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Armor Etch can be a cheap fix for your scratched eyeglasses

Posted March 3, 2009 - 22:15 by Torley Wong

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Torley's glasses

Have you heard the rumor that goes, "Did you know Armour Etch can fix eyeglass scratches?" I had to see (ha!) if it was true for myself. Read on to find out what happened...

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Optical illusions that make you fatter and your wallet lighter

Posted October 29, 2007 - 10:02 by Paul Michael

Food and Drink, Consumer Affairs

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One of my best friends, a long time ago, told me that the key to food portion sizes was this - "Eat from small plates, drink from taller glasses." It's a piece of advice I had forgotten, especially after moving to the US where portion sizes seem to have gone from the sublime to the ridiculous. But in a book I'm currently reading called "Mindless Eating" this advice about container sizes is validated by Dr. Brian Wansink, Ph.D, a man who clearly knows his stuff. And optical illusions are at the root of it all.

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