Thread: OT: contact

On Mar 27, 12:26*pm, sf <s...@geemail.com> wrote:
> Dang it. *I've got a contact floating somewhere on my eyeball and I
> can't find it. *I can feel it move around, but it hides whenever I
> look in the mirror. *I know this won't last forever, but it feels like
> it.
>
> --
> Forget the health food. I need all the preservatives I can get.

eat something...you'll feel better.

In article <[email protected]>,
sf <[email protected]> wrote:

> Dang it. I've got a contact floating somewhere on my eyeball and I
> can't find it. I can feel it move around, but it hides whenever I
> look in the mirror. I know this won't last forever, but it feels like
> it.

That used to happen to mom now and then. Maybe some saline drops and a
lot of blinking? Mom use to pull outwards on her eyelid and that seemed
to help her locate it.
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"sf" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]..
>
> Dang it. I've got a contact floating somewhere on my eyeball and I
> can't find it. I can feel it move around, but it hides whenever I
> look in the mirror. I know this won't last forever, but it feels like
> it.

Happened to me once. Turned out it had fallen out already. I poked and
poked at my eye until it bled. Went to the hospital where they were able to
tell me... no contact!!!

Hope it turns out ok.
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sf wrote:
> Dang it. I've got a contact floating somewhere on my eyeball and I
> can't find it. I can feel it move around, but it hides whenever I
> look in the mirror. I know this won't last forever, but it feels like
> it.
>
Frustrating ain't it. It happens to my wife once in a while and I have
to help her find it.

On Sat, 27 Mar 2010 15:50:25 -0400, Dave Smith
<[email protected]> wrote:

> sf wrote:
> > Dang it. I've got a contact floating somewhere on my eyeball and I
> > can't find it. I can feel it move around, but it hides whenever I
> > look in the mirror. I know this won't last forever, but it feels like
> > it.
> >
> Frustrating ain't it. It happens to my wife once in a while and I have
> to help her find it.

Got it. Finally used a flashlight and that did the trick.

I've decided that contact companies need a new option - a colored band
on the rim.

--
Forget the health food. I need all the preservatives I can get.

The message <[email protected]>
from sf <[email protected]> contains these words:

> I've decided that contact companies need a new option - a colored band
> on the rim.

Coloured ones have been available for years, they're great and a lot
easier to find in that situation.
I just wish I could still wear them.

Janet

On Sat, 27 Mar 2010 22:02:40 GMT, Janet Baraclough
<[email protected]> wrote:

> The message <[email protected]>
> from sf <[email protected]> contains these words:
>
> > I've decided that contact companies need a new option - a colored band
> > on the rim.
>
> Coloured ones have been available for years, they're great and a lot
> easier to find in that situation.
> I just wish I could still wear them.
>
I decided against colored contacts because I like my own eye color (a
hazel green). That's why I said a *new* option. Some people like me
prefer clear but that colored rim would certainly help locate the
danged thing when it starts floating around an eyeball.

--
Forget the health food. I need all the preservatives I can get.

In article <[email protected]>,
sf <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Sat, 27 Mar 2010 15:50:25 -0400, Dave Smith
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > sf wrote:
> > > Dang it. I've got a contact floating somewhere on my eyeball and I
> > > can't find it. I can feel it move around, but it hides whenever I
> > > look in the mirror. I know this won't last forever, but it feels like
> > > it.
> > >
> > Frustrating ain't it. It happens to my wife once in a while and I have
> > to help her find it.
>
> Got it. Finally used a flashlight and that did the trick.
>
> I've decided that contact companies need a new option - a colored band
> on the rim.

You know you can get colored contact lenses in prescription lenses... :-)
They can be fun.
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Peace! Om

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On Sat 27 Mar 2010 04:22:39p, sf told us...

> On Sat, 27 Mar 2010 22:02:40 GMT, Janet Baraclough
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> The message <[email protected]>
>> from sf <sf@geemail.co[email protected]> contains these words:
>>
>> > I've decided that contact companies need a new option - a colored band
>> > on the rim.
>>
>> Coloured ones have been available for years, they're great and a lot
>> easier to find in that situation.
>> I just wish I could still wear them.
>>
> I decided against colored contacts because I like my own eye color (a
> hazel green). That's why I said a *new* option. Some people like me
> prefer clear but that colored rim would certainly help locate the
> danged thing when it starts floating around an eyeball.
>

Some brands produce lenses that are colored a *very* pale blue, virtually
clear unless it's on a white surface. They do not change the eye color,
but make the lenses easier to find.

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~~ A mind is a terrible thing to lose. ~~

************************************************** ********

Wayne Boatwright

On Sat, 27 Mar 2010 23:51:55 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
<[email protected]> wrote:

> Some brands produce lenses that are colored a *very* pale blue, virtually
> clear unless it's on a white surface. They do not change the eye color,
> but make the lenses easier to find.

Good to know! I'm using Biofinity, which is unbelievably
comfortable... unless of course it's on a part of the eye where they
shouldn't be for a prolonged amount of time. :/

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Forget the health food. I need all the preservatives I can get.

On Sat, 27 Mar 2010 17:31:34 -0600, Omelet <[email protected]>
wrote:

> You know you can get colored contact lenses in prescription lenses... :-)
> They can be fun.

I just wanted a dark colored rim.

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Forget the health food. I need all the preservatives I can get.

The message <[email protected]>
from sf <[email protected]> contains these words:

> On Sat, 27 Mar 2010 22:02:40 GMT, Janet Baraclough
> <[email protected]> wrote:

> > The message <[email protected]>
> > from sf <[email protected]> contains these words:
> >
> > > I've decided that contact companies need a new option - a colored band
> > > on the rim.
> >
> > Coloured ones have been available for years, they're great and a lot
> > easier to find in that situation.
> > I just wish I could still wear them.
> >
> I decided against colored contacts because I like my own eye color (a
> hazel green).

You can get tinted ones that just enhance your own colour



Janet

On Sat 27 Mar 2010 05:14:31p, sf told us...

> On Sat, 27 Mar 2010 23:51:55 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Some brands produce lenses that are colored a *very* pale blue,
virtually
>> clear unless it's on a white surface. They do not change the eye color,
>> but make the lenses easier to find.
>
> Good to know! I'm using Biofinity, which is unbelievably
> comfortable... unless of course it's on a part of the eye where they
> shouldn't be for a prolonged amount of time. :/
>

I used to wear contacts. Began wearing them in 1959 starting with standard
hard lenses, and I think I went through ever permutation from those to
multi-focal lenses. However, since I stare at a computer screen most of my
waking life, even the multi-focals just don't cut it now, and I don't want
to have to wear glasses on top of them.

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~~ If there's a nit to pick, some nitwit will pick it. ~~

~~ A mind is a terrible thing to lose. ~~

************************************************** ********

Wayne Boatwright

On Mar 27, 12:26*pm, sf <s...@geemail.com> wrote:
> Dang it. *I've got a contact floating somewhere on my eyeball and I
> can't find it. *I can feel it move around, but it hides whenever I
> look in the mirror. *I know this won't last forever, but it feels like
> it.
>
> --
> Forget the health food. I need all the preservatives I can get.


that used to happen to my dad, years & yeas ago with his hard lenses.
many a time, he'd call me about 11:00 pm to come over & retrieve it
off his eye.

harriet & critters

On Sun, 28 Mar 2010 01:07:51 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
<[email protected]> wrote:

> However, since I stare at a computer screen most of my
> waking life, even the multi-focals just don't cut it now, and I don't want
> to have to wear glasses on top of them.

I wear reading/computer glasses over mine and it's great. The way
they are set up, I guess the top third is clear because I can keep
them on and see undistorted distance too so I'm not constantly putting
them on and taking them off. Makes grocery shopping very nice! I can
read fine print on the boxes and see clearly down the isle.

--
Forget the health food. I need all the preservatives I can get.

On Sun, 28 Mar 2010 00:33:35 GMT, Janet Baraclough
<[email protected]> wrote:

> The message <[email protected]>
> from sf <[email protected]> contains these words:
>
> > On Sat, 27 Mar 2010 22:02:40 GMT, Janet Baraclough
> > <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > The message <[email protected]>
> > > from sf <[email protected]> contains these words:
> > >
> > > > I've decided that contact companies need a new option - a colored band
> > > > on the rim.
> > >
> > > Coloured ones have been available for years, they're great and a lot
> > > easier to find in that situation.
> > > I just wish I could still wear them.
> > >
> > I decided against colored contacts because I like my own eye color (a
> > hazel green).
>
> You can get tinted ones that just enhance your own colour
>
I tried them on and decided against them. Didn't like what they did
to my eye color.

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Forget the health food. I need all the preservatives I can get.

On Sat 27 Mar 2010 11:04:59p, sf told us...

> On Sun, 28 Mar 2010 01:07:51 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> However, since I stare at a computer screen most of my
>> waking life, even the multi-focals just don't cut it now, and I don't
>> want to have to wear glasses on top of them.
>
> I wear reading/computer glasses over mine and it's great. The way
> they are set up, I guess the top third is clear because I can keep
> them on and see undistorted distance too so I'm not constantly putting
> them on and taking them off. Makes grocery shopping very nice! I can
> read fine print on the boxes and see clearly down the isle.
>

I did try that for a while, but I'd often forget to have the glasses with
me, which didn't work out too well. :-)

I have a special pair of glasses that I use for work. The lenses are
divided in thirds. The top third has a focal point for the distance to my
monitors, the middle is for distance, and the bottom is for reading at book
distance. This lets me glance upward to see the screens and down to see the
kehyboard or anything else on the work surface.

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~~ If there's a nit to pick, some nitwit will pick it. ~~

~~ A mind is a terrible thing to lose. ~~

************************************************** ********

Wayne Boatwright

On Sun, 28 Mar 2010 06:38:15 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
<[email protected]> wrote:

> I did try that for a while, but I'd often forget to have the glasses with
> me, which didn't work out too well. :-)

That can be a problem. LOL

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Forget the health food. I need all the preservatives I can get.