Eye Care

Over the last 5 years Optometry has seen an explosion of new contact lens materials and designs.  It is now possible to fit almost anybody into a set of contact lenses if they so desire.  Lenses that were used mainstream ten years ago are now obsolete and have been replaced with superior materials which allow better oxygen transmissibility, bind better to your tear layer and have more advance optical designs. Somebody who failed to successfully wear contact lenses a decade ago will most like succeed now.

One of the areas in contact lenses which has seen the biggest increase in options is the Multi-focal contact lens group.  It is now possible to fit a big portion of the over forties group who suffer from Presbyopia with a pair of multi-focal contact lenses.  The freedom that these lenses offer to an active person is priceless.  Imagine being able to scuba dive and see your dive watch, or play a round of golf and be able to read the menu at the 19th without having to wear glasses.  As for the ladies the biggest advantage is applying make up and actually seeing what your doing!

So if your next eye test exam sounds like the one below, put your foot down and ask to be fitted with a pair of contact lenses.  Who knows, it might change your life! 

Frustration with fitting Multifocal Contact Lenses
by: baskotze

Personally I would choose Government.  Pay is better, hours are less, they have a good medical plan and they never go to jail.

What do women want?

The great Austrian neurologist, Sigmund Freud, had this to say about the subject. “The great question that has never been answered, and which I have not yet been able to answer, despite my thirty years of research into the feminine soul, is ''What does a woman want?”

So if Sigmund struggled with this, and he was arguably seen as the leading expert of his time on the female psyche, how can mere mortal men hope to answer this mystic question?  In an attempt to help men with deciphering this great question of all time, some sympathetic men's support group compiled this survivors guide to the female mind.  To all men out there, memorize the meaning of these nine words, it might save your life one day…

1. Fine: This is the word women use to end an argument when they are right and you need to shut up.
2. Five Minutes: If she is getting dressed, this means a half an hour. Five minutes is only five minutes if you have just been given five more minutes to watch the game before helping around the house.
3. Nothing: This is the calm before the storm. This means something, and you should be on your toes. Arguments that begin with nothing usually end in fine.
4. Go Ahead: This is a dare, not permission. Don't Do It!
5. Loud Sigh: This is actually a word, but is a non-verbal statement often misunderstood by men. A loud sigh means she thinks you are an idiot and wonders why she is wasting her time standing here and arguing with you about nothing. (Refer back to # 3 for the meaning of nothing.)
6. That's Okay: This is one of the most dangerous statements a woman can make to a man. That's okay means she wants to think long and hard before deciding how and when you will pay for your mistake.
7. Thanks: A woman is thanking you, do not question, or faint. Just say you're welcome. (I want to add in a clause here - This is true, unless she says 'Thanks a lot' - that is PURE sarcasm and she is not thanking you at all. DO NOT say 'you're welcome'. That will bring on a 'whatever').
8. Whatever: Is a woman's way of saying "Go to hell." (edited)
9. Don't worry about it, I got it: Another dangerous statement, meaning this is something that a woman has told a man to do several times, but is now doing it herself. This will later result in a man asking 'What's wrong?' For the woman's response refer to #3.

Just click on the picture above then click on play.  Leave the mouse alone, sit back and enjoy the fun.

It's always a pleasure spending time with my patients and during the eye exam we normally have time to talk about matters of life in between all the 'Which is better, One or Two's'.

So it came to be that Mr van Zyl and I had a a long conversation about his colorful 91 years of life.  Amongst other things he was held captive as a prisoner of war in Italy during the Second world war and later escaped from the prison camp and spend almost a year hiding from the Nazi army in the rural areas of Italy.

I asked him if her ever wrote down any of these war stories and he said not too much but he did write a small piece for a local newsletter which he duly send me, I hope you enjoy it as  much as I did.

Gedurende die Tweede Wereldoorlog het die troepe van New Zealand en Suid Afrika saam aan die kant van die gealieerdes geveg.  In daardie tyd was die wedywering tussen die twee lande op die rugbyveld selfs strawwer as vandag.

Oral waar die manne mekaar raakgeloop het, was daar groot bekgevegte, gespot en gespog.  'n Groepie het selfs op 'n dag in 'n besige straat in Kairo 'n skrum gevorm en mekaar rondgestoot.

From Zapiro

From Madam & Eve

From Madam and Eve

From Madam and Eve

Today, as South Africans, we are all celebrating the release of Nelson Mandela from jail, 20 years ago. Yes, believe it or not but that historic moment happened two decades ago!  Since the birth of our new democratic South Africa it has grown through its teenage years and are now almost ready to officially become an adult.  To guide us into our future adult life, our new President Jacob Zuma will hold his much anticipated state of the nation speech tonight.  A stately occasion the parliament have practiced over and over (and over) for the last week in Cape Town to get just right.

Knowing South Africans, I knew someone will have something funny to say about the whole affair and as luck would have it, I received a newsletter today from Mark Berger, a motivational speaker and team building facilitator.  Within the newsletter he wrote a funny tong in the cheek rendition of the possible South African state of the nation speech we can expect to receive tonight.  I hope you will enjoy it as much as I did...

Howzit

Today, we remember the release from prison 20 years ago of Madiba, our beloved statesman, inspirational leader and all round good oke. Some remember with joy, others with anger. (Some don’t remember at all.) I recall around the time of his release having many lively arguments with my soon to be father in law. We would sit in front of the TV as the news unfolded, him older angry and fearful, me younger, excited and hopeful. Two white South Africans with completely different expectations of the same event. One optimist and one pessimist, both wanting to be proven right. And we were. I was adamant that Mandela’s release meant the end of ap  artheid and a vital new beginning for SA. He was just as adamant that his release meant the beginning of the end for all of us.

Well it is now 20 years on, and here we are my boet.