{"id":20253,"date":"2025-03-13T21:46:30","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T20:46:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.toomik.net\/helen\/blog\/?p=20253"},"modified":"2025-03-17T21:46:51","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T20:46:51","slug":"daily_3663_-_magnifying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.toomik.net\/helen\/blog\/2025\/03\/13\/daily_3663_-_magnifying\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily: 3663 – magnifying"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I forgot my glasses at home today. It wasn’t too bad at work – I can see the monitor well enough, it’s just a bit tiring. What was unfortunate was that this happened on an embroidery club day, and I’m in the middle of a section of dark grey thread on dark grey fabric, which is rather hard to work on when you can’t see it well.<\/p>\n

One of the other ladies there had an extra pair that I could borrow. I was most sceptical, because they were more than twice as strong as my own reading glasses. I tried them out anyway, and it was like wearing a pair of magnifying glasses – as long as I held the embroidery work at exactly the right distance. They were totally useless for seeing anything else, especially the rest of the room. But with their slim design, I could push them down on my nose, grandma style, and look over them for everything else.<\/p>\n

Maybe I should buy extra strong embroidery glasses for myself as well. Or maybe I should get an actual eye exam done and not just buy off-the-shelf glasses that seem good enough. On the other hand, I have a whole list of things to buy that seem more urgent than slightly better glasses, so maybe not.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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