My Dad use glasses to read newspaper, but not if drive a car....

Perhaps he's far sighted. That's why he doesn't need glasses when driving but needs glasses when reading. There are people like those. They can see when it's far, but when it's near (like reading the newspaper) they can't read them.

My father is like you, his vision is clear on objects from a distance or what we called far-sighted I am opposite, I am near-sighted and can only see things which are near me... so if my one of my friends are far, I can not see them so sometimes they think I am snobbing them even if I don't

The condition is far-sightedness and it's pretty common as we age. Right now, you probably have near-sightedness, meaning you can't see things at a distance so you need corrective lenses. Your father's distance sight is okay, just close things are not in focus. All of this has to do with the shape of the cornea, and whether it causes light to fall in front of, in back of, or directly on the retina. You may also suffer the need for magnifying glasses to read when you age, even if you are now near-sighted. This is called presbyopia (which basically means "old vision"). The good news is that near-sightedness tends to get slightly better as we age, but unfortunately the far-sightedness gets worse. When you have both conditions, you need bi-focals. Laser surgery can correct both, if you can afford it.

Hello dik, When you get older your arms get shorter:-) No, not really, our eyes change as we get older and that's one of the things that happen when you age.