Sunglasses et al

As a sequitur to the previous post, I ran across (okokok, I actually look at it twice a week, same as all the blogs I frequent) a little discourse on sunglasses in another ASpie blog: http://aspiesinc.blogspot.com/index.html
I discovered the virtues of sunglasses also, although I try not to do the "Blues Brothers" thing and wear them too conspicuously. I do however, wear them a lot in the wintertime. I used to think my sensitivity to light was caused by exposure to smudgepots* (at least that's what we called them in boy scouts) when I was 12-13 years old. But I now suspect that it's another ASpie thing.
And the earplugs - hmmm - my son commonly wears ear protection when he walks to university. Ostensibly because of the traffic (he must use a fairly busy street) but I suspect a little ASpie-thing happening there also. Personally I can't do that because it just amplifies my footsteps.
* smudgepot - an open campfire made with a great deal of green wood and leaves, to produce a large quantity of smoke to keep insects away. Very healthy to breathe, too.