The missus has her left eye done a week ago (the right wikk ve done in two weeks): her eyesight is ... as you said, Frank.
Good for her. I'm happy she is seeing so well.
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Frank Apisa
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Thu 10 Mar, 2022 07:44 am
@Albuquerque,
Albuquerque wrote:
Congratulations Frank, great to know you now can see better!
I have a plethora of eye problems including cataracts, myopia, glaucoma, focus, etc...seeing from just my right eye since I was 3 with a loss of 90% of my vision I cannot afford to risk an operation and my myopia is not laser correctable anyway!
So long I can keep winning games online, even driving planes and other simulators, and being able to do a more or less normal life I stay put!
Oh, my. Well...you seem to have adjusted nicely to your situation, so there is that. I used to fly a Cessna 140, but the cost of fuel kept going up and up...so I gave up that hobby. With the costs today, I'm thinking of getting a smaller car!
Yay! Just stop looking in the mirror I never look that closely!
Yeah, since I have a beard, the mirror is not necessary. I'm just not sure why it lies as much as it does.
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McGentrix
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Thu 10 Mar, 2022 08:51 am
Isn't it amazing Frank? Everything is so clean and sharp. No more dull edges or blurred things. You don't realize how bad it is because it is so gradual.
2 years later and I am still amazed at sharp things are. Did you get lens for far away? (I assume you did because of golf) I got my doctor to put different lenses in my eyes. I got far vision in my left eye and near vision in my right eye with a magic spot of about 6 feet where both eyese are perfect. But, allows me to read without glasses and drive without glasses so I am happy.
Isn't it amazing Frank? Everything is so clean and sharp. No more dull edges or blurred things. You don't realize how bad it is because it is so gradual.
2 years later and I am still amazed at sharp things are. Did you get lens for far away? (I assume you did because of golf) I got my doctor to put different lenses in my eyes. I got far vision in my left eye and near vision in my right eye with a magic spot of about 6 feet where both eyese are perfect. But, allows me to read without glasses and drive without glasses so I am happy.
Glad to know it all worked out for you.
Truly, incredible, McG.
I did not get corrective lenses, but my sight, both near and far is excellent. My right eye, the first one done has been read at 20/20. Have to wait another week before the left eye is tested, but I am amazed at how good my sight is right now. The color and sharpness are still mind-boggling. I hope that part never changes.
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Albuquerque
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Thu 10 Mar, 2022 01:11 pm
@Frank Apisa,
Oh man Frank you actually flew a Cessna 140? ...you lucky bastard...I have one in flight simulator 2020 and I love it! I am glad I can talk to someone who had the privilege of actually flying a classical plane, you have to share more about planes! Cheers!
PS - I barely can wait for the DC-3 to get in the Flight Sim, it is coming out in the end of this month if all goes according to plan.
Oh man Frank you actually flew a Cessna 140? ...you lucky bastard...I have one in flight simulator 2020 and I love it! I am glad I can talk to someone who had the privilege of actually flying a classical plane, you have to share more about planes! Cheers!
PS - I barely can wait for the DC-3 to get in the Flight Sim, it is coming out in the end of this month if all goes according to plan.
The DC-3 (C-47) or Gooney Bird as we used to call it when I was in the Air Force...is one of the greatest planes ever built. Some are still flying. I had a chance to get a ride in one back a few years, but missed because I screwed up on the date. I've got a picture of me and a group of guys fresh back from Rome standing in front of the Gooney Bird we flew in. If I can dig the picture up, I'll post it.
A good friend of mine still flies a B17 bomber...The Lucky Lady...and I may still get a ride in it at some point. That plane is a beauty! I play golf with a guy who was a belly gunner in a B17 during WWII. (He is 102 and still plays golf!) And my wife's father was a pilot in a B17 in the Pacific during the war.
...oh man those old piston engine supercharged...I love them!
I am not an envy person in almost anything at all, but come to planes I envy anyone that flew in classics...the stratosphere Boeing, the Constellation, the B-17...those were the days...free sky the roaring of the engines, a map in your hand and a coffee mug...I wish I could go back and live them!
Today is just traffic jams in the air!
I have the DC-6 on my collection let me show you and you will telm me how close it is to the real deal just a sec...
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Albuquerque
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Thu 10 Mar, 2022 02:37 pm
@Frank Apisa,
Your old faithful Cessna 140 here:
This guy didn't flair the plane properly on landing so he bounced...
I never look that closely!
