Walmart Reading Glasses.

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Walmart Reading Glasses.

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I had an eye exam last week and the Doc said nothing had changed and my old glasses were good to go, but since my insurance was picking up the tab, I should get some prescription readers that were made to address my particular astigmatism.

I just picked them up.

GOOD LORD!

Comparing them to $3.00 glasses from Walmart is like drawing a line in the sand with your toe and comparing it to the Grand Canyon!

That's the best $150 I never spent! :D
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Nice!!
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Did you know these new-fangled things have sights in the back AND front?
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Taco wrote: Fri Dec 06, 2019 7:25 pm Did you know these new-fangled things have sights in the back AND front?
Did YOU know that 1.0 power readers will let you see the front and back AND the target?

I've been competing with them for over a decade!
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Post by ADulay »

Yep. I got tired of buying the plain "cheaters" to be able to read a book and newspaper and splurged and got my reading only prescription filled at a Wal-Mart for a plain set of frames.

$45 out the door and prescription readers make a HUGE difference.

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I decided to say piss off to glasses entirely and spent $3000 on PRK lasik.

Probably the best $3000 I ever spent.
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Skoll wrote: Sun Dec 08, 2019 10:18 am I decided to say piss off to glasses entirely and spent $3000 on PRK lasik.

Probably the best $3000 I ever spent.
Not an option for me.

After cataracts turned my lenses into waxed paper, I had them replaced.

I was given the choice or distance or close vision and chose distance, so I'm stuck with readers for life.

If I had known in 08 what I know now, I would have bought the good ones then.
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TC6969 wrote: Sun Dec 08, 2019 2:52 pm
Skoll wrote: Sun Dec 08, 2019 10:18 am I decided to say piss off to glasses entirely and spent $3000 on PRK lasik.

Probably the best $3000 I ever spent.
Not an option for me.

After cataracts turned my lenses into waxed paper, I had them replaced.

I was given the choice or distance or close vision and chose distance, so I'm stuck with readers for life.

If I had known in 08 what I know now, I would have bought the good ones then.
I had a botched cataract surgery last Jan, I will pay for it everyday for the rest of my life, not eligible for lasik now due to the implants, I would have never had it done if I knew it would be like this, I'm no longer a pistol shooter, and can't see shit anywhere in between....I wasn't supposed to have to wear glasses, now I have 2 pairs that don't help

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Sorry to hear that Buddy.

Mine went smooth as silk, took about 15 minutes and I just tested 20/20 for distance last week.

By now (11 years later) without it, I would be pretty much blind.
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Sorry to hear that, Rent. Any chance of a malpractice suit?
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