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  • L Loki

    More expensive glasses are purely for fashion, all the cheap ones look like they came from Walmart, not that it’s necessarily a bad thing.

    If you spring for shoes, $20 readers make no sense.

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    George K
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    @loki said in Glasses?:

    all the cheap ones look like they came from Walmart

    Some people even buy neckties at Walmart.

    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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    • George KG George K

      @loki said in Glasses?:

      all the cheap ones look like they came from Walmart

      Some people even buy neckties at Walmart.

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      @george-k said in Glasses?:

      @loki said in Glasses?:

      all the cheap ones look like they came from Walmart

      Some people even buy neckties at Walmart.

      Of course! So you would be nuts to pay even 20. I have a few 3 for 13 Costco purchases under my belt. One pair of expensive also has me be more careful and pay attention to where they are. Heck I might be saving money.

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        My advice is get your eyes tested and talk to an optician.

        I wouldn't go anywhere near those shite things from Walmart, but I've got astigmatism and have to wear progressives all the time.

        I was only joking

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        • KlausK Klaus

          So, what's best?

          Reading glasses?

          Half-highs?

          Multifocal?

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          @klaus said in Glasses?:

          So, what's best?

          My eyesight is perfect, @Kincaid !

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          • HoraceH Horace

            @mik said in Glasses?:

            Embrace it for what it gives you. When I first needed bifocals I was wearing contacts still so I bought some little half-highs. They were great. I could look up over them at meetings and any adversary would very often just wilt. I loved it.

            The Tommy Lee Jones. Awesome.

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            @horace said in Glasses?:

            @mik said in Glasses?:

            Embrace it for what it gives you. When I first needed bifocals I was wearing contacts still so I bought some little half-highs. They were great. I could look up over them at meetings and any adversary would very often just wilt. I loved it.

            The Tommy Lee Jones. Awesome.

            Exactly! That image immediately popped into my head.

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            • L Loki

              More expensive glasses are purely for fashion, all the cheap ones look like they came from Walmart, not that it’s necessarily a bad thing.

              If you spring for shoes, $20 readers make no sense.

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              @loki said in Glasses?:

              More expensive glasses are purely for fashion, ...

              Tell that to my eyes, one of which is nearsighted and the other is significantly farsighted. It used to be great when I was younger. I could see up close and very far. Now I have to wear glasses all the time. I even failed the eyesight test at the DMV! 🤨

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              • George KG George K

                @loki said in Glasses?:

                all the cheap ones look like they came from Walmart

                Some people even buy neckties at Walmart.

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                @george-k said in Glasses?:

                @loki said in Glasses?:

                all the cheap ones look like they came from Walmart

                Some people even buy neckties at Walmart.

                Shlax & Wing. Worn them for years.

                https://www.shlaxwing.com

                “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                • George KG George K

                  I have a pair of $20 full-frame readers at 2.75. They're great for around the house, but not good for distance. If I need to see something in the next room, I simply look over the lens.

                  When I leave the house to drive, I have a pair of 2.75 bifocals, with no correction on the top. Again, about $20.

                  Works for me.

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                  @george-k said in Glasses?:

                  I have a pair of $20 full-frame readers at 2.75. They're great for around the house, but not good for distance. If I need to see something in the next room, I simply look over the lens.

                  When I leave the house to drive, I have a pair of 2.75 bifocals, with no correction on the top. Again, about $20.

                  Works for me.

                  I'm wearing a pair of $69 bificals from Eyebuydirect. The prescription is spot-on.

                  “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                  Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                    jodi
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                    Get some progressive reading glasses.

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                    • 89th8 89th

                      @klaus said in Glasses?:

                      So, what's best?

                      My eyesight is perfect, @Kincaid !

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                      @89th said in Glasses?:

                      @klaus said in Glasses?:

                      So, what's best?

                      My eyesight is perfect, @Kincaid !

                      Mine was as well, until I hit age 45.

                      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                      • 89th8 89th

                        @klaus said in Glasses?:

                        So, what's best?

                        My eyesight is perfect, @Kincaid !

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                        @89th said in Glasses?:

                        @klaus said in Glasses?:

                        So, what's best?

                        My eyesight is perfect, @Kincaid !

                        Goofy Glasses.jpg

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