<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16674" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>A friend of mine about 50 just had lasik and was rendered legally blind, about 2 months now, I'm not sure if it has improved at all. It happens.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Fenton</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=wimblees@aol.com href="mailto:wimblees@aol.com">Willem Blees</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=rrg@unlv.nevada.edu href="mailto:rrg@unlv.nevada.edu">rrg@unlv.nevada.edu</A> ; <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, July 18, 2008 10:27 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: A new vision <OT></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><WBR>Rob<BR><BR>My son and daughter in law have had lasik surgery, and love it. His boss, unfortunately, had a very bad experiment, and has never been able to see right. But that was 15 years ago. I am sure they've perfected the surgery.<BR><BR>As far as what to do with your glasses. the Lions Club used to take used glasses and give them to those who can't afford new ones. I don't know if they still do that, however, but it might be worth looking into. Other wise, maybe you can paint them black, and stand on a street corner with a tin cup. <BR><BR> <DIV style="CLEAR: both">Wim<BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: Rob & Helen Goodale <rrg@unlv.nevada.edu><BR>To: Pianotech List <pianotech@ptg.org><BR>Sent: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 6:13 am<BR>Subject: A new vision <OT><BR><BR></DIV> <DIV id=AOLMsgPart_2_04c7fbca-7ab8-422f-9889-b1951c29e4df> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><Off Topic></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Well I finally decided to do it.  After 20 years of wearing glasses I'm getting LASIK surgery on my eyes.  Yesterday I went in for the complete pre-op exam and today at 11:00 I have the actual procedure.  They tell me that the time in the chair is 10 minutes total but the actual physical work is only about one minute per eye.  Pretty amazing stuff.  It's all done with what they call a "cool laser".  They completely numb your eyes with some drops and you don't feel a thing.  About six hours of blurry vision, and by the next day you see better then you ever actually did with the glasses.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Well, I'll let you know how it all comes out.  In the meantime I'm trying to think of a ceremonial way to dispose of the glasses.  Maybe I'll drop a piano on them.  I've already repaired them multiple times with CA glue.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Rob Goodale, RPT<BR>Las Vegas, NV</FONT></DIV></DIV> <DIV class=aol_ad_footer id=u8CAB712BCFD56E8-640-123C><FONT style="FONT: 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF; COLOR: black"> <HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px"> The Famous, the Infamous, the Lame - in your browser. <A title=http://toolbar.aol.com/tmz/download.html?NCID=aolcmp00050000000014 href="http://toolbar.aol.com/tmz/download.html?NCID=aolcmp00050000000014" target=_blank>Get the TMZ Toolbar Now</A>!</FONT> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>