Billiards and Bifocals

Yesterday a group of us got together and there happened to be a pool table, so of course we had to take advantage if it. It is interesting for us baby boomers to get together, especially now that our children are adults and join us in these little adventures. We play pool and have fun and you will see flashes of the former glory, as when Bob ran the table from the break, but then the next game you can hardly see the ball at the end of the table.

Three out of the six of us playing now have progressive lenses and it is very difficult to play pool with them. I love my progressive lenses, they allow me to see without needing to take my glasses on and off for reading to driving. But when you are bent over a pool cue and trying to focus on the cue ball near you and the ball and pocket at the other end of the table it is almost impossible to find a spot in focus on both and not getting yourself seasick. I just can’t do it so I take the glasses off and thank God that I am far sighted and the cue stick is longer than my arms so I can see all of the balls fairly well.

We had fun yesterday, all of us thinking back to the days when we could actually make a few buck around a pool table, but the best part of it is that today we play as friends are comfortable cheering and jeering each other as we have our visions of grandeur and a good time just being with friends. Billiards and Bifocals just don’t mix, but friends can always find a way to enjoy being together.