[Magdalen] New specs

[Lynn Ronkainen]

Wonderful description Marion!
Heretofore I had also never ever been able to put my glasses temporarily on top of my head because of heavy glass lenses. Thankfully this new possibility coincided with the newly claimed habit of taking off glasses to "read the fine print" and other similar needs for the naked aging eye (despite having bifocals) LOL

Lynn who needs an eye exam and new lenses soon even if Rx has not changed

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On Sep 8, 2015, at 10:17 AM, Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com> wrote:

I had some of those.  They were like dragonfly wings, I said.  But in the end I was too hard on them and I had to abandon them after quite a few years.  They were great.

Marion, a pilgrim

> On 9/8/2015 10:59 AM, Lynn Ronkainen wrote:
> I have found it interesting when friends with vision, on a par with mine (can't recognize faces across a room or read a grandfather clock at 12' away without them) are fine with this level of clarity unless there are other 'reasons' to don their glasses - like driving , maybe. I too could not imagine living and moving in a semi decipherable blur, as a choice. Not sure what I would do if nose discomfort prevailed. Perhaps seek out alternative nosepiece options and/ or lightweight frames/ lenses. The ones I've been wearing for 16 years are Silhouetts - temples are connected directly to lens and so is small nosepiece. Extremely lightweight and with polycarbonate (I think) lenses, light as a feather.
> Lynn
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Sep 8, 2015, at 6:27 AM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> The gf has a healed broken nose, making eyeglasses very
> difficult to fit. She's always saying they hurt her if she wears them
> for any period of time.
> 
> She opens her purse.
> She retrieves her eyeglass case.
> She unfolds her eyeglasses and puts them on her face.
> She reads whatever I'm trying to show her.
> She carefully re-folds her eyeglasses.
> She puts them in the case.
> She puts the case in her purse.
> We resume our conversation.
> 
> Believe me, this lengthens any endeavor that involves reading.
> It would drive me nuts! I want to be ready to read anything
> at any time without any extra effort.
> 
> At home, she carries them around tucked into the neckline
> of her t-shirt. On a couple of occasions they've tumbled into
> the sink or the trash.
> 
> I put my eyeglasses on when I get up in the morning
> and take them off when I go to bed.
> 
> We are very different people.
> -M