Mad Dog 11:04 Sun Oct 11
opticians
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Haven't been in years but need to get my eyes checked.
Which of you blind gits can suggest a venue.
Are boots opticians and spec savers that much different? Or is it pretty much the same everywhere?
Is there a stand out preference?
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Mad Dog
8:53 Tue Oct 13
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Moose wins.
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Dr Moose
8:46 Tue Oct 13
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Mad Dog,
They are all pretty similar, each one coming out with a new gadget (Spec Savers digital thingy) to make you think Ooh Vision Express don't have that neither do Boots etc. I've been wearing glasses since the age of 3 (I'm now 40) so have done the rounds with most of the mainstream ones. I suggest you find the one with the fittest optometrist it will make the eye test more enjoyable.
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ElmParkPikey
4:53 Tue Oct 13
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Bunch of 4 eyed cunts
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The_Phantom
5:38 Mon Oct 12
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There was a survey done a couple of years ago and Asda opticians came out cheapest and best.
Have used them and seem fine.
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Stubbo
5:11 Mon Oct 12
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subcutaneous 11:10 Mon Oct 12
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Dan M
4:45 Mon Oct 12
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Which is better, Specsavers or Boots?
What about now?
What about now?
And with this one?
And with this one?
What about now?
Specsavers, better or worse?
Better or worse now?
And now?
And now?
Etc.
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Westside
3:37 Mon Oct 12
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Mad Dog - I don't know how much you use a computer in your job, but if it's a lot your employer must pay for the sight test and pay for any glasses needed, specifically to use a computer.
http://www.healthandsafetyatwork.com/hsw/content/employers-obligations-sight-tests-dse-users
I use a small, independent optician, rather than a chain. Been delighted with their work. I'm short sighted (contact lenses). Referred me to the eye clinic once, for a minor complaint, which was sorted with eye exercises would you believe.
Also advised me not to have laser eye surgery,
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Mad Dog
3:28 Mon Oct 12
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So basically It's much of a muchness.
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Mike Oxsaw
3:12 Mon Oct 12
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Jim Peters was my optician while I lived in Chadwell Heath.
He had a blackboard in his surgery on which he used to write a statement indicating that I needed glasses, but always left the full stop off.
I never saw the point.
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yogib
11:29 Mon Oct 12
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My Brother is an optician at Specsavers and my Sister in Law at Boots - but they specialise in Contact Lenses only - I think that SS, VE & Boots use the new computerised machines to test your eyes and apparently the machines can also detect a lot of what an Ophthalmic Optician would look for - Glaucoma etc but you also get a normal check as well as the electronic one.
Then the dispensing of the glasses makes a difference i.e. measuring them properly if you need Varifocals as I wear
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Alan
11:21 Mon Oct 12
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Get your eyes tested at Vision Express.
Take the prescription to Specsavers and get their 2 pairs for 1 offer.
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subcutaneous
11:10 Mon Oct 12
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I have my eye tests at my local opticians. I got my glasses from there too. I have no idea if they are more expensive that the larger, mainstream ones. You should support your local shops when you can.
Boots and Specsavers can fuck off.
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WHOicidal Maniac
10:59 Mon Oct 12
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My opticians an Indian Lady who is very pleasing on the eye but breathe like a Dog had eaten its own arse...
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Sxboy_66
10:45 Mon Oct 12
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I finally had to admit needing glasses this year, once I could no longer hold a book far enough away to read it.
I could see everything else around me, no problem driving, etc.
I've had perfect vision all my life and this was a big admission for me.
Off I went to Specsavers and by the time they'd finished I'm surprised I didn't come out of there with a white stick and a Labrador.
£400 quid later I've got a pair of glasses for every conceivable distance and situation.
I can now see a lot of shit that I didn't know I couldn't, most of which I'd be quite happy not seeing.
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greenie1
9:53 Mon Oct 12
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I hate it when they puff the air in your eyes.
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Joke Royal
9:24 Mon Oct 12
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I need glasses
Why
I can't see far enough
What's that up there
The sun
Just how far do you want to see?
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claret50
12:31 Mon Oct 12
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Got mine at specsavers, good service & price too.
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Mad Dog
12:30 Mon Oct 12
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Not many people I know wear glasses
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Fivetide
12:25 Mon Oct 12
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Ask real life friends and neighbours who wear glasses for their recommendations. Seriously, I'm not being facetious.
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Ronald_antly
12:25 Mon Oct 12
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Spandex Sidney wrote...
"She is also an Indian and also a lesbian but can't tell her mum."
What has her mum got against Indians?
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Spandex Sidney
12:22 Mon Oct 12
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I have a friend who is an Optician, or Optometrist to be more accurately modern.
She is also an Indian and also a lesbian but can't tell her mum.
We dont often talk about her career given the alternative facets of her life.
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