It sucks to get old, doesn't it? I've been needing bifocals for a few years, but I've been putting them off. I tried them once fir a short period but the transition point drove me crazy.
Years of shooting, riding motorcycles, and using headphones for listening have done a number on my hearing, too, but I don't mind that. It's mostly my right ear, that's the passenger side in a vehicle. I don't have to listen to inane yapping coming from over there on long drives when I veer of to see the "World's Largest Ball Of Foil". I met my pal Fansome there. 2/3's of the foil came from his hat linings.