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Subject: [OM] Re: OT On hazards of aging
From: "Wayne Culberson" <waynecul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2007 08:55:35 -0400

> It's been a great solution for me. First pair lasted about 6 years
> before I needed a correction change, and I used perfectly good old
> frames for them, so they cost me less than $50 per year. I did buy new
> frames for the new ones, so the oldies could be emergency backup.
>
> Moose
>


Wish I could buy glasses for $50. I just bought a new pair that cost me 
almost $400, which were supposedly going to be a bit better than the old 
ones that I've had for 6 years. However, the new ones are worse, as anything 
outside of almost perfectly straight on is blurry. The optical store I 
bought them from is arguing that that is normal, as they are aspherical 
lenses, whereas my older ones are spherical. Their argument is that 
aspherical lenses are better when you look perfectly straight on, and can be 
made thinner and lighter, but the trade-off is that when you cast your eyes 
to the side without turning your head, they are more blurry. Is that true? 
So do aspherical camera lenses give pics only sharp in the center? I'm not 
buying it yet and am arguing for replacement lenses. They are arguing that I 
have to learn to always turn my head, rather than my eyes. Well, I'm too old 
to turn my head far enough to do a shoulder check, for instance.

As to losing my glasses, they are either beside my bed at arms length, or on 
my face. And I always travel, even short distances in the car, with a spare 
pair. I'm pretty well usless without them.

Wayne 


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