Good for another 2 years

From your post, though, it seems that your normal vision is ok -- you just
need reading glasses.

Bwa-ha-haaaa!

I can't see ANYTHING without my glasses, beyond about 6 inches. 2000 years
ago, I'd be dead by now, simply because no one would want to hunt for me
anymore...

;-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"
"George Patterson" wrote in message
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Jay Honeck wrote:

Can anyone recommend "progressive" bi-focals?

The best results I've gotten are from these. I've tried the type of
bifocals that have a small circular reading section. Hated them because I
had to move my head back and forth to read. I tried trifocals. These were
fine during the day, but one of the lines went right across the brake
lights of cars in front of me at night, unless I held my head perfectly
(and uncomfortably) upright.

The type I have are called by a name similar to "natural", but, of course,
I don't recall what it is.


George Patterson
Drink is the curse of the land. It makes you quarrel with your
neighbor.
It makes you shoot at your landlord. And it makes you miss him.

Rofl! 2000 years ago I'd have been just as dead. You'd have been named
Marco, and I'd have been named Polo and I'm afraid we'd have been
vegetarians because plants would be the only things we could sneak up on.

I took my physical a week ago, and the only thing I was worried about was my
eyesight. Class 2 requires vision corrected to 20/20 and I hadn't been to
the eye doctor in ages, so I had no idea whether my current glasses were up
to par. I wasn't worried too bad, because I really don't need a class 2, so
I left the application blank and if I my glasses didn't correct to 20/20,
I'd simply get a class 3 medical.

So, the Dr has me lean into the vision device and asks me if, with my right
eye, glasses on, I can read the top row of letters, the huge ones....
Nope... can't see a dang thing. He says "hmmm" Ok, left eye... nope not a
dang thing. So I tell him, that I really didn't think that there were any
letters there and he says "hmmm OOPS!" click, try now. Scared the crap
out of me, here I had thought I was going blind and he didn't have the
device set up correctly.

Ok, now which musical note is the arrow over.... um... um... I don't see any
notes, just the bars. OOPS! click, try now. Once again I'm wondering if
I'm blinder than I thought I was.

Anyway, after it was all over, my glasses are fine and I left with my Class
2 in my pocket. Slight low freq hearing loss in my left ear, and blood
pressure lower than average.

Jim



"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:ViIdf.570057$xm3.484345@attbi_s21...
From your post, though, it seems that your normal vision is ok -- you
just
need reading glasses.

Bwa-ha-haaaa!

I can't see ANYTHING without my glasses, beyond about 6 inches. 2000
years
ago, I'd be dead by now, simply because no one would want to hunt for me
anymore...

;-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"
"George Patterson" wrote in message
news:Bhydf.664$CX1.61@trndny05...
Jay Honeck wrote:

Can anyone recommend "progressive" bi-focals?

The best results I've gotten are from these. I've tried the type of
bifocals that have a small circular reading section. Hated them because
I
had to move my head back and forth to read. I tried trifocals. These
were
fine during the day, but one of the lines went right across the brake
lights of cars in front of me at night, unless I held my head perfectly
(and uncomfortably) upright.

The type I have are called by a name similar to "natural", but, of
course,
I don't recall what it is.


George Patterson
Drink is the curse of the land. It makes you quarrel with your
neighbor.
It makes you shoot at your landlord. And it makes you miss him.

"Jim Burns" wrote in message
...
Anyway, after it was all over, my glasses are fine and I left with my
Class
2 in my pocket. Slight low freq hearing loss in my left ear, and blood
pressure lower than average.

They should have measured the blood pressure after the vision check... ;-)

I went to a 'new' AME for my 3rd class a few months ago. I was also worried
about passing the 20/40 required for 3rd but was tested and passed at 20/20.

("Jim Burns" wrote)
....and blood pressure lower than average.


Lower average than the old numbers? Or, lower average than the new obesity
epidemic numbers? g


Montblack

Anyway, after it was all over, my glasses are fine and I left with my
Class
2 in my pocket. Slight low freq hearing loss in my left ear, and blood
pressure lower than average.

Great story!

Interestingly enough, now that you mention it, my new AME didn't even check
my hearing. First time that's ever happened.

Of course, he was all excited about picking up his new '05 Mustang GT from
the paint shop that day (he was having racing stripes applied), and we
started talking Mustangs, and pretty soon 15 minutes had gone by....

I think he may have forgotten a few things...

:-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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Interestingly enough, now that you mention it, my new AME didn't even
check my hearing. First time that's ever happened.

I think he may have forgotten a few things...

I've had 4 3rd class medicals from 4 different AME's in the past 7 years. It
seems like each one was a bit different and each missed or added something
from what the others did. They all did the basics of filling a cup, hearing,
eye check, hearing, BP, height, weight, etc. A couple of them did color
blind check, a different couple did the 'turn-your-head-and-cough', and one
also checked reflexes.

I know the basics of 3rd class are listed in the FAR's, but each AME adds
more to it.

Next time, in 1-1/2 years, I'm going to go back to the second AME I had. He
was the most thorough and the cheapest, also a pilot...

On Sun, 13 Nov 2005 20:57:37 -0600, "N93332"
wrote:

They all did the basics of filling a cup, hearing,
eye check, hearing, BP, height, weight, etc. A couple of them did color
blind check, a different couple did the 'turn-your-head-and-cough', and one
also checked reflexes.

Did any one have you stand on each foot in turn to check your sense of
balance?


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Did any one have you stand on each foot in turn to check your sense of
balance?

No, never.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Cub Driver" usenet AT danford DOT net wrote in message
...
Did any one have you stand on each foot in turn to check your sense of
balance?

One of the four did...

-Greg B.

Cub Driver wrote:

Did any one have you stand on each foot in turn to check your sense of
balance?

My first AME did this on at least one occasion.

George Patterson
Drink is the curse of the land. It makes you quarrel with your neighbor.
It makes you shoot at your landlord. And it makes you miss him.