17-03-2012, 10:02 AM
Hi,
A very good topic Gary.
Having severe asthma as a child I missed a lot of my early schooling hence I also missed the regular eye tests. I hadn't a clue what glasses were for in those days which sounds stupid now but I missed so much. Aged 11 I finally had an eye test and ended up with school glasses making me automatically into "four eyes".
These glasses hurt my ears but dramatically transformed my world. At last I could read what was on the blackboard at school without having to copy from my friend; on the very first day of wearing them I remember it was a glorious sunny day and the new pebble dashing of the houses blinded me. Whereas previously I had always appeared to be thick at school I came on in leaps and bounds and upon leaving school aged 15 I achieved passes in seven subjects with distinctions in art and technical drawing; I believe the certificate was the forerunner of the modern GCSE.
I now wear bi-focals and although I detest the things am blind without so they are a necessary evil in my life. The cut off is mid way on the lens and I have to tilt my head to read the VDU and I'm forever miss-keying whilst using the keyboard although this is compounded by some glitch in the computer because no way do I make so many mistakes whilst hitting the keys.
I have reading glasses but changing over makes everything seem alien to me and I can't settle with them.
One benefit of wearing good sized glasses is that I can use them to a certain extent as safety glasses in the workshop or garage. I don't like wearing glasses but I really do dislike wearing safety goggles although I have to wear goggles for some processes such as angle grinding.
I will eventually have to change my glasses so would appreciate advice from both you Gary and David as to the best choice; bi-focal or vari-focal? I would never consider wearing contact lens in fact I've heard horror stories about contact lens becoming welded to eyes because of welding flash; has anyone else heard of this?
Kind regards, Col.
A very good topic Gary.
Having severe asthma as a child I missed a lot of my early schooling hence I also missed the regular eye tests. I hadn't a clue what glasses were for in those days which sounds stupid now but I missed so much. Aged 11 I finally had an eye test and ended up with school glasses making me automatically into "four eyes".
These glasses hurt my ears but dramatically transformed my world. At last I could read what was on the blackboard at school without having to copy from my friend; on the very first day of wearing them I remember it was a glorious sunny day and the new pebble dashing of the houses blinded me. Whereas previously I had always appeared to be thick at school I came on in leaps and bounds and upon leaving school aged 15 I achieved passes in seven subjects with distinctions in art and technical drawing; I believe the certificate was the forerunner of the modern GCSE.
I now wear bi-focals and although I detest the things am blind without so they are a necessary evil in my life. The cut off is mid way on the lens and I have to tilt my head to read the VDU and I'm forever miss-keying whilst using the keyboard although this is compounded by some glitch in the computer because no way do I make so many mistakes whilst hitting the keys.
I have reading glasses but changing over makes everything seem alien to me and I can't settle with them.
One benefit of wearing good sized glasses is that I can use them to a certain extent as safety glasses in the workshop or garage. I don't like wearing glasses but I really do dislike wearing safety goggles although I have to wear goggles for some processes such as angle grinding.
I will eventually have to change my glasses so would appreciate advice from both you Gary and David as to the best choice; bi-focal or vari-focal? I would never consider wearing contact lens in fact I've heard horror stories about contact lens becoming welded to eyes because of welding flash; has anyone else heard of this?
Kind regards, Col.
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