Reminder to please wear some footwear on beaches or when walking on sun heated surfaces in your outdoor spaces on high temp #Summer days.
I burned the bottoms of my feet many years ago from not putting footwear on. The hot sand burned them. It was very painful. I do not recommend burning your bare feet. It is the opposite of fun.
@PhoenixSerenity@beige.party The only bit worse than the soles of the feet is the eyeballs. I went skiing with small sunglasses. The light got in the sides of the glasses and burned the whites of my eyeballs. I didn’t notice as my vision was well shaded. Painful.
@allypally@mastodon.scot People can go blind without proper eye protection. Especially on waters or in Winter - on alpine mountains. I never go paddling or sailing without proper sun protection & eye protection is key! The bright reflections off open ocean waters can blind people.
@PhoenixSerenity@beige.party I know that. Especially after that incident. I’m no longer young and foolish. Well, no longer young, and not foolish in that particular way.
@allypally@mastodon.scot High fives on that! 🙌
@PhoenixSerenity@beige.party @allypally@mastodon.scot even though we don't always get this level of sun in Britain, earlier in the year I got into a crash in Western England due to being dazzled by sunlight
Luckily there were no bad injuries but it was scary - I got briefly quizzed by cops and breathalysed - the other party had called 999 and I suspect reported me as a possible flight risk as my car was still driveable and I look younger than I am (plus being non-white), as initially the cops did the "box in" move so I couldn't try and drive off (but the officer was actually OK in the end and even took my car to the petrol garage and trusted me to get recovery and not drive it)
Still a lot of expense and hassle (and my insurance is through the roof now) - so I now keep sunglasses in the car at all times.
@vfrmedia@social.tchncs.de
That entire experience sounds traumatic too.
@vfrmedia@social.tchncs.de @allypally@mastodon.scot Sunglasses are insurance for our eyes!
@PhoenixSerenity@beige.party @allypally@mastodon.scot also with age my eyes are more sensitive to changes in light levels (I normally wear contacts for distance vision as I am heavily nearsighted, but sometimes have to wear reading glasses as well for close work)
@PhoenixSerenity@beige.party @allypally@mastodon.scot also with age my eyes are more sensitive to changes in light levels (I normally wear contacts for distance vision as I am heavily nearsighted, but sometimes have to wear reading glasses as well for close work)
@vfrmedia@social.tchncs.de @PhoenixSerenity@beige.party I use sunglasses with distance lenses; glasses with distance lenses; reading glasses, well, for reading; and I take my glasses off for close work. That’s my superpower. I can do tiny soldering.
@vfrmedia@social.tchncs.de @PhoenixSerenity@beige.party I use sunglasses with distance lenses; glasses with distance lenses; reading glasses, well, for reading; and I take my glasses off for close work. That’s my superpower. I can do tiny soldering.
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