Re: OT: bi/trifocal glasses

On 10/19/05 3:12 PM, in article
1129759965.230529.195690@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "redbelly"
<redbelly98@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
> Alex Icofante wrote:
>
>> I was watching a documentary on PBS last night.
>> Many close-ups of Ronald Rumsfeld.
>>
>> I was astonished to see that he is wearing tri-focals!
>> With very distinct lines between the components.
>>
>> Amazing to see the chief of the most military advanced force in the
>> world wearing glasses more reminiscent of the mid 18th century
>> than of the beginning of the 21st.
>>
>> A Ben Franklin fan?
>
> I just got my first pair of bifocals earlier this year, and went for
> the gradual transition type. Must say I'm not thrilled with them and
> wish I had instead gotten the standard version with the distinct lines.
> It's hard to watch TV lying down, as that puts a distant object (TV
> screen) at the bottom of the lens. If I had a distinct transition
> between lenses, I could *** my head (or slide the glasses down my
> nose) a minimal amount and see the screen clearly.
>
> Do they even make the gradual type of trifocals? Those transitional
> regions would eat up a lot of potentially useful viewing area.
>
> Mark
>
List me among the old fogies. Glass beats plastic! Why support boutique
dispensing opticians looking for ways to extract your money? They take
advantage of your vanity.

bill

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