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[Purrrrrrr]

I went to the opticians yesterday and at the grand old age of 64, it's been decided I need glasses. Boo

Apparently, if you are on income-based ESA You can get a voucher towards the cost .. How do you know if you are on income-based? I've looked through my paperwork and can't find anything other than ESA . although I know I am on the income-based one, only because I was on the wrong one for years and didn't know and they finally switched me to the income-based one

What do I need to do to get this voucher? or is that something the opticians sort out?





Edited to say found something that says I am on income-related ESA,, So that's ok. but what do I do now?

 

[candyland_]

You can just tell the optician that you’re on esa and they tick a box and sort it for you.

I went to the opticians yesterday and at the grand old age of 64, it's been decided I need glasses. Boo

Apparently, if you are on income-based ESA You can get a voucher towards the cost .. How do you know if you are on income-based? I've looked through my paperwork and can't find anything other than ESA . although I know I am on the income-based one, only because I was on the wrong one for years and didn't know and they finally switched me to the income-based one

What do I need to do to get this voucher? or is that something the opticians sort out?





Edited to say found something that says I am on income-related ESA,, So that's ok. but what do I do now?

 

[Purrrrrrr]

You can just tell the optician that you’re on esa and they tick a box and sort it for you.

OK, Thank you very much.

 

[JoeBloggs]

I went to the opticians yesterday and at the grand old age of 64, it's been decided I need glasses. Boo

Apparently, if you are on income-based ESA You can get a voucher towards the cost .. How do you know if you are on income-based? I've looked through my paperwork and can't find anything other than ESA . although I know I am on the income-based one, only because I was on the wrong one for years and didn't know and they finally switched me to the income-based one

What do I need to do to get this voucher? or is that something the opticians sort out?





Edited to say found something that says I am on income-related ESA,, So that's ok. but what do I do now?

They work the same as a prescription. You tick the box and they make the claim

 

[Snippysnips]

I went to the opticians yesterday and at the grand old age of 64, it's been decided I need glasses. Boo

Apparently, if you are on income-based ESA You can get a voucher towards the cost .. How do you know if you are on income-based? I've looked through my paperwork and can't find anything other than ESA . although I know I am on the income-based one, only because I was on the wrong one for years and didn't know and they finally switched me to the income-based one

What do I need to do to get this voucher? or is that something the opticians sort out?





Edited to say found something that says I am on income-related ESA,, So that's ok. but what do I do now?

You just let them know an they tick the box, the voucher only covers so much an I don't believe it's for any designer ones either

I myself am only on ESA an I usually go for the glasses at £19 cause those are completly free for me, the ones after it start to cost because even though the voucher says it covers that amount of the I think £40 ones by the time they add things on like the lens an such it actually makes the cost go up an you end up having to pay the excess, so before picking frames I'd ask if the lens is going be expensive or not incase you pick £40 frames thinking your voucher will make that entirely free an you end up with a excess to have to pay

 

[Purrrrrrr]

You just let them know an they tick the box, the voucher only covers so much an I don't believe it's for any designer ones either

I myself am only on ESA an I usually go for the glasses at £19 cause those are completly free for me, the ones after it start to cost because even though the voucher says it covers that amount of the I think £40 ones by the time they add things on like the lens an such it actually makes the cost go up an you end up having to pay the excess, so before picking frames I'd ask if the lens is going be expensive or not incase you pick £40 frames thinking your voucher will make that entirely free an you end up with a excess to have to pay

My frames and everything added* come to £250 or thereabouts. So hopefully the voucher takes it down a little

* didn't get the cheapest varifocals as the actual viewing gap was ridiculously small , I didnt get the next one up either but the one after.
antiglare coating as living down the lanes night driving with these newer headlights is dangeraus and any help is welcome. although many say they don't help ..

 

[Snippysnips]

My frames and everything added* come to £250 or thereabouts. So hopefully the voucher takes it down a little

* didn't get the cheapest varifocals as the actual viewing gap was ridiculously small , I didnt get the next one up either but the one after.
antiglare coating as living down the lanes night driving with these newer headlights is dangeraus and any help is welcome. although many say they don't help ..

I only need mine really for reading, TV an driving to sharpen up the images an I don't drive much so i tried to get as cheap as I could since they aren't fully important to me since my eyes aren't too bad

personally I didn't find the antiglare to do anything for me, they were still the same as my previous that didn't have it, am not sure if its to do with the lens or not, my lens are really thin compared to my mums that are super thick an she said she seen a little difference with having the antiglare on hers

 

[Purrrrrrr]

I only need mine really for reading, TV an driving to sharpen up the images an I don't drive much so i tried to get as cheap as I could since they aren't fully important to me since my eyes aren't too bad

personally I didn't find the antiglare to do anything for me, they were still the same as my previous that didn't have it, am not sure if its to do with the lens or not, my lens are really thin compared to my mums that are super thick an she said she seen a little difference with having the antiglare on hers

Mine will be thin I think.. she said my sight just needed sharpening not for long distances but for reading and driving. My PC monitor is my TV and it's about 7 feet away from me. I think that is where I shall benefit most with as reading posts etc makes my eyes tired from that distance I can still read numberplates from distance but at night trying to focus in on door numbers etc is a problem.

the reason I'm not getting separate glasses is I know I will lose them if I don't wear them all the time. I need things to be a habit.
I might take the antiglare off my order then. I was told it was £10 online but my bill jumped up by almost £40 when that was added.

 

[Snippysnips]

Mine will be thin I think.. she said my sight just needed sharpening not for long distances but for reading and driving. My PC monitor is my TV and it's about 7 feet away from me. I think that is where I shall benefit most with as reading posts etc makes my eyes tired from that distance I can still read numberplates from distance but at night trying to focus in on door numbers etc is a problem.

the reason I'm not getting separate glasses is I know I will lose them if I don't wear them all the time. I need things to be a habit.
I might take the antiglare off my order then. I was told it was £10 online but my bill jumped up by almost £40 when that was added.

You are about the same as me then as that's what am like but yeah I didn't bother getting the antiglare put on my new ones this time just because of how useless they were an it wasn't worth the cost

 

[littlepup]

the reason I'm not getting separate glasses is I know I will lose them if I don't wear them all the time. I need things to be a habit.
I might take the antiglare off my order then. I was told it was £10 online but my bill jumped up by almost £40 when that was added.

I highly recommend glasses direct if you find you need a spare pair.
I usually get the 50% off + free pair deal so two pairs come in around £35. They're not designer but they're really nice and you can mix and match frames, one as sunglasses etc.

 

[Kim Mild]

My frames and everything added* come to £250 or thereabouts. So hopefully the voucher takes it down a little

* didn't get the cheapest varifocals as the actual viewing gap was ridiculously small , I didnt get the next one up either but the one after.
antiglare coating as living down the lanes night driving with these newer headlights is dangeraus and any help is welcome. although many say they don't help ..

I don't like the anti glare coating as it makes my glasses smear more. I'm always cleaning them when they've had the anti glare.

 

[Tommyb]

Maybe the wrong thread but I'm having troubles trying to find a few things. Does anyone have any recommendations for:

Some form of comfy sliders for inside the house. Not fluffy.

A hot drink flask. Id like to take one on my evening walks. Something I can carry easily.


Tia x

 

[Snippysnips]

Maybe the wrong thread but I'm having troubles trying to find a few things. Does anyone have any recommendations for:

Some form of comfy sliders for inside the house. Not fluffy.

A hot drink flask. Id like to take one on my evening walks. Something I can carry easily.


Tia x

Not sure where you are but if you have a shoe zone or deichmanns those are good for those

Usually places like home bargains, B&Ms, the range have a huge selection of drink flasks an with Xmas stock now in they should have even more an they are good price as well

 

[Pesky Tarian]

Maybe the wrong thread but I'm having troubles trying to find a few things. Does anyone have any recommendations for:

Some form of comfy sliders for inside the house. Not fluffy.

A hot drink flask. Id like to take one on my evening walks. Something I can carry easily.


Tia x

I have some TOMS sliders for indoors and they're a dream to wear, still going strong after 4 years !

 

[TwooTwooTwitTwitTwoo]

I don't like the anti glare coating as it makes my glasses smear more. I'm always cleaning them when they've had the anti glare.

That's really interesting, thanks for sharing. I've had to start cleaning my glasses loads as they get really smeared which isn't something I'd noticed before. It actually coincides with when I added the anti glare. I added it to help with reducing migraines when looking at screens and for driving etc but the smearing might actually be causing more of an issue!

 

[littlepup]

Maybe the wrong thread but I'm having troubles trying to find a few things. Does anyone have any recommendations for:

Some form of comfy sliders for inside the house. Not fluffy.

A hot drink flask. Id like to take one on my evening walks. Something I can carry easily.


Tia x

I like the literide crocs, not as chunky as the classic and super comfy. Cheaper and more trendy the Adidas Adilette in ‘comfort’ cloudfoam are lovely and soft (the originals are harder) or cheaper still, pillow slides on Amazon for around £12 - “MUYOGRT Pillow Slides” are great for OH.

Flasks I’ve heard very good things about the brand Chilly’s.
We’ve got a ‘proworks’ food flask which is amazing (great for keeping hot soup, pasta, even cottage pie etc) and I know they do 1 litre bottles for around £15. Both available on Amazon.

 

[Snippysnips]

So bit of a strange one this, an not sure if this is somthing I need to contact police about

A while ago I was woken at around 2am with someone standing opposite my garden, the house looks onto a nature reserve an there's a path that goes round it, thought 2am was a bit of a strange time for someone to be out so watched a bit an they seemed to stand for quite a while with a dulled down torch, so grabbed my phone in the hopes it could focus an grab a pic even though it was dark an they suddenly took off running

Few nights later, same thing although it was around midnight this time, stood for ages with a dulled torch an then walked off, thought perhaps maybe they done nightshift an this is them walking a dog an they were just waiting on it, but then started to realise that they didn't seem to be watching anything other than the houses plus the way they ran off last time didn't feel like they had a dog and also why run off if that's what you were doing

Just got them tonight again, it's 20 to 1 in the morning an definitely no dog, torch was bright an they looked like they were looking for somthing, kept shinning it across the reserve an then towards the house before going back across the reserve then turned off the torch after catching the house windows an walked off with the torch turned off

Am I just being paranoid? Will police even be intrested in this or would I be wasting their time

 

[littlepup]

So bit of a strange one this, an not sure if this is somthing I need to contact police about

A while ago I was woken at around 2am with someone standing opposite my garden, the house looks onto a nature reserve an there's a path that goes round it, thought 2am was a bit of a strange time for someone to be out so watched a bit an they seemed to stand for quite a while with a dulled down torch, so grabbed my phone in the hopes it could focus an grab a pic even though it was dark an they suddenly took off running

Few nights later, same thing although it was around midnight this time, stood for ages with a dulled torch an then walked off, thought perhaps maybe they done nightshift an this is them walking a dog an they were just waiting on it, but then started to realise that they didn't seem to be watching anything other than the houses plus the way they ran off last time didn't feel like they had a dog and also why run off if that's what you were doing

Just got them tonight again, it's 20 to 1 in the morning an definitely no dog, torch was bright an they looked like they were looking for somthing, kept shinning it across the reserve an then towards the house before going back across the reserve then turned off the torch after catching the house windows an walked off with the torch turned off

Am I just being paranoid? Will police even be intrested in this or would I be wasting their time

Sounds like the torch is too dull for lamping/poaching?
We’ve woods nearby & the older generation is convinced anyone there past nightfall is part of a drugs drop/pickup. Apparently one hides them for someone else to find. I’ve always laughed but it sounds plausible in this situation.
It’s the reserve they’re looking at, not the houses right?

 

[Snippysnips]

Sounds like the torch is too dull for lamping/poaching?
We’ve woods nearby & the older generation is convinced anyone there past nightfall is part of a drugs drop/pickup. Apparently one hides them for someone else to find. I’ve always laughed but it sounds plausible in this situation.
It’s the reserve they’re looking at, not the houses right?

No its been the houses past two times I've seen them, they were facing the house with the torch held low so it only really caught the garden, I assumed the touch was dulled down so that if they caught the windows by accident then they didn't alert anyone like they would have if it had been bright, this morning though it was being shone across the reserve before they they turned it to the house but they were holding it low so it didn't hit the top windows, when they hit my window which I assume was a mistake it instantly got turned off an they walked away

I couldn't see it being drugs being hidden, it's insanly busy with people walking dogs during the day an kids out playing an dog walkers start around 5am, an no one else appears during the night/morning after this person until the dog walkers start to come out

 

[littlepup]

No its been the houses past two times I've seen them, they were facing the house with the torch held low so it only really caught the garden, I assumed the touch was dulled down so that if they caught the windows by accident then they didn't alert anyone like they would have if it had been bright, this morning though it was being shone across the reserve before they they turned it to the house but they were holding it low so it didn't hit the top windows, when they hit my window which I assume was a mistake it instantly got turned off an they walked away

I couldn't see it being drugs being hidden, it's insanly busy with people walking dogs during the day an kids out playing an dog walkers start around 5am, an no one else appears during the night/morning after this person until the dog walkers start to come out

Ah ok, I was thinking it was a quiet/rural type area. Sounds dodgy - I don’t think it would hurt to inform the police as a non-emergency.