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Postby Suffs » Sun Nov 05, 2017 2:52 pm

Flash in galleries and museums is so often totally useless because of glazed frames or varnished finishes on paintings and glass cases etc. A decent camera and the correct settings are what's needed. :)

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Postby Gillthepainter » Sun Nov 05, 2017 3:09 pm

Oh I've got one of those, a decent camera.
Although I'm a dud when it comes to those manual settings, but I do love it. I've just discovered the "pets, landscape, food, portrait" settings.
But the image isn't as good as Auto.

I'll leave them well alone.

I think it's sad when you find out that you are viewing replicas. Obviously necessary, but a disappointment nevertheless.
We were one of the first people to go to the Sistine Chapel when it was revealed.
And some schoolgirls deliberately took a photo trying to be secretive about it.

Blimey! Sirens, warning alarms, announcement not to take photos. And the security guards threw them out ..... Yessss!
Maybe they've turned the alarms off now?

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Postby Joanbunting » Sun Nov 05, 2017 5:52 pm

I vividly remeber going to the Louvre to see Mona after she had been restored and rehoused. Despite all the No Camera notices we just could see her because of all the Japenese/Chinese/ oriental tourists taking pictures on thier mobile phones. Not one of them actually looked at the picture, the room or anything else. I found it very very hard to control my frustration and hit them all on their heads or push them out of the way!

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Postby Badger's Mate » Sun Nov 05, 2017 8:46 pm

It's remarkable how many people proudly post photographic evidence that they've travelled miles and spent a fortune in order to turn their back upon something beautiful. :D

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Postby Petronius » Sun Nov 05, 2017 9:26 pm

When we visited the Louvre we hadn't planned on bothering with Mona - it's hardly a secret - but found ourselves entering the room. What upset me was not only people on their cameras but elsewhere in that room there were some beautiful paintings - the upside was I could look at them without anyone getting in the way. :thumbsup

Equally bothered in the Sistine Chapel - I hadn't realised the ceiling at one end didn't finish as a right angle to the wall, but curved into it. That's even more amazing. Their were notices asking people not to take photos and to recognise it was a sacred place and quietness was appreciated. Fat chance.

I'm not a Christian but we do our best to respect the other cultures when visiting.

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Postby Petronius » Tue Nov 07, 2017 11:27 am

Yesterday, check cataract appointment at hospital. To be brief - hospital eye tests gave a better score than with optician in August. Consultant said that with my results he wouldn't usually put me forward for the operation. I've stopped driving at night but he'll argue my case on those grounds.

Almost a day later I realise the hospital tests were done in brightly lit rooms - opticians always dim the lights. Should that make a difference?

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Postby Sakkarin » Tue Nov 07, 2017 11:36 am

My night vision had deteriorated in the last couple of years. Generally, apart from bright sunshine, it's always as if the lights are slightly dimmed.

Oddly enough I spoke to a lady a few days ago who said exactly the same thing as you: she'd had to stop driving but was not considered bad enough for a cataract operation. As her husband has Alzheimers it makes life understandably more difficult for her not being able to drive.

Mind you my parents never ever had a car, and my mother nursed my father through ten years of Parkinsons/dementia.

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Postby Joanbunting » Tue Nov 07, 2017 12:01 pm

Petronius wrote:Yesterday, check cataract appointment at hospital. To be brief - hospital eye tests gave a better score than with optician in August. Consultant said that with my results he wouldn't usually put me forward for the operation. I've stopped driving at night but he'll argue my case on those grounds.

Almost a day later I realise the hospital tests were done in brightly lit rooms - opticians always dim the lights. Should that make a difference?


I just couldn't take the Sistine Chapel and the Vatican museum, although full of magnifient objects which I admired really just made me furious. All that wealth and beggars in the streets outside.

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Postby Stokey Sue » Tue Nov 07, 2017 1:58 pm

Petronius
Did the hospital and the optician use the same kind of chart? I think some of the light box or TV screen type ones are meant to be used in a reasonably dim room (just as it's easier to see the TV without too much glare), but poster types and some of the mirrors need a good light
Also your eyesight varies from day to day, one thing that affects mine is lack of tears, quick squirt of artificial tears (hypromellose) sorts it for a few hours (£1.99 from pharmacy but of course check with optician or doctor :balls )

According to my ophthalmologist many consultants / hospital trusts will consider a real need to drive as a key criterion for need for cataract surgery, if it is uncomplicated, so worth arguing the toss

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Postby Petronius » Tue Nov 07, 2017 5:47 pm

Thanks Sue, I had a similar thought, though different conclusion. Yes, optician had a remote to click on a screen whilst the hospital used the mirror arrangement. My conclusion, a screen is made of many pixels and the edges are not so clear, whereas print edges are sharper. The reading test was taken by a nurse who obviously knew the chart by heart. She had a stinker of a cold, sympathetically I said she was really suffering, a hint (I hoped) she shouldn't be at work.

The consultant did further tests in a brightly lit room – pressure test etc.

Don't think I have a problem with tears – certainly not whilst watching a programme last night about mentally traumatised ex-soldiers.

I think the consultant was keen to support me – OH doesn't drive and can't walk far – I'll wait and see how things pan out before taking the matter further.

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Postby strictlysalsaclare » Tue Nov 07, 2017 10:16 pm

Hope your cataract issue gets sorted Petronius. I will need to visit the opticians soon now I have started working again (hooray!). I attended the induction day today and start at 8am tomorrow.

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Postby jeral » Tue Nov 07, 2017 10:50 pm

@ strictlysalsaclare: Yes, good idea to see the opticians. I recall losing my "good" specs once just before my first day and had to turn up and wear two spares pairs at once so I could read the company's small printer font. Not the best start lol. Good luck tomorrow :)

On specs and cataracts, Petronius, they did my dad's one at a time for some reason so for a good while he could only see through one eye (or the other) since they didn't match any more until both were done so his lenses together didn't suit either needless to say. I honestly don't know what would be the most efficient way (timeline) of changing the lenses if you wear specs so something to ask about if you wear specs I reckon, or insist if both eyes need to be done, they are at the same time, especially if you're hoping to drive.

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Postby Stokey Sue » Wed Nov 08, 2017 12:46 am

Good luck with the new job strictlysalsaclare

Yes I think cataract surgery requires careful coordination with surgeon and optician
And probably stocking up on audio books and podcasts for the waiting period. Mine won't be done for a while as I don't drive and it's more complicated in my case

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Postby Petronius » Wed Nov 08, 2017 2:08 pm

Glad to hear about the job strictly, you'll do well.

Letter arrived this morning with an appointment for a pre-op assessment on Jan 10. Everything's on the move. :crossed

My right eye is OK - in fact if I was blind in the left one I'd still be able to drive according to DVLA!

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Postby Joanbunting » Wed Nov 08, 2017 3:54 pm

If you have cateracts in both eyes here they are "done" two weeks apart. Also you can choose whenwaiting time being anything from two weeks after disgnosis. The problem here is getting the first appointment because opticians don't do eye tests, even routine ones. You have to go to an opthalmic specialist.

Hope it all turns out well for you Dennis

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Postby Suffs » Wed Nov 08, 2017 4:46 pm

Our GP practice does cataract ops ... found that out the other day.

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Postby Joanbunting » Wed Nov 08, 2017 4:55 pm

It does sound as if you are very fortunate in the health care where you are Suffs. Long may it continue.

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Postby jeral » Wed Nov 08, 2017 5:06 pm

Petronius wrote:...

My right eye is OK - in fact if I was blind in the left one I'd still be able to drive according to DVLA!

Good news about early pre-op assessment date. I think they tend to get on with it soon after (or they'd have to do another if an op delay) so they might well have a provisional op date already scheduled provided the pre-op goes OK :crossed

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Postby Stokey Sue » Wed Nov 08, 2017 5:46 pm

I think when my parents were done they had the two eyes done 10 -15 days apart, just enough time lapse to make sure the first one was OK before risking the second

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Postby Sakkarin » Wed Nov 08, 2017 7:06 pm

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