As a child, I was legally blind and wore “coke-bottle” glasses. Got contacts as a teen which worked great….until they didn’t. With middle age came very dry eyes and couldn’t leave contacts in all day. Hello Lasik. Since I was legally blind, they told me it was like hitting a bullseye from miles away. it DID help, but I still needed glasses. At least not coke-bottle thickness. I could actually go swimming in the ocean without getting lost. (Yes, that really happened). So here I am at 67 and back to glasses, but I don’t care.They are not thick. Progressives, transitions and several pairs for style. I’m enjoying them. And, I can see well enough without them if necessary or if they begin to hurt my nose. If that’s the worse thing I’m dealing with, I cannot complain.
I tried contacts and only lasted about a year with them. I have dry, itchy eyes so I was constantly having to put contact lense eye drops in our the contacts would stick to my eye and I had a few break because of this and they just didn’t work too well when I had one of my migraines so I decided I had to go back to glasses, The one think I loved about contacts was being able to wear sunglasses but now that I am back to glassses I just get the transition ones. Ijust had my eye exam last week and have to get new ones so when Iget my SSDI check at beginning of next month I will stop at eye doctors and pay for them so they can order them for me.
Why does everything have to be Political in any comments? I mean seriously. It’s sad everyone and everything is SO devided ain’t anyone that can just enjoy a comic. The world is in turmoil and a dumb political quip ain’t gonna change anything for good. The world sucks, our lives suck… can we just acknowledge that and try not to make anyone else’s loves more miserable? I know it’s not a favorable opinion and honestly IDGAF I ain’t in a looooooooong time now. If one dumba** can say something I can. Just sayin. Everyone need to focus their anger on who really deserves it is all… not eachother.
carlsonbob 6 months ago
Well, maybe if she squints hard enough, she’ll see the Arctic Circle also!
ᴮᴼᴿᴱᴰ2ᴰᴱᴬᵀᴴ 6 months ago
♫♪
the ❛stache❟ the ❛stache❟ Earl❜s ❛stache is back
big and bushy❟ as a matter of fact
regrew the ❛stache❟ regrew the ❛stache in a day or two
it❜s the way that he do❟ cuz he❜s seventy-two❟ oh-oh-oh
syzygy47 6 months ago
Was Sarah Palin squinting reeeeaal hard when she could “see Russia from my house”?
The dude from FL Premium Member 6 months ago
I can’t even put eyedrops in my eyes!
rekam Premium Member 6 months ago
Tried contacts on advice of my eye surgeon. Lost 2 and tore 2. Forget it.
win.45mag 6 months ago
I believe the islands are in the ocean, not floating ON the oceans.
dlkrueger33 6 months ago
As a child, I was legally blind and wore “coke-bottle” glasses. Got contacts as a teen which worked great….until they didn’t. With middle age came very dry eyes and couldn’t leave contacts in all day. Hello Lasik. Since I was legally blind, they told me it was like hitting a bullseye from miles away. it DID help, but I still needed glasses. At least not coke-bottle thickness. I could actually go swimming in the ocean without getting lost. (Yes, that really happened). So here I am at 67 and back to glasses, but I don’t care.They are not thick. Progressives, transitions and several pairs for style. I’m enjoying them. And, I can see well enough without them if necessary or if they begin to hurt my nose. If that’s the worse thing I’m dealing with, I cannot complain.
tremaine53 6 months ago
Opal has a point there. And it’s a better point than she typically has!
iggyman 6 months ago
Squint harder, maybe Earl will become Carey Grant, or Rock Hudson!
elbow macaroni 6 months ago
Is this supposed to make sense?
ANIMAL 6 months ago
Yeeeeeah…….. keep squinting
Queen of America 6 months ago
Opal squinting like that won’t give her an idea of what she can see. She needs to look in a mirror to see what SHE will look like without glasses.
w16521 6 months ago
Opal is doing her best impression of Mr. Magoo.
eced52 6 months ago
Caribbean must have grown a lot.
ron45wells 6 months ago
I could see Alcatraz from Fisherman’s Wharf
jconnors3954 6 months ago
Forget the contacts! You’re seeing perfectly! Going there with no expense.
Angry Indeed Premium Member 6 months ago
I’ve been to Hawaii and I’ve been to some of the islands in the Caribbean (St. Thomas, Gitmo, P.R.), too. Nothing worth getting dreamy eyed about.
mckeonfuneralhomebx 6 months ago
Every where a blind person goes is the same.
GB Premium Member 6 months ago
Opal needs to work on her grammar as well as her eyesight
ladykat 6 months ago
Earl has his moustache back! Put your glasses on, Opal.
David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace 6 months ago
a master squinter at work
Nuliajuk 6 months ago
Where’s your husband Opal, where’s number two and three?
Are they sleeping beneath the palms beside the Caribbean sea?
At night I hear you riding and I hear your lovers call
And I still can feel your presence round the great house at Rose Hall
zeexenon 6 months ago
Six of one, half-dozen of the other.
Strawberry King 6 months ago
Can’t squint forever. Gotta have eye help.
Mekoides 6 months ago
I would like to believe Opal is simply using here imagination – and squinting helps her “see” something nice.
Sambora1 5 months ago
I tried contacts and only lasted about a year with them. I have dry, itchy eyes so I was constantly having to put contact lense eye drops in our the contacts would stick to my eye and I had a few break because of this and they just didn’t work too well when I had one of my migraines so I decided I had to go back to glasses, The one think I loved about contacts was being able to wear sunglasses but now that I am back to glassses I just get the transition ones. Ijust had my eye exam last week and have to get new ones so when Iget my SSDI check at beginning of next month I will stop at eye doctors and pay for them so they can order them for me.
JenF 5 months ago
Why does everything have to be Political in any comments? I mean seriously. It’s sad everyone and everything is SO devided ain’t anyone that can just enjoy a comic. The world is in turmoil and a dumb political quip ain’t gonna change anything for good. The world sucks, our lives suck… can we just acknowledge that and try not to make anyone else’s loves more miserable? I know it’s not a favorable opinion and honestly IDGAF I ain’t in a looooooooong time now. If one dumba** can say something I can. Just sayin. Everyone need to focus their anger on who really deserves it is all… not eachother.