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Originally Posted by Oberon
Well, I'm short sighted so for the most part I don't really need them, unless I ever drove a car which given fuel costs and insurance costs isn't that likely for the moment. I used to wear them at school because I was concerned that I'd miss something on the blackboard if I didn't sit near the front.
My eyesight has gotten better over the years that I haven't worn them, much better than it used to be, so I'd have to get retested if I wanted to get another pair since my old ones give me a headache if I put them on now.
The problem with my eyes that annoys me most is the Red/Green colour blindness, it hardly effects my every day life (except perhaps making spotting aircraft in ground clutter on IL2 a bit harder) but prevents me from working on the railways which was the job I aimed for since childhood because of safety concerns. My father had the same problem, but sadly for him, he only found out in the last stages of applying for the job, when he'd pretty much sailed through all the interviews and pretty much had the job guaranteed, only to run smack bang into the brick wall at the medical and fail the whole thing. Hell of a kick in the teeth for him it was, and unfortunately it's hereditary down the male side.  |
Red/green color blindness I always find that invalid because with rail signals the different color lights are in a different location so why not learn the locations? Maybe they want you to see a red signal from a long distance.Also at least in the US there are at least two people in each cab so if you miss something the other person should see it.
You can be a diesel mechanic on the locomotive engines for a rail road maybe.