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  • vetran
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    Originally posted by NotAllThere View Post
    Both eyes done. Effectively I can see perfectly. Left eye is slightly short sighted so I can use my laptop on native resolution and no magnification quite happily. And I don't need brightness on full.

    Now I need to find some cool sunglasses.



    Here you go

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  • NotAllThere
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    Both eyes done. Effectively I can see perfectly. Left eye is slightly short sighted so I can use my laptop on native resolution and no magnification quite happily. And I don't need brightness on full.

    Now I need to find some cool sunglasses.

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  • NotAllThere
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    Originally posted by vetran View Post
    ...and of course you can get projector so a 10ft screen is possible.
    That's exactly what I've done. It works rather well!

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  • vetran
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    Originally posted by NickFitz View Post


    Finally, a use for podcasts

    Many TED broadcasts the audio is enough and of course you can get projector so a 10ft screen is possible.

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  • NickFitz
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    Originally posted by NotAllThere View Post
    I've been told not to read or use a computer until the patch is off. But there's only so much daytime viewing I can manage...


    Finally, a use for podcasts

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  • Old Greg
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    Originally posted by BR14 View Post
    can i have it then?
    Do you accept cuckoo clock vouchers?

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  • BR14
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    Originally posted by NotAllThere View Post
    Coronavirus cases have hospitals only for them. Other patients are strictly segregated.

    But this surgery and after care is all done at a specialist eye clinic. So I should be fine on that front. And no, I'm not going to lend you £20.
    can i have it then?

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  • NotAllThere
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    Originally posted by GhostofTarbera View Post
    I know 2 people (not friends) that went into hospital for

    Fell and hurt hip
    DIY accident- broken collar bone

    Both caught coronavirus!!!




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    Coronavirus cases have hospitals only for them. Other patients are strictly segregated.

    But this surgery and after care is all done at a specialist eye clinic. So I should be fine on that front. And no, I'm not going to lend you £20.

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  • vetran
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    Originally posted by Paralytic View Post
    Isn't that a bit drastic?

    he is getting a glass eye so he can pop it in cocktails.

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  • vetran
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    Originally posted by northernladuk View Post
    I noticed something odd with your vision at the meet as well but put it down to your squinty bog eyes and comically bulbous red nose.... me and original PM we sat on the opposite side you but either end of the bench and neither of us knew who you were talking to. Matt sitting in front of you thought you'd not noticed he was there all night.


    would of thought you were used to people ignoring you by now?

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  • Paralytic
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    Originally posted by NotAllThere View Post
    Currently got a patch over that eye that will be removed tomorrow
    Isn't that a bit drastic?

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  • vetran
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    Originally posted by wattaj View Post
    I thought that you were just getting your eyes done?

    when they did the physical and they looked down there, the surgeon took pity on him. Apparently doubling its length was easy they had a spare half inch in the spares bucket!
    Last edited by vetran; 28 April 2020, 15:48.

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  • northernladuk
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    Originally posted by NotAllThere View Post
    Noticed a bit of cloudiness in my vision - turned out to be a cataract, so I've surgery scheduled for the end of the month. I've a choice of lenses, but none include a zoom function or Quantel.

    Cue comments about things that make you go blind.
    I noticed something odd with your vision at the meet as well but put it down to your squinty bog eyes and comically bulbous red nose.... me and original PM we sat on the opposite side you but either end of the bench and neither of us knew who you were talking to. Matt sitting in front of you thought you'd not noticed he was there all night.

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  • ladymuck
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    Originally posted by GhostofTarbera View Post
    I know 2 people (not friends) that went into hospital for

    Fell and hurt hip
    DIY accident- broken collar bone

    Both caught coronavirus!!!




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    Ah there's our little rain cloud coming in to block any ray of sunshine

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  • GhostofTarbera
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    Originally posted by ladymuck View Post
    Good luck with the recovery!
    I know 2 people (not friends) that went into hospital for

    Fell and hurt hip
    DIY accident- broken collar bone

    Both caught coronavirus!!!




    Sent from my iPhone using Contractor UK Forum

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