What things bother you the most?

gaijinmark wrote: Is that anything like perennial vision? :headscratch: [/list:u]

depends what kind of mushrooms we're talking about...

gaijinmark wrote: Is that anything like perennial vision? :headscratch: [/list:u]

Plant vision?? :headscratch:

I'm bothered that there was a conversation about contacts/glasses and I wasn't here to join in. :(

bmwracer wrote:EDIT: After a quick five-minute soak and rinse in my lens case using my multi-purpose solution, they feel a whole lot better... :victory:

Those multi-purpose solutions can cause eye infections because they tend to have a lot of preservatives, so we don't recommend them. Clear Care is a good disinfectant that is recommended. But you'll need saline solution if you're just going to soak them for a few minutes...

EDIT2: I thought there was a contact lens/glasses thread... I guess not. :sweat:

Seems like there's a ton of eye-related posts going on. Maybe someone should create it. :mrgreen:

Anime Dad wrote:

Ooh! Go for colored ones, or ones that make your eyes like a cat's eyes ;)

I tried colored lenses before, but it didn't look natural. Yeah, a Japanese person with blue eyes....go figure. :beaten:

On topic: I tried making my family watch Kuitan, but they ended up not paying attention and having conversations instead. I sometimes get stuck watching what they want to watch and end up liking it, so I wonder why they don't give my shows a chance. That really irks me. :grumble:

sadacori wrote:
I tried colored lenses before, but it didn't look natural. Yeah, a Japanese person with blue eyes....go figure. :beaten:

Another of my daughter's friends bought green contacts. They looked cool too. And she's Korean :D

On topic: I tried making my family watch Kuitan, but they ended up not paying attention and having conversations instead. I sometimes get stuck watching what they want to watch and end up liking it, so I wonder why they don't give my shows a chance. That really irks me. :grumble:

Exactly the problem I have. Mrs A.D. watched Kuitan for 5 minutes, said "the acting's not very good, is it?" and walked off.. :banghead:

Anime Dad wrote:Another of my daughter's friends bought green contacts. They looked cool too. And she's Korean

Actually, I looked ok in gray contacts, but I didn't think the clarity was that great. Maybe because I need toric lenses for astigmatism and they were spherical.

Exactly the problem I have. Mrs A.D. watched Kuitan for 5 minutes, said "the acting's not very good, is it?" and walked off.. :banghead:

Argh! I hate that. That's ok though. We just have to think that it's our own little secret or guilty pleasure. :)

sadacori wrote:

Argh! I hate that. That's ok though. We just have to think that it's our own little secret or guilty pleasure. :)

Ssssh! Don't say any more ;)

Anime Dad wrote:

Ssssh! Don't say any more ;)

About what? *looks back and forth* :ashamed:

sadacori wrote:

On topic: I tried making my family watch Kuitan, but they ended up not paying attention and having conversations instead. I sometimes get stuck watching what they want to watch and end up liking it, so I wonder why they don't give my shows a chance. That really irks me. :grumble:

I know what you mean - I got my sister to watch Golden Bowl and Kisarazu's Cats Eyes. I picked those because she would understand some pop culture references and has a weakness for bowling. For my brother, I picked GTO as the manga and anime are huge over here. :victory:
From the feedback I got, Japanese dramas are slow-paced and a lot of people hate subtitles. Well the J-drama world is all ours then I guess :mrgreen:

EstherM wrote:
Well the J-drama world is all ours then I guess :mrgreen:

It's their loss :metaldevil:

Just to follow up on the previous posts; While I love watching dorama, I have no interest at all in manga or anime. (Gomen, Keps :ashamed: ) I guess it's just a matter of personal taste.

gaijinmark wrote:Just to follow up on the previous posts; While I love watching dorama, I have no interest at all in manga or anime. (Gomen, Keps :ashamed: ) I guess it's just a matter of personal taste.

Or a matter of brainwashing in my case :hehe: - in the 80ties when TV was finally deregulated a lot of private channels with no money bought all the (then cheap) Japanese shows/animes for kids. :mrgreen: :victory:

sadacori wrote:I'm bothered that there was a conversation about contacts/glasses and I wasn't here to join in. :(

bmwracer wrote:EDIT: After a quick five-minute soak and rinse in my lens case using my multi-purpose solution, they feel a whole lot better... :victory:

Those multi-purpose solutions can cause eye infections because they tend to have a lot of preservatives, so we don't recommend them. Clear Care is a good disinfectant that is recommended. But you'll need saline solution if you're just going to soak them for a few minutes...

I didn't start using multi-purpose solutions until about a year or so ago: you can't find (or it's nearly impossible to find) non-preserved saline and/or the daily cleaner for soft lenses... I was reluctant to change, but I had no choice.

I'm well aware of the downsides of multi-purpose solutions (e.g, Bausch & Lomb), but I'm pretty meticulous about cleaning and keeping things clean when it comes to my contacts... :victory:

EstherM wrote:From the feedback I got, Japanese dramas are slow-paced and a lot of people hate subtitles. Well the J-drama world is all ours then I guess :mrgreen:

The weird thing is some of them watch certain Jmovies (horror) and another watches the dramas they show on KIKU, but they had absolutely no interest in Kuitan. Maybe they just have to be alone to watch and concentrate on the subs, I have no idea.

bmwracer wrote:
I didn't start using multi-purpose solutions until about a year or so ago: you can't find (or it's nearly impossible to find) non-preserved saline and/or the daily cleaner for soft lenses... I was reluctant to change, but I had no choice.

I'm well aware of the downsides of multi-purpose solutions (e.g, Bausch & Lomb), but I'm pretty meticulous about cleaning and keeping things clean when it comes to my contacts... :victory:

I hate that they don't have the aerosol saline solutions in stores anymore. Some lame excuse that we got was that they didn't want to ship them to Hawaii because they exploded in the boxes. Hello??? They've been shipping those type of stuff for over 20 years, and there was never a problem before. Makes me wonder how the heck they can send hair spray, bug spray, and paint in aerosol type of cans here. And now I found out that it's hard to find in the mainland too? Yikes. At least we found a place to get it now, but you have to order a minimum of 12 cans. :sweat:

Back on topic: Carrot juice. The after taste is so gross. :bleh:

Wynter wrote:Back on topic: Carrot juice. The after taste is so gross. :bleh:

I like carrot juice! When I was going to law school right near Philadelphia I would go to this Chinese juice stand that was in the Reading Terminal Market and my then Chinese girlfriend and I would always get strange combinations of fruits and vegetables in juices.. like cilatro, carrot, cucumber, and grapefruit :mrgreen: The sweet Chinese lady who owned it always thought we were nuts.

phlargo wrote:

I like carrot juice! When I was going to law school right near Philadelphia I would go to this Chinese juice stand that was in the Reading Terminal Market and my then Chinese girlfriend and I would always get strange combinations of fruits and vegetables in juices.. like cilatro, carrot, cucumber, and grapefruit :mrgreen: The sweet Chinese lady who owned it always thought we were nuts.

I make my own juice, or someone in the family squeezes it. Carrot and celery...

sadacori wrote:I hate that they don't have the aerosol saline solutions in stores anymore. Some lame excuse that we got was that they didn't want to ship them to Hawaii because they exploded in the boxes. Hello??? They've been shipping those type of stuff for over 20 years, and there was never a problem before. Makes me wonder how the heck they can send hair spray, bug spray, and paint in aerosol type of cans here. And now I found out that it's hard to find in the mainland too? Yikes. At least we found a place to get it now, but you have to order a minimum of 12 cans. :sweat:

I used to always use the CooperVision (?) non-preserved saline, a daily cleaner, and enzyme tablets, but they all disappeared off the shelves in favor of the multipurpose solutions, so what choice do you have? :puppydog:

bmwracer wrote:
I used to always use the CooperVision (?) non-preserved saline, a daily cleaner, and enzyme tablets, but they all disappeared off the shelves in favor of the multipurpose solutions, so what choice do you have? :puppydog:

Enzyme tablets are outdated. Now they come with a disc at the end of the contact lens holder thingy. Look "Clear Care" up. It's basically the same concept (disinfects the lenses overnight), but without the hassle of a tablet. :) You probably know this, but be sure not to put the liquid from the bottle straight into your eye or it'll burn like hell. But it's safe to put the lenses in your eyes after the fizzing effect ends (process takes about 6 hours or so).

sadacori wrote:Enzyme tablets are outdated. Now they come with a disc at the end of the contact lens holder thingy. Look "Clear Care" up. It's basically the same concept (disinfects the lenses overnight), but without the hassle of a tablet. :) You probably know this, but be sure not to put the liquid from the bottle straight into your eye or it'll burn like hell. But it's safe to put the lenses in your eyes after the fizzing effect ends (process takes about 6 hours or so).

Eh, I don't even bother with that... The multipurpose solutions claim that there's an enzymatic action, so secondary enzyme cleaning isn't necessary.

After reading all those posts, i'm beginning to feel lucky I don't have to use glasses or contacts.

But that is going to come to an end soon. Small text is getting increasingly fuzzy to me :sweat: