I suppose I’m being rather literal here, but I can’t help it. I have worn eyeglasses my entire life — at least since the fifth grade. I’ve tried contact lenses and they didn’t work for me. I’ve tried “line-free” multi-vision spectacles. They weren’t good for me either. I even tried regular bifocals. Nope.
In the end, I wound up with lots of pairs of eyeglasses.
Distance glasses for driving and viewing. Computer — middle vision — glasses because most life happens in the middle. I read without any glasses (a miracle). But I have two pair of prescription sunglasses because I need shades … so I can look cool like the other kids.
None of my numerous pairs of glasses are particularly good for photography. If I wear distance vision glasses, I can’t see the LCD screen. If I wear middle vision glasses, I’m fuzzy on the big pictures, but can read the screen. Usually, I wear the middle vision glasses and count on auto-focus to manage the difference. I have no idea how I’d take pictures without auto-focus and I bless whoever was its inventor.
The price of eyeglasses has gotten really high, so I’m grateful that as we get older, usually our eyes change very little from year to year.
When someone asks me why I carry such large bags? Two pairs of glasses in protective cases fill half the interior space before I add the small camera, notebook, cell phone, pens, checkbook, wallet, business cards, emergency medications, maybe a protein bar and a small bottle of something wet. And a Kindle or a book. So guess what? That’s a lot of stuff and it’s heavy.
I always wonder about women who can use a wristlet and apparently don’t need a real bag. Where do they put all their stuff? They’ve gotta have some stuff, right?
And men. How big ARE those pockets? Don’t they have any stuff?
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Not needing to wear corrective lenses is one of the few things life gave me a break on. My vision was perfect until I stared too long and deeply playing video games 20 years ago…it didn’t take much but luckily it hasn’t gotten worse.
I stopped using a wallet 15 years ago. I hate the bulkiness in my pockets. I’d leave my phone at home more often but its damn camera capabilities has a hold on me.
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Those bags are heavy and if you have back issues the bags then complicate that challenge. Women may need bigger pockets. 🙂
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Women’s clothing need pockets, period. Men get pockets. For reason I’m sure designers could explain, women get little pieces of pockets. Nothing useful. It’s really annoying.
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You’re a picture perfect visionary, Marilyn. The photo are great and the post is is too. I’m a no-line bifocal gal and have two pair (one that transitions with the light). As for bags, the bigger the better and I have lots of those since the ones I buy are a bargain compared to cost of lenses. You look great! 🙂 xo
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Thanks! I’m a Baggallini addict. Light with lots of compartments. In great colors and washable.
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One thing I learned early about bifocals – you have to take them off to walk down a flight of stairs
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I carry a pretty big purse. LarBear actually went out and bought me a humongous one for Christmas, mostly because I think he was tired of putting the overflow from my smaller purses in his pockets. Ha! Most of what is in the purse never gets used, but if I didn’t have it, I would need it…desperately. I’m sure you understand. 🙂
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Oh, I understand. The only things I need are the things I didn’t bring with me. So I bring everything. Always.
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I don’t carry anything around that I don’t absolutely need… basically the wallet and keys listed above, and if I’m going to work, my box cutter so I can slice up a co-worker if necessary. I’m about the only person left in the world who rarely even carries their cellphone with them. When it comes to freedom, less stuff is more.
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I would agree … except I need the eyeglasses, medications … and the cellphone, the smallest piece of my luggage … is there in case I happen to need it. I pretty much never do, but it’s there. Off, but there. And a camera. Because you never know when a picture will pop up.
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Like you Marilyn, I’ve always worn glasses. Then I had contacts until I was told to stop because I was wearing out my cornea. But now I have “bionic eyes” Woohoo – I can see! At the moment I need readers but not for distance. They say that in a month or so I may not need readers either WOOHOOO!
I don’t use a purse and I haven’t used one for over twenty years. I carry my wallet in one pocket and keys in the other. I found I never used the stuff I had in my purse and it was a pain in the neck to keep track of. The only accessory I have is a kleenex.
Leslie
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Garry also has bionic eyes, but they aren’t as sharp as they were when first installed. Turns out, even those bionic ones change over the years. They were 20-20 for distance originally, but now, 20-70. Good enough for most stuff, but not for everything.
As for keeping stuff in my pockets, once I had to carry extra glasses and meds, that ended any tiny solution. When I was working, I carried a briefcase that had most of the stuff in that … but I haven’t used a briefcase in years.
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Oh dear, I thought those eyes were the real bees knees. They beat the old ones by a mile.
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Mr. Swiss just stuffs it in his pockets I think. I only have one pair of glasses with me, but I have a second pair at home, bothe the same. Mr. Swiss prefers me wearing the bigger blue frames, and It is all the same to me. I will not wear sun glasses, I do not feel comfortable in them.
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Well, I love my shades, but I also need sunglasses. The sun can be very strong in the summer especially near water and I really can’t see in that light without sunglasses. Sometimes, I can’t even see WITH the sunglasses. I think I’m more sensitive to bright light now than I was when i was younger. Pretty much everything worked better when I was younger. Everything. From feet to eyes.
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Wow! funny you should bring this topic up as I just bought new glasses. Based on the first exam I’ve had since the late 80s they recommended progressive, or as you say line free bi-focals. I’m still trying to get used to them but so far I hate ’em. Glad I still have a couple pairs of drug store readers around. I may go the dedicated route i.e., separate readers and distance as that’s always worked in the past.
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Garry got his first pair of bifocals and he appreciates the improved vision, but still isn’t used to them, either. This kind of eyewear depends on us using our eyes the way the glasses are designed. Many of of don’t. I never got used to them. They made me seasick when I looked down (the floor would rise up in waves) and there was never enough middle vision, which is what I use the most since that’s what I need for the computer. I know people who love their line-free glasses, but they didn’t work for me at all. Jeffrey couldn’t wear them, either. Regular bi-focals with a line are often easier to get used to because at least you know what part of the lens does what.
Anyone over 40 goes through this. The first thing we lose is our eyes’ ability to adjust to various distances, so even people who had perfect vision need glasses either for distance or for reading and usually, for both. I suspect middle vision — computer glasses — are a more recent addition. And of course, we ALL need shades.
I totally LOVE the bag you sent. It’s the perfect size for the OM-D and a couple of lenses. And we will never need to buy toilet paper again. We are safe for at least the next hundred years 🙂
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I have a pair of computer glasses at work and wear progressive bifocals the rest of the time.
I hate the progressive’s because when I talk with someone I like to look them in the eye. With my bifocals it’s impossible to get my eyes to focus on theirs! I end up looking at the person over the top of my lenses.
Corrective surgery holds no appeal for me!
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I change glasses a lot. Nothing else worked for me. Garry wears two different contacts a lot of the time. Mono-vision they call it, but not everyone can get used to that.
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I’m not sure if they do this with everyone. When my father-in-law had Lasik they did one eye near and one eye far sighted. Yikes! With surgery it’s permanent.
I’ll take glasses any day.
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I think most men just carry their wallets and keys. They rely on us to carry everything else – because we’re so good at it.
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I made Garry get his own bag. I got tired of him giving me all his stuff when we went out. “You’ve got room for this, right?” No, I don’t. Get a bag, buddy. He got the point when after loading up my bag, I handed it to him and said he could also carry it being as it was so heavy. Now, he’s got several bags of various sizes of his own and he will (such a gentleman!) carry mine too.
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