Glasses?

[Scotty Mac]

Short sighted - wear glasses at football and in lectures

with the most retarded case i have ever seen in my LIFE

 

[DC Rules]

I've been shortsighted since 7 (I'm now 45) and have worn contact lenses for 25 years, but about 5 years ago I needed to wear glasses for reading, so I wear glasses and contact lenses at the same time! There are apparently bi-focal contact lenses, does any one here wear them?

 

[Withdean Wanderer]

with the most retarded case i have ever seen in my LIFE

Which has, incidently, broken

 

[Hunting 784561]

You will when you're older.

Opticians call it the 45 eye. That's the age when eyes start to wear out.

Funnily enough I'm 45, and have just got glasses for the first time, for reading and using the computer.

I held out as long as I could, but they do make a big difference.

 

[HampshireSeagulls]

Got lasered last year. Expensive, but well worth it for me.

And no, I wouldn't recommend it either way for anyone else, it's a personal choice that doesn't work for everyone, and if it goes wrong, then you are well and truly fcuked, and I wouldn't want any part of recommending it to anyone, purely because I would hate to be even partially, minutely responsible for someone taking a punt and getting it wrong.

 

[Cian]

Can I combine the last two answers? Need glasses, have had since I was 4, and loud music/headphones has f***ed my hearing.

 

[dougdeep]

Since I was 48. I only need them for driving and watching kick and rush football.

 

[Techno]

I need glasses to see things far away (dunno whether thats short-sighted or long-sighted or whatvever!!)

For example driving and reading stuff of the whiteboard at college.

And also as of last night, i have had to start wearing my glasses whilst playing cricket (it was the first indoor net of the season last night!!)
Only wearing them when batting though, my eyes had gotten so shitty that i couldnt actually see the ball without glasses - not that i can usually see it that well when batting anyway!!

also also!! i only have a problem in one eye, its my right eye that can see bugger all, and my left eye is pretty good. anyone else like this??

 

[ben andrews' girlfriend]

also also!! i only have a problem in one eye, its my right eye that can see bugger all, and my left eye is pretty good. anyone else like this??

Its a very very common problem, i dont know anyone who has exactly the same prescription in each eye.

 

[Bry Nylon]

I wear mine all the time - not that i need to, i just like being able to see properly!

Plus they look gorgeous!
I like women who wear glasses

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Can I combine the last two answers? Need glasses, have had since I was 4, and loud music/headphones has f***ed my hearing.

Come again?

I have very good eye sight, but that will surely change as I am either in front of a computer or reading. Will be good if/when I train to be a surveyor and get out of the office more.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Plus they look gorgeous!
I like women who wear glasses

Smooth.

 

[SussexSpur]

I'm getting lasered this Friday, after wearing contacts for the past 12 years (yes, maybe it is time to change, they are getting a little dry and itchy...)

Was advised by my optician to start wearing glasses more often, about two years ago, because red blood cells were coming a little too close to the surface apparently. So I have been doing so, though I hate specs. Am now finally taking the laser-eye plunge, after realising it was no longer quite so expensive as I'd imagined.

I'm sure Thursday will be a pretty sleepless night.
Just hope I get to enjoy the North London derby on Wednesday night - could be the last game I ever see...

 

[Shizuoka Dolphin]

Wear them for reading and computers and suchlike. Don't wear them any other times unless I FEEL like it.

Got bullied MERCILESSLY when I was a nipper for being a four-eyed speccy TWAT so I now I take out my pent up frustration at the world on internet message boards.

You're all a bunch of C**NTS!

 

[JJ McClure]

Perfect 20-20 vision thanks.

 

[Tricky Dicky]

Come again?

I have very good eye sight, but that will surely change as I am either in front of a computer or reading. Will be good if/when I train to be a surveyor and get out of the office more.

But you do wear glasses BoF - I can see them in your avatar

 

[Barrel of Fun]

But you do wear glasses BoF - I can see them in your avatar

They are for cosmetic reasons, as I appear to be lacking eyes.

 

[Tricky Dicky]

They are for cosmetic reasons, as I appear to be lacking eyes.

Reminds me of one of our brokers on the trading floor - he used to wear a pair of glasses with no glass in. I think it was a Joe 90 kind of thing.

 

[SussexSpur]

Bumpette.

For all you laser-eye-ers out there - how was it for you, in the immediate aftermath?

I had mine done on Friday, at a LASIK clinic in Harley Street (where, I was nonplussed to learn from cheesy grinning photos on the wall, "Dr" Neil Fox had had his done too - scientific fact), and for all my fears, the worst aspect was actually the three-hours wait in the, er, waiting room. The surgery itself was, well... very WEIRD, rather trippy with psychedelic laser strikes, multi-coloured rings around the swoon, and a sensation of utter helpless-but-at-least-it'll-soon-be-all-over-ness...

But at least I didn't actually smell my eyes burning. Always a bonus.
Since then, I've had minor inflammations and itchiness, occasional tears streaming from, filling and refilling, my eyes - and a few small scrapes of blood appearing on the whites. All perfectly natural, according to my optician. Hm.

But it's nice to see, in near-enough-clear-detail, the artwork on my bedroom walls upon waking, and I hope and trust the slight cloudiness should clear up by, ooh, the end of the week?
Right...?

 

[OzMike]

Have been in denial for a couple of years, but had to give in and now at 46 I use them but only for reading, especially measuring tapes at work.
Be warned it is not only you eyes that give way after turning forty.
All the old sporting injuries etc. come back to haunt you, so much for training lots and keeping fit in days gone by