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[marcusmarcusrc]

I broke my glasses this morning.

I am very blind without my glasses.

Finding my back-up pair of glasses is difficult when I can't see (I'd already had my original pair shipped off to be repaired, so I couldn't use the standard masking tape temporary solution). Fortunately, I found my prescription swimming goggles, so I wore those so I could find my old glasses.

And I realized that I should really keep a pair of back-up glasses in my car. Because what if I was an hour's drive away from home when my glasses broke? I'd have to call someone to come out and fetch me, because driving without my glasses is the stuff that nightmares are made of. (I haven't had many nightmares since my middle school days, but I've probably had the blind driving one a half dozen times)

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[chenoameg.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's no good.

Where did you get prescription swimming goggles? I was thinking I would like some of those...

On the rare occasions when I've needed to find my glasses (every 36 months or so I put them outside the standard places arcanology listed) I just close my eyes because I know they can't hover in midair, and it's easier to search with my hands than be frustrated that I can't actually see anything.

[marcusmarcusrc.livejournal.com]

MIT optical has prescription goggles up to 8 diopters. Of course, my prescription is higher than that, but I figured, hey, 8 diopters worth of correction is better than zero.

A long time ago I also once got a prescription face mask for snorkeling/scuba diving, where they basically take huge glass lenses and glue them into a regular facemask. It is amusing to see how thick my glasses would have been back in the day before all those high tech lens materials were developed...

swimming goggles

[astra-nomer.livejournal.com]

I got a pair at City Sports, I think. They only go up to 6 diopters, though, but that's good enough for me. And they only do diopter numbers, not the other one, so while my goggles don't correct for my astigmatism, it does mean I can make out the black line at the bottom of my lane at the pool.