[speedgibson] Speed Gibson: Coming of Age

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Posted by Speed Gibson:
Coming of Age
http://speedgibson.powerblogs.com/posts/1215833529.shtml


   I've worn glasses all my life, since age 2 I'm told. I got my first
   bifocals around age 50, and my eye doctor today said I'll probably
   want trifocals next exam. But you know, I came away happy.
   I am what I am. In days of old when knights were bold there were no
   glasses at all. I would be suitable for field work or hard labor,
   unable to read or perform any skilled labor.
   But I live in more modern times, modern enough to provide the optics
   necessary to let me see this wonderful world around me. Modern enough
   to provide bifocals and trifocals, and surgical options if desired.
   And I live in the best country of this modern age, where most can
   readily afford glasses. I can get what I need.
   Life is good in America even when gasoline is $4 a gallon.