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New Eye Disease-BRS
Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2009 7:48 pm
by greener
Went to an optometrist today because I've been having increasing problems seeing front sights, up close reading, TV screens and the like. After a few minutes the doc said I had developed an eye disease: BRS. He said he could treat it for a while, but I'd have to keep coming back because there wasn't a good cure for Birthday Repetition Syndrome.
Turns out he knew something about shooting and the types of glasses that would help.
Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2009 11:32 pm
by Bud33
I think that is also sometimes called OFD (Old Farts Disease)
Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2009 6:12 am
by greener
They share a number of common symptoms.
Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2009 6:25 am
by Bullseye
Those prematurely afflicted this chronic disease are typically easy to spot due to their spectacles with the lenses that look like they're constructed out of "bullet proof" glass. It usually progresses over time into another couple of syndromes: "CRS" (Can't remember stuff) and "CHS" (Can't hear stuff).
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Bullseye
Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2009 8:59 am
by bearandoldman
Bullseye wrote:Those prematurely afflicted this chronic disease are typically easy to spot due to their spectacles with the lenses that look like they're constructed out of "bullet proof" glass. It usually progresses over time into another couple of syndromes: "CRS" (Can't remember stuff) and "CHS" (Can't hear stuff).
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Bullseye
Being an elderly gentleman, I can explain a lot of that. It is not that we can not remember or hear or see things, but we have acquired the intelligence to totally ignore the stuff that is not worth remembering, hearing or seeing.
Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2009 1:38 pm
by smokey
bearandoldman wrote:Bullseye wrote:Those prematurely afflicted this chronic disease are typically easy to spot due to their spectacles with the lenses that look like they're constructed out of "bullet proof" glass. It usually progresses over time into another couple of syndromes: "CRS" (Can't remember stuff) and "CHS" (Can't hear stuff).
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Bullseye
Being an elderly gentleman, I can explain a lot of that. It is not that we can not remember or hear or see things, but we have acquired the intelligence to totally ignore the stuff that is not worth remembering, hearing or seeing.
I thought that "CHS" was more prevalent in women? It is sometimes refered to as "SH" (selective hearing).
Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2009 2:21 pm
by bigfatdave
I have a sudden urge to get off of someone's lawn.
Odd, because I'm in my own home, but the urge is mightily compelling.
Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2009 2:35 pm
by blue68f100
Too bad they can't treat it. I had cornina surgery last year on both eyes. I wonder if the ocular implants would be of any use.
Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2009 5:47 pm
by Bullseye
Actually "stuff" was a substitute word.
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Bullseye
Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2009 6:22 pm
by bearandoldman
Bullseye wrote:Actually "stuff" was a substitute word.
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Bullseye
Yes, does the other word have just 4 letters?????
Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2009 6:35 pm
by Bullseye
Why yes it does - do you want to buy a vowel?
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Bullseye
Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2009 6:37 pm
by Downeaster
bearandoldman wrote:Being an elderly gentleman, I can explain a lot of that. It is not that we can not remember or hear or see things, but we have acquired the intelligence to totally ignore the stuff that is not worth remembering, hearing or seeing.
That, Sir, is Pure-D genius. It rivals Mr. Einstein in it's originality, insight and elegance.
Consider it stolen...
Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2009 6:41 pm
by bearandoldman
Downeaster wrote:bearandoldman wrote:Being an elderly gentleman, I can explain a lot of that. It is not that we can not remember or hear or see things, but we have acquired the intelligence to totally ignore the stuff that is not worth remembering, hearing or seeing.
That, Sir, is Pure-D genius. It rivals Mr. Einstein in it's originality, insight and elegance.
Consider it stolen...
Thank you, what the Hell were we ttalking about anyway??????
Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2009 6:54 pm
by Downeaster
If I might be so bold, I would like to offer Downeaster's Corollary to BAOM's Axiom: The storage capacity of the Human Brain is finite. At some point it is full, and old, unused facts must be discarded to make room for new facts. Therefore, when I forget SWMBO's birthday, it is not callous disregard on my part, it is simple physics: The birth date of our latest great-granddaughter has supplanted it.
Naw, she didn't buy it either...
Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2009 9:54 pm
by greener
Downeaster wrote:If I might be so bold, I would like to offer Downeaster's Corollary to BAOM's Axiom: The storage capacity of the Human Brain is finite. At some point it is full, and old, unused facts must be discarded to make room for new facts. Therefore, when I forget SWMBO's birthday, it is not callous disregard on my part, it is simple physics: The birth date of our latest great-granddaughter has supplanted it.
Naw, she didn't buy it either...
Doesn't work for me, either. I do get away with "artillery ears" every now and then.
Being an elderly gentleman, I can explain a lot of that. It is not that we can not remember or hear or see things, but we have acquired the intelligence to totally ignore the stuff that is not worth remembering, hearing or seeing
Think I'm going to borrow that.