The conversation thread

[seela]

Don’t use surgical tape, please. It will ruin your skin. Work on finding a better fitting mask, and then pull your glasses slightly over the top.

I'm afraid my skin is ruined already. The dampness from the mask probably won't help things.

Thanks, I'll keep experimenting. I used a surgical mask and as far as I know they hardly ever fit very well.

Wash your glasses with dish soap. No idea why, but it works. Mostly.

Edit: forget fashion...use 3 ply surgical masks. They will help drain the swamp.

I always wash my glasses with dish soap, covid or no covid.

Here's the result of sprinting to catch a bus. I think the correct solution is to stop breathing.

 

[Primalex]

I wore a mask for the first time today and the glasses fogging problem was way, way worse than I expected. I'll have to buy surgical tape to seal off the top of the mask at some point. The tropical atmosphere my face was enjoying wasn't something I'd normally tolerate (I can't have anything covering my face, ever) but these aren't normal times, so I guess you gotta do what you gotta do.

You could try to find a FFP2 mask. Those sit tighter and have an additional sealing around the nose area that prevents the air from escaping.

 

[Primalex]

Here's the result of sprinting to catch a bus. I think the correct solution is to stop breathing.

And you have put that one on wrong.

The white stripe that runs along the top has metal inside with the whole purpose that you can use it to shape it that it follows the outline of your nose and cheeks. This mask sits way too loose.

 

[twister947]

One size fits all is a lie...one size fits almost nobody. I'm lucky---they fit my jug head perfectly. Put another pleat on each side, Seela.

 

[Acktion]

As far as fogged glasses...

I feel your pain Seela. When I wasn't much more than a toddler myself, I was trying to play with my baby sister. And she yanked away a toy that swung up and caught me right in the eye, necessitating a trip to the emergency room with a ripped retina... although we didn't know what it was since the medical technology and knowledge wasn't near as advanced as it was just even a decade later when they dilated my eyes and found the old scar.

We also had no idea I was legally blind because this was in the days of the eye chart... and I'd memorized the damn thing. Not until years later when the computerized eye test that switched the damn letters was sprung on me as part of a driving test.

I was playing sports by then, having outgrown my earlier ailments and frailness. And as a part of the package deal, my parents purchased a pair of sports glasses with a band to hold them on my head.

Only it didn't do a damn bit of good under my football helmet when they would get fogged up and I couldn't even see as poorly as I could without them! My accountant father was pissed when I took 'em off and wouldn't wear them anymore.

But, I'd tried everything up to the scuba diver's trick of smearing baby shampoo inside them and nothing worked. Screw that! Even if I couldn't see the ball in the air, I could still make out a looming shape with the wrong colored jersey!

And when masks made the latest fashions, I was flummoxed. And, okay, I admit partially because I'm doing "make do" with an old leather "bandit mask" from motorcycle days.

But... while nothing worked under a football helmet, I did manage to get something to work well enough for my "Frito Bandito" mask. Wash them with soap and water. Seriously. I didn't even have to get that special spotless dishwasher rinse or baby shampoo or anything, but could just use the same liquid anti-bacterial soap I was using on my hands, and somehow there was enough residual soap left (as long I didn't "go for the squeak") that I could see through it, but it didn't fog up as bad.

Hope that helps somewhat.

 

[Acktion]

Oh, and for musical remakes, ultramarineblue, I stand by my assessment that this one is better than the original. And I say that being a huge fan of Ann and Nancy.

 

[gracie920101]

I also pull the bottom of the elastic near the ears. This causes the top.elastic and by result, the top of the mask, tighter. Produces a slightly better seal.

 

[cookiecat]

Foggy seela!

The dish soap trick does work. We do it with our face shields.

Aktion - I've never heard of Halestorm. I like that version!

Not really a remake but a tribute - speaking of Ann and Nancy:

Heart does Stairway to Heaven

 

[seela]

Haha, not wearing it right sounds just like me. You guys have no clue how much having to wear it stressed me out. I panic so easily when something covers my face and now I had to wear it for 20 mins. I realize I'm being whiney and people have to wear one a lot longer. This mask thing is just many of my strange phobias in one neat package. Something covering my face, my glasses fogging up to the point that I had to take them off and I couldn't see and no makeup beyond mascara.

I'm lucky it's just public transportation I have to wear it in. If I had been wearing different shoes, I would have gotten off the bus a lot earlier. See, I whine a lot but I still do what I'm supposed to and mask up when it's needed. (Whine But Do It Anyway: The Seela Story)

Much respect to those who have to mask up on the regular and for long times!

 

[Dreamliner]

Whining can be dealt with seela.

We have just this week had our second resurgence after 102 days. It looks like they have tracked the origin and the cluster is contained, although the numbers will climb for the next week. Authorities are going hard again.

I am reading with interest what Sweden did and they acknowledge there the big mistake made was not protecting the rest homes in particular, where many f the cases were then found.

We have good access here to natural masks, made from Merino wool, two layers with a medical barrier between. Very effective, soft on the skin seela and they form snug around the face. Washable as well.

 

[seela]

Cover-ish.

Simply the second best!

 

[twister947]

I'm so far out of step, musically and otherwise...

 

[twister947]

https://youtu.be/SeqThqkWO50


https://youtu.be/dpaHCnVdrcU

 

[twister947]

The Queen. The best cover, ever. Fight me.
Tomorrow is the anniversary of her death.

https://youtu.be/XHsnZT7Z2yQ

Awesome!

 

[ultramarineblue]

I haven't had a chance to listen to the covers yet but I appreciate y'all answering. I'm usually never a person to like a cover at all. I'd rather listen to an obscure unknown band singing their own stuff than listen to a cover band. I'll add more to this thought later after I do Mr work today.

The glasses fogging up is driving me crazy too. If I'm in a nicely air conditioned room and the humidity isn't insane, it's not bad. It's also not as bad when I pay attention to how I'm breathing. Sadly, it's hellish hot and humid where I live right now.

............

I've listened to all of the songs. So many great ones. Some old favorites and now some new ones.

I'll add this song to the conversation. https://youtu.be/UEHwO_UEp7A

 

[seela]

Anyone else regularly think of some of the more humiliating moments of your life just to get some really mild humiliation play going on in your head and then feel bad about it all afterwards because you realize you want someone else to do the humiliation for you and it's probably not healthy to do it to yourself in this manner?

No? Just me? Okay then.

 

[twister947]

Anyone else regularly think of some of the more humiliating moments of your life just to get some really mild humiliation play going on in your head and then feel bad about it all afterwards because you realize you want someone else to do the humiliation for you and it's probably not healthy to do it to yourself in this manner?

No? Just me? Okay then.

All the time, only I refuse to feel bad about it.

 

[Dreamliner]

As there appear to be issues with masks, I have bought in a stock of merino wool masks and can send you one if you like FOC. These masks will not fog your glasses, are comfortable and washable. They are two layers of merino with a medical grade filter in between.

Here is what they are like.

 

[cookiecat]

https://youtu.be/SeqThqkWO50


https://youtu.be/dpaHCnVdrcU

Girl crushes on Norah and Lucinda.

 

[cookiecat]

I had tickets to see Aretha - maybe 2017? but she got sick.

This cover song squeezes my heart:

Fields of Gold

 

[cookiecat]

Anyone else regularly think of some of the more humiliating moments of your life just to get some really mild humiliation play going on in your head and then feel bad about it all afterwards because you realize you want someone else to do the humiliation for you and it's probably not healthy to do it to yourself in this manner?

No? Just me? Okay then.

All. The. Time.

Fortunately, when I dom myself like this, I generally let myself cum after I've sufficiently replayed enough cringe worthy situations.

 

[seela]

As there appear to be issues with masks, I have bought in a stock of merino wool masks and can send you one if you like FOC. These masks will not fog your glasses, are comfortable and washable. They are two layers of merino with a medical grade filter in between.

Here is what they are like.

The moisture and warmth of the breath will still be there, though. Regardless of what material the mask is made of. Unless it's completely sealed, I don't see how there wouldn't be at least some issue with the glasses fogging.

I've worn a mask a few times taking the public transport now. Following every advice I got. The fogging problem is less now but still very much there after a while. I guess it's just something I'll have to get used to. The panicky feeling hasn't gone anywhere either. I have to figure out a way to put this into good use, spin this into a BDSM thing.

All the time, only I refuse to feel bad about it.

Maybe I'll stop feeling bad about it at some point.

It just feels so counterintuitive to go though a laundry list of my fails. It's not the sexy fun kind of humiliating moments that I think of when I'm alone.

All. The. Time.

Fortunately, when I dom myself like this, I generally let myself cum after I've sufficiently replayed enough cringe worthy situations.

I wonder if allowing myself to orgasm would make a difference for me.

 

[Primalex]

The moisture and warmth of the breath will still be there, though. Regardless of what material the mask is made of. Unless it's completely sealed, I don't see how there wouldn't be at least some issue with the glasses fogging.

I've worn a mask a few times taking the public transport now. Following every advice I got. The fogging problem is less now but still very much there after a while. I guess it's just something I'll have to get used to. The panicky feeling hasn't gone anywhere either. I have to figure out a way to put this into good use, spin this into a BDSM thing.

Fog points.

Before entering the public transport, you write "Slut" on your glasses with (denatured) alcohol or similar anti-fogging treatment.

You get 1 point for 3 minutes at 25% or less fogginess.
You get 3 points for 3 minutes at 50% fogginess.
You get 7 points for 3 minutes at 75% fogginess.

Every 10 points we will make sure that your glasses don't lie.

 

[seela]

Fog points.

Before entering the public transport, you write "Slut" on your glasses with (denatured) alcohol or similar anti-fogging treatment.

You get 1 point for 3 minutes at 25% or less fogginess.
You get 3 points for 3 minutes at 50% fogginess.
You get 7 points for 3 minutes at 75% fogginess.

Every 10 points we will make sure that your glasses don't lie.

I kinda love your brain sometimes.

 

[Primalex]

I kinda love your brain sometimes.

It goes well with some fava beans and a nice Chianti.