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I am nearly 50 years old. When I was 18 it was suggested I get bi focals. All this time I have gotten single vision glasses. Today I got a pair of bi focals. To me now everything seems to be out of focus or not in the right range to see it. 😞

Any other players here who play OTB chess semi blindfolded??

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Originally posted by Ice Cold
I am nearly 50 years old. When I was 18 it was suggested I get bi focals. All this time I have gotten single vision glasses. Today I got a pair of bi focals. To me now everything seems to be out of focus or not in the right range to see it. 😞

Any other players here who play OTB chess semi blindfolded??
Here's another solution. Try getting contacts. Get one for your near vision and another for your far vision. I just started this and the brain sorts it all out. Your dominant eye will be the one for far vision.

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Originally posted by kirksey957
Here's another solution. Try getting contacts. Get one for your near vision and another for your far vision. I just started this and the brain sorts it all out. Your dominant eye will be the one for far vision.
I know my right is is weaker. The lens is abour 1/4 inch thick. 😞
When I went for my eye exam the doctor asked me if I liked dogs. 😞

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Originally posted by Ice Cold
I know my right is is weaker. The lens is abour 1/4 inch thick. 😞
When I went for my eye exam the doctor asked me if I liked dogs. 😞
So I guess contacts are out of the question? Maybe you would be a candidate for lasix.

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Originally posted by kirksey957
So I guess contacts are out of the question? Maybe you would be a candidate for lasix.
No, if I had a dog I would give him or her a better name than that. 😕

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Originally posted by kirksey957
So I guess contacts are out of the question? Maybe you would be a candidate for lasix.
Questioning his choice of Bi-focals....


Does this make you Bi-curious ? 😛

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Originally posted by Ice Cold
I am nearly 50 years old. When I was 18 it was suggested I get bi focals. All this time I have gotten single vision glasses. Today I got a pair of bi focals. To me now everything seems to be out of focus or not in the right range to see it. 😞

Any other players here who play OTB chess semi blindfolded??
Just get some pimpin' frames, ok?

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Originally posted by Sunburnt
Just get some pimpin' frames, ok?
Yeah, I got frames that look more modern than my old aviators did.

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Originally posted by Ice Cold
Yeah, I got frames that look more modern than my old aviators did.
aviators are pimpin'

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Originally posted by Ice Cold
I am nearly 50 years old. When I was 18 it was suggested I get bi focals. All this time I have gotten single vision glasses. Today I got a pair of bi focals. To me now everything seems to be out of focus or not in the right range to see it. 😞

Any other players here who play OTB chess semi blindfolded??
I've had bifocals for years (I think since I was 8). They take a little getting used to, but it can be difficult to look at things in the intermediate range, around a meter away. If this is a real problem, maybe ask about trifocals. Another problem can be weird glare off the division between the lenses, because the little "lip" where one half of the lens is thicker than the other is a reflective surface; I eventually got lenses with the line blurred, which solves this problem (I think they're called "transitions" ), but these take even more getting used to.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_lenses

Progressive lenses, also called progressive addition lenses (PAL), progressive power lenses, graduated lenses and varifocal lenses, are corrective lenses used in eyeglasses to correct presbyopia and other disorders of accommodation. They are characterised by a gradient of increasing lens power, added to the wearers correction for the other refraction errors. The gradient starts at a minimum, or no addition power, at the top of the lens and reaches a maximum addition power, magnification, at the bottom of the lens. The length of the progressive power gradient on the lens surface is usually between 15 and 20 mm with a final addition power between 1.00 to 2.50 Dioptres for most wearers. The addition value prescribed depends on the level of presbyopia of the patient and is closely related to age.

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Being old sucks i guess

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Originally posted by Jusuh
Being old sucks i guess
Being old defies the laws of physics. It sucks and blows all at the same time.

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Originally posted by Ice Cold
I know my right is is weaker. The lens is abour 1/4 inch thick. 😞
When I went for my eye exam the doctor asked me if I liked dogs. 😞
He wasn't looking at your wife when he asked the question, was he? 😳

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Originally posted by Jusuh
Being old sucks i guess
You may never know!!! 😉😛

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