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Thank you. The fall wasn't bad, but I had my glasses on and I fell on the right side of my face, pushing the frames into the eye socket and rupturing the eye. Not a lot of pain, but a whole lot of drama for a few days. In an unbelievable case of happenstance, my daughter was coming to visit the next morning. She wrangled me to the hospital and doctor visits for a week. Pro tip: When you are recovering from fasting and then general anesthesia, a large vanilla shake from Ritter's Frozen Custard[^] is the perfect answer. I developed a deep emotional bond with that shake, and entered mourning when the cup was empty.
Needless to say I've had to make a number of adaptations. Like I mentioned I now use the x-large mouse pointers plus I've bumped text size up a notch. I use prescription reading glasses when working on the computer. Left-to-right lane changes when driving are exciting .
It's not been something I'd wish on anyone else, but there are worse things. I'm manfully resisting the middle-aged urge to recount examples [honey/witch sighs in relief].
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Do you have a patch? Those are rather dashing.
I've actually thought about all the aesthetic advantages of missing an eye, of which there are several, not all involving parrots.
It's supervillain-esque as well. I'd rock the heck out of that like I do my silver streak/witch mark.
Just sayin'
I hope I'm not being too forward, or putting you on the spot. You can tell me to get lost and I won't mind.
Real programmers use butterflies
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I wore a patch when I went out until I was fitted for my prosthesis, and the patch was kind of attention-getting. FWIW, wearing an eye patch and a face mask leaves you feeling like you're looking at the world through a periscope. It does get a little old after a while.
I enjoyed it when little kids noticed. One little girl popped up and asked me point-blank what happened to my eye. I explained to her that I had hurt my eye, and the patch protected it. Her mom was embarassed, but I told her curiousity was a good thing.honey the codewitch wrote: I hope I'm not being too forward, or putting you on the spot. Not at all. One of my favorite things about [well-advanced] middle age is that so few things embarass me.
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I'm early middle age and yet I know what you mean. Life's too short to be embarrassed.
Little kids are the best. They're one of the reasons I get tri-color dye jobs.
Real programmers use butterflies
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I figured someone must have posted the pirate joke before, and sure enough[^].
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As a dad, I absolutely ran the pirate jokes into the ground. I think it was the third time I said "I've become a man of singular vision" that my daughter slugged me in the shoulder hard enough to actually hurt.
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Curious about the silver streak/witch mark. Picture?
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I was asked about my witch mark[^]
In case anyone is still mistaken about me being a woman, that should cover it too.
You don't get a recent photo because my hair is atrocious. I had to dig that one off my google account.
Real programmers use butterflies
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If you ever run into problems with a program that's using custom mouse cursors instead of the windows standard ones, give YoloMouse a try. It's core use is replacing cursors in games, but it should work anywhere since game devs tend to be at the top of the list for doing screwy stuff with the core OS platform.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
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Dan, thank you very much. Yolomouse works a treat!
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Glad I could help.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
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Does this mean an anal mask in out future?
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They're called pants
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AKA a diaper.
(And yes, it might be in many of our futures. )
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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I commend you for reading New Scientist (too)!..
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Obviously true given how many people are able to talk out of theirs.
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Or have their heads co-located with their rectums!
If you can't laugh at yourself - ask me and I will do it for you.
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Beat me to it .
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""This is a provocative idea and those first encountering it will express astonishment," wrote Caleb Kelly at Yale School of Medicine in an article accompanying the paper."
Karen: "How dare you save my life by giving me anal oxygen!?"
Nurse: "I'm sorry ma'am, we'll just take your temperature next. Now if you will just bend over..."
Yeah, I see butthurt people alright
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Sander Rossel wrote: butthurt
I see what you did there...
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Could this be the reason many advanced human beings got all the toilet paper from shelves?
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I suppose this is one of the reasons why some people like to stick their heads in there so often...
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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To breathe out, or ... *gulp* ... breathe in?
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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While I agree with your last sentence, I have to say that I don't agree with your subject line.
You only survive for that many days on mechanical ventilation. (Fewer the older you are)
And seriously, If the choice is between suffocating or having a hose up my butt, I wouldn't need to think for long.
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