OK, so I'm getting old, but do I have to be reminded of it all the time?
A couple of weeks ago when I had the problem on the motorway, the wind blew my spectacles off onto the road. While a lorry didn't crush them the frame still broke and had to be replaced.
When getting tested and fitted it seems that I needed a stronger prescription. As if the current shortsightedness wasn't enough.
What next - coke bottle bottoms?
Just around the corner from us is a hearing clinic. The Old Girl is always complaining (or at least when I can hear her) that I'm getting deaf. I decided to go in for a test. The test was very comprehensive and took about an hour. It showed that I do have a decline in hearing that can be corrected by hearing aids - equally in each ear. I was fitted with some to see the difference and it was pretty amazing. I could hear the 's' tones again.
I can't afford to buy any at present but it was an interesting exercise.
I keep getting new pains in knees and other joints. While this hasn't stopped me going to the gym and doing exercise it can limit activity from time to time.
I guess the trick is to just keep going so as not to seize up. I cycle around and out to the gym 4 or 5 days a week and walk as much as the odd knee pain allows. I'm looking forward to getting back to NZ (next month) so I can kayak again.
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Genetic entropy. You lose at least 100 pieces of genetic information in your life.
Sixty generations ago your relatives probably had perfect eyesight.
It's not your fault.
Just wait for Jesus.
"Just wait for Jesus"?
So it's his fault?
The bastard!
Wait till I see him.
First I suggest you read and understand this and remember that you will not "See" Him.
It's sublime, the gentle love of God; just try at every moment to be in His presence!
1. On a dark night, Kindled in love with yearnings—oh, happy chance!—
I went forth without being observed, My house being now at rest.
2. In darkness and secure, By the secret ladder, disguised—oh, happy
chance!—
In darkness and in concealment, My house being now at rest.
3. In the happy night, In secret, when none saw me,
Nor I beheld aught, Without light or guide, save that which burned in
my heart.
4. This light guided me More surely than the light of noonday
To the place where he (well I knew who!) was awaiting me— A place
where none appeared.
5. Oh, night that guided me, Oh, night more lovely than the dawn,
Oh, night that joined Beloved with lover, Lover transformed in the
Beloved!
6. Upon my flowery breast, Kept wholly for himself alone... etc. etc. etc.
Burglary or stalking now is it?
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