I don't know where we're going, but we know where we are? (Part whatever)

Finally Friday Feelings!

Sorry you've come to that decision, all I can say is don't let the opinions of some ruin being here for you. We all have detractors and ones who don't like, or just try to run us off whatever forums.

Yaaay enjoy the new glasses 🕶️ 🕶️ It's brilliant when you can see properly again isn't it?! Varifocals wearer here 🙈😊

I need to switch to varifocals. How do you find them for e.g. close up, arm length desktop computer, distance .... ?

Well, my brain and optical nerve are still trying to reconfigure themselves to adjust to the new yoke. And unfortunately, the glasses are quite a bit thicker than my previous set. But at -12 on one eye and -13.5 on the other, I guess that's unavoidable unless you're willing to pay an arm and a leg…

Do it. I put off varifocals for years, not wanting to face up to the realities of aging. I've been wearing glasses for myopia since I was 9, but never had problems reading up close, but over the past few years found myself holding my phone further away when wearing glasses, and then when I ran out of arm-length, taking off my glasses and squinting to read it. It started to get me down.

Finally got varifocals last year - absolute game changer. No-one can tell from looking at you that they're varifocals, unlike the bifocals of old. You do need to make a slight adjustment to how you look at things (close up though the bottoms of the lenses, far off though the top), but it becomes second nature very quickly and isn't obvious to others. I got two different pairs: The ones I wear most of the time are close-up/middle distance/far distance. Then I have a second pair that are just close-up and middle distance. These are more suited to working all day at a computer (just because the middle distance area is larger) where you don't need to see into the distance. Most of the time when working, I just wear the regular pair, but if my eyes get tired or I need to read a lot of text (or someone is sharing a screen on Teams, and the text is small), I switch to the second pair.

Once I rushed off from my desk and into my car with the ones that don't have the distance prescription - I was still able to drive fine, just that it wasn't as clear as I was used to. So I'm a bit more careful now about what pair I'm wearing (I made the mistake of getting the exact same frames for both pairs, so I had to mark the "desk" one with a little bit of closured tape)

Thanks for that. I'm definitely going there. I'm currently juggling glasses. I've a high prescription so lenses are expensive for thin lenses, so I need to make sure the optician gets it right.

Sorry to hear you’re leaving, we’re a sound bunch here and you’re always welcome and that goes for everyone 👍 Going to miss your photos of food 🥘

The car I purchased was indeed a Mercedes Benz 🚙 a lovely spectral blue and it is a beast 👍👌🙌🙌

I'm planning SFA too, it's been a long week.

Best of luck with the fancy new car, @Autosport!

Wallpapering is a family joke for something completely different 😂 😅

Lol I wouldn't mind if it was a euphemism for something else here 🤣