--- In [email protected], Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > jim_flanegin wrote: > > >--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> > >wrote: > > > > > >>>>>Cool. I will keep it in mind. I'm in a transition period now > >>>>>where because of age the focal length of my vision is such > >>>>>that I can read my computer screen perfectly, but can't > >>>>>easily read books. > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>Tell me about it. I suffered -- needlessly -- with this > >>>>same thing for quite a while, until an eye doctor explained > >>>>it to me and told me how to get around it. The issue, at > >>>>least for me, was *light*, not sharpness of vision. As > >>>>you get older, the rods and cones in your eyes grow > >>>>"tired," and don't respond as well to low levels of light. > >>>>In my case, at my optometrist's suggestion, I bought a > >>>>few extremely bright halogen lamps, and poof! the problem > >>>>went away. > >>>> > >>>>Where this issue is the biggest problem for me is in an > >>>>environment where I can't control the lighting. Glasses > >>>>don't help if the issue is needing more light. For > >>>>example, I've grown used to having to have my date read > >>>>the dinner bill for me in dimly-lit restaurants. Cool > >>>>I guess if it's an expensive restaurant and I've just > >>>>splurged on dinner, but a bit embarrassing if I've taken > >>>>her to one of my favorite bargain joints. :-) > >>>> > >>>> > >>>Right, its the light too- which is one reason I can read a > >>>computer screen more easily...no big deal... > >>> > >>> > >>You might also want to look into the sharpness and > >>the flicker rate of the computer screen itself. I > >>had a bad monitor at work for a while, an old-style > >>CRT monitor. What I'd notice that was on the Metro > >>going to work, I could read a book easily, but on > >>the way home, after looking at the monitor all day, > >>I couldn't even focus on the page. Finally I put > >>two and two together and asked for a different > >>monitor. Poof! The problem went away completely. > >> > >>None of these suggestions may be relevant to your > >>situation, but I'm just bringing them up because > >>I spent a couple of years avoiding reading because > >>it was no longer comfortable. Then I figured out > >>that I didn't have to. > >> > >> > >> > >Yep, thanks for all of this. Fortunately my greater difficulty with > >reading has coincided nicely with my lack of interest in > >books...Funny, because at first I thought something was wrong. Then > >I realized it wasn't. > > > > > There is also a report recently that people aren't able to read so well > because they have become used to "skimming" information on the web due > to the overwhelming amount information available. When my work load > is low I read books on weekends as I can't after a full day at the > computer, not because of flicker but because I feel it better to focus > on something at a distance (my HDTV) and give my eyes a rest from close > work. My optometrist agreed.
I read a lot - and yesterday I started with Steve Briggs book - India the Mirror of Truth. Very interesting. Ingegerd > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
