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Jawbone54 · Jan 21, 2008, 12:59 PM

I'm slightly farsighted, apparently. Add a small dose of astigmatism, and I'm in the need for some spectacles. I was told that the fact I was straining all day in order to achieve 20/20 vision is almost definitely responsible for the headaches I've been having.

And I don't want to wear contacts. The thought of one of them slipping "behind" my eye, like I've seen happen to my friends, is enough to make me squirm. Also, I really don't think I'd mind glasses at all. I'd kind of like the change, honestly.

I said all of that to ask this...

For those of you who wear glasses (or have friends/family who do), do you know of the best places I could go to get some nice stylish glasses without paying an arm and a leg?

Dakar the Fourth · Jan 21, 2008, 01:01 PM

Don't forget to pick up a cane and your social security check while you're out.

residentEvil · Jan 21, 2008, 01:06 PM

hahaha

Cold Warrior · Jan 21, 2008, 01:06 PM

Why not get PRK or Lasik?

Jawbone54 · Jan 21, 2008, 01:12 PM

Because I'm poor.

Jawbone54 · Jan 21, 2008, 01:14 PM

Originally Posted by Dakar the Fourth

Don't forget to pick up a cane and your social security check while you're out.

YouTube - A joke

SpaceMonkey · Jan 21, 2008, 01:16 PM

Originally Posted by Dakar the Fourth

Don't forget to pick up a cane and your social security check while you're out.

Pretty soon he'll be like this old guy:
YouTube - KITH - Grandpa's Last Poo

turtle777 · Jan 21, 2008, 01:18 PM

Believe it or not, Wal-Mart ahs some nice and affordable rimless glasses.

I got myself some as a backup pair, and ended up wearing them all the time.

-t

Eriamjh · Jan 21, 2008, 01:23 PM

Originally Posted by Dakar the Fourth

Don't forget to pick up a cane and your social security check while you're out.

I got my glasses when I was 6. 30 years later, I got LASIK.

No MORE EFFING GLASSES!!!!

Dakar the Fourth · Jan 21, 2008, 01:25 PM

Originally Posted by Eriamjh

I got my glasses when I was 6. 30 years later, I got LASIK.

No MORE EFFING GLASSES!!!!

Or cane, or social security!

mindwaves · Jan 21, 2008, 01:38 PM

Wal-mart. They have some nice glasses there. Your medical insurance will probably pay for some of the cost of the glasses. I need another pair myself.

PB2K · Jan 21, 2008, 02:02 PM

i always loose my glasses, and the occasions I find them are less. yesterday a friend told me that he had a pair of glasses in his car for over a year : they were mine

Railroader · Jan 21, 2008, 02:20 PM

I wore glasses from '79-'90. Contact lenses from '90-'00. LASIK in '00. I loathe glasses and contacts.

But, I am certainly seeing some deterioration in my near vision. I have switched from 1/10th scale hobby RC to 1/18th scale and I am having some major problems seeing some of the tiny parts when working anything but very bright lights.

Looks like I'll be donning the old man glasses soon.

Cane will follow.

I don't drink prune juice, but we eat a lot of prunes in the house. They're like big raisins. My daughter would rather have them than most cookies. We make a big deal out of them like they're some special treats.

Railroader · Jan 21, 2008, 02:36 PM

Originally Posted by PB2K

i always loose my glasses, and the occasions I find them are less. yesterday a friend told me that he had a pair of glasses in his car for over a year : they were mine

Maybe you loose them because they are lose.

RAILhead · Jan 21, 2008, 02:54 PM

I called it first! w00t!!11!! I AM TEH WINNAR OF UR HEADACHIE THRED!1!

Jawbone54 · Jan 21, 2008, 03:20 PM

Originally Posted by RAILhead

I called it first! w00t!!11!! I AM TEH WINNAR OF UR HEADACHIE THRED!1!

Indeed! What's sad is that my wife has been telling me the same thing for over a year.

A MacNN member tells me, and I go get my eyes checked.

Dakar the Fourth · Jan 21, 2008, 03:22 PM

Who listens to women anyway? Get your eyes checked, pick up your clothes, No, stop, you're hurting me, blah, blah, blah

Jawbone54 · Jan 21, 2008, 03:24 PM

RAILhead · Jan 21, 2008, 03:29 PM

Originally Posted by Jawbone54

Indeed! What's sad is that my wife has been telling me the same thing for over a year.

A MacNN member tells me, and I go get my eyes checked.

Well, come on — not just any MacNNer...it was me, after all...

/bows to accept thanks

besson3c · Jan 21, 2008, 03:58 PM

Can you see this image and make out what it is Jawbone?

Jawbone54 · Jan 21, 2008, 04:14 PM

Absolutely no idea.

turtle777 · Jan 21, 2008, 04:27 PM

Originally Posted by besson3c

Can you see this image and make out what it is Jawbone?

A turtle playing baseball ?

-t

brassplayersrock² · Jan 21, 2008, 04:34 PM

Peter · Jan 21, 2008, 04:34 PM

I'm getting these:

SpaceMonkey · Jan 21, 2008, 05:15 PM

Originally Posted by Peter

I'm getting these:

They look like they should come attached to a fake funny nose and mustache.

cjrivera · Jan 21, 2008, 05:32 PM

these are only $1... and you can see through clothes!

besson3c · Jan 21, 2008, 06:23 PM

Originally Posted by Jawbone54

Absolutely no idea.

Yeah, me neither, but it's still a damn cool picture.

Jawbone54 · Jan 21, 2008, 07:15 PM

Originally Posted by besson3c

Yeah, me neither, but it's still a damn cool picture.

Heh...

I almost saw that coming, but said, "Nahhhh, surely not."

Originally Posted by Peter

I'm getting these:

Renetto!

Actually, I'm going for the thicker-rimmed look as well.

Laminar · Jan 21, 2008, 08:34 PM

Originally Posted by Jawbone54

Actually, I'm going for the thicker-rimmed look as well.

Hope you enjoy death, despair, and slitting your wrists.

Or are you just trying to pull off the Rob Bell look?

Railroader · Jan 21, 2008, 08:38 PM

Originally Posted by Laminar

Hope you enjoy death, despair, and slitting your wrists.

Not particularly.

And remember, up and down the river, not across.

turtle777 · Jan 21, 2008, 08:48 PM

Originally Posted by Railroader

Not particularly.

And remember, up and down the river, not across.

Oh come on, doing it right wouldn't be emo

-t

The Placid Casual · Jan 21, 2008, 08:49 PM

Originally Posted by Jawbone54

I'm slightly farsighted, apparently. Add a small dose of astigmatism, and I'm in the need for some spectacles. I was told that the fact I was straining all day in order to achieve 20/20 vision is almost definitely responsible for the headaches I've been having.

I have the exact same thing... slightly long sighted. When I use screens for a while (and I do for 16+ hours a day), I get nasty headaches. I also need a very slight Prism too :/

In the end, after breaking many pairs of cheaper but stylish glasses, I snapped.... Bought myself a pair of Oakley frames. Never had any problems at all with them, and look as good now as they did in the beginning.

Also, I did eye exercises for a few months, and it fixed the problem amazingly... I now need my glasses very infrequently. Did the opticians recommend any that may help you?

Jawbone54 · Jan 21, 2008, 11:55 PM

Originally Posted by The Placid Casual

Also, I did eye exercises for a few months, and it fixed the problem amazingly... I now need my glasses very infrequently. Did the opticians recommend any that may help you?

Nope, nothing at all.

Is there some reading material I can pick up to help?

iLikebeer · Jan 22, 2008, 02:42 AM

Originally Posted by mindwaves

Wal-mart. They have some nice glasses there. Your medical insurance will probably pay for some of the cost of the glasses. I need another pair myself.

If your insurance covers vision, see if there is a provider directory for places they'll pick up the cost.

I used to dread contacts like you do, but if you wash your hands and keep the lenses clean, they're 1000X better than glasses. Most places will let you try a set to see if you like them. Lenses for astigmatism get more comfortable every year, couldn't hurt to try.

The Placid Casual · Jan 22, 2008, 08:44 AM

Originally Posted by Jawbone54

Nope, nothing at all.

Is there some reading material I can pick up to help?

The optician just explained to me that I needed to do, but I think if you type 'eye exercises' in to Google or wikipedia, there is a fair bit of info out there.

MacosNerd · Jan 22, 2008, 09:04 AM

Originally Posted by Cold Warrior

Why not get PRK or Lasik?

Generally for people who don't need a strong correction, laser surgery is not recommended. Over correction can occur. That is the doctor over corrects and you end up with worse vision.

Believe it not, Lasik is not a one and done surgery. I've known many people who got it, so they can throw away their reading glasses only to find out a few years later they need to don those reading glasses again.

Peter · Jan 22, 2008, 09:06 AM

Originally Posted by Laminar

Hope you enjoy death, despair, and slitting your wrists.

Or are you just trying to pull off the Rob Bell look?

thick rimmed glasses are fashionable. Not emo.

Laminar · Jan 22, 2008, 09:35 AM

...okay

turtle777 · Jan 22, 2008, 10:27 AM

I don't mind wearing glasses it all - it gives character to your looks.

Besides, it'd look butt-ulgy without glasses, with glasses I just look ugly

-t

cSurfr · Jan 22, 2008, 11:13 AM

Originally Posted by Dakar the Fourth

Don't forget to pick up a cane and your social security check while you're out.

"If I wanted a joke, I'd follow you into the john and watch you take a leak" What movie?

Back on topic, my fiance wears contacts, and there is NO WAY I would stick my fingers in my eyes to put them in and take them out all the time. Thank God for great vision (for now).

cSurfr · Jan 22, 2008, 11:14 AM

Originally Posted by besson3c

Can you see this image and make out what it is Jawbone?

A chicken getting smacked by a shovel?

andi*pandi · Jan 22, 2008, 12:01 PM

good luck, I think I need to get my eyes checked too. Over christmas helping my son with his legos, I got some great headaches trying to tell the tiny pieces apart.

Jawbone54 · Jan 22, 2008, 04:59 PM

Originally Posted by Laminar

Hope you enjoy death, despair, and slitting your wrists.

Or are you just trying to pull off the Rob Bell look?

Whoa! How'd I miss that?

I know you were just making a joke, but it's PAINFUL ADMISSION TIME™!!!

When I first watched one of his NOOMA clips, I was like, "Man, he's really pulling that cool glasses look off. I wouldn't mind wearing glasses like that."

That's it. I'm done. Pity me.

Dakar the Fourth · Jan 22, 2008, 05:01 PM

Originally Posted by Jawbone54

Pity me.

Way ahead of you, buddy.

RAILhead · Jan 22, 2008, 05:03 PM

Originally Posted by Laminar

Or are you just trying to pull off the Rob Bell look?

People are always telling me I look like Bell when I wear my "cool guy" glasses, and I'm like, "nu-uh -- Rob Bell wishes."

Jawbone54 · Jan 22, 2008, 05:03 PM

"I like pity. Pity is underrated!" - George Costanza

Jawbone54 · Jan 22, 2008, 05:04 PM

Originally Posted by RAILhead

People are always telling me I look like Bell when I wear my "cool guy" glasses, and I'm like, "nu-uh -- Rob Bell wishes."

Bell-esque indeed!

Kenneth · Jan 22, 2008, 06:38 PM

We need a who wear glasses poll.

Photocro · Jan 22, 2008, 07:03 PM

Glasses are not a sign of age. Needing them and not getting a pair is a sign of immaturity and lack of reality. Reality is what we all have to deal with. Like, MP's are great for photographers and a pair of glasses really don't work when trying to compose a subject in a viewfinder. Therefore, I am mature and I wear a camera viewfinder with camera and lens attached over each eye. Does anyone know of a really sturdy nose bridge support that will hold 5 or more pounds?

Laminar · Jan 22, 2008, 10:23 PM

Originally Posted by Jawbone54

When I first watched one of his NOOMA clips, I was like, "Man, he's really pulling that cool glasses look off. I wouldn't mind wearing glasses like that."

Somehow I just had an inkling...

My girlfriend's family owns the whole NOOMA series so that they can loan them out to anyone that wants to use them.