Bloody eyes...

...have been deteriorating for some time.
Noticed a few years ago if I was doing some close work then tried to focus on something in the distance, it took a while to see it properly.
So being me I ignored it. Great beleiver in if you ignore it , it goes away.
But after Hogmanay, felt that even things like dates printed on ampoules were getting not so much difficult as bloody impossible to see - so - went and got my eyes checked.
Went to an established Opticians, not one of these get-your-specs-in-an-hour type jobs. Wanted somewhere where you are treated like a patient not a commodity.
Didnt do the puff-of-air-in-the-eye bit which I'd always been warned about but couldnt get onto the Field machine on the initial testing. She did that with me when I went to pick the specs up. When I'd picked them , I thought the frames had cost £59. Turned out they'd been £89, with the lenses and plastic coating them for scratch resistance - the lot came to £150.

Make a hell of a difference though.