MEOW #158 Can't See the Forest for the Trees

[DrTom]

Heading for home:

So going into the final turn we have:
11 hoover
61 Qmark
62 Carolyn B
63 Mikey G
64 Cap'n Rick

As pointed out I DID moss hoover (mea culpa, I guess I was so overwhelmed with seeing all those solvers I skipped you) so there are 64 intrepid souls that made the trip into the woods.

I also realized that I never did any nudges. It appeared that everyone was solving without them and I forgot, but here are three that I hope are not too late:

This mechanism involving tress has been used before in slightly different ways, but if you can find the trees you can find the eanswer

How might a sneaky constructor hide a tree name in the grid? I mean how do people commonly hide LOTS of things in a grid?

Would it help if I told you that I started life as a BREECH baby? Maybe that explains why I am such a NUT?

[KayW]

No, just talk to your ophthalmologist and see if he/she thinks you are a candidate. Intraocular lenses are not a "once and done" thing; if you have the money and desire they can be removed and upgraded. Fair warning though, insurance often pays for the lenses and/or operation if it is for cataracts, they are unlikely to if it is just a patient's desire to have better lenses. Additionally, the accommodating intraocular lenses do not always give the close up vision that people want. There are also multifocal intraocular that do not depend on the ciliary body, the lenses are designed to have multifocal properties. Think "multifocal contacts" except intraocular. Again, this is something that you should discuss with your specialist because I am just a reporter here, having no ophthalmologic experience other than years of bad eyesight.

Thank you for the PSA @DrTom! I am saving this post as I am probably due for cataract surgery in about 3 years, per my ophthalmologist.

[DrTom]

No, just talk to your ophthalmologist and see if he/she thinks you are a candidate. Intraocular lenses are not a "once and done" thing; if you have the money and desire they can be removed and upgraded. Fair warning though, insurance often pays for the lenses and/or operation if it is for cataracts, they are unlikely to if it is just a patient's desire to have better lenses. Additionally, the accommodating intraocular lenses do not always give the close up vision that people want. There are also multifocal intraocular that do not depend on the ciliary body, the lenses are designed to have multifocal properties. Think "multifocal contacts" except intraocular. Again, this is something that you should discuss with your specialist because I am just a reporter here, having no ophthalmologic experience other than years of bad eyesight.

Thank you for the PSA @DrTom! I am saving this post as I am probably due for cataract surgery in about 3 years, per my ophthalmologist.

Most welcome Kay. I could not wait until my eyes had cataracts bad enough to operate on. I have the monovision where they put a distance lens in the dominant eye and close in the other and your brain stitches them together. It isn't for everyone but it worked well for me. I went from VERY strong glasses to nothing at all since 2013. I'm having some issues now but that is because of another problem. I highly recommend it.

T

[KayW]

No, just talk to your ophthalmologist and see if he/she thinks you are a candidate. Intraocular lenses are not a "once and done" thing; if you have the money and desire they can be removed and upgraded. Fair warning though, insurance often pays for the lenses and/or operation if it is for cataracts, they are unlikely to if it is just a patient's desire to have better lenses. Additionally, the accommodating intraocular lenses do not always give the close up vision that people want. There are also multifocal intraocular that do not depend on the ciliary body, the lenses are designed to have multifocal properties. Think "multifocal contacts" except intraocular. Again, this is something that you should discuss with your specialist because I am just a reporter here, having no ophthalmologic experience other than years of bad eyesight.

Thank you for the PSA @DrTom! I am saving this post as I am probably due for cataract surgery in about 3 years, per my ophthalmologist.

Most welcome Kay. I could not wait until my eyes had cataracts bad enough to operate on. I have the monovision where they put a distance lens in the dominant eye and close in the other and your brain stitches them together. It isn't for everyone but it worked well for me. I went from VERY strong glasses to nothing at all since 2013. I'm having some issues now but that is because of another problem. I highly recommend it.

T

LOL Tom I feel the same - every time I get my eyes examined I ask hopefully "are we there yet?" One of these years... soon...

[Jeremy Smith]

Cat's out of the woods. Almost forgot the MEOW this week--glad I remembered. Thanks, DrT!

[DrTom]

and the hits just keep on coming!!!

65 edestlin
66 Jeremy Smith
67 Sendhil Revuluri

Three more, well bless my soul there are a lot of loose cats. Thanks everyone!

[DrTom]

The Reveal

Thank you to the MANY (69 an new record for me) solvers. I am so glad you liked it and found me a fun guy!! You get Ben tomorrow and then I am back the following week, hopefully with another popular one.