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Monday Open Thread | 93 comments (92 topical, 1 editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Monday Open Thread (4.00 / 2)

Well I will try a third time the one way I succeeded at the optician, but for the record:

Method No. 1 - failed: just grab it between two fingers (my eyes were just receding into their socket)
Method No. 2 - success only once (ut on both eyes): push it from the nose to the outer edge of the eye (method for women with long fingernails, the optician said)
Method No. 3 - failed: push the lenses down on the white where it's less sensitive and grab it with two fingers there (didn't even get to pushing the lens down on the white)

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Mon Jan 4th, 2010 at 11:52:32 AM EST
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Re: Monday Open Thread (none / 1)

Urgh! That makes me feel queasy.

Ad astra per aspera

by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Mon Jan 4th, 2010 at 11:59:04 AM EST
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Re: Monday Open Thread (4.00 / 2)

Most people spend 20 minutes putting each one in the first time, and as long taking them out.

but within a couple of days you get the nack then its a couple of seconds to do it every time (Except when drunk)

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Mon Jan 4th, 2010 at 12:02:46 PM EST
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Re: Monday Open Thread (4.00 / 2)

The optician, too, kept telling me that I should be brave. But I was prepared for that! The difficulty was reflexes.

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Mon Jan 4th, 2010 at 12:34:03 PM EST
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Re: Monday Open Thread (none / 0)

To get around reflexes you can hold both eyelids open with one finger each, and then use the other hand to remove the lens. After all, you normally need to hold at least one eyelid in order to put the lens on.

En un viejo país ineficiente, algo así como España entre dos guerras civiles, poseer una casa y poca hacienda y memoria ninguna. -- Gil de Biedma

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Mon Jan 4th, 2010 at 12:44:19 PM EST
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Re: Monday Open Thread (none / 1)

Doing it at the age of about 20 was a nightmare for the first week, but having not used any for 15 years I went back to them, and the reflex problem was gone after the first 20 seconds.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Mon Jan 4th, 2010 at 12:47:35 PM EST
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Re: Monday Open Thread (none / 1)

I tried them out once. I couldn't even get the damn things in. :((

The fact is that what we're experiencing right now is a top-down disaster. -Paul Krugman

by dvx (dvx.clt ät gmail dotcom) on Mon Jan 4th, 2010 at 03:30:57 PM EST
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