Rain and Glasses?

Fran said:

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"John Scheleur" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

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Hi! Any suggestions for walking in the rain for those of us who wear glasses
to make for better visability? Thanks, John

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I would suggest that you either wear contact lenses or get some
waterproof stuff that you could put on your lenses so that you can see
better. What do you think about these suggestions? Get back to me.

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Windscreen wipers. That's what we need, windscreen wipers. If
they're good enough for posh cars and multimillionnaire pop
stars, they're good enough for me. Wonder if Hawkin still sell
them?

Much better than windscreen wipers in heavy rain is what they use on
boat windscreens -- a whirling disc. Not only does it throw off the
rain drops, but because it's spinning too fast, any local water or
grime simply disappears, and it looks as clear as clear air. You
simply can't see it at all.

Of course on boats it's motorised. But an ingenious motorcycling
accessory maker makde one for attaching to your bike helmet, which had
vanes at the edges, and a ball bearing in the middle of your forehead,
so it spun round in the wind. It was very good, only having one
disadvantage, that if you turned your head sideways at >60mph to look
at a girl in a rain-soaked T-shirt it pulled your head off.

It occurs to me that since rain in the hills is rarely unaccompanied
by wind, this would make an ideal hillwaking accessory. Of course it
would need a good secure head band, but this could be fitted with
attachment points for head torches, the top-of-head strap could have a
GPS aerial, and the over-ear strap could have a built-in blue-tooth
link to your mobile phone.
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GSV Three Minds in a Can said:

Bitstring <[email hidden]>, from the venerable
person Gordon <[email hidden]> said
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This is a mountain group,

?

I thought 'uk.rec.climbing-and-falling-off' was over ->thatway? Isn't
this for walkers - hill, mountains .. even (heaven forbid)
rather-flat-bits around commuter land...

<waves> Me yesterday. Took my new camera out for a walk. TR sometime
soon.

As for rain on glasses. Get a hat with a peak/brim. If it is really
bag get some ski goggles, then you'll only have rain on one side to
worry about.
--
Phil Cook looking north over the park to the "Westminster Gasworks"

In article <[email hidden]>, GSV Three Minds in a Can
<[email hidden]> writes

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a) maximum lens sizes (for best FOV)
b) durability (plastic, coated, lenses, full titanium frames, sprung
hinges, loctited screws, etc.).

The loctited screws is a very good idea - thanks.
--
Bill Grey
http://www.billboy.co.uk

In article <[email hidden]>, Dave Fawthrop
<[email hidden]> writes

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No problem for me. My Swiss Army Knife, Victorinox Champion, has a tiny
screwdriver in the corkscrew, great for glasses. IMO my Swiss Army Knife
is essential on the hills, and everywhere else.

I hope you can see the screw when your glasses are off :-)

I need my reading glass for such occasions Of course if I've lost a
screw from my reading glasses .............?
--
Bill Grey
http://www.billboy.co.uk

In article <[email hidden]>, Gordon
<[email hidden]> writes

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In any case, I'm too squeamish to poke about with contact lenses inmy
eyes.

Not being able to see properly with my right eye, I though I'd probably
put the contact lens in back to front. After about 2 mins of trying to
get it out, I found it on the floor. I hadn't even put it in! No
wonder the extrication was uncomfortable !
--
Bill Grey
http://www.billboy.co.uk

W. D. Grey <[email hidden]> wrote

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In article <[email hidden]>, GSV Three Minds in a Can
<[email hidden]> writes

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a) maximum lens sizes (for best FOV)
b) durability (plastic, coated, lenses, full titanium frames, sprung
hinges, loctited screws, etc.).

The loctited screws is a very good idea - thanks.

My optician didn't think so when I had to have a new pair of lenses.
;-)
--
Gordon

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Fran said:

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"John Scheleur" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...
> Hi! Any suggestions for walking in the rain for those of us who wear glasses
> to make for better visability? Thanks, John

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I would suggest that you either wear contact lenses or get some
waterproof stuff that you could put on your lenses so that you can see
better. What do you think about these suggestions? Get back to me.

Quoted message said:

Windscreen wipers. That's what we need, windscreen wipers. If
they're good enough for posh cars and multimillionnaire pop
stars, they're good enough for me. Wonder if Hawkin still sell
them?

Much better than windscreen wipers in heavy rain is what they use on
boat windscreens -- a whirling disc. Not only does it throw off the
rain drops, but because it's spinning too fast, any local water or
grime simply disappears, and it looks as clear as clear air. You
simply can't see it at all.

Of course on boats it's motorised. But an ingenious motorcycling
accessory maker makde one for attaching to your bike helmet, which had
vanes at the edges, and a ball bearing in the middle of your forehead,
so it spun round in the wind. It was very good, only having one
disadvantage, that if you turned your head sideways at >60mph to look
at a girl in a rain-soaked T-shirt it pulled your head off.

It occurs to me that since rain in the hills is rarely unaccompanied
by wind, this would make an ideal hillwaking accessory. Of course it
would need a good secure head band, but this could be fitted with
attachment points for head torches, the top-of-head strap could have a
GPS aerial, and the over-ear strap could have a built-in blue-tooth
link to your mobile phone.

Not too sure about the phobile moan attachment, but as for the
rest - I want one! Any inventors here? Or even... but no,
that'd be cumbersome. I'll run it by you anyway: I was going to
suggest some sort of window arrangement a few inches in front of
the specs, hung from a peaked cap. The specs stay dry because
there's no contact with the rain. A squeegee held in the hand or
a mecanical wiper can then be employed on the plane window - far
easier than on convex lenses. Perhaps if the window were a light
aeronautic plastic type material that could be folded under the
peak of the cap when not in use it wouldn't be too heavy. I'm
sure there's some material or other that could be used for the
blade of the squeegee that wouldn't be too heavy; of course that
would need to be either telescopic or foldable as well. Hmmm.
There's money in this somewhere, given a workable hypothesis.
Then again, I'm still waiting for someone to come up with a
sensible rain cover for a pushchair or pram that can also cover
the pusher. *Sigh*
--
I try to be a good example to my children, but they just see me
as a dire warning.

In article <[email hidden]>, Fran
<[email hidden]> writes

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I'll run it by you anyway: I was going to
suggest some sort of window arrangement a few inches in front of
the specs, hung from a peaked cap. The specs stay dry because
there's no contact with the rain.

Think on Fran :-)

There is such a device - you can buy them at any decent DIY store. A
visor for protecting the face when performing wood-turning will do the
job you suggest. Problem is, the visor will get rain on it and need
wiping. I've used such a visor and it is toooo easy to forget it's there
- scratching your nose reminds you of it's presence though ;-) It's a
bit like trying to drink a cup of tea through your midge net - remember
?

If you want to go into the hills looking like a welder, this is the kit
for you :-)
--
Bill Grey
http://www.billboy.co.uk

Chris Malcolm wrote on Tue, 31 Aug 2004 08:49:41 +0000 (UTC)....

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Much better than windscreen wipers in heavy rain is what they use on
boat windscreens -- a whirling disc. Not only does it throw off the
rain drops, but because it's spinning too fast, any local water or
grime simply disappears, and it looks as clear as clear air. You
simply can't see it at all.

[snip]

Quoted message said:

It occurs to me that since rain in the hills is rarely unaccompanied
by wind, this would make an ideal hillwaking accessory. Of course it
would need a good secure head band, but this could be fitted with
attachment points for head torches, the top-of-head strap could have a
GPS aerial, and the over-ear strap could have a built-in blue-tooth
link to your mobile phone.

You could build a generator into your hat, with a battery charger for
your GPS, headtorch, mobile phone, miniature TV set, etc, etc.

--
Tim Jackson
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Fran <[email hidden]> wrote

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It occurs to me that since rain in the hills is rarely unaccompanied
by wind, this would make an ideal hillwaking accessory. Of course it
would need a good secure head band, but this could be fitted with
attachment points for head torches, the top-of-head strap could have a
GPS aerial, and the over-ear strap could have a built-in blue-tooth
link to your mobile phone.

Not too sure about the phobile moan attachment, but as for the
rest - I want one!

Lidl are selling rucksacks soon for around £7. There are several
different styles with different features. One has a fobile moan
compartment. :-)

On Monday I bought a super pair of lopping shears with extending handles
£2.99), and also ordinary shears again with extending handles (£3.99).
The loppers cut through 1.5" branch with no problem.
Took two boot loads of branches to the green tip today.....

It was a sunny day, I didn't need my divers' helmet.
--
Gordon

Gordon said:

W. D. Grey <[email hidden]> wrote

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In article <[email hidden]>, GSV Three Minds in a Can
<[email hidden]> writes

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a) maximum lens sizes (for best FOV)
b) durability (plastic, coated, lenses, full titanium frames, sprung
hinges, loctited screws, etc.).

The loctited screws is a very good idea - thanks.

My optician didn't think so when I had to have a new pair of lenses.
;-)

Use thread-locking compound. Stiff but not impossible.
--
Phil Cook looking north over the park to the "Westminster Gasworks"

Bitstring <[email hidden]>, from the wonderful
person Gordon <[email hidden]> said

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W. D. Grey <[email hidden]> wrote

Quoted message said:

In article <[email hidden]>, GSV Three Minds in a Can
<[email hidden]> writes

Quoted message said:

a) maximum lens sizes (for best FOV)
b) durability (plastic, coated, lenses, full titanium frames, sprung
hinges, loctited screws, etc.).

The loctited screws is a very good idea - thanks.

My optician didn't think so when I had to have a new pair of lenses.
;-)

My optician is now trained to loctite them (or equivalent) before
delivery. If they don't move, I leave them alone. if they loosen, I
loctite them. he has been warned. 8>.

Actually it's normally the ones in the arms that work loose if you
fold/unfold the arms a lot, and using sprung arms I tend to not have the
problem. The ones on the lens have no excuse at all for coming undone.

--
GSV Three Minds in a Can
Outgoing Msgs are Turing Tested,and indistinguishable from human typing.

[email hidden] said...

Quoted message said:

In article <[email hidden]>, Fran
<[email hidden]> writes

Quoted message said:

I'll run it by you anyway: I was going to
suggest some sort of window arrangement a few inches in front of
the specs, hung from a peaked cap. The specs stay dry because
there's no contact with the rain.

Think on Fran :-)

Uh-oh...

Quoted message said:

There is such a device - you can buy them at any decent DIY store. A
visor for protecting the face when performing wood-turning will do the
job you suggest. Problem is, the visor will get rain on it and need
wiping. I've used such a visor and it is toooo easy to forget it's there
- scratching your nose reminds you of it's presence though ;-) It's a
bit like trying to drink a cup of tea through your midge net - remember
?

Ah. Yes, I remember all too clearly trying to eat and drink
through the midge net. *Chuckle*

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If you want to go into the hills looking like a welder, this is the kit
for you :-)

Hmmm. Can't you just tell I'm giving my mind to impossible
walking problems instead of the more riveting (ha!) impossible
problem of clearing my large house to make way for work to be
done on it? Gawd, I knew the house was cluttered, but even I
didn't realise it was *that* cluttered! One room nearly down
(after nearly a week); several more to go... I may be some time.
--
I try to be a good example to my children, but they just see me
as a dire warning.

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Lidl are selling rucksacks soon for around £7. There are several
different styles with different features. One has a fobile moan
compartment. :-)

Ideal for the GPS!
--
I try to be a good example to my children, but they just see me
as a dire warning.

In article <[email hidden]>, Fran

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Chris Malcolm wrote on Tue, 31 Aug 2004 08:49:41 +0000 (UTC)....

You could build a generator into your hat, with a battery charger for
your GPS, headtorch, mobile phone, miniature TV set, etc, etc.

Now you're being silly!

Some friends of mine are on a 2 year cycle tour travelling to Australia
and they have taken with them several electronic gadgets so that they
can communicate with friends and update their website. Thus they have a
need to generate power on the move.

see <URL:http://www.mark-ju.net/>

"Mark McLean and Juliette McLean's homepage - UK to Australia by
bicycle"

and in particular

<URL:http://www.mark-ju.net/bike_ride/equipment/electronics.htm>

"Electronics"

Mike
--
o/ \\ // || ,_ o Mike Clark, "An antibody engineer who also
<\__,\\ // __o || / /\, likes the mountains"
"> || _`\<,_ // \\ \> | Cambridge Climbing and Caving Club
` || (_)/ (_) // \\ \_ <URL:http://www.path.cam.ac.uk/~mrc7/cccc/>

Chris Malcolm <[email hidden]> wrote

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Gordon said:

W. D. Grey <[email hidden]> wrote

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In article <[email hidden]>, GSV Three Minds in a Can
<[email hidden]> writes

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>b) durability (plastic, coated, lenses, full titanium frames, sprung
>hinges, loctited screws, etc.).

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

The loctited screws is a very good idea - thanks.

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My optician didn't think so when I had to have a new pair of lenses.
;-)

You did use the easily-breakable loctite, rather than the
bonds-like-bugger-for-a-million-years loctite?

Dare I confess to a tiny spot of super-glue?
:-)
I thought not.....

I haven't seen loctite since I worked for a mechanical engineering
company.
--
Gordon

GSV Three Minds in a Can <[email hidden]> wrote

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My optician is now trained to loctite them (or equivalent) before
delivery. If they don't move, I leave them alone. if they loosen, I
loctite them. he has been warned. 8>.

Actually it's normally the ones in the arms that work loose if you
fold/unfold the arms a lot, and using sprung arms I tend to not have the
problem. The ones on the lens have no excuse at all for coming undone.

Aaaah! Sprung arms... A luxury. The first pair I was able to put on
and take off with one hand.
--
Gordon

[email hidden] said...

Quoted message said:

Some friends of mine are on a 2 year cycle tour travelling to Australia
and they have taken with them several electronic gadgets so that they
can communicate with friends and update their website. Thus they have a
need to generate power on the move.

see <URL:http://www.mark-ju.net/>

"Mark McLean and Juliette McLean's homepage - UK to Australia by
bicycle"

and in particular

<URL:http://www.mark-ju.net/bike_ride/equipment/electronics.htm>

Goodness! All credit to them. Oh, to be young again... and do
all those things I never thought of doing while I had the chance.
*Sigh* Oh, and I love the electronics set-up, but I wouldn't
want to lug it around on a walk...
--
I try to be a good example to my children, but they just see me
as a dire warning.

Fran wrote on Wed, 1 Sep 2004 18:25:06 +0100....

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You could build a generator into your hat, with a battery charger for
your GPS, headtorch, mobile phone, miniature TV set, etc, etc.

Now you're being silly!

Moi?

OK, here's something much more sensible built into a hat.
http://www.patent.freeserve.co.uk/internat.html#WO9939598

--
Tim Jackson
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Fran wrote on Wed, 1 Sep 2004 18:25:06 +0100....

Quoted message said:

[email hidden] said...

Quoted message said:

You could build a generator into your hat, with a battery charger for
your GPS, headtorch, mobile phone, miniature TV set, etc, etc.

Now you're being silly!

Moi?

OK, here's something much more sensible built into a hat.
http://www.patent.freeserve.co.uk/internat.html#WO9939598

--
Tim Jackson
[email hidden]
(Change '.invalid' to '.co.uk' to reply direct)
Absurd patents: visit http://www.patent.freeserve.co.uk