[Artemisia] A New Discussion - SCA Skills in a Modern Plague

[Allen Hall]

Eyeglasses go back at least to the 14th Century, so we need to find someone who knows "how".  Any takers?  You'll have steady employment/barter power!

Speaking of "how do you..."  Defensive structures will be needed.  How do you make mortar for binding bricks/rocks together in walls?

Alan
> 
>   On 9/23/2010 11:05 AM, Padruig wrote:
> > That said, however, I do have a spare set of old glasses, and while they do not any longer correct to 20/20, I could function. My current ones are also due for replacement, which means I would have two spares...
> 
> When my high-school physics class passed around sample lenses, I tried 
> looking thru the concavo-concave. I *am* legally blind without lenses, 
> probably was then, and that random-strength lens was way better than 
> nothing.
> 
> The new order wouldn't need dedicated lenscrafters, just materials and 
> someone who could approximate an old lens, from a sample or 
> trial-&-error. And wearers who would tolerate headaches and/or doing w/o 
> lenses for portions of each day.
> 
> --George/Gerard