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53. Getting old sucks but it beats the alternative

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Sat Dec 8, 2018, 05:39 PM

Dec 2018

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Well kids, my ego and vanity took a huge hit today. [View all] Glamrock Dec 2018 OP

I got lineless bifocals earlier this year. Aristus Dec 2018 #1

No man, it ain't. Glamrock Dec 2018 #28

I tried that...... dixiegrrrrl Dec 2018 #105

Damn! Glamrock Dec 2018 #106

Welcome to the club! bitterross Dec 2018 #2

Ain't that the truth. Glamrock Dec 2018 #31

Awww... 2naSalit Dec 2018 #3

I like the way you think 2na! Glamrock Dec 2018 #32

Which color frame did you pick? Donkees Dec 2018 #4

I want one in every color! CrispyQ Dec 2018 #6

Here's what I do PJMcK Dec 2018 #5

Yep, Glamrock Dec 2018 #33

I am farsighted--have been since age 6. I always use my insurance to help pay tblue37 Dec 2018 #92

These are nice ... Donkees Dec 2018 #7

Those are pretty sick! Glamrock Dec 2018 #25

Don't feel bad. zanana1 Dec 2018 #90

Been wearing glasses since early twenties sdfernando Dec 2018 #8

That's not an age issue. Ms. Toad Dec 2018 #27

I get that sdfernando Dec 2018 #34

Less vanity - Ms. Toad Dec 2018 #49

Mty getting older vision changes have one positive note... dixiegrrrrl Dec 2018 #107

The eye doctor my spouse uses told her that - Ms. Toad Dec 2018 #108

I remember. Iggo Dec 2018 #9

Yep 47. Glamrock Dec 2018 #36

Oh, how they laugh! Iggo Dec 2018 #70

The dam has broken. Boomer Dec 2018 #10

That's what Dad said. Glamrock Dec 2018 #37

I'm next lame54 Dec 2018 #11

Bigger print, safeinOhio Dec 2018 #12

Hmmmm Glamrock Dec 2018 #39

Welcome to our collective decline into agism. Ferrets are Cool Dec 2018 #13

No it doesn't seem to be. Glamrock Dec 2018 #40

By the time it's happened (and we admit it), we're not 'getting', we have 'gotten'. keithbvadu2 Dec 2018 #14

I was having trouble reading the text on the pc monitor rickyhall Dec 2018 #15

Nothing wrong being Optically Handicap because age. djacq Dec 2018 #16

HEY GLAM, didn't happen to me til weeks after birth of first child elleng Dec 2018 #17

I began developing cataracts in my 40's. Shrike47 Dec 2018 #19

SORRY about floaters; I've only had a few, occasionally. elleng Dec 2018 #23

I would love to hear how it goes! Lars39 Dec 2018 #104

Well, I made it to 47 Glamrock Dec 2018 #42

HA! elleng Dec 2018 #48

I knows, I knows. Glamrock Dec 2018 #50

Yes, and THANKS! elleng Dec 2018 #52

. Glamrock Dec 2018 #55

at least my eye dr says i am likely to outlive the cataracts i could get. pansypoo53219 Dec 2018 #88

I had to start wearing glasses when I was 5. BigmanPigman Dec 2018 #18

My cataract surgery really improved my sea sickness. I think the curvature on my lenses caused it. Shrike47 Dec 2018 #21

My mother and brother in law BigmanPigman Dec 2018 #24

I started wearing them at 6 myself. Glamrock Dec 2018 #43

My eye doctor told me that glasses are sharper BigmanPigman Dec 2018 #54

That is absolutely not my experience. PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2018 #59

I probably won't know if cataract surgery BigmanPigman Dec 2018 #61

Medicare pays for basic cataract surgery and lenses. PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2018 #63

I have been procrastinating in renewing my ACA Blue Shield BigmanPigman Dec 2018 #64

What was that cute joke posted here. . . "I'm amazed at the number of old people who are my age." pdsimdars Dec 2018 #20

Been wearing glasses since I was 10. TNNurse Dec 2018 #22

Bite your tongue! Glamrock Dec 2018 #65

That's 20+ years in my rear-view-mirror. Ms. Toad Dec 2018 #26

Cataracts next old man!!! 😬😑 LakeArenal Dec 2018 #29

Brutal! Glamrock Dec 2018 #45

You haven't talked to really old people have you? LakeArenal Dec 2018 #71

You can't be that old. Glamrock Dec 2018 #72

I like almost everything you post. LakeArenal Dec 2018 #73

Well hell. I'm flattered. Glamrock Dec 2018 #75

I say a fact's a fact... Which reminded me of... LakeArenal Dec 2018 #76

Kick ass! Glamrock Dec 2018 #78

Call Me Me. Dec 2018 #30

It's nice to be able to read instructions. Turbineguy Dec 2018 #35

Hey, Turbine - go easy on the instruction books. KY_EnviroGuy Dec 2018 #44

Hahahahaha Glamrock Dec 2018 #46

Thanks for sharing - I started using them in my early 40s. KY_EnviroGuy Dec 2018 #38

I was wondering why your old posts didn't have actual words in them. dem4decades Dec 2018 #41

Bwaaaaaaaa! Glamrock Dec 2018 #47

It's ok TEB Dec 2018 #51

Getting old sucks but it beats the alternative underpants Dec 2018 #53

True that, underpants. True that. Glamrock Dec 2018 #56

Wait until the first time you're prescribed multifocals! regnaD kciN Dec 2018 #57

Ha! Glamrock Dec 2018 #66

I highly recommend True Dough Dec 2018 #58

The best reading glasses, in my opinion, PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2018 #60

at 47, your'e late to the party... Phentex Dec 2018 #62

Well that's good to know. Glamrock Dec 2018 #67

Let us know when you start to buy multi-packs JDC Dec 2018 #68

The most important moments of your life are done in the dark Xipe Totec Dec 2018 #69

I didn't mind reading glasses Codeine Dec 2018 #74

I probably need them now. MarvinGardens Dec 2018 #77

You'll be in good company baby! Glamrock Dec 2018 #80

Feeling Old? Dave in VA Dec 2018 #79

Hahahaha! Glamrock Dec 2018 #81

me too EndGOPPropaganda Dec 2018 #82

Sumpin wrong witchoo! Glamrock Dec 2018 #83

Ha! Just wait until you have to Trailrider1951 Dec 2018 #84

Reading glasses and me don't get along LeftInTX Dec 2018 #85

First pair of reading glasses? Ohiogal Dec 2018 #86

Bite your tongue! Glamrock Dec 2018 #87

Good for you! Jane Austin Dec 2018 #89

Lack of vanity? Glamrock Dec 2018 #94

Well, you went for the specs. Jane Austin Dec 2018 #110

Never thought it would happen to me. Harker Dec 2018 #91

Right? Glamrock Dec 2018 #93

In my case, everything beyond 18 Harker Dec 2018 #98

If it's any consolation DFW Dec 2018 #95

It's not needing glasses that's the issue (I started at 6) Glamrock Dec 2018 #96

I'm nearsighted, so I take my glasses off to read. DFW Dec 2018 #97

Once you get "over the hill", the road down the other side panader0 Dec 2018 #99

Yep. That's what I hear. Glamrock Dec 2018 #100

Jesse Jackson once said EffieBlack Dec 2018 #101

Been wearing glasses since I was 4 SallyHemmings Dec 2018 #102

Yep yep Glamrock Dec 2018 #103

I started wearing glasses my senior year of high school. trev Dec 2018 #109

Soon you will have the uncontrolable urge to Hotler Dec 2018 #111