As plain as the nose on your face
Issue 63 : Nov/Dec 2008
A favorite way to hang my drugstore reading glasses while doing deck or dock work was to hook an arm of the glasses into the neckband of my shirt. After losing two pair of glasses over the side within a week, I decided there must be a better way. I tried parking them on my head or using a cord attachment to keep them around my neck. Neither tactic worked well for me.
Some research turned up alternatives: a lorgnette, a fussy affair that requires the use of one hand, and a monocle, which screws up depth perception. (And two monocles require a long nose!) I quickly dismissed these “solutions.”
Further thought led me to use a 3/4-inch paper clamp affixed to a shirt collar, with one of the glasses’ arms threaded through the exposed lever. Placing the lenses against the garment fabric lessens the chance for damage, plus the glasses are free to dangle and won’t catch. The clamps are available in office-supply stores and, for the fashion-conscious, can be purchased in different colors.
Marv Crompton started sailing in the 1950s on a Snipe. He now sails his ’83 Catalina, Valkyrie, on Lake Erie when he’s not bicycling, playing tennis, or generally enjoying life.
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