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Cheap Bifocals for the Old Dudes

Joe Nardy

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I have been wearing contacts for distance for many years and my distance vision is very good. I've also been wearing reading glasses for computer and reading for several years. I have no issue with wearing reading glasses and hearing about it from the youngsters. Their day will come. I also almost always wear sunglasses when riding. My problem is that I can't read a map in my map pocket while riding. I wasn't sure if I'd like bifocals and didn't want to drop the $$$ for prescription bifocal lenses if I wasn't sure I'd like them. I did some research and found these stick-on bifocals for $14.99 shipped. They stick on with water and once dry are very secure. I trimmed mine down just a bit on the top edge as they seemed a bit too high. I used them for the first time at the Brown County Rally this past weekend and must say I'm very impressed. It is very natural to look over the stick-on lenses while riding and through them when looking down at the tank bag. I can now read maps and see the display on my XM Radio Clearly while riding. Also, I don't have to switch back and forth from sunglasses and readers while reading maps, at restaurants and when working on bikes. I can also read and operate my cell phone while driving without having to switch glasses. I'll probably get prescription lenses at some point but for $14.99 this has been a successful experiment in my opinion.

Thanks,
Joe
 
Well, now with my expensive tri-focals, when riding, I see the road ahead through the top, the speedo and tach through the middle part of the lense, and my tankbag map through the bottom!:D...ooohhhh to be young again...:(...at least my wanker still works...I should have listened to Sister Marie Saint Paul in the second grade!!...."you'll go blind doing that!"...."but can I do it til I need glasses?":eek:
 
Joe Nardy said:
......I can also read and operate my cell phone while driving without having to switch glasses.
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LMAO. I don't believe you wrote that on here Joe. :eek:

Don't you know that cagers on phones are a hazard to motorcyclists? :-k


j/k
 
I can also attest to the stick-on lens. During the BC ride I was digging for my reading glasses, when Joe suggested I try his sunglasses. Anyway they work like a charm and I now have some ordered myself. :)

Nice find , Joe :) Thank You

-greg
 
Zooks said:
LMAO. I don't believe you wrote that on here Joe. :eek:

Don't you know that cagers on phones are a hazard to motorcyclists? :-k


j/k
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Yes, I know it's dangerous and I try to minimize cell use in the car but it is sometimes necessary for work duties. I always use a Bluetooth headset and try to keep use to incoming calls only so I don't have my eyes off the road for too long looking up numbers and dialing.........

Thanks,
Joe
 
lurch12_2000 said:
Well, now with my expensive tri-focals, when riding, I see the road ahead through the top, the speedo and tach through the middle part of the lense, and my tankbag map through the bottom!:D...ooohhhh to be young again...:(...at least my wanker still works...I should have listened to Sister Marie Saint Paul in the second grade!!...."you'll go blind doing that!"...."but can I do it til I need glasses?":eek:
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those are both movies lol, "If you dont stop it you'll go blind", and "Can i do it till i need glasses"

old 70s sex comedies Robin Williams was in the second one
 
kilog55 said:
those are both movies lol, "If you dont stop it you'll go blind", and "Can i do it till i need glasses"

old 70s sex comedies Robin Williams was in the second one
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They ripped the ideas off from the same nuns I had back in the 60's....and you thought I was kidding?:D...and old Sr. Marie, rest her soul, gets the last laugh, as I'm straining through my tri-focals now, typing this.
 
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