Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
WCDT 2932-2936 (6th to 10th April 2015)
Interlude:
--- Quote from: Stormcrow69 on 11 Apr 2015, 01:10 ---I am new to this discussion board, but a long time reader. I had to make an account finally simply to complain about something minute. :police: I know. I know, who does that? This is the INTERNET!
The point being, as a glasses wearer, one does not simply go to the glasses store, pick out frames, and have them the same night. Unless he is implying that Clinton is the type of person that bought dorky frames that do not require a prescription, although I think he is the only character I could in no way picture doing that.
That is all. Have a nice day.
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We went to the beach with my husband's family last year. My husband handed his mother his glasses for safe-keeping while he taught me how to use the body board. She promptly dropped them. In the ocean. No extra pair. His prescription was expired. We found a place where he was able to have his vision checked/get a new prescription and have a new pair made in less than three hours. And it only took that long because their machine was broken and had to be fixed first. It's possible. Of course, offering same day service close to a beach is just good business sense. The lady who helped us said that it happens a lot.
Mr_Rose:
--- Quote from: Paulina on 11 Apr 2015, 08:19 ---
--- Quote from: WareWolf on 11 Apr 2015, 06:50 ---
--- Quote from: MaxCaine on 11 Apr 2015, 02:58 ---I go to vision express who explicitly offers a 1-hour service, and it's pretty good!
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I've been to several places that offer one hour service....but "not for your prescription, that'll take a week."
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You probably have a prescription that's rarer than most people,or there might be a different reason . I wear prescription glasses and I usually only have to wait an hour ,same applied to my mom and sister before they switched to contacts . My dad on the other hand usually has to wait longer.
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Yeah, most prescriptions are for simple meniscus lenses, which are effectively sections of the shell of an imaginary sphere. These can be churned out en masse for relatively cheap because the two important surfaces only have to have one radius each and people need them in sufficient numbers that mass-production and distribution is cost effective, plus they can be fitted more easily since rotational orientation is irrelevant.
Other kinds of lens, which have two or more radii per surface, are both much harder to make and much less in demand so they will be custom-made for each individual which takes days or weeks depending on numerous factors. Similarly, extremely strong lenses are generally not kept in stock at individual stores (though an extensive chain might see enough custom to keep them pre-made at a central location) as they are similarly uncommon, if no more mechanically complicated than lesser powered lenses.
Kugai:
You're forgetting one thing
This is the QCverse.
Ya know, the one with AI, Robot Companions, an Orbital Space Station/Science Lab owned by the father of one our characters.
One Hour Glasses in this Universe?
Pfffft, drop in the bucket.
Rghfrgl:
Jeph tweeted
--- Quote ---Watching JoJo is rubbing off on this comic I'm drawing
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O..oh gosh.
Is it cold in here?:
There was an optician shop which advertised
"We GUARANTEE we will spend more than one hour making your glasses"
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