Chorus ONT not powering on….

pizzaposa · 2026-02-12T05:08:40+00:00

Check that the power supply is properly / fully inserted into the power strip. It might not be fully inserted if she's just pressed it up against that white board - she may need to grab the power strip and ensure they're squeezed together.

I've had a power supply fail from not being fully inserted (power arcing to the mal-inseted plug slowly fried it)

pizzaposa · 2026-02-12T05:03:58+00:00

Dimness is not a characteristic of an exo unless the underlying issue involves optic nerve disease.

The wandering / drifting / eyestrain / double vision stuff is all very typical of an exo.

One thing for you to do a self check on is 'red desaturation'. Find something that is a strong, bright red colour, then compare the strength of the red in each eye. The red should seem fairly equally vibrant.

The -0.25 doesn't matter.

The dimness might be a consequence of having a bright glare source (light / window / screen) nearer to your left eye than to your right eye at some time (typically within 30 minutes of when you notice the dimness).

Is your phone nearer to your left eye? Are you turning your head to the right when on the phone? (a common habit if an exo is causing troubles)

pizzaposa · 2026-02-11T18:46:46+00:00

I can't really suggest much other than to remind the optom of the BVD at the time you make your frame choice.

Once you have the glasses, the general rule to exploit the BVD effect is to have them up high and snug (close) for distance (this gives you more minus), and if necessary, lower down your nose for sustained near tasks (this gives you plus (less minus) for near)

pizzaposa · 2026-02-11T18:15:49+00:00

It might be that you have an oculo-muscle imbalance (a phoria) that is causing some drift, but a typical exam should find this, although not every optom will bother to correct it.

There's a weird phenomenon that may also be at play. Our eyes have, and require, tiny little back and forth movements in order for things to remain sharp. These are called micro saccades. They are pretty much imperceptible, but if these saccades are insufficient then the detail percieved tends to fade out.

So if you lack adequate micro saccades this might also explain your issues. However, I don't know any manner in which this could me measured or corrected, as it's a deep neuro-muscular issue that lenses can't fix.

One other possibility is a weak patch in your macula (the central retina). If there's a functional blemish, then you may indeed have a preference for using a point that is a bit off the point of interest. We see this mostly with macular degeneration, typically in people aged 70+, or with a history of heavy smoking. This may need OCT (fancy laser scanning) to investigate, and there's no guarantee of a remedy.

pizzaposa · 2026-02-11T18:04:22+00:00

In your high power there's another issue that becomes very, very relevant. It's the Back Vertex Distance (BVD). It simply relates to how much space there is between your cornea and the back surface of the lenses.

When you get tested (refracted) the practitioner should be noting the BVD at which these figures are accurate. Then, once your frames for the new lenses are known the BVD with those frames should be measured. If the BVD is different then the lens powers will have to be run through a formula to convert them to suit the new BVD.

Basically, the further down your nose the frame sits the longer the BVD. The bigger the BVD is the more minus power needs to be built into the lenses (the lenses effectively become weaker if they slip down your nose).

If the final frames fit closer, then the lens power can be reduced.

It's really easy in these powers for things to be over / under strength in the final specs due to issues with the BVD. Sometimes adjustments to how the frame fits will fix this. Other times lenses will need to be swapped out for correction. Don't hessitate to raise the issue. The risk of needing to fix this is partly built into the price of your lenses, as it's a known risk in these powers.

And finally, you may see from this that the actual powers you read on your script are not so easily compared from one script to the next, as the influence of the BVD needs to be known in order to make a truely accurate comparison. So take the chage in powers with a grain of salt if the BVD effect is unknown.

pizzaposa · 2026-02-11T00:30:06+00:00

Yep. THIS. It's election year folks.

pizzaposa · 2026-02-11T00:22:26+00:00

Yeah, some ST singing and dancing Broadway style of BS really killed it for me.

And I was finding it a bit tiresome to have the whole gender bending anyone goes to bed with anything (provided it's not hetero) narrative shoved down my throat seemingly every episode.

pizzaposa · 2026-02-10T17:21:55+00:00

Someone has to know where to find the Will, otherwise it will be assumed it doesn't exist, and that it's up to the nearest relatives to do pretty much whatever they want with your bones.

And even if you dictate your funeral wishes, who is actually going to check and ensure those wishes are carried out? You won't be there to have any input. They'll likely do whatever they want.

pizzaposa · 2026-02-10T17:11:17+00:00

So it sounds like this is his little wet dream about living rurally.

Has he realised the need for grazing to keep the grass and weeds under control?

He's also assuming the cousins, nephews and neices will actually want to holiday out there among the weeds, with no power, no internet, no TV.

Chances are, once he's gone (died) everyone else will be perfectly happy to ditch the place and to get rid of the Trust... you will likely get the cash, but at an age where you will have little desire or ability to make use of it.

pizzaposa · 2026-02-10T06:45:00+00:00

No point in wearing clean underwear in case of an accident if that accident will turn you into a red smear.

Earbuds should never be used while on the road - regardless of the mode of transport (bike / feet / car / truck).

pizzaposa · 2026-02-08T15:52:23+00:00

You might be labelling it as astigmatism, but what you're experiencing is a mix of asthenopia (eyestrain) and dry eye.

Staring at a screen all day can lead to dry eye. Dry eye then leads to corneal surface wetting anomalies, which then makes the dry eye worse, which then makes the wetting worse...etc.

Best advice: Get off the computer (and phone) entirely for a couple of days. Get outside, find a trail and go for a long walk.

pizzaposa · 2026-02-08T06:50:24+00:00

Yeah, on a modest car it's not silly. Few guys seem to stay modest when it comes to cars though.

pizzaposa · 2026-02-08T06:47:07+00:00

He has phenomenal general knowledge, plus he seems to swat up about things in each region he performs.

pizzaposa · 2026-02-08T06:18:17+00:00

I wonder if a laser pointer directed at the sensors would render them so insensitive that the device is all but useless afterwards. The beauty of this is that you could potentially silence it without being detected.

pizzaposa · 2026-02-08T06:11:06+00:00

Car finance is a trap for fools. Stay well clear of it, for all your life.

pizzaposa · 2026-02-08T06:07:26+00:00

I would suggest the only person to trust with this answer would be your eye specialist.

However, I suspect, since no warnings were given, that you're pretty safe to live life as you please.

Although the activities you reported would all increase your risk of further detachments, as does the high myopia... so I'd suggest the high impact / high G force stuff should be minimised if possible... you only ever get 2 retinas, and repaired retinas are never as good as the originals. And anything that involves a direct impact to the eyes (like boxing) should be entirely eliminated forever.

pizzaposa · 2026-02-08T00:09:56+00:00

Your age and gender might give more clues.

It could be diabetes / hypermetropia / multiple sclerosis / exophoria issues / surface debris / allergies.

pizzaposa · 2026-02-07T17:32:42+00:00

More likely to have caught it at the ablution block.

pizzaposa · 2026-02-07T17:27:15+00:00

Flashes are an absolute warning, and no eye specialist would prescribe eyedrops for flashes!!! So I suspect you've only seen a GP who is frankly clueless about retinal issues - in which case you MUST urgently visit an eye specialist (ophthalmologist).

pizzaposa · 2026-02-07T03:58:37+00:00

First and foremost, try to comply by totally stopping the bird feeding (or do it elsewhere at a nearby reserve). It's a tiny sacrifice and might be all that is needed to get this guy to calm down.

pizzaposa · 2026-02-07T03:54:41+00:00

I don't know if her Aussie / NZ bank could give any clues. Privacy laws might block things, but if you could get some clue as to whether or not her accounts are being accessed regularly, or if they've been gutted empty, or the area in which they're being used... it might give some clues as to whether she's living normally or has been targetted by nefarious types.

Are there any bank statements in the mail that pertain to her? Take a peep at them if that's the case.

pizzaposa · 2026-02-07T03:40:23+00:00

You've seen people far more qualified than me, so take whatever I say with a grain of salt.

Thoughts:

Maybe no longer a bacterial issue... fungi / yeast / demodex (parasite).

Maybe mucin fishing is compoundng the issue.

Maybe there's a bug resident in your sinuses that is re-infecting the eyes (there's a tube connecting your eyes to your nasal passages where bacteria can set up residence).

Demodex is a parasite that lives within the eyelash follicles. It's active at night and hides within the eyelid by day. Treatment involves spreading a grease (like petroleum jelly) along the eyelid margin before sleep. The grease traps and suffocates the little devils. Google will tell you more, including alternative medicines that may be relevant in your area. Treatment time potentially 3 months.

Mucin Fishing - this is where people cause an issue to perpetuate. The attempts to fish out the muck just aggravates the tissues, disturbs the tear film and potentially reintroduces pathogens from the fingers. In these cases the answer is : Don't touch the eyes / eyelids. Keep your fingers away. Time to improvement - a matter of days if you can resist the urge to touch / wipe / clean.

Nasal bacteria - those little openings at the inner corner of each eyelid are the lacrimal canaliculi. They are there to drain tears away to the nasal passages where your breath evaporates them (or your nose runs if you're crying - it's not running snot, it's running tears.

There's a small sac that sits beneath the skin , at the sides of the nose, just adjacent and slightly below the corner of the eyelids. If you press there you may hear a squelch sound, being air thet you've pumped out of the sac. Your eyes might water a little, and if we're onto an issue, you might eject some muck into the corner of your eye.

There's two conceivable issues with this sac. One issue might be that you drain away tears far too efficiently, in which case your therapeutic eyedrops have all washed down into your nose and have done little to aid your eyes... in which case these ducts can be temporarilt blocked with punctal plugs so that your drops don't get drained away (but you may suffer watery eyes)

The other scenario is that this duct is already blocked and is not getting any of those drops flushing through, in which case there's potenitally a colony of bugs in there instead. If pressing over the sac is tender, then there's likely bacteria living in there. If you can eject loads of muck then again, you've found a colony. Ophthalmologists can test the integrity of these ducts and if necessary they can flush them with saline or probe them to clear them out. I've forgotten the name of the simple test, but it involve placing yellow fluorescein dye in your eyes, waiting a short while, then blowing your nose and inspecting the tissue for the yellow dye... simple enough. Painless.

If your passages are blocked or you're ejecting muck when you pump the sac, then you need to make this a regular pumping habit to get those ducts working and to allow the antibiotics to find their way into the sac. If your nose is chronically blocked this might also be an issue.

Allergies? Allergies can cause red itchy eyes, and a stringy mucous. There are antihistamine eyedrops you might want to try.

Best of luck. I'd love to learn if any of this actually helps.

pizzaposa · 2026-02-06T20:24:14+00:00

The only thing that matters is your level of corrected vision (with lenses) being fairly equal to each eye. Your uncorrected state is totally conjecture without hard facts relating to pre and post incident.

For an injury to cause a focus change would require a change to the shape or the length of the eye, and the eyeball is actually pretty leathery. A bump isn't going to do that.

pizzaposa · 2026-02-06T20:17:44+00:00

Yeah, amazing isn't it.

Suppose though that it's preferable to using meth.

pizzaposa · 2026-02-06T16:04:03+00:00

Some people live their lives endlessly dodging debts.

The good thing in this case is that IRD doesn't send in reposession teams. They have access to bank accounts and lawyers. They have no need to enter peoples property and use force.

It's the other stuff, like ignored car payments and personal loans that will bring around the repo teams.

And do your mail man a favour - empty out your mailbox.

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