| Beverley 2005-03-19, 6:21 pm |
| Less than 1% of all the people who are color blind are totally color blind -
meaning they see only shades of gray. About 1 in 20 people suffer some sort
of color blindness and only about 1 in 100 are females. It's mostly a guy
thing. (G'daughter doing her science fair project this year on color
blindness.)
My husband stopped the car one winter and asked what they were growing in
the field. It was dusk and he thought the field was totally green - I
promise you it was pure dead faded wheat stalks! He has a terrible time with
certain games that require color and is known for picking up the wrong piece
on the game board. Maybe that is why we never play many board games in this
house? He often has to use a volt meter when working with cables or wiring
because he can't tell the wire colors. He can match colors perfectly but he
can't tell you what colors they are. He hates certain greens yet he can't
pass the color test for green - he apparently has NO green color receptors-
but other greens he likes. (Go figure?) I think he learned to compensate for
his color blindness without being aware of what he did. Whatever it is that
he sees it is not what we see.
As for the tin ceiling - well, a real tin or copper ceiling is way too
expensive for our pockets. We even looked at making the presses for the
metal and buying sheet metal. Hubby is real handy at making stuff. (He was
originally in a trade school to become a machinist - that was before the
draft and stint in Vietnam.) So we started looking at alternatives. Well, we
found something that was not expensive and hopefully easy to install. I
have to paint it first and then probably touch it up once it is installed.
It comes in 1 foot square (30cm?) blocks. I'm going to paint it so it looks
like copper that has begun to turn turquoise. I'm using the leftover green
paints from the bathroom and will buy another small can of turquoise blue
paint along with lots of spray cans of metallic copper and metallic hammered
copper spray paint. When I'm done it should look like the real thing and
very old.
Shelagh and I seem to always trade house stories. We are at opposite ends of
the continent yet our house stories are so similar. LOL She's got the better
view!
We've not suppose to post attachments out here so I won't post my photos
here. If you email me I will send you my photos. If I can ever manage to get
my new camera doing what I want it to do..... maybe I'll have photos to
share.
Bev
"Diane Fblooms" <fblooms@webtv.net> wrote in message
news:10699-42359E1E-112@storefull-3317.bay.webtv.net...
> I hope your husband stays healthy now, I know what that is like a bit
> first hand, there's been a lot of cancer in my family.
>
> Lucky for me I think my mom had it because of the hormones she was
> taking and I don't plan on taking them. My grandmother was up in age so
> it doesn't mean it is in my genes to get it. My dad died of lung cancer
> but he smoked for years before quiting and what actually took him was
> asbestos poisoning from when he took some of the stuff out of his home
> instead of doing it right. He has been gone 3 years and 3 months now.
>
> I wanted to let you know I hope you get pictures on here, what an uplift
> to all of us that would be. Too bad your husband can't see all those
> flower colors. My dad when he first started his business, he was a
> Locksmith, worked out of the house. A customer came in and same some of
> my mom's crocheting and committed on how beautiful the piece was but
> said he couldn't see the colors because he was color blind but I believe
> he said he could see a few colors a bit but couldn't tell green from
> blue. It was the first time I was exposed to someone that was color
> blind. Is your husband totally color blind?
>
> That tin ceiling sounds so beautiful.
>
> Diane
>
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