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Anti-Lycra Brigade?
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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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 $$). The Cancer Council used to sell cheap sunnies that you could wear over any regular specs. I assume they still do. Big and daggy, but still better than the potential eye damage - cataracts, pterygium, skin cancer, retinal cancer, macular degeneration and more. There's no ulterior motive in opticians recommending sunnies - in fact, they could be doing themselves out of future business! Tony F |
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On 22/12/2010 7:58 AM, thefathippy wrote:
On Dec 21, 2:25 pm, Geoff Lockglock@home wrote: On 21/12/2010 12:39 PM, Theo Bekkers wrote: "Geoff Lock"glock@home wrote On 19/12/2010 4:53 PM, Theo Bekkers wrote: $350?? Bloody hell!! That would just about pay for a new set of rims complete with spokes and sealed bearings for the axle How much is being able to see worth to you? True, true, when you put it that way - although my Dad who is pushing 90yo now, and has never worn sunnies, still has reasonably good eyesight for his age. In fact he still rides his bicycle and rode it about 6kms and back the other day "to check on something" he said. Stuff if we know what it was he wanted to check. The ride was along sealed roads and bush tracks. You could get prescription sunnies (single vision) for much less than that, although they might not be as fashionable as more expensive offerings (RayBan and the like will do prescription sunnies for $$). 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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"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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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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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 No, the best way to prepare is to write programs, and to study great 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 |
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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. |
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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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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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