As a child, I was legally blind and wore “coke-bottle” glasses. Got contacts as a teen which worked great….until they didn’t. With middle age came very dry eyes and couldn’t leave contacts in all day. Hello Lasik. Since I was legally blind, they told me it was like hitting a bullseye from miles away. it DID help, but I still needed glasses. At least not coke-bottle thickness. I could actually go swimming in the ocean without getting lost. (Yes, that really happened). So here I am at 67 and back to glasses, but I don’t care.They are not thick. Progressives, transitions and several pairs for style. I’m enjoying them. And, I can see well enough without them if necessary or if they begin to hurt my nose. If that’s the worse thing I’m dealing with, I cannot complain.
I tried contacts and only lasted about a year with them. I have dry, itchy eyes so I was constantly having to put contact lense eye drops in our the contacts would stick to my eye and I had a few break because of this and they just didn’t work too well when I had one of my migraines so I decided I had to go back to glasses, The one think I loved about contacts was being able to wear sunglasses but now that I am back to glassses I just get the transition ones. Ijust had my eye exam last week and have to get new ones so when Iget my SSDI check at beginning of next month I will stop at eye doctors and pay for them so they can order them for me.
Why does everything have to be Political in any comments? I mean seriously. It’s sad everyone and everything is SO devided ain’t anyone that can just enjoy a comic. The world is in turmoil and a dumb political quip ain’t gonna change anything for good. The world sucks, our lives suck… can we just acknowledge that and try not to make anyone else’s loves more miserable? I know it’s not a favorable opinion and honestly IDGAF I ain’t in a looooooooong time now. If one dumba** can say something I can. Just sayin. Everyone need to focus their anger on who really deserves it is all… not eachother.
carlsonbob 19 days ago
Well, maybe if she squints hard enough, she’ll see the Arctic Circle also!
ꜝ 19 days ago
♫♪
the ❛stache❟ the ❛stache❟ Earl❜s ❛stache is back
big and bushy❟ as a matter of fact
regrew the ❛stache❟ regrew the ❛stache in a day or two
it❜s the way that he do❟ cuz he❜s seventy-two❟ oh-oh-oh
syzygy47 19 days ago
Was Sarah Palin squinting reeeeaal hard when she could “see Russia from my house”?
The dude from FL (not bragging) Premium Member 19 days ago
I can’t even put eyedrops in my eyes!
rekam Premium Member 19 days ago
Tried contacts on advice of my eye surgeon. Lost 2 and tore 2. Forget it.
win.45mag 19 days ago
I believe the islands are in the ocean, not floating ON the oceans.
dlkrueger33 19 days ago
As a child, I was legally blind and wore “coke-bottle” glasses. Got contacts as a teen which worked great….until they didn’t. With middle age came very dry eyes and couldn’t leave contacts in all day. Hello Lasik. Since I was legally blind, they told me it was like hitting a bullseye from miles away. it DID help, but I still needed glasses. At least not coke-bottle thickness. I could actually go swimming in the ocean without getting lost. (Yes, that really happened). So here I am at 67 and back to glasses, but I don’t care.They are not thick. Progressives, transitions and several pairs for style. I’m enjoying them. And, I can see well enough without them if necessary or if they begin to hurt my nose. If that’s the worse thing I’m dealing with, I cannot complain.
tremaine53 19 days ago
Opal has a point there. And it’s a better point than she typically has!
iggyman 19 days ago
Squint harder, maybe Earl will become Carey Grant, or Rock Hudson!
elbow macaroni 19 days ago
Is this supposed to make sense?
ANIMAL 19 days ago
Yeeeeeah…….. keep squinting
Queen of America 19 days ago
Opal squinting like that won’t give her an idea of what she can see. She needs to look in a mirror to see what SHE will look like without glasses.
w16521 19 days ago
Opal is doing her best impression of Mr. Magoo.
eced52 19 days ago
Caribbean must have grown a lot.
ron45wells 19 days ago
I could see Alcatraz from Fisherman’s Wharf
jconnors3954 19 days ago
Forget the contacts! You’re seeing perfectly! Going there with no expense.
Angry Indeed Premium Member 19 days ago
I’ve been to Hawaii and I’ve been to some of the islands in the Caribbean (St. Thomas, Gitmo, P.R.), too. Nothing worth getting dreamy eyed about.
mckeonfuneralhomebx 19 days ago
Every where a blind person goes is the same.
GB Premium Member 19 days ago
Opal needs to work on her grammar as well as her eyesight
ladykat 19 days ago
Earl has his moustache back! Put your glasses on, Opal.
David Huie Green ForceIsAUsefulFiction 19 days ago
a master squinter at work
Nuliajuk 19 days ago
Where’s your husband Opal, where’s number two and three?
Are they sleeping beneath the palms beside the Caribbean sea?
At night I hear you riding and I hear your lovers call
And I still can feel your presence round the great house at Rose Hall
zeexenon 19 days ago
Six of one, half-dozen of the other.
razzledazzle295 19 days ago
Can’t squint forever. Gotta have eye help.
Mekoides 19 days ago
I would like to believe Opal is simply using here imagination – and squinting helps her “see” something nice.
Sambora1 18 days ago
I tried contacts and only lasted about a year with them. I have dry, itchy eyes so I was constantly having to put contact lense eye drops in our the contacts would stick to my eye and I had a few break because of this and they just didn’t work too well when I had one of my migraines so I decided I had to go back to glasses, The one think I loved about contacts was being able to wear sunglasses but now that I am back to glassses I just get the transition ones. Ijust had my eye exam last week and have to get new ones so when Iget my SSDI check at beginning of next month I will stop at eye doctors and pay for them so they can order them for me.
JenF 18 days ago
Why does everything have to be Political in any comments? I mean seriously. It’s sad everyone and everything is SO devided ain’t anyone that can just enjoy a comic. The world is in turmoil and a dumb political quip ain’t gonna change anything for good. The world sucks, our lives suck… can we just acknowledge that and try not to make anyone else’s loves more miserable? I know it’s not a favorable opinion and honestly IDGAF I ain’t in a looooooooong time now. If one dumba** can say something I can. Just sayin. Everyone need to focus their anger on who really deserves it is all… not eachother.