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| Thread ID: 124212 | 2012-04-12 08:31:00 | New glasses | lakewoodlady (103) | PC World Chat |
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| 1269708 | 2012-04-13 08:55:00 | The snooker player with tilting glasses is Dennis Taylor Yep and Ray Reardon in the twilight of his career. Seen struggling with them HERE (www.youtube.com) |
B.M. (505) | ||
| 1269709 | 2012-04-13 09:35:00 | "Cicero is close though not quite exactly on the mark. For sports, glasses should be raised before being tilted. Frequently." You win the internet again R2x1, lol, lol, lol. |
zqwerty (97) | ||
| 1269710 | 2012-04-13 10:08:00 | Be careful on stairs! Yep. Stairs were the downfall of my bifocals. (And me.) I threw them away before OSH pinged me for being a menace. My father in law considered they were the answer to a golfer's prayers. He would nod a bit and point out that all he had to do was "put that tiny ball - nod - in that great big hole there". |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 1269711 | 2012-04-14 11:57:00 | Yep . Stairs were the downfall of my bifocals . (And me . ) I threw them away before OSH pinged me for being a menace . I think bifocals are considered to be old technology these days, and they are significantly different from progessives in that the former switch abruptly from one focal length to the other . I find I have no problems with stairs, which is just as well as I do a lot of climbing in my work and some (industrial) are very steep and are more like ladders . My replacement lenses were fitted yesterday and were comfortable from the off . They are excellent and I now have clear and sharp vision at any range from 10cm to infinity and each of my eyes is significantly different so that usually makes binocular vision quite difficult if they don't see matching image sizes etc . I also have independent monocular vision, with each eye doing its own thing and this gives me close to 180 degrees of visual range . It is a little peculiar, but you get used to it and it scared the hell out of our kids when they were little because I could watch two at once on opposite sides of the room and see who was pulling faces at whom . I don't consciously do it these days, but it sometimes pops up if I'm tired . Mrs T finds it very unnerving so that's an incentive to aim straight and center . :dogeye: Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 1269712 | 2012-04-14 21:20:00 | Some people can not handle graduated, so have to stay with bi focals. Bi's do predate grads, but still only option for some. |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 1269713 | 2012-04-14 21:34:00 | I wear bifocals, and some 10 or so years ago I discussed progressives with my optometrist, he suggested that I might have trouble getting used to them. Probably as well that I didn't as I was 60+ then. | Brucem (8688) | ||
| 1269714 | 2012-04-14 21:42:00 | I wear bifocals, and some 10 or so years ago I discussed progressives with my optometrist, he suggested that I might have trouble getting used to them. Probably as well that I didn't as I was 60+ then. Pity as only a few have probs with progressives. Your dentist needs a talking to. |
Cicero (40) | ||
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