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Sounds too good to be true.
Don't worry about misplacing yr close-up glasses anymore

Very ingenious, but not for night-time driving (How do users get rid of the drops' effect if they find they DO need to drive later than expected.)


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Pilocarpine is a very old first-line treatment for high intra-ocular pressure (glaucoma). I use it. I'm betting the number of people with presbyopia who will want to do this is quite small, and the value to big pharma will be small too. There is no patent protection here for the basic active ingredient.
 
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Great solution for lost reading glasses. But what about if I lose the bottle of drops? suave


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My eyes are getting old. I know it. My readers went from 1.25 to 1.75 in two years. I had a pair of prescription glasses three years ago. I should probably get another pair.
 
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MrsTuner went to the eye doc this week and asked about this while there... They hadn't heard of it yet!


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I'm not risking my vision until this has been studied for a good long time.
 
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You haven't LIVED until you take off your glasses and accidentally use the ultra-concentrated mint in the dropper bottle that you put on your tongue instead of the Visine.

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Now that I’ve had two cataract operations, one of them quite recent, I’m getting used to reading glasses, and don’t need any further excitement for a while.


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Originally posted by RealPlayer:
Now that I’ve had two cataract operations, one of them quite recent, I’m getting used to reading glasses, and don’t need any further excitement for a while.


did you hear about the Chinese guy who went to the Chinese eye doctor?

Eye doctor looked him over and said "Ah! So! You have cataracts!"

The patient said "No I don't!!!! I have Rincoln Continentals!"

Woot


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Originally posted by Big John:
quote:
Originally posted by RealPlayer:
Now that I’ve had two cataract operations, one of them quite recent, I’m getting used to reading glasses, and don’t need any further excitement for a while.


did you hear about the Chinese guy who went to the Chinese eye doctor?

Eye doctor looked him over and said "Ah! So! You have cataracts!"

The patient said "No I don't!!!! I have Rincoln Continentals!"

Woot


I nearly got into a fistfight with an old geezer who decided to tell this joke LOUDLY to the technician at the eye doc’s office, right after he looked at me and my mom. I was PISSED.

Just having a flashback over here…

Also, my vision is way past. the point where this eyedrop would help. (back on thread track)


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Originally posted by AdagioM:
quote:
Originally posted by Big John:
quote:
Originally posted by RealPlayer:
Now that I’ve had two cataract operations, one of them quite recent, I’m getting used to reading glasses, and don’t need any further excitement for a while.


did you hear about the Chinese guy who went to the Chinese eye doctor?

Eye doctor looked him over and said "Ah! So! You have cataracts!"

The patient said "No I don't!!!! I have Rincoln Continentals!"

Woot


I nearly got into a fistfight with an old geezer who decided to tell this joke LOUDLY to the technician at the eye doc’s office, right after he looked at me and my mom. I was PISSED.

Just having a flashback over here…

Also, my vision is way past. the point where this eyedrop would help. (back on thread track)


I would have said something. I've had people tell gay jokes in front of me. Most of the time I laughed with them, but sometimes they are disparaging.

My intent on this was to add some levity to a conversation about cataracts, not Chinese stereotypes. Intent is key. I know you know me well enough to know that. Most jokes, by their nature, will offend SOMEONE so I think we always have to look at intent.

That old geezer was out of line and I would have said something or at least told an old geezer joke in return.


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Originally posted by AdagioM:
quote:
Originally posted by Big John:
quote:
Originally posted by RealPlayer:
Now that I’ve had two cataract operations, one of them quite recent, I’m getting used to reading glasses, and don’t need any further excitement for a while.


did you hear about the Chinese guy who went to the Chinese eye doctor?

Eye doctor looked him over and said "Ah! So! You have cataracts!"

The patient said "No I don't!!!! I have Rincoln Continentals!"

Woot


I nearly got into a fistfight with an old geezer who decided to tell this joke LOUDLY to the technician at the eye doc’s office, right after he looked at me and my mom. I was PISSED.

Just having a flashback over here…

Also, my vision is way past. the point where this eyedrop would help. (back on thread track)


I would have been pissed right along with you.


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Originally posted by Big John:
You haven't LIVED until you take off your glasses and accidentally use the ultra-concentrated mint in the dropper bottle that you put on your tongue instead of the Visine.

Eeker


lol, or instead of contact lens moisturizer, a couple drops of ear wax dissolving solution. Good times.
 
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Originally posted by piqué:
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Originally posted by AdagioM:
quote:
Originally posted by Big John:
quote:
Originally posted by RealPlayer:
Now that I’ve had two cataract operations, one of them quite recent, I’m getting used to reading glasses, and don’t need any further excitement for a while.


did you hear about the Chinese guy who went to the Chinese eye doctor?

Eye doctor looked him over and said "Ah! So! You have cataracts!"

The patient said "No I don't!!!! I have Rincoln Continentals!"

Woot


I nearly got into a fistfight with an old geezer who decided to tell this joke LOUDLY to the technician at the eye doc’s office, right after he looked at me and my mom. I was PISSED.

Just having a flashback over here…

Also, my vision is way past. the point where this eyedrop would help. (back on thread track)


I would have been pissed right along with you.


Likewise, especially since he had the chutzpah to recount his out-of-date (to say the least) joke right in front of you two - really directed AT you. (POW - right in the kisser!)


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Originally posted by Big John:
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Originally posted by AdagioM:
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Originally posted by Big John:
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Originally posted by RealPlayer:
Now that I’ve had two cataract operations, one of them quite recent, I’m getting used to reading glasses, and don’t need any further excitement for a while.


did you hear about the Chinese guy who went to the Chinese eye doctor?

Eye doctor looked him over and said "Ah! So! You have cataracts!"

The patient said "No I don't!!!! I have Rincoln Continentals!"

Woot


I nearly got into a fistfight with an old geezer who decided to tell this joke LOUDLY to the technician at the eye doc’s office, right after he looked at me and my mom. I was PISSED.

Just having a flashback over here…

Also, my vision is way past. the point where this eyedrop would help. (back on thread track)


I would have said something. I've had people tell gay jokes in front of me. Most of the time I laughed with them, but sometimes they are disparaging.

My intent on this was to add some levity to a conversation about cataracts, not Chinese stereotypes. Intent is key. I know you know me well enough to know that. Most jokes, by their nature, will offend SOMEONE so I think we always have to look at intent.

That old geezer was out of line and I would have said something or at least told an old geezer joke in return.


Yes, I was walking my Mom out, and couldn’t come up with a response quick enough, other than wanting to punch him in the face.

I know you well enough that I wasn’t offended. He didn’t know me at all, and his intent was to offend.


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