khannie

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 hours ago

You will not believe this but when I emailed for my prescription earlier I was told I'm well overdue (2021 was my last test) and I said "time flies". She took the time to write "OUT OF DATE" twice on the scan.

Thanks for the timeline.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (2 children)

Just wanted to come back and say thanks. I emailed my optician for my prescription and bought a pair of glasses off this site for €17 delivered (about $19 USD). Do you mind me asking how long yours took to arrive? I'm in one of the "standard delivery" countries.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 hours ago

Ah! I knew there was a place someone had mentioned to me before that they were happy with and couldn't remember the name. It was Zenni. I ended up buying from that site linked above for very cheap and I'm going to do some experimenting with these scratched ones when the new ones get here.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 13 hours ago

Yeah one of the recommended things I saw was furniture polish or car wax to fill them in. Both would only be temporary. Based on the replies so far I may give this a whirl as I don't see it being damaging.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Hard to tell exactly but maybe Milan over to Verona and down to Bologna?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 14 hours ago

Ah unfortunately they've taken a bit of abuse over the years. Nothing major so the scratches are really tiny but enough of them have built up from rough and tumble with the kids etc. that they're a constant annoyance now. :(

I do actually do the dishsoap / warm water thing myself and find it great.

These were my backup pair on a 2 for 1 offer so I didn't get any lens coating / thinner lens thing on them.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (2 children)

Thanks. Just had a look and that is incredibly cheap. They also do ~~free~~ standard shipping to my country so I will seriously consider this.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 14 hours ago

two days, per lens

HOLY MOLY! Fair play to you for the perseverance though.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (11 children)

You know, this is so blindingly obvious I never thought of it. Haha! Great idea.

edit: I actually can't believe I didn't think of this. Chuckling away to myself here.

edit 2: I looked up the opticians I bought from and they have a page about scratches that says they can't unfortunately. :( It recommends new lenses. Not sure if that's profit motive or not though.

 

Mine have built a decent number of very small scratches and they're getting annoying so I'd like to get rid if at all possible.

I've seen various things suggested including:

  • lens scratch repair kit (reviews don't look great on amazon)
  • baking soda paste
  • non-abrasive toothpaste
  • furniture polish (temporarily fills in the scratch from what I can tell)

I'm reluctant to try any of them without some first hand accounts. No lens coating on these so no worries there.

Thank you in advance!

edit: I just want to say thanks very much to everyone. I ended up getting my prescription emailed to me and buying a new pair for €17 (about $19 USD) delivered on a site that one helpful poster linked. Looks like they will take about 3 weeks to get here so I'll put up with the scratchy ones until they get here.

When they do arrive I will take some pictures and test the various methods I found online then post up what works and what wrecks the lenses.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 17 hours ago

Good God. I cannot imagine the mindset of running at a wall of spears and shields with my bits swinging and thinking it was a solid idea.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Ha! I did actually cop that. :)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Ah it was in jest but sure here we find ourselves.

 

The stories from this trip are wild. edit: It was a school trip.

 

The sale of disposable vapes is set to be banned under proposals going to Cabinet.

The Minister for Health is expected to get Government approval to draft these laws which will ban the sale, manufacture or import of single-use or disposable vapes in Ireland.

Stephen Donnelly plans to introduce this ban on environmental and public health grounds.

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/18671905

Absolutely fascinating stuff. The power of social engineering, charm and confidence by two very young kids is mind blowing. Some very funny bits in it too.

 

Absolutely fascinating stuff. The power of social engineering, charm and confidence by two very young kids is mind blowing. Some very funny bits in it too.

 

An Australian man is set to appear in court after being arrested for the alleged theft of more than A$600,000 (€359,880) worth of commemorative coins linked to the popular children's television show "Bluey", police said.

The 47-year-old is accused of stealing 63,000 unreleased, limited-edition A$1 coins from a secure warehouse in the Sydney suburb of Wetherill Park in June, according to "Strike Force Bandit", a special unit police set up to investigate the theft.

"Strike Force Bandit" is honestly an incredible name. For those not familiar with the show the father is called Bandit.

 

I do it too.

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For those not in the know: England are facing Spain in the final of the Euro football championship.

 

This is a year old but I'd never come across it before.

 
 

South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported that "some of the fallen balloons carried what appears to be faeces judging from its dark colour and odour".

 
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