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From: Jim on 22 Jan 2010 10:50 On 2010-01-22, Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > >> > (a 1967 model) >> >> Ditto. > > My eyes have just started to get noticably iffy. How about you? I've been wearing glasses for about 15 years now (very short sighted in one eye), but the last time I went for a checkup (6 months ago or so) I was told I was suffering from a non-curable degenerative condition called "getting old". Your eyes start to lose some of their focus range, or I think that's what he said. I was too busy hitting him with a table to remember clearly... > My joints don't creak any more than they did when I was 14, so that's > okay; but they creaked alarmingly when I was 14. No joint problems here, so far. >> > [2] I'm no faddist - coffee, if I'm not careful, gives me a headache, >> > mouth ulcers, and a sore throat. Them's the health problems that I'd >> > rather not suffer from and why I avoid coffee. Don't ask about >> > `careful'... There's a way of arranging things so I can have a cup of >> > coffee, let's put it like that, but it's too much bother for `gimme the >> > pick-up drink' situations. >> > >> >> Coffee's started to have more of a 'make me nervous' effect than it used to. >> Hence my single mug rule. I have enough valid reasons to feel worried at >> work without artificially enhancing the effect. > > Tea. Tea. Tea. Yep, that's what I switched to. I'm told that tea has just as much caffeine as coffee but, trust me on this, it doesn't have as much as one of *my* coffees. I also drink a lot of water. Jim -- http://www.ursaMinorBeta.co.uk http://twitter.com/GreyAreaUK "Get over here. Now. Might be advisable to wear brown trousers and a shirt the colour of blood." Malcolm Tucker, "The Thick of It"
From: Woody on 22 Jan 2010 10:57 On 22/01/2010 15:40, Rowland McDonnell wrote: > Woody<usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > > [snip] > >> I use them a lot on PCs, > > How? > >> but I can't think of one program I use on the >> mac that uses them > > I've only ever used F-keys on a BBC Micro and with Oolite, the Mac OS X > attempt at Elite. I really wanted to like that, but nostalgia seemed to be beating reality. -- Woody
From: Jim on 22 Jan 2010 11:01 On 2010-01-22, Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: >> >> I've only ever used F-keys on a BBC Micro and with Oolite, the Mac OS X >> attempt at Elite. > > I really wanted to like that, but nostalgia seemed to be beating reality. I fire it up on the Beeb from time to time, but the days where I'm going to play it for 36hrs straight are far behind me. Jim -- http://www.ursaMinorBeta.co.uk http://twitter.com/GreyAreaUK "Get over here. Now. Might be advisable to wear brown trousers and a shirt the colour of blood." Malcolm Tucker, "The Thick of It"
From: Woody on 22 Jan 2010 11:01 On 22/01/2010 15:50, Jim wrote: > On 2010-01-22, Rowland McDonnell<real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: >> >>>> (a 1967 model) >>> >>> Ditto. >> >> My eyes have just started to get noticably iffy. How about you? > > I've been wearing glasses for about 15 years now (very short sighted in one > eye), but the last time I went for a checkup (6 months ago or so) I was told > I was suffering from a non-curable degenerative condition called "getting > old". Your eyes start to lose some of their focus range, or I think that's > what he said. I was too busy hitting him with a table to remember clearly... I got told that. Not only was I short sighted, as I had been for a while, in one eye, due to the aformentioned condition 'oldness', I couldn't see close up either. So my left eye is perfect at monitor range, and useless everywhere else. My right is ok at distance. >> My joints don't creak any more than they did when I was 14, so that's >> okay; but they creaked alarmingly when I was 14. > > No joint problems here, so far. My leg hurts occasional where I broke it, but not as much as where it did. -- Woody
From: Jim on 22 Jan 2010 11:10
On 2010-01-22, Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: >> I've been wearing glasses for about 15 years now (very short sighted in one >> eye), but the last time I went for a checkup (6 months ago or so) I was told >> I was suffering from a non-curable degenerative condition called "getting >> old". Your eyes start to lose some of their focus range, or I think that's >> what he said. I was too busy hitting him with a table to remember clearly... > > I got told that. Not only was I short sighted, as I had been for a > while, in one eye, due to the aformentioned condition 'oldness', I > couldn't see close up either. So my left eye is perfect at monitor > range, and useless everywhere else. > My right is ok at distance. As I understand it you start to lose short range focus. Hence the need for dedicated reading glasses. Which he claims I'll be needing some time within the next 5 years or so. I don't remember much after that...something about 'Hulk smash!' then it went blurry. Then I was in a field without my shirt and someone was playing a piano. Jim -- http://www.ursaMinorBeta.co.uk http://twitter.com/GreyAreaUK "Get over here. Now. Might be advisable to wear brown trousers and a shirt the colour of blood." Malcolm Tucker, "The Thick of It" |