From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Oct 2 16:39:44 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA23934 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Fri, 2 Oct 1998 16:39:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from phoenix.welearn.com.au (suebla.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.44.81]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA23905 for ; Fri, 2 Oct 1998 16:39:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sue@phoenix.welearn.com.au) Received: (from sue@localhost) by phoenix.welearn.com.au (8.9.1/8.9.0) id JAA25655; Sat, 3 Oct 1998 09:39:02 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <19981003093858.49517@welearn.com.au> Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1998 09:38:58 +1000 From: Sue Blake To: Malartre Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Slowly going blind ;-) References: <361545DB.3EFDD68C@aei.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88e In-Reply-To: <361545DB.3EFDD68C@aei.ca>; from Malartre on Fri, Oct 02, 1998 at 05:30:03PM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, Oct 02, 1998 at 05:30:03PM -0400, Malartre wrote: > I was having a really good vision has I can remember from 1 year or so. > Now I'm a little bit paranoic and I'm always checking how I see since I > am on a computer. I have the paranoiac not so fun feeling than my vision > is slowly decreasing. Don't worry, it is probably doing you good. For about 20 years I was as blind as half a bat and had to wear glasses all the time. Sometimes I fell asleep wearning them, and found the dreams were much better. Then I started using computers. After a while it got harder and harder to see the screen. Everything looked tiny and I had to pull the monitor closer to be able to read it. One day I realised that it was easier to read the screen without glasses, so I took them off. Day after day, year after year, I sat in front of that screen, letting its rays bathe my naked eyes. My vision steadily improved. Now I can see very well without glasses and only need them occasionally to see something way off in the distance. At this rate, after another few months of computer use my vision will have improved to the point that I can throw my glasses away, even for distance vision. These years of computer use have caused some more minor changes, such as the onset of grey hair, wrinkles, and changed tastes in food, particularly pizza. Those around me who don't use computers seem to be losing their short term memory, often erroneously remembering some recent incident that didn't actually happen. Perhaps that is because they don't sit in front of the screen and stare straight at it but take furtive glances as they shout from the doorway. For me, the best part is the dreams. As my eyes have improved due to constant computer use, the dreams have become more and more vivid. Dreams are no longer a series of blurred images and now everything is very life-like. Already the dreams are so good that it can be impossible to tell them from reality. -- Regards, -*Sue*- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message