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#296084 - 05/13/20 06:43 PM Re: 'In the office' modified ten essentials [Re: teacher]
teacher Offline
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Sparre glasses is genius - never thought of that. Will Add

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#296088 - 05/14/20 12:26 AM Re: 'In the office' modified ten essentials [Re: teacher]
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I have found that the mail-order glasses places work well for me, and at the price I can have a spare pair of glasses in my laptop bag and my car kit. My prescription is pretty tame.

Mrs. Magnet, on the other hand, has a pretty extreme prescription. She couldn’t use the one pair of mail-order prescription glasses I got for her, even as a spare pair.

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#296089 - 05/14/20 01:14 AM Re: 'In the office' modified ten essentials [Re: teacher]
Phaedrus Offline
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I have 8 spare pairs of glasses! I ordered them a few years ago from Zenni.com when they had a BOBO sale. Optically they're pretty good. The most expensive pair is titanium framed and was still just $80 for the pair, and the entire order was under $200. One of the styles I got doesn't fit my face that well but for the price I can't complain. Now I have spares stashed everywhere, a necessity when you're as nearsighted as I am.
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#296091 - 05/14/20 01:20 AM Re: 'In the office' modified ten essentials [Re: teacher]
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I get the sense that all of us here wear glasses.

Embracing her geek goddess image since she was five,
Jeanette Isabelle
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#296094 - 05/14/20 03:00 AM Re: 'In the office' modified ten essentials [Re: teacher]
Phaedrus Offline
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I read a story years ago that Teddy Roosevelt had three or four extra pairs of glasses when he rode up San Juan hill! Apparently he worried about breaking them.
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#296097 - 05/14/20 11:48 AM Re: 'In the office' modified ten essentials [Re: teacher]
williamlatham Offline
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Registered: 01/12/04
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While I don't wear glasses, I am old enough for reading glasses, and yes, I have a spare pair (generally folding) along all the time. It is amazing how life can suck when you cannot read anything or do fine work.

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#296100 - 05/14/20 02:16 PM Re: 'In the office' modified ten essentials [Re: Jeanette_Isabelle]
chaosmagnet Offline
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Originally Posted By: Jeanette_Isabelle
I get the sense that all of us here wear glasses.


It's very rare for me to wear my glasses at all; the eye doc annually expresses amazement at how well I tolerate contact lenses.

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#296102 - 05/14/20 04:17 PM Re: 'In the office' modified ten essentials [Re: chaosmagnet]
Jeanette_Isabelle Offline
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Originally Posted By: chaosmagnet
the eye doc annually expresses amazement at how well I tolerate contact lenses.

When I was a teen, Mom suggested that I get contacts. I wanted to stick with glasses.

Jeanette Isabelle
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#296109 - 05/15/20 12:37 PM Re: 'In the office' modified ten essentials [Re: teacher]
Janysboy Offline
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Registered: 03/20/19
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When I was about 40, I began to have problems readng a monitor in the open heart suite where I worked. Went to an Opthalmologist and got my first pair of no line bifocals. I've worn glasses for the last 30 years. 3 or 4 years ago, I asked about contacts and was told ,due to my age, I was unlikely to tolerate them.

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#296114 - 05/15/20 09:29 PM Re: 'In the office' modified ten essentials [Re: chaosmagnet]
Phaedrus Offline
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Originally Posted By: chaosmagnet
Originally Posted By: Jeanette_Isabelle
I get the sense that all of us here wear glasses.


It's very rare for me to wear my glasses at all; the eye doc annually expresses amazement at how well I tolerate contact lenses.


Funny thing is I have 8 or 9 pair but I almost always wear contacts, too. Although during the pandemic, working from home, I am often too lazy to put 'em in. I've worn glasses more this past two months and in the preceding two years.
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