Becoming a LASIK surgeon--couldn't imagine a more satisfying job.

Boatless now. Probably just crew this year, unless I move, want to move to Fla. Hobie is the hot boat here. This is Hobie only land. If I move I will get either a Blade or F17. Gives me the option of uni or two up.

Doug

Doug, last I heard you were looking for a Tiger.

Not for anything but interesting fodder.......
I have as clients a team of Lasik doctors. I noticed they all wear glasses and remarked on it one day. They tell me they are not comfortable doing it until they know what happens to lasik when the oldest patients become very old. That stopped my wife in her tracks.

I asked them also if other prospective patients don't ask about the doctors wearing glasses and they laughed and said, "Nope. Nobody asks."

Odd huh?

If you're snowed in and you are taking a prescribed drug for high cholesterol, you might want to wade through this.

http://lpi.oregonstate.edu/infocenter/vitamins/niacin/

Specifically: "High cholesterol and cardiovascular disease

Pharmacologic doses of nicotinic acid, but not nicotinamide, have been known to reduce serum cholesterol since 1955 (22). Today, niacin is commonly prescribed with other lipid-lowering medications. However, one randomized, placebo-controlled, multicenter trial examined the effect of nicotinic acid therapy (three grams daily), alone, on outcomes of cardiovascular disease. Specifically, the Coronary Drug Project (CDP) followed over 8,000 men with a previous myocardial infarction (heart attack) for six years (23). Compared to the placebo group, the group that took three grams of nicotinic acid daily experienced an average 10% reduction in total blood cholesterol, a 26% decrease in triglycerides, a 27% reduction in recurrent nonfatal myocardial infarction, and a 26% reduction in cerebrovascular events (stroke + transient ischemic attacks)."

The only word I understood Pete, was "Today".
I'm afraid to open the link!



But we are snowed in...... probably 20-30 inches of snow and 45 mph winds. Sun's coming out though!!! Gotta go plow.
Something like 17,000 people still without power in New Hampshire. I heard yesterday that part of the problem now is that they have run out of supplies like transformers and cable. Could be quite a while to get everything back. Side note: I'm sure the aid from all the UN countries like France and Spain and Italy is "on it's way" like it would be if the roles were reversed.

Niacin is a common vitamin that helps lower cholesterol. All drugs can have some unwanted side effects, so I was just trying to keep things simple.

Wow... from risky purchases to laser surgery to niacin to reduce cholestoral... hehe... anyway.. 1 of my jobs is with an alternative health clinic. they do like niacin (noflush) and good fish oil as a part of reducing ldl levels (bad cholesterol) and increasing hdl (happy cholesterol) levels.

I was the first in the US to buy the boat - I'd never seen it or even heard of it, so I felt like I was taking a big chance writing the check. After I got my mitts on it though, my concerns quickly melted away. Also, coming from the Mystere 4.3, I was making a pretty big jump in performance. After spending some time crewing in the F18 fleet, though, I really felt like that was the place for me. Two-up spinnaker catamaran racing is my favorite.

My first duplex.

We were just married, didn’t have two dimes to rub together, but came up with the money for our first “big” investment. We were 19 & 20 years old and scared to death. That first duplex gave us the equity to buy another, and another, and… Now (13 years later) we have 40 rental units, live in a decent house and I get to sail and ski once in a while.

Sometimes a blessing… sometimes a curse
See What have you bought that you regret thread.

I was because I thought I could race it here and still be able to race on the circuit, BUT 20 seems o be the only boat raced here. Think I will just crew a little and see how it is up here in Hobie only ville.

Doug

Craigs Gumbo recipe, hmm hmm good!

A myth, fairytale, or a hallucination at best. Kinda like a unicorn.

My part time neighbor across the street does LASIK surgery in Beverly Hills. He's the eyeball doc to the stars. Britney Spears was in one time before she went nuts.

a figment, of soooomeones imagination...... the imagination of "a desperate fool at the end of his pitiful rope, a madman your honor!"....


Name that movie.

That really is odd. I have been doing LASIK since 1996 (as well as cataract surgery and corneal transplants) and have been very happy with the results. I've performed the procedure on my wife, two sister, my father, my partner's wife, elite athletes, actors, state senators, etc. I will consider it myself when the need comes. That's not to say it's right for everyone. But it really is a wonderful, safe technology in the right hands and for the right eyes.

Eric:

Wish like HELL I could get it done. Doctor I went to in Houston said he coud not do it. Fix near sightness mess up far sightness, fix far screw up near. So I have to live with it.

Doug

I forgot until I read Dave's post, to include my contacts! Love to wear them sailing. Arbo, You got any gumbo cooking?

Brian,

If you want REAL gumbo, you've got to come to Louisiana (its the water...) everything else is just soup!

Clayton

Have to agree with Clayton. I may be the only guy in SoCal making gumbo and étouffée. I make it mighty fine, but there's an indefinable quality lacking... could be the air, could be the water, though Jerry's in P'cola must import one or the other, 'cause he gets it right. Made the mistake of ordering étouffée at a "cajun" place out here. Wow. What a miss.