Harold_Z Posted July 9, 2004 Report Share Posted July 9, 2004 Best invention of the 90s: Bi-Focal Contacts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted July 9, 2004 Report Share Posted July 9, 2004 How about those damn German Riverside box set liner notes from XYZ, purchased via Zweitausendeins. Great music and CDs but the liner notes really sucked. I was contemplating getting the microscope out for the discographies. Give me the back covers of LPs any day ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vibes Posted July 9, 2004 Report Share Posted July 9, 2004 (edited) I wish being old had something to do with it (I'm 27). I had to get glasses in the 5th grade. I can't see a thing without them. Edited July 9, 2004 by vibes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold_Z Posted July 9, 2004 Report Share Posted July 9, 2004 I can't stand it when the liner notes are small print and a different shade of the same color as the background. Horrible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted July 9, 2004 Report Share Posted July 9, 2004 (edited) I always travel with three pairs of glasses: 1. Computer/reading glasses, 2. sunglasses and 3. the regular ones for near sightedness. And...to spice things up, 1 & 3 have the same type of frames, so I have to switch back and forth to see if I'm using the right ones. Edited July 9, 2004 by 7/4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RainyDay Posted July 9, 2004 Report Share Posted July 9, 2004 Haven't read the whole thread yet but let me say, vain creature that I am, I hardly ever wear my contacts anymore because I can manage seeing closeup better with my bifocals. Meaning, I take off my glasses altogether when I have to read the really teeny tiny print. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maren Posted July 9, 2004 Report Share Posted July 9, 2004 I wish being old had something to do with it (I'm 27). I had to get glasses in the 5th grade. I can't see a thing without them. I got them in 2nd grade. I'm so nearsighted, the only computer letters I could read without my glasses were B3-er's "YOU CALL THAT BIG?" But when I got to be 45, the focal point changed -- so now I have bifocals, but the bottom part isn't a farsighted prescription, just a slightly different "nearsighted" one. Actually worked very well in the "transitions" type of bifocals for a few years. Now I guess I need a new prescription but not quite ready to pay $$$ for it. But at the moment my sightreading is paying for it!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mule Posted July 9, 2004 Report Share Posted July 9, 2004 I have had perfect vision my entire life until very recently (I'm 42). In the past year or so I've noticed the street signs getting more and more blurry--especially at night. It was never that big a problem as I usually know where I'm going and/or I could figure out what the sign said by guessing. Anything backlit--like advertising signs at the airport--were very blurry. Seeing the score of a basketball game on television was getting pretty iffy. I was more or less ignoring the problem until I had to go to Montreal for work. Not only was I unfamiliar with the city, but the street signs were all in French and I could no longer guess what they said! I finally broke down and went to the eye doctor. Guess I'm near-sighted, which is weird because I read A LOT for work and I still can see fine up-close. Everyone else I know my age who had to get glasses had to get reading glasses. I've got the opposite problem. Although I really only need them to drive, I pretty much wear my glasses all the time now. I've got the rimless kind too, Chuck, now I'm worried they'll start cracking like yours have! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted July 9, 2004 Report Share Posted July 9, 2004 By the time I reached 13, I was wearing eyeglasses. By the time I reached 40, I was told my myopia would ebb and my eyesight would be better. Damn lies!! By the time, I reached 50, I was presbyopic. Then I discovered Varilux lenses. Was told that it would take days to get used to them. More lies! Those Varilux seem to have been made for me. I would not be without these eyeglasses anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free For All Posted July 9, 2004 Report Share Posted July 9, 2004 By the time, I reached 50, I was presbyopic. Does that mean you have difficulty reading Lester Young liner notes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheldonm Posted July 9, 2004 Report Share Posted July 9, 2004 I've worn glasses for the past three years (I'm 47). I have switched to progressive lenses, as I really only have issues with things far away. I can now use the same pair for near and far. No need to remove them to read (although I can read without them). Glasses don't really both me except when I want to play basketball/baseball. I don't have any issues with the way they look or anything like that. Not interested in a laser shooting me in my eyes, I may end of looking like this B) . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzmoose Posted July 9, 2004 Report Share Posted July 9, 2004 I talked to someone who did the laser bit, and I'll definitely pass. It doesn't do a thing to renew your youthful focusing ability, you're just swapping your reading vision for distance vision. I'd rather keep what I have and not take the chance... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted July 9, 2004 Report Share Posted July 9, 2004 By the time, I reached 50, I was presbyopic. Does that mean you have difficulty reading Lester Young liner notes? No problem reading most of those damn CD liner notes. Now I wish they will have the equivalent of hearing Varilux when my ears are hit by myopia B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted July 9, 2004 Report Share Posted July 9, 2004 Any time I read liner notes. In fact anything in smaller print, I find I'm taking off my glasses. And this on top of my having those bifocals type glasses that don't have a line through them, which, btw, I fought for two years before I got them. Maybe they just need strengthening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonym Posted July 9, 2004 Report Share Posted July 9, 2004 (edited) I wish being old had something to do with it (I'm 27). I had to get glasses in the 5th grade. I can't see a thing without them. Geting Older!!! I was about 15 when my left eye began to go the same way as the rest of my mother's side of the family (not literally). I wore contacts on my bike for years but then on days when I didn't I would have difficulty recognising close friends; "that little lad" --- My best man's wife! "Who was that guy in the red jersey?" --- FRIEND: " What guy... that was a post box!" My last pair of specs: Like I said, my weakness is on the left eye. Edited July 9, 2004 by tonym Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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