eye glasses

i know......boring subject isn't it?

but i need new ones

bernie needs new ones

both of us need the progressive bifocals
oye

i need frames that have no metal next to my cheeks
my face corrodes metal..........
( bet not just ANYONE can say that........ no ugly chick jokes please)

bernie needs frame that can stop a nuclear warhead
cause you know he drops them off his face

into engines
streets
under ambulances

it isn't just anyone who can claim that his indestructible military spec cell phone was demolished as it was accidental run over by an ambulance...........he has true talent my bernie

ok so
the last time we got eye exams
we couldn't afford the glasses!
so my last pair i got is now..............what? 13 years old?
bernie's is about 10 years old

so i found a solution.........there are eye glass places on line

i been looking at them for quite a while
i almost bought me some
but i lacked a small however crucial measurement called 'pupillary distance'
without which eyeglasses can not be made

i found out that most 'eye care professionals' won't give you that number

even though the PA law is

http://www.pacode.com/secure/data/049/chapter23/s23.72.html
§
23.72. Prescriptions. (a) Optometric prescriptions shall bear:
(1) The name, address, telephone number, facsimile
telephone number and license number of the optometrist.

(2) The name of the patient.
(3) The date the
prescription is issued by the licensed practitioner.
(4)
The expiration date.
(b) Contact lens prescriptions shall
specify the lens type, the specifications necessary for the ordering and
fabrication of the lenses, number of refills and expiration date consistent with
the type and modality of use of the contact lens being prescribed, but the
expiration date may not be greater than 1 year. The prescription may include a
statement of caution if the statement is supported by appropriate findings and
documented in the patient's medical record.
(c) Pharmaceutical
prescriptions shall specify the name of the drug prescribed, quantity and
potency prescribed, expiration date, number of refills allowed, instructions for
use and any indicated precautionary statements.
(d) Spectacle
prescriptions shall specify any information that would be relevant to
manufacturing glasses including the dioptic value of the sphere, astigmatism,
prism, slab off, add power and axis or orientation of the astigmatism
correction. The expiration date of a spectacle prescription may not be greater
than 2 years.

Authority
The provisions of this
§ 23.72 issued under section 3(a)(2.1) and (3) and (b)(9) and (14) of the
Optometric Practice and Licensure Act (63 P. S. § 244.3(a)(2.1) and (3)
and (b)(9) and (14)).

Source
The provisions of this
§ 23.72 adopted June 3, 2005, effective June 4, 2005, 35 Pa.B. 3220.
_____________________________________________________

so, alrighty then............

i called a few of the 'eye care professionals', Monroe Optical, Pearl, Eyeland, as well as MD's that do eye exams.......... talked about my insurance, asked for weekend hours for bernie, then the PD, or pupillary distance........no they won't give that out.......

shit no cause then i would be able to go online and buy the SAME FREEKEN eyeglass you are about to gouge me on for 90% less money.......with a MUCH better guarentee

cause the last glasses we got from Pearl fell the F*ck apart two days after we got them, and we ended up having to crazy glue the lenses in.......

over my DEAD body will we go to Pearl again, and after the others informed me that 'we don't give out PD' hell will freeze over before i go there

as you can see from the quote above

the fact that they won't give this out is apparently illegal!

and yet they get away with it..............so our solution at this point, go out of the insurance network, pay 54.00 at walmart for the exam and get the PD and get the glasses on line

good news is PD doesn't change once your head is done growing........... so we will be ok after that

oh and btw, if you want to check out this glasses on line thing.......

glassyeyes.blogspot.com

do your homework, and make your choices.....

we've made ours

vi