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Sorry to hear that, man. My glasses were $350, and I'd be screwed without them.

McAvoy wrote:I have to double check but as long as you have a prescription and don't need bi focals, there are a couple of websites that can ship you a pair of glasses for around $15. The only catch is that they will not be name brand and none of the fancy extras on it like scratch-resistence etc.

The other catch is that they will be shipped through the mail, so it would take awhile before you get them. Around 2 weeks.

Hmm, I should definitely look into that. Cheers.

Tsukiyumi wrote:Sorry to hear that, man. My glasses were $350, and I'd be screwed without them.

Crap, $350? Mine are £70 and I have to renew them pretty much biannually. I'm partially sighted, the glasses are to help my right eye to focus, as my left eye is basically screwed. I had an operation when I was 8 which was unsuccessful. Though that was more than 2 decades ago, maybe there's more they can do now, not sure.

Would it not be cheaper if you got laser eye surgery? Apparently that's only around £300-£500 now, but I haven't looked much into it as I have a dislike of anything medical due to too many hospital visits as a kid.

Although, my best friend Jenny is a nurse, lol.

Tsu, $350? Do they have their own eyeballs? I mean, I usually go to the cheap end because my vision plan only covers so much - and I don't want to go out-of-pocket at all because I have a three-year-old Godzilla son - but I can find decent-looking frames and a single-vision astigmatism scrip in polycarbonate that would retail at about $150.

Mikey wrote:Tsu, $350? Do they have their own eyeballs? I mean, I usually go to the cheap end because my vision plan only covers so much - and I don't want to go out-of-pocket at all because I have a three-year-old Godzilla son - but I can find decent-looking frames and a single-vision astigmatism scrip in polycarbonate that would retail at about $150.

Mine are pretty good frames with really high-powered astigmatism lenses, plus anti-scratch/anti-glare coating, plus magnetic sunglasses that hook on the front. Wouldn't be able to drive without 'em.

I gotcha. The anti-glare coating never seemed to me to be worth the price, and I never kicked in for the magnetic sunglasses - I like 'em, but I get Transitions lenses free. They don't turn in the car because of the UV filter in the windshield, but that's what tinted windshields are for, right?

*EDIT* I also don't live in the southern half of Texas where midday sun glare can melt asphalt.

I used to do that myself. I used to have to get all the stuff to make it durable, the flexible frames, scratch resistence etc, but it was never enough. The USN destroyed many glasses (one even started to melt when I got caught in exhaust of an F-14, the longest 20 seconds of my life).

I had a pair of specs from a few years back, which became too heavily scratched to be usable and which I hadn't bothered to replace. My vision isn't great but good enough to get by without glasses. However, just now back from the eye doctor (to check for damage due to diabetes) I came away with both a clean bill of health and a new prescription for glasses.

My eye problem is annoying because my eyes are fine but the muscles around my eyes are very weak so they cant focus the lens. So my eyes are permently focused to about 5-7 meters away from me, so putting glasses on only changes the focus to a different point and gives me a headach, I could get dozens of glasses to focus my eyes to multiple points theoretically but I get by with 2 pairs for long distance and medium.

Ouch. That must cause problems with work - how do you manage to focus on things at arms length or less?

Tinadrin Chelnor wrote:

McAvoy wrote:I have to double check but as long as you have a prescription and don't need bi focals, there are a couple of websites that can ship you a pair of glasses for around $15. The only catch is that they will not be name brand and none of the fancy extras on it like scratch-resistence etc.

The other catch is that they will be shipped through the mail, so it would take awhile before you get them. Around 2 weeks.

Hmm, I should definitely look into that. Cheers.

Tsukiyumi wrote:Sorry to hear that, man. My glasses were $350, and I'd be screwed without them.

Crap, $350? Mine are £70 and I have to renew them pretty much biannually. I'm partially sighted, the glasses are to help my right eye to focus, as my left eye is basically screwed. I had an operation when I was 8 which was unsuccessful. Though that was more than 2 decades ago, maybe there's more they can do now, not sure.

Would it not be cheaper if you got laser eye surgery? Apparently that's only around £300-£500 now, but I haven't looked much into it as I have a dislike of anything medical due to too many hospital visits as a kid.

Although, my best friend Jenny is a nurse, lol.

How is your left eye screwed?

McAvoy wrote:How is your left eye screwed?

Well, my left eye is lazy and does its own thing most of the time. I can't see a thing if I close my right eye, everything is a complete blur. My right eye is pretty decent, but without my glasses I can't focus more than several metres. I am unable to drive, even with my glasses.

When I was 8 I has an operation to attempt to "fix" my left eye. Not exactly sure how, but I had to stay in over night, and I was put to sleep during the operation. I also wore an eye patch over my left eye as a child, before I started to wear glasses, but switched to glasses when I started primary school.

Captain Picard's Hair wrote:I had a pair of specs from a few years back, which became too heavily scratched to be usable and which I hadn't bothered to replace. My vision isn't great but good enough to get by without glasses. However, just now back from the eye doctor (to check for damage due to diabetes) I came away with both a clean bill of health and a new prescription for glasses.

A friend of mine has diabetes and has lost the sight in his right eye (when we go out, he stands on the left, I stand on the right, and we have a decent set of eyes between us, lol). Good to hear you got a clean bill of health.

Wide awake despite the drinking.

Anyway the summer semester starts. I had to use up me electives to collect the GI Bill free monies, but I am taking Western Culture and Artitecture, Religions of the World (the only one left that didn't require me to drive 40 miles one way that interested me) and Calculus II which when I pass I can use my Engineering electives (like Masonry and Surveying) and actual Engineering courses.

Three classes in the late afternoon and don't require a job for it. Not bad at all. Starts on Monday.

Man, makes me glad I've been out of school for a while.

I'm just about finished with my AS level courses (first year of College, 16-18 standard age, before University). Feeling confident for three, utterly abysmal hopes for the other. *fingers crossed*