{"id":284,"date":"2009-06-20T15:23:10","date_gmt":"2009-06-20T15:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davidandkathryn.com\/blog\/?p=284"},"modified":"2009-06-20T15:23:10","modified_gmt":"2009-06-20T15:23:10","slug":"specs-appeal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidandkathryn.com\/blog\/2009\/06\/20\/specs-appeal\/","title":{"rendered":"Specs-appeal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-285\" title=\"sculpt60\" src=\"https:\/\/davidandkathryn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/sculpt60-300x96.jpg\" alt=\"sculpt60\" width=\"300\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidandkathryn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/sculpt60-300x96.jpg 300w, https:\/\/davidandkathryn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/sculpt60.jpg 675w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Ok so the title pun has been done 1000 times before.\u00a0 Following my eye test I&#8217;ve needed to get glasses and today Kathryn and I went into town nice and early to see what we could get.<\/p>\n<p>Turned out Vision Express had a special Oakley day on which meant that, unusually for Oakley glasses, they were available at a discount.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-286\" title=\"straightjacket_ls\" src=\"https:\/\/davidandkathryn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/straightjacket_ls-300x114.jpg\" alt=\"straightjacket_ls\" width=\"300\" height=\"114\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidandkathryn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/straightjacket_ls-300x114.jpg 300w, https:\/\/davidandkathryn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/straightjacket_ls.jpg 712w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>I ended up going for two pairs &#8211; one pair of normal spectacles which will be for everyday use and a second pair of sunglasses which also have my prescription in.\u00a0 They&#8217;re the Lance Armstrong Livestrong brand so I think I&#8217;ve probably donated some money to charity too &#8211; they may even help my cycling!<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve got to wait for the sunglasses as Oakley make them up themselves but the normal frames were available on a one hour service so I have them now.\u00a0 Putting them on was very strange as everything went into a sort of tunnel vision but in the centre of the glasses it was like changing from Standard to Hi-def TV.\u00a0 I&#8217;m trying to keep them on now so I can get used to them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ok so the title pun has been done 1000 times before.\u00a0 Following my eye test I&#8217;ve needed to get glasses and today Kathryn and I went into town nice and early to see what we could get. 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