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Who can claim to be the oldest hands on with tools, full time, working installation or maintenance electrician on here?


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    kfh:

     My neck suffered due to vari-focals having the close up bit at the bottom. The optician's said I could not get the close up bit at the top so I have to bend my neck backwards to see the connections to a ceiling mounted EM. I have tried the cheap close up glasses but they make me feel sick. 


    You can get "unusual" lenses. A couple of trades who require something different at the top are airline pilots (due to the numerous switch/indicators in the overhead) and snooker players. (I believe some if their eyes are similar, put their bifocals on upside down.)


    A good independent optometrist (optician) should be able to help. My cousin, an independent optometrist, got me a suitable prescription for vari-focals where the reading distance was set for the distance to my lap and the instruments in front of me when I was flying as a PPL. I didn't need any over head bits for what I was flying.

    Cheers!

    Clive


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    Thanks Clive. I did go to what I thought was a good optometrist but they said they had spoken to their suppliers and they could not put the close up bit at the top. As I am doing less fiddly stuff I think I will persevere with the ordinary bifocals. I am try for better quality reading glasses or follow the example of the guy on the repair shop and put a second pair on top of the first.


    The other problem is having large hands the increasingly small and cramped connectors in ever small enclosures are nearly impossible to get a bit of solid 1.5 into and I really dislike 1.0. I wish they world miniaturise the cable as well ? Of course the connectors will not take flex. I use the Wiha Ionomic? long nose pliers which I find essential and they help my RSI in my wrist. We won't mention the arthritis in my thumbs and problems with hips and knees. 


    But less paid work keeps my wife happy as it means more time for laying 3X2 slabs, fencing, landscaping, painting etc ?

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