OT: Giving in

I remember when a 26" TV was HUGE!

Getting old isn't for sissies.

They're going to try another cardiac ablation on me tomorrow (third try in thirteen months). The doc said not to expect a miracle but it's the next step before getting more aggressive. It's going to be an interesting day. I have to be there at 6:30 tomorrow morning and they're forecasting freezing rain. The hospital is downtown, about a mile from the NCAA Championship game will be tomorrow night. ...and Trump is going to the game. It's going to be fun getting home (my wife *hates* driving in Atlanta and it's going to be a _real_ mess). My procedure may be the least painful part of the day.

Getting old isn't for sissies.

Good luck with all of that, especially the medical procedure.

Good luck. Here's something that might work out for you:

A late start on the procedure and the slightest, nothing to worry about issue which causes them to say "You know what, why don't you stay overnight? We'll bring in a cot for your wife."

Of course, as they're getting ready to send you home, you could just tell that you don't feel so good. ;-)

Seriously, good luck. I hope the procedure finally resolves the issue.

Thanks. It shouldn't be a big deal. The worst part is the lying on my back for a few hours so the (femoral) vein doesn't bleed. Well, except the time they cardioverted me while I was still conscious. That F'n hurt! Talk about seeing stars!

There is a sofa in the rooms. BTDT. They're starting early this time, though.

SWMBO has already said that she's going to try to bribe the doc.

Thanks. If it doesn't the next steps aren't so fun. Good thing the boss has great benefits! With any luck, we'll be home by game time tomorrow night.

Best thing I did lately was getting my cataracts removed. Close lens on left, distant on right. No more leaning forward to read the small print on the screen. No more dirty eyeglasses to clean or mis-lay.

Both of my eye doctors like to remind people that they should *hope* that they get cataracts.

Their reasoning is that assuming you live long enough, everyone will eventually get cataracts. The only way to avoid them completely is to die at a younger age than most of us want to.

Good luck. My wife had it done twice so I have an idea what it will be like for you. It does help.

Thanks. The first two didn't work (well, they did for five or six months). I've also had the "Maze procedure", which is the mother-of-all-ablations (I think it's the reason I'm having trouble now).

If you are grumpy now we can look forward to "in a rage" in a while; aging does NOT improve.

I had the first eye done a month ago and went from 20-forever to 20-25. Ey e 2 is tomorrow. I should be able to see the slot in a slotted screw. Howe ver, the damn essential tremor I have acquired means I will still need to u se both hands to slot the driver.

wow and you never asked here first what to buy and where and what response times and resolution and which connector technology or which brand or how much to spend

might be old age for sure but maybe not bad thing

No need to ask when you are sure and can read specs and understand them. Also the mortgage is paid, as are the balances on the credit cards, no auto payment.

FWIW, I was thinking about a bigger monitor but when I looked at the prices there wasn't that much difference between 27 inch "monitor" and a 40" 4K TV. And the TV works just fine as a monitor.

Nifty. Nice view now?

About May of last year I gave in to my other half nudging me on a good local deal and I too got a new monitor. I now have a 43" monitor! It took some time for me to get used to it (it's huge on my desk) but now I'm loving it. I got a new AppletV for it and can flip over and watch all kinds of 4k video. Aging like this I can handle. ;)

Right? I try to keep myself in check but I know a few who just damn near snarl at everything and everyone. They say cranky keeps you alive.

Agreed, but then you can do like a 85 inch screen too.

If you keep the clutter from around your monitor it will make your monitor look bigger. Same goes if you want your deck to look bigger. ;~)

On 1/7/2018 4:23 PM, Markem wrote: > ay I gave in to getting older, I bought a 28 inch monitor. I > waited to long, now I can read without leaning foward pulling my > glasses down so I can read with the right eye. (near sighted and far > sighted) > > Grumpy at the admission of this aging thing.

I hear you. I'm not sure whether to feel cheated or blessed myself. Most of my life I had better than normal vision. Both clarity and speed. I could pick out an animal on a hillside a mile away. I could read street signs two or three streets away. I had issues with color because I could see variances in shade others couldn't, and I had incredible night vison. It only took me 5 minutes to adjust instead of

At about age 40-42 I started needing reading glasses. Now at almost 52 I wear trifocals because I can't get used to progressives. I guess for the first half of my life I was blessed in that regard, but now I feel particularly frustrated to have to wear glasses. I guess every person's journey has its tough things to deal with.

Atleast I still have decent night vision, but it does take longer to adjust now. I can still run the river at night in my boat by starlight as long as some moron in a pontoon boat doesn't light me up with his spotlight. I have been known to scream profanities at somebody tied off catfishing as I blow by because they thought it was a good idea to blast me with a million candle power beam.

TOO big does not work so well, as it requires too much head movement. Or requires sitting further away, which kind of defeats the purpose of a larger screen.

For computer use, a TV in the 40"-50" range works better. Get a 4K UHD model (3840x2160 pixels) and you have the equivalent of four 20"-25" HD (1920x1080) monitors. Makes it easy to use multiple windows at once, or just increase the overall font size so that I do not need my usual reading glasses. Look for a model with even lighting at low brightness or you'll eyes will tire quickly.

I use a 50", and find it is almost too big, as the upper part of the screen is a little too high for comfort. I either use smaller windows on the bottom, or have to lean back to read the top. It is kind of nice for reading the digital edition of the local newspaper, leaning back in the desk chair, feet up, with my morning coffee. I can easily read two facing pages, each of which is about 50% bigger than the print edition.