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    Stupid question thread

    Anyone with burning questions like "Are all progressive the same?" or "What is zero distance power?" Also, " I make 10$ hr, am I overpaid?" And" how can I get good job at lenzcrazers?"
    Just ask here.
    We wont get annoyed.
    We have nothing better to discuss.
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    What is the refractive index of belly button lint?

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    what is the refractive index of belly button lint under water
    that is the real question

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    I often get people who are truly surprised that there is more then one progressive.

    Just had a lady this week who said just that "there is more then one progressive?"

    I WANT to bop them on the head (but that could only make them stupider). What I say is something like "Yes, there are over a hundred different progressives, plus all those progressives come in different materials. It's like cars, TVs or almost anything you can buy."

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    Quote Originally Posted by Happylady View Post
    I often get people who are truly surprised that there is more then one progressive.

    Just had a lady this week who said just that "there is more then one progressive?"

    I WANT to bop them on the head (but that could only make them stupider). What I say is something like "Yes, there are over a hundred different progressives, plus all those progressives come in different materials. It's like cars, TVs or almost anything you can buy."
    I swear, some people only seem to understand if it's explained by referencing automobiles.
    How much are glasses? How much is a car? Do you want a hoopty, or a Bentley, or something in between? There are many car (lens) manufacturers, they have many different models (designs) and each model (design) comes in several trim levels (materials) and with many different options (AR, photochromic, polarization...) Do you need safety or heavy duty(GMC 3500), sports (Jeep), do you want flashy (Ferrari), demure (Toyota), or something in between (Audi)?
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    Buttermilk.
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    If things appear backwards in the mirror, why arn't they upside down?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Speed View Post
    If things appear backwards in the mirror, why arn't they upside down?
    RAOFL. You guys are hilarious!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Speed View Post
    If things appear backwards in the mirror, why arn't they upside down?
    Excellent!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Speed View Post
    If things appear backwards in the mirror, why arn't they upside down?
    That only happens with spoons!

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    a backwards image phenomenon

    Quote Originally Posted by Speed View Post
    If things appear backwards in the mirror, why arn't they upside down?
    They are upside down. You're sitting on your head!!!!! You need to stand up before you get a terrible headache.

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    Why do you hit your head against the wall?




    "Cause it feels good when you stop?
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    Maybe it really is time for a brief "quiz" you have to pass in order to post?

    Heck they could even be: questions like "Are all progressive the same?" or "What is zero distance power?" Also, " I make 10$ hr, am I overpaid?" And" how can I get good job at lenzcrazers?"

    I'll let you decide the multiple guess answers.

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    Did anyone axe you what line you kain't read?

    I have a reading card with the word "dimunition" on it. Almost no one in this state can read/pronounce it and much less know what it means. Seems even a PHD in English doesn't help.:hammer:
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    Quote Originally Posted by chip anderson View Post
    Did anyone axe you what line you kain't read?

    I have a reading card with the word "dimunition" on it. Almost no one in this state can read/pronounce it and much less know what it means. Seems even a PHD in English doesn't help.:hammer:
    The last line on my reading card includes the word "extensive."

    Without fail, 70% of pts say "exclusive." I still haven't figured it out. I work in a fairly well-off, well-educated town.

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    Quote Originally Posted by tdj View Post
    The last line on my reading card includes the word "extensive."
    Without fail, 70% of pts say "exclusive." I still haven't figured it out. I work in a fairly well-off, well-educated town.
    Considering your patient base and my own experience with them it's probably not a mistake.

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    Quote Originally Posted by tdj View Post
    The last line on my reading card includes the word "extensive."

    Without fail, 70% of pts say "exclusive." I still haven't figured it out. I work in a fairly well-off, well-educated town.
    ..and that would be why. Their brains are preconditioned to see/use that word more often. Just a hunch.
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    I keep getting asked the question, "Why/how did the medicine run out in my glasses?" Figured I'd ask you all to see what would be the best response (and this seemed like a good place to ask). :)

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    Quote Originally Posted by thatNCoptician View Post
    I keep getting asked the question, "Why/how did the medicine run out in my glasses?" Figured I'd ask you all to see what would be the best response (and this seemed like a good place to ask). :)
    "You must've left them lying upside down. Just leave them out right side up for a couple of nights and they'll be ok."
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    Quote Originally Posted by thatNCoptician View Post
    I keep getting asked the question, "Why/how did the medicine run out in my glasses?" Figured I'd ask you all to see what would be the best response (and this seemed like a good place to ask). :)

    Simple pull out a copy of their Rx and show them.." Well Mrs. Smith, the OD put a one year expiration on your prescription. You're lucky it lasted this long!"





    I still think the new smiley's are sissy..

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    Quote Originally Posted by thatNCoptician View Post
    I keep getting asked the question, "Why/how did the medicine run out in my glasses?" Figured I'd ask you all to see what would be the best response (and this seemed like a good place to ask). :)
    Must be an NC thing because I hear it often. It seems to mean "my glasses are not as effective as they used to be." Also, I've never heard a white person say it. They say equally funny things, but nothing about medicine in the glasses.

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    Here's a new one I got from a patient today: Can you give me my old prescription, because xyz optical will on go up to a -6.00 in a drill frame, and my new rx is too high. I will only wear a drill frame, and I have to shop at xyz because I have a credit card for there.

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    "Does this outfit make me look fat?"

    Or is that the most dangerous question?

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    Just a few burning questions here since this seems to be the thread to post them in. Not ever found and answer to these useless questions but have laid awake at night pondering them. :hammer:

    #1 Why do hurricane's only form north of the equator?

    #2 If one could form south of the equator would it spin in the opposite direction?

    #3 If a hurricane was in the north and one was in the south and they both were spinning in the opposite direction of each other and they met at the equator would they cancel each other out?

    #4 Last but not least.......what part of the duck do you squeeze to get the damn duck sauce from? We all know where milk comes from......but how about duck sauce?

    Someone please help me here so that I can sleep at night again.

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    Prism or Pyramid....its all the same, right?

    If one would be building an Egyptian type pyramid or mock huge prism out of empty Busch and Schlitz beer cans while the significant other is away on vacation, would it be possible to angle the reflective sunlight off of the bottom of the mirror like beer cans in such a way as to light a tinder bundle that would be hot enough to ignite a well prepared charcoal pyramid in order to char animal muscle to a point of palate perfection that only more liquid gold from said beer cans could properly wash down?

    And if so, would erecting a pyramid of the empty nectar of the Gods cans, give proper tribute to true optical friends?

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