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  #11  
Old December 21st 10, 04:25 AM posted to aus.bicycle
Geoff Lock[_2_]
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On 21/12/2010 12:39 PM, Theo Bekkers wrote:
"Geoff Lock"glock@home wrote
On 19/12/2010 4:53 PM, Theo Bekkers wrote:



I wouldn't wear it to go shopping though. As for the sunnies, my dad has
macular degeneration and, though I don't have a problem now, my optician
tells me to wear sunnies outside any time the sun is in the sky.


Hey, you have a medical reason for wearing sunnies, ok? I am just jealous
becos I have NEVER worn sunnies in my life! It'd cost a fortune to make
sunnies for my eye prescription, you see - I am pretty hopeless in the
seeing dept


I paid about $350 for my prescription sunnies. My optician tells all his
customers the same thing, maybe she has an ulterior motive?
OTOH, the cancer council gives the same advice.


$350?? Bloody hell!! That would just about pay for a new set of rims
complete with spokes and sealed bearings for the axle

Ulterior motives on the part of the optician? Nah, perish the thought
Although, I am considering getting a pair of sunnies made over the
Internet - my son tells me that I can get aviator-type prescription
sunnies for $20 or $30, you know the mirrored ones? The "proper" bike
racing ones cost a motza for normal non-prescription lenses and I
shudder to think what they will cost if I asked for them in my prescription.

I'm surprised you're not telling people how inappropriate it is to travel
to
work on a bus wearing a suit.


Eeerr, gimme some clues where to start and I'll give it a go, OK? Just
keep it on topic Right now it is too hard for me to try to connect
bicycles, Lycra, buses, people in buses and suits into anything coherent
or remotely funny


Try this line. Only pretentious rich people wear suits. Rich people don't
catch buses because it reduces their status among their (other suit-wearing)
co-workers. Rich people shouldn't catch buses because they are reserved for
poor people whose time is not important and it is OK for them to sit, or
stand, in smelly crowded buses for twice as long as it takes the rich people
to get to work. This will get you started but feel free to ad-lib from
there.


Hahahah! ) So said rich people should wear Lycra over their suits, get
on a bike and pedal around the streets annoying me - whilst getting to
work in plenty of time )

I personally haven't worn a suit since 1994, but wore one at work every day
for twenty years. And only a prole would wear an off-the-peg suit, real
pretenders have theirs tailor-made. I always did.


Yeah! I was a prole with off-the-peg suits

Of course, during much of that period I was riding to work in my Lycra and
donning my suit after my morning shower at work.


Lucky you to have a shower at work. It does make cycling a more viable
alternative once folks can freshen up and into a change of clothes once
they get to work. Me mate Paul was gonna ride from Engadine to the city
for work until he found out there was nowhere for him to shower and
change. He got himself a motorbike instead.
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Old December 21st 10, 09:58 PM posted to aus.bicycle
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On Dec 21, 2:25*pm, Geoff Lock glock@home wrote:
On 21/12/2010 12:39 PM, Theo Bekkers wrote:

"Geoff Lock"glock@home *wrote
On 19/12/2010 4:53 PM, Theo Bekkers wrote:


I wouldn't wear it to go shopping though. As for the sunnies, my dad has
macular degeneration and, though I don't have a problem now, my optician
tells me to wear sunnies outside any time the sun is in the sky.


Hey, you have a medical reason for wearing sunnies, ok? I am just jealous
becos I have NEVER worn sunnies in my life! It'd cost a fortune to make
sunnies for my eye prescription, you see - I am pretty hopeless in the
seeing dept


I paid about $350 for my prescription sunnies. My optician tells all his
customers the same thing, maybe she has an ulterior motive?
OTOH, the cancer council gives the same advice.


$350?? Bloody hell!! That would just about pay for a new set of rims
complete with spokes and sealed bearings for the axle


How much is being able to see worth to you?

You could get prescription sunnies (single vision) for much less than
that, although they might not be as fashionable as more expensive
offerings (RayBan and the like will do prescription sunnies for $$).

The Cancer Council used to sell cheap sunnies that you could wear over
any regular specs. I assume they still do. Big and daggy, but still
better than the potential eye damage - cataracts, pterygium, skin
cancer, retinal cancer, macular degeneration and more. There's no
ulterior motive in opticians recommending sunnies - in fact, they
could be doing themselves out of future business!

Tony F

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Old December 22nd 10, 03:34 AM posted to aus.bicycle
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On 22/12/2010 7:58 AM, thefathippy wrote:
On Dec 21, 2:25 pm, Geoff Lockglock@home wrote:
On 21/12/2010 12:39 PM, Theo Bekkers wrote:

"Geoff Lock"glock@home wrote
On 19/12/2010 4:53 PM, Theo Bekkers wrote:



$350?? Bloody hell!! That would just about pay for a new set of rims
complete with spokes and sealed bearings for the axle


How much is being able to see worth to you?


True, true, when you put it that way - although my Dad who is pushing
90yo now, and has never worn sunnies, still has reasonably good eyesight
for his age. In fact he still rides his bicycle and rode it about 6kms
and back the other day "to check on something" he said. Stuff if we know
what it was he wanted to check. The ride was along sealed roads and bush
tracks.

You could get prescription sunnies (single vision) for much less than
that, although they might not be as fashionable as more expensive
offerings (RayBan and the like will do prescription sunnies for $$).


Yeah, name brands can be quite expensive. I am getting a pair of normal
glasses made off the Internet and if they fit well, I'll definitely
consider some sunnies from he same place.

The Cancer Council used to sell cheap sunnies that you could wear over
any regular specs. I assume they still do. Big and daggy, but still


Ah, them clip-on sunnies. I've seen the clip-ons and some even flip-up

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Old December 22nd 10, 03:52 AM posted to aus.bicycle
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"Geoff Lock" glock@home wrote
On 22/12/2010 7:58 AM, thefathippy wrote:


The Cancer Council used to sell cheap sunnies that you could wear over
any regular specs. I assume they still do. Big and daggy, but still


Ah, them clip-on sunnies. I've seen the clip-ons and some even flip-up


Yes, I remember wearing flip-up clip-ons. About $15 a pair when I last
bought some.

Theo




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Old December 23rd 10, 02:20 AM posted to aus.bicycle
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On 21/12/2010 2:25 PM, Geoff Lock wrote:
On 21/12/2010 12:39 PM, Theo Bekkers wrote:
"Geoff Lock"glock@home wrote
On 19/12/2010 4:53 PM, Theo Bekkers wrote:



I wouldn't wear it to go shopping though. As for the sunnies, my dad
has
macular degeneration and, though I don't have a problem now, my
optician
tells me to wear sunnies outside any time the sun is in the sky.

Hey, you have a medical reason for wearing sunnies, ok? I am just
jealous
becos I have NEVER worn sunnies in my life! It'd cost a fortune to make
sunnies for my eye prescription, you see - I am pretty hopeless in the
seeing dept


I paid about $350 for my prescription sunnies. My optician tells all his
customers the same thing, maybe she has an ulterior motive?
OTOH, the cancer council gives the same advice.


$350?? Bloody hell!! That would just about pay for a new set of rims
complete with spokes and sealed bearings for the axle

Ulterior motives on the part of the optician? Nah, perish the thought
Although, I am considering getting a pair of sunnies made over the
Internet - my son tells me that I can get aviator-type prescription
sunnies for $20 or $30, you know the mirrored ones? The "proper" bike
racing ones cost a motza for normal non-prescription lenses and I
shudder to think what they will cost if I asked for them in my
prescription.


Lance Armstrong has his own branding of Oakley, seen them in Canada at
ridiculous prices.

http://www.oakley.com/livestrong

I get prescription sunglasses off my medical benefits. Only one lens
needs correction. Worked well so far.

r
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Old December 23rd 10, 02:26 AM posted to aus.bicycle
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Just to add

http://www.selectspecs.com/blog/oakl...-a-pop-crikey/

r
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Old December 23rd 10, 04:42 AM posted to aus.bicycle
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On 2010-12-22, Geoff Lock (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:
True, true, when you put it that way - although my Dad who is pushing
90yo now, and has never worn sunnies, still has reasonably good eyesight
for his age. In fact he still rides his bicycle and rode it about 6kms
and back the other day "to check on something" he said. Stuff if we know
what it was he wanted to check. The ride was along sealed roads and bush
tracks.


Probably wanted to see his mistress.

--
TimC
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programs that other people have written. In my case, I went to the garbage
cans at the Computer Science Center and I fished out listings of their
operating system. -- Bill Gates
  #18  
Old December 23rd 10, 04:47 AM posted to aus.bicycle
Geoff Lock[_2_]
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On 23/12/2010 12:26 PM, Rob wrote:


Just to add

http://www.selectspecs.com/blog/oakl...-a-pop-crikey/


Crikey indeed.
  #19  
Old December 23rd 10, 05:43 AM posted to aus.bicycle
Geoff Lock[_2_]
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On 23/12/2010 2:42 PM, TimC wrote:
On 2010-12-22, Geoff Lock (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:
True, true, when you put it that way - although my Dad who is pushing
90yo now, and has never worn sunnies, still has reasonably good eyesight
for his age. In fact he still rides his bicycle and rode it about 6kms
and back the other day "to check on something" he said. Stuff if we know
what it was he wanted to check. The ride was along sealed roads and bush
tracks.


Probably wanted to see his mistress.


Good luck to the old boy if he did have a mistress. He's lived alone for
a long long time.

He did say that when he got there, he fell whilst trying to jump across
a small creek and had to lie there a bit until he recovered but I reckon
he was just saying that to get some sympathy and/or guilt-trip one of us
kids into going back to the old place to hang around with him until he
checks out.
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Old January 5th 11, 02:49 AM posted to aus.bicycle
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On Dec 22 2010, 1:34*pm, Geoff Lock glock@home wrote:

The Cancer Council used to sell cheap sunnies that you could wear over
any regular specs. I assume they still do. Big and daggy, but still


Ah, them clip-on sunnies. I've seen the clip-ons and some even flip-up


No, no, although you can buy magnetic ones for regular specs these
days. These were full sunnies that you wore over the top of your
regular specs or just wore if you didn't wear regular specs and didn't
mind looking a bit daggy.

Tony F
 




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