BrianK

Update... I saw the eye Dr who can do the UV light adjusting replacement lens. 1 of 2 in the state. I'm not a candidate. The eye needs to dilate to at least 7.2mm. My eyes dilate to 6mm. But all isn't lost. My left eye will do fine with an ordinary replacement lens. The astigmatism in my right eye can be fixed with a Toric (was that the word used?) lens. And they'll cost quite a bit less.

The difficulty is precisely why I never tried it. Then after the block is made it's organic and needs to be used before it spoils. That's why I use 1 gallon milk jugs of water. And yes, I know it's not the same as B Gel. But B Gel isn't the same as flesh which it's supposed to sorta mimic (but doesn't). Too much effort for something that doesn't mimic what it's supposed to mimic. Water is lots easier to not mimic the intended medium. The other day I watched a video where the gent used parts of a dead cow. Now that was the right test medium IMO. I've also seen tests run on Boston Butt. Good luck with your testing.

FWIW, I HATE spellcheck and the computer filling in words for me! I needed to go back to proofread but forgot to. Not "maybe tears" it should be "many years". "Tols" in the above post might have been me since the s and d are right next to each other. Oh well.

S&W 9c with a spare extended mag 40ish rounds total. In a Maxpedition Fatboy slung pack. Unless I go to the gym. Then the fatboy stays home and I have a much smaller SIG 938 with one mag and the much less gear is in a fanny pack that I either wear slung cross chest or more frequently just carried by the belt. Lately, since biteme let in all the dirtbags I also take along, cased, a S&W 5" M&P with red dot and one ext' mag. It's my competition gun and with it I can reach out and touch. In all the years I've been carrying (since '82) I've used my EDC to dispatch maybe half a dozen very sick 4 legged mammals and one car struck deer. Storytime... Maybe tears ago on the way home a fox was in the road. This was during the day. Clearly the fox was very sick and was looking at my truck like it wanted to mate with it. I continued on home, maybe 2 more miles and I called the game warden. He was really pissed and asked why I didn't shoot it. A fox is a furbearer and the governor owns them. Not shooting it was safe for me. I was tols in no uncertain terms next time shoot the thing and let the wardens know where to pick it up. He was pissed that he was going to pound the puckerbrush looking for a rabid fox. If I'm going to be gone most of the day or far away I leave the M&P home and take the B&T GHM9 SBR with 6 29 round mags and can.

Today in the low 40s, with skies that looked like it was going to rain any second, but it didn't. But it IS coming. It'll start as snow then change to rain and snow mix for the weekend. Next week it's supposed to warm up . That'd be nice.

😁 I'd like to see Texas... someday. But for medical stuff I think it makes sense for me to stay close to home for follow ups and such.

yet another update.\: I saw the ophthalmologist who my optometrist says does great work. I asked about the light adjustable lenses that can get rid of my astigmatism. He doesn't do that, they don't have the computer to adjust the lense. But there's an eye center just a few miles away where they do it. At this point I don't even know what it costs. I have an app't a few months away. In the meantime the first gent did suggest that just filling my latest Rx might be helpful. They keep handing me new Rxs with the words, "But you really don't need to fill it. So I haven't. Now it appears it might be a good thing. So new glasses are on order.

Cloudy and rain low 40s during the day low 30s now @ 2100 with drizzle. More white stuff forecast for early next week. Typical spring in Maine.

Rinse and repeat yesterdays weather. Low 30s with rain. Tornadoes would scare the crap out of me! There are a few things I can say about Maine weather, but one of them is that after 99.9% of our storms everything remains standing. Statistically the state gets one F1 tornado a year. A devil wind came through my land decades ago and lifted 2x4s and such. That's as close as I want to get to a tornado.

Today low 30s and rain, sleet, maybe snow tonight. Miserable weather.

Typical Maine spring weather... mid 50s last week, today in the 20s with snow. I just moved the vehicles around 'cause there's no plowing what we're forecast to get (4-6") because the ground is soft and the plow would just destroy the lawn. So move the car out of the way and get the 4x4 better positioned. In being outdoors I heard what sounded like sleet hitting my jacket. But then I looked down and it was graupel. Sounds like sleet but looks nothing like sleet. Think spherical snow, that's closer. For a supposedly rare weather even we get it quite often. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graupel

Well, yes and no. By the time it got to us in Maine it had been neutered. We got a warmish 50* rain out of it. But that's not benign. The rivers are frozen and by melting the snowpack their water levels rise and there is the potential for ice jams. I haven't heard of any major ones and the videos I've seen show free flowing rivers with some chunks of ice. So we lucked out. But we still have an anal sphincter of a governor due to the woke southern Maine. Down there they think that a male can breastfeed an infant and TDS is rampant. So from bright blue sky and mid 50s yesterday to low 40s, rain and mist today. I was thinking of going to the range but as I age I get more and more wussified.

In the 50s today, and rain from the remnants of that devastating weather that claimed lives in the midwest(?) and down south. So lots of our snowpack melted. Our streams and rivers are swollen and that means ice jams since as winters river ice breaks up it doesn't head out to sea in an orderly manner. No snow in sight and that's good since the ground is thawing and soft (we call it mud season) and if we get any snow there's nothing I can do with it. I can't plow it out of the way w/o destroying stuff..

A case (5k rounds) of match grade .22 rimfire, SK Rifle Match. Fingers crossed that it's as good or better than the brick I tested.

Seriously bright sunny spring like day in the 50s today. All this coming week daytime temps will be in the 40s and 50s. But some rain is on the way. Typical weather for this time of year.

There are ways to label mags to prevent confusion. It can be as simple as camo tape, paint marker, or a purchased option. When shooting I never have both a 5.56 and the .300 BLK available at the same time. It's one or the other.

As it happens every year, the sun is getting higher in the sky and winter is fighting to stay in control of our weather and spring is fighting to wrest control from winters embrace. That means we can get anything, from blizzards* to spring like weather. So far nothing major in the way of snow. We've been getting an inch that melts in the first few hours of daylight. I can deal with that! Fingers crossed that we have an early spring like last year. I want to get shooting! *A few years ago we got 2 blizzards 3 days apart. That was "interesting". That was a first.

I agree. Lawyers fighting lawyers with OUR stolen tax dollars means nothing to these folks. But put 'em in cuffs and shackles and haul them away... that'll get their attention. My hatred for these people grows every day and I think many Americans feel the same way today. They only have themselves to blame for that. Last night the left clapping for the continuation of the war in Ukraine... pure evil. And that's just a part of their obvious disdain for humanity.

Was there ever any doubt? I never thought so. That's what prompted me to say "fuq it!" and decided to start to buy unconstitutional tax stamps to get the firearms I wanted. Previous to figuring out that I was already on "the list" I didn't want to be in the registry. But in for a penny in for a pound. The answer is the same either way.

Update... Saw my eye Dr yesterday and she started the ball rolling to get my eyes fixed. I had an ophthalmologist who retired and his replacement seemed to think he was God so I got rid of him. But my present Dr says that he does really good work and strongly suggested that I go to him (there are others locally, she has seen his work and says that he's the best). So that's what I'll do. Just waiting for the record of yesterdays visit to get to his office, then if his office doesn't call me within a week to set up an app't I'll call them. I still don't know if I'm a candidate for the UV light adjustable lenses.

too funny!

That was time very well spent! Thanks Doc!

Knowing nothing 20/20 is what I lean to also. It would be nice to wake up, look at the clock and read it without looking through a pinhole that I make with my fist. I've been doing LOTS of reading online and see that there are many types of replacement lenses, including one that focuses similar to the lens that will be removed worked. I don't know prices and really need to talk to someone in the know and that'll happen soon. But I don't want to make the wrong choice and screw up my shooting. Shooting is what I do. My wife had it done and she chose to keep her nearsightedness and continue to wear glasses. But I think I'd like to not be forced to wear glasses. Right now I can't read road signs on the interstate until I'm right on top of them, and I like to see the night sky and right now I can only see the brightest stars and planets so I can't navigate the night sky. And of course it's screwing with my shooting. I was blaming the scope, and it was partially to blame by throwing a cone of light onto the cataract. Aging sux! I used to be superman but not anymore. Tell my brain that! It still thinks I'm 18 years old.

Yesterday my wife had an app't with my eye Dr (we use the same one) and I wanted to briefly discuss the cataracts with her (my Eye Dr. . And she agreed that it sounds like it's time to get the cataracts taken care of. There's a 2-3 month wait then it happens for both eyes in 2-3 weeks. I've been wearing glasses since the 3rd grade and I know that they can give me 20/20 vision if I want that. But there are other options. If anyone knows what they are and the pros and cons I'll be a sponge for the knowledge. FWIW, I think I'll need to wear safety glasses 'cause an eye Dr decades ago told me that my eyes have lost the ability to blink if something contacts them. I also have bifocals so I guess it'll need correction for close in work. But I'm certain about none of that. I'm speculating. I'm nearsighted so right now my close in work is excellent. But anyway, if you're knowledgeable I'd like to read the pros and cons.

Our weather has been moderating. One night it got down to the minus teens. Today in the sun it was 48, but the wind is the killer; makes it much worse. Other than that it's a pretty nice day. Come on spring weather! It can't come fast enough. 2 more months.