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Halfunit

Sunday, November 02, 2003 - 03:12 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Kady, I'm guessing they are no longer available. There IS one on eBay right now, at $9.99, and the auction ends in 4 days.

LINK

ed to add: Dang, that is one fast Weiner!

Kady

Sunday, November 02, 2003 - 03:15 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I put it on my watch list on e-bay. THANK YOU!!!

Sia

Sunday, November 02, 2003 - 09:58 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Tabbyking, the one I had as a kid was called the "Footsie" and it was fun! If I tried to do that now, however, I'd break my ankles for sure!

Ohbrother

Monday, November 03, 2003 - 01:33 am EditMoveDeleteIP
OMG- Those things were fun. I would love to try it again, but my boobs just can't handle that. Not as perky as they once were (darn it).

Remember the Pogo stick, Easy Bake oven and Chrissy and Giggles dolls? AAhhh, the good ole days!

Bonnyswan

Monday, November 03, 2003 - 06:19 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Kady....if you arent able to get the lemon one, another version of that toy is called a "skip-it" They sell them at any toy store and maybe even Walmart. The one I had as a kid counted how many rotations it did!

Denecee

Monday, November 03, 2003 - 10:18 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I had one of those lemon twist as did all the cool girls in my school. I also had a Pogo stick, my brother could pogo for 1/2mile.
Ouch! The memories!

Kady

Monday, November 03, 2003 - 11:19 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks Bonny...I'll look for a skip it. I mainly want to get it for my son for exercise. He is a couch tater like me and needs a fun way to get moving. I bought him a jumprope the other day and was shocked that he couldn't do it. With some practice, he his a little better but we need some new variations of exercise so it won't become boring.

Tabbyking

Monday, November 03, 2003 - 04:10 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
kady, play hopscotch with him! get him some sidewalk chalk and make the big hopscotch squares. then whatever trinket he wants to use to 'pick up'...i loved hopscotch as a kid. the boys did, too, because our little pleated catholic school skirts flipped all the way up and over when we leaned over to get our trinket! they all wanted to see panties. i do recall (and my sister swears it was me, and i swear it was gina s.) but one of us second graders didn't wear undies one day 'to fool the boys'. hullo?! :)

Sia

Monday, November 03, 2003 - 09:13 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Tabbyking, you wild woman, you!! ROTFL @ you not "really remembering" which of you brazen little girls went to school sans panties! Sure, I'll buy that for a dollar.
laugh

Lucy

Tuesday, November 04, 2003 - 10:27 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I need contact lens help
I got contacts a week ago today (first time wearer), and I'm really having problems putting them in my eyes. When I do finally get them in they feel weird (dry, I guess) the entire time I have them in (3-4 hrs). After I take them out my eyes feel better, but they are sore. Of course that's probably because of trying to jam the darn things in my eye for half an hour. Yesterday I even spent time trying to remove a lens that wasn't even in my eye, it was on the floor!!!

Is this going to get easier and will wearing them get more comfortable in time? I'm not sure if I should call the Optometrist. My follow-up appointment isn't until next Tuesday. Thanks in advance for any words of wisdom!

Marysafan

Tuesday, November 04, 2003 - 11:57 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Lucy, trust me...it will get easier. Right now, your eyes are treating your lenses as if they were foriegn objects, they will get used to them. It's like wearing a ring on a finger for the first time. After a while you forget it is there, but at first it feels "funny".

Inserting your lenses will also get easier, but like anything else it takes practice. Make sure you have a good hold on your eye lids as it sounds like you may have a strong blink reflex. If you feel like you may need more training...by all means call the doctor's office. He wants you to be successful.

In time you will devolp the skill to insert them easily and you will know whether they are in or out. It just takes time and practice...and everyone is different.

Hopefully, your doctor gave you some re-wetting drops. Use them as often as necessary. After a while you won't need them as often.

Gidget

Tuesday, November 04, 2003 - 12:32 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
It does get easier in time. Re-wet drops are a godsend.
Oh and be sure to blink. I know that sounds nuts, but especially when you are in front of the computer you may not blink enough.

Lucy

Tuesday, November 04, 2003 - 12:32 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Mary, Thanks so much for the great information you provided. The doctor did give me some other drops, but I didn't understand when I was suppose to use them. Now I know, thanks to you!

The other hard part for me is that I've never worn glasses full time, just reading glasses (+2.00). My distance vision was always better than 20/20, but now I have a very slight correction for that (+1.00). My doctor has given me a near CL for the left eye and a distance CL for the right. I think that is adding to my frustration because I can't see that well either!!

Putting them in today was a little easier. I tried a different technique than what I was taught, where I just pull the lower lid down. You're right I do have a strong blink reflex and I've always hated putting drops in my eyes.

Thanks again!

Gidget, Just saw your post..Thanks for your tips too!! The computer and driving seem to be the most difficult for me. Shopping on the otherhand is much easier. Maybe that's what I should do, go shopping!!! Thanks!

Tabbyking

Tuesday, November 04, 2003 - 01:05 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
lucy, i have had my reading contact (left eye only) for more than 6 months and i still have trouble putting it in. sometimes i can't get it out, either! i rub my poor eye til it's red and sore and can't get that soft lens to roll to the corner and pop out. i used to try and pick it off my eye, but once you have pinched your eyeball and seen stars, you don't want to try that again!
i can only wear it for maybe 2 or 3 hours, so i only put it in if i am going to sit and read for a few hours. sigh.....
but, and this is a big but LOL, most people do not have ongoing problems! you should be okay, if you are in the majority:)
one thing that is hard, is i cannot tell the 'bowl' from the 'saucer' shape without my reading glasses on! (kinda defeats the purpose...?) and it's also hard because they tell you to put a lot of the solution in the lens so it will adhere to your eye but not stick 'dry'. well, the liquid makes the lens go flat and flip off my finger. i am forever picking up the lens from my shirt front, sink, or lower lip.

Lucy

Tuesday, November 04, 2003 - 01:34 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Tabby, I can relate to everything you just said, including pinching my eyeball!! Today I'm just wearing the near CL to see if that makes my overall vision better (plus I didn't want to fight with the other eye today). Everything seems so shadowy, and is not nearly the vision I have with just my reading glasses on! I hope things improve for you and for me!!

Cjr

Tuesday, November 04, 2003 - 01:57 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Lucy, I have worn contacts for 12 years now and I promise, it will get easier. I won't go into detail on what I did trying to get out a contact that was not in my eye when I first got them. It was horrible and very painful.

I have never been able to put the lenses in while looking in a mirror like the eye Dr. showed me. No matter which eye I am putting the lens in, I always put the lens on right index finger and pull lower lid down with left index finger. I look up and the contact pops in every time. Good luck. You'll find a way that works for you.

Lucy

Tuesday, November 04, 2003 - 02:36 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Cjr, You're right, your method of putting the lenses in is much easier than the one where you put your arm and hand over your head and wrestle your top and bottom lid open. My face and eyes will never be the same!! I still think it's weird shoving something in your eye and then 'sweeping' if off with your index finger and thumb!!

Tabbyking

Tuesday, November 04, 2003 - 08:37 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
lucy, i agree that the vision, for me at least (and they have changed the strength 3 times and the lens brand twice to try and remedy this) is not as clear as when i wear my 'cheaters'...cheap doctor dean edell magnifying/reading type glasses i get at k-mart! if i am on the couch in excellent light, it's okay, but if i am on the treadmill and trying to read, i have to use my cheaters or i can read a line every 20 seconds or so. the focus is just not right.

Marysafan

Wednesday, November 05, 2003 - 11:44 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Lucy, how is it going with the new lenses?

I just want to add one thing. Keep in mind that the near prescription is set for a certain distance. Usually about 14 inches. When you are reading a book for example it is easy to bring the reading material into focus because you can easily move the book to the right distance. A omputer is a bit more challenging...because instead of moving the monitor...you will need to move YOU. So try moving up and back just slightly to see if that improves your focus.

Hope that helps. At any rate...your doctor has scheduled a follow up appointment. Please bring your concerns to his/her attention. He/she may need to make adjustments based on how you use your lenses.

Good luck!

Tabbyking

Wednesday, November 05, 2003 - 12:03 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
marysafan, well, that would explain the difficulty in trying to read while using the treadmill. the book is probably 18 or 20 inches away. it annoys me and my hands go numb if i have to hold a book or magazine up to read it, rather than resting it on the handlebar. my optometrist never mentioned just what distance the 'near' one would work! i also cannot wear it while driving. when i have to look left for oncoming traffic before pulling out onto the highway, i see only a blur because that eye has the contact in it! definitely only good for sitting in one place and being able to have what i am reading close enough to me. i am wondering about contacts bifocals, though. i tried to wear glass bifocals and they made me carsick. i got totally nauseated and i couldn't shake it!
i wonder if lasik can be done just for needing to be able to read things? and what it costs? i have excellent distance vision, so it's only for looking at a recipe or reading a book or trying to read my grocery list (when i use my glasses to write the list and then forget to take my glasses to the store! i am too embarrassed to ask people what my list says! LOL)

Lucy

Wednesday, November 05, 2003 - 12:26 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hi Mary..Bad morning with the contacts, thanks for asking. I tried and tried to get them in today, and when I finally got the near lens in it ran away into the bowels of my eye!!!LOL!! Just about shot through the roof in agony. Yesterday I sat at the computer with the near lens in but not the distance. Then I put my reading glasses on and I could see a little better. Sort of defeats the purpose of wearing contacts though!!

Tabby, You and I sound like two peas in a pod!! I may decide that my reading glasses aren't that bad after all. I'll just get myself a chain and hang them around my neck. I'm the same way as you are at the grocery store if I forget my readers!!

I'm looking forward to my follow up appointment on Tuesday, although I'm worried that I won't be able to put the darn things in that morning. They told me to have them in an hour before my appointment..guess I'll have to get up really early!

Sia

Wednesday, November 05, 2003 - 12:33 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Anyone know where I can get a two-tiered booster shelf to put under a television so that it can accommodate both a DVD player and a VCR? Thanks a lot!!

Draheid

Wednesday, November 05, 2003 - 01:09 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Sia: Based on the fact that you just posted in another thread your impending acquisition of satellite, you need to also consider the receiver required for that service along with your DVD & VCR in this. I would recommend a full 'Entertainment Center' to house all your equipment and leave room for expansion into surround sound stereo, etc. should you ever choose to add that later (or already have it). There are many available on the market so choosing would require you to assess your needs, available space, and then shop around for what fits both for you.

Sorry that isn't much help. If you would like to provide more details about what all you want to have in the system and what the approximate dimensions are of each piece, I may be able to find a few examples online to show you.

Justme

Wednesday, November 05, 2003 - 03:57 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
This might not be the right place for this question but...I need help! Can anyone translate this English statement into French for me? "Please contact me with any questions. Have a good day" Trying to impress one of my buyers in Quebec. Thanks!!

Texannie

Wednesday, November 05, 2003 - 03:58 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
try this link
http://translation2.paralink.com/