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Call Marilyn at 292-8451 to find out about our Winter Stays CALL FOR AN APPOINTMENT TODAY 10 Barton Crescent • 506-292-8451 www.windsorcourt.nb.ca 1-855-897-4476 585 Mapleton Rd., Suite 101, Moncton WWW.MONCTO NMRI.COM The Hospice Legacy Foundation is a registered charity and serves as an investment fund for the purpose of supporting Bobby’s Hospice. By including the Hospice Legacy Foundation in your Will or estate plan, you can leave a lasting legacy of quality end-of-life care to your community. Call (506) 632-5593 for more information. Every year, Bobby’s Hospice cares for over 200 people who need in-patient palliative care and grief support. Some of these people are your neighbors, friends and perhaps family members. Your donation today will make a difference tomorrow. CHOICES AFTER 50 – Fall Issue 2020 – Page 2 Glaucoma – The Silent Thief... Glaucoma refers to a family of diseases that with age. There is also a greater risk of de- ther vision loss should occur. If left untreated, damage the optic nerve and is one of the lead- veloping glaucoma for people with diabetes, peripheral vision is affected first, followed ing causes of blindness in Canada. high blood pressure, a history of eye injuries by central vision loss during late stages of It is a progressive disease that most or a family history of glaucoma. Elevated the disease. Complete blindness may occur. frequently occurs in individuals over the age pressure within the eye damages the optic Special equipment may be used to image of 40, with the risk of the disease increasing nerve, which can lead to serious vision loss if your eye to better monitor the progression of not detected and treated early. The optic nerve glaucoma. is the nerve that takes all of the information Doctors of Optometry are a primary from the eye and transmits that information to source for all your vision, eye health needs. Make a the brain. Don’t wait, make sure to book your Nikan lastin� In open angle glaucoma, the most appointment today! common form of glaucoma, there are usually impac� for no symptoms until the individual experiences amputees peripheral vision loss, which is why glau- Metro Health Services with a coma is referred to as “the silent thief.” In a charitable more rare form of the disease, called closed Remembers... estate donation angle glaucoma, there is a sudden rise in the pressure within the eye, and the individual in your will. may experience pain, blurred vision and see “Thank You” Together, we halos around lights. Untreated, both forms can improve can lead to complete loss of vision. the lives of Symptoms all amputees, As there is no way to prevent glau- including coma, a comprehensive eye examination with children, by your Doctor of Optometry is the only way providing to detect the disease. Even if you see well or artificial limbs don’t wear glasses, regular eye exams help detect glaucoma early enough to prevent and much more. vision loss. Your Doctor of Optometry will perform a simple and painless procedure dur- ing your routine eye exam, which measures the internal pressure of your eye. Your Doc- tor will also look into your eye to observe the health of the optic nerve and measure your field of vision, and determine if there is a Prosthetics, Orthotics, Seating, need for additional imaging. Foot Orthotics and Prescription Footwear [email protected] If detected and treated early, eye drops Saint John Regional Hospital - Level 0 648-6150 waramps.ca • 1 800 465-2677 and laser surgery are usually effective at maintaining your vision, and little or no fur- New Brunswick Association of Association des Optometrists Optométristes du Nouveau-Brunswick ONE OF THESE 3 PEOPLE HAS GLAUCOMA. THEY DON’T KNOW IT, BUT AN OPTOMETRIST WOULD. UNE DE CES PERSONNES EST ATTEINTE DE GLAUCOME. ELLE L’IGNORE, MAIS UN OPTOMÉTRISTE LE SAURAIT. CHOICES AFTER 50 – Fall Issue 2020 – Page 3 Fighting the “Big Three” with a Small 2 Door Import The Metropolitan was a very small car. car in American terms. The bodies were built by Pininfarina and the It was only 149” long, making it almost car were assembled by Austin in the United Kingdom using mechani- cal parts from the Austin A40. The engine was 1200cc, a overhead unit 11” shorter than the car it was supposed producing 45 bhp. Pretty small by engine sizes of the times. When to replace, the Volkswagon Beetle. the British Motor Corporation (BMC) of which Austin was part, brought out a bigger 1500cc engine, this was also available for the new In contrast to the “big three,” Nash always built smaller cars. During Metropolian. the 1950s there was the Rambler which was only 185 inches long. They The small three-seater car could be ordered as a 2 door coupe also built bigger cars of course, but they tended to specialize in the un- or as a convertible. The outside appearance remained the same, virtu- noticed (at the time) car segment of ally unchanged during the years the what we now call compact cars which car was built, always in a 2 colour were designed from the beginning as paint scheme, although the models more economical with fuel. But at a that left England after 1959 could be time when fuel we only pennies a liter recognized by a trunk lid which was and with no concerns of it running not available on earlier models. The out anytime soon, was there really a earlier car had no way to load grocer- market for a fuel efficient automobile. ies or luggage except through the back The big three, Ford, GM and Chrysler seat, so a trunk was a very welcome did not even give that market segment addition. a notice, that is until the Volkswagon This smaller car was never a arrived and kept on arriving. tremendous sales success, wheather Nash and Hudson merged because it was not built in America or together in 1954 to form American whether it was because buyers wanted Motors Corporation, the idea being that together they would then blend a larger and more “American” car, no was was ever sure, the VW’s in with Packard and Studebaker who were also joining together, and as continued to sell well, and it was considered even stranger than the one, AMC, they would be in a better position to face head on the big- Met, also the big three’s new “compacts” sold well, when they arrived ger makes. The joining with Packard and Studebaker never happened, years later, but the “Met” was never to become the “loved” automobile However Nash and Hudson as AMC were having good sales years with with the general public and to some prospective buyers, it was not even Rambler and could see that smaller cars were being very much consid- thought of as a real car. ered by a increasing number of buyers. A point that the other big auto Mets today howev- manufactures found out and brought out smaller cars in the early 60’s. er, are considered As well, increasing sales of a new, well made import, a funny, air highly collectable cooled, rear-engine German car, which started with a few models and you can still brought back by servicemen after the war. The public was buying this see them at car fun-to-drive car and it started to develop a “cult” following, something shows, with their no American car had, up to that point. A car that people loved with a unique two-tone passion and a whole cottage industry developed to accessories it, even colour scheme, to to the extent of putting chrome eye brows on the head lights. their owners, they Other manufacturers wanted a car people loved and one they are very much loved to drive. AMC brought out a small 2 door model that was planned loved.