Hubris

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Alan once had to batha Persian cat that fell in a tray of sump oil...

I assumed Dish Washer, as I have one that regularly steam-cleans me goggles...

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Ah, of course! Should have known ... does it deserve capitals though? Do we talk about SWs and KNs ...

Mary

They are probably USING the pediatric antibiotics.

When we first moved to this house (that has hardwood floors as opposed to the carpeting we had in our townhouse), it was the FUNNIEST thing watching the cat acclimate to the new flooring the first few days.

It looked like like a Road Runner cartoon -- taking off meant scrabble-scrabble-scrabble-scrabble for traction and then WHOOSH! Off she went. And stopping looked even funnier, especially watching her frantically backpedalling with all four paws the first time she realized that she could no longer stop on a dime.

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You think a cat is difficult to dose?

And hens DO scratch AND bite!

:-)

Mary

Dishwasher, right?

Or maybe you were the frantic new bride who called her mother after two weeks of marriage feeling like she had married a monster: "But Mama, practically all he does is use these AWFUL four-letter words when he talks to me! I can't stand it!"

"Honey, what kind of words are you talking about?"

"Oh, Mama, they are so awful that I can hardly bear to repeat them."

"Honey, Mama can't help you if she doesn't know exactly what you are talking about, so please, tell Mama the awful words so she can help you."

"Oh, Mama, I will try -- they are horrid, nasty, disgusting words like wash, iron, cook, mend..."

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Yes, they really do make a difference nowadays. I've seen an old friend dancing, I hadn't seen him walking properly for the previous twenty years.

Mary

HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

No, I'm not. But I'm English and we don't usually use such abbreviations :-) Spouse calls ours the Wishdasher, a relic of a joke he heard years ago and still thinks is funny and I just say The Machine. Or the Washing Up Machine. I feed it, he empties it. He feeds it too but I always re-arrange it - I understand that's very common.

Mary

Bringing the discussion full circle -- or mobius or whatever:

Yes. It's your choice. You can have the replacement lens for distance or for close. There are some new lenses that are supposedly for both and they're showing promise, but cost extra. It's because they remove the contents of your natural lens and put an artificial replacement inside the lens capsule. The shape of that replacement lens determines your vision.

My uncorrected vision was 20/480. With glasses, it was 20/80.

My uncorrected vision was 20/650, with contacts it was always 20/20, with glasses never better than 20/40. My lens implants correct to 20/20 in one eye, and 20/30 in the other. I did investigate the cataract implant lens which purports to give both distance and reading correction in one lens, but the caveats were scary (and the additional expense was steep) and I decided I would go for the very best distance correction I could get and use reading glasses and/or bifocals for close work. I'm happy with my choice, YMMV.

Beverly

Mary

Mine loads it in a totally random "pattern" so I then have to repack it to fit in enough stuff to make it economical to run. The boys are on unloading duty, usually with arguments over who does which rack and gets the cutlery basket.

Lizzy

Ha! I think so. *woof*

I was told that it would involve some Lasik as well as the lens, and what I've read about the lenses is that while they're vastly improved since just a few years ago, there is still some problem with night vision and with glare. I'm content with my decision to remain nearsighted - I'd hardly know how to have "normal" vision, which I doubt I'd ever have anyway because I also have amblyopia - a muscle imbalance.