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missdiane ([personal profile] missdiane) wrote2017-05-23 06:10 am
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Gettin' old

This morning on the news, someone announced that 232 years ago today back in 1785, correspondence from Benjamin Franklin with the first illustration of bifocal glasses occurred. 

Interesting timing hearing that since yesterday I finally had to suck it up and get bifocals. I'm going for the non-line ones which I hope I can adjust to quickly enough. Since Sears Optical had their usual BOGO deal, for the second pair, I ordered non-bifocal "computer glasses" so I won't have to do that annoying thing of tilting my head back to read stuff on the screen. I got that pair with some sassy blue frames. The regular pair is a darker purple in back and a tortoiseshell pattern in front.  

Though you'd think after something is around for 232 years that they wouldn't be so darned expensive. Bah.

[identity profile] asheswithroses.livejournal.com 2017-05-23 01:25 pm (UTC)(link)

True glad you were able to get them though.

[identity profile] missdiane.livejournal.com 2017-05-23 02:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks - and hopefully having decent reading/computer glasses will ease my headaches some. I even brought in a floor lamp from home so I wouldn't have to use the overhead fluorescent lights and I've been playing rain sounds as background noise