Re: Anyone been there, done that?
Anita Barney (abarney@wclc.org)
Wed, 27 Aug 1997 09:38:34 -0400
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 1997 09:38:34 -0400
Message-Id: <v01510103b029dce2a612@[209.66.156.165]>
From: abarney@wclc.org (Anita Barney)
To: Multiple recipients of list <conntech>
Subject: Re: Anyone been there, done that?
>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.
Those of us whose eyes (but not bodies or minds) have been middle-aged for
some time have long since known about this problem. The best solution I've
found has been a pair of full-size (not half-lenses) with a middle-distance
prescription. My computer screen is further away than the reading portion
of my bifocals allows, and my distance prescription would dictate a monitor
about six feet away. My optometrist knew exactly what I needed, and if
your optometrist doesn't, find a new one. The mid-distance lenses lets me
see (a little fuzzily) at a distance, so these glasses could work at a
reference desk if they had to.
Let me note that regular bifocals also don't work for watching TV in bed -
you're trying to see twelve feet away with lenses meant for 18 inches. But
they're great for reading in bed.
Anita R. Barney
Executive Director
Western Connecticut Library Council
P.O. Box 1284
Middlebury, CT 06762
203-577-4012 / fax 203-577-4015