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Pumping gas at 16 was one of my first jobs. On day 1 the station owner said "when the lady shows up in the Chrysler Imperial you come get me...don't touch her car." He had that dad-stare...
Next week she pulls up "fill 'Er up Sonny". I say "yes ma'am" and run for Steve. He comes out and washes her windows, checks her oil, just opens the radiator cap and looks in (no explosion), then pumps about ten cents of gas and...click, full. She hands him a quarter and waits for change, then gives him a nickel tip. He respectfully accepts, nods, shuts the hood and wipes where he touched, and she drives off as he waves. "She's been coming here for fill-up once a week when she goes five blocks for groceries...for the last 20 years. (That's why the radiator was cold.) If I'm ever sick that's how she's treated". It was nice to see the old way...the right way...
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Just received an email that one of my favorite racing buddies for the past 20+ years succumbed to COVID a few days ago. Needless to say, I'm feeling even older this morning.....
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03-03-2021, 02:03 PM | #1767 |
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You are scheduled to have cataract surgery
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You must be from New Jersey. My dad used to pump gas too. Later in life, every time we made it back home, he would hop out and make small talk with the station attendants while they pumped his gas. Great story you shared!
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As I was reading this post, the reminder alarm went off for my 3:15 PM appointment tomorrow to go in for my annual visual field check and all of the other fun eye tests that come with old age.....
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It's complicated. I need to talk it through with the surgeon next week when I go in for measurements. I have multifocal contact lenses now. My prescription has been pretty consistent over the past few years but recently I'm having all kinds of issues due to the progression of the cataracts. So we need to figure what my vision really is. The problem with the lenses is you can't try them for a week and tweak if you don't like them.
I have two different types of cataracts; nuclear and cortical and astigmatism on top of that.
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How was it? How long afterward were you normal?
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A blurring can happen a year or so later and a laser procedure is required. Had that done, was painless. The whole thing, cataract surgery and laser procedure, were painless.
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Yeah, have lost three friends in the past two weeks, going to be a whisky and cigar night for sure...
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When you start going to more funerals than weddings.
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I'm sitting here one-eyed, had the first one done Monday. The operated eye is coming along but has a way to go. I am VERY nearsighted so it is going to take my brain some time.
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I can't wait to get them done. It seems like it came out of nowhere. I've had a hard time driving in the dark for a while but this winter it became almost impossible. I'm blinded by headlights and now even sunlight with sunglasses on. Additionally, I feel like I'm living in a grey cloud. Nothing is clear and my very close vision is really bad. It's very depressing. I feel like I aged 10 years this year.
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I wish, but thanks. You got some brownie points for that post.
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More like 29, plus shipping and handling.....
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