finished a book

I had pre-ordered a book called "thirteen" on Amazon many months ago. It
was released in April 2007 and I soon got the book and started reading it.
I just finished it. I took me 7 months. Gawd.

The book is by Kevin Morgan and has 544 pages in Hardback.

Reading is one of the better things of life. I fail to understand why I
have such trouble sticking to a schedule of doing it (reading).

I have new reading glasses. I used to be able to read without glasses for
most of my life, but now, without glasses, I find that I am reading with one
eye. The new glasses work well.

QN

On Nov 18, 1:01 pm, "Quiet Neighbor" <priv...@spamless.net> wrote:
> I had pre-ordered a book called "thirteen" on Amazon many months ago. It
> was released in April 2007 and I soon got the book and started reading it.
> I just finished it. I took me 7 months. Gawd.
>
> The book is by Kevin Morgan and has 544 pages in Hardback.
>
> Reading is one of the better things of life. I fail to understand why I
> have such trouble sticking to a schedule of doing it (reading).
>
> I have new reading glasses. I used to be able to read without glasses for
> most of my life, but now, without glasses, I find that I am reading with one
> eye. The new glasses work well.
>
> QN

Lucky you, QN. I have to use a several-years-old spare pair because
the ones I bought early this year are no longer with me. Even before
they went bye-bye I had been issued a new prescription for both
distance AND reading glasses. But Disability covers only one cheap
pair of glasses every three years and I'm told they're pretty
inflexible about emergency replacement.

Miki

malefrancesfarmer@yahoo.ca wrote:
> On Nov 18, 1:01 pm, "Quiet Neighbor" <priv...@spamless.net> wrote:
>> I had pre-ordered a book called "thirteen" on Amazon many months ago. It
>> was released in April 2007 and I soon got the book and started reading it.
>> I just finished it. I took me 7 months. Gawd.
>>
>> The book is by Kevin Morgan and has 544 pages in Hardback.
>>
>> Reading is one of the better things of life. I fail to understand why I
>> have such trouble sticking to a schedule of doing it (reading).
>>
>> I have new reading glasses. I used to be able to read without glasses for
>> most of my life, but now, without glasses, I find that I am reading with one
>> eye. The new glasses work well.
>>
>> QN
>
> Lucky you, QN. I have to use a several-years-old spare pair because
> the ones I bought early this year are no longer with me. Even before
> they went bye-bye I had been issued a new prescription for both
> distance AND reading glasses. But Disability covers only one cheap
> pair of glasses every three years and I'm told they're pretty
> inflexible about emergency replacement.
>
> Miki

my myopia is so severe it affects reading. should i invest in a
separate pair of reading glasses? i also had some double vision while
on Geodon.

m.

I order my glasses on the internet. In addition to being *very*
inexpensive, I can correct my prescription myself.

Fortunately, my astigmatism remains stable, only the spherical correction
seems to be shifting with age. Thus, with a slightly old prescription from
the past, I can extrapolate my current needs.

Years ago, I had a bad experience with an HMO optician. He just kept asking
questions about my psychiatric meds, and refused to correct a prescription
with a problem. I then went to a commercial eyeglasses chain that had a $45
special on their optician's services. I took a 10+ year old pair of glasses
along, so the optician could not read the old bad prescription from my
glasses and copy it. The result was a new prescription that had different
astigmatism (cylinder) values (than the HMO optician had done), and
corrected my blurry vision problem. Since then, I have not needed to see an
optician for my eye changes.

Google for Zenni Optical. (They have changed their URL a few times.) My
reading glasses were $17.95 total. That *included* an extra optional charge
for anti-reflective and $4.95 shipping.

The work is done in China and then re-shipped from California.

If the glasses you lost were a good prescription, you should be able to
request a written copy of the prescription. In addition, you will need the
"PD" or pupilary distance. In the US about half the prescriptions include
this info. Otherwise, many commercial eyeglasses shops can provide the PD
for free. The PD (in the US) is usually part of what the clerk at the
eyeglasses shop does to fit a pair of glasses. IMHO the optician should do
it. Correct PD is important. Eyeglasses work best through the optical
middle of the lens. The position of the optical middle is determined by the
PD. Thus, they position the optical middle to line up with the position of
your pupils. It is a question of how far apart your eyes are in
millimeters.

I have even been able to order bifocals. The key to a good bifocal is the
level at which the prescription changes. This is called "SEG Height" for
segment Height. If the SEG Height is not what you subjectively like, the
bifocals will be useless. SEG Height is usually decided in the US by the
clerk at the eyeglasses store, and they often get no input from the
eyeglasses user on what number to pick. Thus, you end up with what the
clerk likes. SEG Height is measure in the number of millimeters from the
bottom of the lens. I judged my ideal SEG Height by putting black
electrical tape on some glasses lenses and experimenting with different
heights of seeing above or below the tape. It took an hour, but I found
what I needed.

In their own way, the world of normal people and institutions are just as
crazy as we are. You need strategies to get around them.



<malefrancesfarmer@yahoo.ca> wrote in message
news:480a36bf-ffae-45d7-8b83-28ef52068f9f@d61g2000hsa.googlegroups.com...
> On Nov 18, 1:01 pm, "Quiet Neighbor" <priv...@spamless.net> wrote:
>> I had pre-ordered a book called "thirteen" on Amazon many months ago. It
>> was released in April 2007 and I soon got the book and started reading
>> it.
>> I just finished it. I took me 7 months. Gawd.
>>
>> The book is by Kevin Morgan and has 544 pages in Hardback.
>>
>> Reading is one of the better things of life. I fail to understand why I
>> have such trouble sticking to a schedule of doing it (reading).
>>
>> I have new reading glasses. I used to be able to read without glasses
>> for
>> most of my life, but now, without glasses, I find that I am reading with
>> one
>> eye. The new glasses work well.
>>
>> QN
>
> Lucky you, QN. I have to use a several-years-old spare pair because
> the ones I bought early this year are no longer with me. Even before
> they went bye-bye I had been issued a new prescription for both
> distance AND reading glasses. But Disability covers only one cheap
> pair of glasses every three years and I'm told they're pretty
> inflexible about emergency replacement.
>
> Miki

"Thirteen" sounds like a good book; ofcourse, I love scifi.

On Nov 19, 12:51 pm, "Quiet Neighbor" <priv...@spamless.net> wrote:
> I order my glasses on the internet. In addition to being *very*
> inexpensive, I can correct my prescription myself.
>
> Fortunately, my astigmatism remains stable, only the spherical correction
> seems to be shifting with age. Thus, with a slightly old prescription from
> the past, I can extrapolate my current needs.
>
> Years ago, I had a bad experience with an HMO optician. He just kept asking
> questions about my psychiatric meds, and refused to correct a prescription
> with a problem. I then went to a commercial eyeglasses chain that had a $45
> special on their optician's services. I took a 10+ year old pair of glasses
> along, so the optician could not read the old bad prescription from my
> glasses and copy it. The result was a new prescription that had different
> astigmatism (cylinder) values (than the HMO optician had done), and
> corrected my blurry vision problem. Since then, I have not needed to see an
> optician for my eye changes.
>
> Google for Zenni Optical. (They have changed their URL a few times.) My
> reading glasses were $17.95 total. That *included* an extra optional charge
> for anti-reflective and $4.95 shipping.
>
> The work is done in China and then re-shipped from California.
>
> If the glasses you lost were a good prescription, you should be able to
> request a written copy of the prescription. In addition, you will need the
> "PD" or pupilary distance. In the US about half the prescriptions include
> this info. Otherwise, many commercial eyeglasses shops can provide the PD
> for free. The PD (in the US) is usually part of what the clerk at the
> eyeglasses shop does to fit a pair of glasses. IMHO the optician should do
> it. Correct PD is important. Eyeglasses work best through the optical
> middle of the lens. The position of the optical middle is determined by the
> PD. Thus, they position the optical middle to line up with the position of
> your pupils. It is a question of how far apart your eyes are in
> millimeters.
>
> I have even been able to order bifocals. The key to a good bifocal is the
> level at which the prescription changes. This is called "SEG Height" for
> segment Height. If the SEG Height is not what you subjectively like, the
> bifocals will be useless. SEG Height is usually decided in the US by the
> clerk at the eyeglasses store, and they often get no input from the
> eyeglasses user on what number to pick. Thus, you end up with what the
> clerk likes. SEG Height is measure in the number of millimeters from the
> bottom of the lens. I judged my ideal SEG Height by putting black
> electrical tape on some glasses lenses and experimenting with different
> heights of seeing above or below the tape. It took an hour, but I found
> what I needed.
>
> In their own way, the world of normal people and institutions are just as
> crazy as we are. You need strategies to get around them.
>
> <malefrancesfar...@yahoo.ca> wrote in message
>
> news:480a36bf-ffae-45d7-8b83-28ef52068f9f@d61g2000hsa.googlegroups.com...
>
>
>
> > On Nov 18, 1:01 pm, "Quiet Neighbor" <priv...@spamless.net> wrote:
> >> I had pre-ordered a book called "thirteen" on Amazon many months ago. It
> >> was released in April 2007 and I soon got the book and started reading
> >> it.
> >> I just finished it. I took me 7 months. Gawd.
>
> >> The book is by Kevin Morgan and has 544 pages in Hardback.
>
> >> Reading is one of the better things of life. I fail to understand why I
> >> have such trouble sticking to a schedule of doing it (reading).
>
> >> I have new reading glasses. I used to be able to read without glasses
> >> for
> >> most of my life, but now, without glasses, I find that I am reading with
> >> one
> >> eye. The new glasses work well.
>
> >> QN
>
> > Lucky you, QN. I have to use a several-years-old spare pair because
> > the ones I bought early this year are no longer with me. Even before
> > they went bye-bye I had been issued a new prescription for both
> > distance AND reading glasses. But Disability covers only one cheap
> > pair of glasses every three years and I'm told they're pretty
> > inflexible about emergency replacement.
>
> > Miki- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Thanks very much for the reference, QN.