I am extremely short-sighted and wear glasses all the time......apart from when they fall apart like they have this morning. :(
I can see the pc monitor if I am about 12 inches away from it, so that's ok, but I don't feel confident about walking the dogs this morning. In fact, I don't think I can go anywhere, I feel naked!
I hope the opticians can repair them - the arm has come off completely and one of the lens has fallen out. Stupidly, I don't have a spare pair. :'(
Oh dear Squash, hope you get them fixed today. I bet the dogs are wondering why they can't have "walkies" this morning. You have reminded me I have to make an appointment with the optician.
its a horrible feeling isn't it! I broke mine a while ago, and the old pair I had was useless, and gave me headaches. So I hope you can get them fixed quickly :)
Hope you get them fixed soon.
Neil
Should have gone to specsavers ;)
If you wear them all the time, as I do, then you really should have a spare pair!
I keep a few pairs of cheapo Tesco reading glasses round the house. Mind you I'm long-sighted - it's the close work that's more of a problem. But I agree - it's wise to have a spare pair just in case.
Sounds like you have lost a screw. I keep old pairs of glasses when I get new ones for just such an emergency. Trouble is I am the only one now with the manual dexterity skills to repair the glasses and of course without my glasses I cannot see to repair them.
If that is all it is then, it is a five minutes task to repair the frames.
Having a spare pair of specs is one of those things I keep meaning to do, but somehow never seem to get around to. I've learned my lesson now.
The arm has snapped off completely so it's probably not possible to repair it. My son has stuck it back on with tape so at least I can see to walk round the house. I know I look like Jack Duckworth but who cares, I can see!
Phoning the opticians in a minute. Thanks for your concern everyone. :)
In Japan they make specs for the short sighted which are cheaply available in most Asian markets. Handy as sun glasses and as spares. They only do reading glasses here, probably because there are so many more long sighted people than short sighted in the UK.
If you can not find a deal to suit you at an optician, when you get your new prescription take a look at the following site. You are entitled to your prescription so make sure they give you a copy.
http://www.specs-by-post.com/
You complete the prescription details and you get a good set of spares cheaper than most opticians can offer. Possibly you could get them by post faster than the order from the optician, so worth considering.
Specs by post was recommended to me by some one who used them and they were very pleased since the optician had quoted them £240.
Quote from: Squash64 on March 13, 2010, 08:55:04
My son has stuck it back on with tape so at least I can see to walk round the house. I know I look like Jack Duckworth but who cares, I can see!
So at least you are now "dressed" then ;D
I'm currently in the denial stage of spec wearing.
Three years ago I was tested and needed specs to drive and on occassion to watch TV. Now I need them anytime I go out of the house and want to see at any distance (train /airport display screens). If I don't take them I squint, and lets face it, specs are a much better look than squinting!!
Thanks ZigZig for the specsbypost link. They are certainly a lot cheaper than the opticians I got my (broken) ones from.
I made an appointment for an eye test but they can't do it till a week on Wednesday so I've got to put up with my Duckworth specs till then.
I just picked up my first pair of specs this week. Just +1:00 for reading but after two years of denial (its dark in this restaurant! - Why is this print so small?) I caved in to middle age.
How on earth does one keep track of the d**n things. I have no idea where they are now and in 4 days I have "lost" them half a dozen times.
So my plan is to go to the pound shop and buy about 6 pairs which I can scatter around my life (Car, work, Bedside table etc) - that way I'll always have a pair handy!
Just (Jack)Duck-ing in with another thumbs up for the specs-by-post lot. A friend has always used them & recommended them to me. So once you've got your first new pair & script, get yourself some spares.
All the best, Lish
Ten days seems a long time to wait Squash64. Are there no other opticians in the area? Some branches of Boots and Tesco have optician services.
Quote from: Flighty on March 13, 2010, 07:48:24
If you wear them all the time, as I do, then you really should have a spare pair!
So should I ... :-[
If anyone reading this is buying specs for the first time, it might pay to consider the Morgan brand. I had my last pair for over two years and because of the way they're designed, the lens never once fell out. This means I never had the bother of finding a missing miniature screw or the right size of screwdriver to fix it. And I never needed a spare pair. Now that I have a new prescription, I've gone for Morgan again.
How this weighs up against the very cheap over-the-counter specs - or against other people's experience with Morgan, I've no idea.
As for putting specs down and not being able to find them, when I went through that stage, I just resorted to wearing them all the time - not only were they to be found on my head, but I could actually see them, because I had my glasses on!!! ;D
Quote from: Paulines7 on March 14, 2010, 11:19:08
Ten days seems a long time to wait Squash64. Are there no other opticians in the area? Some branches of Boots and Tesco have optician services.
I know Pauline, but because I have macular degeneration and I have digital photos taken of my eyes when I go there, I don't really want to change opticians. I'll just put up with wonky duckworths till then. ;)
The glasses in Wilkos are £3. Worth a try for a spare/emergency pair.
Quote from: Pesky Wabbit on March 14, 2010, 15:28:23
The glasses in Wilkos are £3. Worth a try for a spare/emergency pair.
but are these just reading glasses tho? Squash is short sighted..
I dont know about that, I didn't focus that closely, just noticed glasses, thou' I was really wanting the drinking kind :-[
Naked :o
Screw loose :P
I thought this was going to be juicy ???
I went into the opticians on Saturday to get my first pair of glasses, twenty minutes I argued with the bloke, until he mentioned that I was in the butchers and the opticians was in fact next door. :P :-X ;D ;D ;D
I only wear for reading and sewing.. just starting to need them for all the time,I bought a very expensive pair that had distance on as well just before I left the UK and I can't wear the silly things, the room moves when I put them on and I start to feel sick.Optician said I would get used to it..Not!
Meanwhile back to the readers which are over the counter ones.. poundshop specials in little tubes, I have them everywhere, car, kitchen, bedroom, sewing basket, handbag(bit posher pair in there) used to be in the lottie shed, desk at work, best friends house, by the computer...etc etc.. And still John groans several times a day when I ask " have you seen my glasses
So pleased you have managed to get yourself temp sorted, I wouldn't be any good without my readers, so must be dreadful being without when you need them to see.
XX Jeannine
I got my new specs last week so I'm not naked or looking like Jack Duckworth any more. :D
Anyone else have transition lenses? How long did it take you to get used to them?
I never did..sorry, they are still in the case from last April.. John got his the same day though and it took him only a day.Glad you feel dressed again XX Jeannine
All I know is, I've damaged my second lot of contact lenses in three weeks. I'm just not meant to have them, am I? I wouldn't mind, but they are only trial pairs and I'm too embarrassed to go in and ask for a third lot, they'll think I'm flogging them on eBay or something!
Quote from: Squash64 on March 22, 2010, 06:58:30
I got my new specs last week so I'm not naked or looking like Jack Duckworth any more. :D
Anyone else have transition lenses? How long did it take you to get used to them?
good to hea you got them sorted :D
For the 1st few hours a bit weird , was advised not to go up and down stairs in them, but to sit and work / read to get used to them. 2nd day - fine :) How are you getting on?
And SamLouise - what are like :D
1066 - Sorry, I don't think I explained very clearly what I'd had - I called them 'transition' but maybe I should have said 'reactolight'? They are like sunglasses which go darker according to the strength of the light. (I have had 'varifocals' for years and don't have a problem with them)
I've been wearing them since last Thursday and I just can't cope with how dark everything is when it's sunny. I need two pairs really, so I think I will have another pair made without the reactolight lens.
Aaahhh! Had those as well, I got on with them ok but now I just have a pair of sunnies being out and about (distance only) ;D
Life gets complicated with glasses doesn't it!!
I wondered what 'transition' glasses were...ah! you've explained = reactolight. All my specs are reacto-whotsits & have been for years. Trick is to get a depth of shading you're comfortable with - it can vary a lot. As can the time it takes to actually react from dark back to light.
Like 1066, I've also got script dark sunglasses and love 'em. Those are for the days, sun or not, when I can't be bothered with make-up and fondly, tho v. mistakenly, think I look like a Film Star.....you know, one of the Old Ones 8)
;D
Just got back from chosing another pair of glasses - without reactolight this time.
I came home early from the allotment this morning because I couldn't stand everything looking so dull :(
Quote from: Hyacinth on March 22, 2010, 15:07:41
Like 1066, I've also got script dark sunglasses and love 'em. Those are for the days, sun or not, when I can't be bothered with make-up and fondly, tho v. mistakenly, think I look like a Film Star.....you know, one of the Old Ones 8)
;D
Hyacinth - I know what you mean but this really made me laugh! ;D ;D
On my dad's epitaph I am going to have 'has anyone seen my glasses?' Driven us bonkers for years. Thank goodness for the cheapies you can buy now as it was costing a fortune in lost specs.
Sam-Louise - I have worn contact lenses since I was 13 but all of a sudden they keep tearing or becoming gritty. One pair would last about 2 - 3 months, now not even that many weeks. If I were you I would question the lenses your are trying and ask for a different make - as a freebee of course.
I have to wear 'transition' lenses for an eye condition. I hate them and am always peering over the top to see what colour the sky and clouds really are. Plus once they are a few months old they are much slower to get clear again once you come indoors so I tend to bump into things.....but I tell myself that I'm so lucky to live now, in another age my degree of short sight and other problems would have totally circumscribed my life. Dullness is a small price to pay.
when I can't be bothered with make-up and fondly, tho v. mistakenly, think I look like a Film Star.....you know, one of the Old Ones 8)
;D
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Quote from: cornykev on March 22, 2010, 19:02:34
AH King Kong one of my all time favourites. :-X ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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That's the norty step for you Kev !
Us laydees love our sunnies - and hats (for bad hair days.... ;)
Squash that was what happened when we both got new glasses last April in the UK, they were much darker than the sample they showed us in the shop, we took then straight back and they changed th4 lens for free,,try it XX Jeannine
Last count, I've 5 pair of specs I alternate between using (+ the Film Star ones 8)) and all are reactolight and they just don't behave in the way that's been mentioned here. Can only think that, tho various lens manufacturers make reacto.. - some are better than others? My lenses are always expensive - ultrathin, for starters, so perhaps I'm getting a more expensive reacto treatment as well. Sorry they don't 'work' for some of you. I find them a real boon.
transitions and reactolite are trade names for photochromic lenses, different manufacturers,different results and yes Hyacinth,ultra thin lenses usually have a better photochromic result :)/shades x