Making a spectacle of myself

[Bravus]

Old and busted:

New hotness:

They're automatic, they're systematic, they're hydromatic...

Well, they're graduated (not your grandpa's bifocals) and photochromic (not your grandma's sunnies). Taking a little getting used to, but sooo much better than the old ones.

[Neil D]

[star Bungled banner sung in major flatness mode-on]OOOOOOOoooooooooh say, can you seeeeeeeeee

...the stairs as you step down them?

...the morning read in the newspaper?

...the TV from your easy chair?

...recognise the individuals with whom you are speaking?

...the drive way/highway/roadway?

...the vehicle you are planning to operate with?

But they do look light and sturdy with no bifocal lenses [progressives?}.

[phkrause]

Cool Bravus, but couldn't you get a closer shot! hahahaha hehehehe hohohoho

pk

[Amelia]

I don't think I've ever seen gray eyes before. Cool

I was told that I couldn't get photochromic on bi-focals. How did they do it?

[jasd]

Hmmm, checking out thems pupils.

Nice specs - a bit jazzier and they could be Palin's.

[Woody]

Yes. I agree. I never thought Bravus would have such respect for Palin. But I am impressed that she got Sarah Spectacles. They ARE hot.

[Gerr]

HEY BRAVUS

ARE the new glasses bifocals with out the lines???

dgrimm60

If I can answer for him - yes & no. Bifocals have just far and near vision separated by a line. He calls it graduated & photochromic. If it's anything like mine, that means it has a variable focal point that starts up close and progressively or gradually increases to infinity. When Varilux came up with this new lens many years ago, I tried it but had to go back to bifocals. Wearing them made me feel like I was in a small boat in the middle of the ocean. Several years later, the optometrist convinced me to try them again. It was like night and day. They don't make you feel like bobbing in the ocean anymore. I wouldn't have any other kind of glasses anymore. They automatically darken when out in the sun, so you don't have to carry another pair of glasses.

[Bravus]

Yep, Gerry has it right. The top of the glasses is correct for my long vision and the bottom for close up stuff, but with a gradual transition. It means moving one's head a bit differently to use the right bit for the right job, but it's much less intrusive than bifocal.

[Planey]

...(not your grandpa's bifocals) ...(not your grandma's sunnies).

You're glasses may not be grandparent types, but methinks the possibility of Dave being a grandfather may not be beyond the foreseeable future.

Your beautiful daughters are growing older every day...

Graeme

[Bravus]

Indeed! I was just thinking today that we are at least getting past the possibility of teen pregnancy... not that they've given us any worries at all on that score... but given another 5-10 years (Cassie is 18 now) it's a distinct possibility.

[Bravus]

No, the oldest: the younger one is almost 16, so I guess a little while to go to avoid teen pregnancy entirely... But she was a bit stunned this morning when I mentioned that her aunt, my sister, got pregnant at about the age she is now...