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 ML> appears that the person who took my measurements for the
 ML> frames didn't take into account my extremely small nose
 ML> bridge.
 NB> Ah.  Something that should have been done...
...
 ML> Problem is that I can't hold the glasses just so
 ML> and hold a book or type at the same time.
 NB> That is indeed a problem... ;(

Rather. And perhaps if I'd been shown frames with
bigger spaces for the lenses, the tiny sweet spot
which I access in this way might have been bigger.
I didn't see any such on display, though.
 
 NB>> Oh, and Richard drove home that night perfectly competently, too... ;)
 ML> Admirable in one sense - not so in another.
 NB> We were young and foolish back then, anyway...  ;)

Ah, to be young and foolish and in love and all
that stuff.

 ML> Yeah, and the thickness of the edges of the new glasses
 ML> kind of makes its own new dimension as well.
 NB> I can imagine... :)

I have seen several ghosts, a mosquito or two, and a
rat along those edges; I'm pretty confident they didn't
actually exist.

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 NB>> I was surprised that they were selling even the lower level cheaters
 NB>> in the stores...  :)
 ML> +1 or 2 diopters, I could understand, as they don't do much that
 ML> an ordinary magnifying glass doesn't.
 NB> I suppose it isn't that much different than selling sunglasses...  ;)

Sunglasses don't do anything that should require a
prescription. Ordinary ones, anyway.

 ML> In full light, not so bad. One thing with this extremely high
 ML> index plastic is that not so much light gets through. I would
 ML> guess half or less.
 NB> That's a bummer..  I find that good light can make the difference even
 NB> for me as to whether or not I can focus on something small... like the
 NB> lines on a mercury thermometer...  :)

Good light, good life.
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 ML> a block from a HoJo's, and on break I'd have a beer and a
 ML> scoop of blueberry. Wunderbar.
 NB> Is that a scoop of blueberry IN the beer, or next to it...?  :)

Adjacent, but given the summertime popularity of blueberry
beer, that float idea might have been ahead of its time.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.01

      Title: Thai Ham and Chicken Salad
 Categories: Thai, Chicken, Pork
      Yield: 4 servings

           Stephen Ceideburg

MMMMM---------------------------DRESSINGS---------------------------------
    1/2    Chinese cabbage, shredded           1    Birdseye chilli, finely
      2    Carrots, grated                          Chopped
      1    Capsicum pepper, cut into           2 cl Garlic crushed
           Thin strips                         2 tb Lime (or lemon), juice
    2/3 lb Cooked chicken meat,                2 tb Dark soya sauce
           Shredded                          1/2 c  Flaked almonds, lightly
  3 1/2 oz Ham, finely sliced                       -Toasted

      Bring a large pot of water to the boil and have ready a sink full of
  icey-cold water. Plunge the shredded cabbage into the boiling water for one
  minute then scoop it out and into the cold water.

      Drain and dry the cabbage and arrange it and the other vegetables in
  sections or concentric rings for maximum decorative value on a large
  serving dish. Fill the centre of the arrangement with chicken and ham.
  Decorate the dish with bright red chilli "flowers" (optional). Pass the
  dressing separately.

      From "Raw Materials" by Meryl Constance, Sydney Morning Herald,
  12/22/92.

     [The chilli "flowers" can be easily made by slitting long, thin, hot
  chillies lengthwise from near where the stem attaches and then tossing the
  slit chillies into a bowl of ice water and ice cubes. The "petals" will
  curl back and make an attractive garnish. Make about eight slits. S.C.]

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