Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
Heh, we'll see..
Specs
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Y_I_Otter
Dangerous Terroirist
Like this, but in bib overalls?
Jesus, who did he steal those glasses from, Dierdre Fucking Barlow?
No, no. When I said big and clunky, I really did mean the Ari Onnasis/Ray Charles look: wide arms and thick frames, but with much smaller lenses than Charles Nelson Riley's in that picture.
Contrary to what appears to be popular opinion, I'm quite butch, all things considered.
No latte-sipping, Elton-John-glasses queen would embark on a middle-age career of dirt farming, ffs. For one thing, it's absolute HELL on a boy's manicure.
Hrumph!
Geri
wasn't born to follow
Well, I guess thickess is relative. I pay to have my lenses "ultra thin" or whatever it's called, but they still protrude from the side of the frame. They're still about 1/2" thick at the edges.
Johnny Canuck3
Well-Known Member
Contrary to what appears to be popular opinion, I'm quite butch, all things considered.
I never said a word.....
mentalchik
"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit."
I have to get some glasses soon............
haven't had my eyes tested for a good 15 years and they are beginning to deteriorate badly (have to hold things away from my face to see them)......
it's affecting my reading.....which is a big
haven't had my eyes tested for a good 15 years and they are beginning to deteriorate badly (have to hold things away from my face to see them)......
it's affecting my reading.....which is a big
scifisam
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They mean a LOT extra! And even then, the frame types are restricted. For stronger prescriptions, that is. Nothing to do wiht you right now.
For you, the world's your oyster, but I'd bet that you could bear thicker, darker frames than others could. You have red hair and a strong jawline, and there is still a trend for geek chic. Tortoiseshell horn-rimmed glasses would probably look great on you. There aren't many people you could say that for!
Vintage Paw
dead stare and computer glare
For all those slating Specsavers, I'm currently travelling through each ring of hell with Vision Express. They are currently ordering the fifth, yes FIFTH, set of lenses for my glasses because they keep fucking them up. For my trouble they are going to give me a free pair and fit them with my incredibly complex and expensive thin, slim varifocal lenses.
But if one more person says to me "you should have gone to Specsavers" I'm going to track them down and shit in their mouths.
But if one more person says to me "you should have gone to Specsavers" I'm going to track them down and shit in their mouths.
Geri
wasn't born to follow
I don't like Specsavers - they freaked me out by saying I had growths on my eyeballs and I should go to the eye hospital straight away to get them checked out. When I went to my normal contact lens optician he said they were talking nonsense and there was nothing on there. 
I've had several eye tests since and none of them have ever mentioned these so called growths.
I've had several eye tests since and none of them have ever mentioned these so called growths.
butterfly child
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butterfly child
Well-Known Member
Try £175 a lens.
Guineveretoo
Mostly bewildered
I recently started wearing glasses again after 30 years of contact lenses. The optician I went to took photos of me in different frames, so that we could compare them all and decide which was best for my shape of face, bearing in mind that I am very short sighted, so they have to be the right size to deal with the thick lenses.
But there is a huge element of taste and fashion to glasses, which is only really noticeable now that we have old telly to watch, and can see what glasses used to be like
But there is a huge element of taste and fashion to glasses, which is only really noticeable now that we have old telly to watch, and can see what glasses used to be like
Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
My budget is £400 for two pairs - good job I don't have a strong prescription!
Guineveretoo
Mostly bewildered
A little extra? It probably depends how short sighted you are. The lenses in my glasses now cost several hundred pounds, and they are not even the most expensive ones.
Guineveretoo
Mostly bewildered
My budget is £400 for two pairs - good job I don't have a strong prescription!
This should be enough, if you go to one of the places that do two for the price of one (these offers don't apply to me, of course!
), even if you go for the thinner lenses.
pogofish
Testicle Hairstyle
Try this lot - http://goggles4u.com/index.asp
I've got a prescription that requires a normally stupidly expensive prescription & I was amazed to get an excellent pair of specs, with exactly my normal spec lenses & coatings for a mere 30-odd quid!
Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
Thanks, but there's no way I'm gonna buy online - I need to try before I buy!
