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That's what the optometrist I am working with said: "Just wait until you break a frame right in front of a customer...and you will, eventually. These things happen and we recover."

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Thanks everyone, these are all good bits of information. I know we learn more from our mistakes than we do from our successes, but that doesn't make it feel any better at the time. LOL

Cin

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Didn't have a stellar day at my practicum on Friday. I managed to ruin a lens I was edging by crazing the coating. The lens was an Orma Trio and was probably a bit tight for the plastic frame. In...

Hmmm, is Frostbite Falls as "warm" as it sounds??

Cin <-- who is a Vancouverite and therefore wimpy about coooold weather!

The Douglas College program is an excellent one, I feel lucky to have found it and very excited to get out into the field now. :-)

No, but maybe those are used mainly in the US? I'm in Canada, don't know if that has anything to do with it.

The other two are:

The Ophthalmic Assistant by Stein and Freeman
Essentials of...

LOL When I went to high school - oh, decades ago - they wouldn't let me take machine shop. Girls had to take Home Economics (which was a fancy word for cooking and sewing) and the guys weren't...

Now that IS really helpful to know. I'm sure it's something you lean the hard way eventually, but it's nicer to avoid the mistake!!

I never realized that. It does make a lot of sense. Thanks Harry, I've been through the tips thread a bit, I need to go back again. :-)

Geez, I was one of those patients once. I had a pair of glasses in my early twenties that I had to tighten the darn screws about twice a week. (I'm a moderately high myope.)

Thanks I'll definitely search through them!

Do you know the name of these pliers? I'd like to look them up.

This was very helpful, I've passed it on to my classmates, thanks. :-)

The text book is The System For Ophthalmic Dispensing by Brooks and Borish, one of our 3 text books.

The textbook says that hard designs have a steeper progression of unwanted cylinder making them harder to adapt to, but giving them a more stable distance and reading area, while sacrificing some of...

Okay, I'm looking for great tips on keeping those eyewire screws in. You know the ones that keep loosening and falling out.

This is more info I'm looking to share with my fellow students, so any...

Ahhh, the ABO's..that explains it.

I'm Canadian eh, and I think the goatee is only an American requirement. I think what we have to have here is a pierced belly button...or maybe it's a tattoo of...

Okay, y'all have been so helpful on the other subjects I've proposed. So what would you say you find to be the pros and cons of Hard PAL designs vs Soft PAL designs and vice versa?

I'm studying...

OMG, you mean I have to grow a goatee if I want to be an optician??? Why did no one TELL me??? :eek:

Oh suuure, drag the unsuspecting newbie into a hot pot and stir...why not?? :hammer:LOL

Fezz, it's a talented writer who can write about technical things simply and clearly and get the point...

Thanks, I agree on his photo, but I'm glad you all thought the article was good. I posted it for my colleagues. Now let's see if they have the initiative to read it. LOL

http://www.ecpmag.com/1webmagazine/2008/10oct/content/through_the_lens/understanding-digital-lenses.asp

I came across this article explaining about the new progressive manufacturing processes. I...

Th:nerd:anks, I know there'll be more questions. LOL

I'm attending the Douglas College Dispensing Optician program in Vancouver BC. It's a one year course, with an option to take a second year to become a contact lens fitter.

I'm due to graduate...

Awww, shucks!! Thanks, mlm. I think choosing a good practicum site and taking advantage of the opportunity to learn on the front lines is one of the most important things a person can do when...