[Esteban]

Originally Posted by vreihen16

Young whipper snappers don't remember that the Dodgers were originally from Brooklyn, and played their home games at Ebbets Field.....

I think anybody who knows the game of baseball should know that the Dodgers started in Brooklyn.

If not...




Get off my lawn!!

[Esteban]

Dodger Stadium, a.k.a. Chavez Ravine.

[sygazelle]

Originally Posted by vreihen16

That doesn't look like Ebbets Field.....

It's not. It's the LA Coliseum where the Dodgers played when they came West. They played there from 1958-1961.

It was never meant for baseball. They had to put a a tall screen (net) up in left field because the foul pole was so close.

My dad took me to games there and I'll never forget him telling me that LA was lucky to get the Dodgers from Brooklyn and that he thought they would win the World Series, which they did 3 times in the next 7 years. It was a great time to be a kid and a baseball fan in LA!

[sygazelle]

Originally Posted by vreihen16

That doesn't look like Ebbets Field.....

Good eye.

[kscarrol]

Originally Posted by sygazelle

Good eye.

Seems like a couple older members need to get their prescriptions updated…

[Esteban]

Dodger Stadium is in Elysian Park, a place I used to hang out in as a teenager. At one time I lived close by in neighboring Echo Park. Some of my best times as a kid were in that neighborhood.

The L.A. Police Academy is also in Elysian Park.

[sygazelle]

Originally Posted by Esteban

... I lived close by in neighboring Echo Park. Some of my best times as a kid were in that neighborhood....

You can say that again!

[tturedraider]

A little side story about the Chicago Cubs. Back in the way early days (1885), before Wrigley Field, the Cubs played on the West Side Grounds and across the street from left field was a mental institution and it is said that in left field you could sometimes hear patients yelling out the windows. And from that experience came the saying “that came out of left field.”

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by kscarrol

Seems like a couple older members need to get their prescriptions updated…

I actually did get new glasses late last year. Made a big difference.

I had cataract surgery in my late 40s and early 50s and was less dependent on glasses but that has changed lately. Need them now more than ever and will have to stay on top of keeping my prescription up to date.

[Llarry]

Originally Posted by Esteban

I had cataract surgery in my late 40s and early 50s and was less dependent on glasses but that has changed lately. Need them now more than ever and will have to stay on top of keeping my prescription up to date.

Wow -- that's young to have cataract surgery. I think most folks have that in their 70s and 80s. I had mine in my early 70s and it was a revelation -- I've worn glasses since I was a preschooler and I could drive without them. Old habits die hard and I find myself wearing them anyway.

[Lady Jane]

" You don't stop riding because you're old, you're old because you stop riding."

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by Llarry

Wow — that's young to have cataract surgery. I think most folks have that in their 70s and 80s. I had mine in my early 70s and it was a revelation — I've worn glasses since I was a preschooler and I could drive without them. Old habits die hard and I find myself wearing them anyway.

Yes, it was young. I've worn glasses since I was fifteen. Mostly needed them for driving and watching TV. When I started developing cataracts I really didn't know what was going on. Didn't think it was cataracts because I thought I was too young for that, I was wrong. Things were getting cloudy and I kept trying to clean out my eyes because that's what I thought the problem was.

I have a great ophthalmologist and the surgeries went on with no problems at all. My lenses are very simple with one eye having a lens for close vision and the other for distance (monofocal). The lenses got cloudy after a little bit and I had the YAG laser procedure done and that cleared them up. It worked really well for many years, so well I hardly used my glasses at all.

Then last year things started getting blurry so I saw my optometrist who saw some bleeding in my eyes when they were dilated and suggested I see my ophthalmologist. By the time I saw her the bleeding had stopped and she said it was probably from high blood pressure (which is now under control) but I needed a new prescription so I went back to my optometrist who fixed me up and now I see great again but need my glasses most of the time now.

Cataract lenses are much more advanced than they were when I got mine and there are a variety of types you can get now. I am happy with my new glasses and as I mentioned above, will have to keep my prescription up to date where I used to just depend on my cataract lenses to see good. That's what happens when you get older.

[M_Six]

Last of The Honeymooners.

Joyce Randolph, who played Trixie Norton on ‘Honeymooners,’ dies at 99

https://www.washingtonpost.com/obitu...ymooners-dead/

[Esteban]

^ Almost made it to 100. RIP Joyce.

[M_Six]

The cause was complications from dementia...

This makes me sad. I hope she didn't suffer with that too long. Alzheimer's and dementia has been a curse on the women in my family. It's horrible.

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by M_Six

This makes me sad. I hope she didn't suffer with that too long. Alzheimer's and dementia has been a curse on the women in my family. It's horrible.

Tbh, I don’t want to live that long. Would rather go in my 80s and die in my sleep. Definitely don’t want to go out the way she did. Agree… horrible.

[ezaircon4jc]

Originally Posted by Esteban

...Would rather go in my 80s and die in my sleep. ...

As opposed to my petrified passengers, screaming with intense fear!

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by ezaircon4jc

As opposed to my petrified passengers, screaming with intense fear!

As long as my MIL is riding shotgun, I’m good.

PS - but I’ll have to dig her up first.

[Lady Jane]

The Y2K hysteria.

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by Lady Jane

The Y2K hysteria.

Y2K hysteria saved my brother's life. He was rescued from a house fire by volunteer firefighters who had to spend that evening at the station "in case" any Y2K troubles happened. Because they were already at the station, they were able to respond to the call much more quickly and got there in time (barely) to save him. He still spent weeks in ICU with smoke inhalation damage.

[Llarry]

...when you get a senior cell phone.

[Esteban]

^ GeezerPlanet