So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

[GHT]

Also, vanity, quite frankly (though now as an adult I don't mind the way I look in glasses).

Another vain Lounger here. On the right side of my face, low down, near the chin, is quite a largish mole. If I caught it shaving it would bleed profusely, it never hurt but I often got blood on my clothing and a blood stain is so difficult to remove, so I grew a beard. The whiskers were kept short, trimmed and very tidy. Come my fifties and the beard was starting to make me look like one of Santa's little helpers, so now the vanity struck once more. I would rather live with my mole than look like Captain Birds Eye.

 

[Trenchfriend]

@GHT

Aaah, you mean Cpt. Iglo!

 

[sheeplady]

Every several years or so I fall asleep with my glasses on. When I wake up in a half groggy state, I'm so excited, "I can see again! It must be..." Then I notice my glasses.

I could never wear contacts. They get one shot with the eye pressure pen at the eye doctor too. I'm convinced that a lifetime of glasses wearing has left me incapable of putting anything in my eyes.

Something trivial? I hate the commercials in online streaming and how LOUD they are.

 

[GHT]

Something trivial? I hate the commercials in online streaming and how LOUD they are.

Had to Google that, I often wondered what streaming meant. Never done it, not really sure what it is that you do.

 

[DNO]

I've worn glasses over 40 years and have never entertained thoughts of contacts. Last week, however, I had cataract surgery to my left eye and the improvement in vision is astounding. The doc figures that after they do the other eye, I probably won't need glasses. I don't think I'll miss them.

 

[vitanola]

I've worn eyeglasses since I was seven. Oddly enough I recently found my first pair and find that thie prescription is essentially the same as my current one, save of course for the bifocal for reading. For most of my life I've worn simple rimless glasses with cable temples, glasses like the Art-Craft "Rimway". Now that i have reached "that certain age" and my glasses are on and then off and then in again I've found that a pair of pince-nez on a thread is very convenient. These lightweight glasses are also suprisingly comfortable.

 

[2jakes]

Had to Google that, I often wondered what streaming meant. Never done it, not really sure what it is that you do.

The only time I would
experience loud ads is when
I'm downloading from a free app.
I keep the volume down &
have no problems.

 

[tonyb]

I, too, have had cataract surgery, quite some number of years ago. The procedure (artificial intraocular lens) corrected the vision in my left eye such that I am legal to drive without glasses.

But I rarely leave home without my spectacles on my face because, 1.) I see better with them than without, on account of the correction to my right-eye vision they offer, and, 2.) I'm so accustomed to having those little windshields in front of my eyes that I feel vulnerable without them.

Seriously, glasses keep the wind and all that rides on it --dust, grit, the occasional kite -- out of my eyes.

As to touching my eyes ...

That used to give me the willies, too, but after all those eyes drops I had to give myself to treat the uveitis, and the injections administered by the eye specialist, I've gotten used to it.

 

[Trenchfriend]

As a hobby-photographer with glasses, I like the feature of eye-protecting, underways, too!

Funnily, here you can see exactly my glasses-model: http://allefree.pl/galeria/841970/1.html

It's unremarkable, basic-design, solid and mine never needed repair. I'm happy with it, from the beginning on (January 2011). From 2003 until 2010, I plagued me with complete rimless-glasses and I will never repeat this.

 

[2jakes]

Trivial at full speed & every year is getting worser!

Today:
Left the door open to my car parked in the driveway.
The battery went out.

Yesterday:
I put a red t-shirt in the washing machine!
I now have pink underwear !

Forgot I had placed two bottles of soda pop in the top
freezer compartment.
Now I have frozen soda water all over the walls of the
freezer compartment.

In the past:
Opening a can of tuna in the middle of the night because I was hungry.
And upsetting the cat (Polo)
Think about it !

Changing the oil on my truck & forgetting to put back the drain cap
when filling the oil tank.

Wearing a shirt inside out & not aware until it was pointed out by the
friendly cashier at the grocery store.

Finishing business in the bathroom & no paper roll nearby.

Going to the mailbox at the front door in my underwear & the door closing & locking up.

Having to go to the back of the house to retrieve the extra key & jumping
the fence. All the while, the neighbor shaking her head as she closes the shades
to her window.

Once tried a bubble bath.
Forgot to rinse the tub really good.
Next time I went in the tub, I slipped
& sprained my ankle.

An oven who hates me.
Seems that every time I put bread inside
the grill...the moment I turn away,
the bread burns.

Life is grand !

 

[Bamaboots]

Trivial at full speed & every year is getting worser!

Today:
Left the door open to my car parked in the driveway.
The battery went out.

Yesterday:
I put a red t-shirt in the washing machine!
I now have pink underwear !

Forgot I had placed two bottles of soda pop in the top
freezer compartment.
Now I have frozen soda water all over the walls of the
freezer compartment.

In the past:
Opening a can of tuna in the middle of the night because I was hungry.
And upsetting the cat (Polo)
Think about it !

Changing the oil on my truck & forgetting to put back the drain cap
when filling the oil tank.

Wearing a shirt inside out & not aware until it was pointed out by the
friendly cashier at the grocery store.

Finishing business in the bathroom & no paper roll nearby.

Going to the mailbox at the front door in my underwear & the door closing & locking up.

Having to go to the back of the house to retrieve the extra key & jumping
the fence. All the while, the neighbor shaking her head as she closes the shades
to her window.

Once tried a bubble bath.
Forgot to rinse the tub really good.
Next time I went in the tub, I slipped
& sprained my ankle.

An oven who hates me.
Seems that every time I put bread inside
the grill...the moment I turn away,
the bread burns.

Life is grand !

 

[sheeplady]

Had to Google that, I often wondered what streaming meant. Never done it, not really sure what it is that you do.

I just mean watching something online provided by an entity like a network. We don't have cable so anything on TV we watch by hooking my laptop up using a cord to the television. Then we navigate to what we want to watch online, and it shows up on the tv. Broadcast doesn't reach where we live, so if we want to watch anything on TV we hope the provider puts it online.

 

[tonyb]

"Smart" TVs are cheap now. Ours picks up the WiFi signal so there's no need to hook up a computer.

Still, we rarely use that feature. We got all this other stuff available on-demand through the "regular" cable.

 

[2jakes]

"Smart" TVs are cheap now. Ours picks up the WiFi signal so there's no need to hook up a computer.

Still, we rarely use that feature. We got all this other stuff available on-demand through the "regular" cable.

 

[sheeplady]

We do our best to shut off the wifi capability in our appliances due to privacy concerns.

There's certain types of data I'm ok with being collected and there's others I am not. My line in the sand, so to speak, is when i feel the amount of collection or the type collected no longer outweighs the benefit.

I'm ok with my grocery card tracking what I buy, due to the savings I get (and the risk of hacking is very low). I'm less comfortable with my TV reporting back what I'm watching... and heaven forbid the copy I have was pirated by someone else or someone hacks it.

 

[LizzieMaine]

That's a big part of the reason I won't have modern appliances in my house, or a "smart meter" on my house.

 

[tonyb]

There's no avoiding the plain truth that we sacrifice our privacy in ways beyond our imaginings of just a few years ago. And it's certainly curious that more of us aren't pushing back.

Whatever pain all this data collection might be to Joe Sixpack, well, he hasn't felt it. And he'd rather not contemplate the matter, anyway. Got more urgent concerns.

That goes some way to explain the complacency.

Our collective attitude regarding privacy reflects this, I think. People shrug and say BFD. And that's not all bad. We're all in the same glass house.

 

[swanson_eyes]

2jakes, you win by a hair. I'm not quite as mishap-prone as you are. The pink underwear made me laugh.

 

[tonyb]

We do our best to shut off the wifi capability in our appliances due to privacy concerns.

There's certain types of data I'm ok with being collected and there's others I am not. My line in the sand, so to speak, is when i feel the amount of collection or the type collected no longer outweighs the benefit.

I'm ok with my grocery card tracking what I buy, due to the savings I get (and the risk of hacking is very low). I'm less comfortable with my TV reporting back what I'm watching... and heaven forbid the copy I have was pirated by someone else or someone hacks it.

The workings of this stuff is mostly magic to me, so if the following doesn't quite comport with how the technology actually works, please don't hesitate to say so,

I'm failing to see how viewing content from the Internet on one's smart TV presents greater privacy and security concerns than viewing that same content on a laptop, seeing how that content is coming courtesy of the same ISP.

Or is it that a smart TV leaves behind a record that not-smart TVs don't?

 

[sheeplady]

The workings of this stuff is mostly magic to me, so if the following doesn't quite comport with how the technology actually works, please don't hesitate to say so,

I'm failing to see how viewing content from the Internet on one's smart TV presents greater privacy and security concerns than viewing that same content on a laptop, seeing how that content is coming courtesy of the same ISP.

Or is it that a smart TV leaves behind a record that not-smart TVs don't?

So it's a couple of things that concern me, in no particular order:
1. Some of these things have built in cameras that can be hacked. (Note, hacking I'm defining as any use other than by the end user, i.e. the company could hack the camera to get pictures, etc.) With a laptop or straight webcam, the user can tell more easily it's on.

2. Communication companies are federally regulated in the US. (How good this regulation is, is another matter.) This regulation includes how they store your information and how they turn it over to the government is (somewhat) a matter of public record. Your TV company has no such regulation.

3. If you are viewing pirated material from a non-Internet source or any material you have physically, that information can still be transmitted over the connection. Everytime we pop a blue ray into our player, it tries to connect to the internet. I'm uncomfortable with LG knowing my dvd usage patterns, even if it is just watching Frozen for the 50th time that week.

4. With your isp, you know what information they are collecting. I have no idea what info my TV could collect. It's not in the manual. From a "researcher" standpoint, I find that unethical. I don't even know what sensors are in there. They could be recording the temp of my house.

5. I'm also opoosed to this because it really isn't a) necessary and b) I get no great benefit from this data collection. Your Internet provider tracks what you do online for practical but also legal purposes. (For instance, for anti-terrorism.) There's no good reason for your TV to track what you watch-except to make money off of you. And while we're all being "free guinea pigs" we are seeing zero benefit: no special coupons, no targeted programing.

6. Most people don't even know that these devices can send info back to the company. That's sneaky. I don't like sneaky.