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I just got my first bi-focals this evening....

Now we all know that I have terrible spelling and my typing is not the best hunt and peck in the world, but what do you do when the keyboard is seen in double? [xx(]

Mike
 
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Executive summary:
You learn to raise or lower yer chin to a slight angle 'til the keyboard comes into focus.
:D

Long version:
1. You may have to revisit the eye doctor and 'splain that you need to be able to see the 'puter as well as objects in the field.
2. Learn to find the keys without looking at 'em. Seeing what you're writing as it shows up in the Quick Reply box will enable you to type faster -- in the long run.
3. Ask Linda to write it for ya. [}:)][B)] ;)
 
I'm with you Mike, just got my first glasses a couple weeks ago, progressive lenses they call them. I call them a pain in the ASS to get used to. I climb a lot of open tread ladder ways and I had a heck of a job knowing where the treads were for the first week. I found myself bobbing up and down like a bobble head trying to get things in focus. The worse part was banging my head on everything cause I had to tilt my head down to find the floor. Guess I'm getting used to them now as I don't notice the bobbing half as much. Doesn't mean I not still doing it I just don't notice it.
 
I think the key to using bifocals is to get used to some blurry vision from time to time. I've had mine for at least 10 years and really the only time I have trouble now is when I work under the car. Maybe that is my hint that I'm gettting too old to work on cars? I tried using "computer" glasses that were ground for a focal length of something like 12"-14" from my face. They work okay at home, but I hate changing them all the time at work. Everytime I look up, or go over to the CNC router, everything is out of focus. Just another compromise to getting older I say.:(
 
Hi, i have had mine for about 5 years now,you get used to them,you have to turn your head every time you look at something.Use your nose as a pointer. When you work with flat work and sight down an edge of a board its going to be slightly curved. You will have to take your glasses off.. Carl
 
Grin and bear it. Your brain will eventually adjust and you will learn to turn & tilt your head the right amount to see things at most every distance automatically.
Of course if you want to look at girls legs while walking down the street you will have to wear the darn things upside down.:D
 
I'm with Gerry! I've worn progressive lens bifocals for 15 years. You younsters need to suck it up and stop whining. Don't get Linda to post for you. If everything is spelled right, no one will believe it is your thoghts!!;)
 
wait until next year when you realize that maybe a third prescription wouldn't be a bad idea! I now find myself peeking over or under the lenses to see up close...welcome to our world!
 
Something else to consider - monovision. It was a personal breakthru for me about 2 years ago. I was getting to the point of needing bifocals and my eye doctor suggested I try monovision. I wear contacts, and this is a contact only solution.

Basically they use your dominant eye as your far seeing eye and then instead of making your non-dominant eye 20/20, they "detune" it for close up vision. It doesn't work for everyone (see article) but for me it was a miracle. I have thrown away all my "mags". I know other people who have done this and they swear by it (as do I).

The doctor said there is up to a two-week adjustment period, actually I could read tiny print immediately and my far vision was still fine.

Here is a link for more information:

http://www.stlukeseye.com/eyeq/Monovision.asp

The thing I like is 1) no glasses and 2) no surgery

Hope this helps someone out there.
 
I got progressives a couple of years ago. They made me so sick I thought I was going to puke from the feeling that my equilibrium was off. I can't give you any more tips than have been laid out here. You just have to get use to them.

TThhee sseeeeiinngg ddoouubbllee tthhiinngg wwiil ggo away soon!:D
 
Mike try closing one eye and you will not see two keyboards, DUH!![}:)];) It did not work for me either. You are too young to have Bifocals, as if age was a qualifying factor.[:eek:)]
 
Good luck with that!!! I couldn't wear the progressives, they made me soooooooo sick. I need the line from the regular glasses to determine where my eyes were supposed to go, does that make sense??????? I still use my cheaters too.
 
I think I'm headed that way... my eyes seem to be chaning from near sighted to far sighted... for years I could work at my desk without having to wear glasses, but I'm finding my arms getting shorter and shorter trying to read. I've worn glasses to drive for last 10 years or so, but noticed today with my prescription sunglasses on I couldn't read the highway signs... took them off and could see fine.. not looking forward to bifocals... I'm only 66 years old for crying out loud:D:D:D
 
Uhhhh one less drink?

Nope?

I got mine a year ago. The hard thing was when I looked at things a certain way, they went all "wavey". It got better. The guy that fit them told me to just point my nose. It seems to work.

My wife just asked what I was doing. I said: one of the penturners just got progressive bifocals today. She said "like yours?" I said yes. She just laughed. What do you suppose that means?

Hang in there and remember, the type face is</u> smaller.
 
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