-=> Bill Swisher wrote to Dave Drum <=-

 DD> Medicare pay. The downside of that (for me) is that my distance vision
 DD> would be fine but I'd  have to wear cheaters to read. Currently I take

 BS> Seems like when Connie had hers done they gave her a choice.  She went
 BS> with distance, thinking that's more of a norm.  Of course I could be

I was not aware that was a choice. Seems that they'd go for 20:20 - but, then, 
I'm neither a medico nor a policy-maker for them.  Bv)=

 BS> thinking of when I got my electrical gizzmo installed.  They gave me a
 BS> choice of body side, I asked why.  They said people who shoot rifles,

I wasn't offered a choice. I went in to have Brian do some welding inside my 
heart and woke up with the pacemaker. When they planted it 9 years ago I was 
told it has a 5-year battery. Last time they checked - on follow-up after my 
trip to the ER I was told there are still 2 1/2 to 3 years of useful life in 
that battery. No one can tell me who made the blamed thing ..... I want to buy 
one of their batteries for my car.

 BS> hunters, care.  I have 2 types of glasses, bifocals for normal everyday
 BS> wear and a set specifically tuned for the distance to a monitor.  I

My "normal" vision focuses just fine at monitor distances. My
windows are set 
at (about) arm's length. I can read or compute using the glasses but it soon 
puts a crick in my neck - so I take them off.

 BS> know a guy, who was a commercial pilot, that wore trifocals, instrument
 BS> panel, distance, and up to the other instruments.

If the FAA let him fly - then I suppose .........  I have a friend who did 
charters sometimes and had a set of gag glasses he called his "Mr.
Magoo's" 
with which he would sometimes freak-out passengers. He made it to 80 (so far) 
but his medical got pulled a couple years ago so he quit flying without ever a 
dead-stick (except in training) or wheels up incident. Even if he did/does 
have a rather fey sense of humour.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

      Title: Ick-A-Magoo
 Categories: Beef, Potatoes, Vegetables, Soups
      Yield: 3 servings

      1 lb Hamburger
      3 c  Diced potatoes
  1 1/2 c  Diced onion
      2 c  Corn niblets
 21 1/2 oz (2 cans) tomato soup
           Salt & pepper

  Brown hamburger and onion. Put one can of tomato soup
  in bottom of casserole dish. Add hamburger, potatoes
  and corn. Now put second can of tomato soup on top.
  Bake, covered, at 325°F/165°C for 1 hour.

  RECIPE FROM: http://www.cooks.com

  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives

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