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- From: turpin@cs.utexas.edu (Russell Turpin)
- Newsgroups: sci.med
- Subject: Re: Contact lenses provide better vision
- Date: 15 Nov 1992 12:45:22 -0600
- Organization: CS Dept, University of Texas at Austin
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- References: <1992Nov13.023143.163637@watson.ibm.com>
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- In article <1992Nov13.182426.911@kestrel.edu> king@reasoning.com (Dick King) writes:
- >> In the rain, i was faced with the choice of doffing my glasses and having
- >> 20/400 vision for the whole ride home, or keeping them on and having my
- >> vision deteriorate from 20/20 to perhaps 20/800 or worse on the way home
- >> as the glasses covered with water.
-
- In article <28173@castle.ed.ac.uk> cam@castle.ed.ac.uk (Chris Malcolm) writes:
- > Contact lenses are not the only solution here. ...
-
- Undoubtedly all of the suggested gizmos work to some extent. But
- in the end, I agree with Dick King. I wear glasses. I used to
- wear contacts. In terms of quality of vision -- lesser distortion,
- greater peripheral scope, etc. -- contacts win hands down,
- *especially* in adverse conditions.
-
- Before my next ski trip, I may have to move back to contacts.
- Last year, the only dim spot was having to struggle with special
- goggles, defoggers, etc. when it snowed.
-
- Trust us: it's not misplaced vanity.
-
- Russell
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