On Wed, 3 Dec 2008 05:00:20 -0800 (PST), Sheldon >
wrote:

>notbob wrote:
>> Lou Decruss wrote:
>>
>> > Reading glasses for a buck. ?I stop in even when I don't need them
>> > because I destroy them pretty fast. ?I even found a pair of reading
>> > sunglasses for a buck. ?They would have been at least $200 to have
>> > made and they're perfect. ?
>>
>> That's a great idea, Lou. ?I've been getting mine at a thrift shop, but new
>> ones at a dollar store would probably be better. ?Better selection, too. ?I
>> absolutely refuse to pay the insane prices they charge in most retail
>> stores, usually at least $20 for cheap plastic Chinese glasses! ?I was gonna
>> buy mom a beaded eyeglasses lanyard, but those too were over $15 ...for a
>> string of cheap plastic beads!! ?Un-freakin-believable. ?I swear, some
>> markets are nothing but a coldly calculated rip-off of seniors. ?
>>
>> nb
>
>Yoose obviously don't value your eyes. Those cheap plastic
>crackerjack prize so-called reading glasses are as in-optically
>correct as is possible and will definitely damage your eyes... in a
>pinch you are far better off reading with a quality hand held
>magnifier (Bausche & Lomb has many styles at reasonable prices). It's
>critical to have ones eyes examined yearly by a qualified medical
>specialist (Opthalmologist), not only for a proper prescription but to
>check for occular diseases too. No one need pay a bundle for glasses
>unless they are into designer frames... ordinary prescription half
>lenses are inexpensive but more importantly they are optically correct
>and made for *your* eyes (both your eyes are different). Anyone
>spending as much time at a computer screen each day as I'm sure you do
>must have their eyes regularly examined by a real doctor and never
>wear any lenses but those prescribed.

One of my eyes needs a 1.50 and one needs a 1.75. Either one will
work just fine for both eyes and have been doing the job just fine for
well over 10 years. Spending a couple hundred bucks on something I
can buy for a buck is pretty silly. Especially when the difference is
not noticeable.

>If yoose are constantly breaking/losing your glasses then you need to
>see a *different* kind of doctor.

That's silly Shemp.

Lou