My wife used to be a nurse and they used bifocals that were placed at the TOP of their glasses. I hadn't thought of that but maybe that would be a help for reading the score card! Right now in our seniors group we all try to shove the job of score keeping off on the other players. DeanS
----- Original Message ----- From: "Rchard w kennedy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Kennedy, Sandi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Vin Tomasulo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Bobbins Phil" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Katie Flipper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "KY Blue" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Marika Bates" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Stumpy Gerry Richardson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Al Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "TOM FLANAGAN" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 11:18 AM Subject: ShopTalk: Re: [n4ostealth] Eye Glasses! > WELL GUY'S have I got some news for you, yes the SENIOR TOUR IS SAFE, I > went out in my back yard yestrday, the 12th hole here at SEA GULL GC and > attempted to hit 3 brand new golf balls. Teed up the first ball all by my > lonesome, then preceeded to attempted to hit it. Well I hit it all right, > in fact I hit the ball about a 150+ yards, but in doing so I lost my > balance, which I really don't have much of now a days anyway's and preceeded > to fall right on my very large butt. The only thing difference between > this attempt to hit the ball(s) and my last attempt is the last time was I > had worked all day out in the shop and that I had walked out into the > fairway to hit the golf ball's and was very tired and my lower back hurt me > very very much. However this time around I had not done any work out in > the shop and when I got out there to hit the ball(s) I was using my new > Powered Wheeled Chair. > > Now I don't think that I really hurt myself, health wise, but up on the > green, about 425 yards away some one putting out yelled at me "YOU MADE ME > MISS MY PUTT ASSHOLE FROM THE GROUND SHAKING SO MUCH. > > But again this time around I did not "NEED" Marion to drive out on to the > cart path to get me with her Jeep, NO I JUST NEEDED HER TO HELP ME GET MY > LAZY ASS UP OFF OF THE GROUND AND BACK INTP MY POWERED WHEEL CHAIR. > > Well so much for my much antisapated return to the Golf Course > > RK / Dickie > > Glasses??? Who needs friggin GLASSES > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ed Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 6:07 AM > Subject: [n4ostealth] Eye Glasses! > > > Thanks for the info Bob! > I have a pair of single vision sun glasses that I wear exclusively for > golf and sometimes driving. Works great for me but haven't had my eyes > checked in quite a while. It may very well be what's wrong with hitting the > driver on the heel and struggling with my irons. I also have the variable > lenses in my other glasses and trying to play golf in them is really bad! > Putting is like trying to see a ball through the bottom of a fish bowl! The > slightest move and the ball is suddenly not where I thought it was! Reading > a putt is also terrible with them. Getting my eyes checked is just one of > the many things I have been putting off doing that I really need to take > care of. > Ed J. > > <All Incoming & Outgoing Mail Scanned by Norton!> > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bob Boone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2004 6:48 PM > Subject: RE: [n4ostealth] PCS Frequency Chart? > > > Ed J, > I don't have the chart and I doubt you hold any record for lip outs. I just > asked if anyone else had vision problems based on the fact I had an ancient > set of glasses and couldn't hit the stationary ball!!! When I got the new > spec's I was amazed how crappy my sight really was!! > > This is what I read and then ordered the Parfocals. As I said, they got wet > the times I tried them and stuck them in the golf bag and forgot about them > and after reading Bill's post I looked and found them and wondered why I had > not tried them again!! I will use them again and let you guys know how they > work!!! > > Though wearing your bifocals while playing golf may make you an excellent > scorecard keeper, chances are you don't like what you see: Simply put, > bifocals and golf are a bad fit. Because reading lenses are designed to > focus on a spot about 15 inches away, golfers wearing them typically must > drop their chins to their chests and peer over their bifocals to get a clear > view of the ball. > That's a recipe for swing disasters, says George Pronesti, a Philadelphia- > based ophthalmologist. The chin-to-chest position severely limits a complete > shoulder turn on full swings and can wreak havoc on your putting stroke and > alignment. > Pronesti's solution? He wants the bifocalized golfer to keep the chin up and > the handicap down by donning a pair of clip-on Parfocals. When in the flip- > down position, the lenses negate the bifocal prescription, allowing a clear > view of the ball. 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