Oh it wasn't 30, more like 5. They went voluntarily. I wasn't holiding them at gunpoint. I think it was more like if I hadn't told them there was this exhibit they wouldn't have known. It was actually quite interesting. I didn't manage to see OK with my ancient ugly uncomfortable glasses. Definitely getting 2 pairs tomorrow.
--- In [email protected], Dennis Rogers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sorry, silly of me to assume that. I didn't think it was legal to drag 30 adults to a museum, whereas kids generally have no say in the matter. Adults may ask some more difficult questions, but whatever you do, don't finch. I'm sure you will be a decent docent. Maybe I do need glasses, but most everything looks better in soft focus anyway. > > Ellen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > before 30? Hah! I've had mine since I was 9. Tried contacts for a > few years on mom's insistence, didn't take. Agreed I look better, but > I felt awful. For 10 years. Graduated from college, gave up on the > contacts once mom had no control over my choice of vision aids. BTW > the museum trip is for grownups, not kids. I have to look/sound semi > professional. It would be nice to seem like I actually understand > what I'm reading--"look! It says here that this speciman came from a > remote island.." etc. It's actually an exhibit about Darwin that's > traveling all over the world in honor of Darwin's birthday or > anniversary of the beagle trip or something like that. Can't remember > the details. Forgot about DST! Now I have to leave in 15 min instead > of an hour and 15 min! > > --- In [email protected], Dennis Rogers > <denrog1012@> wrote: > > > > Sometimes I drink right out of the bottle, but glasses are a big > part of my life. It's quite an amazing thing really. Both my parents > were bespectacled before the age of 30, and somehow I have the eyes of > a hawk. Probably a good thing my old man can't see too well because I > don't look a whole lot like him, and when it comes to plumbing, I'm a > natural. > > > > Ellen I think you will be okay with the tour tomorrow. Oh shit, > DST, I guess that would be today. If you come back with 28 of the 30 > kids, you still get something like a 92 which is a B+ as I recall from > high school, which reminds me that I wikipediad (or however that is > verbified these days...whatever!) my high school, and who graduated > like a year after my but Jeff Bezos, the Amazon.com guy. My guess is > he doesn't make it to the reunions. > > > > It would be fun if everyone wikied their high school. Somebody > out there had to have gone to school with Eric Carmen. Show thyself. > We also had the 1967 Ms. Universe, who I would still probably date, > if I didn't have such good eyes and an aversion to necrophilia. > > > > I am never happy when I camp. It's always buggy and hot, I hate > crapping in the woods, and then there's the bear's. > > > > Oh and how about Gene's column? He can't spend time with us, yet > he had time to write that? I guess that's harsh. Dave Barry, if you > are here, don't tell the Czar I said that. But I can only imagine how > his wiki site will be cannibalized now. It must be getting 4, 5 hits > a day now. > > > > Ellen <ellengoodman6@> wrote: > > Anyone else completely glasses-dependent like me? I'm > basically blind > > and incapacitated without my glasses, and contacts hurt my eyes. So > > tonight on the bus at 7 PM on a Saturday night the temple of my > > glasses broke. Totally unusable and not really fixable. I don't have > > a spare pair that are relatively comfortable and unscratched. I'm > > leading a trip to a museum tomorrow. This will be exciting. > > Coincidentally I had an eye Dr. appointment scheduled for Monday to > > get new glasses anyway, so that's lucky--my insurance pays for a new > > pair every year. But I'm not a happy camper. Lesson learned--always > > have backup glasses! They broke at work once and I almost couldn't > > get home, even on public transportation. Tough to see things like bus > > numbers without glasses if you're blind like me. Any glasses-wearers > > out there had a similar experience? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > Bored stiff? Loosen up... > > Download and play hundreds of games for free on Yahoo! Games. > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Never miss an email again! > Yahoo! Toolbar alerts you the instant new Mail arrives. Check it out. >
