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Spike ,'Showtime'


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Calli - Dec 07, 2012 11:13:21 am PST #23613 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

Connie, my maternal grandparents both had cataract surgery in the 1970s, and it worked out very well for both of them. I'm sure the procedure has only improved in the past 30+ years. Good luck with the car stuff.

o_a, that seems a bit pricey, to me. I don't think I'd pay $1,000 for a matchmaking dinner unless the organizers promised the unmarried cast of the Avengers would be attending.


omnis_audis - Dec 07, 2012 11:26:40 am PST #23614 of 30001
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir

If dinner with people you don't know costs $1000, I'd expect someone to be accidentally dropping a fork and disappearing under the table.
Ha! I was thinking "Am I Elliot Spitzer or something? Just what kind of matchmaking service is this". Didn't say it out loud.

Of course, while driving, I didn't have my calendar open. And managed to schedule the meeting during the dept office party. D'oh! Sent an email asking if I could reschedule. Hey, I told her I was driving at the time. Perfectly valid, right?

I'm hoping she didn't know prices, and was spouting off a "it could cost up to if you want the full package" type of thing. We shall see. But I'm not holding my breathe. That's a lot of work on the condo.


sj - Dec 07, 2012 11:28:57 am PST #23615 of 30001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

Omnis that sounds very pricey to me.

My prescription wasn't ready yet so I was forced to go to Trader Joes. I now have peppermint joe joes and Brie.


Glamcookie - Dec 07, 2012 11:31:52 am PST #23616 of 30001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister

sj, you win at Friday!


meara - Dec 07, 2012 11:35:52 am PST #23617 of 30001

Especially if they're getting $1000 from each of those six people! Though I know there are some that make men pay, but not women. Ever watched that Matchmaker show? It's awful, and her cattle calls for women really make me wonder WTF they are thinking.

Connie, that is basically the surgery I'm planning in January--they aren't taking off cataracts, but are putting in the lens so I don't need glasses anymore. It's hella expensive, but I figure in the long run it should save me money (and be awesome)


omnis_audis - Dec 07, 2012 12:22:52 pm PST #23618 of 30001
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir

Especially if they're getting $1000 from each of those six people! Though I know there are some that make men pay, but not women. Ever watched that Matchmaker show? It's awful, and her cattle calls for women really make me wonder WTF they are thinking.

Yeah, I saw one of those shows. Matchmaker for the Millionaires, or some such. Kinda crazy.

One of the questions she asked was "are you only interested in women who are financially stable" or something to that degree. After she told the price, I was wondering if the women pay. I'm skeptical. But, free consult, can't hurt, right?

ION- I am not focusing very well today. Not quite caught up on sleep yet. It's the end of the quarter. Things are hitting calm right now. And brain just doesn't want to do anything. Plus, staying late tonight to see the final show of the quarter, and then we do a sound critique after. Not really in the mood for a show right now. But whatev. All piling up to say "brane no work now".


Connie Neil - Dec 07, 2012 12:43:01 pm PST #23619 of 30001
brillig

Because the surgery is for cataracts, an actual medical issue, my insurance will cover it. I've just gotten so used to Medicare covering everything my insurance doesn't for Hubby that I've gotten out of practice at dealing with medical costs.

I'm also fighting hard against the "I don't deserve the more expensive option, I can make do with the cheaper one" voices.

re: the actual surgery, meara, are you getting the multi focus lens? My astigmatism is complicating the issue, but it looks like they'd put in a near vision lens in one eye and a far vision lens in the other eye and let my brain figure out the processing.


meara - Dec 07, 2012 12:54:06 pm PST #23620 of 30001

Ah, no, Connie. I have a small amount of astigmatism, but the doctor felt he could deal with that, and if it continued to bother me would be very easy to deal with using Lasik. Oddly, the astigmatism ones are approved in Canada but not here. I don't need bifocals yet, so that's not an issue for me.

(ETA:

looks like they'd put in a near vision lens in one eye and a far vision lens in the other eye and let my brain figure out the processing.

I'd worry about that--I know some people that works for but others who have given up and gone back to bifocals because they couldn't get used to it.Which is one thing if it's a trial pair of contacts, but another thing if they're implanted in your eyes!)


sj - Dec 07, 2012 1:15:37 pm PST #23621 of 30001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

sj, you win at Friday!

NSM. I'm home now without my prescription. The first time I went to go get it they said it would be ready in 15 minutes. So, I went to TJ's and went back to the pharmacy 45 minutes later, and once again was told it would be ready in 15 minutes. I told them I would come back tomorrow, and there may have been a swear involved.


Laura - Dec 07, 2012 1:38:00 pm PST #23622 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.

looks like they'd put in a near vision lens in one eye and a far vision lens in the other eye and let my brain figure out the processing.

This is the type of contact I wear and my brain loves it.