12 Aug
2006
12 Aug
'06
3:55 p.m.
Sridhar Ayengar wrote:
Don wrote:
Yeah, the last time I went in for an eye exam (driver's license?)
I quickly memorized the third or fourth line on the eyechart
and then took off my glasses BEFORE the examiner arrived
(wanting to avoid a "visual" restriction on my license).
What I hadn't realized -- but was SOON to do so! -- was that I
couldn't read the *second* line on the chart without my glasses!
<frown>
I accompanied my Dad on a visit to one of his eye
doctors
many years ago. Shortly after starting the exam, the doctor
lowered the room lights, had my Dad cover his "good" eye,
then held his hand up and waved his fingers: "Can you
see my hand, Donald?" I chuckled thinking it was a joke :-(
Before I got LASIK, with my glasses off, I couldn't see the big "E" at
the top of the chart. From fifteen feet away, I could
tell a person was
standing there, but seeing their hand would be pushing it. I certainly
would have had a hard time recognizing who it was.
I am a bit of a "fixture" in the neighborhood (often walking
or doing yardwork or under the hood of my car, etc.). So,
many of the neighbors recognize me when they bump into me
at local stores, etc.
Almost invariably, they will say "Hi" and then be disappointed
that I don't recognize who *they* are. After a few seconds
discussing this, I'll end up saying something like, "Oh! You're
the blue, 1985 *mustang*" or "the beige minivan", etc.
I wonder what they must think -- being known solely by the
car they drive? :-/