{"id":954,"date":"2010-11-04T16:18:30","date_gmt":"2010-11-04T21:18:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rubright.com\/basement\/?p=954"},"modified":"2010-11-05T11:44:57","modified_gmt":"2010-11-05T16:44:57","slug":"the-spectacle-chronicles-part-ii-progressive-lenses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.rubright.com\/basement\/the-spectacle-chronicles-part-ii-progressive-lenses\/","title":{"rendered":"The Spectacle Chronicles Part II &#8211; Progressive Lenses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_957\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-957\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rubright.com\/basement\/wp-content\/uploads\/ted_new_specs.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rubright.com\/basement\/wp-content\/uploads\/ted_new_specs-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"My new, new glasses\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-957\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-957\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The latest and greatest<\/figcaption><\/figure>I have more info on the eyeglass front: I got another pair. This time I eschewed the web and got them from a vintage optometry shop in downtown <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ci.kirkwood.mo.us\/\">Kirkwood<\/a>. The decor hasn&#8217;t been touched since the 60s and the wood paneling bears particular mention for its period charm. My visit came about because the cheap glasses that I <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rubright.com\/basement\/?p=905\">extolled in my previous post<\/a> up and broke. I&#8217;m not sure what I expected with $20 frames.<\/p>\n<p>The optometrist (whose grandfather started the business in 1915) had some decent crystal frames that were similar to the old pair, so I ordered them. I asked why the frames the I got online were supposedly progressive lenses, but they seemed to be single vision. He pointed out the broken frames weren&#8217;t tall enough to accommodate progressive lenses, which have to have three different zones. This made sense. My new specs are taller, so they can handle the triple duty assignment.<\/p>\n<p>Though the latest pair were not as cheap as the interweb frames, they were a pretty good deal at just over $200. The local guy takes no plastic or insurance; I was only half joking about having to find my check book. Anyway, a week later I picked up my actual progressive glasses (complete with gray <a href=\"http:\/\/en-us.transitions.com\/en\/Pages\/default.aspx\">Transitions\u00ae<\/a> lenses, by the way) and put them on. Whoa. The first day was not fun; they felt really <em>prosthetic<\/em>. Happily, by the next day my brain had adjusted and now I hardly notice the triple vision thing. In fact, I like them a lot. I can read with glasses on, see the computer with glasses on and see distance with glasses on, which I haven&#8217;t been able to do in recent memory. As an added bonus, they look like single vision lenses to the outside world, so the geezer factor isn&#8217;t obvious!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have more info on the eyeglass front: I got another pair. This time I eschewed the web and got them from a vintage optometry shop in downtown Kirkwood. The decor hasn&#8217;t been touched since the 60s and the wood paneling bears particular mention for its period charm. 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