tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post7960678332671832000..comments2023-11-05T03:56:08.325-08:00Comments on Murrmurrs: EyeballsMurr Brewsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-21883403408148880622017-05-03T17:43:50.380-07:002017-05-03T17:43:50.380-07:00I stopped wearing them when I drove, and found I d...I stopped wearing them when I drove, and found I didn't need them, except to read street signs (or at night, but I don't drive at night, much, so there's that...)and I usually Google map before I drive somewhere, so there's that...and for TV, I just like the fuzzy aspect, makes the actors look younger, (there's that) but I do wear them for watching tennis, because Rafa Nadal Leslie Haweshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17933649274394414938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-24027034439270922962017-04-27T21:24:37.602-07:002017-04-27T21:24:37.602-07:00A little distance helps most of us.A little distance helps most of us.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-50060307862227006772017-04-27T21:23:44.794-07:002017-04-27T21:23:44.794-07:00Where you can't find them.Where you can't find them.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-80417809713938750512017-04-27T11:48:53.539-07:002017-04-27T11:48:53.539-07:00Things get blurry for me around 6 ft and further a...Things get blurry for me around 6 ft and further away, so I often do not see peoples wrinkles unless they are close by or I have my glasses on.<br /> Rose Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07180873324576064516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-50667148380140039802017-04-27T10:24:18.719-07:002017-04-27T10:24:18.719-07:00I had a spectacular collection of reading glasses ...I had a spectacular collection of reading glasses placed around my labs, before I retired. Now I just have them scattered around the house.<br />dancinfoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13942680650174061545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-77290911509610717532017-04-27T09:46:28.690-07:002017-04-27T09:46:28.690-07:00Same lenses for newt-spotting?Same lenses for newt-spotting?Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-57035983155140430572017-04-27T09:45:50.801-07:002017-04-27T09:45:50.801-07:00Oh hey! I can only hope for that! Come on, catarac...Oh hey! I can only hope for that! Come on, cataracts!Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-84177644836982254032017-04-27T09:45:23.200-07:002017-04-27T09:45:23.200-07:00"I either need new glasses or a bigger club h..."I either need new glasses or a bigger club head." [Seldom-heard quotes]Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-14386949343962848862017-04-27T09:42:54.313-07:002017-04-27T09:42:54.313-07:00Flip-down dark lenses, a dog, and a cane.Flip-down dark lenses, a dog, and a cane.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-35421328564766462372017-04-27T09:42:02.204-07:002017-04-27T09:42:02.204-07:00I could feel you behind me. I could.I could feel you behind me. I could.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-4564629835295245052017-04-27T09:41:27.530-07:002017-04-27T09:41:27.530-07:00Oh heck, you were just hitting your stride!Oh heck, you were just hitting your stride!Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-7382576428653463932017-04-27T09:40:51.203-07:002017-04-27T09:40:51.203-07:00Not only that, but everybody mumbles these days.Not only that, but everybody mumbles these days.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-72062254077931254652017-04-27T09:40:20.608-07:002017-04-27T09:40:20.608-07:00You're going to be in the multi-jeweled-chain ...You're going to be in the multi-jeweled-chain club.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-48469988791345562017-04-27T09:39:29.915-07:002017-04-27T09:39:29.915-07:00It's a public service.It's a public service.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-44412847344176517472017-04-27T09:28:26.410-07:002017-04-27T09:28:26.410-07:00Morels. I had to get a pair of glasses just to ho...Morels. I had to get a pair of glasses just to hold my own when we go mushroom hunting. I have readers, long-distance, and a pair that graduates from readers to distance up the lens. None of them worked for mushroom hunting, so that's another pair that I lug around. Kathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18207121540248325766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-5303816652728471002017-04-27T08:15:33.938-07:002017-04-27T08:15:33.938-07:00Old fogey benefit to look forward to: cataract sur...Old fogey benefit to look forward to: cataract surgery! It transformed my terrible nearsightedness into all-around pretty good vision, just reading glasses for now.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09389280136561155123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-41340514840054486152017-04-27T08:07:25.706-07:002017-04-27T08:07:25.706-07:00Great read. I had the tri-focals for a while, but ...Great read. I had the tri-focals for a while, but noticed my golf game had gone. Never could get the ball in focus on the tee. Bought a pair of strictly distance glasses at one of the Wal stores and dropped 15 strokes off my game! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16167121830513798405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-7606353120883982092017-04-27T05:39:54.648-07:002017-04-27T05:39:54.648-07:00Trifocals and reading glasses for now. Not lookin...Trifocals and reading glasses for now. Not looking forward to another specific pair.Taborhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15257045780724471840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-4006653508447718892017-04-27T05:19:03.385-07:002017-04-27T05:19:03.385-07:00I just love following your brain around.
I just love following your brain around.<br />Kiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16046703126566854831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-79697799296761341002017-04-27T03:48:15.171-07:002017-04-27T03:48:15.171-07:00Recently I parallel parked successfully and was so...Recently I parallel parked successfully and was so excited I posted it to Facebook. I'm legally blind in one eye so depth perception and I are not friends. I wear bifocals, too, for my "good" eye, so sister, I feel your pain. When I first got them, the optometrist warned me that it would mess up my depth perception. The man has a short memory. He's middle-aged, I'll forgive Jamiebobamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08154545915347378238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-56695180531111274232017-04-26T21:26:21.303-07:002017-04-26T21:26:21.303-07:00A lot of the problem is print media. Phone books h...A lot of the problem is print media. Phone books here now are impossibly small, so all the names and numbers are printed in miniature to fit them in, I can't read them even with a magnifying glass and newspapers are using less ink so the text is lighter in colour, only the headlines are regular strength ink and now look like they're done in "Bold", but even those are not as 'Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-11313927614213095382017-04-26T21:18:23.266-07:002017-04-26T21:18:23.266-07:00I'm long-sighted, which apparently means I hav...I'm long-sighted, which apparently means I have little imagination, so my distance vision is fine, but I'm also cross-eyed so need corrective lenses for that. Reading up close is a problem and reading at arm's length isn't possible because my vision goes past that and then there's the cross-eyed thing. It usually takes several trips back and forth tweaking any new lenses to Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-52565502896423238622017-04-26T20:56:39.203-07:002017-04-26T20:56:39.203-07:00You made me look up lorgnette!You made me look up lorgnette!joyceettahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00917345843912445569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-2848752464796168922017-04-26T20:55:04.118-07:002017-04-26T20:55:04.118-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.joyceettahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00917345843912445569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-52052717204919623472017-04-26T16:21:58.054-07:002017-04-26T16:21:58.054-07:00I don't want to know what I'm eating eithe...I don't want to know what I'm eating either.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.com