Roger Merchberger wrote:
>
> Rumor has it that Douglas Quebbeman may have mentioned these words:
> > > > I'll bet you're presbyotic (far-sighted)
> > >
> > > Nit pick time. I think you mean presbyopic. presbyotic would be
> > > someone who can only hear things far away.
>
> Hmmm... from my High School biology & health classes, I seem to recall that
> myopia is nearsightedness, *hyperopia* was farsightedness, and I thought
> that presbyopia was either someone who can see near & far but not in
> between, or someone that could not see near or far, but what was in between
> was in focus... but that was a long time ago... and the health field
> changes faster than the computer field... (I was amazed seeing back 80-90
> years ago that over 50% of the folks that died in my town were diagnosed
> with "consumption"... I wonder what consumed them? Maybe squirrels??? ;-)
I allways thought "consumption" was TB.
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Received on Wed Dec 12 2001 - 18:50:35 GMT