Hello, Tweeters,

I am about to pass another milestone.................
For the last few months, I've been griping about the nefarious practical joke
that's been driving me nuts. SOMEONE has been shrinking the print in the
books and schematics I read, the maps I use. I can't read the teenytiny
print anymore. I thought it was evil trolls sneaking in, taking my books
apart and Xeroxing them in ""miniature" print.And the folks who make the
DeLorme map books must have computer chip manufacturers make their maps these
days.
But no! I was shocked when the optometrist told me, no, it wasn't a
govermental plot, it was.....................age.
So I need bifocals.
And when he gave me the choice of having the traditional half moon shaped
with the very definite line across the lens, or the new invisible type that
still magnify but don't show that telltale line, I stumped him when I asked
him, "how will they affect my birding, specifically when I use binoculars?"
He said, "Y'know, in twenty years of doing this job I've never had that
question come up. I have no idea."
So I toss it to my Tweeter friends.

How DOES a bifocal affect one's use of binoculars?? Am I better off with the
traditional line across the lens bifocal, or should I go with the invisible
type, which, I'm told, requires more head movement to locate the
magnification field??

Michelle
MBlanchrd at aol.com
Oly, WA