National Health Specs!

junetta · 06-04-2006, 01:25

Charlotte, a lovely five year old, who we have seen most days since she was born, has to wear glasses and she is so excited! She was telling me that they are Barbie ones and she can't wait to go and get them tomorrow.
It put me in mind of those horrid pink framed things that I had to wear for years, earning me the name of 'specky' at St Andrew's Primary. The boys got the blue ones! The plaster over one eye didn't help either!
The frames did change a little over the years but no-one really cared and I hated them.
Did anyone else suffer like I did?

joobyjooby · 06-04-2006, 08:48

Yeah i did junetta......horrid black ones i had to wear up to last year at rhyddings! Even had the pink ones in junior.......with the patch of course but maybe was worth all the hassel coz now i only need them for reading........can see a bus coming from accy but...can't see it if it hits me hehehe

entwisi · 06-04-2006, 08:56

I needed glasses at school but wouldn't get any. I just either sat at the front of the class or copied anything from my mate.

I only got them when I was taking my driving test. I wore them till 18 months ago when I had my eyes lasered. Best thing done for a long time

jimmi5bellies · 06-04-2006, 09:06

Alec has the NHS specks. His are pretty ok. Because he has an adult sized face he gets adult ones and they have a silver frame.

accymel · 06-04-2006, 09:19

I had horrid ones when i was diagnosed as needing to wear glasses all the time at 8, they were yakky diaroerra brown plastic ones they were horrible but had to wear them, then i got them changed to deidre barlow metal frame ones. My glasses now are great, nice lightweight silver frame & just cover the eye area....i went to specsavers tehehehe

Though ironically my eyesight has got so much better as ive got older only need glasses if my eye strains either reading or pc.

SPUGGIE J · 06-04-2006, 09:52

Never had that inflicted on me but do have glasses for on the computer, nice lightweight ones. My daughter needs them for reading but deecided to pay for hers so they are "trendy" enough for here not to take a ribbing.

KIPAX · 06-04-2006, 09:56

I had the glasses and the patch.. But my patch was over the eye and not on the glasses as seemed to happen in later years.. lazy eye.. I now have two sets... when i was told i needed reading glasses i told the optician that i dont read that much but spend a lot of time at the computer... he set my prescription for a little furthur away for computer use rather than readin..

So anyone else need reading glasses but actually spend a silly amount of time in front of screen... get the lens prescription for computer use... makes a difference..

lettie · 06-04-2006, 10:25

Ooooh, the diarrhoea brown ones were the pits.... My mate had those when we were kids. My sister ended up with the translucent whitish frames, but she may have had the pink ones originally. Funnily enough, I have never had an eye test. I reckon that I can see ok, but have visions of some eye boffin in a white coat poking around and saying "you've been blind for 10 years Miss G."

Hehehe, by the time I get round to booking an eye test, I'll have to be escorted to the appointment by a nice yellow dog..

SPUGGIE J · 06-04-2006, 10:36

At least a yellow dog is something warm to cuddle up to.

Could he/she sniff out your favourite drink though?

grannyclaret · 06-04-2006, 11:58

Does anyone remember the jamjar bottoms.....the kind that Less Dawson wore when doing COSMO SMALLPIECE.a young lad near us had them ,and the other kids tormented him rotten ...

fireman · 06-04-2006, 12:03

i HAD AN uNCLE WHO IS DEAD NOW BLESS HIM. He always wore NHS specs and they were nice ones.He used to tell me the trick is to insist on seeing the FULL range of NHS frames . Not just the awful ones that will make you pay for the overpriced private ones that they want to sell you.

KIPAX · 06-04-2006, 12:11

I am biting my lip so hard its starting to bleed.. but I refuse to let myself post what I want to in response... arrrgh .... self control!!!!!!

SPUGGIE J · 06-04-2006, 12:22

Quote:

Originally Posted by KIPAX

I am biting my lip so hard its starting to bleed.. but I refuse to let myself post what I want to in response... arrrgh .... self control!!!!!!

Be a devil and give in to the urge.

KIPAX · 06-04-2006, 12:45

my sense of humor is a bit out of whack with everyone elses and so i took advice and my wife says...... dont you dare .... oh hum

grego · 06-04-2006, 12:54

I was fortunate not to need glasses as a child, I have glasses/ contact lenses now for driving, the lenses I tend to just leave in all day. My younger sister had NHS specs as a kid and I remember how upset she was at the time, I think if my daughter needs glasses I'd do the same as Spuggie and pay for decent ones!