Today I acquired...........

[MattF]

A banker's lamp.



I've always liked the look of them, so finally bought one.

 

[Mick Annick]

I'm quite light sensitive, so the dingier the better, for I. I only use daylight or white if I must, & only for short periods.

Vampires in the family?

 

[MattF]

Vampires in the family?

Worse.

I'm a ginger. Hence the light sensitivity.

 

[Mick Annick]

Worse.

I'm a ginger. Hence the light sensitivity.

Didn’t know that was a thing.

 

[Kram]

Any chance of a quick video to show us how it works?

 

[MattF]

Didn’t know that was a thing.

I once enquired, years ago, when at the optician's. Unless she was talking bunkum, apparently it's due to pigment, or lack of, somewhere in the eye.

 

[dobbslc]

I'm quite light sensitive,

I'm not surprised with eyes that big.

 

[Mick Annick]

I once enquired, years ago, when at the optician's. Unless she was talking bunkum, apparently it's due to pigment, or lack of, somewhere in the eye.

Something else I’ve learned today. I hadn’t realised the connection, both of my daughters in law are red heads and one of them is light sensitive.

 

[dobbslc]

Same thing with blue eyes, mine are almost grey.
I sneeze and get watery eyes in bright light at the seaside.

 

[MattF]

I sneeze and get watery eyes in bright light at the seaside.

I've never understood why that sneezing thing happens. Bloody annoying when you encounter the particular light levels/conditions which trigger it.

 

[anto44]

A welding instructor I had in college told us that ginger people (he was ginger) are more susceptible to arc eye than brown haired people. Not sure if it's true.

 

[Cobbler]

A welding instructor I had in college told us that ginger people (he was ginger) are more susceptible to arc eye than brown haired people. Not sure if it's true.

It wouldn’t surprise me at all, ginger people tend to burn easily, my wife is/was redhead & has always burnt easily.