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ext_8559 ([identity profile] the-magician.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] avevale_intelligencer 2009-09-11 05:27 pm (UTC)

My frameless glasses I bought with my redundancy money five years ago (got a second pair at the same time) ... and my eyesight has aged since then so that finally I had to admit that I wasn't able to read the ingredients lists on cans without squinting/taking the glasses off etc. so when I was over in the US in April I finally gave in and got a new eye test and two pairs of glasses ... even with "cheap" US prices, that came to £300 (progressive/varifocal lenses in not particularly expensive frames, one pair polaroid sunglass tinted)

But getting the same prescription in my frameless frames would have been £350 so I figured it was worthwhile, and the frameless are still fine for driving and everything else except for close reading of small text ...

so I have, in theory, four pairs of specs, two in current prescription (one with sunglass tint) and two from the earlier prescription (both with clipon/magnetic sunglass converters)... I can't find where I've packed the non-frameless old ones ... but I have the other three pairs with me at work :-) ... I switch to sunglass version of new prescription if it is sunny outside, otherwise I'm on the non-sunglass one, and I just realised today that the frameless glasses are in the bottom of my work shoulder bag ... will take them out and put them in the car for emergencies!

Glad to hear you're able to see again!

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