Rain and Glasses?

Bitstring <[email hidden]>, from the wonderful
person Gordon <[email hidden]> said

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GSV Three Minds in a Can <[email hidden]> wrote

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My optician is now trained to loctite them (or equivalent) before
delivery. If they don't move, I leave them alone. if they loosen, I
loctite them. he has been warned. 8>.

Actually it's normally the ones in the arms that work loose if you
fold/unfold the arms a lot, and using sprung arms I tend to not have the
problem. The ones on the lens have no excuse at all for coming undone.

Aaaah! Sprung arms... A luxury. The first pair I was able to put on
and take off with one hand.

Yep, I confess to spending ludicrous amounts on glasses frames, but then
they generally last ~10 years, 365.25 days/year, 16 hours a day, so the
actual cost per hour is peanuts. Bit like computer monitors .. Mind
you, my wife manages to spend nearly as much on the 4-5 pairs (driving,
reading, computer using, etc. etc.) which she only wears for 1/10th of
the time my varifocals get hammered.

I do drive my optician mad (but only every ~10 years, so usually it's a
fresh optician each time) since I often wind up making him order
something specially .. No, I don't want the plated frames (plating comes
off), yes, I do want sprung arms, yes, I do want adjustable nose bridge,
yes, I do want huge lenses, no I don't care if it says 'Zeiss, Gucci, or
'made in khazakstan', as long as it's well made and durable. 8>.

Now =lenses= I go through at 1 set every 18 months or so, mostly because
I will tend to clean them 'dry' (on the nearest bit of cloth) and
scratch the lenses. I think I must have abrasive eyebrows too, since the
coatings come off the 'nearest the eyebrow' corners.

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GSV Three Minds in a Can <[email hidden]> wrote

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Now =lenses= I go through at 1 set every 18 months or so, mostly because
I will tend to clean them 'dry' (on the nearest bit of cloth) and
scratch the lenses. I think I must have abrasive eyebrows too, since the
coatings come off the 'nearest the eyebrow' corners.

I seem to need new lenses just under two years, but because the
prescription changes that often. :-)

Happens as you get older sometimes.
I also use a dry tissue unless they get something stubborn on them, and
I resort to some lens cleaning fluid I have had for as long as I can
remember.
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Gordon

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Fran wrote on Wed, 1 Sep 2004 18:25:06 +0100....

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your GPS, headtorch, mobile phone, miniature TV set, etc, etc.

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*Splutter*
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Bitstring <[email hidden]>, from the wonderful person
Chris Malcolm <[email hidden]> said

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GSV Three Minds in a Can said:

I do drive my optician mad (but only every ~10 years, so usually it's a
fresh optician each time) since I often wind up making him order
something specially .. No, I don't want the plated frames (plating comes
off), yes, I do want sprung arms, yes, I do want adjustable nose bridge,
yes, I do want huge lenses, no I don't care if it says 'Zeiss, Gucci, or
'made in khazakstan', as long as it's well made and durable. 8>.

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Now =lenses= I go through at 1 set every 18 months or so, mostly because
I will tend to clean them 'dry' (on the nearest bit of cloth) and
scratch the lenses. I think I must have abrasive eyebrows too, since the
coatings come off the 'nearest the eyebrow' corners.

That's why I still stick with glass lenses. I clean them dry on
anything handy, and after ten years they have hardly any scratches,
anti-reflection coat in good nick, much better nick than my wife's
reading glasses after a few months. THe only reason I change them is
to get a new prescription, they're still good clean looking lenses
after ten years.

Been hit in the eye too often for that. Plus they are heavy. And like
Gordon my prescription changes often enough (especially with varifocals)
that 18-24 month lifespan is not a big problem. Glass -is- more durable
- until you whack it.

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GSV Three Minds in a Can said:

Bitstring <[email hidden]>, from the wonderful person
Chris Malcolm <[email hidden]> said

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GSV Three Minds in a Can <[email hidden]> writes:

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Now =lenses= I go through at 1 set every 18 months or so, mostly because
I will tend to clean them 'dry' (on the nearest bit of cloth) and
scratch the lenses. I think I must have abrasive eyebrows too, since the
coatings come off the 'nearest the eyebrow' corners.

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That's why I still stick with glass lenses. I clean them dry on
anything handy, and after ten years they have hardly any scratches,
anti-reflection coat in good nick, much better nick than my wife's
reading glasses after a few months. THe only reason I change them is
to get a new prescription, they're still good clean looking lenses
after ten years.

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Been hit in the eye too often for that.

The only time in 55 years of spec wearing being hit in the eye broke
my specs was when a car hit me in the eye. No damage to eye. Car was a
mess, front headlight pushed back into front wheel stopping it
rotating.

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Plus they are heavy.

Not if you choose small lenses made of high refractive glass.

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And like
Gordon my prescription changes often enough (especially with varifocals)
that 18-24 month lifespan is not a big problem. Glass -is- more durable
- until you whack it.

I think the fragility of spec glass is overestimated. Once I left
school, and the company of oiks who liked to stamp on spectacles, the
only times I've ever cracked a lens has been by dropping the specs
from at least five feet on to a stone surface. Think it's happened
twice in many decades.

As for smashing on your face so you get glass in the eye, the lens is
mounted in a bendy frame which is mounted on a squishy face. Pretty
hard to smash a spec lens in situ. Unless you hit it with something
like a car of course.
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Bitstring <[email hidden]>, from the wonderful person
Chris Malcolm <[email hidden]> said
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As for smashing on your face so you get glass in the eye, the lens is
mounted in a bendy frame which is mounted on a squishy face. Pretty
hard to smash a spec lens in situ. Unless you hit it with something
like a car of course.

Try a badminton racquet. Works a treat .. if not, you are not playing
with the right partner.

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in article [email hidden], rockfairy at
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"John Scheleur" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Hi! Any suggestions for walking in the rain for those of us who wear glasses
to make for better visability? Thanks, John

You could try contacts, but if you don't like them you could get a
serum so that the rain does not stick. Do you think this would help??

After 49 years of wearing glasses, I had laser surgery and now have perfect
20/15 distance vision. It's the best thing that's every happened to me and
enhances every walk that much more. The surgery is painless (except for the
pocket book). It's getting less expensive all the time.

I opted for the expense when my eye doctor was about to put me into very
expensive tri-focal glasses. I said "screw it" and went for the surgery.

I still have to wear glasses for reading because of my age. I usually have
a pair hanging around my neck in case I need to read a map or anything.