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On Tue, 5 Jun 2001 13:53:09 -0400, "Dinty W. Moore"
<dinty@charter.net> wrote:

>I am 45, write books for a living off and on, ..

45? You're a kid. 

>I wear progressive bifocals, and it has occurred to me that maybe I need
>special "reading" glasses set for the distance from my nose to the computer.
>Anyone else tried this strategy?

Possible Solutions:

1. Set a timer so that you get up and stretch every 15 minutes. Else
you'll soon have more wrong than sore eyes. Like hemorrhoids, slipped
disks and even degenerative disk and joint disease, phlebitis,
tendonitis or the dread CTS, and some people might think you've died. 

2. Lower the monitor as far as possible so you can look through the
bottom part of your coke bottles. You can buy desks with a hole in
them so the monitor is at a very low angle.

3. Buy a really big monitor and put it farther away. 

4. Choose different screen fonts. Bad old courier is one of the better
fonts to use, it does not make the eyes work too hard. 

5. Go tell your problem to your optometrist. While you're at it, stop
in at the physiotherapist or the orthopedist. If there is such a
profession as an ergonomist, find one. 

6. Use those cheap half-glasses that sit on the end of your nose. Not
only can you look through them, or over them, as you please, you can
also scare small children. 

Bill Penrose