What I heard on the radio, today.

[spedbug]

A recent study shows that those who smoke are a milliondybillion* times more likely to go blind due to macular degeneration in their later years. Another reason (as if we needed another) to quit smoking - especially we who like to read.

*Okay, that wasn't the exact number but I've forgotten what it was and needed to make the point that the percentage rate was very high.

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{{{{{{{ReggiesGirl}}}}}}}

I'm sure he loved that you got him large print books. That had to have meant a lot that you even bothered. Many wouldn't.

Hugs to you

[spedbug.livejournal.com]

What Ant said.

And, just because you might not have considered this, either -some people don't like being read to. If they can't read it, themselves, they lose interest in books. An aunt of mine was that way - when her eyesight got so bad she couldn't read, even with glasses on, she poo-poohed the idea of books on tape because the "joy of reading is sitting down with a good book".

She used to sit out on the porch swing most days and just contemplate life .. and, until she had a massive stroke, she was happy with her life.

{{{{{ReggiesGirl}}}}, he knew you loved him.