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# I'm going to try contacts
but as I work all day in front of a computer I may need to keep my glasses on me.
(I helped save b3ta! Captain Wow currently being a cunt in Infamous, Sun 2 Mar 2008, 22:17, archived)
# I need hard gas permeable ones!
They are so annoying, if you can get monthly or daily ones they are supposed to be much comfier.
(I helped save b3ta! Mstandot I suppose I should post more often., Sun 2 Mar 2008, 22:19, archived)
# My pants are hard gas permeable.
(I helped save b3ta! my other username is a porsche , posting shit pictures so you don't have to, Sun 2 Mar 2008, 22:20, archived)
# me too as well
Mine were £15 a month from specsavers. I'vce looked at buying them from an online retailer, but my bad eye (technically, worse eye) has such a strong prescription that most of the online sites don't cater for them.

/blind as a whatsit blog
(I helped save b3ta! b3th Not shit. Not mod., Sun 2 Mar 2008, 22:43, archived)
# photochromatic lenses (or 'Reactions' in specsaver speak) might be worth considering
but one potential drawback is making any excess light sensitivity worse because they will always react (albeit not fully) to marginally increased light levels

I get by with normal glasses, but use (daily) disposable contact lenses (I have a minor astigmatism, but normal [non-toric] lenses produce a good enough correction) whenever I need to wear sunglasses (usually when sea kayaking).

If I ever wanted to do the ladeez-who-lunch thing and sit in the sun guzzling lattes during my lunch break, then I would probably get prescription sunglasses. I'm not a woman though, so that isn't really a problem :P

Oh, and daily disposable lenses are usually thin/moist enough to last an entire working day; if you go for monthly ones, then you might end up with dry eyes and need glasses as a back up etc.
(I helped save b3ta! custard, Sun 2 Mar 2008, 22:24, archived)
# Thank you for all the advice!
(I helped save b3ta! Captain Wow currently being a cunt in Infamous, Sun 2 Mar 2008, 22:27, archived)
# can you wear lenses when kayaking?
I was told not to get my lenses near water. bacteria and all that...
(I helped save b3ta! b3th Not shit. Not mod., Sun 2 Mar 2008, 22:45, archived)
# I thought that too
but it isn't an issue with daily lenses; you bin them so is there no chance for anything (bugs, protein deposits etc.) to build up on them.

also (according to the last optician/dispensing optician I asked about this), sea water is less likely to contain anything nasty than (untreated) fresh water; it's more sterile apparently.
(I helped save b3ta! custard, Sun 2 Mar 2008, 22:54, archived)
# fairy nuff
(I helped save b3ta! b3th Not shit. Not mod., Sun 2 Mar 2008, 22:56, archived)
# kayaking with contacts
I used to do it all the time. The only risk is that if you go through rapids or down a fall and you don't close your eyes in time and get a face full of water, they may get washed up to the top of your eyes. Don't worry though, they drift back down shortly after. I developed the habit of doing rapids with one eye only slightly open, so if the fully open one got the lens washed up I could still see out of one eye.
(I helped save b3ta! SteamedCleaner, Tue 4 Mar 2008, 14:55, archived)
# You actually do some work?
I had failed to grasp this, Captain! ;)
(I helped save b3ta! Jahled Three shades of black, Sun 2 Mar 2008, 22:29, archived)
# I don't think you understand.
She works on b3ta, and so is in front of a computer all day.
(I helped save b3ta! my other username is a porsche , posting shit pictures so you don't have to, Sun 2 Mar 2008, 22:29, archived)
# I do, I manage stuff.
(I helped save b3ta! Captain Wow currently being a cunt in Infamous, Sun 2 Mar 2008, 22:30, archived)
# silly laydee.
ironing is not career ;)
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Sun 2 Mar 2008, 22:32, archived)