Maybe a weird post, but running through this thing I call a brain, so here she goes....
I was recently in a situation where I thought I had a split seconds choice to defend myself, and would have been royaly screwed had that been the case.
It was 90+ degrees, and muggy. Took a ride with the 'ol lady to WallyWorld. Had the AC cranking full blast all the way there, so it was really cold. I was wearing my glasses at the time. (BLIND AS STEVIE WONDER WITHOUT)
I got out of the truck and my glasses instantly fogged up so sight was impossible. Was getting ready to take them off and clean them, when I hear someone yell, and see a shape running right towards me! I can't see at all with glasses on or off at this point, so a gun, pepper spray, or any aimed object would have been useless. It turned out to be a buddy of mine that I hadn't seen since boot camp, and he ran up to "rough me up".
We had a good laugh about it after, but it got me thinking. What if it had been a real threat? Not that I'm completely physically defensless mind you, but am pretty severely disabled, so blind and in a physical struggle for my life against an experienced man could be a bad thing......
I went out last week and got contact lenses. Over-reactive? Paranoid? My wife says so....but I feel better.....
Anyone else ever thought around these same lines?
I was recently in a situation where I thought I had a split seconds choice to defend myself, and would have been royaly screwed had that been the case.
It was 90+ degrees, and muggy. Took a ride with the 'ol lady to WallyWorld. Had the AC cranking full blast all the way there, so it was really cold. I was wearing my glasses at the time. (BLIND AS STEVIE WONDER WITHOUT)
I got out of the truck and my glasses instantly fogged up so sight was impossible. Was getting ready to take them off and clean them, when I hear someone yell, and see a shape running right towards me! I can't see at all with glasses on or off at this point, so a gun, pepper spray, or any aimed object would have been useless. It turned out to be a buddy of mine that I hadn't seen since boot camp, and he ran up to "rough me up".
We had a good laugh about it after, but it got me thinking. What if it had been a real threat? Not that I'm completely physically defensless mind you, but am pretty severely disabled, so blind and in a physical struggle for my life against an experienced man could be a bad thing......
I went out last week and got contact lenses. Over-reactive? Paranoid? My wife says so....but I feel better.....
Anyone else ever thought around these same lines?