12 Dec
2001
12 Dec
'01
6:50 p.m.
Roger Merchberger wrote:
Rumor has it that Douglas Quebbeman may have mentioned these words:
I allways thought "consumption" was TB.
--
Ben Franchuk --- Pre-historic Cpu's --
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> > I'll bet you're presbyotic
(far-sighted)
>
> Nit pick time. I think you mean presbyopic. presbyotic would be
> someone who can only hear things far away.
Hmmm... from my High School biology & health classes, I seem to recall that
myopia is nearsightedness, *hyperopia* was farsightedness, and I thought
that presbyopia was either someone who can see near & far but not in
between, or someone that could not see near or far, but what was in between
was in focus... but that was a long time ago... and the health field
changes faster than the computer field... (I was amazed seeing back 80-90
years ago that over 50% of the folks that died in my town were diagnosed
with "consumption"... I wonder what consumed them? Maybe squirrels??? ;-)