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Skriven 2014-08-30 11:15:00 av NANCY BACKUS (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av MICHAEL LOO
Ärende: Re: ice 859
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-=> Quoting Michael Loo to Nancy Backus on 08-27-14  11:48 <=-

 NB>> It's probably easier to find the fine print on your existing
 NB>> coverage
 ML> Probably, but I haven't had hardcopy of it in decades - I

Ah...  Not sure that I would have been quite so trusting...

 ML> deal exclusively with my broker, who is a nonprofit and
 ML> thus not necessarily invested in keeping such data around.

One would hope that he'd at least be able to access the info...?  Or you
could contact the company actually providing the coverage yourself...

 ML> It shouldn't be that way - all such enterprises should
 ML> adhere to the same standards -, but it is. Perhaps because
 ML> the people who populate these offices have more than a
 ML> touch of the countercultural about them.

Perhaps...  so they tend to shrug off certain things...

 NB>> and him not being of age yet...
 ML> Why does that strike me as funny?

Its usual usage in other contexts, perhaps...?   ;)

 NB>> I've heard rumors that lasik could fix astigmatism, but my eye
 NB>> doctor thought otherwise... of course maybe since i checked with him
 NB>> on it, the tech has improved there, too... but I kinda doubt it. 
 ML> Probably a complete lens replacement would be better for the
 ML> astigmatism, but as it's the length and shape of the eyeball
 ML> that is in question, a plastic lens might have to be of truly
 ML> weird proportions to remedy the issue.

yeah... one has some difficulty figuring it out...  I guess that the
plastic they now use has some pretty neat properties to allow for the
manipulation of it (in more ways than one)...  Astigmatism also is
affected by other factors, too, that a lens can't correct for, such as
degree of dry eye... so one might still need some auxillary correction
all the same... 
 
 ML>> Yes - we should plan for another picnic. Maybe I can do one
 ML>> where I borrow or rent a house belonging to my rich friends.
 ML>> The sort of people who are invited to and attend these
 ML>> events are pretty trustworthy, after all.
 NB>> True, at least from what I've seen since joining the party... ;)

 ML> So ... anyone nominating him- or herself yet? No big thing;
 ML> we have at least half a year to think about it.

Some year, we could go for another Boyd Pond picnic... as long as Linda
still has the cabin to rent...  ;)  But someone else could do it this
time... ;)

ttyl        neb

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