First Impression Dealing with Reading Glasses

Many of you veterns might laugh at this, but I'll tell you, someone
should write a book about transition to wearing reading glasses and the
new challenges you will face. Sometimes I feel like an idiot trying to
do the things I used to be able to do (and not succeeding) while knowing
in the back of my mind that I'm not the first one to have gone through
this - but I still have to figure it all out myself.
To that end, I thought I would start a list for the other newbies to
reading glasses so that perhaps they don't have to stumble over every
little thing like I feel I am.

* First problem - can't read car maps in the car unless it's bright
sunlight without sunglasses on.
* Trouble reading the phone book.
* Can't read the fine print on the phone bill to figure out who to call
with questions.
* Like totally gave up on the fine print on a contract without the readers.
* Removing a sliver from my childs finger.
* Cutting my nails - yikes, I never would have even thought of this one.
* And I think the worst one has been trying to program a universal
remote, reading the fine print instructions with 10 steps each and then
watching the TV or DVD display to see when something happened so I can
go to the next step. Sheesh this gave me a super headache after 15
minutes - I'm returning the remote because I don't have the patients
with trying to read the instructions with glasses and then taking them
off, and on and off 10 times for each thing. Can they make this any
more difficult? Or maybe they figured nobody over 40 would buy such a
stupid thing.

Boe

 

All together, now: GROWING OLD AIN'T FOR SISSIES!

I'm especially resentful of tiny print on electronic devices and most
especially the stupid readout on the cheap Vivitar digital camera that I
can take skiing because if it gets ruined I'm only out $3.00. I need to
use my +3.5 readers to set that, or perhaps two pair of +2.0s. What's
the point of making tiny phones if we can't read the goddam keys or
screens? It's going to be a long time before I replace my Nokia 5160.

 

There is unreadable fine print that could be life threatening --
inserts in OTC and prescription drugs. You could face serious health
risks if you don't read it. I find the fine print (e.g., expiration
date) included with eye drop packaging especially ironic.

 

Try "half glasses" for this task. Or you could pull the glasses down on
your

One can purchase a universal remote with large buttons at an electronics
store. It can be trained to perform most of the functions of your current
remote.

 

It's really pretty simple. If it's up close and you need to see it, you
need your glasses. If it's far away and you need to see it, you need your
glasses off.


I like wearing small glasses. When I'm doing something where I need to
see both close and far (like setting the remote control), I slide the
glasses down my nose, just half an inch or so. When I look down (just
moving my eyes), I am seeing through the glasses. When I look up at the
tv, I'm seeing without the glasses.