From frank@notfrank.com Thu Jul 16 14:13:07 2020 Return-Path: Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2020 14:13:07 -0400 To: shoshe@astro.cornell.edu, sas50@cornell.edu, rob@redglow.org, mgm5@cornell.edu, meganthom@gmail.com, keb264@cornell.edu, judson.powers@gmail.com, jrc24@cornell.edu, emc44@cornell.edu, debblood@comcast.net, dd388@cornell.edu, clciii1@verizon.net, bfm6@cornell.edu, bezthomas@gmail.com Subject: Re: FW: Fogging of safety glasses with a mask - helpful tips Cc: frank@notfrank.com Message-Id: <20200716181307.39EF165E4C@notfrank.com> From: Frank Adelstein I haven't tried soap, but it seems like the coating would be distracting if it worked and my glasses aren't that spot-free to begin with. Also, I don't have deionized water at home (only heavy water). "Breathing differently" doesn't work well unless the "differenty" requires some extensive surgery or perhaps a rear-facing nose. I've tried the tissue between the mask and bridge of my nose and that works for a little while then becomes way more trouble than it's worth. Surgical tape also works, but has its own problems (repeatedly ripping it off your face). My current two approaches are just not wearing my glasses and relying on radar, or letting them fog and not caring. I think the glasses temperature eventually stabilizes after a half hour, which means I'm beyond the produce section at Wegmans which mostly doesn't require me to read labels anyway and I can rely on radar and the screams of other people to guide me. Of course I'm talking about real glasses, not safety glasses. But really it's not just the safety glasses that matter, it's more about the distance. The social distance to stay safe. You know... S (s s s ) A (a a a) F (f f f) E (e e e ) T (t t t) Y (y y y) SAFETY DISTANCE We can shop if we want to We can leave your cart behind And if your friends don't space Then if they don't space And they're no friends of mine Say, we can go where we want to Though it's a place we'll never find And we can act like can't see out of this fog because we don't breathe through our behind And we can space Or distance We can go where we want to As long as it's not inside And we can dress in PPE >From our hats to our feet And in an hour our brains are fried Say, we can mask if we want to If we don't nobody will And you can act real rude and totally removed And I can act like an imbecile [refrain] Say, distance, distance The pandemic's out of control Distance, safety distance It's spread from pole to pole Just distance, distance Everybody check on your toes Social distance, 6 foot distance If you don't, you're taking a chance Safety distance Oh well, safety distance Ah yes, safety distance We can breathe if we want to We've still got your life and mine As long as we don't breathe it, never gonna lose it Everyting'll work out fine (riiiiiight...) We can distance if we want to (live) Leave your Trump friends far behind Because your friends are sick And if they are sick Well they're no friends of mine [repeat refrain] etc. --Frank.