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#1 Cpt_Micha May 15, 2009 7:56:17	No I'm not leaving ya'll forever or something silly like that. You're still stuck with me. Whether you like it or not :P In about 30 minutes, I'll be going to the eye doctor to get my eyes checked to get contacts. I'm a very happy camper right now, just letting ya'll know what's up.
#2 s-marrow May 15, 2009 8:04:14	Noooooooo, Captaaaaaaaaain! Don't leeeeeave meeeeee! I...I don't know how I'll live without you for upwards of one hour...
#3 Cpt_Micha May 15, 2009 8:09:13	I know it will be difficult. But you will have to manage. Remember Bane shouldn't eat spicy food for breakfast, make sure Zombie Babies links his [i]hell[/i] porn. Dirtyfrank is to stay dirty. And pigknight is to stay piggy. I might not make it back today, it's a full on day excursion (lots of stuff to do) and over the weekend I won't be here like usual.
#4 zombie_babies May 15, 2009 8:15:18	You bastard. I saw the title and thought you were actually bailin' on us. Jerkwad. :P What would the boards be without Jeff Gordon on them? :D
#5 Cpt_Micha May 15, 2009 8:18:28	*L* The joke that will never die. Monday I should have a new segment of F.A.T.A.L started. *shudder and vomit*
#6 ranadiel May 15, 2009 8:52:05	So will these contacts help you drive your fast car even faster Jeff?:P
#7 baneofelves May 15, 2009 11:02:18	Bye Jeff. Don't bother to write. We won't miss you! (But we will miss your flamethrower!)
#8 1_ton_ghost May 15, 2009 11:37:43	Okay, go ahead and have a seat. Comfy? Good. Alright, please read the line charts...
#9 bob_loblaw May 15, 2009 12:01:14	That's why I stopped when I got glasses...
#10 ciaran May 15, 2009 12:34:50	I figured you had to go do 30 days.
#11 baneofelves May 15, 2009 12:39:42	I know it will be difficult. But you will have to manage. Remember Bane shouldn't eat spicy food for breakfast, make sure Zombie Babies links his [i]hell[/i] porn. Dirtyfrank is to stay dirty. And pigknight is to stay piggy. I might not make it back today, it's a full on day excursion (lots of stuff to do) and over the weekend I won't be here like usual. I eat spicy food all the f*ckin time. And I just ate spicy food for breakfast! So go Chinco To mama !
#12 dirtyfrank May 15, 2009 12:43:48	You bastard. I saw the title and thought you were actually bailin' on us. Jerkwad. :P What would the boards be without Jeff Gordon on them? :D I know. It would suck to lose our Resident NASCAR Driver.
#13 Cpt_Micha May 18, 2009 6:58:42	So will these contacts help you drive your fast car even faster Jeff?:P It should... though it's really screwed up my sense of timing when it comes to braking for the turn. I eat spicy food all the f*ckin time. And I just ate spicy food for breakfast! So go Chinco To mama ! And it makes you really cranky when you do it! So quit! plus it's gonna give you heartburn later on in life. lol
#14 pigknight May 18, 2009 7:20:44	Remember Micha, some chicks are turned on by glasses. ;)
#15 Cpt_Micha May 18, 2009 7:55:21	*L* But many many more are turned off by them. :D
#16 dirtyfrank May 18, 2009 8:58:54	Then that's their loss.
#17 1_ton_ghost May 18, 2009 13:53:41	*L* But many many more are turned off by them. :D Don't despair. What you gain (basic awareness; seeing them clearly across the room so that you can even recognize/possibly engage them) is better than what you lose (theoretics on the "turn off"). Besides, would you want to be w/ a girl that was that petty? It's not like you can't take them off before you do the grown up. Contacts? Lasik?
#18 Cpt_Micha May 18, 2009 13:55:10	Contacts do everything glasses do but better :P Only thing I don't like about my contacts so far is putting the left one in every morning. (the right gives me no problems at all) Eventually I'm so getting lasik done. It'll be like Contacts, but without the putting them in and taking them out part!
#19 dirtyfrank May 18, 2009 13:58:12	Contacts do everything glasses do but better :P Except the cool glasses look. See. Ya can't be cool without glasses. And ya can't be awesomely cool without a monocle. ;)
#20 pigknight May 18, 2009 15:27:18	I look weird without glasses.
#21 zombie_babies May 18, 2009 15:29:54	I look weird with glasses. Fix'd. How's that treatin' yer fragile self-esteem, piggy-boy? Muahahahaha!! ;) :P
#22 celloshane May 18, 2009 15:37:10	Hope the contacts are treating you alright Cap. It took me a long time to get used to them (the first time I had to put them in by myself it took me 4 hours) but I'm happy now. Plus those of us with contacts can just take them out and put glasses back on when we need to look classy.
#23 toastedamphibian May 19, 2009 0:34:24	I look weird with or without glasses. Really fixed. Don't let Z_B fix things for you, he does shoddy work.
#24 Forgember May 19, 2009 5:17:34	Contacts just seem like one of them crazy modern things than any sensible person would say no to. By sensible I mean the average 10 year old, generally in todays society you get the most wisdom out of people in that age group. Lets see what an encounter with a 10 year old on the subject of contacts might be like, Adult - "Hello there Timmy, how would you like to place these little lenses on your eyeballs every day, if you lucky you might even get one stuck or poke yourself in the eye several times each morning." Timmy the 10 Year Old - "That seems real interesting mister but I'm pretty sure sticking anything in my eye is bad." Nothing good can come from people sticking things in their eyes, don't do it! Needles are ok. ;)
#25 Cpt_Micha May 19, 2009 7:19:06	*L* I have yet to poke myself in the eye. You aren't supposed to jam them in you know :P celloshane oh yes they are working out just fine so far. It takes me about 10 minutes to get them in. (first day took about 30!) heh my glasses are so beat up that if I wore them I'd look less classy lol.
#26 1_ton_ghost May 19, 2009 10:43:00	Ok, to get to the point; far/near-sighted, stigmatism, x-planar vision, seeing ghosts, infra-red migraines, telescopic inspector gadget pervo mods, what? Me, a bit near-sighted, but still Class 'D' opearator, no restrictions (no corrective lens, Ohio). ie) I can drive w/out them, but I'm guessing they'll punch my ticket when I re-up on my b-day this year (new plastic -> new eye test). Otherwise, it's shades in day transit, though glasses come out if it's a new place/unfamiliar/wonky directions. 'Scription ones at night, movie theatre, occaisional rock show/symphony, paintball/shooting, and FPSs @ home. Never got contacts; very sensitive eyes, apprehension, or perhaps, simply, unwilling to go through the hassle since I wear these so intermittently. I knew senior yr high school if I wore them all the time, I would become more dependent upon them. '95 to present; so far so good, still legal w/out. Anyway, if you're myopic Micha, sometimes it corrects itself. We tend to get far-sighteded in our later/golden years for what it's worth, hence grandpa's reading glasses for old timey porn.
#27 Cpt_Micha May 19, 2009 11:41:36	yeah I think my vision is actually better now than it was in highschool without corrective lenses.
#28 celloshane May 20, 2009 17:35:01	*L* I have yet to poke myself in the eye. You aren't supposed to jam them in you know :P celloshane oh yes they are working out just fine so far. It takes me about 10 minutes to get them in. (first day took about 30!) heh my glasses are so beat up that if I wore them I'd look less classy lol. You're doing better than me! Sometimes it still takes me 10 minutes to get mine in, I guess my eyes are fairly sensitive. Still, I prefer the freedom of contacts. I just have to remember not rub my eyes while I'm scanning my health insurance docs for a loophole that allows laser surgery :P
#29 The_White_Sorcerer May 20, 2009 23:27:53	If you was a lady, I'd be all "NOOOO, don't ditch the glasses, hot librarian!" But since you's a dude, I'm all "Meh."
#30 Cpt_Micha May 21, 2009 8:20:36	Yeah, I wanna know what mythical insurance covers lasik.
#31 cherubaddon May 21, 2009 8:27:30	Meh, I like my glasses. Though I'm with df on the monocle thing - I'm still considering getting a single contact and a monocle for special occasions...
#32 1_ton_ghost May 21, 2009 13:18:32	Yeah, I wanna know what mythical insurance covers lasik. Look into flight school/jobs. Remember, "The keenest eye is that which looks inward" though ;). Cherubaddon: Meh, I like my glasses. Though I'm with df on the monocle thing "Your papers please..." Sorry, couldn't pass this up. Btw, it's just a terrible coincidence (German, monocle, etc). Left over .jpeg from a heated mechanics debate a few months ago in Previous Editions. What a great idea for a comedy, right? Allied prisoners in a P.O.W. camp? Wtf?
#33 cherubaddon May 21, 2009 13:34:43	...yeah, I know that's sort of the problem. See, if I was French, no problem - "yeah, wearing a monocle, somewhat odd guy, whatever". But as a German, that's an immediate throwback to good ol' 19th century times - or, in most foreigners' imaginations, to not-quite-so-good ol' Wehrmacht times. You fall in with the stereotype immediately. It's what's kept me from doing it so far (that, and financial concerns). Ah well, maybe I'll one day muster the strength to not care... ...which isn't to say that your inspirational poster doesn't fit me perfectly ;).
#34 1_ton_ghost May 21, 2009 13:51:50	I feel you. Basically, in the West as you say, you fall into 2 types of established stereotypes when wearing a monocle: 1) The strict, authoritative German task master. "Verbotten! Du bist ein hund!" (German's a little iffy, sorry if I butchered that) 2) The stuffy English blue blood, usually at a foxhunt or gala. "Geeves, another bottle of our finest for our colonial frien- pardon, what did you say your name was again?" Then the ultra rare bohemian artiste type that sports a monocle...with vintage chucks, a witty polisci 'T', and expensive "worn" jeans. $150 for the homeless look.;)
#35 cherubaddon May 21, 2009 14:51:47	I feel you. Basically, in the West as you say, you fall into 2 types of established stereotypes when wearing a monocle: 1) The strict, authoritative German task master. "Verbotten! Du bist ein hund!" (German's a little iffy, sorry if I butchered that) 2) The stuffy English blue blood, usually at a foxhunt or gala. "Geeves, another bottle of our finest for our colonial frien- pardon, what did you say your name was again?" Then the ultra rare bohemian artiste type that sports a monocle...with vintage chucks, a witty polisci 'T', and expensive "worn" jeans. $150 for the homeless look.;) Yeah, who knows, maybe I will get there one day - my friends are slowly getting used to my crazed antics coming up every now and then, and my contacts to other people who might mind the the cliché thing is minimal (as is mutual interest ;) ), so there really shouldn't be too much stopping me. After all, I already do have the silver pocket watch to go with it...