More new eyes.

I've been in an experimenting mood with eyes of late and have learned a fair bit.

These two sets cost $25 delivered from selectspecs.com so it isn't wasting a lot of money.

The set on the right are my new playroom specs, what I did was take .75 of an opter thingie off their power (e.g -2.25 down to -1.50) and have a set that's pretty useful for focusing on both the computer monitor and the TV. Of course at my age it has to be a bit of a compromise with both ends being at the limit of their range.

The left set were bought for driving and are pretty good but in hindsight larger lenses would be better for most use, though I was thinking of having to view over them when shopping, so I can read labels. Also I had to change the astigmatism settings a bit as the last eye test the eyeman did wasn't quite right.

Change a coming.

I'll be downsizing my everyday computer down to this little Acer Revo pretty soon, I've ordered a Samsung 640 Gb drive to use instead of this 320 Gb one, then I can install an operating system.

This should make our play room a fair bit quieter as well as reducing the power bill. Electricity users here are being treated like smokers with prices increased to compensate for government mismanagement.

My current computer will be moved to the bedroom where it shall continue to be used for operations requiring grunt, since it has about 10 times the computing power of the Revo.

Wow!

Peter's finally decided to play with his new toy. It only took a bit over five weeks to do it, the man is a legend, and a fine example of self control.

There's no way I could have waited a day before playing with a toy like that, I suppose the grass tickling his groin as he walked through it triggered his rush.

Whoops.

I didn't know there was a world cup in South Africa coming up, I thought the one that just finished in the West Indies was it. Since Australia had to swallow a bitter pill in that one I won't talk about it.

Anyway according to this American news report South Africa bears a striking resemblance to South America.

Maybe we should waste a bit of water?

We just got our water bill and have used less than the minimum charge amount.
However seeing as they'd fitted a new meter a little while back and it was wound back a tiny bit it's a fair cop. It's hard to see where we can use much more water anyway.

Anyway at least it's a simple job to pay it instantly using internet banking thanks to them having bpay.

A not so shining example.

If I was a generation or two younger this would irk me a lot more. They've made getting a driver's licence tougher for the young than facing up to a 3 month jail (makes more sense than the correct gaol spelling) term, and will be on them quicker than a tonne of bricks if do do something evil like putting blue LED windscreen washers on their car, but the old generation can just slap a bit of tape on their tail lights and drive around with their numberplate worn into invisibility despite a constant bombardment of advertising warning motorists about their number plates for the last decade.

The old should be setting a good example to the young. They moan about the young ones speeding but it's their parents that have demonstrated to them as they grow that it's fine to speed wherever they drive and that a stop sign doesn't really mean stop.

Glad I don't own the place.

If I ran the pharmacy my stress level would have taken a hit from this woman parking her shopping trolley in the doorway for a few minutes while picking over the shoes on display.

Arrggh, letting the cool air out, blocking the doorway, arrggh.