>I never suffered from Stubbornopia though I know some youth who suffer from it though maybe not about their ability to read/see.<BR/><BR/>My presbyopia started right after age 40. I was sort of sad about it at first but realized the one really great thing about not being able to see close-up - is you can't see any of your chin hairs. Everyone else has to look at your chin hairs but you. It's a real true miracle from the universe.Levihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07369763028982948026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-4222950073016645402009-03-18T13:53:00.000-04:002009-03-18T13:53:00.000-04:00Leave it to me to have presbyopia in one eye, whic...Leave it to me to have presbyopia in one eye, which didn't happen until my mid fifties. recently, I am having a bit of trouble with the other eye as well. so I have reading glasses and I use them because they make everything a wee bit sharper.<BR/><BR/>This was a great test. Thanks, Crabby.<BR/><BR/>TerrieTerrie Farley Moranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04980849018232866773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-23207406004227814622009-03-18T12:56:00.000-04:002009-03-18T12:56:00.000-04:00As I read this, I'm trying to adjust to my new "no...As I read this, I'm trying to adjust to my new "no-line bi-focals" which is really code for "old lady glasses for folks who are to vain (stubborn) to admit they need old lady glasses. Now I can see what I've been missing AND I no longer have to stretch things out as far as my arm will stretch in order to read them.<BR/><BR/>By the way, my father for years had stubborn hearing-opia. For years could not figure out why we kept yelling at him to turn down the tv!Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10066852282205921107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-9517399385804303382009-03-18T12:46:00.000-04:002009-03-18T12:46:00.000-04:00What quiz? There was a quiz? Oh, because I put on ...What quiz? There was a quiz? Oh, because I put on my reading glasses I could read this and got all Bs. I just bought a 3 pair pack of glasses at Costco for $18. And they are very stylish. So now I can see and look fabu.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-72073212932462284212009-03-18T11:58:00.000-04:002009-03-18T11:58:00.000-04:00I used to get all "c" on this quiz and didn't unde...I used to get all "c" on this quiz and didn't understand why all the other aging people around me looked so old with their glasses. Alas, the print was so blurred that I now answer "b". One advantage I used to have, when I looked at myself in a mirror I thought I looked pretty hot. That was until I put the glasses on and found that I was staring at a guy in a photo that comes with the frame and the mirror hung on next to it. Getting old sucks :)Tom Rooneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08965141076174420895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-15181413837951366082009-03-18T11:15:00.000-04:002009-03-18T11:15:00.000-04:00I'm still young, but I like to think I'm dooming m...I'm still young, but I like to think I'm dooming my vision early by spending lots of time on the computer and reading books in the near-dark. Give me a few more years.tfhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10735303292996192352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-2287328202149071502009-03-18T11:01:00.000-04:002009-03-18T11:01:00.000-04:00Hmmn... as I've grown older and wider, I found mys...Hmmn... as I've grown older and wider, I found myself using my long-distance glasses less and less. Now you tell me I'm going to need to get a new pair of glasses? <BR/>Wah :( <BR/>(Self-pitying whine)The Merryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09660495393832517684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-85649727245038671762009-03-18T10:53:00.001-04:002009-03-18T10:53:00.001-04:00I'm all A's...I've had glasses forever, but it's f...I'm all A's...I've had glasses forever, but it's for things far away. Up close it's not been a problem...yet. When I'm older I'm going to have the hugest pair of bifocals out there.Geosominhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15729167937433295927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-4226489430901997422009-03-18T10:53:00.000-04:002009-03-18T10:53:00.000-04:00My grandmother has the hearing loss version of thi...My grandmother has the hearing loss version of this. <BR/><BR/>Me? I'm already sentenced to a life of glasses and contacts, so I *know* I'll be in bifocals by the time i'm 50.Meghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07681981436179673834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-460585462065819072009-03-18T09:45:00.000-04:002009-03-18T09:45:00.000-04:00I can't seem to focus well enough to take this qui...I can't seem to focus well enough to take this quiz! <BR/>Don't know why they make the type so small on everything nowadays - is there some kind of space shortage or somethin'?<BR/><BR/>The thing that pissed me off the most? I already wear contact lenses to correct myopia. So now, when I'm wearing the contact lenses, I have to put on reading glasses to see small print. If I want to pluck my eyebrows, I have to take the contact lenses out because I can still see fine up close without corrective lenses! <BR/>Sigh.the Bag Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17434610508260994331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-23673344741649526522009-03-18T09:24:00.000-04:002009-03-18T09:24:00.000-04:00Funny stuff!! I think we all got this one some of ...Funny stuff!! I think we all got this one some of the time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-40679044644661298082009-03-18T09:08:00.000-04:002009-03-18T09:08:00.000-04:00I got some computer glasses a little while ago. Ca...I got some computer glasses a little while ago. Can't think of the right name, but most of the lenses are for reading at computer distance with a wee bit for reading. Okay, most people would probably just say "bifocal" but these are marketed as computer glasses.<BR/>They're just for reading and computer, though. I still get by bare-eyed for everything else.Leah J. Utashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08497599109798015888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-46224927303139136302009-03-18T08:22:00.000-04:002009-03-18T08:22:00.000-04:00I've been wearing glasses (and then contact lenses...I've been wearing glasses (and then contact lenses) since I was in grade 4...I pretty much can't do anything without my corrective lenses.<BR/><BR/>I work on a computer all day and I find I start out in the morning ok, but by afternoon things can get blurry. I think that has to do with tired eyes needing a break. I try to get out for a walk in the afternoons, to get away from the computer for a bit, but it doesn't always happen.JavaChickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06816858010039395389noreply@blogger.com