Three decades ago I would have thought they looked too affected, but Harry Potter brought the general style back into play, so now they are just one variation of normal.
Saturday, February 16, 2019
CS Lewis Glasses
I have finally decided I am eligible to wear CS Lewis glasses. I am not as smart, and nowhere near as learned, but I am older than he, and they finally fit my face - a bit. I have two pair now, a correct prescription pair and a drugstore pair that can be abused. For reading only, as with Lewis himself, who did not even carry his glasses with him on walks.
Three decades ago I would have thought they looked too affected, but Harry Potter brought the general style back into play, so now they are just one variation of normal.
Three decades ago I would have thought they looked too affected, but Harry Potter brought the general style back into play, so now they are just one variation of normal.
The glasses I recently purchased resemble that,though slightly more oval than round.
ReplyDeleteI got pilot glasses in the AF, and have worn them ever since.
ReplyDeleteAfter my cataract surgery (I opted for astigmatism and "mostly" close-up correction) I only need reading glasses under low light conditions and for some computer applications. I opted for cheap dollar store glasses with frames I'd never have worn when I had to have glasses all the time. Cat-eye with "diamonds", neon green, pink, red, and purple, etc. And now I can wear the craziest, cheapest sunglasses too.
ReplyDeleteI almost backed out on the close-up correction because a side effect of it is seeing bright lights at night with concentric circles. This has not been a problem as it eliminates the halos. It also makes streetlights look like targets and... that's a fun in a twisted juvenile sort of way.
I wear my glasses rarely now after cataract surgery, too, and opted for some wild turquoise things with zippy colors on the earpieces.
ReplyDeleteI ordered some cheap bi-focal readers on the theory that if I left them on, I wouldn't misplace them.
ReplyDeleteSpouse wouldn't let me take them out in public because if their resemblance to circa 1970 NHS glasses - which is amusing to me because I selected the frames based upon what I see young-people wearing every day.
Anyway, the CS-Lewis glasses to me also look like the free spectacle frames provided under the NHS in the uk, in the 1949-1950 date range rather than the 1970s ones that were a problem for me. I guess I'm doomed to wire-rim half-frames that pin me as late-middle-aged.
http://journal.sciencemuseum.org.uk/browse/issue-07/rather-unspectacular/figure-4/
The only way I could avoid misplacing spectacles would be to have them surgically implanted. Lanyards might help, though.
ReplyDeleteI have reach an age, or at any rate a stage of mental degeneration, where anything I use less often than daily (perhaps less) goes into solution. I have to adopt a rigid discipline about a single spot--a single pocket in a single purse--for my car keys. I do best with my phone if it's on a lanyard. If it goes in a pocket it's very likely to go through the wash. Thank goodness for waterproof cases. It turns out that electronic car keys also hold up well to a wash cycle.
I had poor vision from an early age, so they were always on my face, until I went to bed. I put them on before I got out of bed. Even though the cataract surgery was almost 2 years ago, I still sometimes reach for my glasses when I first wake up. The reading glasses are so cheap, I have 4 or 5 pair.
ReplyDeleteKeys are a different story. After paying locksmiths a small fortune over the years, I got a little better about keeping track of them. After paying to replace an electronic key (along with the towing to get the car to the dealership for it be reprogrammed) I am now downright paranoid about where my keys are. I find it almost impossible to close a car door without touching the key.
I use a belt-clip to hold the key ring, and as I get out of the car I automatically sweep with my left hand to make sure the seat belt gets back inside the car and with my right hand to make sure the key ring is on my belt.
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