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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, and when I'm deep in the
>throes of a deadline it is not uncommon for me to stare at my computer
>screen for four or five hours at a spell.  The problem is, I am 45, and
>eyestrain and tiredness are making my normal writing pace very hard to
>sustain.  Anyone else experiencing this as their eyes age?  Any strategies
>to cope?
>
>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?

I saw lots of good suggestions before I found this thread.  

I'm myopic, which is what I suspect you are. I can read and do close
work without glasses at all.  In fact, I prefer to.  This includes
working at a monitor.  I tried using bifocals for a while, but they
drove me crazy.

A few years ago, I started using the disposable contacts, which work
just fine since I have simple (but bad) myopia and don't need anything
special.   The contacts are great, and I can see just like a normal
person.  I don't have to fool around with diopter inesrts in my camera
viewfinders any more, either.

I have a collection of cheap reading glasses in diopters from +1.25 to
+5.0.  (I get 'em from Jembro for about 2 bucks apiece or so)


+1.25 to +2.0 let me see what I'm eating,

+1.5 is perfect for the computer.

+3.5 is perfect for general reading and handwriting.

The higher ones are for fine work, like soldering and carving.


Bill

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