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      03-02-2021, 04:58 PM   #1761
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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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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.....
I'm sorry
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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.....
So sorry to hear that.
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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.
Sorry to hear this bro. I lost a family member to it too. Totally sucks...
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You are scheduled to have cataract surgery
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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...

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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If you need lenses, get them done together!!!
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You are scheduled to have cataract surgery
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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      03-03-2021, 02:31 PM   #1771
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If you need lenses, get them done together!!!
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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Both eyes already done.
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Both eyes already done.
How was it? How long afterward were you normal?
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Both eyes already done.
How was it? How long afterward were you normal?
I had a great doctor, so it went well. A good doctor will make a big difference. I've heard of doctors being 'rough.' Was recovered completely in a couple weeks.

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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Both eyes already done.
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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The story of the past 12 months for me. Two family members and two closely related folks. Two to COVID, one to cancer, one to a combination of old age + not being able to continue to be active due to this damned bug.
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I remember being my Dad's antenna, holding the rabbit ears a certain way so we could get a channel that he wanted to watch.
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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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The story of the past 12 months for me. Two family members and two closely related folks. Two to COVID, one to cancer, one to a combination of old age + not being able to continue to be active due to this damned bug.
Sorry for your losses. It's been such a terrible year for everyone.


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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.
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 feel like I aged 10 years this year.
So, like 33 or something
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So, like 33 or something
I wish, but thanks. You got some brownie points for that post.
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So, like 33 or something
More like 29, plus shipping and handling.....
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