[ale] [OT] [Way OT] need to fix eye glasses or replace at reasonable cost

[Ron Frazier (ALE)]

Hi Scott, and all,

That last part doesn't sound too cool.

Here's a minor update.

I have no reason to believe that my prescription is wrong.  My far 
vision while driving is good.  And, the bifocals work well when reading 
something from about 6" to 12" away.

However, neither segment of the lens works well for looking at my 
desktop computer screen about 2 feet away.  Either way, it's a bit 
fuzzy.  Even if the bifocal did work for that, I'd have to go to the 
chiropractor after pointing my chin in the air and looking through the 
lower lens for hours.  Now I feel more concerned about my Dad when he 
uses bifocals with his computer.  Fortunately, he's not on the computer 
too much.

Rather than buy yet another pair of glasses, I found that my prior set, 
2 prescriptions and about 8 years ago, works nicely for staring at the 
computer screen.

So, that's what I'll use for that purpose.  Lucky I was able to find 
them in a drawer.

When I leave the computer, I'll put on the new set.  I've already 
verified that I can drive safely with this old pair if I had to, but 
it's not much fun.

It was nice back when my eyes would do their ocular gymnastics and 
automatically adapt with one pair of single vision glasses for objects 
from 4" to 400 yards, but I guess that time is passed.

-sigh-

Sincerely,

Ron


On 9/23/2013 12:29 PM, Scott Castaline wrote:
> Ohh you're just a kid at 48. Just remember at 50 the warranty expires 
> and at 60 you hit the proverbial brick wall and all hell breaks loose.
>
> On 09/23/2013 11:19 AM, Ron Frazier (ALE) wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Got my Zenni eyeglasses a few days ago.  Prescription seems accurate, 
>> just what I ordered.  Quality seems good.  Had to tweak the nose 
>> pieces a bit but otherwise fine.
>>
>> I can see the pine needles on the trees again.  Only near sited 
>> people will relate to that.  Bifocal lens is driving me nuts, but 
>> that's not Zenni's fault.  I got the lined style.  I think I would 
>> have misgivings about ordering progressives by mail because of the 
>> alignment of the 2nd lens area.  Nothing on Zenni's order form 
>> measured bifocal distance.
>>
>> I saved a gob of money doing things this way.  Thanks all for the 
>> tips.  I have misgivings about ordering this way, because it costs 
>> Americans jobs.  But, the reality is that I didn't have $ 300 to 
>> spend on this.  If that were my only option, I probably would have 
>> just done without
>>
>> I guess I'm now officially an old fart.  In addition to the bifocals, 
>> I have:
>>
>> * Owned computers that had nothing but a text display for output and 
>> nothing but a cassette tape for input.
>> * Worked on large computer systems that ran on punched cards.
>> * Designed programs for computers running nothing but DOS.
>> * 2 Years left before I'm 50.
>> * Way too much gray in my beard.
>>
>> Se la vie.  Regardless, I intend to enjoy the present as much as 
>> possible.  And, now I can see it a bit better.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Ron
>>
>>


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