Mine is bigger !
I just saw that
Cop Car has blogged about a Black Swallowtail butterfly in her garden.
So, not to be outdone, I'm showing you a photo of the biggest moth in the world, as seen in 2017 at
Klütz Butterfly Park in Germany.
This one is 10 inches wingspan but they can reach over a foot (32 cms). However they only live for about 5 days because they don`t have a digestive tract.
Basically they are just flying genitals, out to reproduce. This is a female.
The wingtip patterns look like snake heads, to discourage predators.
Comments (1)
Cop Car wrote "
Nice. That is a really large moth - even larger than the Cecropia that flashed into mind at first sight of your posting. (It's been years since I've seen a Cecropia, and
we do not have the Atlas moth, at all.)"
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Friday, July 29, 2022
Goodbye Darkness, my old foe
S
uccess! My eye operations to remove the cateracts and the dim & grey veil which they incurred have been a success.
I now have artificial lenses in both eyes and the world is
bright again and sharply focussed for long distances (i.e. 5 meters and more). I will need reading glasses (about two diopters)
because artificial lenses do not accommodate (=change their focal length), but that is OK. It is the option I chose.
So, as you can imagine, I am very happy.
The two operations were painless; I can see to drive better now, and, if it weren´t for the busted shoulder I could shoot a rifle at long ranges too.
So a big thankyou to Dr.Reinking and his staff, who, btw, do 25 such ambulatory operations each day; talk about running like a well-oiled machine!
Pricewise, all in all it cost about 6000€ but I should get that all back from my insurance when I submit all the bills (2 still to come).
Comments (2)
Billions of Versions... wrote "
Three cheers for Dr. Reinking and his staff." Thanks, Mike. My feelings exactly.
Cop Car wrote "
Yay! It's good having you back to blogging, Stu. It has been so long since my own cataract surgeries (2010) that I can't compare costs.
I do recall having lens implant options of correcting for far sight, correcting for near sight, or correcting one for far and the other for near.
One surgeon did mention that bifocal lenses were available, but he didn't think that an engineer would be happy with them as they had not yet been perfected.
Glad you are back to super normal. " I think that one for far and the other for near is a mistake which is why I am correcting for far sight, I will wear glasses for reading.
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Health update
A while ago
(April 20th) I told you about
my busted shoulder. Physiotherapy has made progress, I can now raise my arm above my head & so
wash my own hair, drink a coffee etc etc. Still need strength and precision, but some progress has been made :-)
Less arthritis in the left knee too, so that is also positive. Covid tests still negative, super.
On the downside my vision has deteriorated below 40% due to cateracts, so I am going to get
artificial lenses put in this month, so no blogging until august. Usual success rate is 99% +,
I am promised. Cross your fingers for me
Friday, July 8, 2022
.
Friend Wolfgang will be buying my motorcycle since I am having to give up that hobby,
so the bike stays in our MC which is nice :-)
Comments (1)
Billions of Versions... wrote "
My wife recently had two lens implants. Very easy and immediate results." That is what I want too, Mike.
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Sunday, July 3, 2022
New HW
Tis a HP17 laptop under Win 11, after the old PC died
under a ransomeware attack (effing hackers) :-(
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