But did you ‘buy’ through Ebay or outside arrangement?

I am really sad to hear this but there are positives, there is a blind dog lives by me that still plays ball (somehow does it by smell/sound) and he’s great to see, also when i was young my cousin (snakebite of this parish) had a blind cocker who was really happy, te oonly issue they had was the door you let her into the garden from you had to leave open for her return or the inevitable would happen, It seems dogs are far less reliant than us on their sight and can still get on very well!!

Hope this helps

TBH even the ‘O’ rings were already fitted in the new exchanger, so it was a doddle! I did mucking fuddle up which way round it went so got out the big big bodge ‘ommer fixie thing and mullerd it a bit

Discord is currently going after skype in a big way, its voice communications are already far better, and hit has just released video too although i haven’t had a chance to try this yet.

So, the fault developed at 6 months but when did you report it? and how much warranty did the dealer give (12 mth doesn’t apply to second hand unless dealer offers).

To hopefully clearthings up, a generalisation ofthe staff you will get in opticians

Optomtrist, Dispesing optician, optical assistant/dispenser, Lab technician and receptionist

Now the problems start that people assume that othr than the optometrist “they are all the same” hence your “they are all salesmen” quote.

In reality depending which opticians you walk into the way you will be treated varies massively, for instance in alot of multiples all of the staff are incentivesed to sell you stuff (Yes that can even include the optometrist)

This is actually true in some places you think are independants but are actually part of larger groups in the background!!

In other opticians I’ll generalise by saying truly independants the service can hopefully be a little different in that the patients needs are what are looked at rather than pound signs!

I hope our opticians comes in to the latter, yes we do need to sell stuff to survive, and no we cant compete with the online retailers (they dont have to pay expensive optometrists and equipe test rooms within their profit margins)

But where we hope to win is service, spending time with patients giving them details of the options available to after their sight test, now this is a two way street for instance you can have a patient who needs a taylor made varifocal due to lifestyle needs and so unfortunately needs expensive glasses, but there is also the other end of the scale such as a poorly controlled diabetic which means their prescription can alter on an almost daily basis so its acually not in their best interest to change until their condition is undr control. What I believe in is being honest but unfprtunately the whole industry doesn’t work this way. Doing it ‘our way has stood us in good stead for many years!

For trail rat its common practice to warn of breakages on reglazing frames as it does happen! More common on plastics that can become brittle over time but can happn on metals too if whoever previously glazed has ‘locktite’d (glued) screws. Its probaly les than 2% that will break on relaze but why should the cost/responibility be born by the opticians for something that will probably already be out of guarantee? We reglaze plenty but we do always make people aware of the risks!

Any way me real pointis dont tarall opticians/optometrists and staff etc with the same brush! Some of us are actually helpfull and do try to be nice!!

Back to the thread true purpose Cynic-al could probably get ‘ready readers of +1.75 for intermediate and +2.25 for close work and theycould work quite happily. Hovever this is a whole other can of worms and I suggest you google and read the which report with regar to ready readers before buying/ using them (one main issue optical centers on ready readers can be all over the place and so can’draw’ eyes causing headaches etc). As I said right at the start of the thread at the moment your eyes own ability to accomodate is letting you ‘get away with’ an intemediate prescription but this is going to only get harder as you get older, if you want to go down the bi/vari route its better to start now while the transition is easier than when oldr and harder!

Then why start the thread with

I find opticians in shops are first and foremost salesmen.

My wife spent 3 years at uni leaning about all aspects of vision and aids, she doesn’t remember any part of the course being related to ‘selling’!

Your last glasses thread

And a quote from you on it!!

Bought a few pairs from GD, no issues.

Would seem the burden of proof has been fulfilled!!

I’m sorry any other advice is not free……as you’ve said

I find opticians in shops are first and foremost salesmen

and this infers they are incapable of giving impartial advice and so you prefer to buy your glasses on line, so I suggest you contact your retailer for advice!………oh wait…….

I’m sorry any other advice is not free……as you’ve said

I find opticians in shops are first and foremost salesmen

and this infers they are incapable of giving impartial advice and so you prefer to buy your glasses on line, so I suggest you contact your retailer for advice!………oh wait…….

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Gotmto be worth a go!!

I would say kitchen/conservatory, adds space/value, but more importantly pleases Mrs jolmes!!

OK, I’ll bite! without seeing prescription I’m guessing your short sighted with a fairly low reading add (+1.25 or less). Onthis assumption your eyes own ability to accomodate is basically ‘overriding’ the help given by glasses, this might be fine for now but as you get older the ability to accomodate is going to get less and less. While you can ‘getaway with’ the lower prescription now its not always going to be the case so at some point in the future you will need

1. Laser and a pair for reading to use as and when

2. Two seperate pairs for distance and near (possibly a third for computer also)

3. A pair of Bifocals (no intermediate here)

4. Varifocals (1 pair does all)

Now for all of the above none are the right or wrong thing to do they are personal choice, however, if you are heading into the vari/bi direction getting used to them while the difference between distance and near prescriptions is small is alot easier than trying when you have put it off until there is no other option.

Hmm I have a really nice Cross one I have not seen for a while, really need to find that and hope one of the kids hasn’t ‘borrowed’ it!!

Bodgy, I know its after the fact but did your opticians spend any time with you explaining how to use the vari’s and making sure they were set up correctly, as there is some distortion in all v/focals but in a tailor made this should be minimised. I too would be disappointed from what you say but its v unusual at that lvl of lens.

Incidentally we and some other opticians carry a kit that can give you an approximation of looking thru a v focal lens,so if you are becoming a first time wearere it might be worth asking about this before spending.

Noooooooooo! Don’t do it!

Varifocals are awful; like being pissed the entire time. I didn’t realise how bad they were until i went for a walk in the woods; a hideous experience with nothing properly in focus and screwy peripheral vision. They’ve subsequently gone back for single vision and a separate pair for work / reading up to arms length.

This is the perception of less than 2% of the population!! Unfortunately with your symptom some sort of multifocal (Bi/Tri or Vari) or seperate pairs are your only answer

The bike may give it away…….

This is a general guide, but best thing really is go into the opticians and try some on

We did it ourselves, new conservatory and caravan :). For us the co’s didn’t have a leg to stand on for most of the period wife was classed as self employed……an exclusion on most of the policies!!

Specsavers are franchises so vary massively branch to branch, and are not actually that cheap in the long run……

Personally I like the Los Gigantes area

A spider wonders aimlessly within the warmth of a shadow,
Not the regal creature of border caves!
But, the poor misguided directionless familiar of some obscure scottish poet!

Maui Jims, by far the best sunglass lens available on the market

Bungee at the Viaduc de le Souleuvre, if it’s still going.

Last couple f times we’ve been the bungee wasn’t open but the tobogan track was which is a bit of fun!

Still riding my 2004 cove husler, still works as described 🙂

… and the fake UV protection ones. You trust the seller(s) too much.
How about far east street stall two pounds sunglasses?

LikeI said all if sold in the UK, its actually quite hard to ‘not’ UV a prtective lense as they are generally made from Polycarb which is naturally UV resistant, any prescription ones we make in our shop, the dies etc we use also havea uv blocking element.

there will be street corner fakes that might slip thru, but even poundland kids glasses are uv treated

My Texas scientific calculator which I bought in 1985 (argos reciept is still in the case) is still running on the original battery(ies) dont actually know if it has 1 or more!!

Electricity……its applications have been endless, and has helped me achieve some amazing things….

OK, ALL[/u] sunglasses from 1.99 bucket shop to £500 prescrition in the UK have to be UV 400 which basically means your eyes are UV protected, The only ‘REAL’ difference between low and high end is optical quality.

I think its more the ‘abstinence’ from woman needed an alternative outlet

Similar issues to what i had recently on a Navars, googled and found likely candidate was the suction control valve, replaced it and been running better than ever since

Sea animal (2 words, 5 and 3)

Large Fish (7 letters)

CBA to check whole thread, but conga eel and grouper, hard? really?

If you bank with lloyds the premier acc travel insurance does all of the above, covers all holidays, daughter while she’s away on camps with ATC, all short caravanning weekends too, also covers me for skiing and scuba diving, only a £40 excess which can be waved for 12 months for £10, check your bank, you may already have similar cover.

Quick edit it is underwritten and administered by Axa and was very easy the one time we have needed to claim.

Possibly you can get varifocal contact lenses

Thunderchild from the war of the worlds (original version)

My nice rimless thinner varifoacals cost £100, local independent charges upwards of £400 for same spec. Also ASDA head office is in Leeds, so that’s pretty local anyway(ignoring the Walmart aspect of things).

I doubt it a good top end thinned vari cant be bought at cost for less than £100 by the opticians, where as far iferior lenses can………

Yes,

4-6 wheel nuts…..
2 rataining bolts for pads….
remove pads
remove disc (generally 4-6 screws)
put new disc in
re screw into place
undo brake fluid filler cap
eitheer push or wind in caliper (posh tool or gclamp and block of wood)
fit new brake pads in place
re tighten retaining bolts
put wheel back on
put brake fluid filler cap back on
pump pedal a few times
Jobs a good un

Not really more than 15 mins a wheel if the caliper moves ok, bit more sometimes with a ‘tight’ one.

I get the same answer as sockpuppet,

These

Really are a great little unit