Excellent thought. I'll look into it.

And, oh yeah, I've worn glasses since the Fourth Grade. Sigh.

Craig:

I used to do the herron fishing for food neck movements as well as shifting my glasses up and down for a better read on my monitor, and that got old real quick.

I am lucky as our local $.99 store has selections of reading glasses in magnifications from 1.5 to 4.00. I have a set close in magnification to my reading bifocal in my glove compartment, my bedroom, the kitchen, and anyplace I work, just in case I forget to have my main glasses with me. I have a pair of "computer glasses" which are currently 2.25 magnification next to any place I may be using a computer. At 99 cents each, I throw away the old ones as the need for magnification changes and buy new ones only slightly stronger.

The other nice thing I have which I made out of some old vegetable display cases a large grocery store was throwing out is a 34" deep table for my computers. The case was made from old style, very thick (Over 3/4" thick.), plywood with a formica top. It was wider than 34" so I had to trim it down a little. I set the table height at 26" and attached 2x4 legs to it and a 13" skirt made out of 1/2" plywood to three sides of it for added rigidity as well as adding 2x4 stringers around the perimeter and down the center on the underside of the table.

The bottom line is that my monitor sits a good distance away from my face than anything commercially available, and I believe this aids in my comfort when using my systems.

I tell friends that see my tables for the first time and ask me how I ever got them into the basement and why did I build them so massive that a pair of hippos could make love on these tables and not break them.

Bountyhunter

How come our eyeglass magnification only increases? Grin. It never goes the other way.

Craig:

I think it has something to do with pretty women (For those of you on the other side of the fence, draw your own conclusions.), and the aging process.

As I age, I don't seem to get the bulging, oogling eye effect I had when I was younger. This lack of of bulging eyes and racing blood to said eyes does not allow the muscles that focus the eyeballs to stay in tip top shape, so we end up with soft muscles and flat eyeballs that require more magnification.

I think what we ought to do for all of humanity is have some kind of medical proceedure done that puts the mystery back in women and makes us forget the practical sides of long term relationships. I think one of the beneficial side effects would be that we can forget about the kids we have with the women in our lives, and therefore make it easier to kick them out of the house when they turn 18.

No insult intended, but for those of you who have not figured it out, I am not a doctor nor do I play one on TV.

Bountyhunter <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />

I had my first MRI recently for a pinched nerve in my neck (to see what was pinching it). I had one of those "open" MRIs so there was no tube/tunnel and they didn't make me wear a dress. I just wore sweat shorts, a t-shirt and socks. It wasn't bad at all and a lot safer than an x-ray or cat scan. Heck they made me so comfortable with pillows and such that I almost fell asleep. The entire process took about 20 mins. If given a choice I would take an open MRI over and x-ray any day. <img src="/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />