Focus Dalies Inside Out

Rosetyler · #1 (**permalink**) 04-29-2008, 04:46 PM

How can you tell if your Focus Dalies are inside out? Is there some kind of printed mark?

psimonk · #2 (**permalink**) 01-04-2009, 06:12 PM

if they don't fit right one way, they'll feel good the other way, I've put lenses in backwards before, it's quite easy to figure out.

DianaR · #3 (**permalink**) 01-04-2009, 07:55 PM

Hold the lens on the tip of a finger and look at it from the side. You should see a bowl shape with no rim.

If you look at it from the side and see a little rim sticking out, the lens is inside out.

Rosetyler · #4 (**permalink**) 08-20-2009, 12:23 PM

I found this video clip where an optician takes a giant contact lens and shows you what it looks like inside out. It's pretty cool.

http://www.ehow.com/video_4431442_tell-contact-lens-inside-out.html

Rosetyler · #5 (**permalink**) 09-09-2009, 04:21 PM

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Originally Posted by skumar

# No contact lens solutions - no lens care hassles
# Start fresh with a new pair of lenses every day
# Inside-out marks help you see if your lens is inside out for easy insertion and removal
# Visibility tint to easily see them in the case and on your finger

# UV blocking approximately 82% of UV-A radiation and 97% of UV-B radiation
# AquaRelease technology reduces symptoms of Seasonal Allergic Conjunctivitis (SAC)
# Lightstream Technology™ produces a contact lens that is barely noticeable on the eye.
# Flexible wear schedules to fit your lifestyle

Well, you barely managed to brush up against answering my question. All I wanted to know about was the inside out thing, not "AquaRelease Technology." That's got nothing to do with my question.

sunshine4 · #6 (**permalink**) 09-10-2009, 10:02 AM

It seems that when you put them in backwards you would be able to tell. If they aren't a perfect bowl shape when you are putting them in, they are backwards. When I put mine in backwards, I know it right away.

Sk8erBoi · #7 (**permalink**) 09-10-2009, 11:58 AM

Here's a picture that I believe I've seen on Lens 101 before. It shows the difference between a "normal" contact lens and one that's inside out.

Many contact lenses have what they call an "inversion mark." It usually says "123" or something profound like that. If the numbers and/or letters are backward, then you know your contacts are inside out.

Rosetyler · #8 (**permalink**) 09-11-2009, 12:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Sk8erBoi

Here's a picture that I believe I've seen on Lens 101 before. It shows the difference between a "normal" contact lens and one that's inside out.

Many contact lenses have what they call an "inversion mark." It usually says "123" or something profound like that. If the numbers and/or letters are backward, then you know your contacts are inside out.

Okay, Sk8erBoi, that sounds great. Thanks for posting the pictures, that really helps.

tech42er · #9 (**permalink**) 09-29-2009, 02:36 AM

I know the Acuvue 1 Days have "123" and I've heard that the Focus Dailies have an "inversion mark" but I've never been able to find it! Has anyone else?

Rosetyler · #10 (**permalink**) 09-29-2009, 09:53 AM

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Originally Posted by tech42er

I know the Acuvue 1 Days have "123" and I've heard that the Focus Dailies have an "inversion mark" but I've never been able to find it! Has anyone else?

Hi tech42er,

It's strange. I tried doing a Google search for "1 Day Acuvue inversion mark" and found all kinds of weird stuff, but not one picture of this mark on the contact lenses. Maybe someone who wears these lenses can put up a picture of an inversion mark for us so we can see what it looks like.

Anyone?

Sk8erBoi · #11 (**permalink**) 12-31-2009, 01:37 PM

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Originally Posted by skumar

# No contact lens solutions - no lens care hassles
* Start fresh with a new pair of lenses every day
* Inside-out marks help you see if your lens is inside out for easy insertion and removal
* Visibility tint to easily see them in the case and on your finger

* UV blocking approximately 82% of UV-A radiation and 97% of UV-B radiation
* AquaRelease technology reduces symptoms of Seasonal Allergic Conjunctivitis (SAC)
* Lightstream Technology™ produces a contact lens that is barely noticeable on the eye.
* Flexible wear schedules to fit your lifestyle

So, Focus Dailies wearers. Have you found this advertisement to be true? Does the "visibility tint" make it easy to "see them in the case and on your finger"?

Are they "barely noticeable on the eye"? Do they "fit your lifestyle?"

Knotlob · #12 (**permalink**) 12-31-2009, 02:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Sk8erBoi

So, Focus Dailies wearers. Have you found this advertisement to be true? Does the "visibility tint" make it easy to "see them in the case and on your finger"?

Are they "barely noticeable on the eye"? Do they "fit your lifestyle?"

I think most contact lenses these days will have a blue visibility tint. I think it helps, especially if you drop the lens in the sink, etc. and I certainly never had/needed an inversion mark on my lenses to ensure I got them the right way in. Never tried the Focus Dailies so cannot comment directly on these.

The tint is so pale , no one will notice it anyway when you are wearing the lens.

knotlob

packerbacker · #13 (**permalink**) 12-31-2009, 03:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Knotlob

I think most contact lenses these days will have a blue visibility tint. I think it helps, especially if you drop the lens in the sink, etc. and I certainly never had/needed an inversion mark on my lenses to ensure I got them the right way in. Never tried the Focus Dailies so cannot comment directly on these.

The tint is so pale , no one will notice it anyway when you are wearing the lens.

knotlob

Thanks for the information, knotlob. I bet that visibility tint comes in handy sometimes.

Dragonslayer · #14 (**permalink**) 12-16-2010, 12:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Knotlob

I think most contact lenses these days will have a blue visibility tint. I think it helps, especially if you drop the lens in the sink, etc. and I certainly never had/needed an inversion mark on my lenses to ensure I got them the right way in.

knotlob

So how can you tell that your contacts are right side out without an inversion mark? Do you do that "bowl" thing where you just look at the shape of the lens?

Knotlob · #15 (**permalink**) 12-16-2010, 03:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Dragonslayer

So how can you tell that your contacts are right side out without an inversion mark? Do you do that "bowl" thing where you just look at the shape of the lens?

Yes, that is what I have always used and never had any problems with the lens inside out because of that.

knotlob

Walkaway · #16 (**permalink**) 12-16-2010, 03:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Dragonslayer

So how can you tell that your contacts are right side out without an inversion mark? Do you do that "bowl" thing where you just look at the shape of the lens?

See post #7 for pictures of that "bowl" thing and you too can spot an inside out lens in a second.

mixa · #17 (**permalink**) 01-05-2011, 04:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Dragonslayer

So how can you tell that your contacts are right side out without an inversion mark? Do you do that "bowl" thing where you just look at the shape of the lens?

Focus Dailies are very hard to tell if they are the right way, the looking at the shape from the side is not reliable as there is virtually no difference either way, even my eye doctor has problems and recomends the taco shell method below....

Put the lens on the end of your index finger and with your other hands finger and thumb try and gently squash the lens from each side..

If it rolls together a bit like a taco shell thats the right way ~~> (_)

If it rolls outwards against itself then thats the wrong way ~~> )_(

Hope that helps anyone struggling to tell the difference.

Fresa · #18 (**permalink**) 01-05-2011, 10:42 AM

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Originally Posted by mixa

Focus Dailies are very hard to tell if they are the right way, the looking at the shape from the side is not reliable as there is virtually no difference either way, even my eye doctor has problems and recommends the taco shell method below....

Put the lens on the end of your index finger and with your other hands finger and thumb try and gently squash the lens from each side..

If it rolls together a bit like a taco shell that's the right way ~~> (_)

If it rolls outwards against itself then that's the wrong way ~~> )_(

Hope that helps anyone struggling to tell the difference.

Thanks for that explanation and those clever illustrations, mixa.

Walkaway · #19 (**permalink**) 01-25-2011, 01:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Fresa

Thanks for that explanation and those clever illustrations, mixa.

So do we know how to spot an inside out contact lens now?

Sk8erBoi · #20 (**permalink**) 01-31-2011, 04:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Walkaway

So do we know how to spot an inside out contact lens now?

I think I'm pretty confident after reading this post. How about the rest of you?

Rosetyler · #21 (**permalink**) 02-17-2011, 04:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Knotlob

I think most contact lenses these days will have a blue visibility tint. I think it helps, especially if you drop the lens in the sink, etc. and I certainly never had/needed an inversion mark on my lenses to ensure I got them the right way in. Never tried the Focus Dailies so cannot comment directly on these.

The tint is so pale , no one will notice it anyway when you are wearing the lens.

knotlob

How did you always make sure that your contact lenses were right-side out without an inversion mark?

Walkaway · #22 (**permalink**) 02-22-2011, 01:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Rosetyler

How did you always make sure that your contact lenses were right-side out without an inversion mark?

Probably by their shape, as seen in post #7 above.

oingoboingo · #23 (**permalink**) 02-22-2011, 05:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Walkaway

Probably by their shape, as seen in post #7 above.

To recap, post #7 says "Rounded edges: lens correct; sharp edges, lens inside out."

Amanda · #24 (**permalink**) 03-18-2011, 08:25 AM

I've not tried the taco shell test, and if there's an inversion mark on Focus Daily, I'm blowed if I can see it!

I also can't see any in the bowl shape of the lens on the end of my finger, whether its inside out or not.

What I've found is that the lens is virtually always the right way round in the packet. Here's what I mean:

Most times, the lens is concave side up in the packet, and that upward concave side is the side that sits against your eye.

Occasionally, the lens has got flipped pancake-fashion inside the pack, so that it's concave-side down. But it will almost never have turned inside out.

So for me, I fit the lens to my eye whichever way it comes out of the pack, turning it over if necessary, but not turning it inside-out, or outside-in.

On those very rare occasions when it may have turned itself inside-out, I can tell within a few minutes of putting it in that something ain't right, and fix it.

Now, putting the right eye's lens in the left eye and vice versa... that's a whole different kind of wrong!

Blueyedblond · #25 (**permalink**) 03-18-2011, 10:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Amanda

I've not tried the taco shell test, and if there's an inversion mark on Focus Daily, I'm blowed if I can see it!

I also can't see any in the bowl shape of the lens on the end of my finger, whether its inside out or not.

What I've found is that the lens is virtually always the right way round in the packet. Here's what I mean:

Most times, the lens is concave side up in the packet, and that upward concave side is the side that sits against your eye.

Occasionally, the lens has got flipped pancake-fashion inside the pack, so that it's concave-side down. But it will almost never have turned inside out.

So for me, I fit the lens to my eye whichever way it comes out of the pack, turning it over if necessary, but not turning it inside-out, or outside-in.

On those very rare occasions when it may have turned itself inside-out, I can tell within a few minutes of putting it in that something ain't right, and fix it.

Now, putting the right eye's lens in the left eye and vice versa... that's a whole different kind of wrong!

Your method sounds very simple and reliable, Amanda. Put your contacts in and if they feel funny, they may be inside out.
How does it feel? Is it a horrible sensation you'd prefer to avoid by checking the lenses before you put them in? Judging by your description, it doesn't sound all that bad. Maybe comparable to putting your shoe on the wrong foot? You know right away that something's not right, but you're not exactly howling in pain.

christ0r · #26 (**permalink**) 04-21-2011, 09:26 PM

Like those above I find my Focus Dailies look IDENTICAL inside out or correct way around. It would be great if they had an inversion marker of some kind. I find the suggestion of putting them in and seeing if it feels horrible to be not 100% helpful!!

The "Taco shell" method as suggested by "Mixa" is brilliant, but I hve one slight change.

With my lenses, when they are the correct way around, the lens does indeed roll around into a taco, forming an O shape.

When it is inside out, it doesn't "roll outwards" (a )_( shape as suggested above) in my experience, but rahter just rolls flat (like a U or || shape).

Either way, Taco is good, flat/outside/no taco is bad!

Thanks!

-c

Aaroncablemom · #27 (**permalink**) 04-22-2011, 10:18 AM

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Originally Posted by christ0r

Like those above I find my Focus Dailies look IDENTICAL inside out or correct way around. It would be great if they had an inversion marker of some kind. I find the suggestion of putting them in and seeing if it feels horrible to be not 100% helpful!!

The "Taco shell" method as suggested by "Mixa" is brilliant, but I hve one slight change.

With my lenses, when they are the correct way around, the lens does indeed roll around into a taco, forming an O shape.

When it is inside out, it doesn't "roll outwards" (a )_( shape as suggested above) in my experience, but rather just rolls flat (like a U or || shape).

Either way, Taco is good, flat/outside/no taco is bad!

Thanks!

-c

Hi christ0r. Welcome to Lens 101.

I realize that as a newbie you won't be able to post pictures for a while, but I was wondering if maybe you can insert the website of a picture that might make your explanation a bit clearer. I'm a little confused by your "rolling outwards" and "rolls flat" descriptions.

joemy · #28 (**permalink**) 04-28-2011, 03:13 AM

they'll feel good the other way, I've put lenses in backwards before, it's quite easy to figure out

Eyeofharmony · #29 (**permalink**) 04-28-2011, 11:13 AM

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Originally Posted by christ0r

Like those above I find my Focus Dailies look IDENTICAL inside out or correct way around. It would be great if they had an inversion marker of some kind. I find the suggestion of putting them in and seeing if it feels horrible to be not 100% helpful!!

The "Taco shell" method as suggested by "Mixa" is brilliant, but I hve one slight change.

With my lenses, when they are the correct way around, the lens does indeed roll around into a taco, forming an O shape.

When it is inside out, it doesn't "roll outwards" (a )_( shape as suggested above) in my experience, but rahter just rolls flat (like a U or || shape).

Either way, Taco is good, flat/outside/no taco is bad!

Thanks!

-c

Aaroncablemom. Let me see if I can make christ0r's post a little easier to understand. When christ0r's contact lenses are inside out, the edges are parallel, like the letter "U." When they're not, they curl into more like a tube, like the letter "C" or "O."

It might be easier too if we agree on what a taco shell looks like. It's shaped like the letter "U."

(While searching for this picture, looking at all those beautifully crafted tacos made me hungry. I think I'll Make a Run For the Border. Anybody want anything?)

mixa · #30 (**permalink**) 04-28-2011, 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Eyeofharmony

Aaroncablemom. Let me see if I can make christ0r's post a little easier to understand. When christ0r's contact lenses are inside out, the edges are parallel, like the letter "U." When they're not, they curl into more like a tube, like the letter "C" or "O."

Mine still fold like this when correct (_)

And like this when inside out )_(

Maybe it depends on the thickness and prescription as to how they fold.
Both mine are -150

And how you fold them, I put mine on my index finger tip and squeeze it with my other hands finger and thumb from as low down as possible.
Some people place it on the palm just below the little finger and use one of the natural creases in the hand to roll the lens by gently closing the hand a little.

Mixa

unclebuck · #31 (**permalink**) 04-28-2011, 12:28 PM

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Originally Posted by mixa

I put mine on my index finger tip and squeeze it with my other hands finger and thumb from as low down as possible.
Some people place it on the palm just below the little finger and use one of the natural creases in the hand to roll the lens by gently closing the hand a little.

Mixa

Thanks for those folding instructions, Mixa. I bet that makes a difference.

Fresa · #32 (**permalink**) 05-10-2011, 03:29 PM

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Originally Posted by mixa

Mine still fold like this when correct (_)

And like this when inside out )_(

Maybe it depends on the thickness and prescription as to how they fold.
Both mine are -150

And how you fold them, I put mine on my index finger tip and squeeze it with my other hands finger and thumb from as low down as possible.
Some people place it on the palm just below the little finger and use one of the natural creases in the hand to roll the lens by gently closing the hand a little.

Mixa

Wouldn't it be easier to recognize an inside out contact lens on site rather than seeing what happens when you fold the contact lenses?

Walkaway · #33 (**permalink**) 05-11-2011, 10:59 AM

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Originally Posted by oingoboingo

To recap, post #7 says "Rounded edges: lens correct; sharp edges, lens inside out."

Thanks for your help oingoboingo. I probably should have recapped that post myself.

mixa · #34 (**permalink**) 05-11-2011, 11:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Fresa

Wouldn't it be easier to recognize an inside out contact lens on site rather than seeing what happens when you fold the contact lenses?

I dont understand what you mean by on site ? please explain.

Mixa

ElaineKramer · #35 (**permalink**) 05-11-2011, 02:18 PM

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Originally Posted by mixa

I dont understand what you mean by on site ? please explain.

Mixa

I think Fresa meant "on sight" meaning "as soon as you see it."

mixa · #36 (**permalink**) 05-12-2011, 02:55 AM

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Originally Posted by ElaineKramer

I think Fresa meant "on sight" meaning "as soon as you see it."

That would be great if it were possible but its so hard to tell, folding isnt ideal but its better and quicker than guessing and having to reinsert if its wrong.

Mixa

John316 · #37 (**permalink**) 05-12-2011, 10:11 AM

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Originally Posted by mixa

That would be great if it were possible but its so hard to tell, folding isnt ideal but its better and quicker than guessing and having to reinsert if its wrong.

Mixa

Yeah, it would be nice to look at a Focus Dailies contact lens and know right away that it's inside out.
Oh well. I don't imagine that these lenses invert very often, so it's not a big issue as far as I know.

Amanda · #38 (**permalink**) 07-20-2011, 10:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Blueyedblond

How does it feel? Is it a horrible sensation you'd prefer to avoid by checking the lenses before you put them in? Judging by your description, it doesn't sound all that bad. Maybe comparable to putting your shoe on the wrong foot? You know right away that something's not right, but you're not exactly howling in pain.

It's not a horrible sensation. It's something like putting your shoes on the wrong feet, only less so. Maybe more like having your T-shirt on back-to-front. You can just feel that the lens isn't as comfortable as it usually is.

As I've worn lenses for longer, I've become less sensitive to this feeling, so that sometimes I've had a lens in inside-out for some hours before I realise there's something wrong.

I think the strength of the feeling may be related to the thickness of the lens: I'm much more aware of my -6.50 lens being inside-out than I am of the -5 lens.

(There you go; you know my prescription. How intimate is that!?)

AceofShades · #39 (**permalink**) 07-20-2011, 10:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Amanda

It's not a horrible sensation. It's something like putting your shoes on the wrong feet, only less so. Maybe more like having your T-shirt on back-to-front. You can just feel that the lens isn't as comfortable as it usually is.

As I've worn lenses for longer, I've become less sensitive to this feeling, so that sometimes I've had a lens in inside-out for some hours before I realise there's something wrong.

I think the strength of the feeling may be related to the thickness of the lens: I'm much more aware of my -6.50 lens being inside-out than I am of the -5 lens.

(There you go; you know my prescription. How intimate is that!?)

Where are you from, Amanda? I noticed that you said "back-to-front" instead of "backwards" and you spelled "realize" with an s. Are you a member of the Glorious British Empire?

Thanks for sharing your contact lens experiences, and your prescription. Quite a few people have shared that information here, so I guess we're a pretty tight group.

Dragonslayer · #40 (**permalink**) 08-19-2011, 01:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Amanda

It's not a horrible sensation. It's something like putting your shoes on the wrong feet, only less so. Maybe more like having your T-shirt on back-to-front. You can just feel that the lens isn't as comfortable as it usually is.

As I've worn lenses for longer, I've become less sensitive to this feeling, so that sometimes I've had a lens in inside-out for some hours before I realise there's something wrong.

I think the strength of the feeling may be related to the thickness of the lens: I'm much more aware of my -6.50 lens being inside-out than I am of the -5 lens.

(There you go; you know my prescription. How intimate is that!?)

You're going to make me blush, Amanda.

John316 · #41 (**permalink**) 08-19-2011, 03:10 PM

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Originally Posted by AceofShades

Where are you from, Amanda? I noticed that you said "back-to-front" instead of "backwards" and you spelled "realize" with an s. Are you a member of the Glorious British Empire?

I guess you watch a lot of BBC, don't you, Ace?

Amanda · #42 (**permalink**) 08-22-2011, 11:30 AM

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Originally Posted by AceofShades

Where are you from, Amanda? I noticed that you said "back-to-front" instead of "backwards" and you spelled "realize" with an s. Are you a member of the Glorious British Empire?

Ah. Busted. You got me good - yes, I'm a Brit.

I'm not sure about being a member. I just live here!

Bondjamesbond · #43 (**permalink**) 08-22-2011, 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Amanda

Ah. Busted. You got me good - yes, I'm a Brit.

I'm not sure about being a member. I just live here!

Maybe we should give you a quiz.

Are you familiar with these items? You might a British if you can define:

A letterbox
A crumpet
A jumper
A bonnet
A snooker table

Finally, do you know the words to "God Save the Queen"?

Carry on.

Amanda · #44 (**permalink**) 08-26-2011, 11:36 AM

A letterbox. That's what you'd call a mailbox. But we make our postmen (mailmen, letter carriers) work a bit harder than yours: a letterbox is usually a slot in the front door, so we don't have to go outside in our pyjamas to collect our mail.

A crumpet. I had one for breakfast this morning. I have no idea how they're made (they're sort of bread-y), but one usually toasts them and has them with honey or butter. Or both. (See also totty, skirt etc for an alternative meaning).

A jumper. Sweater, pullover. A usually woolly garment you put on by pulling it over your head. They often make you itch.

A bonnet. Usually, that's the bit of a car that has the engine under it. It can also be something you wear on your head if you're Scottish or into historical costumes, or the thing you put on a polishing machine.

A snooker table? Isn't that obvious? It's where you play snooker. Don't tell me you folks don't know what snooker is?! (Sigh). It's like pool, only with more balls, a bigger table and much, much more skill and patience.

God save our noble queen
Long live our gracious queen
God save the queen
Send her victorious
Happy and glorious
Long to reign over us (what an apalling rhyme that one is).
God save the queen.

(There are some other verses, but I bet even the Queen doesn't know them).

So, do I get to keep my burgundy passport with the portcullis on the front?

Rosetyler · #45 (**permalink**) 08-26-2011, 01:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Amanda

A letterbox. That's what you'd call a mailbox. But we make our postmen (mailmen, letter carriers) work a bit harder than yours: a letterbox is usually a slot in the front door, so we don't have to go outside in our pyjamas to collect our mail.

A crumpet. I had one for breakfast this morning. I have no idea how they're made (they're sort of bread-y), but one usually toasts them and has them with honey or butter. Or both. (See also totty, skirt etc for an alternative meaning).

A jumper. Sweater, pullover. A usually woolly garment you put on by pulling it over your head. They often make you itch.

A bonnet. Usually, that's the bit of a car that has the engine under it. It can also be something you wear on your head if you're Scottish or into historical costumes, or the thing you put on a polishing machine.

A snooker table? Isn't that obvious? It's where you play snooker. Don't tell me you folks don't know what snooker is?! (Sigh). It's like pool, only with more balls, a bigger table and much, much more skill and patience.

God save our noble queen
Long live our gracious queen
God save the queen
Send her victorious
Happy and glorious
Long to reign over us (what an apalling rhyme that one is).
God save the queen.

(There are some other verses, but I bet even the Queen doesn't know them).

So, do I get to keep my burgundy passport with the portcullis on the front?

Good one, Bondjamesbond.

You know, the thing I really love about this forum is hearing from people in other countries. Now, if I remember correctly, our "My Country `tis of Thee" is sung to the tune of "God Save the Queen," isn't it? I seem to remember a skit on "The Two Ronnies" where one of them (I think it was Ronnie) led the audience in a song and he said it was sung to the tune of "God Save the Queen" and I remember thinking "That's 'My Country `tis of Thee' isn't it?"

Speaking of appalling rhymes, have you heard "Amanda" by Boston?

I'm gonna take you by surprise
And make you realize, Amanda
I'm gonna tell you right away,
I can't wait another day, Amanda
I'm gonna say it like a man
And make you understand, Amanda
I love you

Sheesh.

CLSC · #46 (**permalink**) 08-31-2011, 02:49 PM

Someone put a link to this thread in a post for me. I was glad to read what was posted, and I don't use Focus Dailies, but have the same problem with Accuvue Oasys

Have been told by a couple of people that the "cup shape" or bowl isn't "as obvious on the newer lens as the older Bausch & Lombe"

I don't exactly know what that means, because I'm new to Contacts, just one week now. About having them in, (inside out):

Every single day when I've inserted them I have never felt the slightest discomfort, yet I know I could not have gotten them right every time.

Last night after taking one out I looked for the Inversion Mark (which is on a surprising number of lens by different makers, since I found a website & called an 800 number about it). I just do not have good enough closeup vision to be able to see that mark, also, the bowl or cup shape just isn't so clear to me. Last night that lens was flipping around like a live animal after I got it out.

Does this happen more when the lens is dry?

Wheatgrass · #47 (**permalink**) 08-31-2011, 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by CLSC

Someone put a link to this thread in a post for me. I was glad to read what was posted, and I don't use Focus Dailies, but have the same problem with Accuvue Oasys

Have been told by a couple of people that the "cup shape" or bowl isn't "as obvious on the newer lens as the older Bausch & Lombe"

I don't exactly know what that means, because I'm new to Contacts, just one week now. About having them in, (inside out):

Every single day when I've inserted them I have never felt the slightest discomfort, yet I know I could not have gotten them right every time.

Last night after taking one out I looked for the Inversion Mark (which is on a surprising number of lens by different makers, since I found a website & called an 800 number about it). I just do not have good enough closeup vision to be able to see that mark, also, the bowl or cup shape just isn't so clear to me. Last night that lens was flipping around like a live animal after I got it out.

Does this happen more when the lens is dry?

It's rather unfortunate that you have to have good close up vision to be able to see if your contact lenses are inside out or not. It's like you're having a conversation with yourself that goes like this:

"Are my contacts inside out?"
"Well, look and see if they have that flared edge thing going on."
"Okay . . . um, I can't see the contact lens without my contact lenses in."

Would a magnifying glass help?

CLSC · #48 (**permalink**) 08-31-2011, 03:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Wheatgrass

It's rather unfortunate that you have to have good close up vision to be able to see if your contact lenses are inside out or not. It's like you're having a conversation with yourself that goes like this:

"Are my contacts inside out?"
"Well, look and see if they have that flared edge thing going on."
"Okay . . . um, I can't see the contact lens without my contact lenses in."

Would a magnifying glass help?

Thanks Wheatgrass, yes believe it or not, part of the reason I'm so exhausted today is together with the STRONGEST reading glasses I own, I was using a very good magnifying glass last night (trying to find the inversion mark) I examined the lens for a long time and took note of the edges, which were so bendable and limp that they kept moving and changing.

If only I could show you this brand, you might understand it is probably (from what others have told me) not as obvious. Also my inexperience is probably a lot to blame

I'm going to just read the forum for a while, because I do have confidence that I will be able to do this, but it's going to take practice, and as I said I haven't felt uncomfortable in my eyes once yet since I started using them.

Wheatgrass · #49 (**permalink**) 08-31-2011, 03:59 PM

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Originally Posted by CLSC

I'm going to just read the forum for a while, because I do have confidence that I will be able to do this, but it's going to take practice, and as I said I haven't felt uncomfortable in my eyes once yet since I started using them.

Okay, so sit back, relax and see if you can answer someone else's question on this forum. It's fun to do that.

CLSC · #50 (**permalink**) 09-07-2011, 10:53 AM

As a followup to these posts, I discovered yet another day to tell if a (tinted) lens is in its proper position, or got flipped.

Found a website and it lists all the telltale signs above, but it also says that if your lens is tinted, the tint will be obvious and visible when you have it "right side out" but if it got accidentally inverted, the color of the tint will not be so visible, or even look like it has no tint at all around the edges.

That helped me, along with all the helpful posts here.

I clicked a link here, which has a video and the video stops at a certain point, won't advance. Maybe there are some videos on YouTube about this also. Might check up on that.

Thanks everyone

DebiK · #51 (**permalink**) 09-08-2011, 12:18 PM

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Originally Posted by CLSC

As a followup to these posts, I discovered yet another day to tell if a (tinted) lens is in its proper position, or got flipped.

Found a website and it lists all the telltale signs above, but it also says that if your lens is tinted, the tint will be obvious and visible when you have it "right side out" but if it got accidentally inverted, the color of the tint will not be so visible, or even look like it has no tint at all around the edges.

That helped me, along with all the helpful posts here.

I clicked a link here, which has a video and the video stops at a certain point, won't advance. Maybe there are some videos on YouTube about this also. Might check up on that.

Thanks everyone

Thanks for making this thread 50 posts long. You've hit upon a question that got a lot of people talking.

Walkaway · #52 (**permalink**) 09-08-2011, 02:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Fresa

Wouldn't it be easier to recognize an inside out contact lens on site rather than seeing what happens when you fold the contact lenses?

Yes, it probably would be better to recognize an inverted contact lens right away just by looking at it so you don't even have to fold it.

Dragonslayer · #53 (**permalink**) 09-09-2011, 01:26 PM

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Originally Posted by CLSC

As a followup to these posts, I discovered yet another day to tell if a (tinted) lens is in its proper position, or got flipped.

Found a website and it lists all the telltale signs above, but it also says that if your lens is tinted, the tint will be obvious and visible when you have it "right side out" but if it got accidentally inverted, the color of the tint will not be so visible, or even look like it has no tint at all around the edges.

That helped me, along with all the helpful posts here.

I clicked a link here, which has a video and the video stops at a certain point, won't advance. Maybe there are some videos on YouTube about this also. Might check up on that.

Thanks everyone

So, did you find anything on YouTube?

Did you get distracted like I always do on that site?

yournamehere · #54 (**permalink**) 09-16-2011, 10:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CLSC

As a followup to these posts, I discovered yet another day to tell if a (tinted) lens is in its proper position, or got flipped.

Found a website and it lists all the telltale signs above, but it also says that if your lens is tinted, the tint will be obvious and visible when you have it "right side out" but if it got accidentally inverted, the color of the tint will not be so visible, or even look like it has no tint at all around the edges.

That helped me, along with all the helpful posts here.

I clicked a link here, which has a video and the video stops at a certain point, won't advance. Maybe there are some videos on YouTube about this also. Might check up on that.

Thanks everyone

Thank you for those additional tips, CLSC. I hope they help people.