My father is an avid hunter.  It really doesn’t much matter WHAT hunting season it is, he loves to tromp around the woods hunting.  It was a family tradition in his family for generations.  He says he’s been hunting since he could walk!  He started out hunting with his grandfather and father, and now he hunts with my brothers.  He doesn’t usually come home with anything; I think he just enjoys being outdoors communing with nature and being with the “men folk.”

For Christmas this year I’ve ordered him a pair of Nikon Monarch and Trailblazer Binoculars from the nikonhunting.com website.  The binoculars I’ve ordered are the Monarch 10×36 binoculars; they are lightweight so it will be easy for him to carry them around with him all day when he is out hunting.  I’m sure he is going to love them - he has been complaining for the past year about how heavy his old binoculars are!  What’s even better is that the website that I’m ordering them from is having a promotion that will result in a $50 gift card towards another purchase from their website - so he will be getting the opportunity to buy an additional gift of his own choosing!  So he’s getting two gifts in one!  I’m sure he will be thrilled!

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Perpetual Diamonds is a company that sells genuine Rolex watches at a substantial discount over regular retail prices.  Their watches are 100% genuine, with authentic serial numbers.  They sell new and used watches, complete with GIA papers and genuine new Rolex boxes.  Since the company is an authorized independent dealer they can give large discounts to their customers; they are not being controlled by the price controls of the manufacturing company.

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Cataracts are the leading cause of blindness in geriatric patients over the age of eighty.  Cataracts develop slowly over time and cause gradual loss of sight.  Cataracts can affect one, or both eyes, and are not a contagious disease.  Cataracts are treatable through surgery.  Historically cataract surgery has been an expensive option that many patients have been unable to afford.  Until now.  There is a new organization called Cataract Free America that has dedicated itself to making cataract surgery completely affordable, even free in some cases to qualified cataract patients.  The association is made up of United States doctors who will reduce their fees for eligible seniors, accept existing insurance as payment in full (meaning charging no co-pay) and will provide surgery for free for those seniors who have no insurance.

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I was reading on the Time.com website that there is a shortage of bananas in Japan because of the popularity of a new diet fad called the morning banana diet.  The “diet” consists of eating one (or as many as you want) bananas for breakfast with a glass of water, and eating anything you want for lunch and dinner (as long as you skip dessert) and you have to go to bed before midnight.  People seem to think this diet works, so they are buying up bananas as soon as they reach the store shelves!  I haven’t noticed a shortage of bananas around here yet, I wonder if the fad will hit here too!

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I have a dear friend who has tried a few different online personals services - the kind where you have to pay some money and answer a bunch of questions and then they supposedly match you up with who they think you will like.  He hasn’t had good luck with that - they say his answers come up with a personality that is too complicated to match up!  He’s gotten discouraged.  I found a Personals website that is absolutely free that I am going to tell him to try.  You type in your gender, whether you are looking for a male or female, what age range, the area you are looking in and it shows you results of other people who might be interested in meeting YOU.   I hope this will help him to find someone new!

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