I went against my own intuition

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Originally Posted by grey_ghost

Hi Ron,

Just curious - I'm lost on the above reply? :o

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Hi Gg, i think on lionels 14th post he called the person who hit his car a "pirate".

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Originally Posted by d2dave

Never new such a thing existed.[bigwhistle]

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Hello Dave,

When I wrote that I knew I would get some bites...

Kind regards
Lionel

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Originally Posted by grey_ghost

Hi Ron,

Just curious - I'm lost on the above reply? :o

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Hello Grey Ghost,

The person who side-swiped my car while it was parked with a vacant space next to it had a black eye patch covering one eye. Hence the reference to "Pirate".

Kind regards
Lionel

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Originally Posted by p38arover

Dad lost an eye when he was 10 and wore a black eye patch for as long as I can remember (he died last month aged 98)

If anyone called him a pirate, they'd be soon aware that it wasn't a term he liked.

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Hello Ron,

My father was blind in one eye from an early age. However it was not something that was readily observed by others.

Dad was an excellent driver. The person who reversed into my car apparently was still coming to terms with working out the vagaries of driving with one eye. As my car bore witness to.

I am twice the legal requirement to be legally blind in both eyes. To be able to see properly I am totally dependent on a set of very specialist Gas Permeable Rigid contact lenses. However, I would not consider driving without both lenses in.

Kind regards
Lionel

References made earlier calling the other driver with an eye patch a pirate. Not everyone would appreciate being called that.

Dad got unslaked lime in his eye and the neighbour tried washing it out. It burned out the eye and socket so they couldn't put in a glass eye. He had many, many operations as a child and, I bet, a lot of awful comments from other kids.