My take on this -- I have a set of computer/driving glasses and a set of sunglasses that is only for driving. A little annoying if I wear the sunglasses into the building at work and have to go back out and get the others, but otherwise, works well and is much cheaper.
On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 8:43 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Adam said: >>I picked up my bifocals yesterday. >> >> >> >>Still getting used to some of the visual bending effects that happen when I >>turn my head from side to side. Still getting used to holding my head at a >>different angle when working on a computer. > > Hi Adam, > > You can relax a bit. You're not an old fart until you get to TRIfocals. > You're still just a kid with BIfocals. :) > > If you spend a lot of time in front of the screen these days you may want to > spring for a pair of dedicated computer glasses. The upper half of the lenses > will be optimized for the screen and you should be able to see the screen and > the keyboard without moving your head at all. Makes a huge difference for me, > although I wear progressives (trifocals). > > Just wait till you get to trifocals\progressives. The viewing area is shaped > like a big maple tree with distance as the big leafy top of the tree, middle > vision being the narrow trunk of the tree and close up being the wide but > shallow root system of the tree. Close up gets interesting. If you do not > have Varilux progressives, which are expensive and not available at all > optical shops, close up is limited on each lens to the area between the > bottom center and your nose. You have to move your head side to side when > reading close up otherwise on the left side of a line your left eye cannot > focus and on the right side of the line your right eye cannot focus. I found > this out the hard way from a knowledgeable optician after having redone two > prescriptions a total of five times . . . I'm back to Varilux again. > > Good luck with your new glasses . . . > > George > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:261025 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
