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Posted by Bruce Fletcher (remove denture on October 19, 2009, 4:22 am
Joy Beeson wrote:
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> I've also had good luck with a neck-hung magnifier when I wanted small
> magnification a little farther from my eyes.
One of my hobbies is finescale model railways (railroads). Many fellow
modellers whose vision is not what it was tend to use something like this
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<http://www.chinavasion.com/product_info.php/pName/head-visor-magnifying-glasses>
This enables them to produce something like this
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<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEiAC_8obfI>
which is scaled at 2mm = 1 foot (i.e. the rails are about 9mm apart)
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Bruce Fletcher
Stronsay, Orkney UK
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<http://claremont.islandblogging.co.uk>
"Resistance is NOT futile, it's voltage divided by current"
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Posted by Pat P on October 21, 2009, 10:55 am
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> Ok - I've finally had to make the switch to readers and distance to
> correct
> my vision enough to stitch, read and drive.
> Love the distance - I can do 80% of my normal daily stuff with them, even
> the computer if I up the font size a few points
> Reading is a dream and stitching is getting better. But not fast enough
> for
> me...I don't know if it because I hold my head differently to stitch than
> to
> read. Or if I'm still too distracted by the TV not being in focus if I
> look
> up...
> So any advice from those of you who use "readers" to stitch?
> Cheryl
Don`t you have bi-focals or Varifocals, Cheryl? Fixes all of those
problems - you soon get used to looking through the right part of the specs
for each situation - I`ve had `em for years. I found the only problem when
I first used them was the fact that you tend to "miss" the first (or last!)
step when using the stairs - but you soon get used to that.
I have cataracts now and find I do better both stitching and reading with no
specs at all, but that`s just me, and will be put right once I have the
cataracts removed. At the moment we`ve both seen FAR too much of doctors
and hospitals this year already, so am in no hurry for a while!!!
Pat P
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Posted by joycem on October 21, 2009, 12:01 pm
Pat P wrote:
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> Don`t you have bi-focals or Varifocals, Cheryl? Fixes all of those
> problems - you soon get used to looking through the right part of the specs
> for each situation - I`ve had `em for years. I found the only problem when
> I first used them was the fact that you tend to "miss" the first (or last!)
> step when using the stairs - but you soon get used to that.
>
>
I don't think I could ever get used to missing the top or bottom step -
far too painful if you fall! lol.
Joyce in RSA (who doesn't have any stairs anyway, and has used
multifocals for many years already!)
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Posted by Pat P on October 21, 2009, 12:21 pm
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> Pat P wrote:
>> Don`t you have bi-focals or Varifocals, Cheryl? Fixes all of those
>> problems - you soon get used to looking through the right part of the
>> specs for each situation - I`ve had `em for years. I found the only
>> problem when I first used them was the fact that you tend to "miss" the
>> first (or last!) step when using the stairs - but you soon get used to
>> that.
> I don't think I could ever get used to missing the top or bottom step -
> far too painful if you fall! lol.
> Joyce in RSA (who doesn't have any stairs anyway, and has used multifocals
> for many years already!)
No, I don`t have any stairs either, but you get used to your own anyway!
LOL! It`s STRANGE stairs where you have to be particularly careful to look!
Pat
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Posted by Olwyn.Mary on October 21, 2009, 4:43 pm
Pat P wrote:
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>>Pat P wrote:
>>>Don`t you have bi-focals or Varifocals, Cheryl? Fixes all of those
>>>problems - you soon get used to looking through the right part of the
>>>specs for each situation - I`ve had `em for years. I found the only
>>>problem when I first used them was the fact that you tend to "miss" the
>>>first (or last!) step when using the stairs - but you soon get used to
>>>that.
>>I don't think I could ever get used to missing the top or bottom step -
>>far too painful if you fall! lol.
>>Joyce in RSA (who doesn't have any stairs anyway, and has used multifocals
>>for many years already!)
>
>
> No, I don`t have any stairs either, but you get used to your own anyway!
> LOL! It`s STRANGE stairs where you have to be particularly careful to look!
>
> Pat
>
>
I have worn bifocals for twenty years now. First got them when the kids
were young and I kept losing my readers, then tried hanging them round
my neck on a cord and it chafed my skin, so finally (at first) went to
bifocals with clear tops so I could just wear them all the time.
Gradually, I needed distance correction as well, which is what I have
now. Stairs were never a great problem.
HOWEVER. dh knew he needed new glasses, and mine are two years old, so
went with him to the eye doc today. Guess what. It's not that my specs
need cleaning every five minutes, but that I, too, have a cataract. It
seems that all the 'roids I have been taking for the pneumonia/asthma
have caused cataracts. Apparently this is a known side effect. Oh well.
Olwyn Mary in New Orleans.
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> magnification a little farther from my eyes.