You probably would not have been "bamboozled" if you had taken the time to read and understand the excellent documentation that came with the unit. Its only shortcoming was that it was not as robust in daily use as one would have wished.Originally Posted by COMEINPEACE
Remember that all the trays in the lab were made of wood and the ratio of glass to plastic was 80/20
Remember when people paid for their own eye exams and glasses. No credit cards. No insurance. No nothing but cash on the barrel head.
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Remember when Optometrists advertised for optical dispensary staff … “No experience necessary”, or “will train”.
Turtle Shell frames ........................
For a while I started a winter hobby in the late 1960s making a few ladies bracelets from turtle shell pieces. Fusing them small pieces together with steam, then cutting sanding and polishing.
Once I got the hang of it I actually ended up with 2 genuine turtle shell frames, one in semi blonde and the other in black.
I decided it was to big a job to make a living with it.
I'd dot the sample lens at base of pupil. Set the lens on a pattern then dot the sample center from the pattern. Measure the in and (usually) up and block accordingly. Loved the Ultra-vue 28!
Here's a similar thread started years ago when I was new to Optiboard---
http://www.optiboard.com/forums/show...d-Too-Long-If?
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therminon lenses, orthogon F, dualens, ultex aa
Remember when you tried to make contact lenses last for a year?
Remember when it was technically illegal for an optometrist to recommend artificial tears to a dry eye patient.
How about drilling holes (fenestration) in PMMA contacts?
Assembling temporary glasses for the recently aphakic out of buttons and flat plastic carriers?
Using pencils (when nobody was watching) to make nice crosses after tempering?
What's changed for 50% of the market?
That's back when we put them in a crock pot at night to clean them, or at least that's what it looked like. I was 6 when I got my first soft contact lens. I remember they would pop out and my poor parents would almost cry they were so expensive.
What is reality but a concept unique to each of us? Can anything be classed as real when our perceptions differ greatly on so many things? Just because we see something a particular way does not make it so.
With MED high-plus aspherics
And then Suspension Eyewear (no temples-nylon lines attached to the lenses and comfort cable ends) came along to reverse the timeline.
[QUOTE=finefocus;522912]How about drilling holes (fenestration) in PMMA contacts?/QUOTE]
and Vent-Air PMMA CL lenses in the 60's.
How about the Rodenstock set screw on the eyewire, how many time did you get stabbed with that tiny flat blade screwdriver????
There are many things in life that catch your eye... but very few things will catch your heart.... Pursue those!
Remember when we use to make glasses out of glass?
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