THE FIRST TO GO
I'm finding with the process of aging that the eyes are one of the first things that begin to deteriorate. I have noticed other things too but since I have been plagued by arthritis pain since I was a young woman I have discounted that as part of aging for me. I am a little slower and don't have as much stamina as I once did but other than that I feel pretty young and think that I have a fairly young outlook on life.
I have worn reading glasses for years now and several years ago started wearing prescription glasses with bifocals. I still keep readers around for reading, close work, playing the piano, and using the computer since they give me an expanded field of vision and I can keep buying stronger ones as needed. Now I'm finding that there are so many things that I can't see even with the readers. I'm findind over the counter medicine bottles an almost impossibility and I'm wondering if they are just making the print smaller or if it is really my eyes. Now I'm finding the newspaper a challenge and the entries in the dictionary and The Video Hound almost impossible. Thank goodness for www.dictionary.com which is faster anyway. Thanks to www.yahoo.com I also have free daily crosswords on line at their game site so I don't depend on the newspaper for a daily crossword.
So now I am thinking of buying a larger TV--mine is only a 19 inch--because I can never read the movie credits and unfortunately the DVD cover information is incomplete. This necessitates looking the information up on the computer which actually isn't such a bad thing since it is pretty inclusive. Now that things are letter boxed it means that the TV picture is smaller yet. I don't like the idea of a big TV in a little tiny room so I have to give this some consideration. Actually I watch very little TV and use one mostly for watching DVD's. Decisions, decisions.
One thing I do know now is why Little Red Riding Hood said to the wolf, "Grandmother, what big eyes you have." The stronger your glasses get the bigger your eyes look to other people.
I have worn reading glasses for years now and several years ago started wearing prescription glasses with bifocals. I still keep readers around for reading, close work, playing the piano, and using the computer since they give me an expanded field of vision and I can keep buying stronger ones as needed. Now I'm finding that there are so many things that I can't see even with the readers. I'm findind over the counter medicine bottles an almost impossibility and I'm wondering if they are just making the print smaller or if it is really my eyes. Now I'm finding the newspaper a challenge and the entries in the dictionary and The Video Hound almost impossible. Thank goodness for www.dictionary.com which is faster anyway. Thanks to www.yahoo.com I also have free daily crosswords on line at their game site so I don't depend on the newspaper for a daily crossword.
So now I am thinking of buying a larger TV--mine is only a 19 inch--because I can never read the movie credits and unfortunately the DVD cover information is incomplete. This necessitates looking the information up on the computer which actually isn't such a bad thing since it is pretty inclusive. Now that things are letter boxed it means that the TV picture is smaller yet. I don't like the idea of a big TV in a little tiny room so I have to give this some consideration. Actually I watch very little TV and use one mostly for watching DVD's. Decisions, decisions.
One thing I do know now is why Little Red Riding Hood said to the wolf, "Grandmother, what big eyes you have." The stronger your glasses get the bigger your eyes look to other people.
posted by dddonna @ 6/22/2006 10:42:00 PM
3 Comments:
At 1:01 PM,
JT Evans said…
Does your DVD remote have a ZOOM on it? That's how I read the credits. Mine will enlarge what's on the screen X3. Check it out. Regards, OF
At 2:21 PM,
dddonna said…
Probably doesn't zoom since I have the elcheapo model but I'll check. Thanks. Ethel
At 10:10 AM,
JT Evans said…
I have the elcheapo model too.
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