Some idiot broke my car window to get to my specially-made prescription windsurfing glasses that were hanging off the mirror. About $1000 damage.

Arrggggh. Can't read the wind without them - no joke. Great start to the season.

Friggin' low lifes.

pierrec45 said...

Great start to the season.

Is it duck shooting season or soemthing?

It is pretty low to take glasses, why - it is not like they are one size fits all. Where were they taken from - home or by the water?

Bastardos

JB

I need to get some prescription glasses made for sailing - currently just sail around in a blurred haze.

What brand / optometrist etc do you use that supplies good prescrition sports glasses?

cheers
Craig

Hey Roar

No need for special specs - just get that last 'worn out' pair and use those - good enough for the water.

The trick is to get a 'string' of about 18 inches long and tie this to each arm of the specs.

Then, put the specs on hanging around your neck, facing up the wrong way. Now pick up specs and rotate on to face (correct way up). You should now have specs on - but with a fairly tight loop of string that runs around your neck.

With this system, when they get knocked off in the wash, they just fall forward onto your chest - they can't fly off vertically (like a simple strap around the back of the head does).

I've used this system for years windsurfing and bodysurfing, and never lost a pair of specs yet - despite the specs being washingmachined off my face numerous times.

Cheap as.

Thats not a bad idea - i currently use a pair of transition glasses so they darken in the sun like sunnies - they about 18 months old now so im due for a eye check and new pair. might get a strap and try out what you said :)

Cheers

Got myself zapped with a laser a couple of years ago - both eyes. Intralase - no blade/pain, although a wierd smell of burning hair Decided to get it done after losing a contact in a mini-tri at St Kilda, dumping the 'good one' on the basis that it was confusing the hell out of my brain, and then not being able to find my roadbike during the transition....net result was that my missus ended up beating me. Never again.

Best cash I've ever spent - instant result, no aftercare req'd and you can say goodbye forever to trying to find your specs at 3am in the morning.