The good news is that my 60 y.o. eyeballs got .85 % better at seeing things farther away. and there are no signs of macular degeneration.
the bad news is I gotta buy cheater's for reading close up stuff.
seem's your older eyes can not do both , you get one or the other, not bothThis message has been edited. Last edited by: bendable,
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March 28, 2018, 02:28 PM
JALLEN
I see.
Luckily, I have enough willpower to control the driving ambition that rages within me.
When you had the votes, we did things your way. Now, we have the votes and you will be doing things our way. This lesson in political reality from Lyndon B. Johnson
"Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." - Justice Janice Rogers Brown
March 28, 2018, 02:33 PM
Rey HRH
quote:
Originally posted by JALLEN: I see.
said the blind man as he picked up his hammer and saw.
"It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life – daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual." Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning, 1946.
March 28, 2018, 02:37 PM
PHPaul
If you made it to 60 without needing bifocals, you should thank your lucky stars!
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March 28, 2018, 02:50 PM
bcereuss
That's not bad news!!
March 28, 2018, 03:21 PM
rusbro
quote:
Originally posted by PHPaul: If you made it to 60 without needing bifocals, you should thank your lucky stars!
Eye!
March 28, 2018, 03:31 PM
egregore
60 this year, and I have needed reading glasses for close-up or delicate work for some time. I tried some progressive lenses once and didn't like them. The close-up part being in the bottom of the lens doesn't work when I have to look up or straight ahead at something.
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March 28, 2018, 04:52 PM
Dbltap
quote:
Originally posted by bendable: The good news is that my 60 y.o. got .85 % better at seeing things farther away. and there are no signs of macular degeneration.
the bad news is I gotta buy cheater's for reading close up stuff.
seem's your older eyes can not do both , you get one or the other, not both
Same age, myoptic and needing corrective since age 10. Recent eye exam and my correction improved 1.25 diopters from -3.5/-3.25 to -2.25/-2.00. Can read fine all day without assist.
Doc said my ocular health is excellent, retinas fine and no signs of cataracts.
I attribute this to nutrition and fanatical uv protection.
March 28, 2018, 04:56 PM
Elk Hunter
Good news! Don't worry about "cheaters". They come in 3 packs and don't cost much. I must have at least 6 pairs of them floating around.
My need is based on artificial lenses and corneal transplants in both eyes. Old style lenses which are fixed focus.
Actually, I can read without the glasses but it is very tiring for me, and I read a lot.
Elk
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FBHO!!!
The Idaho Elk Hunter
March 28, 2018, 05:11 PM
parabellum
THAT'S ALRIGHT, BENDABLE. WE'LL JUST TYPE IN ALL CAPS FOR YOU.
If Some is Good, and More is Better.....then Too Much, is Just Enough !! Trump 47....Making America Great Again! "May Almighty God bless the United States of America" - parabellum 7/26/20 Live Free or Die!
March 28, 2018, 06:46 PM
hrcjon
as a guy with the 60yo glasses issue LMAO on that one.
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March 28, 2018, 06:49 PM
tatortodd
Ego is the anesthesia that deadens the pain of stupidity
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March 28, 2018, 07:59 PM
grumpy1
Good you you. At 66 I don't shoot much past 7 yards at the range anymore has my distance vision has gotten a bit worse. If I use my correction glasses the target looks sharp at 25 yards but the sights are blurry. I have to make an appointment soon myself. Last time eye exam two years also showed I had very beginnings of cataracts.
March 28, 2018, 08:28 PM
ridewv
quote:
Originally posted by bendable: The good news is that my 60 y.o. eyeballs got .85 % better at seeing things farther away. and there are no signs of macular degeneration.
the bad news is I gotta buy cheater's for reading close up stuff.
seem's your older eyes can not do both , you get one or the other, not both
That's good news.
I've been using readers for 10 years, started at 1.25 but up to 1.50 power now. The biggest PIA was how to carry them to have them available at all times. Sometimes my shirts didn't have a pocket, hooking them on the neck of my shirt worked ok but they often fell when I bent over. Cord attached to sides to let them hang from my neck was a good solution but often the cords would bunch up around my temples or slip to the back. I bought multiple pairs in order to stash a pair everywhere I might need them but over time 2 or 3 pairs ended up in some places while others had none.
Then I saw someone wearing Click Glasses and was so impressed I bought a pair. They open up and hang around your neck, when needed just place them on your nose and they magnetically click together. I put them around my neck in the morning and they're always there. They're amazingly durable too the hinges and frame material are so much more durable than Walmart 3-pack readers. My grandsons got them off my neck and before I could get them back were pulling them apart almost straight like pulling the turkey's wishbone, didn't phase them. Not just readers but any kind of glasses. Highly recommended. http://www.clicmagneticglasses.com
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March 28, 2018, 08:29 PM
wolfe 21
Be happy. I'm 33 and can't see anything farther than about a foot from my face without lenses. Need them for everything, reading to driving.
A Perpetual Disappointment...
March 28, 2018, 08:30 PM
Elk Hunter
quote:
Originally posted by nhracecraft: ^^^ THAT'S FUNNY RIGHT THERE!
YEAH! NOTHING LIKE A LITTLE SYMPATHY FROM THE BOSS!
Elk
There has never been an occasion where a people gave up their weapons in the interest of peace that didn't end in their massacre. (Louis L'Amour)
"To compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors, is sinful and tyrannical. " -Thomas Jefferson
"America is great because she is good. If America ceases to be good, America will cease to be great." Alexis de Tocqueville
FBHO!!!
The Idaho Elk Hunter
March 28, 2018, 10:45 PM
Bassamatic
Between the wife and I, I bet we have 10 or 12 pairs of reading glasses lying around the house. Never seems like enough though. Another reason why I never buy any kind of shirt without a pocket.
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