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    Clip-on

    I have used the computer/magnifier flip-ups and put in lenses with prism to wear when reading....... Not many other choices ...... reading glasses ..... close one eye when spot/short-term reading ???...
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    Were you speaking of human refractors or auto...

    Were you speaking of human refractors or auto refractors?

    The doctor says he has found a difference (working in several offices) and continues to think this one the the most accurate he has used....
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    I purchased one

    in about 2003 I purchased a MRX-3100 by Charops. It has been worth every penny I paid for it.
    I use it in the local Health Fair, School screening and in-office vision screening .. creats quite a...
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    I agree on the good lab part.

    Have partnered with these people since 1990. Family Business. Great Work.

    Have had great service both in Kansas and Colorado.

    http://www.laramyk.com/
  5. Thread: Vision Expo West

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    Great, I'll try to show up too. Probably see...

    Great, I'll try to show up too. Probably see some of you around on Thursday.

    Homer
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    Poll: Sales and professions

    If you take sales (the process of discovering the desired outcome of the client and offering the client solutions to bring about those outcomes) out of any profession you will have a well educated...
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    Poll: Recognition and respect

    If you didn't bring it with you .... you might not ever get any.

    In 1965, my second year at a wholesale laboratory, I was making just under $2.00 per hour and afraid that this was not going to be...
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    I agree with spexer and rick

    If you do not have edging and bench experience it becomes a question of how much you want to pay to get that experience and would your time be better used in other practice develoment endevors.

    I...
  9. Thread: Rx from Cameroon

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    That would be my guess too. Is the rest of the...

    That would be my guess too. Is the rest of the Rx in French or English? They have two official languages there and two distinct districts. That might give another clue.
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    Sorry about the trouble.... it's common

    Hornfan, you have been given some good adivce here and you may need to find an optician in your area that knows what they are doing.

    Sad truth is that you are probably seeing the best MD in 40...
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    Robert, Polycarbonate? really? Give me a break...

    Robert, Polycarbonate? really? Give me a break with the polycarbonate **** already!
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    Make a trip to Germany or her neighbors....

    .... there they do not have the parinoia the US has with thin, glass, high index lenses .... perhaps try Canada.

    You have chosen wisely in a small frame. The ideal is an oval, the geometric...
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    Good Thread !

    While DRK may be on to something it does not take away form the over 1.75 D of vertical imbalance produced when viewing through the reading section of this or most any PAL.

    Dry eye seems to be...
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    Wiley-X 800 543 4771 Happy New Year!

    Wiley-X 800 543 4771


    Happy New Year!
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    Why do I think that occipital may not catch on...

    Why do I think that occipital may not catch on quite as well as skull? :hammer:
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    While we are diging in the archives, and joging...

    While we are diging in the archives, and joging memories, here goes my two cents worth.

    From the era of chassis and tops, we had the comfort cable temples which were the wrapped wire version of...
  17. Thread: Super Glue

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    Soak 'em

    CME4 is correct. but only on CR39 or Glass - NO POLY! If it is a fairly heavy coating, I will lay it in a little dish and soak it in Acenton. Actually my dish in a -10 on a plano base and the...
  18. Thread: In house edging

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    "Slim, things haven't changed all that much"

    That kind of advertising is still the rage - except where are the cuties in shorts?
    Anyway, I sometime go to the edging equipment booths just to remind them that they are being less than honest when...
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    National Optronics

    I'm looking for a used optronics edger. It does not need to be patternless but does need a base curve oriented bevel control.
  20. Thread: VIP convert

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    Great Assessment Chip!

    LOL! I jus coppied 'n passted 'n lookth stupidish. :o
  21. Thread: VIP convert

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    Another tack

    First, as Jedi well stated: "I think as Opticians we need to really asses the patients visual needs and provide them with the BEST possible options and not just a suitable one."

    Secondly, we all...
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    What do you need done? I have done some of the...

    What do you need done? I have done some of the Jrs. and 70's
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    Monkeysee

    Ask you boss - forget the doctor issue - "as a businessman does he want his lab to be profitable or not?" If not then you optical-grunts will have to decide if the paycheck is worth the daily...
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    The Doctor is out to lunch!

    Get another account to replace this one. As as any lab person will tell you and I'm sure you know, there is absolutely not consensus between doctors as to what the tolerances are ..... except...
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    I do tend to set the MRP (or whatever you want to...

    I do tend to set the MRP (or whatever you want to call it) wider for nonocular patients, thinking that this is closer to reality for their field vision. I don't think the inset on the PAL will be...
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