Reading shortcode

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how do you read the shortcode?

No help needed: eyesight 10/10
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61%
My glasses are enough
44
28%
A magnifier is an EBT'er best friend
3
2%
I ask a third person to read them
1
1%
I gamble a lot
1
1%
new bills, no problem; wrinkled, help needed
12
8%
If I can't read it within 5 seconds, pity, not entered
0
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Total votes: 157

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Post by Fons »

It's very easy for me to read the shortcode, I can see it in one second, but when the note is very wrinkled, I want to have a closer look to know it for sure.
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Ganymede wrote:I voted 'my glasses are enough' and then I remembered I'm near-sighted and I could probably see them even better without the glasses - or at least I could stare at them longer without getting a headache...
idem here.
In fact, I can see things sharp until 1cm in front of my nose! :D
But things that are further away than let's say 2 meter are already becomming blurry for me when I don't wear my glasses...
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Post by androl »

11/10, but I wear glasses, so I voted 2)
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Post by Inke »

Tiger wrote:
Ganymede wrote:I voted 'my glasses are enough' and then I remembered I'm near-sighted and I could probably see them even better without the glasses - or at least I could stare at them longer without getting a headache...
idem here.
In fact, I can see things sharp until 1cm in front of my nose! :D
But things that are further away than let's say 2 meter are already becomming blurry for me when I don't wear my glasses...
Same here too.. I'm so near-sighted that objects more than 10 centimeter 8O from my nose become blurry when I don't wear my contact-lenses.
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Post by groentje »

I can sea quite well, but I always wear my glasses. I becomes a bit blurry if a text is more than 2 m away. I can still read it, though.

I do have problems with the €20-notes, the light blue is not very clear to me. But I have to look only a bit more carefully...
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Post by giberski »

I'm wearing glasses but even then it's quite hard to read the shortcode.
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Post by Marcel Zuiderveld »

I have to focus on the short code (I am wearing lenses), but if the focus is right, I can read them without any problem :)
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Good lighting is needed, but no other problems.
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Post by soilian »

nti Täti wrote:I don't see well things far away without my dear glasses, but as we all know, too long eyeball doesn't affect to how people see the nearby objects, so I answered 10/10.
Same here. 8)
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"new bills, no problem; wrinkled, help needed"
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Post by cornjac »

The same as Alex. I wear glasses.

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Post by vermeer »

The location of the short code is also important. Often a 20 Euro bill is the problem with it being folded twice. The foldline goes right across the shortcode. Also the 5 Euro bill is a problem with its grey colour. When washed (or other reason) the numbers are less readable. Third problem is when you are tried, than reading the shortcode in the early hours of the day becomes a problem. Futhermore bills are often not treaded with respect. It is money! We need those numbers!!
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Post by Kyypupu »

I am shortsighted so no problems whatsoever.
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Post by xanagolfinha »

I voted 'my glasses are enough' ; I were glasses (Contatc lents) because without them I can´t see a think.
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Post by Phaseolus »

I answered "ask someone to check for me" : my wife is doing it, when I can not read the shortcodes of bloody :note-5: all shrinked-up...

Maybe I will get a magnifier lens for X'mas :wink:
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