so it's been a bit since the last time i wrote. i've been half away across the world and back since then! well, not quite half way ... but across the atlantic at least. there have been times when i had ideas to write down ... book "reviews" that i was supposed to do .. but, apparently i've just been lazy. but don't worry, i've been doing a lot of opining, internally that is.
i do have an anecdote to share though.
let it be said - melpie is not smart.
she wears contacts. these are silicon contacts or some such nonsense and require this peroxide based cleaning solution. it's an easy enough system... you put the contacts in this little container that has a metal piece at the bottom. once the solution is in the bottle and is touching the special metal piece, it starts its bubbly magic and cleans the contacts. it requires 6 hours to neutralize - i.e. if the solution is not touching the metal magic piece for 6 hours, it will remain as peroxide.
i'm sure you can see where this is going.
so one morning, i get my contacts out so i can see. alas, the bottle has tipped over in the night. i think nothing of it - except for having concern that perhaps my contacts would have dried out during the night. they seemed to be fine though.
i get out the right contact and insert it into my eye.
PAIN. OH SO MUCH PAIN.
yes, that's right, the solution had NOT neutralized. i put a contact covered in a peroxide solution IN MY EYE.
so the next step is to try to get the contact out of my eye. at this time, my eye is not trusting me. it knows what happened last time it let my finger touch it. it squeezes shut, keeping in all the peroxidey goodness.
the final result? one red eye.
boy, did i learn my lesson.
p.s. nba season has begun - and indy better be 2-0 in the next minute or so. or else melpie will not be a happy camper.
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I used to wear contacts and used a solution which required a cleansing tablet to neutralize it. I can't tell you how many times I'd burned my eyes by forgeting the tablet.
So start opining already! I've been slowing builing a whole new site in the past few months. I can only work on it in little chunks, but it's getting close.
i always put my left contact in first. it appears you put in your right contact first. maybe it has something to do with me being right-handed and you being left-handed?
interesting.
when i was taught how to put in my contacts, the instructor lady made me do my right side first. i suggested it might be easier for me to do my left eye first b/c of the left-handedness ... or at least use my left hand to insert the contact .. her reply "TRY IT THIS WAY FIRST" ... which is why i put in my right contact first with my right hand. she was mean! anti-leftite, no doubt
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