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My dad agreed to give up night driving.
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PennyJo
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Thank all of you for the kind words, she recalled they had taken my step dads
license when he was about 80 they sold the little truck he had also.
She was feeling quite a bit better before we left.
license when he was about 80 they sold the little truck he had also.
She was feeling quite a bit better before we left.
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At the dump last week with Kid#2 we witnessed a near accident caused by an older man backing up. After getting honked at he looked very rattled and my heart just went out to him. He probably couldn't see well enough to back up in the dim building.
(We have a transfer station where you dump your load in a huge shop type building and it gets hauled to a landfill.) It made me think of my dad who had macular degeneration.
I looked at my son and told him when I get old and stupid to please take my keys and remind me of this conversation. He just looked at me with a grin.
No, I said, oldER and stupidER.
(We have a transfer station where you dump your load in a huge shop type building and it gets hauled to a landfill.) It made me think of my dad who had macular degeneration.
I looked at my son and told him when I get old and stupid to please take my keys and remind me of this conversation. He just looked at me with a grin.
No, I said, oldER and stupidER.
PennyJo
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My step Dad became a very scary driver before they took his
we all refused to ride with him as he would look to the side and the car would drift
any way he looked we asked Mom to not let him drive
about 3 yrs before they took it away.
My Brother and I were all adults by the time he stepped into
her life they spent 30 some years together.
we all refused to ride with him as he would look to the side and the car would drift
any way he looked we asked Mom to not let him drive
about 3 yrs before they took it away.
My Brother and I were all adults by the time he stepped into
her life they spent 30 some years together.
PennyJo
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Neither Mom nor my Brother drive would at night for quite some time
Mom has macular degeneration as well but has always had astigmatisms horribly
wearing quite thick glasses since I have memory of.
PennyJo
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As far as Mom's driving has been very safe all the years, even now now
she has not had an accident or a ticket in 40 years.
Chickie'sMomaInNH
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heh, i do that with my mom too when it comes to take away her license when she gets old(er). she hardly drives anyway so she gets a good laugh.
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Dh gave up his license last week. His would have expired on his 79th (birthday) this coming week. I'm not sure he realizes that we walked out with a state ID instead of a license, but he's not wanted to drive in the past 4 years so I don't see it being a problem.
He used to be upset that his clothes didn't 'feel' right until I realized he actually meant that he needed his wallet, a set of keys (his are to a disabled wagon) and a few bills in his shirt pocket.
It doesn't matter if he has 7 ones or 7 twenties. He has money. It doesn't matter that he never needs the keys -- I did put a new door key with the car key. He has his keys. And the wallet in his back pocket could be empty of cash (I keep a spare $100 for emergencies in there) since we're always together, but he needs to know it's there.
Funny how the mind works.
He used to be upset that his clothes didn't 'feel' right until I realized he actually meant that he needed his wallet, a set of keys (his are to a disabled wagon) and a few bills in his shirt pocket.
It doesn't matter if he has 7 ones or 7 twenties. He has money. It doesn't matter that he never needs the keys -- I did put a new door key with the car key. He has his keys. And the wallet in his back pocket could be empty of cash (I keep a spare $100 for emergencies in there) since we're always together, but he needs to know it's there.
Funny how the mind works.
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I had that recent good news at the eye doctor appointment but light has to be just right for me to see comfortably.
You must have noticed; on a flat horizon, the sun is rising precisely in the East and setting precisely in the West. Our east/west streets are in a terrible position at sunrise and sunset, each day!
I was just out for a 40 minute walk as our dreary day has given way to sunshine. Dark glasses, it's painful to walk towards the West! Every driver is having problems ...
I hate, hate, hate to drive in the dark! Not only have I never had great night vision, it hasn't improved. Headlights coming in my direction are blinding. I have to just focus on where I'm supposed to be and trust the other drivers and that there is nothing on the roadway.
I know. This has always been the case and true with every driver. Good Heavens. We are passing within a few feet of each other at high rates of speed. It's nonsense to think of other drivers as anything but partners on the roads. Still, I'm moving closer and closer to night driving as a total act of faith. There is little virtue in this.
I've never cared much for machinery. Independence as defined by most any measure is pretty much an illusion. I ain't one to fight for a parking space nearest the soopermarket door, quite the contrary. I'm sure that giving up driving will be every bit as much a relief as an impediment. Yay.
Steve
You must have noticed; on a flat horizon, the sun is rising precisely in the East and setting precisely in the West. Our east/west streets are in a terrible position at sunrise and sunset, each day!
I was just out for a 40 minute walk as our dreary day has given way to sunshine. Dark glasses, it's painful to walk towards the West! Every driver is having problems ...
I hate, hate, hate to drive in the dark! Not only have I never had great night vision, it hasn't improved. Headlights coming in my direction are blinding. I have to just focus on where I'm supposed to be and trust the other drivers and that there is nothing on the roadway.
I know. This has always been the case and true with every driver. Good Heavens. We are passing within a few feet of each other at high rates of speed. It's nonsense to think of other drivers as anything but partners on the roads. Still, I'm moving closer and closer to night driving as a total act of faith. There is little virtue in this.
I've never cared much for machinery. Independence as defined by most any measure is pretty much an illusion. I ain't one to fight for a parking space nearest the soopermarket door, quite the contrary. I'm sure that giving up driving will be every bit as much a relief as an impediment. Yay.
Steve
PennyJo
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Well I will admit, long before Graves made me legally blind, I showed dogs as a profession driving all over the us weekly 51 weekends a year.
My night vision had never been great I had been in bifocals since my early 20's, I had never had an accident
with me driving.. I had had a few tickets over the years mostly speeding
My night vision had never been great I had been in bifocals since my early 20's, I had never had an accident
with me driving.. I had had a few tickets over the years mostly speeding
