I can see clearly [Archive] - Kiwi Biker forums

NighthawkNZ

19th June 2007, 19:42

I can see clearly now the haze has gone... (hmms tune to himself) :innocent:

Got me glasses today... dang I can see... I can see... :lol:

Mully

19th June 2007, 20:00

Scary how bad your eyes were, innit?

If you are a candidate for laser surgery, consider it. Best $5K I ever spent.

Says he with no bike........

skelstar

19th June 2007, 20:13

If you are a candidate for laser surgery, consider it. Best $5K I ever spent.
Why?

Give me $5k and I'll put contacts in my eyes for the rest of my life *shrugs*

phaedrus

19th June 2007, 20:16

so, what frames did you get? big coke bottle ones? the john lennon?

throw us a picture

scumdog

19th June 2007, 20:18

Yeah man, like make with the pics!

(Maybe it's a pair of glasses made from two of those red monocle things in his avatar?)

Maha

19th June 2007, 20:22

Scary how bad your eyes were, innit?
Best $5K I ever spent.

So right. i have had both eyes dealt to in recent years and the morning after the first op...i couldnt beleive the clearity...:gob: ..the colours :gob: how hairy my arms were :gob: (they arent, just seemed that way) I had given up driving/reading... use to sit and watch TV at night with a cap on to keep the light off my eyes (strange but true) my vision was 6/60.. translated means that, what you can see at 60mts, i would have to be at 6mts to see the same thing clearly...$3k an eye...now i can see one line better than 20/20 vision on the eye chart....:shit:

pete376403

19th June 2007, 20:23

Glasses are good - but why are they so F*ckin expensive here? Guy at work got his prescription and frame model number from local optometrist, went back to Indonesia - got identical frame and prescription lenses for $NZ45. Another one did the same with 'scrip only installed into his original frames in Vietnam - equivalent of $NZ25 (several million Vietnamese Dong) - So which is the third world country?
I need new specs and the old frames are pretty shagged - so here I'm looking at $600 - $700? WHY

NighthawkNZ

19th June 2007, 20:24

so here I'm looking at $600 - $700? WHYouch... mine only cost $250 and that includes the test... gulp does that mean when I get older thay gonna cost more?

so, what frames did you get? big coke bottle ones? the john lennon?

throw us a picture

sigh... :innocent: there yah go....

Mully

19th June 2007, 20:25

Give me $5k and I'll put contacts in my eyes for the rest of my life

I wore contacts for years, and glasses also, my thoughts:
Contacts worn for too long (per day) damage your eyes long term
Glasses are a pain in the ass. Cleaning, fogging up, etc
Contacts are also a pain in the ass. Cleaning, moving around, etc
Waking up and being able to see; fantastic.

Overall, apart from not having $5K to spend on a bike, I have not for one minute regretted getting LASIK.

Admittedly, if your eyes aren't too bad, it may be easier to have glasses. Mine were -4.5 and -5, so I was pretty blind.

skelstar

19th June 2007, 20:33

Admittedly, if your eyes aren't too bad, it may be easier to have glasses. Mine were -4.5 and -5, so I was pretty blind.

Fair enough, mine are -3.5 (and getting slightly better - 35yrs old). Mine are bad enough. Bad enough that I can only just read a bike magazine OK in bed at night.

Anyway...yeah, glasses expensive. Still remember getting mine at age 15 and being amazed at how dirty everything was.

NighthawkNZ

19th June 2007, 20:40

I wore contacts for years, and glasses also, my thoughts:
Contacts worn for too long (per day) damage your eyes long term
Glasses are a pain in the ass. Cleaning, fogging up, etc
Contacts are also a pain in the ass. Cleaning, moving around, etc
Waking up and being able to see; fantastic.

Overall, apart from not having $5K to spend on a bike, I have not for one minute regretted getting LASIK.

Admittedly, if your eyes aren't too bad, it may be easier to have glasses. Mine were -4.5 and -5, so I was pretty blind.

I was told what they are but it went in one ear and out there other... me better half prefers wearing contacts she gets a new set every month or so. its an on going cost, (can't afford the long lasting ones...)

Curious_AJ

19th June 2007, 21:11

I got my glasses the year before last year (i'm long sighted.. weird for an 18 year old) and i wear them all the time coz otherwise things look funny... im that longsighted.. sigh...
but yeah, mine cost about $450 which was :O!!!

they are really expensive here.. and mine need to be fixed.. they're a bit wobbly fropm being hit off my face a couple of times... by myself... lol.. funny thing that.. i tend to wave my hands in weird ways.. and whoops!, they're across the room...

Edbear

19th June 2007, 21:30

sigh... :innocent: there yah go....

Look good, but why do you need those muffs to hold them on with...? You should be able to bend the arms so they hook over your ears...:yes:

Indiana_Jones

19th June 2007, 21:32

Holy shit!

NighthawkNZ is Gordon Freeman!

-Indy

NighthawkNZ

19th June 2007, 21:34

Look good, but why do you need those muffs to hold them on with...? You should be able to bend the arms so they hook over your ears...:yes:

Was mixing a track at the time and the other half tapped me on the shoulder and then went click..... bitch :lol:

either that or they are my hearing aid... :rofl:

NighthawkNZ

19th June 2007, 21:38

Holy shit!

NighthawkNZ is Gordon Freeman!

who da frack is "Gordon Freeman"

bwahahahaha... you play too much spacies and Half Life... (google is my friend... :doh:)

BuFfY

19th June 2007, 21:39

Indiana_Jones

19th June 2007, 21:43

I have glasses... mainly only wear them at uni or at the movies. But when I am teaching I generally wear them all day incase the lil buggers mouth something at me and I can't read their lips!
Mine were expensive as.. up to $700 I think. But only cause I wanted to have light frames as I have a um... dainty face?!?!

I tried the Adidas light frames when I went for new specs a few years back. They were too much and just too weak, moved all over the place and too flimsy.

-Indy

BuFfY

19th June 2007, 21:47

I tried the Adidas light frames when I went for new specs a few years back. They were too much and just too weak, moved all over the place and too flimsy.

-Indy

yeah they are rather flimsy.. and don't have a bottom wire thingy on them so I had to get an extra coating on them so that they don't snap if I put them on something

Curious_AJ

19th June 2007, 21:54

heh... i went with the rectangular, purple ones... purple RULES! i didnt want the granny purple that my optometrist picked, so i went for the dark ones... I like them actually.. look better with them on than off!

NighthawkNZ

19th June 2007, 21:56

deanohit

19th June 2007, 21:58

I tried the Adidas light frames when I went for new specs a few years back. They were too much and just too weak, moved all over the place and too flimsy.

-Indy

I got a great pair of specs,Columbia is the brand and they're aimed at active people.They are light(plastic lenses) but strong and they fit inside my helmet very nicely:rockon: Cost a fair bit but were worth it.
Also bit the bullet and splashed out on a pair of Bolle sunnies with script lenses,man are they awesome,no more squinting on a sunny day:Punk:

By the way NighthawkNZ,those are some cool glasses ya got there mate.:cool::Punk:

jafar

19th June 2007, 21:59

I can see clearly now the has has gone. .. (hmms tune to himself) :innocent:

Got me glasses today... dang I can see... I can see... :lol:

you wanna take them back ( I can see clearly now the has has gone.) :dodge:

NighthawkNZ

19th June 2007, 22:00

you wanna take them back ( I can see clearly now the has has gone.) :dodge:

I can spell... I just can't type... :D

jafar

19th June 2007, 22:09

I can spell... I just can't type... :D

They look good nighthawk. Makes me wonder how you rode the VTR with lousy eyesight though :gob:

NighthawkNZ

19th June 2007, 22:12

They look good nighthawk. Makes me wonder how you rode the VTR with lousy eyesight though :gob:

They don't make road signs that small... oh and faster I went every thing seemed to come into focus and errr... :innocent:

phaedrus

19th June 2007, 22:16

Holy shit!

NighthawkNZ is Gordon Freeman!

-Indy

you know, i think you're right

jafar

19th June 2007, 22:16

They don't make road signs that small... oh and faster I went every thing seemed to come into focus and errr... :innocent:

So when the powerpoles look like a picket fence then your eyesight was fine ?
:Police: :lol:

oldrider

19th June 2007, 22:16

"You" definitely "look" better but the visual on our side is still a struggle! :innocent:

I wear contact lenses and I leave them in all the time, change them monthly.

Works for me! :yes: Cheers John.

NighthawkNZ

19th June 2007, 22:20

So when the powerpoles look like a picket fence then your eyesight was fine ?
:Police: :lol:

power poles???? theres power poles??? :lol:

"You" definitely "look" better but the visual on our side is still a struggle! :innocent:

I wear contact lenses and I leave them in all the time, change them monthly.

Works for me! :yes: Cheers John.

I may get contacts later on... I actually don't need them for driving (legally) but is/am border line... any worse and I will

Virago

19th June 2007, 22:22

I can see clearly now the has has gone... (hmms tune to himself)....

....I can see Deirdre now Lorraine has gone....

Looking good NH. Makes you look, I dunno... Sensitive? Intelligent? Suave?

I can't decide.....:innocent:

NighthawkNZ

19th June 2007, 22:50

....I can see Deirdre now Lorraine has gone....

Looking good NH. Makes you look, I dunno... Sensitive? Intelligent? Suave?

I can't decide.....:innocent:

I do believe you mean, clever, sophisticated, smart, brilliant, IQ of billizion, and just plain intelligent either that a geek... :lol:

SARGE

19th June 2007, 23:21

sigh... :innocent: there yah go....

far out man ... did the come with the headphones and the cheesy goatee?

oldrider

19th June 2007, 23:49

far out man ... did the come with the headphones and the cheesy goatee?

Hey SARGE is back, showing all the usual love and disrespect! (Mikey quote) KB is on the up. :shit: John.

NighthawkNZ

20th June 2007, 06:56

Hey SARGE is back, showing all the usual love and disrespect! (Mikey quote) KB is on the up. :shit: John.

thats mainly cause he jealous of my intense good looks, and sign of my . But as I said above... it could also mean I just a geek, but my higher intelligence tells me something else... :rofl:

Grahameeboy

20th June 2007, 07:31

So right. i have had both eyes dealt to in recent years and the morning after the first op...i couldnt beleive the clearity...:gob: ..the colours :gob: how hairy my arms were :gob: (they arent, just seemed that way) I had given up driving/reading... use to sit and watch TV at night with a cap on to keep the light off my eyes (strange but true) my vision was 6/60.. translated means that, what you can see at 60mts, i would have to be at 6mts to see the same thing clearly...$3k an eye...now i can see one line better than 20/20 vision on the eye chart....:shit:

and the hair on your head:gob:

Maha

20th June 2007, 07:40

and the hair on your head:gob:

Not enough money to attend to that....ever!.....:shit:

Grahameeboy

20th June 2007, 07:45

Not enough money to attend to that....ever!.....:shit:

Your sure...cheaper than your Ohlins

http://www.newhair4u2.com/default.htm

yungatart

20th June 2007, 08:20

When I first got my glasses I couldn't believe that there was a pattern on the carpet, and I had never noticed it!!
My latest pair cost $1000! But they match my hair...and my bike!
hXc gets glasses for longsightedness on Friday- $450 for his!
I wish my genetics weren't so much like Woolworths fire sale leftovers....

The Pastor

20th June 2007, 10:14

In nz the markup on glasses is around 900%

SARGE

20th June 2007, 10:18

thats mainly cause he jealous of my intense good looks, and sign of my . But as I said above... it could also mean I just a geek, but my higher intelligence tells me something else... :rofl:

but you ride a Honda ...:innocent:

just go for gold and get the big red clown nose and the floppy shoes mate ..

seriously... love your work..

oldrider

20th June 2007, 14:16

but you ride a Honda ...:innocent:

just go for gold and get the big red clown nose and the floppy shoes mate ..

seriously... love your work..

Feeling better already, are ya? :stoogie: :killingme Nice to see. Can't keep a good man down for long! John

SARGE

20th June 2007, 14:21

Feeling better already, are ya? :stoogie: :killingme Nice to see. Can't keep a good man down for long! John

not feeling better at all John.. just couldnt resist that opening :dodge:

NighthawkNZ

20th June 2007, 14:52

just go for gold and get the big red clown

That only takes a couple of whiskeys... *hic*

seriously... love your work.. you've seen me work :gob: i've never seen me work

Grahameeboy

20th June 2007, 14:54

In nz the markup on glasses is around 900%

Yeah in UK you can pay $100 and get a spare set free....

tri boy

20th June 2007, 15:49

Lasik surgery rocks:Punk: . The wild cracking noises, the smell:sick: . The extra laser steadly tracking towards your wedding tackle:shit: ..... oh, no , that was another place.
Best body mod since they removed the hump from my back.
Price seems to be climbing. Cost$3200 in 2004.

phaedrus

20th June 2007, 18:35

personally i'd like to see some long term results even before considering lasik. We don't even have short term results, after all it's only been around for about 17 years.

gijoe1313

21st June 2007, 12:23

Curious_AJ

22nd June 2007, 13:41

I'm waiting till we can vat-clone and grow new, better eyeballs!Or...cybernetic eyes (roll on Hardwired or Neuromancy! :punk:)

Till then, I'll muddle by on my contacts and ye olde specs that makes me look like an asian beatle :pinch:

lolz! omg... best.post.ever...

as for contacts.. i could never wear them, putting things into eyes not a favorite passtime... besides don't really need them, if i dont want to wear my glasses, i take them off, unless i have to read something....

pete376403

14th July 2007, 23:59

If you can get to the planet Dune, you can pick up some Tleilaxu Eyes
"Frank Herbert uses the idea of these artificial eyes to great effect in various stories, including Dune Messiah. The devices themselves are metallic, almost insectile in appearance."

Wasp

15th July 2007, 01:20

heh, im -5.50 left -5.00 right :(

Indiana_Jones

16th July 2007, 08:19

SAVE US GORDON!!!

-Indy

Colapop

16th July 2007, 08:24

Best you look more closely at your work iNDY...

I like being able to see. But I hate wearing glasses. They never sit right in my helmet. I'd prefer contacts. Isn't there a thread or two about that somewhere here? But I can't afford contacts or laser surgery so I guess I'm stuck with the problem.

NighthawkNZ

16th July 2007, 10:40

But I can't afford contacts or laser surgery so I guess I'm stuck with the problem.

Me too... :(

scumdog

16th July 2007, 10:50

I only deal in quality products.

Hence why I use the best 1.75s from the $2 Shop!!:yes::laugh::dodge:

pritch

16th July 2007, 10:57

I only deal in quality products.
Hence why I use the best 1.75s from the $2 Shop!!:yes::laugh::dodge:

That's a bit cheap. I never use anything but top quality, I get mine from The Warehouse.

Funny enough, when an eye specialist checked my eyes (and my Warehouse glasses) he said they were within a minute percentage of what my prescription would be anyway.

Now shooting glasses are different, that's serious.

Colapop

16th July 2007, 11:11

Me too... :(
I go through frames regularly whether they cost $400 or $40 so I buy the $40 (proper bend back arms and all) from the chemist and just swap my lenses over. Got my lenses replaced about 6 months ago after 5 years. Just took the frames in and they made them to fit. Similar to the same style of frames you got NH - damn sight cheaper though!

007XX

16th July 2007, 11:43

Sometimes, I curse the fact that I have perfect vision...

Some people (or events) would definitely gain from being a bit on the hazy!:laugh:

klingon

16th July 2007, 13:54

I've been thinking I want glasses because they seem to make people look intelligent (and I could do with a bit of that)... but after reading some of the posts about being able to see the hair on your arms... and the dirt... and the pattern on the carpet... i think I'd be too scared to look in the mirror. I suspect I may have aged a little since I last saw myself and I'm frightened I might see [gasp] WRINKLES!! :gob:

NighthawkNZ

16th July 2007, 15:58

Edbear

16th July 2007, 16:59

That's a bit cheap. I never use anything but top quality, I get mine from The Warehouse.

Funny enough, when an eye specialist checked my eyes (and my Warehouse glasses) he said they were within a minute percentage of what my prescription would be anyway.

Now shooting glasses are different, that's serious.

Yeah, my optician said the main problem with mass produced is making sure they are in line with the eyeball, as people's eyes are not all the same distance apart. However, as long as they "fitted" your focus width, and were clear enough, the Warehouse ones would be fine. So far I can use them, but the $2 shop lenses had faults. So its the expensive Warehouse 1.5's for me!:yes:

Question... why shoot glasses..?:confused: