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- Subject: Re: Sunglasses (was Re: Hats)
- Message-ID: <OLSON.92Dec27004455@husc8.harvard.edu>
- From: olson@husc8.harvard.edu (Chip Olson@somewhere.out.there)
- Date: 27 Dec 92 00:44:55
- References: <1992Dec17.081407.11568@midway.uchicago.edu> <vkt2dkd@rpi.edu><1992Dec26.184359.15289@netcom.com>
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- In-reply-to: aahz@netcom.com's message of 26 Dec 92 18:43:59 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec26.184359.15289@netcom.com> aahz@netcom.com (Mean Green Dancing Machine) writes:
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- >In article <vkt2dkd@rpi.edu> youngj4@rebecca.its.rpi.edu (Jeffrey 'Taldin' Young) writes:
- >>But the
- >>reason I started wearing it mainly was because I wear glasses,
- >>and as such, can't wear sunglasses. (I know prescriptions and
- >>photogreys are available, but they's expensive...)
- >
- >I wear glasses, too, and I use clip-on polarizing sunglasses. They're
- >pretty cheap ($5-$15, usually), and they *really* reduce the glare.
- >Someday I may get a pair of darker prescription lenses for when it's too
- >bright, but it really ticks me off that I can't get prescription
- >polarizers....
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- "I am also among the myopic, and I have a pair of prescription sunglasses,
- and they work really well for me. Dark enough (due to my lens thickness)
- to protect against everything short of staring directly at the sun, and
- they're glass so the UV doesn't get through. Cheap sunglasses can be worse
- than useless- if they're not UV-protective, they let more UV in than if you
- weren't wearing anything, because your pupils are dilated more. They did
- cost a bit, but they were 100% worth it. Only problem is that switching back
- and forth can sometimes be a pain, but I'm used to that."
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- --
- -Chip Olson. | olson@husc.harvard.edu | ceo@{gnu.ai,silver.lcs}.mit.edu
- "If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down?
- Maybe we would if they screamed all the time for no good reason." -SNL
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