Prescription Lenses (sorta OT)

My medical requires me to wear lenses which correct for distant vision.
There, that makes this post on-topic.

I've been wearing contacts for over 30 years, same prescription every time,
hasn't changed in all that time. I also carry a set of regular glasses in
my ditty bag on the off chance some day I'll tear a lens while on the road
and have to use the glasses.

As you can imagine, after 30 years of fighting it out with the toothpaste
and razor, tumbling about as the airplane moves smartly through turbulence,
those glasses are scratched and pretty snotty looking.

I still have the original prescription for those backup glasses from 30
years ago, and the glasses still give me better than 20/20, but I don't see
paying my eye doctor's Hawaiian vacation this year with the ridiculous price
for what in essence is about a dollar's worth of plastic. I don't mind
seeing him once every other year and getting all the tests for corneal
scratching, ulceration, and whatever that puff of air tests for.

I guess the short question is whether anybody has found an offshore eyeglass
supplier? I mean if I can buy v!@#r@ and c1@l!$ offshore without a
prescription, why can't I find an offshore supplier for a simple thing like
glasses -- simple myopia without any astigmatism?

Anybody?

Jim

Why not just have new lenses from your old prescription put into the same
frames. That should be relatively inexpensive, right?

As far as offshore... I would think the aggravation would be worse than the
cost difference for the above.

As for v!@#r@ and c1@l!$ offshore... you DO need a prescription for those
too, but it is granted on-line, based on a documented on-line
questionnaire... or so the explanation goes anyway.

-Frank

"RST Engineering" wrote in message
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My medical requires me to wear lenses which correct for distant vision.
There, that makes this post on-topic.

I've been wearing contacts for over 30 years, same prescription every
time, hasn't changed in all that time. I also carry a set of regular
glasses in my ditty bag on the off chance some day I'll tear a lens while
on the road and have to use the glasses.

As you can imagine, after 30 years of fighting it out with the toothpaste
and razor, tumbling about as the airplane moves smartly through
turbulence, those glasses are scratched and pretty snotty looking.

I still have the original prescription for those backup glasses from 30
years ago, and the glasses still give me better than 20/20, but I don't
see paying my eye doctor's Hawaiian vacation this year with the ridiculous
price for what in essence is about a dollar's worth of plastic. I don't
mind seeing him once every other year and getting all the tests for
corneal scratching, ulceration, and whatever that puff of air tests for.

I guess the short question is whether anybody has found an offshore
eyeglass supplier? I mean if I can buy v!@#r@ and c1@l!$ offshore without
a prescription, why can't I find an offshore supplier for a simple thing
like glasses -- simple myopia without any astigmatism?

Anybody?

Jim

Yeah (partial answer because I can't remember the guys name, duh), I
sent my prescription to a fella out west who made my shooting
glasses... I will try and do a quick google on IDPA and other shooting
topics to see if I can find him again (haven't needed him since the
original set 10+ years ago)... He made me two pair of glasses, one for
shooting IDPA (hand gun at arms length) and one for flying... The
handgun set is a sweety because it is bifocal with the lens for seeing
the gunsight at arms length on the top so I don't have to tip my head
back, and the far vision on the lower so all I have to do is look
straight ahead to acquire the target initially then tip my head forward
slightly to sharpen up the sights...

Anyway, the chain store outfits, DOC, etc., should be able to grind you
a new pair from the existing prescription... If they give you guff
about 'the law' requiring a fresh Rx, etc., challenge them to show you
the law - and remind them that your money will deposit in the bank just
the same... If you have problems email me ...
Also, go Borders and leaf through the handgun magazines while you have
a cuppa joe, and there should be ads for shooting glasses...

Denny

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"RST Engineering" wrote in message
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My medical requires me to wear lenses which correct for distant vision.
There, that makes this post on-topic.

I've been wearing contacts for over 30 years, same prescription every
time, hasn't changed in all that time. I also carry a set of regular
glasses in my ditty bag on the off chance some day I'll tear a lens while
on the road and have to use the glasses.

As you can imagine, after 30 years of fighting it out with the toothpaste
and razor, tumbling about as the airplane moves smartly through
turbulence, those glasses are scratched and pretty snotty looking.

I still have the original prescription for those backup glasses from 30
years ago, and the glasses still give me better than 20/20, but I don't
see paying my eye doctor's Hawaiian vacation this year with the ridiculous
price for what in essence is about a dollar's worth of plastic. I don't
mind seeing him once every other year and getting all the tests for
corneal scratching, ulceration, and whatever that puff of air tests for.

I guess the short question is whether anybody has found an offshore
eyeglass supplier? I mean if I can buy v!@#r@ and c1@l!$ offshore without
a prescription, why can't I find an offshore supplier for a simple thing
like glasses -- simple myopia without any astigmatism?

Anybody?

Jim


Is your contact subscription current? If so ask your Dr for a copy and go to
Wal-Mart and get a set of glasses. The same script will work for both.

Depending on the state (each state is different) you may be able
to take the current glasses (lens and frame) into one of the
big-box or quick-make (I will not mention the names) and they
can make determine the Rx from the lens and make new ones right
there.

http://www.shooting-glasses-guide.co...ed-glasses.htm

Try this Jim (not the same as I used in the past, but the ICE system
looks useable...

Jim - Not offshore...but I've had good luck and fairly reasonable prices
with the optical department at Wal-Mart. Granted, I don't have the 30
yr. old prescription...but I go to my eye doc. once a year, pay the $25
exam deductible, ask for a written prescription, then head to Wal-Mart
where the lens and frame selection is just as good as his office but way
cheaper.

Good luck.

--
Jack Allison
PP-ASEL, IA Student, airplane partnership student

"When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the Earth
with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there
you will always long to return"
- Leonardo Da Vinci

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RST Engineering wrote:

like glasses -- simple myopia without any astigmatism?

Anybody?

Jim


Laser sugery worked great for me vbg
John

Jim,

I was able to take my scratched glasses to Wal-Mart and using the lenses the
people on duty measured, and made me new lenses!
It was a very reasonable price and was done in less than a week.

Dave in Virginia

"RST Engineering" wrote in message
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..... about replacing scratched glasses...

RST Engineering wrote:

I guess the short question is whether anybody has found an offshore eyeglass
supplier? I mean if I can buy v!@#r@ and c1@l!$ offshore without a
prescription, why can't I find an offshore supplier for a simple thing like
glasses -- simple myopia without any astigmatism?

You don't need to go off-shore, and you don't need to go to some
rip-off optician associated with your doctor. Plenty of cheap
glasses places including those in places like Sam's Club and
Costco.

No eye doctor worth going to will refuse to give you the presciption
to go elsewhere for the glasses.