Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[Dreamzchaser]

Dream, you can check the weather for anywhere on your smart phone. We do it all the time when we're camping. 18th is this Friday, so not too early to check. Weather for AA is high of 21 and partly cloudy. No snow

Thank you. I did not meant to intrude. Sorry. Thank you. I will try to see if I can do that.

 

[Folly's place]

So today USDA announced that Virginia and Kentucky had AI in domestic birds.
Not good news.
Mary

 

[Dreamzchaser]

Saw this sign and I had to have it. Also sent one to @Sally PB

 

[chickflick]

Dream… what are you apologizing for? Who said you intruded? I was trying to be helpful. Sorry I stepped on your toes. Won’t do it again

 

[RaZ]

So today USDA announced that Virginia and Kentucky had AI in domestic birds.
Not good news.
Mary

I'll have to dig a bit into those reports but generally I take such reports with a grain of salt. Did they find AI on domestic Back Yard chickens? Or in commercial operations? The year that ChickenStock was first canceled was due to AI. "Officials" claimed that it was in backyard flocks so any gathering or show got canceled. Turned out that only a few commercial operations were impacted and they were supposed to have bio-security measures in place. So while I have concerns about AI, I'm not going to get overly crazy without seeing hard, un-biased information. Ya'll do what you can to keep your flocks safe and healthy.

 

[RaZ]

Ditto here. They put themselves to bed, and the I feel good about the security of the run. It's just the thought.

Ok, I give up. I'm going to get a pair of readers when I go to Meijers today. Type has gotten too small, and my arms get tired of holding books way "out there."

I made it to 60 without, so I figure I did ok.

That's great. I've had cheater specs since in hit my 40s. Now 20-something years later I find that the +3 don't seem to be strong enough. I need a real eye exam this year if my insurance covers it. I think each eye has a different power needed and maybe a blue-blocker lens. My night vision has also gone to pot so I try to avoid driving at night.
Getting old sucks. But it beats the alternative.

 

[aart]

Ok, I give up. I'm going to get a pair of readers when I go to Meijers today. Type has gotten too small, and my arms get tired of holding books way "out there."

This cracked me up!
..and brought back some memories.....
Get several pairs of readers, cause you'll 'misplace' them regularly.

I got some late 30's.
Was at dinner with a friend and was teasing him about his cheaters.
He handed them to me, "try them", it was like someone turned a light on literally and figuratively. I got some the next day.

When I finally had too much trouble reading street name signs, and driving at night,
I went to the optometrist. He told me "it's a good thing you didn't do this at the DVM, they'd have shut you down!". Then when he delivered the progressive lenses to me, before he put them on my face he said "you are going to HATE these for at least a week, probably a month. It will really take some time to get used to them." He was funny, and right. It really took some getting used to them, but it sure was nice to see better, and not have to look for them as they were always on my face.

That was back when I had insurance, now I just go to Americas Best, experiences have varied there, but I sure appreciate being able to see and really better understand the complaints of folks who have worn glasses most their lives. The biggest thing I miss is the lack of peripheral vision, no more focused side scoping of the babes.

 

[Sally PB]

20 years ago when I was working in tool & die, designing plastic injection molds, the eye doctor suggested I tried computer glasses. I did, and was immediately sold on them. When he dialed in the correction for that distance, I could feel all the muscles around my eyes relax.

I can read my kindle fine in bed; I can adjust the font size, and I lean it against a pillow at the right distance. The readers I got today are for print. Yup, they help. But I can't see worth squat on anything else.

A friend of mine plays in the Grand Rapids Symphony. She bought glasses just for performing. The upper pane for the conductor, the lower one for the music.

 

[RaZ]

This cracked me up!
..and brought back some memories.....
Get several pairs of readers, cause you'll 'misplace' them regularly.

That was back when I had insurance, now I just go to Americas Best, experiences have varied there, but I sure appreciate being able to see and really better understand the complaints of folks who have worn glasses most their lives. The biggest thing I miss is the lack of peripheral vision, no more focused side scoping of the babes.

Also, the cheaters from Meijer/Wally World get scratched up so easily. When you can buy 3 for $10 or less, you know that they are not high quality.

I was a life long wearer of glasses. First pair when I was in Grade 4. I wore coke-bottles until about 1996 when I opted for the Lasik surgery. I went from a 900 diopter to 20/20 in one eye and 20/25 in the other. One week later (Nov 14) I spotted the blood trail of a deer my buddy hit on the last day of bow season. Tracked that trail for over 1/2 mile. I still don't wear glasses for vision but the diabetes ids working on that I think. For now I can still scope out the babes.

 

[Dreamzchaser]

Dream… what are you apologizing for? Who said you intruded? I was trying to be helpful. Sorry I stepped on your toes. Won’t do it again

Oh, no Rose you are fine. I was just apologizing because I always do because I know how clumpsy I am.