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[US Janet]

Did the bad weather pass you by or are you in the middle of it? I
checked with my daughter and the big storm missed her but she is
getting the cold weather and ice. So how are you ladies holding up?
From what I have seen on the Weather Channel driving is really iffy.
Take care and check in with us, O.K,?
Janet US

[GM]

On Sat, 22 Jan 2022 11:47:41 -0700, US Janet <USJ...@jan6noplace.com>
wrote:

Uhm, Ghe Ghe Ghe. This is my not frogger. Yes. Ghe Ghe Ghe
:)))))))))))

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

We had about 6 inches of snow last week end. Wednesday it poured,
absolutely poured most of the day then the temperatures plummeted
and they predicted lots of ice. Thursday morning I had an eye doctor
appointment but streets were clear but it never got over 24° and quite
windy. It's pretty here today but still breezy and only about 33°.

I did see on the news that sometime this past week that Spartanburg,
SC even got snow!!

[Bruce]

[Sqwertz]

On Sat, 22 Jan 2022 12:24:18 -0800 (PST), itsjoan...@webtv.net

wrote:

> We had about 6 inches of snow last week end. Wednesday it poured,
> absolutely poured most of the day then the temperatures plummeted
> and they predicted lots of ice. Thursday morning I had an eye doctor
> appointment but streets were clear but it never got over 24° and quite
> windy. It's pretty here today but still breezy and only about 33°.

You seem to have a lot of eye doctor appts.

> I did see on the news that sometime this past week that Spartanburg,
> SC even got snow!!

I only lived in Greenville from Dec 25th to May 5th, but we got snow
twice there of ~3 inches. I was expecting it to be more - it didn't
last long either time.

Heck, we got 5-7" snow last year in Austin on February 15th and that
lasted over a week. And we're 5-degrees more South than
Spartanburg.

-sw

[Dave Smith]

On 2022-01-22 3:24 p.m., itsjoan...@webtv.net wrote:
> On Saturday, January 22, 2022 at 12:47:48 PM UTC-6, US Janet wrote:
>>
>> Did the bad weather pass you by or are you in the middle of it? I
>> checked with my daughter and the big storm missed her but she is
>> getting the cold weather and ice. So how are you ladies holding up?
>> From what I have seen on the Weather Channel driving is really iffy.
>> Take care and check in with us, O.K,?
>> Janet US
>>
> We had about 6 inches of snow last week end. Wednesday it poured,
> absolutely poured most of the day then the temperatures plummeted
> and they predicted lots of ice. Thursday morning I had an eye doctor
> appointment but streets were clear but it never got over 24° and quite
> windy. It's pretty here today but still breezy and only about 33°.

On Monday we had a foot and a half of snow. The next day it warmed up
to almost 40 degrees so a lot of it melted, and then in the afternoon it
plummeted. Luckily our driveway was cleared out enough that it all
melted before the big freeze.

I was worried about an eye appointment yesterday. I thought I was going
to be dilated. That would have meant driving west near sun down with all
that snow to reflect the bright setting sun. As it turned out, I was
not dilated for this one. I have to go back for a consultation on
Wednesday.


Thank goodness for Covid protocols. Show up in time for your appointment
5 minutes early, they see you right away. Pre covid I often had to wait
two hours or more for appointments.

>
> I did see on the news that sometime this past week that Spartanburg,
> SC even got snow!!

An inch or two down there would cause as much chaos as a foot does to
us. That foot and a half.... that really messed things up.

[US Janet]

On Sat, 22 Jan 2022 16:19:09 -0600, Sqwertz <sqwe...@gmail.invalid>
wrote:

for some reason I just expect TX to get snow. (and bad weather) But
S. Carolina and snow? not so much. Every once in awhile Nashville
area gets hit with some doozy weather. New Jersey gets really bad
sometimes too.
Janet US

[Bruce]

On Sat, 22 Jan 2022 16:19:09 -0600, Sqwertz <sqwe...@gmail.invalid>
wrote:

Ghe? Uhm, can you go into more detail? I don't get it

[Bruce]

[Bruce]

On Sat, 22 Jan 2022 15:55:15 -0700, US Janet <USJ...@jan6noplace.com>

[Hank Rogers]

Hell, yoose like Popeye. Yoose live in a special place.

[Bruce]

On Sat, 22 Jan 2022 19:06:20 -0600, Hank Rogers <Ha...@nospam.invalid>
wrote:

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

On Saturday, January 22, 2022 at 4:19:14 PM UTC-6, Sqwertz wrote:
>
> On Sat, 22 Jan 2022 12:24:18 -0800 (PST), itsjoan...@webtv.net
> wrote:
> >
> > Thursday morning I had an eye doctor
> > appointment but streets were clear but it never got over 24° and quite
> > windy.
> >

> You seem to have a lot of eye doctor appts.
>

Some are eye exams, some are glaucoma checks, and this one was for
'dry eyes.' I can't say that I've really noticed any dry eye problems but the
scrub and eye drops he gave me have seemed to sooth my eyes and they
do feel better. But then again, I didn't think I had a problem.

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

On Saturday, January 22, 2022 at 4:44:29 PM UTC-6, Dave Smith wrote:
>
> On Monday we had a foot and a half of snow. The next day it warmed up
> to almost 40 degrees so a lot of it melted, and then in the afternoon it
> plummeted. Luckily our driveway was cleared out enough that it all
> melted before the big freeze.
>

Our Wednesday downpour melted all our snow.

>
> I was worried about an eye appointment yesterday. I thought I was going
> to be dilated. That would have meant driving west near sun down with all
> that snow to reflect the bright setting sun. As it turned out, I was
> not dilated for this one. I have to go back for a consultation on
> Wednesday.
>

Head to Walmart or Walgreens and buy some of those sunglasses that go
over you regular glasses and shuts out all the sunlight. I also wear these
when I bike ride as they stop the wind from drying out my eyes.

https://i.postimg.cc/CMCk2Xbk/Sunglasses.jpg

[Dave Smith]

I went to an ophtamologist about a fat deposit on the side of my eye and
that was monitored for a couple years before the doc determined it was
not growing and nothing needed to be done. However, I did have dry eye,
which was likely because I had had a chilazion, a cyst in a plugged tear
duct. The surgery for that left me short a tear duct.

The treatment was pretty simple. He told me to use Sustane eye drops
daily. I usually forget. When my eye starts to bother me I put a drop or
two in. It does such a good job that I don't need it again for a few days.

[GM]

I think you do.

[Dave Smith]

On 2022-01-22 10:07 p.m., itsjoan...@webtv.net wrote:
> On Saturday, January 22, 2022 at 4:44:29 PM UTC-6, Dave Smith wrote:
>>
>> On Monday we had a foot and a half of snow. The next day it warmed up
>> to almost 40 degrees so a lot of it melted, and then in the afternoon it
>> plummeted. Luckily our driveway was cleared out enough that it all
>> melted before the big freeze.
>>
> Our Wednesday downpour melted all our snow.

A downpour after almost 20" of snow would have been a disaster. The snow
was blocking all the drains.

>>
>> I was worried about an eye appointment yesterday. I thought I was going
>> to be dilated. That would have meant driving west near sun down with all
>> that snow to reflect the bright setting sun. As it turned out, I was
>> not dilated for this one. I have to go back for a consultation on
>> Wednesday.
>>
> Head to Walmart or Walgreens and buy some of those sunglasses that go
> over you regular glasses and shuts out all the sunlight. I also wear these
> when I bike ride as they stop the wind from drying out my eyes.
>
> https://i.postimg.cc/CMCk2Xbk/Sunglasses.jpg

I am wary of double sun blocking. I have a fairly dark prescription
sunglasses. I was out on the motorcycle with a friend a couple years ago
and was wearing the sunglasses and, because of the low setting sun I had
the dark helmet visor down. I was stopped at a bad intersection, coming
out on a curve and a downhill to the left. I thought it was clear and
started out and then realized there was a big black bus with tinted
windshield coming up the hill and around the bend. I slammed on the
brake and had to push myself back really fast.

>

[Bruce]

Uhm, Dit is mijn kikker. Ghe Ghe Ghe.

[Bruce]

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

I do like these as they block out any light creeping in around the sides
after dilation. Also, when riding my bike they're simply great to keep
my eyes from drying out. I found that out the first time I was riding and
was enjoying the wind in my face until I got home. Twenty minutes later
my eyes felt like they were on fire and dry as a bone. I used a LOT of eye
drops that day for several hours.

A hard lesson learned but not forgotten.

[Sqwertz]

On Sat, 22 Jan 2022 18:59:24 -0800 (PST), itsjoan...@webtv.net

wrote:

It sounds like you'd be a lot better off financially by just not
going to the eye doctor.

-sw

[Gary]

My part of Virginia Beach (right near the ocean) got about 4 inches of
snow Friday night. First time in many years. Carol lives several miles
inland from me and may or may not have gotten more.

[Dave Smith]

On 2022-01-23 1:30 a.m., itsjoan...@webtv.net wrote:

> I do like these as they block out any light creeping in around the sides
> after dilation. Also, when riding my bike they're simply great to keep
> my eyes from drying out. I found that out the first time I was riding and
> was enjoying the wind in my face until I got home. Twenty minutes later
> my eyes felt like they were on fire and dry as a bone. I used a LOT of eye
> drops that day for several hours.
>
> A hard lesson learned but not forgotten.

Back when this pandemic thing started up we were told to wash our hands
before touching our eyes. I thought at the time that was going to be a
problem because I had a dry eye and my fingers spends a couple hours a
day rubbing my eye.

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

My Medicare Supplemental plan pays most of the charges.

[Bruce 2]

Uhm Yes. Ghe Ghe Ghe :)))))))))))

[Bruce]

Uhm, Ghe Ghe Ghe. This is my not frogger. Yes. Ghe Ghe Ghe :)))))))))))