>Like many of you I have been on the receiving end of a stressed electro
>(and PICs) and THEY REALLY CAN HURT. I have a number of PICs
>embeded in the Lab walls from work on 'live floating' applications like
>power line control, and I know the subject of 'live power supplies' has
>been covered on this list.


I'm lucky (sort of) in that I wear glasses all the time, and for years have
selected oversize lenses for exactly this reason.  Every once in a while
I'll get a cut lead bouncing off them, or in one case, a chip from a
grinding wheel (I wasn't even the one USING it!)  I'll still use goggles if
I'm deliberately working on something nasty, but it's nice to have that
layer of protection all the time.

Most people wouldn't think about it, but if you REALLY hate the look of
those standard safety glasses (my sister calls them "birth control
glasses") then you can go to an optical shop and get any frame you want
done with zero prescription lenses, and even photogray and anti-reflective
coating. One reason that people don't want to wear those awful things is
that their fit is horrible, and the inter-occular distance is usually
wrong. Imagine if they had safety boots, but only in one size.