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|    Jim Wilkins to Leon Fisk    |
|    Re: Hello??    |
|    24 Sep 25 12:57:07    |
      From: muratlanne@gmail.com              "Leon Fisk" wrote in message news:10b0tmj$3l1kt$1@dont-email.me...              >I'm really near sighted, I can push my glasses up or take them off       >and do a fair job checking solder joints that way. Suspect far sighted       >people would find the Optivisor a lot more helpful...              I was very nearsighted too and didn't need optics to check soldering. I       could read the state names on the cornice of the Lincoln Memorial on a $5.       With age my sharp focus moved out to reading and computer distance and far       vision improved. Viewing a distant object through a small hole between my       thumb and two fingertips "stops down" the outer part of incoming light and       improves sharpness.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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