A trivial question

[GreenGA]

reply to nickao...

That's the ishihara test, my downfall.  I see the 2.

When I was in line during the day I was sworn into the Navy, the corpman came down the line asking those of us line to tell him what we saw.  He got to me, I gave him a number or two for the first two cards.  Then it was "plaid,...plaid..., plaid..."  Okay Mr. Green, let me see those papers you have in your hands.  Hmmm, no sub school for you!

 

[nickao]

Yeah for the air force tech programs you have to pass that and many more, at least 25 years ago you did. You had to be able to tell the difference between the colored wiring. I never did enlist I ended up , well lets say,  doing the right thing.

 

[Bob Marino]

Festool tools are a very, very deep blue - but not black.

Bob

 

[GreenGA]

Yeah, something similar in the Navy.

However, that being said, in boot camp they used a different color blindness test, the falant.  That test involves two colored dots, one over the other.  The colors were green, white and, I think pink or light red.

Since I could see something of the base color and memorized what the true colors were, I passed that one.  I even made it into electronics school after boot camp.  First week, while I cannot claim I was a first-rate student, I managed to fail the "reading resistors test".  Back to sick bay for you Mister Green.

This time is was the dread ishihara test again.  Failed.

The rest they say, is history.

No, no wait a minute...  There's more...

After I got out of the Navy, I applied to the Philadelphia Police force; I had always wanted to be a cop.  Since I received veterans preference points, out of over 11,000 applicants, I was number 67, yippee...!

I went down for my physical and, I bet you can guess the rest.  Only this time a runt of a human being they caller "doctor", told me I wasn't color blind, I was just too stupid to know my colors.

Guess I was really really stupid when, as I recall, in first or seconds grade while reading Dick & Jane and they mentioned "green grass", I would look out the window and say, to myself of course, that grass is not green, it's orange!  To this day when someone finds out I am color blind and ask me about it and how it feels, I ask them if they ever saw "orange grass".  "Why no, I have not."  I tell them I see it all the time......

 

[Ken Milhinch]

Thank you one and all. After such authoratative responses from Bob & Matthew, I have cancelled my eye test.
Perhaps my old eyes are still ok after all.

 

[peter halle]

Color blindness to whatever degree is interesting.

A true story - short version - regarding color blindness that ruined an 8 year friendship.

In the early 80's I lived in Ft. Lauderdale and worked as the parts dept manager for a Boston Whaler dealer.  I was originally from VA and my friend had found me a job down there to get me out of my parents house.  Anyway, we did some side jobs on boats, and at my lowest point emotionally and fiscally, he found a job to refinish a Boston Whaler for a kid's Christmas present.  Spraying gelcoat.  Something I had never done before - my friend was the expert.  Found out later he had never done it before.

The job ended up a disaster based on my friend's color blindness - pink.  I had to strip and redo - he didn't.  I had to redo all the mahogany - he didn't.  When the check came - the deal was 50 - 50 after expenses.  I got 50% total and ate the expenses.  All of them.  To add insult to injury I also did 90% of the work.

Wish it hadn't happened.

Peter

 

[nickao]

Work and friends, not ever again. I get more respect from guys that do not know me as friends. At least initially.

I am sure this happened to you  long before you learned your life lessons Peter.

Lend friends money - its not a loan just give it to them. Hire a friend  -expect the worst and write it off as a favor, anything better is gravy.

Same goes for family.

 

[spikfot]

Work and friends, not ever again. I get more respect from guys that do not know me as friends. At least initially.

I am sure this happened to you  long before you learned your life lessons Peter.

Lend friends money - its not a loan just give it to them. Hire a friend  -expect the worst and write it off as a favor, anything better is gravy.

Same goes for family.

that is sad.  hope things turn around for you.

 

[Gary Nichols]

Dave,

I see an 8 as well.... almost had my wife convinced that it meant I needed to replace my ATF 55 with the newer AF 55 in order to be cured, until she read your post.... thanks a bunch.....  ;D

Gary Nichols

 

[Dave Ronyak]

Sorry, Gary.

By the way, I see the background color, i.e. the field color surrounding the text box when you are drafting a message, as a pale (pastel?) blue-gray on my PC which is a Dell Inspiron E1505, about 2 years old, running VISTA OS and IE7 with default settings.

Dave R.

 

[WarnerConstCo.]

Work and friends, not ever again. I get more respect from guys that do not know me as friends. At least initially.

I am sure this happened to you  long before you learned your life lessons Peter.

Lend friends money - its not a loan just give it to them. Hire a friend  -expect the worst and write it off as a favor, anything better is gravy.

Same goes for family.

that is sad.  hope things turn around for you.

That is not said it is true.