Had mine done April 2001 right after I turned 33. My eyes (prescriptions) changed constantly since 5th grade. Contacts or glasses. I had to have the Bausch+Lomb machine for my lasik 13+ years ago due to astigmatism and while more expensive than the standard Lasik, it's still the best money I've ever spent on myself. Still see great - no glasses needed (yet), but my phone is starting to get a little harder to read close up.
I can't think of a single parent I know of that would use technology to help them monitor or censor what their kids watch. Including me and I'm a technophile. I enjoy touching my remote.
I downloaded the release candidate Monday and installed it on an IBM Thinkpad X-40 and am very impressed with hardware detection and overall ease of installation. As a lifelomg windows user, Ububtu makes the switch easy and a compelling case to use their distro as your primary OS. I've already been using GAIM and other open source alternates to popular applications, so the transition is relatively smooth.
I heard that Dr. Alan Parsons would be heading up the project personally. The "Alan Parsons Project" has installed a "laser" on the moon transforming it into a "Death Star". Just what I heard. That and something about Preparations A through G.
Here's our familiy's experience with 7 people getting lasik eye surgery from the LasikPlus http://www.lasikplus.com/contactus_google.html chain. My brother went in about 4 years ago when they were running the $499 an eye special. I was very skeptical. He had it done and his wife recorded the procedure on their digital camera shooting the TV screen that faces the lobby. The cornea cut looked excruciating. He said everything went well and reported 20/20 or better vision. His wife went in 6 weeks later and got the same deal. Her procedure went well. My sister and then mother and father went in in 2 week intervals after that. Everyone was very happy with the results. My dad only had one eye done and his vision in it wasn't as good as he had hoped for so he had one or two touch-ups in the first year (gratis) and is now happy with the final result. 3 years ago I had it done, but my eyes didn't qualify for the $1,000 deal, my pupils dialated too much, so my procedure cost $2,100 but also includes a lifetime of free touch-ups.
My experience:
Slight discomfort during the corneal cut - more like just too much pressure than actual pain. Vision correction was immediate - I could read license plates on the car trip home. After a 2 hour nap, I could see the TV and VCR clock with slight distortion. Next morning - alarm clock was 20/20 - everything else was crystal clear. I suffered from the night halos for about 4 months (I was 34 at the time) and now have 20/13 and 20/15 vision improved from 20/100 and 20/150.
My wife had it done a year later and we agree that it's the best money we ever spent.
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Had mine done April 2001 right after I turned 33. My eyes (prescriptions) changed constantly since 5th grade. Contacts or glasses. I had to have the Bausch+Lomb machine for my lasik 13+ years ago due to astigmatism and while more expensive than the standard Lasik, it's still the best money I've ever spent on myself. Still see great - no glasses needed (yet), but my phone is starting to get a little harder to read close up.
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I just got our bill for $32,600 for 1 GB of data over 2 days in Vancouver. Needless to say we are disputing it.
I can't think of a single parent I know of that would use technology to help them monitor or censor what their kids watch. Including me and I'm a technophile. I enjoy touching my remote.
I downloaded the release candidate Monday and installed it on an IBM Thinkpad X-40 and am very impressed with hardware detection and overall ease of installation. As a lifelomg windows user, Ububtu makes the switch easy and a compelling case to use their distro as your primary OS. I've already been using GAIM and other open source alternates to popular applications, so the transition is relatively smooth.
I heard that Dr. Alan Parsons would be heading up the project personally. The "Alan Parsons Project" has installed a "laser" on the moon transforming it into a "Death Star". Just what I heard. That and something about Preparations A through G.
My experience:
Slight discomfort during the corneal cut - more like just too much pressure than actual pain. Vision correction was immediate - I could read license plates on the car trip home. After a 2 hour nap, I could see the TV and VCR clock with slight distortion. Next morning - alarm clock was 20/20 - everything else was crystal clear. I suffered from the night halos for about 4 months (I was 34 at the time) and now have 20/13 and 20/15 vision improved from 20/100 and 20/150.
My wife had it done a year later and we agree that it's the best money we ever spent.