tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post322964288063020510..comments2024-03-18T09:00:31.992-04:00Comments on Doctor Grumpy in the House: Grumpy Summer Vacation, Day 15Grumpy, M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09858110332436246760noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-53612640109391730612010-08-04T15:46:51.962-04:002010-08-04T15:46:51.962-04:00I used to be just as nearsighted as you... one wor...I used to be just as nearsighted as you... one word: Visian. And no I don't own stock in the company. Had surgery 2 years ago, best 7 grand I ever spent.<br /><br />http://www.visianinfo.com/Jen in Cincinnatinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-38837458211110064492010-08-01T23:16:01.634-04:002010-08-01T23:16:01.634-04:00I love hearing my dad swear at the GPS! Oh the won...I love hearing my dad swear at the GPS! Oh the wonders of family vacations!Elizanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-68643218127072487292010-08-01T03:46:13.681-04:002010-08-01T03:46:13.681-04:00He broke your glasses. While they were on your fa...He broke your glasses. While they were on your face.<br /><br />Why oh why do we have children?Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10106720865034468249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-66153308370287233222010-07-31T23:25:13.649-04:002010-07-31T23:25:13.649-04:00Wearing glasses on rides was one of the banes of m...Wearing glasses on rides was one of the banes of my young existence. I would visit amusement parks a few times a year with school or with my youth group. Our bespectacled compatriots have a couple of options to choose from when riding a roller coaster --<br />1. Always bring a small backpack and glasses case to the park. Put the glasses in the bag and the bag next to the ride attendant a few moments before roller coaster takeoff, and just pray that no asshole is going to steal it. Ride blind, and enjoy the sheer physical sensation of combined height and speed while not focusing on the blurry concrete ground that would crack your skull should the roller coaster fling you off.<br />2. An alternative for the ladies - remove the glasses and stick them under your shirt, looped around the center of your bra and nestled in the safety of your cleavage. Works like a charm.<br /><br />I'm sorry to hear about your glasses, Dr. G. This nearsighted fool commiserates. <br /><br />(On another note - I have a friend who, on losing his only right contact at the beginning of a weekend-long conference out of town, went out and bought a black eyepatch to cover the disadvantaged eye. All weekend long he played the pirate.)Bessienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-31210281949289847912010-07-30T23:27:47.631-04:002010-07-30T23:27:47.631-04:00I read this last night and didn't have time to...I read this last night and didn't have time to comment. As always, living vicariously through you makes me laugh Dr. G. <br />It sounds like a vacation you and the kids will remember forever. In that strange "did we really do that," kind of way. Thanks for the laughter.jamiegirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17344722771631497384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-37047893821514064402010-07-30T22:24:35.063-04:002010-07-30T22:24:35.063-04:00I grew up in Utah and am now a midwesterner. Read...I grew up in Utah and am now a midwesterner. Reading this made me miss Lagoon. *sigh* Cedar Point is awesome, but just not the same. Glad you had fun.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-34833189813276045862010-07-30T21:57:23.725-04:002010-07-30T21:57:23.725-04:00Dr Grumpy! You were about ten minutes from my hous...Dr Grumpy! You were about ten minutes from my house. Had I known of your dilema I would have come and taxi'd you and the kids back to the hotel--that would have been the coolest thing! Next time give Utah a heads up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-34783959168794009112010-07-30T20:34:51.065-04:002010-07-30T20:34:51.065-04:00No GPS for me. I just argue with myself, especial...No GPS for me. I just argue with myself, especially when I've turned South and I wanted to go North...<br /><br />As far as glasses--I have been nearsighted all my life, and except for a brief period from 17-23 have worn real glasses without being too bothered. (The contact era was cut short by allergies in the eye--the lenses started drying and falling out, constant irritation yada yada) But now I must take my glasses <i> off </i> to read and use the computer. What a pain! The next pair will have to be bifocals.<br /><br />As far as amusement parks, I like waterslides the best. Oceans of Fun here in KC rocks. (Except for the price--expensive!)The Observerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17696168395133075354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-79078078291831767072010-07-30T18:12:21.974-04:002010-07-30T18:12:21.974-04:00cataract surgery fixed my vision...now I only need...cataract surgery fixed my vision...now I only need reading glasses. Wonderful!! <br /><br />We refer to the delightful voice emanating from our GPS as "Bonnie the Beeyach" after my brother's ex!Bob in Tampahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17081667424988054801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-79082714430104493082010-07-30T17:20:22.121-04:002010-07-30T17:20:22.121-04:00I'm with those recommending corrective surgery...I'm with those recommending corrective surgery. When my neice was born 2 years ago my entire family wore glasses. Two weeks later I had laser surgery. Two months after that my brother-in-law had it. No one in my family wears glasses anymore - we just laugh at the old pictures of all of us wearing glasses!<br /><br />The incident that pushed me to get my surgery: I dropped a chair on my face while unstacking them (serves me right for volunteering at church on a saturday night) and broke my glasses, gave myself a black eye and got a huge cut on my face from the broken glasses. I spent most of the night in the emerg and then had to go into work the next day looking oh-so-professional. I actually had a patient ask me if I'd been in a bar fight the night before! Oh, and my glasses were taped together in order to stay on my face.SarahRxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-854946303707750702010-07-30T16:35:20.283-04:002010-07-30T16:35:20.283-04:00Guilty of swearing in the car, in front of the kid...Guilty of swearing in the car, in front of the kids. Their vocabularies were enriched by it, I claim.<br /><br />I sneaked past the height Nazis and got on several roller coasters at Disneyland preggars with the Engineer (I could have just been fat, right?). If I scrambled his brains at all, it is probably just as well--he's almost insufferably brilliant.<br /><br />Wait, scratch the almost.The Motherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15157821003454766570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-80751423734494720672010-07-30T15:10:27.514-04:002010-07-30T15:10:27.514-04:00Doc, you're in my stomping grounds! EPIC!
Lov...Doc, you're in my stomping grounds! EPIC!<br /><br />Love from Provo :)Savhttp://thecapitall.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-19302050058177487522010-07-30T14:06:11.568-04:002010-07-30T14:06:11.568-04:00I went to Lagoon this year after a several year hi...I went to Lagoon this year after a several year hiatus (in which we visited Disneyland multiple times), and was surprised by A) how short the lines really are, even the one for Wicked and B) how few rides I can even go on before I feel completely nauseous, even with Meclizine. I made it on Jet Star, Wicked, and Colossus/Fire Dragon before I was pretty much done. While the only rides I can't do at Disneyland are the circle ones.<br /><br />Spent the rest of the day at Lagoon-a-Beach and eating corn dogs and caramel apples. I must be getting old.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11001142784975569516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-37527488848104570442010-07-30T13:59:26.060-04:002010-07-30T13:59:26.060-04:00A couple days ago, my right eye became irritated (...A couple days ago, my right eye became irritated (heaven knows why) and I had to remove my contact. I went to put in new contacts, but I only had a left contact! I am out of right ones! So I tried to put on my glasses. I found them on my cluttered dresser, but evidently my children had found them first. The metal frames were all bent and crooked, so that if one eye could focus, the other one was blind because the lens was sticking out funny. And part of that little nose pad was missing. So here I am at work with one functioning eyeball. ACK! I feel your pain, Dr. Grumpy!Rothasenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-26352841788850080012010-07-30T11:39:35.556-04:002010-07-30T11:39:35.556-04:00If you and the family like animals & are still...If you and the family like animals & are still in Utah you might want to visit Best Friends Sanctuary, website is www.bestfriends.org<br /><br />They are probably the largest sanctuary in the country, around 2000 animals live their - parrots, other birds, mules, horses, goats, dogs, cats, wild rescues, pigs. They are in the golden circle of parks around Kanab Utah in the southern part of the state. Located in Angel Canyon on a few thousand acres. Yes they do schedule tours, have cabins on the grounds for sleepovers with the some of the animals, etc. It seems to be quite a few peoples vacation of choice, one of my friends goes every year.misanthropicobshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15705748740810839909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-85773618098169476732010-07-30T11:34:55.772-04:002010-07-30T11:34:55.772-04:00Can I come on vacation with you guys next time? Th...Can I come on vacation with you guys next time? These entries have been hilarious!kate sweetenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05456543724486391157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-58575246789349354182010-07-30T11:25:25.616-04:002010-07-30T11:25:25.616-04:00A few days before leaving on a trip abroad, I real...A few days before leaving on a trip abroad, I realized I'd donated my son's spare pair of glasses to the Lions Club, although, I think I'm more near-sighted than Dr. G, my teen-age son nearly rivals my near-sightedness, so this was one of the elements of a nightmare as we traveled on the barely heated train through a country that might not be able to grind a prescription very quickly should one's glasses fall off one's head. Best to never voice these thoughts aloud, as they might possibly happen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-43217388230187101352010-07-30T10:30:38.464-04:002010-07-30T10:30:38.464-04:00maybe you should have carried marie instead of fra...maybe you should have carried marie instead of frank, i bet she's at least 5 pounds lighter, and, apparently, girls have better ability to notice things than boys :pmongolian yaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-41655950147486078922010-07-30T10:29:41.535-04:002010-07-30T10:29:41.535-04:00I love Lagoon, especially Wicked! We missed going...I love Lagoon, especially Wicked! We missed going this year, but next year, I'm taking the kids, even if it means I have to go without my husband. I love your blog and am a long-time reader. Just wanted to say Hi from Utah!Jamie VanBeekumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08484127549784189232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-81801778764567728772010-07-30T09:58:32.309-04:002010-07-30T09:58:32.309-04:00I don't own a GPS because I often end up argui...I don't own a GPS because I often end up arguing with them (is that a turn or a curve?), but when I am in rental cars with them, I always change the language to Italian... Nothing like a sexy Italian womans voice tellin' you where to go....Even if you don't understand every word...staceyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08872800621811343464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-11681854876585073512010-07-30T09:33:02.714-04:002010-07-30T09:33:02.714-04:00Ugh, I feel you on the glasses. My vision was 20/...Ugh, I feel you on the glasses. My vision was 20/800 up until last March. <br /><br />I usually wore contacts, but at night, my cat would knock my glasses off my nightstand and under my bed. Dear God, no! Took forever to finally feel them out.<br /><br />At work one day I rubbed my eye and the contact came out. I panicked and looked desperately on the floor for it. I could not find it anywhere. Everyone was trying to figure out why it was such a big deal. I kept saying, "You don't get it, I can't see at all!" I figured I'd be wearing my prescription sunglasses indoors the rest of my twelve hour shift. <br /><br />3 hours later someone found my contact. I cleaned it the best I could and rehydrated it with normal saline. Then I put it back in my eye. To this day, everyone is amazed I didn't get MRSA in my eye.<br /><br />Experiences like those, and fear of one like yours happening was key to me getting LASIK last March- something I thought I would never do. No regrets now, though. I think the severely nearsighted appreciate it the most.Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13564731989568599206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-43513878538188652142010-07-30T09:12:56.587-04:002010-07-30T09:12:56.587-04:00Another of my favorite bloggers attended Lagoon re...Another of my favorite bloggers attended Lagoon recently. He especially recommended a particular ride for the level of comfort the seating provided - unless you were built like a normal adult male.<br /><br />http://larrycorreia.wordpress.com/2010/06/17/lagoon-its-what-fun-is-until-it-kicks-you-in-the-groin/<br /><br />Any chance you rode that contraption and just don't have the stones (anymore) to tell us about it?<br /><br />And you walk about with only the one pair of glasses you are currently using? Shame! Fie! You deserve everything that happened.<br /><br />stay safe.skidmarknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-30518708262229234322010-07-30T07:45:11.969-04:002010-07-30T07:45:11.969-04:00Recalculating....damn gps!
I love amusement par...Recalculating....damn gps! <br /><br />I love amusement parks as well, and eating everything that is bad for me while at said amusement parks. Great fun! However, I also love Disney (world, never been to land). Love it. I know it's expensive, but I love everything about it. Of course, we always stay at the campground, in our own camper...we bring our hotel room with us! Much cheaper that way. <br /><br />The coaster you have pictured here looks like something I'd maybe not want to go on. 20 years ago, yes, but I'm old now. :o But who knows, maybe. Would depend on my mood.<br /><br />In March we were at Myrtle Beach and went on a coaster. My son has cochlear implants in both ears. As we're going down a hill, one of his processors starts to fly away. These processors cost about $10,000 each. ACK! My son, 8 years old,grabs the processor in mid air and holds it onto his head has tightly as possible and doesn't let go. He saved his processor! He is good!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-79615728751205420482010-07-30T05:52:39.728-04:002010-07-30T05:52:39.728-04:00Just curious: why do you wear glasses when there&#...Just curious: why do you wear glasses when there's LASIK? I have no financial interest in it at all, but having it done was probably the only good investment I ever made.Kit Halstednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-64760397057187131602010-07-30T05:23:37.205-04:002010-07-30T05:23:37.205-04:00My stomach is dropping just *Looking* at that pict...My stomach is dropping just *Looking* at that picture!Marcohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09930813831113945752noreply@blogger.com