P3D Re: Viewing with vs. without lenses

["Greg Wageman" <gjw@xxxxxxxxxx>]

From: Bruce Springsteen <bsspringsteen@xxxxxxxxx>


>Hey, have I told you lately that I love to free-view? ;-)
>
>Greg the Human Stereoscope astounds me with his ability to free-view at
>eight inches - call Ripley, phone Barnum & Bailey!  That gives him
>magnification nearly as good as the average Holmes viewer, and no
detail
>will escape his discerning myopia.  But he suggests accomodation is the
>accomplishment of note.  What astounds me is his divergence on a par
with
>Jean Paul Sartre, late comic Marty Feldman, and perhaps Tony Alderson
>(though TA may really mean he's cross-viewing, great for pseudo-stereo
>cards).

Hello, my name is Greg, and I'm a freeviewaholic.

Oh, I started out like most people.  I'd look at the occasional
stereoview at parties.  Friends would pass me the viewer, and I'd look,
just to be, you know, sociable.  It made me feel pretty good, you know?
But pretty soon I was viewing at home, alone.  Prints or transparencies.
Lorgnette, Holmes-Bates, Red Button, the brand didn't much matter to me,
as long as I could get fusion.

That's when I started freeviewing.  Sure, I started small.  Naked
Realist pairs.  The stereopairs in StereoWorld held at arm's length.
"3D Damsels" cards.  Before I knew it, I was freeviewing "3D Hollywood"
and my wife's stereocard collection.  Then I started freeviewing at
work.  I tried to hide it, but my co-workers could see that wall-eyed
look.  I freeviewed my keyboard.  I'd even freeview the
suspended-ceiling tiles!  I just couldn't stop.  I ended up looking like
"Washout" in that "Hot Shots" movie.  Only thing is, I DON'T WANT TO BE
CURED. :-)

     -Greg W. (gjw@xxxxxxxxxx)