"Jon Anderson" wrote in message
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Got a small chip in my eye and was about to head upstairs to remove it
and just happened to notice an old dental mirror on the bench.
This is a concave mirror that magnifies, has a focal distance of approx
2". Held this up to my eye in an area with decent ambient light, and
viola, it was a total piece of cake to gently swipe the chip out with a
Q-tip. This beats the hell out of leaning over the sink and trying to
shine a flashlight in the affected eye while trying to find and remove
the particle. Don't know if I'd want to try to pull an imbedded
particle, but for something just sitting on the eye, this makes it
really really easy. Everyone working with metal or wood ought to have
one of these handy.

And for the safety nannies, yes, I was wearing safety glasses...

Jon

I always try to protect my eyes so it was with considerable shock when I
woke and looked in the mirror the other morning. About 50% of the white of
my right eye was a mass of blood. My better half went off the edge when she
saw it and for the life of me I could not understand how I had done this
thing to my eye.

My doctor instantly put my mind at rest. She explained that it is not
uncommon to rupture blood vessels in the eye. (sort of a stroke in the eye,
if you will) Brought on normally by the strain of a cough or sneeze or in
some cases by high blood pressure (etc)

Thankfully it left just about as quickly as it arrived with no adverse
effects.

Bill D