Subj : keeping in touch
To   : Maurice Kinal
From : Andrew Alt
Date : Sun Oct 18 2020 23:39:22

-=> Maurice Kinal wrote to Andrew Alt <=-

 MK> Hallo Andrew!

 MK> Good to hear.  I don't have cataracts but my vision started going south
 MK> in my late 40's.  Before that I had 20/20 vision in both eyes, as well
 MK> as excellent peripheral and night vision.  The peripheral vision is
 MK> still good but everything else is nowhere as good as it used to be.
 MK> Mind you I could say the same about everything as time goes by.

I've been wearing glasses for distance since I was 11 or 12 (47 now).

Left eye was done on Friday. All good. I can see fine without glasses now, but not
20/20. Quite a change from my previous life. ;)

 AA> I got some OTC reading glasses

 MK> I can relate.  Also I am using kbd's LatGrkCyr-12x22 consolefont so I
 MK> can read these msgs without glasses.  Works like a charm.  Everything
 MK> else I definetly need glasses.  :::sigh:::

I use xfce-terminal with monospace regular 16. Though I could probably decrease

that now if I wanted to.

 AA> How are things on your end?

 MK> At the moment I am doing okay all things considered.  However some
 MK> extra cash for an epyc server wouldn't hurt my feelings any.  I see a
 MK> supermicro one that has caught my eye but my bank account says it is a
 MK> no-go.  Stinkin' banks.

Banks are great because they feed satirists, and writers on SNL. 2008 and 2009 was
a great year ;) (I've been watching a lot of SNL reruns during the pandemic)

 MK> Het leven is goed,

Das Leben ist gut.

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-Andy


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