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subtona · 3 August 2013, 10:38 AM

Incoming.....aging on the horizon

While picking up some toothpaste in the local drugstore today.... I had the notion to try on a pair of these ...

Well it seems i dont need them, I just see better with them is all!

Im almost 50 and have avoided them up until now, im occasionally called on by my friends to read the menu to them when out at a restaurant .... You know the trendy places that keep using smaller and smaller type on the menus, along with ever dimmer dimmer lighting!....

que sera sera

Anyone else trying to make the adjustment?

Ps up side, my watches never looked so good!!!

East Bay Rider · 3 August 2013, 10:48 AM

I'm on the cusp of this myself. Use them for computer work and another pair for seeing far / driving at night. Might have to full time soon.

cop414 · 3 August 2013, 10:53 AM

Yep, Gus I have a few pair around the house. Sooner or later I have to go get real ones but I do use those... could be worse I guess.

SUBversive · 3 August 2013, 11:34 AM

No readers need. Great book by the way!

GradyPhilpott · 3 August 2013, 01:02 PM

Lust for Life by Irving Stone!

What a great book.

A fictionalized biography of Vincent Van Gogh.

I read it back in the mid-Seventies when I was still reading fiction.

Thoroughly enjoyable.

Nice specs!

linesiders · 3 August 2013, 01:25 PM

I went in to the eye-doc 3 years ago, probably 25 years after my last eye exam, things are more blurry now, more susceptible to glare at night, can no longer differentiate left from right nut on a fly at 1000 yards. My eyes are down to 20/20.

But in the last year I have been avoiding reading glasses like the plague. I think my interest inspecting details on watches has had as much to do with it as just turning 45.

Sucks

but it was actually keeping me from reading books for fun.

As for the Internet on the 'puter, very easy to hold down CTRL button while spinning the mouse wheel...

The grey hair started in my early 20s - never much made me feel old(er) - reading glasses is another story

crew · 3 August 2013, 08:39 PM

I started using reading glasses when I was about (I'm 57 now). At first I only needed them in very dim light. A year or two later I needed them only when indoors. Now I wear no line bifocals 80% of the day.
It's amazing how well I can still see when I'm in bright sunlight.
Glasses are a sign of aging. It could be worse.

The Joker · 3 August 2013, 08:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GradyPhilpott

Lust for Life by Irving Stone!

What a great book.

A fictionalized biography of Vincent Van Gogh.

I read it back in the mid-Seventies when I was still reading fiction.

Thoroughly enjoyable.

Nice specs!

Oh yes great book. The agony and ecstasy(Michelangelo) is even better and my all time fav book

No specs for me yet(36) but even I'm noticing getting closer to my computer.

G8RDPM · 3 August 2013, 10:17 PM

I started wearing readers at 48(50 now). I only need +1.

I just bought a pair of Maui Jim readers(sunglasses with built in magnification). Highly recommended!

subtona · 4 August 2013, 01:59 AM

Well gentleman your company makes my transition easier

It is a privilege growing old, certainly are worse options.

Now if i could just remember where i put them

Oh, there they are on my head!

pberry · 7 August 2013, 12:58 PM

yep, it's hell to get old... I've probably got 20 pair scattered around the shop, office and house. still can't find them when I need them.

3 August 2013, 10:48 AM	#2
East Bay Rider "TRF" Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Real Name: Bill Location: East Bay RI Watch: GMT-II 16710LN Posts: 12,073	I'm on the cusp of this myself. Use them for computer work and another pair for seeing far / driving at night. Might have to full time soon. __________________ I bought a cheap watch from the crazy man Floating down canal It doesn't use numbers or moving hands It always just says "now" Now you may be thinking that I was had But this watch is never wrong And if I have trouble the warranty said Breathe In, Breathe Out, Move On J. Buffett Instagram: eastbayrider46

3 August 2013, 10:53 AM	#3
cop414 TRF Moderator & 2024 SubLV41 Patron Join Date: Apr 2012 Real Name: Tim Location: Pennsylvania Watch: 14060M Posts: 72,242	Yep, Gus I have a few pair around the house. Sooner or later I have to go get real ones but I do use those... could be worse I guess. __________________ Rolex Submariner 14060M Omega Seamaster 2254.50 DOXA Professional 1200T Card carrying member of TRF's Global Association of Retro-Grouch-Curmudgeons TRF's "After Dark" Bar & NightClub Patron P Club Member #17 2 FA ENABLED

3 August 2013, 01:02 PM	#5
GradyPhilpott 2024 SubLV41 Pledge Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: New Mexico Watch: Seiko #SRK050 Posts: 34,460	Lust for Life by Irving Stone! What a great book. A fictionalized biography of Vincent Van Gogh. I read it back in the mid-Seventies when I was still reading fiction. Thoroughly enjoyable. Nice specs! __________________ JJ Inaugural TRF $50 Watch Challenge Winner

3 August 2013, 01:25 PM	#6
linesiders 2024 SubLV41 Pledge Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: RedSox Nation Watch: U Talkn Bout Wilis Posts: 5,503	I went in to the eye-doc 3 years ago, probably 25 years after my last eye exam, things are more blurry now, more susceptible to glare at night, can no longer differentiate left from right nut on a fly at 1000 yards. My eyes are down to 20/20. But in the last year I have been avoiding reading glasses like the plague. I think my interest inspecting details on watches has had as much to do with it as just turning 45. Sucks but it was actually keeping me from reading books for fun. As for the Internet on the 'puter, very easy to hold down CTRL button while spinning the mouse wheel... The grey hair started in my early 20s - never much made me feel old(er) - reading glasses is another story __________________ I'm a sailor peg. And I've lost my leg. Climbing up the top sails. I've lost my leg!

4 August 2013, 01:59 AM	#10
subtona "TRF" Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Real Name: gus Location: East Coast Watch: APK & sometimes Y Posts: 26,599	Well gentleman your company makes my transition easier It is a privilege growing old, certainly are worse options. Now if i could just remember where i put them Oh, there they are on my head! __________________

3 August 2013, 11:34 AM	#4
SUBversive Banned Join Date: May 2011 Location: ri Watch: Sun Dial Posts: 14,346	No readers need. Great book by the way!

3 August 2013, 08:39 PM	#7
crew "TRF" Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Real Name: John Location: Rochester/Naples Watch: Pepsi Posts: 18,307	I started using reading glasses when I was about (I'm 57 now). At first I only needed them in very dim light. A year or two later I needed them only when indoors. Now I wear no line bifocals 80% of the day. It's amazing how well I can still see when I'm in bright sunlight. Glasses are a sign of aging. It could be worse.

3 August 2013, 10:17 PM	#9
G8RDPM 2024 ROLEX SUBMARINER 41 Pledge Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: South Carolina Posts: 3,252	I started wearing readers at 48(50 now). I only need +1. I just bought a pair of Maui Jim readers(sunglasses with built in magnification). Highly recommended!

7 August 2013, 12:58 PM	#11
pberry Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Real Name: Pat Berry Location: Howell, MI Posts: 18	yep, it's hell to get old... I've probably got 20 pair scattered around the shop, office and house. still can't find them when I need them.

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