RE: Anyone been there, done that?

Pitman,Marilyn (MPitman@up.uchc.edu)
Tue, 26 Aug 1997 17:50:06 -0400 

Date: Tue, 26 Aug 1997 17:50:06 -0400
Message-Id: <1997Aug26.165524.1274.1097662@msgate.uchc.edu>
From: MPitman@up.uchc.edu (Pitman,Marilyn)
To: Multiple recipients of list <conntech>
Subject: RE: Anyone been there, done that?


I use bifocals, also (not the progressive kind, though). I recently 
purchased a second pair of glasses -- non-bifocal -- with the prescription 
matching the reading (lower) portion of my regular glasses. These work great 
at my desk for computer use. However, when staffing the reference desk, the 
constant switching from close to distance makes the new glasses a poor 
choice -- I become dizzy. So, at the reference desk, I use my bifocals and 
tilt my head back (cute), but when seated at my own desk for any period of 
time, I do enjoy the reading glasses. (Because I have an astigmatism, the 
$10-type from the pharmacy don't cut it.)

Hope this helps.

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From: conntech
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: Anyone been there, done that?
Date: Tuesday, August 26, 1997 4:03PM

Hi folks,

I'm looking for help from someone who has "been there, done that."

I am looking for a pair of new glasses to use when I'm online.

Last year I shifted to bifocles, and purchased the progressive lenses.

They work fine with a few glitches.  Reading picture books to a group of
children sitting at my feet was a disaster because I needed to look
through the wrong part of the lense to read the book sideways.

But after a year of trying to adjust my computer screen to multiple
heights, I could never get comfortable, and I suspect I need some type
of glasses specifically to use with computers.  I'm not worried about
reading picture books, because I know many of my favorite picture books
by heart.

Any advice? Anything specific to know about glasses that work with
computers?

Joan Schneider, back from summer vacation
jschneid@connix.com

Niantic Center School Library
7 West Main Street, Niantic, CT 06357

http://www.connix.com/~jschneid/ncs.html