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I went to Pearle Vision some years back when my glasses broke, with my prescription in hand. They do the measurements, etc. A week later the glasses arrive. I put them on, and I can't get both eyes focused at the same angle. Tech ends up bending the ear pieces down so that the tops of the glasses are tilted away from my face, noticeably. I go back the next day, get a more senior person, and he carefully measured my eyes and the glasses, and discovers they put the pupil/center in the wrong place on the left lens. Since I have astigmatism, that's pretty important. So they fixed that, gratis. Still, it was three weeks with my old glasses.
So, sometimes you get what you pay for.
So, sometimes you get what you pay for.
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04-30-21, 07:17 PM
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I've listened to a lot of FM, because the companies I worked for understood the importance of rock music in the lab, so part of outfitting a lab was buying the stereo.
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04-30-21, 07:20 PM
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04-30-21, 07:21 PM
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04-30-21, 07:24 PM
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In the 80s I listened to FM during the day but in the night I had to get my Larry King fix on AM. I'd also often check to see if conditions were right for me to get KGO in S.F. or KSL in Salt Lake.
04-30-21, 07:26 PM
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Just found Eyebuydirect.com
My best friend swears by them, might pick up a second pair for back up.
My best friend swears by them, might pick up a second pair for back up.
04-30-21, 07:27 PM
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04-30-21, 07:30 PM
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You should be listening to classical music in the lab because it makes you smarter.
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At one point, I was working on an assay that was terribly repetitious, but required me to be paying very close attention to what I was doing. I'd wait till everyone else was done in that lab, then go in and put on Red Hot Chili Peppers, really loud, because it blocked out everything else while not demanding my attention.
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04-30-21, 07:36 PM
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04-30-21, 07:37 PM
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Today's ride was motivated by not having done a ride in all of April. I didn't feel that good but better than the past Two days. I'm gonna be paying the price for a while unless the meds kick in and tamp down the pain. My fitness is really terrible. This year is going to be a bad one.
Today's ride was motivated by not having done a ride in all of April. I didn't feel that good but better than the past Two days. I'm gonna be paying the price for a while unless the meds kick in and tamp down the pain. My fitness is really terrible. This year is going to be a bad one.
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04-30-21, 07:39 PM
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04-30-21, 07:41 PM
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I went to Pearle Vision some years back when my glasses broke, with my prescription in hand. They do the measurements, etc. A week later the glasses arrive. I put them on, and I can't get both eyes focused at the same angle. Tech ends up bending the ear pieces down so that the tops of the glasses are tilted away from my face, noticeably. I go back the next day, get a more senior person, and he carefully measured my eyes and the glasses, and discovers they put the pupil/center in the wrong place on the left lens. Since I have astigmatism, that's pretty important. So they fixed that, gratis. Still, it was three weeks with my old glasses.
So, sometimes you get what you pay for.
So, sometimes you get what you pay for.
04-30-21, 07:46 PM
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1) sports talk/play-by-play
2) other talk radio
3) news stations
4) religious
5) music
04-30-21, 07:51 PM
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04-30-21, 07:52 PM
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Programming is probably lamer than it used to be though.
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My AM radio listening was either to WHP in Harrisburg - every goddam morning, Dad listened to the Ron Drake morning show, loud enough for everyone in the pretty large house to hear. Drake played the same relatively small set of songs FOR YEARS - or to WSBA in York, which played Top 40 stuff.
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04-30-21, 07:54 PM
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You're in luck. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWVA_(AM)
Programming is probably lamer than it used to be though.
Programming is probably lamer than it used to be though.
04-30-21, 08:14 PM
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04-30-21, 08:16 PM
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You're in luck. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWVA_(AM)
Programming is probably lamer than it used to be though.
Programming is probably lamer than it used to be though.
https://www.iheart.com/live/wwva-4848/
Some guy preaching right now.
04-30-21, 08:18 PM
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