All4Eyes 03 Jul 2009, 12:39
Specs4ever: And good ones they are, too. You've outdone yourself. 8-) I do like Dieters latest as well, though they aren't new, I'm so happy for Logan!
specs4ever 01 Jul 2009, 17:09
Dieter's stories are not new ones, but I see that mine are.
Cactus Jack 01 Jul 2009, 17:07
Bobby,
I think you accidentally loaded the May 2009 version of your site.
C.
Bobby 01 Jul 2009, 10:12
Stories website has been updated.
specs4ever 24 May 2009, 06:18
I too think it is number 3. But they are really well done. Usually I can blow up a morph to a very large size and see the difference in the pixels where the glasses have been cut and pasted, but I can't find that in either 1 or 3, and only a little bit in 2.
Andrew 23 May 2009, 11:12
I think it's number 3.
Robert 22 May 2009, 17:10
My guess, it´s girl 2
Bobby 22 May 2009, 11:13
Well, the first prize cannot be a date with the girl. Even if it were, she lives far far away from most of you. 8-)
But after a few rounds of the contest there might be some prize, I think. (wink-wink)
lentifan 21 May 2009, 15:53
Wouldn't it be lovely if those who guessed right won a date with the girl as a prize?
Tim 20 May 2009, 21:18
I agree with the general concensus that 3 is the real one. However, I really wish 1 had been around when I was active on the musical scene around 30 years ago!
A. 20 May 2009, 17:58
Well I think the girl 1 is real!
Oscar 20 May 2009, 17:08
I think it's Girl 3 who is real. Great morphs though, whichever one it is.
still 20 May 2009, 16:55
girl 3, but the morphs are really good!
Wurm 20 May 2009, 15:56
My guess: the eyepatch girl.
nickweymouth 20 May 2009, 13:37
mm 3 i think
lentifan 20 May 2009, 12:04
Bobby. I think Girl 3 is real.
They all look gorgeous.
Galileo 20 May 2009, 06:59
Hi Bobby, that is really hard! They are all very good. I will say number 2 is real.
Micha 20 May 2009, 03:40
Bobby,
I think, girl3 is real.
Bobby 20 May 2009, 03:21
The question is:
Whicj of the 3 girls is REAL?
Peter G 20 May 2009, 03:00
Bobby,
thank you for the new stories, always appreciated.
Girl 2 is the morph (I hope)
Peter G
BOBBY 19 May 2009, 19:28
erm, the link is http://bobbygoc.sweb.cz
you may answer the quiz here or by e-mail.
BOBBY 19 May 2009, 19:25
May 2009 update: 3 new stories and a quiz about pictures.
OttO 19 May 2009, 08:36
Nice idea, but it probably wouldn't work unless registration were required (with an ISP email address)and with each person always using the same name. The reason being that very quickly the thread would become more fiction than fact.
patagonia 19 May 2009, 00:47
i like the idea...let's do it! very interesting...
sum1wholovesgirlswithglasses 18 May 2009, 08:26
Wurm i was wondering if a specific thread dedicated for introductions could be created where people can write anything about themselves such as country gender age hobbies/interests when/how people had discovered eyescene if someones myop hyper or presbyopic they must include their eyeglasses prescription as well it would be great to know where eyesceners are writing from,folks what do y'all think of this suggestion?
RXologist 15 May 2009, 14:55
Links (as many as you like) can be posted here -
http://focusedeye.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=media
They will be displayed on the page itself.
BTW, I opened this forum two years ago, to complement wonderful Eyescene, but had no time to moderate it. If someone's interested in maintaining it, let me know and I'll send you the Admin password.
Tom Shea 15 May 2009, 14:35
Well of all the nerve and unmitited gall. Where the Hell do you get off Mister, talking to me (or anyone for that matter)like that when I addressed you in a civil manner? I don't know how you where you were raised pal, but your mother should have washed your snotty mouth out with lye soap.
FYI my "problem" isn't anything you listed. But YOUR problem is that have a God complex. And thank God you can only exercize it here on your crummy little web page.
There is a lot I could say re: your "the way I weld 'authority'". but frankly sir, you're just not worth it. Because what you are is a legend in your own mind.
I think the late actor James Stewart said it best when speaking to Lionel Barrymore in 'It's a Wonderful life' "In the whole scheme of things, you're nothing but a little spider". To which I'll add, you're a little creep!
Wurm 15 May 2009, 07:14
Given your M.O., I'm assuming you're Tom Shea.
My short reply is no. No, I'm not going to unblock your various ISPs. No, I'm not going to stop deleting your posts.
Your problem isn't with me and the way I wield authority. Your problem isn't that the wrong guy got elected president. And your problem isn't that a teacher was cruel to you or that a woman rejected your advances (or whatever).
Your problem is that you have given up on yourself.
I'm not really all that different from you. People who just don't get it piss me off. Then I get mad and shoot myself in the foot.
So I have to keep my focus on making today one of my "good days". Everyone has good days and bad days, right?
Good luck.
everything's fuzzy 14 May 2009, 13:54
I'm not sure why Chris Mitchell, the webmaster aka "WURM" banned me (my ISP) from posting. But if you have a reason, sir you might let me know the reason. As this will save me the trouble of using another's computer and ISP.
Thanks
PS: hoping to hear from you soon;
tkotonite@gmail.com
Specs4ever 12 May 2009, 19:46
Hey Dieter, thanks for the compliment. I have not been able to continue it as yet, but it is on my to do list.
Dieter 12 May 2009, 14:11
Specs4ever,
I just got around to reading your April stories. Though I appreciate your warning at the end of "Never Too Old", please, let there be a sequel. It was much too fun to end there.
Andy 12 May 2009, 05:32
Here is a link to the wayback machine: http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://wurm.laughingsquid.net/cgi-bin/threadsbypost.cgi
There are some page from several years back.
Val 12 May 2009, 04:52
I have saved the Lots Of Links thread in 09 April 2009. Maybe someone has a newer version.
I've uploaded it on easy-share: http://www.easy-share.com/1905150778/LOLapr09.zip
11 May 2009, 04:13
can we download the history of LOL?
Wurm (Admin) 02 May 2009, 04:52
The "Lots of Links" thread has been deleted as per my announcement on that thread some weeks ago.
I've bumped up the permitted number of links per post from 3 to 4. I also doubled the total post size allowed from roughly 600 to 1200 words.
Links with no accompanying text are now subject to deletion (I've put a reminder on the posting page). Please give at least a brief description for your links. At minimum that should sum up the subject matter and why you found it notable.
Forums are easy to set up (lots of hosting packages come with them). If you were a big fan of link posting and want to set up a new site for them you're welcome to link it here.
All4Eyes 08 Apr 2009, 16:04
Bobby: Ah, I always knew I came from a parallel universe, thank you for the magazine covers from my homeland! (Actually, I have a theory that Heaven is a parallel universe, now I'm thinking perhaps it is this one!).
sourgrapes 03 Apr 2009, 18:22
Real! That makes the picture so much better. :)
lentifan 03 Apr 2009, 17:30
Thank you for that interesting explanation, Bobby.
The 'real young woman' is a real beauty - much more attractive than the normal Cosmo cover.
I did think it was an excellent morph!
Bobby 03 Apr 2009, 17:08
Thank you for your compliments, but I do not deserve them. The Cosmopolitan Cover with Carmen is not a morph. It is just some pink and yellowish letters over a real photo (by courtesy of Misiak) of a real young woman. Let's call her Carmen to protect her real identity. I am authorized to tell you her prescription: it is -33 dptr.
sourgrapes 03 Apr 2009, 16:55
I saw that one, too. It's quite a good morph
lentifan 03 Apr 2009, 16:17
http://bobbygoc.sweb.cz/parallel/cosmo%20carmen1.jpg
That's the morph I meant.
lentifan 03 Apr 2009, 16:15
It's always a pleasure to see your update each month, Bobby.
The morphs are excellent (thanks to Mishak)especially this one.
If only all ladies looked like this!
And, of course, two more intriguing stories from spec4ever. How does he keep up such an excellent standard?
Stan 03 Apr 2009, 14:03
p.p.s. Wow, Bobby, never mind, I just found the "lecture". Sorry I brought it up. That's about a year's worth of traffic in a couple of days.
Stan 03 Apr 2009, 13:59
p.s. About the keratoconus, I think that most of us who have wished for high myopia would agree that the problem (?) with that disease, even if it were bottled and sold to us, is that the irregular cornea makes good vision difficult even with correction. Speaking for myself anyway, even my "fantasy vision" would have to be correctable.
Stan 03 Apr 2009, 13:55
Bobby, I find that the language tools on Google are quite good and I am able to participate to some degree in a couple forums that are not in English, the only language I know. Perhaps your photographer friend would be able to use those tools to participate in EyeScene.
I never saw your web site before today but I was immediatey drawn to your messgage to Guest. I took a look around some of the recent ES posts for the "lecture" you referred to but did not find it. Is it still online? I don't want to get you updet by reminding you of it, whatever it was, but I'm just curious what that person said to get your dander up.
Have a good day.
Bobby 03 Apr 2009, 11:50
To Galileo: Yes, he did.
To Gwgs: See this link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keratoconus
it describes a disease that cause this high myopia.
gwgs 03 Apr 2009, 08:57
Lentifan and others - I too have corresponded with someone who had suffered a disease in her early teenage years and she said her myopia has short through the roof her since then. I think it has stabilised now where she has an eye exam every year and it may increase by a diopter or two but this is nothing compared with her teenage years. There was no cure for this and nothing to help stabilise the consistent growths either.
She must be in her 30's now and from my last correspondence with her a few months ago she was -24.5. She told me that her myopia wouldn't stop increasing, her several months she would find her glasses would be to weak for her and she would have to go back for another eye exam and then new lenses etc.
I too didn't think to ask what the disease was - it may sound rather cruel but I wish they could bottle it and sell it though!!
Galileo 03 Apr 2009, 05:12
Hi Bobby, I'm not a regular visitor to your site, but happened to go there today. I guess "Guest" really upset you! :)
Bobby's site got updated 02 Apr 2009, 17:58
The April update is here. 2 new stories by Specs4ever and some pix by Bobby (by courtesy of Misiak). The link is as always: http://bobbygoc.sweb.cz
Bobby 16 Mar 2009, 18:19
Misiak has a website, not too interesting for OO people, but those who like good sport photos may enjoy it: http://www.mvsportphoto.sk/sk/
he also made following pictures for this optic shop web site:
http://www.eurooptik.sk/fotogaleria.php
Bobby 16 Mar 2009, 18:04
I do not know what diease it is. Misiak, the photographer, mentioned a kind of disease or syndrome in the phone call. Sorry, I cannot remember the name. I did not ask about any details as it did not seem to me to be unbecoming to ask too much. The photographer suffered the injury in 2001 when he was racing a fast motor boat.
lentifan 16 Mar 2009, 16:46
I loved the photos of Barbara in your update, Bobby. A new object of desire for many of us.
I should say, too, that once again Specs4ever astonishes us with the creativity he continues to bring to his stories.
And I liked, too, the contribution of your new contributor RJ. It was a good story. Might we look forward to further adventures of this couple? At any rate I hope he continues to write.
lentifan 16 Mar 2009, 16:41
Like Puffin, I would be fascinated to know what is the disease Barbara contracted and also what type of injury the photographer suffered.
Puffin 16 Mar 2009, 15:08
oh wow, what's the disease?
Bobby 16 Mar 2009, 12:57
If you could understand Slovak (the TV station is from the Slovak Republic), you would get to know that the photographer's eyes started worsening after an injury. He does not do GOC. I exchanged several e-mails with him during the last two monthes and spoke to him by phone today. He would like to take part in our discussion, however he never leart English. (He told me he has started his lessons recently.)
The model suffers from a kind of disease since her early childhood a side effect of which is severe nearsightedness. She definately does not wear GOC.
I hope the photographer will share some more pictures of Barbara in the future.
16 Mar 2009, 09:43
Or an extra twist: maybe he does GOC
Puffin 16 Mar 2009, 09:32
I wonder if the model is wearing a spare or old pair belonging to the photographer?
Bobby 16 Mar 2009, 02:40
The man who shot the pix of Barbara:
http://televizia.joj.sk/tv-archiv.html
Look at the Kalendar on the right side of the screen. The month is Marec 2009 (in eng. March 2009), click the 8 in the Ne (Sunday) column.Now there is a list under the "Kalendar", click "Crepiny PLUS". Watch the video. This photogrpher wears very strong glasses too.
Puffin 14 Mar 2009, 13:36
I remember when over -50 was just for dreams.
Bobby 13 Mar 2009, 21:12
The March update has been made. There are 3 new stories and 5 new pictures (really special) on my website:
Bobby 18 Feb 2009, 12:09
4 new stories at http://bobbygoc.sweb.cz
Bobby 13 Feb 2009, 06:49
The February update is going to be uploaded on Monday 16. If any of the authors want his or her story to be included, please send it to my mail till Monday morning Central European Time
Dieter 01 Feb 2009, 13:23
MJ,
Thanks, I have a pretty good start on it. I hope to have it finished by the Feb. or March update.
MJ 01 Feb 2009, 08:07
Dieter
Look forward to reading the next installment of Logan's Obsession. When will it be ready ;)
Slit 25 Jan 2009, 16:01
Three cheers Dieter!
Loved the story of Payton and keep on moving!
Bobby 24 Jan 2009, 10:16
Updated. There are 4 new stories. Sorry for the delay. (too busy)
russell 16 Dec 2008, 13:40
Thanks, Wurm, for removing the posts on the Actors thread.
russell 14 Dec 2008, 07:30
I, too, feel that the posting of the links was not a deliberate ploy to post porn. I think that the links were either posted forgetting that they contained porn or thinking that the porn would not be offensive. I'm saying that I found it offensive and would like future posters to think before posting. (And I think the offending posts should be removed by our esteemed site administrator.)
Puffin 14 Dec 2008, 06:36
I don't think that misplaced link was deliberate on the part of the poster.
Cut-in UK 13 Dec 2008, 23:56
Well said, russell. I totally agree with what you say. I am not against porn in another place, and for those who enjoy it. The argument, for me, is about quality and the focus of this site.
The problem is this is a site for glasses enthusiasts, and the porn understandably and invariably focuses on "the act" rather than the glasses. It sidelines the eyewear and also annoys me that at least half the lenses are plano or ill-fitting 'readers'. There is nothing worse than a pretty girl in cheap and nasty glasses being less than tastefully portrayed as a victim. If it bores me, what must it do to the many optically-erudite lady contributors to this site.
A little discerning self-censorship wouldn't be out of place. It would demonstrate that O-O's appreciate a level of quality and relevance.(I notice that many of these postings are anonymous; another telling fact about the care and selection process !)
I've bored you all now. Apologies, but no regrets.
russell 13 Dec 2008, 14:09
I suppose this is the right place for a comment of this nature, since this thread is for site feedback. Here's my concern: On the ACTORS thread, three links to pictures of actor Hugh Laurie were posted. The problem is that the links are to porn sites that then lead to the pictures. I don't visit Eyescene for porn, and, in fact, I try to avoid pornographic sites. It bothers me that these links were posted on Eyescene, for there are all sorts of people who view these boards, and some may be offended, as I was. I realize that there are sometimes links to U-tube videos that are "adult" in nature, but U-tube has a warning and requires a password to view these. The links to the pics of Hugh Laurie gave no warnings at all that they were porno links. I have no objection to anyone who wishes to (and freely chooses to) view pornography. But I don't think that Eyescene is the place for it.
Slit 10 Dec 2008, 05:57
Nice one by Glasses for Everyone!
Bobby (stories) 09 Dec 2008, 16:20
Update! 2 stories by S4E and the previously rejected story by Gls4every1. (Sorry, that was a mistake.)
goto: http://bobbygoc.sweb.cz
diva 01 Dec 2008, 00:25
Can you tell us where those stories actually are?
I haven't really read much of this but can't be bothered trawling through all the authors to find out :)
Puffin 30 Nov 2008, 18:07
I've been reading the stories too.
glassesforeveryone - I once had an idea about a mermaid who was high myopic out of water (and presumably magically equipped with legs too)
but like a lot of ideas, no time.
Dieter - liked the Peyton story and the Sarah story.
Glad to see we're getting away from the lists of prescriptions. I tend to avoid precise presciptions in my tales because they get in the way of the story... anyway I prefer stories about the effects of glasses, poor vision, etc.
Still struggling on with Dear Diary VI. It's got lots of squinting in it.
Some odd stuff. Kirsty dreams a lot.
Someone from the past. More squinting.
Louise gets a new girlfriend. etc etc
Dieter 29 Nov 2008, 12:19
Slit,
Thank you for the kind words and the suggestions. I had never considered a continuation to Peyton's story . . . . . until now.
Slit 29 Nov 2008, 08:59
Dieter,
This is a very special congratulations for your growing skill in developing nice glasses stories, especially addressing audience of plus glasses and multifocal category.
Fantastic Friday was fantastic with nice plot and smooth introduction of the glasses in to the story... I believe this story will have more episodes coming up, such as how Peyton deals with glasses and her active lifestyle, about the new admirers she has got as well as how her life evolves with relationships and family etc.
Wish you the best!
lazysiow 29 Nov 2008, 03:49
Wow, fantastic follow up. I've been waiting for this for awhile and it did not disappoint! I think it's a truer "Glasses story" than many of the -40D ones we've had recently.
I've finally started drifting away from ES, it's very dry compared to the Fantasy Optical days that I remember...
Yoyo 27 Nov 2008, 10:04
Yeah, frankly I prefer the stories that don't get too far into technical details about eyesight (amounting to a lot of reciting of prescriptions) or far-fetched plots about rapidly-increasing myopia and -20 Rxes.
This one is down-to-earth, believable, and has likable characters. Nicely done!
Julian 27 Nov 2008, 09:06
Yes, I loved the rest of the Sarah story too. Not *quite* sure why Bobby thought it wasn't O-O enough; the glasses are pretty pivotal to the plot. But what the heck, we owe him so much for maintaining that great collection of glasses fiction, who can criticize?
guest 25 Nov 2008, 13:10
Glassesforeveryone,
Can I just say that I loved the second part of the Sarah story, I think I love her.
I don't want to spoil it, but it really moved me - a really sad story. Not sure why Bobby rejected it but I don't mind as I loved it!
Keep em coming!
Peter G 25 Nov 2008, 08:30
To Bobby and the avid story writers - thank you very much for all your efforts and contributions. I look forward to a new batch of stories every month, and get downright antsy if they are not posted by the middle of the month. Please keep the stories coming in, I certainly enjoy them.
glassesforeveryone 25 Nov 2008, 01:45
Hi Guest,
I did write a follow-up story to Sarah's story, but this was the story that Bobby rejected on the grounds of not being OO enough.
I have found a blogging website where I have managed to post this. http://clearblogs.com/glassesforeveryone/176386/Sarah%26%23039%3Bs+Story+2.html
So, you can read the story which was 'Banned by Bobby!' [apologies for the blatant sensationalising there].
Glasses is very much a core part of the story, but it is not the heart of the story. If you enjoyed the first Sarah story then you should enjoy this one.
Dave 24 Nov 2008, 19:12
glassesforeveryone - wonderful story!! BTW, a myope swimming underwater without goggles oftentimes experiences clearer vision since the water pressure can flatten the cornea just a bit thereby lessening one's myopia. I'm a -2 and notice the phenomenon.
Bobby 24 Nov 2008, 18:09
I received the e-mail with Dieter's story on 21st Nov, late night, actually 10 minutes to midnight (CET), and I opened the file next morning. When I was reading the Logan's Obsession for the first time, I was literally biting my nails. So similar the story is to my own personal history (see http://bobbygoc.sweb.cz/texts/about_me.htm).
I am sure many of us can identify with the Deiter's text. Thank to Chris we can share what we have in common here in this community.
Pete 24 Nov 2008, 14:57
I cannot believe how Logan's Story completely mirors all my own bizarre (at the time)thoughts, fears, feelings and actions as a young man growing up a total Optic Obsesive. Sounds as though there are many among us with similar operational views as young O~O's....
Strangly compforting and yet weird that ive never acctually been able to find anyone with the same O~O background - face to face during my whole life - ive only ever discussed it on here.
Bobby 24 Nov 2008, 11:45
On Sunday 23rd November 850 unique visitors visited my website http://bobbygoc.sweb.cz ro read the stories and to look at the morphs. Thatk you all who visited, your interest in the website is my main reward. Bobby
Guest 24 Nov 2008, 02:20
Glassesforeveryone, I liked your latest story, but what about continuing the Sarah story? Come on, I need to know if she'll make a comeback!
Mark One 23 Nov 2008, 22:19
Agreed about "Logan's Obsession." Dieter outdid himself. I'm looking forward to the next installment also.
Katy 22 Nov 2008, 11:15
I love 'Logan's Obsession' - I can't wait for the next part! It reminds me of when I was young - terrified of the school eye tests, fascinated by people getting glasses, and with a pair hidden in my room that I had found in a drawer! :-)
Bobby (site update) 22 Nov 2008, 08:56
OMG typo:
the link is:
(I am tired.)
Bobby (site update) 22 Nov 2008, 08:52
I have just updated my story site. there are 6 new stories and 2 new morphs.
Unfortunately this time I had to refuse one of the stories I was sent ... for the first time this year ... as it was not OO enough. the link is http://bobbgoc.sweb.cz
Stingray 17 Nov 2008, 15:30
Wurm: On the home page under Links: Outbound Destinations, how about a link to Bobby's website? He certainly contributes a lot to this site and deserves a link. Thanks for your consideration.
Visitor 06 Nov 2008, 06:21
Hey, does anyone know if/when Lens Chat changed? I tried logging in with my previous username and pasword, but it doesn't accept them.
Bobby 01 Nov 2008, 12:10
Yes, I have. A man from my country visited Eyescene regularly few years ago, contacted me and me met several times as we live in the same town. Two years ago I met a man who liked the stories that are translated into Czech on my website. We met once n pub near my place. Actually he does not read Eyescene because he cannot read English. One of my former girlfriends knows Eyescene (I showed it to her) and probably visits it from time to time. My present GF knows I read Eyescene every day, ut I do not know how often she checks what I write here. Plus! I have a neighbour who is glasses fetishist for 90%, I would like to speak about the issue and show him Eyescene, but I have not been with him to a pub yet (he goes to a pub to another neighbourhood, I donno to which one). However, is English is poor.
So, having this topic here, I call:
JSOU TADY NEJAKY CESI? PROSTE MI NAPISTE NA MAIL. ZADNEJ PROBLEM.
ehpc 01 Nov 2008, 09:34
Yes I have VFL. Although at the time we both knew we were fellow-conributors. Pete
Galileo 01 Nov 2008, 08:43
Hi VLF, I actually find that a bit scary, only my last two girlfriends know about my little obsession. So no - as far as I know - I never met anyone connected with OOism
VFL 01 Nov 2008, 07:46
Have any of you ever met anyone whom you believe may be a fellow visitor to this site?
Galileo 31 Oct 2008, 21:42
Eyescene still comes up first on my Google serach
31 Oct 2008, 15:11
are we that controversial?
EyeTri 31 Oct 2008, 14:53
I checked Dog Pile, and Eye Scene is there.
Guest 31 Oct 2008, 11:52
Yes.....It was removed from Google listing
sourgrapes 31 Oct 2008, 08:26
is eyescene off google? I always got here by typing it in, was the first hit, now it's gone. it's on yahoo, though
Dieter 30 Oct 2008, 06:54
Andy,
Now you have me thinking of Steve Martin's Grandmother's Song - "be obsequious, purple, and clairvoyant" - and way off topic.
Andy 30 Oct 2008, 04:16
Dieter this is going to be a difficult story according to the definition on Wikipedia.
A sycophant (from the Greek συκοφάντης sykophántēs) is a servile person who, acting in his or her own self interest, attempts to win favor by flattering one or more influential persons, with an undertone that these actions are executed at the cost of his or her own personal pride, principles, and peer respect. Such a manner is called obsequiousness.
In ancient Greece the word was the Athenian counterpart of the Roman delator, a public informer. In modern Greek the term has retained its ancient classical meaning, and is still used to describe a slanderer or a calumniator.
In Obert Skye's Leven Thumps series of children's books, "sycophant" also refers to a race of small furry creatures whose job is to aid people who have entered Foo.
Alan the Sycophant was a bit character in the comic strip Dilbert by Scott Adams.
Dieter 29 Oct 2008, 08:33
glassesforeveryone,
No, I was laughing at your statement "As for the content, well all I can say is that death no longer holds any fear."
Now, if one of us can just work the word sycophantic into an eyescene story . . . . .
glassesforeveryone 29 Oct 2008, 08:00
I should have said indistinguishable from a lot of GOOD novels! I read what I'd written again and my comments certainly had a double meaning.
Dieter 29 Oct 2008, 07:28
glassesforeveryone,
I hold no judgements for your wonderful flattery, but your comments made me laugh! My cubicle neighbors in my office probably think I'm a psycho - oh well, I bet they already thought that.
Thank you and thanks to Slit for his previous post.
glassesforeveryone 29 Oct 2008, 05:30
I've only just got around to reading Dieter's latest creation. I've got to say, whilst trying to avoid sounding sycophantic, that your writing is excellent - the quality is indistinguishable from a lot of novels.
As for the content, well all I can say is that death no longer holds any fear.
Slit 13 Oct 2008, 09:02
Dieter!
Excellent story! you have a lot of good potential! Keep it up!
Doreen 13 Oct 2008, 00:46
VFL: thank you for these kind words. it's always good to hear when someone appreciates my work :)
VFL 12 Oct 2008, 07:26
I'm still trying to catch my breath after Doreen's last few. It is like the song Killing Me Softly. Something about finding all my letters and reading each one outloud.
Specs4ever 12 Oct 2008, 06:32
Hey Dieter, I will accept your compliment. However, you gave me one before I was able to tell you how much I enjoyed your most recent story. I think Field Of Vision was one of the best stories I have read. It is nice to see others writing stories, because honestly I am running out of ideas, and even I realize that some of my tales are a little "stale". Keep up the good work. We need the variety.
Dieter 10 Oct 2008, 21:12
Specs4ever,
I enjoyed reading your new story "Back From the Future". I've often thought that is the general direction our civilization is headed. Not sure if that's good or bad. I just know that I wouldn't enjoy living in a world that doesn't include sexy glasses.
Bobby - stories updated 07 Oct 2008, 05:20
My story site has been updated. There are:
2 new stories by Specs4ever, 1 new story by Dieter (still in Other Authors section, although I think he will deserve his own section soon), 1 new story by Julian in the MIG section (Jules should have his own section too, what do you think?), 1 new morph in Random Pix 2008, a sad looking Latina with myodiscs. The link is http://bobbygoc.sweb.cz
Wurm 06 Oct 2008, 09:40
Something about the text you are trying to post must be hitting a spam-filter then. I can't think of any other explanation, since you are able to post here just fine.
Try posting something else to Post Your Prescription.
Slit 06 Oct 2008, 02:25
Thanks wurm,
But it still doesnt work. I tried clearing up my cookies also without a result.
but i shall wait and try later. may be this is a short term error.
Wurm 05 Oct 2008, 20:21
Works OK for me, Slit.
I put up a test post to that thread, and it went through OK (I think I'll delete it now though).
Slit 05 Oct 2008, 19:17
Hi Wurm,
I am trying to make a posting on the "Post your prescription" thread and it doesnt work.
Please look in to it.
Thanks in advance!
Puffin 05 Oct 2008, 11:18
Thanks, that's very kind of you. What's the puppy called? Make sure he gets a bone or whatever puppies eat. :-)
All4Eyes 05 Oct 2008, 08:41
I seem to recall a certain fish-eating bird is having a birthday today-Happy Birthday Puffin! BTW, your puppy character in my novel is having lots of fun playing with GWGs 8-).
I ALWAYS make passes at guys who wear glasses, Marie
Tomx 02 Oct 2008, 20:29
Please tell us some more about that biased as hell, sawed-off, worthless, little midget, Katie Corrosive.
Myopic Grant 01 Oct 2008, 22:02
I have a new pair of glasses with transition lens' in them, and I put them directly in the sun on my deck today for a few minutes to see how dark they'd get. I brought them in after that and put them back in their case. When I got home after work I checked them, and they still have just the slightest bit of tint left in them, and I know before they were completely clear. Has anyone had this same experience, and does it ever go back to completely clear, or are the lens' defective? Thanks for the help...
Slit 30 Sep 2008, 09:02
Hm... I understand it now.
Admin wanted this to freeze at this level and not to go in to the he risk of receiving any negative postings about palin.
Anyways, hope to see more pix of her on web.
Some of the girls in my office are also talking about Palins glasses! Seems fashion is spreading to asia too!
Ted 30 Sep 2008, 09:00
Slit, Wurm posted this at the top of the page.
I've locked this thread, leaving it at a (hopefully) informative place for the many searcher for Sarah Palin glasses information who are coming through. - Admin
Slit 30 Sep 2008, 08:54
Hi Wurm.
The "Post a message" link is missing on the "News Personalities" thread.
Did u remove it by purpose?
nzoptic 29 Sep 2008, 13:22
re earthquake. I am in New Zealand. the eathquake was located at the Kermadec Islands 1000km north east of New Zealand, there have been aftershocks, tsunami are not predicted as they were 350km deep. It appears it was not really felt in New Zealand. There are (apparantly) about 10 conservation people working on the islands
Tomx 29 Sep 2008, 09:25
THERE WAS JUST NOW A 7.3 MAGNITUDE EARTH QUAKE IN NEW ZEALAND.
DOES ANYONE HERE RECALL NIKKI WHO USED TO POST HERE ON EYESCENS? SHE LIVES IN NEW ZEALAND.
Wurm 28 Sep 2008, 14:05
I don't personally feel the political posts on here merit much attention, so I haven't accorded them very much. Sometimes it's easier for me to just revert to a prior version of a thread instead of trying to do a surgery job on it. This is already covered in the FAQ.
I've locked the News Personalities thread and rolled it back to the post that most searchers appear to be looking for (ES is getting a notable traffic boost from people who want info on Palin's frames). I will make it available again at some point.
Good luck to all partisans with your respective candidates and philosophies.
Tit4Tat 28 Sep 2008, 07:51
I guess its OK to bash people on the right of the political spectrum here on EYESCENE. But to do the same to those on the left side of the political spectrum will lead to one's post being deleted.
Now I understand and agree 100% that this site is not for political statements. As it should be. So it is my hope that the administer of this site please remove ALL post of a political nature, including this one but not exclusively this one or only those leaning to the right while keeping those on the left.
PS: there is a plethora of political blogs of all political leanings on the internet. I trust at least this one can remain above the political frey.
Jennifer 16 Sep 2008, 11:57
Glassesforeveryone, great story! It was appealing for those of us that typically like mig stories. Can you develop your "Steve" character. I would love to learn more about him. What a great story!
lazysiow 15 Sep 2008, 20:36
Agreed on all of the... below lol.
Eagerly awaiting sequel/followup now :)
Slit 15 Sep 2008, 14:31
glassesforeveryone,
it is a fine story! very high quality in terms of:
1. Flow
2. Connections
3. Connection of theoritical & practical knowledge of optics
4. Realistic progression of eye sight
I am looking forward to seeing the follow up stories. Curious about what will happen to Sarah, whether she will have progressing hyperopia (or latent hyperopia coming out), needingmore help to see up close and consider bifocals, social challenges as a young bifocal/plus glasses wearer, the impact of glasses on sports, her family life & romance... wow!
A lot of things to come up... and eagerly waiting!
Curt 15 Sep 2008, 13:44
glassesforeveryone: I agree...great job! There are so many stories out there about people wearing strong minus lenses; it is nice to read a story about a hyperope every once in a while. You have a fine writing style, and the dialog between your characters is very realistic and true-to-life.
Keep up the good work.
Charles 15 Sep 2008, 11:43
Great story, glassesforever! Keep at it, please.
Dieter 15 Sep 2008, 09:50
glassesforeveryone, I enjoyed the detailed "interplay" and dialogue between your characters. Also glad that I motivated someone to do anything (LOL)! Keep it up.
glassesforeveryone 15 Sep 2008, 09:06
Thanks for all the positive feedback.
You're absolutely right about Becca - it was meant to be a little twist as you'd expect her to behave a little better than that.
That said I have 2 more stories in my head which follow this (intro) story. One that focuses on what happens next for Sarah, including Becca (a little) and then one which focuses on Becca a few years later and how their paths cross again. These two stories won't focus so much on the glasses though - although they are definitely a key theme. (Just got to try and find the time to write more)
I am really glad you liked the story - I was motivated to try to write it after reading Dieter's recent story.
Don't give up on Becca...
Julian 14 Sep 2008, 19:12
Yes, I was kind of disappointed in Becca at the very end of the story; right up till then she was a really nice girl, but then she behaved right out of character. I know it's only a story, but still...
Puffin 14 Sep 2008, 14:38
I enjoyed that too. Different from the usual fare.
lazysiow 14 Sep 2008, 10:15
PS any Sarah's out there? I'm practically in love with her at this point ;)
lazysiow 14 Sep 2008, 09:43
That story by GlassesForEveryone is amazing. Ive been getting a bit tired/jaded of the latest round of stories but that one is my new favourite. All the little details like Sarah being unable to see outside of her glasses and her gradual progression, not of her prescription but her adaptation to her glasses really make the story stand out. The only thing I'm disappointed by is Becca's character being too quick to change, you would think she would know better but anyway I hope there is a sequel. Now Becca needs her come uppance. Maybe she'll get an eye infection and not be able to tolerate contacts anymore, wonder what her new "friends" will think of her then. Sarah could get a larger frame that hold better and give her more peripheral vision and make a comeback :)
Puffin 12 Sep 2008, 07:31
Hey Bobby (and all others who might be interested), I'm still working on Dear Diary VI.
Bobby - update 12 Sep 2008, 05:09
erm erm ... I forgot to provide the link
Am really I getting that old and absentminded?
Bobby - update 12 Sep 2008, 05:06
I have just finished the update of my story website. There are 2 new strories by S4E, 6 new stories by Doreen, 1 new story by GlassesForEveryOne, and a very special text: Wannabe by Gordo A Gordo, who gave me his kind permission to publish his new film script Wannabe on my website. I would like to thank all the authors for their effort and for the possibility to enjoy fruits of their talents.
Wurm 28 Aug 2008, 22:09
Looks like someone copying text out of a chat log. I've cleaned it up. Thanks for the report.
Cactus Jack 28 Aug 2008, 17:36
Wurm,
We are suddenly getting some strange posts that are seemingly game related. Any ideas?
terrie 21 Aug 2008, 13:16
Regarding "How long have you been with EyeScene:" I've been a lurker here for about a year after discovering the site in March '07. I've also had a fascination with glasses, girls with glasses and such, and like some others felt myself to be "wierd in some way" about it; I've had glasses since grade school (now -4.75) and so was elated to find ES. Thanks, Wurm and you others, for keeping everything going--and interesting.
Bobby 19 Aug 2008, 00:28
bobby dot laurel at seznam dot cz
RBK 18 Aug 2008, 18:25
Hey, I started to write a story. However I kinda stink at it....can anyone give me an email or faceboook address?
High Minus Dude 18 Aug 2008, 13:28
Totally agree with glassesforeveryone. Dieter's story is brilliant!
Galileo 18 Aug 2008, 07:51
Another nice tactful response Wurm :)
glassesforeveryone 18 Aug 2008, 04:20
I've just been reading some of the new additions to Bobby's site. I've got to say I thought Dieter's Entrapment? story was fantastic.
I wish there was a way of making such fantasies a reality!
Thanks to all the contributors to Bobby's site, I love reading all the stories.
Wurm 17 Aug 2008, 19:51
Clare, you are using a set of addresses that is blocked from posting due to someone 'running characters' i.e. lots of bogus posts.
Please email me if wish to discuss this further for any reason: lensman00@go.com
Galileo 15 Aug 2008, 21:43
Wurm and Clare - I had that problem once, it turned out to be the security settings on my PC which were blocking the posting page
Wurm 15 Aug 2008, 13:38
I think Clare means that she can't post to this site.
I'm looking into the issue, and should be able to offer more information by the weekend.
Bobby 15 Aug 2008, 13:31
I have just checked the website if everything is OK. The website is up and running. Well, it is rather slow in showing pitures.
Clare, try this link
http://bobbygoc.sweb.cz/s4e/index.htm
it should send you just on the main page with Specs4ever's stories.
What browser do you use?
Clare 15 Aug 2008, 12:48
Hi all. I can't post to the site from my pc. Does anyone have any idea why that might be? When I select post the page never appears. Please help! Thanks
Bobby 13 Aug 2008, 15:34
Thank you, Slit.
I have just added 4 new morphs. I hope you will like them.
Slit 10 Aug 2008, 02:00
Bobby,
Thanks a lot, its a nice bunch of stories!
Special gratitude to Dieter, for serving the niche market of plus glasses/bifocals fans!
Probably the posting by Brett on the sightings thread would be a good inspiration for the next story, i find it somewhat romantic as well :-)
Stories 08 Aug 2008, 18:47
Hi all, I am back at my PC, working late night and ... yes! There are new stories at http://bobbygoc.sweb.cz
The Adventures of Myopia Fairy continues, S4E added 2 good stories, Dieter sent 2, and we have 2 more new authors, Maria sent 1 for the Men in glasses section, and Shekhar sent 2 to Other authors. So, have a good time reading. Yours Bobby
VFL 04 Aug 2008, 00:52
Dear Wurm,
Interesting "W-kineta" site you sent me.
I wish I were that un-judgemental in all areas of my life. But, what a fascinating read.
Chris, you are one of the "best friends I never met." I do truly love you with all of my heart. I meant what I said about what you and your site have given me.
I don't know what it is that makes lenses so fascinating/exciting for me, except that they do.
You have given me the outlet...
I hope that you have the bestest of everything... Karma works, buddy!
Ommmmmmm.....
Hope all of your dreams come true...
Your friend,
VFL
Who is a very real person...
There was once a saying and I can't remember who said it that read: "Those who give light to others cannot help but keep it from themselves."
Wurm 03 Aug 2008, 13:42
Malfunctioning adware maybe? You could try reinstalling your browser.
Galileo 03 Aug 2008, 08:38
I'm having trouble viewing links. Using Mozilla or IE7 on two different computers when I click on the link I get a server not found message, but the link has been changed in the address line. Usually the Flickr.com part of the address has disappeared (or whatever it said after http://)
I can get it back on Mozilla by typing the missing text back in and hitting enter, but on IE7 as soon as I hit enter part of the address disappears again.
Is this some sort of virus? I have three different anti-virus packages on the two machines but they all say everything is clean. Anyone else getting this?
Thanks.
Wurm 14 Jul 2008, 09:10
Hi Galileo,
Thanks for the feedback. That's a nice way to start my week!
I know I can't be all things to all people. I try to focus on what I believe will keep the site going over the long haul.
It has been interesting to see the range of reactions as people discover that someone here has linked to their photos. Perhaps we can have a more thorough discussion about it on this thread.
Galileo 14 Jul 2008, 05:51
To Wurm:
I just want to say I am very impressed with the even handed and professional way you deal with "flame wars" and "trolls" everyone has the opportunity to contribute to this site and you seem to know exactly where to draw the line when people get rude or off topic.
Thanks!
LikeGlass 18 Jun 2008, 12:08
Wurm! Been about 10 years here myself! And about 6 (if I remember right), since we all met up in Disney World with you and SG. Site is still going strong! (By the way, Chip sends her best. ) I think it was 1998 when I first stumbled on ES & LC when searching for cute chicks with glasses. Still do those searches!
Pete 18 Jun 2008, 12:03
I have been here since a couple days after the site came on line.
I have met several of the people in person.
It has been enjoyable all the way.
It is too bad the chat didn't work out as well.
The original chat room worked extremely well for quite awhile till
the typical few bad apples ran it into the ground.
Filthy McNasty 18 Jun 2008, 11:37
Wurm, it must be almost ten years since I visited you in person that time.
Filthy McNasty 18 Jun 2008, 11:35
I remember first finding this site, and what a thrill it was to discover others as odd as (and in some cases substantially odder than) I. I am far more of a lurker now than anything else, and I tend to take this site for granted, but I hope that it never disappears.
Cheers and thanks to Wurm, Julian, and all the other old (and new) members.
Curt 18 Jun 2008, 11:29
still: I think you are talking about sci.med.vision...it is still there, but has a couple of resident jerks (some joker named Zetsu and another named Otis Brown, who seems to be Bates reincarnated). I check it every once in a while, but it is more flame wars than anything.
I've been here since mid-1997, and was thrilled to find out that other people were as interested in glasses and vision as I was.
still 18 Jun 2008, 10:21
Just to add my bit, since I was away from my computer: I can't remember the first time I visited Eyescene - like some others I started looking for eye-related material in the 90's, maybe 1995, and there was a site for discussion of eye-related issues, sci.med. something-or-other, which I visited regularly. And then there was Eyescene, and that's where I stayed. Thanks, Chris, for all this...
Wurm 17 Jun 2008, 08:22
Thanks for all the kind words about the site. It's especially gratifying to hear from people who have been visiting for many years.
I can't offer a "how I found this site" story, but I do remember searching for glasses content using the old Gopher (pre-Web) search engine! And I vividly remember the first few days of the 'polls' comment system here: puzzling through my first lines of code in Perl and then hoping there would be enough traffic to make the effort worthwhile. The polls format was inspired by a polls themed 'room' I administered on a university BBS system in the early 1990s.
specs4ever 15 Jun 2008, 18:15
I also came on board about 6 months after the original Eyescene started. I had run across postings by Wurm, Neuro Joe, Filthy and a girl named Jennifer on Deja News, and was extremely pleased to see thta I wasn't the only one with a penchant for GWG's. It took me a while before I found Eyescene, but once I found it I was hooked.
There were a fair number of people that were posting fictional stories as real, and I remember being very disappointed when the Jennifer mentioned above turned out to be an Internet personna.
I started writing soem fistional stories myself, and I sent them off to a few other readers, such as Lenslover, who had started a website of his own(the old Smudge Report) He posted some of my stories, and eventually Wurm provided a venue for authors on Eyescene. But the writings section took up too much bandwidth, so fortunately Bobby was able to give all of us budding writers a home. I would like to thank Lenslover, Wurm, and Bobby for their assistance, because when I started there was no decent glasses wearers fiction to be found.
And maybe there still isn't, cause I think I am a large number of those hits Bobby. I can't resist going in to read my stories again, even though they are all filed on my computer. There is just something special about going to a website to read stuff :).
lazysiow 14 Jun 2008, 17:22
Oh but I do remember spending a full weekend with my jaw dropped that such a place even existed and reading non stop till my eyes got watery and blurry :)
It was mainly this site that got me to go for a proper eye test convinced I was myopic. I was also secretly thrilled that I might get an rx for it, as I'd almost flunked a school eye test when I was a kid on account of my (then) minor astigmatism that I was able to quickly guess correctly through.
lazysiow 14 Jun 2008, 17:17
Ive been here since 2000, I was linked from another site about a comic character who was also nearsighted. There was discussion about how in the comic her glasses kept falling off and the artist would also draw from her blurry pov.
For the longest time I also thought I was the only one lol (with the exception of that guy who wrote that song "I like girls with glasses is there something wrong with me?").
Bob 14 Jun 2008, 15:33
I discovered Eye Scene in March 1998. In those days I would frequently google glasses, vision, women who wear glasses or other phrases and to my suprise I found this site one afternoon. The first poll I remember reading was about why people decide to wear glasses all the time. I think I have gone to this site at least once every day since, except during times Eye Scene was down or during times that for one reason or another I did not have access to a computer.
Melyssa 14 Jun 2008, 12:01
I discovered this sight -- uh, site -- in 1998, and have been on it regularly since 2004.
-5.00 who luvs gwgs 14 Jun 2008, 04:59
I found ES when surfing the net for sexy girls with thick glasses or something similar about 4 years ago I could not believe that what I liked was not unique .I have learnt a lot i believed that -20 was the ultimate based on The Bates book although I appreciated power rings and thickness I did not notice cut in which is I reckon the best indication of power.Thanks a million times wurm
Mark One 14 Jun 2008, 00:09
I discovered the site almost at the beginning in 1997. My first post was on poll 2. These days I mostly read because I don't want to keep repeating myself. However, I'm still here because the subject is endlessly fascinating.
Specs4Me 13 Jun 2008, 22:15
Found the site sometime between '98 and '00. All I can say for sure is that it was in the previous version of the site at the time.
I check the site daily unless I am traveling and can't discreatly get an internet connection. Sometimes several times a day.
I too thought I was the only "Odd Ball" out there and was very pleased to learn that I am simply an "OO" what a relief.
Thanks Wurm for keeping this site alive for so many years, you do a great job and we don't thank you enough!
Puffin 13 Jun 2008, 17:02
I can't remember exactly when I found this site, I think it was 2000 or 2001. As below, I thought I was the only one in the universe into glasses. How little I guessed what would happen when I first typed "thick glasses" into Google.
I have learned so much here and met some very interesting people, with equally interesting tales. And, there is no end to it! Every day I log in and someone else has something to say.
Bobby 13 Jun 2008, 13:14
I think I have been here since 1998. I have been reading this discussion regularly, almost every day. I do not contribute too much, as I have the feeling I have said everything a long time ago. I still remember my excitement, when I discovered EyeScene. It was a real milestone in my life.
I have often asked myself how many people come and read without writing anything. It is difficult to estomate. Wurm may know more.
Looking at my website with the stories and morphs I asked myself who are all the people who come to the site anytime I announce an update. The day before yesterday I was speaking about it with my girl friend because the number of people who came was very high. Look here : http://counter48.bravenet.com/index.php?id=404667&usernum=4050250792
The graph reads 900 unique visitors on Monday 9th June. Are there 900 Eyesceners? If so, it is amazing.
Thank you, Wurm, for this website. Thank you all, my brothers and sisters, that I am not alone.
James 13 Jun 2008, 11:32
I discovered the site in 1999 (late) and have read it obsessively since.
I now think it is regrettable that I waited till 2006 to make my first post.
Julian 13 Jun 2008, 10:58
Brian: your post sent me rooting through the archives and I found your first post in June 1997 (when you had an Rx but no glasses and were wondering what it would be like when you put them on!) I found the site a couple of months later, when I ws looking for some information, was hooked and have been hooked ever since (though I didn't call myself Julian at first). I see names like Curt, aviator -oo- and Filthy McNasty (originally Dr Z) that are still around.
Galileo 13 Jun 2008, 05:07
Brian, I'm a long time glasses fetishist and I thought I was odd until I found eyescene probably a bit before you did. I've been reading regularly since and I've learned so much as well - science, fashion, how others feel about the whole glasses thing, including the women who I find so fascinating.
It's a great forum and long may it continue!
Brian 12 Jun 2008, 19:29
Its amazing how long this forum has been around and how successful it has been over the years.. I've been around since I got my first pair of glasses at 18 years old in 1997.. Now at 29 years old my prescription is -5.75, -5.25.. I continue to enjoy the site and reading the posts. It might be interesting to see those who are still around, how long they have been participating in the site, what got them here and what keeps them coming back. Congrats to continued success with the website.
Dieter 10 Jun 2008, 04:50
hooked and Julian,
Thanks for your comments. When readers respond, it helps me determine what they find interesting.
Bobby 09 Jun 2008, 12:11
Julian: It should have been 8 stories. I made a typo. There is no 9th story. Sorry.
hooked 09 Jun 2008, 01:29
The first story from Dieter about Taylor is extraordinary.
I had an idea similar to that by my own (not exactly the same for sure)which I never really gave rise but Dieter poured it into words
Julian 07 Jun 2008, 14:37
9 new stories? I've found, rad and enjoyed two by specs4ever and 6 by Dieter - great writing! But where's the 9th?
Bobby has updated again 07 Jun 2008, 12:44
Hi all, the June's update is on. There are 9 new stories and 7 new morphs. Come and enjoy: http://bobbygoc.sweb.cz
specs4ever 08 May 2008, 18:36
Thanks for the compliments. I was pretty satisfied with both of these stories, and I figure if I still enjoy them a year after I have written them they must be ok. Glad you think so as well.
Specs4Me 08 May 2008, 14:24
S4E,
Two more great stories, thanks and keep 'em comin!
08 May 2008, 14:00
MySQL error: 144 (Table './lenschat_lenschatpchat1/c_users' is marked as crashed and last (automatic?) repair failed)
Session halted.
08 May 2008, 13:57
Does anyone know what happened to Lenschat? It's been down for at least a couple of days.
Julian 08 May 2008, 05:24
I know specs4ever reckons he's running out of ideas, but there isn't much sign of it: great stories S4E!
Bobby 08 May 2008, 03:27
The May update: There are 2 new stories about women with strong glasses at my website. http://bobbygoc.sweb.cz
Tim 27 Apr 2008, 21:57
testing...
Dieter 21 Apr 2008, 07:45
specs4ever, thank you for the kind words. It is awesome to receive feedback from "The Master". I already found at least 1 mispelling that I wish I could fix - lol. I have 5 more stories that I hope to have ready for Bobby soon.
Puffin 20 Apr 2008, 17:26
I'm busy collecting ideas for another Dear Diary installment... it may even see the light of day :)
Andrew 20 Apr 2008, 13:47
And the link to Bobby's site is
If you try that one, it does work!
Andrew 20 Apr 2008, 13:45
Thank you Reggie - nice to see someone recognised my feeble attempt at humour for what it was.
specs4ever 19 Apr 2008, 17:58
Dieter, I really enjoyed your story "The Storm" It was very well done, and imaginative. All4eyes, Rare Blood was a novel concept, and was a treat to read. Thanks to both of you.
Bobby 19 Apr 2008, 13:04
Erm the link is http://bobbgoc.sweb.cz
If anything (links etc.) is not working properly, send me an email. I will be back here on Monday 11:00 CET and I will repair it..
BOBBY 19 Apr 2008, 13:02
I have updated my website with stories. A lot of news, a lot of work. Sorry for the delay.
Reggie 18 Apr 2008, 13:54
Not the CJ Andrew is referring to. He did not get where he is today by being nice :)
hooked 18 Apr 2008, 12:57
If I might apply.
I want to be the one looking for those women with the strongest glasses with positive RX.
If I wear glasses or not doesn't matter.
All4Eyes 18 Apr 2008, 12:34
Puffin: Perfect! I actually had a friend once who had a dog we nicknamed "The Tounge" because he always came bounding over to me and started licking my glasses like crazy! Eventually I learned to take them off when I saw him approach.
All4Eyes 18 Apr 2008, 12:11
Andrew: Also, may I ask what's wrong with the name CJ? I happen to have known several CJ's, and some of them (including Cactus) happened to be nice people!
All4Eyes 18 Apr 2008, 11:57
Andrew: Where are you today, then, if I may ask?
Everyone else: OK, I'll "see" if I can squeeze you in!
I ALWAYS make passes at guys who wear glasses, Marie
Pauline 18 Apr 2008, 09:12
I can be the crosseyed girl, even if i am an older girl
Andrew 18 Apr 2008, 08:14
I didn't get where I am today by writing books with characters called CJ in them...
lazysiow 17 Apr 2008, 17:46
I'll be the underwear of the knockout GWG :)
Melyssa 17 Apr 2008, 13:12
All4Eyes,
For your novel, if you need the character of a woman who wears 30 pairs of big, bold, and beautiful glasses, especially drop-temples and cat's-eyes, I'm your girl! Or your character. :)
Katy 17 Apr 2008, 12:16
Wow All4Eyes, how exciting! I can't wait to read it! :-)
Puffin 17 Apr 2008, 11:03
I'm prepared to be a puppy, but I'll only lick & play with GWGs, okay?
All4Eyes 16 Apr 2008, 16:47
Hey y'all, I'm working on a novel right now, not the one I asked for advice on somewhere here, but another one. It's not all that ambitious I guess you'd say, just a story about a family reunion, but with a few twists, and I'm hoping it might even be made into a movie someday. There are 31 characters so far and I'm thinking I'd like to name as many as I can after my friends here at Eyescene. Here's who I've got so far:
Bobby Laurel
Chris Mitchell
Julian
Pete (AKA EHPC)
Phil
Claire
Dave Smith (Specs4Ever's name, don't you know)
VFL (this was a toughie, but I've decided a character will have VFL as her initials and be called a nickname based on them, pronounced "Viffle" (rhymes with wiffle & sniffle)
Katy
Sandy
CJ (for Cactus Jack)
Susanne
Caitlin
I'd like to include LikeGlass, Electra, Filthy McNasty, Puffin, Daffy and some others, but can't think up good names to use for them. If I've got your name on this list and you don't want it to be in the book, or you want to know what "your character" (although I'm really not basing the characters on the people they're named after, just using the names) will be like (in order to use all the names I have now, some of the characters will have to be kids or deceased relatives referred to only in memories), or if your name isn't on my list and you want it to be in the book (I'll do the best I can, but no promises, I can only add so many characters! Though I guess I could include some pets, if nobody minds having a puppy or a parakeet named after them!), please email me at southern_starshine (at) yahoo (dot) com and let me know. P.S. As a nod to reality and an indulgence of my OO, most of the characters will wear glasses. Let me know if you have a preference for "your character's" rx. If this does ever become a movie, I'm going to make sure the actors and actresses wear real glasses, too!
I ALWAYS make passes at guys who wear glasses, Marie
Wurm 18 Mar 2008, 10:47
re: Optical4Less sponsorship
Please see my post 01 Mar 2008, 16:07
There is also a link to O4L in the FAQ.
Guest 18 Mar 2008, 10:31
where's the link to Optical4less?
specs4ever 16 Mar 2008, 07:05
I will be sending next months stuff off to Bobby in the next few days. From then on it is out of my hands, as I know Bobby is very busy himself.
But I am glad that you like the story Julian. I really liked it, and I just had to continue it, especially when All4eyes came up with new ideas.
Julian 16 Mar 2008, 01:45
That will DEFINITELY be worth waiting for, I love the Myopia Fairy story - let's hope we don't have to wait too long!
specs4ever 15 Mar 2008, 21:07
Stay tuned to Bobby's site for the next episode in The Myopia Fairy series, a combined effort from All4eyes and Specs4ever.:-)
All4Eyes 15 Mar 2008, 15:56
Oh, Specs4Ever, I do hope you don't stop writing! I know you've done so many stories already, and I understand it can get tough to constantly think up new angles to write from on the same basic topic (glasses and vision problems), but your stories are SO GOOD and as you say nobody else seems to be writing now. I mean, I do love to write (check my most recent post to Going Without Glasses thread) but I don't think I can single-handedly keep the glasses stories torch burning!
I ALWAYS make passes at guys who wear glasses, Marie
specs4ever 08 Mar 2008, 12:20
Hey lazysiow, I would be more than happy to have you send me any ideas you might have for stories. Andy has sent me quite a few, and I have taken his ideas, and for the most part have turned them into good stories. Now I won't guarantee that I can make every idea into a story, but sometimes all it takes is an idea, and the idea can gell in my mind for a while. Then all of a sudden I find that I am creating characters, and a story is coming together. In some cases I have had a story stalled, partially written on my computer for ages and ages, unable to continue past a certain point. Then for some unknown reason an idea comes to me and I am able to finish it. What is even funnier is when I get a story to a point where I can go no further, and I go back to it, and back to it, trying to carry it forward to copmpletion. Then I read it again, and with the simple addition of a paragraph, or a few changes in the body of the story I realize that the story is already finished.
I did not make any of my previous comments to draw out words of encouragement, however I thank those who have commented.
My e mail is specs4ever@yahoo.com, and I definitely give anyone who sends me an idea credit for their part. I also send them the finished story, for their approval well before it ever appears in print.
Bobby 07 Mar 2008, 05:30
As you can see Wednesday 5th March and Thursday 6th march show a large number of Page Views. By comparing with the internal statistic data from the Sweb.cz I found out it was caused by a single user. All I can reveal about him is: The person is from the state of New York, USA and he is connected via Optimum Online Company. I think he is a newcomer, who discovered the site and kept cliking and reading a lot of the pages. He made 2.81% of all accesses since the beginning of March. You can see a large number of "Returning visitors" (the green bar) on Wednesday, I am sure it was him. A situation like this happens about once a year only.
Sometimes, looking at the statistics, I ask myself: For heavens sake, who are the readers?
I last tested the IPs by entering the them into the Whois.com in mid February. Most visitors are from the US, about 1/5 of them, then Germany, UK, followed by other EU countries. However there are visitors from all continents.
Bobby 07 Mar 2008, 05:15
BTW, my own visits of the website are not counted.
Bobby 07 Mar 2008, 04:58
1. Do people really read the stories?
Yes, they do. The website has a new feature, which you will find at the bottom left corner of the initioal page, it is the Bravenet Free Counter. Look at the number. Now it is 10,620 accesses since the beginning of February. Click the "VIEW SITE STATS" to see last 7 days.
2. I get about 1 or 2 e-mails a month with some feedback. It is always positive.
3. I can access another statistics, I am provided with by Sweb.cz server. It shows which pages are most visited. Believe me, the stories are really read and I am sure they are enjoyed too. The pix are popular too.
4. Specs4ever, do not stop writing. Your stories are real the classic style of the genre!
lazysiow 07 Mar 2008, 00:44
I think I might be able to help here. Ive had ideas for lots of glasses related stories, but no time to write. If I'm lucky I get to write up a premise or treatment. Usually mine are of epic variety and to date Ive only ever actually written one which I posted on ES years ago but never finished. It was probably too long for most people too.
I'll see if I can drop you an email if your website's email is still current when I can dig/write some of these up. I do miss the old glory days of Fantasy Optical
Julian 06 Mar 2008, 23:38
S4E: I hate the idea of your source of stories drying up; I'm lost in admiration for the amazing variety of your ideas. Having written a few stories myself (and still trying to) I recognize that in some cases I've just taken an idea from another writer and given it a gay slant. You don't fall into that trap. A long as you can find a story to write, I'll be eager to read it!
Tod 06 Mar 2008, 22:31
almost every web site you post to has these little 1x2 or 2x4 little boxes to type in. I am getting sick of them. Why doesn't somebody invent larger typing spaces to typr post to. It is so difficult to check spelling etc. in these little boxes. Eyescene's is larger than most but still too small.
Tod 06 Mar 2008, 22:30
almost every web site you post to has these little 1x2 or 2x4 little boxes to type in. I am getting sock of them. Why doesn't somebody invent larger typing spaces to typr post to. It is so difficult to check spelling etc. in these little boxes. Eyescene's is larger than most but still too small.
PLEASE SOMEBODY fix this problem!
Specs4ever 06 Mar 2008, 18:43
Thanks Dave. Unfortunately I am going to have to stop, or wind down sometime. I have been doing my best to come up with 2 stories a month for Bobby, to make his updates more interesting. So far I have managed, but the ideas are getting harder and harder to come by. I have been hoping that some other writers would step in to fill my shoes, but Puffin no longer seems to have time to write, and no one, other than All4eyes really manages to come up with any..
Aussie Dave 06 Mar 2008, 17:28
Hey Specs4ever
Love your stories. Please never stop writing them
Specs4ever 06 Mar 2008, 16:38
Thanks for the words of encouragement. A pat on the back does help from time to time.
Funny, but I had never noticed the connection between myopic fathers and myopic children. I have seen far more mothers who wore glasses that passed the myopic genes to their daughters. Now you will have me looking at the fathers as well, although it is known that any myopic parent increases the chance of the child being myopic.
Tim 04 Mar 2008, 21:51
Specs4ever - my observations have indicated that myopia seems to pass down the male line more often than the female, so I'm not altogether surprised that your inspiration's children don't wear glasses. However, I am yet to meet a myopic father whose children do not become so!
I would guess that the best test of her claim would be whether or not her father wore glasses. In the cases I mentioned, neither did - so I believed their assertion (even at the age of 11 I had spotted the genetic connection!)
Do keep up the good work - I agree that your stories are the best out there!
Specs4Me 04 Mar 2008, 20:33
You can bet we do read them! I personally start watching Bobby's site on the first of each month, just can't wait for the new updates to show up.
S4E, yours are the best GWG stries our there. Keep'em comin'.
Specs4ever 04 Mar 2008, 18:05
Hey Tim, the idea for that story came from a lady I knew in real life who had a -29OD and -28OS prescription. She had suffered from a serious fever when she was 2 years old, and she claimed that the virus caused her eyesight to go. She had 2 children, and neither child wore glasses, so I suspected that her story might be true.
Actually, I am glad to see that you made a comment. Now that the storys are posted on Bobby's site there never seems to be any feedback, so I sometimes wonder if anyone still reads them.
Wurm 02 Mar 2008, 09:49
Thanks very much for your suggestion, JC. My life has already been enriched by the experience here in many different ways. Your enthusiasm is reward enough, really. But I will add your suggestion to my short list of ideas for the future.
JC 01 Mar 2008, 22:46
Wurm:
In response to the news about Optical4Less I would like to take a moment to thank you for all the work and resources you have put into maintain this site for over 10 years.
May I suggest that you set up a PayPal donation program so that those of us that would like to contribute to this site may do so? I imagine that the appearance of commercialization of this site is something you would try to avoid -- perhaps you could place this option in some unobtrusive location? I for one would be honored with an opportunity to support this great site in some small way.
Tim 01 Mar 2008, 22:00
BTW, Bobby, I can't get in to Mishiak's pix. Is the link not working?
Tim 01 Mar 2008, 21:56
Specs4ever's new story, Viral Myopia, may not be as fanciful as one might think. Way back in the 50's, I remember two boys at my prep school who had been told that their eyesight had been ruined by measles. In those days it was the accepted wisdom that measles constituted a risk to the eyes, and it was common practice to keep the patient in a darkened room while counselling against the use of the eyes.
These two lads had both disobeyed their doctors' orders, and had been reading by torchlight under the bedclothes. Result - at 11 they both had significant prescriptions (I had no idea of it at the time, but would now guess about -3) and were probably well on the way to becoming high myopes. I have not seen either of them for 50 years or so, so I don't know where they ended up!
Wurm 01 Mar 2008, 16:07
I just want to take a moment to thank Optical4Less for their sponsorship of Eye Scene over the past four years or so. I get the impression that Albert, who I had been working with there, may have left or is taking some time off.
I may try other sponsorship or revenue opportunities, but for now I look forward to reverting back to hobby mode. I'm taking the ads down now.
Bobby updated 01 Mar 2008, 08:45
Hi, I updated my website
with 2 new stories and 5 new morphs. Bobby
RL 12 Feb 2008, 17:00
Check out the ultimate GWG; "Jennifer," in the Other Authors section of Bobby's GOC site.
Puffin 09 Feb 2008, 17:26
actually I'm looking at some of the stories I wrote and surprising myself that I wrote them. never mind one day I hope to do some more. I just never get time these days, or if I do, then I start worrying about finishing it.
Puffin 09 Feb 2008, 17:23
I just looked at my story file, and found some half-written bits and pieces and some odd ideas I jotted down. Some are "starts" on stories, others just a title and a short summary of what I was thinking of. To be honest some of them are cryptic and open to interpretation.
eg
Foggy world
----------------
alien girl with crap vision comes to (earth) to find the secret of making glasses.
or
At the Earth's Core
------------------------
Somebody invents a machine to burrow underground. there's a whole bunch of myopic women there! scantily clad too(!)
and
Glasses religion
--------------------
Someone starts a religion because of interpreting the bible, perhaps somewhere in there it says "you must wear glasses no contacts.'
there's more if people want to see.
oh how i wish i had the time to think about all this, let alone write more.
specs4ever 09 Feb 2008, 10:58
Puffin, I also have enjoyed your stories. I have downloaded some of them from the old eyescene files. I would love to take these stories, edit them a little and post them on Bobby's site for you, but only if you want me to take the time to do so. If you wish, e mail me at specs4ever@yahoo.com. Of course I would give you final approval of the edited story if I could e mail it to you.
Puffin 09 Feb 2008, 10:02
although I have ideas for another "Dear Diary" but no time to do it.
Puffin 09 Feb 2008, 10:00
I haven't had a website for a long time and I doubt I ever will again. I just never seem to have time to write anything now. :-(
Julian 09 Feb 2008, 07:46
Puffin, I seem to remember a lot of your stories on a website somewhere, but I've lost the link. Am I right? If so, can you post the link again, or maybe upload the stories to Bobby's site where so much glasses fiction is preserved?
peeking duck 09 Feb 2008, 05:28
hey puffin would you mind sending me that story to my email please is aah2003aaH@yahoo.com
Puffin 09 Feb 2008, 04:13
yes I do. I really like girls with big tits and glasses.
peeking duck 08 Feb 2008, 19:49
hey puffin you wrote a story a while back called crime and punishment and i was wondering if you still had that story if not cool but if you do i would really like to read it it was one of my favorites
Bobby 03 Feb 2008, 21:33
The February update of the story website has been made. See http://bobbygoc.sweb.cz for new stories and morphs.
Ivan 17 Jan 2008, 08:20
-Tim.
There is an online dating site where you can specify on searches various preferences.One of them is a glasses option ie,what level of importance you require for search results. www.udate.com I think.Perhaps if other site's began to offer that as a search preference? Udate does then offer non-dedicated option which may help you with meeting up gwg's.
nickweymouth 17 Jan 2008, 02:29
as the poster of this coment my freind i have to say i agrea with you 100 percent one does have a tendencey to go in feet first with out thinking things through first therefore i am always gratfull for the voice of reason and CONSTRUCTIVE critisism
regards Nick
Tim 16 Jan 2008, 23:36
Re the recent post in Induced Myopia. I like the idea of a dating site for O-Os, but do not think that a new thread on this site would do. Although many (perhaps most) of us are genuine, there are clearly a number of fakes and weirdos - so certainly some form of screening would be needed.
Or maybe those middle-aged men who pose as teenaged girls would welcome ecstatic approaches from teen and twenty boys?!
Bobby 09 Jan 2008, 10:34
There was an article about the glasses fetish some years ago. It existed unchanged for about a year. Later the link to the Eyescene was removed, as some members of the Eyescene community thought is was better not to have the link there. The article as it was originally written (well, with some minor changes) disappeared from English Wikipedia between the years 2003-2006. I do not know who deleted it or who chnged the article so much that it was some time later included into this article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garment_fetishism
IMHO I doubt there is any sense in creating an article about glasses fetish again as Wiki community seem not to be able to accept such an article. I belive it would be included into an article about other fetishes again. Well, look for yourself and study the history of the only remaining article.
Slit 09 Jan 2008, 08:35
Bobby,
this OO primer is really interesting.
may be we can develop a wikipedia article using it!
Slit 09 Jan 2008, 08:25
Wow Bobby!
Thank you very much! this time you have a "plus" GWG story!
Yeah!
Bobby 08 Jan 2008, 09:03
Stories website has been updated.
go to http://bobbygoc.sweb.cz
Enjoy.
Phil 07 Jan 2008, 08:20
Clare, A Happy New Year to you too. I'm just back from Gran Canaria. A land of many tasty myopic senoritas though the aircraft full of British tourists was less promising: only one young low myope to entertain me. I hope you had a good Christmas and that in 2008 you get bold with those bold frames. I've just treated myself to a lovely pair of single vision rimless from Glassesdirect -4.25s which I will wear to and from (though still not at) work.
Therouteur 04 Jan 2008, 18:25
Very nicely put, Wurm
LikeGlass 03 Jan 2008, 19:13
Actually, the user can do that. Copy the link as text only and drop it in a new window. Truth is, some of the neatest people I've met here came as a result of link follow-back, so it's kind of nice ;)
sourgrapes 03 Jan 2008, 17:28
Would it be technically possible for the admins of this site to make it so links clicked from ES do not send referer information?
Wurm 03 Jan 2008, 17:19
I guess if a bunch of hits from this site constitutes your lesson in how the web is linked, you got off easy.
However, to editorialize for a moment, the front page of this site carries as one of its first outbound links a page with good tips on internet safety. Hopefully, newbies with doubts about how things work stop to check it out and ponder for a moment what they want to accomplish and how much of themselves to put online to get there.
Really, shouldn't any "social site" worth its salt have a page like that? I don't see anything comparable on Flickr.
A Little Freaked 03 Jan 2008, 15:35
Just so you know, Flickr now sends stats to the photo owners as to the location from where their photos are linked. That is how I got to this website. It is a bit creepy, I must admit, and will make my posts private from this point forward.
Clare 31 Dec 2007, 10:24
Hope this is the right place to wish everyone a very happy and fulfilling 2008.
Look forward to reading your contributions in 2008.
sourgrapes 24 Dec 2007, 22:55
merry xmas/newyears/holidas
Bart 20 Dec 2007, 15:04
Lenschat seems to have DNS problems now. What painful providers have you got in the US! :D
nickweymouth 19 Dec 2007, 11:14
ps sorry to every one about ones atroucius spelling darn dyslexia
a strange word realy for sdome one like me who cnat spell LOL
any ways happy holidays to to all even the moaners
nickweymouth 19 Dec 2007, 11:13
not sure mt self either pete still in for a penny in for a pound
GROUP HUGG
((((((((((Group)))))))))))))
ehpc 18 Dec 2007, 15:21
I don't know if the last post was directed to me or Nick. I was just making a small point, which does, of course, hardly matter. Actually I was promoting politeness. An instruction 'TRY TO BE PLEASANT AND POLITE' seems to me somewhat impolite, as if the expectation was that people are going to flare up all the time, which rarely happens.
Pete
Tess 17 Dec 2007, 14:34
If you are not happy with lenschat and the way it apparently incoveniences you then go chat someplace else! You're unlikely to be missed.
People like you were one of the reasons private chat was suspended.
nickweymouth 17 Dec 2007, 13:32
sighs rembering last years disater i think everyone on here is getting stressed due to christmass so this year i will NOT get abusive instead one will just say merry chrsitmass and a very happy new year to one and all mines alot better this year also alos i am sure there is amy who will agrea with me time for
GROUP HUGG
ehpc 17 Dec 2007, 12:58
Nothing's wrong with being pleasant and polite obviously.But it seems to me cynical and authoritarian to believe that people need to be TOLD to be so.................
Melyssa 17 Dec 2007, 12:49
Those are 2 mistakes I always make. LOL
Puffin 17 Dec 2007, 06:21
So what's wrong with being pleasant and polite then???
ehpc 17 Dec 2007, 04:29
Could I also suggest removing the somewhat patronising,controlling and schoolma'amish injunction 'TRY TO BE PLEASANT AND POLITE' from Lens Chat which is hardly welcoming! Pete
ehpc 16 Dec 2007, 15:19
Guess what everyone? PRIVATE CHAT is back on Lens Chat !!!!! Great news:) Pete
Tod 13 Dec 2007, 20:57
Has anyone heard from Rambling Rose lately?
Bobby 13 Dec 2007, 04:48
OK, Sned it to the adderess you wil find at my website.
hooked 13 Dec 2007, 01:20
@Bobby
Peter G. translated my story in English.
May I sent to you on your mail address given in your homepage?
If it's good enough to publish that decision is up to you.
hooked 11 Dec 2007, 03:18
@Peter
I sent it to you.
Peter G 11 Dec 2007, 02:32
@ hooked,
I am a qualified translator - no need for you to complete it.
hooked 10 Dec 2007, 00:39
@Peter
It is not translated complete.
I have this to do before I can send it to you.
hooked 09 Dec 2007, 11:22
@Peter
I will send it to you but I don't have it available now because it's weekend.
Peter G 09 Dec 2007, 01:45
@ Hooked,
you can contact me at
Peter.Gebler@t-online.de
Correspondence in German or English.
Andrew 06 Dec 2007, 11:53
The power of the Internet is a wonderful thing - after I added that link I managed (from my computer in England) to get the song played on a country music station in Alberta (Canada) by a DJ currently on holiday in Jamaica! I didn't tell him why I had requested it though!
specs4ever 04 Dec 2007, 16:24
Thanks for posting the link Andrew - thats where the idea came from all right.
Andrew 04 Dec 2007, 11:18
I nearly posted this link on the "Seen on the Web" thread a couple of months ago, but as S4E has now had the story published on Bobby's site - here it is...
http://www.ifilm.com/video/2792846?cmpnid=716&pt=sr&refsite=7103
Specs4Me 03 Dec 2007, 20:57
Bobby,
I'm working on a new story which may be appropriate for your site. When I get it finishe I'll send it to you to take a look at. It is going to be several chapters long.
BobD
Bobby 03 Dec 2007, 14:19
Repaired. I do not know how it happened that there were so many broken links this time. I am very sorry.
lentifan 03 Dec 2007, 14:02
Bobby
I still can't access S4E's 6 short stories in your bumper Dec update. i could open the other two S4E stories - I'm constantly amazed at his creativity in finding new angles, such as the lost property office story.
Bobby 03 Dec 2007, 12:00
I have just tried to repair the 4 errors I found. Go and try again.
I did not have time to do the November update as I was too busy making money. 8-) I cannot upload just one story at a time, as I get several stories for each monthly update from several authors. It takes some time to read the stories, choose the suitable ones, edit the files, add, link and change the page, check the whole web (it consists of 817 different files), and to upload the changed files. That is why I really prefer doing the job once a month
Spec4Me: When will you post more stories?
hooked: I will be glad to have your story on my web site (if it is in English).
hooked 03 Dec 2007, 10:58
@PeterG
First I need to open an e-mail-address with an anonymous name so I can send it to you without giving my real identity. I only have accounts with parts of my real name.
You'll hear from me.
Peter G 03 Dec 2007, 06:03
Hooked,
I would be happy to either retranslate your article, orjust to proofread and correct your "homemade" English version.
Peter G
hooked 03 Dec 2007, 01:14
@optix
http://www.f50.parsimony.net/forum200261/
But here on Eyescene there is by far more discussion.
Julian 03 Dec 2007, 00:35
No it isn't, it's http://bobbygoc.sweb.cz/
Julian 03 Dec 2007, 00:34
Hey Wurm, couldn't we do with a link to Bobby's site on the ES front page? BTW it's http://bobbygocsweb.cz/
optix 03 Dec 2007, 00:30
hi hooked,
what german Forum?
hooked 03 Dec 2007, 00:03
@Bobby
I've got a new computer and hadn't marked your URL.
Can you please repeat it?
Would you like to have a story from my part? I published it on a German forum and translated it by my own so the English won't be that well as from native speakers.
lazysiow 02 Dec 2007, 22:45
Oh yeah, Irickus' story is fantastic. He has the exact fantasy that I (and probably a few of us do) but describes it so well
And if it's not a fantasy... lucky bastard lol
lazysiow 02 Dec 2007, 22:19
You can just copy the location and add the name of the file for the broken links to view them.
Big update though, maybe next time you can do one story at a time? was looking forward to more stories :)
Specs4Me 02 Dec 2007, 20:25
Bobby,
Some of the links don't seem to work properly, in particlar the top two of S4E's stories. Thought you might like to know.
Thanks for posting all of these stories including mine.
Best,
BobD
Bobby 02 Dec 2007, 17:44
I have just updated my glasses stories web site. This time it goes like this:
December 2007 (23 new stories), 2 new stories Jennifer and New Glasses in Other authors section, 1 new morph (Paris Hilton) in Morphs by Andy, Just Once More, Have I Told You Lately That I Love You and a Collection of 6 Short Stories by Specs4ever in his section it is 8 new stories this time, 1 special story in Other Authors section, 8 stories by Doreen, see her section, Men in Glasses section got 4 new texts:
the Bed and Breakfast by Jules, A Unique Glasses Fetish Story - part 4 and 5, and the 3rd part of Dragon and the Mountains
Enjoy
Bobby
LikeGlass 25 Nov 2007, 18:37
Actually, Lenschat is run by a third party if I am not mistaken. Also, to "guest" below, all chats these days (AOL, MSN, etc) are recorded and the user IPs are logged. It's just part of the society we live in, and has become somewhat universal. Often you can hear how police request past chat message logs from providers. Some, like Yahoo, have just given up.
PM = The two parties chatting, the forum host, the server log, and anyone who has legal authority to subpoena the server log! (as well as the horny IT tech who happens to be chowing down on pizza while getting all hot spying on all the PM's that night!)
It's the internet! (Think, Wild Wild West)
ehpc 25 Nov 2007, 16:13
I think the private messaging system was disabled after the 'tutorial' was written.
another guest 25 Nov 2007, 12:06
The 'private' message facility has not been withdrawn from lenschat. Go read the tutorial.
guest 25 Nov 2007, 07:05
agree with last post, lenschat used to be ok, but now they have disabled the private talk, most of the users are chatting elsewhere, ie messenger.
And lot believed that in lens chat when you posted private, your messages were being read by the moderators if they so wished.
formerly known as newglasses 18 Nov 2007, 06:36
wurm, i think this has come up here serveral times, but i still think it would be worth it opening up a chat which works. although lenschat does work, it is pretty lame and it would certainly be fun to do the chatting here.... don't know though if chats of this kind cost you anything wurm. anyway, it was just a thought. you're doing a great job! thank you.
Wurm 11 Nov 2007, 11:58
Could be a number of things. If you describe in detail what happens after you click submit, that might help (i.e. blank page, error message, forwards to thread but you don't see your post, or whatever).
Ivan 11 Nov 2007, 04:33
- -5.00,try clearing the cache on your browser (temporary internet files)nb,this may clear down any saved passwords or cookies if you clear the lot, so be carefull to note sign on details for site's first.That may solve it,if not-anyone else know?
-5.00 who luvs gwgs 10 Nov 2007, 23:04
Have had great difficulty posting to ES on my computer just cannot get the page to post up can anyone help it used to be fine and seems to work on other computers
Wurm 04 Nov 2007, 16:45
Thanks for the kind words, LG. It has certainly been an interesting journey so far.
I'll keep your suggestion in mind. I seem to recall we had a general discussion on this and there was a split between "we need a separate video thread" and "what do we need a separate thread for, everyone knows the video site domains anyway".
LikeGlass 04 Nov 2007, 13:15
Well,Wurm, ever thing back in the 90's that this site would still be going strong in 2007? (!) Crazy but cool!
Anyway, only feedback is something you have heard before, I think we need a YouTube / Videos thread as it has become so prevalent in today's culture. Much like the "lots of links" took the load off of "Seen on the web", a videos thread would help to define things.
Keep up the good work!
pete 22 Oct 2007, 19:49
Thanks for the help, Wurm. Seems I erred and included 6 links rather than the limit of 3 for 'Seen on the Web'postings.
New thread suggestion: 'Read on the Web' ??
Wurm 22 Oct 2007, 17:50
Hi pete,
You might give it another try, I've removed some old anti-spam keyword blocks that may not be needed any longer.
pete 22 Oct 2007, 11:43
Hey Wurm. I've been trying to post to 'Seen on the web' and it won't take my submission.
Anon 18 Oct 2007, 22:20
There was an interestin blind-sim story about a guy was a lawyer and pretended on weekends to be blind - very twisted little plot and the gf ended up being obsessed to?
Anyone read this / have a link?
It was good writing.
Slit 01 Oct 2007, 21:07
Thanks wurm.
I read a story about the ex-boy friend visiting a girl who has gotten glasses while the boy is away from town and when the boy enters home, she gives a warm welcome without glasses and she says something like: (i cant remember the exact phrase but it meant something like below)
"hold on for a moment, i want these to see you..." and puts on her glasses...
This scene is a fantacy for me...someday i return home after sometime and my girl wearing glasses.
Apparently story is missin now, if anyone can remember what the name of it please?
Wurm 01 Oct 2007, 11:43
Hi Slit,
You can read old posts to each thread by scrolling to the bottom and clicking "Read All Posts". So, yes, anyone can create an archive of the current message system (nearly six years worth now) by saving those files.
specs4ever 01 Oct 2007, 10:09
I think that was one of Puffin's. I do remember the story, and it was quite good.
friday 01 Oct 2007, 09:19
Well first of all and foremost i would like to thank you for a reply its appreciated i can possibly explain the story a little from what i remember it was about a girl who was put in jail and given an alternative punishment of becomeing extremely blind thats all i remember I hope that this helps if not its quite alright its just that that was my favorite story of yours im a big fan of your stories by the way and again thank you very much
specs4ever 01 Oct 2007, 08:21
I do not remember writing a story called Crime and Punishment. None of my stories have been deleted, either from my old site, which hasn't been updated since Bobby has so kindly been posting them for me on his website, or from Bobby's site. I suspect this story might have been on the old eyescene before Wurm decided that fiction was using up too much bandwidth
friday 01 Oct 2007, 06:53
I dont know if Specs4ever looks at this site but if he does i have a simple request. I really enjoyed 1 of your stories a while back thats now been deleted off your site i can not find this story anywhere. I believe it was crime and punishment and havent seen it for about a year now i was wondering if you still had it if you might be as so kind as to send it to me.
My email is as follows.
aah2003aah@yahoo.com
Slit 30 Sep 2007, 21:03
After the long month of exams, i am relaxin.
I downloaded all the Eyescene Back up archive files from Bobbys web site and i must tell you, it is a "TREASURE".
It was awesome to go through all the archived threads, from which we can study the growth of this forum and what the opinions and vision history of so many different people.
I must suggest that we should archive the current eyescene also, but i dont know how to do it. is it simply saving the web page?
Further, something i enjoyed a lot was the so many "GWG and eyewear related fiction Stories" on those forums.
Danny 28 Sep 2007, 08:44
http://www.geocities.com/chatlens
OK, i'm no good as a web builder!
Danny 28 Sep 2007, 08:43
I suppose i should have given the address:
www.geocities.com/chatlens
Danny 28 Sep 2007, 08:42
Hi
I've tried to log onto the lenschat.com site today, but it looks like its too popular!
So i've spent 10 minutes making a less than perfect alternative (cost £0.00) which people might like to use until lenschat.com is working again, sorry about the adverts!
I know its not as good as Lenschat, but it might keep people chatting!
Andrew 26 Sep 2007, 11:14
At least I was able to comfort some Man U fans today that there would be no repetition of last year... and no chance for revenge either, so I'll remind you what happened (and no, Mr. "I was there" - that was NOT a second-string team you put out)
Smudgeur 25 Sep 2007, 14:12
an imposter!
DAMN- Blackpool have just scored!
Andrew 25 Sep 2007, 13:17
Correct!
So who is this other Smudgeur?
Smudgeur 25 Sep 2007, 12:53
No it wasn't - but I just turned on when he said "Andrew in Chatham" - which I presume was you!
Andrew 25 Sep 2007, 12:28
Smudgeur,
Was that your e-mail on BBC Essex about JCR which followed mine?
(Sorry this is not on topic)
Bobby September update 03 Sep 2007, 17:10
uh, sorry for the typo in my nick in the previous post:
The Septemeber update is bringing you 2 new stories by Specs4ever, 1 new story by Susan and a morph by Andy. The Czech readers can enjoy "The Living Doll" in Czech (Panenka jako živá), which was translated by Wieprz. Go to http://bobbygoc.sweb.cz
Sobby September update 03 Sep 2007, 17:08
The Septemeber update is bringing you 2 new stories by Specs4ever, 1 new story by Susan and a morph by Andy. The Czech readers can enjoy "The Living Doll" in Czech (Panenka jako živá), which was translated by Wieprz.
Bobby (story site update) 10 Aug 2007, 04:00
sorry for the typo:
Bobby (story site update) 10 Aug 2007, 03:44
Hi all,
First I must apologize for my updating the website so late (it is 10th aug here already!)
Second, I have good news:
There are 10 new stories and 1 new morph (by Andy)! I really wonder how fruitful this summer is! So, come and enjoy.
Wurm 26 Jul 2007, 11:23
I haven't worked up a hits/thread system yet, but I can provide a quick stat for those who are interested in the overall ratio of views to posts.
For each post this on the BBS, there are about 250 thread views.
Tod 19 Jul 2007, 17:01
She is sooooooooo cute in her glasses
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKYOmoOLXbc&mode=related&search=
TC 19 Jul 2007, 14:48
Good news, I was able to get the LensChat and BracesChat sites restored and back up and running. Enjoy!
TC 19 Jul 2007, 11:41
Lenschat is temporarily down, it's not at all related to the EyeScene changes. First the database was completely corrupted, then the file system fell apart... we are actively working on it.
TC
Guest 19 Jul 2007, 06:59
Is it just me, but since the extra link has been added, (Google) i have been unable to get into lenschat. Have spoken to two other friends who are experiencing the same problems. May just be the site is down, but thought i would mention it. Thanks
19 Jul 2007, 02:17
Wurm, you're fast. Thank you.
Wurm 18 Jul 2007, 13:14
I've added a Google form to the front page. The current Google index appears to be partial, but it is picking up about 80% of the site.
Google's index also won't be particularly current for every page, but should be good for digging through old posts.
http://wurm.laughingsquid.net/es/
Wurm 18 Jul 2007, 12:28
Now that I have some extra bandwidth to burn (my web host, Laughing Squid, has steadily raised the limits) I should be able to implement search.
At the very least, I will put a box on the front page that links to the Google search parameter. That's what I've been using, too.
Thanks very much for the feedback!
Glowworm 18 Jul 2007, 09:40
Wurm: Something like "thread views since January 1" would be great !
18 Jul 2007, 03:42
you can also google your search term with the added command: site:http://wurm.laughingsquid.net
for example:
Jacky site:http://wurm.laughingsquid.net
Julian 18 Jul 2007, 03:22
Doesn't every browser include a search feature anyway? Firefox certainly does.
Clare 18 Jul 2007, 01:57
Otto & Wurm - I think a search feature would be brilliant
-4+6-7+12-15+20-23 18 Jul 2007, 01:30
I think we will all be surprised if this board had stats. I believe the number of times each thread was read, would be much higher than the times it has been replied to (perhaps even 100 times more).
I for once, have been to Eyescene since the start (the previous board), but found its current lack of security inhibiting, anyone can pose as someone else, etc.
I rarely post these days.
OttO 17 Jul 2007, 17:28
Wurm: I don't see that it's been mentioned, but one feature EyeScene lacks, which is found on the sample board below is a SEARCH feature. While not fool proof , it sure would be nice to have. Some might find that more useful than the stats.
Wurm 17 Jul 2007, 16:54
Thanks for the example, Glowworm. I agree that some click stats would be nice to have. They probably would work well on the recent threads page, as you suggest. The thread index is another option (I've always found that view a little bland anyway). I may look into using a simple table so all the info will be readable.
Of course, I haven't been logging this all along, so it would have to be "thread views since January 1" or a daily average or something.
Glowworm 16 Jul 2007, 16:19
Wurm, look
http://katharinefans.com/Forums/tabid/92/view/topics/forumid/24/Default.aspx
In the "Views" column you can see for each thread how often it has been clicked. At Eye Scene, the "Thread Index" page seems appropriate for numbers like this, perhaps the "Threads by Most Recent Post" page (my favourite ES "entry point") too.
Whether it is possible to create something like views per day - I don't know. But even "ongoing" views statistics for the threads would be quite interesting imho.
Wurm 16 Jul 2007, 13:43
Glowworm,
Could you link to a board that shows this stat? I think I have an idea of what you mean (page views/day/thread), but I'd like to see an example of how to present it.
Glowworm 16 Jul 2007, 13:05
Wurm: Thanks for the link, but what I meant was statistics about how often a thread has been clicked by someone who wants to read or post. Counting entries ... well that's a thing I can do myself ... ;-)
Wurm 16 Jul 2007, 12:54
We've talked a lot about having user registration and user-generated topics. The BBS actually used a standard board software for a couple of years. Opinions vary, but I don't find the overall atmosphere to be that much different now.
I like the suggestions for new stats. Keep those coming.
Both stats requests seemed geared toward identifying threads with a lot of recent traffic, so I worked up a "Hot Threads" index:
http://wurm.laughingsquid.net/cgi-bin/hot_threads.cgi
Bill Clinton 15 Jul 2007, 01:49
not to mention the ability to edit posts. but maybe some here think that it will compromise our relative (and welcome) obscurity? I'm not sure about that one.
Bill clinton 15 Jul 2007, 00:31
Eyescene could much benefit from users opening their own threads to carry out off-topic conversations. Also, having reliable monikers and security will increase participation IMO.
Glowworm 14 Jul 2007, 04:09
Considering the amount of postings at Eye Scene, I think that the current architecture is sufficient. If we had hundreds of entries a day, I'd agree to the suggestion about setting up something like runboard or proboard software. But as we haven't, I think this isn't necessary.
There's just one thing I miss: I'd like to see statistics about how many hits get the threads each day. THIS is an advantage of board software like proboard.
glassesforeveryone 13 Jul 2007, 09:08
The beauty of this forum is that I can read on my phone when travelling etc, these other forums are a nightmare using a phone, unless you know better?
13 Jul 2007, 08:45
@another guest
i wholeheatedly agree with your suggestion
hopefully other posters here thinks likewise
(another) guest 13 Jul 2007, 07:01
here's a link:
http://www.proboards.com/signup.html
(another) guest 12 Jul 2007, 23:37
this forum could have been much more lively if threads could be posted and there was some sort of user verification (e.g. IP addresses). important threads could be "sticky"-ed and it would enable conversattions to develop.
with such a growing community (it is a LOT bigger than ten years ago), there is a need for more.
anyone has the stamina/resources to do it?
All4Eyes 11 Jul 2007, 16:52
Bobby: Did you get my email?
I ALWAYS make passes at guys who wear glasses, Marie
Bobby (updated) 08 Jul 2007, 09:19
The July update is here.
2 stories by S4E, 1 new story by Tony, 1 new morph by Andy. Sorry I did not manage to add more this time. Link: http://bobbygoc.sweb.cz
lazysiow 20 Jun 2007, 01:57
I've got an idea. Has anyone heard of http://www.stickam.com/ ? I usually stay clear of this myspace crap but it's got video chat integrated and is fairly easy to use. I signed up for it to talk to a friend but I noticed that we could probably make a chatroom there and password protect with something that only we'd know.
On one hand it would be better than Lenschat. We could see each other's glasses for one lol and we'd be able to skip a lot of the usual "what's your RX?" and "do you have glasses pics?" on Lenschat. On the other hand though, maybe for some the anonymity is better and the mental pictures people have built up of each other would be shattered.
It's worth considering anyway, anyone up for a trial?
Carrie J. 12 Jun 2007, 16:14
Thanks, I don't know if it's any good or not, but I'm workin' on it :)
Bobby 12 Jun 2007, 13:19
All right, send it when it is ready, I will be happy to read it, and if it is good I will put it onto the website.
Carrie J. 12 Jun 2007, 11:51
Thanks for the update on your site Bobby, I'm a regular reader. I am even in the process of writing a story of my own. It's about a girl who accidently wishes to wear glasses, and gets it granted. I'll be a while finishing it, maybe you can have a look at it when its done, maybe it will work on your site.
Bobby 05 Jun 2007, 18:55
Hi, I have just updated my webside with GWG stories. There are 3 new stories by Specs4ever, 6 new stories by Doreen, 1 new story by Tony Bell and 2 new morphs by Andy. Enjoy all of them. Bobby
Cactus Jack 13 May 2007, 15:46
Wurm,
Would you please contact me at cactusjack1928@hotmail.com
C.
Julian 12 May 2007, 08:35
Then again, Mark, the videos that you and I want to see would be posted under 'Guys in glasses' ...
Mark One 11 May 2007, 23:36
I question the need for a separate topic also. The existing Seen on the Web topic seems more than adequate. Agree that videos are easily identifiable from the URL. If not a video site such as youtube or vimeo then file types like .mov or .avi.
specs4ever 11 May 2007, 18:25
Most of the video's I have clicked on have been a waste of time. Leave them in the sectons they are being posted to, and those that want to watch them can do so.(however the one about the very nearsighted girl selling flip flops was a great video)
Wurm 11 May 2007, 18:03
Several people have asked for "Videos" thread. I'm a little hesitant, since that means all videos would be likely to be posted there. So, for instance, you wouldn't find videos of actresses in "Actresses". Also, isn't it pretty easy to spot most video links? Seems like the vast majority are YouTube. I'm curious to get feedback.
hooked 11 May 2007, 04:23
I faced the same problem.
Characters as lesser than/greater than won't be accepted. I even can't write them in this post without the post being rejected.
chessfan 11 May 2007, 04:14
I tried to submit some links to the "Lots of links" page, but it didn't work.
What could the reason be?
All4Eyes to JC 10 May 2007, 15:12
Hi great to hear from someone with the same rx (though I'm overdue for an eye exam and am hoping to get one soon, having a bit of trouble with long distances with my current glasses (which also have a temple piece missing 8-( ), so I may not be a minus four that much longer (or so I hope!) ). It's also nice to hear that I make you smile (hearing that makes me smile! 8-) ). Thanks for the compliments, I must admit it is relatively easy to be honest about such things with the sense of anonymity the Internet provides. I don't talk about this stuff with anyone I know in real life, though I am considering giving it a try. I sometimes think how sad it is that so many of us feel more comfortable sharing the deepest, most personal parts of ourselves with total strangers this way than we do with our near and dear ones, the ones who should know us best. I'm hoping that one day OO will become more widely recognized by the general public and that we will all be able to "come out" and openly enjoy our hobby/obssession/fetish/fascination.
Specs4ever fan 07 May 2007, 05:07
Hi Specs4ever
I appreciate all that you say. I was more thinking along the lines of a strong glasses wearer who likes to go "bareeyed" (as Susanne DK might say), either for her own gratification or for that of a prospective or actual partner. I remember a comment on eyescene many many years ago, from an English lady called Sarah (I think) who although around -18, would take her glasses off at parties to please her boyfriend. She actually enjoyed experiencing her blurry world from time to time.
I suppose what I hope for is an extended version of that post which you turn into a wonderful story.
Anyway, rest assured, whatever you choose to write, I will be greatful to read
Kind regards
Specs4ever fan
Specs4ever 06 May 2007, 19:42
Hey Specs4ever Fan I appreciate your comments. However, while I do not like to write stories about people taking someones glasses, leaving them helpless, I have written a number of stories where the glasses are broken, and the lady has to cope without correction. Some of the stories that come to mind are: The Blur of The West; Annie Bagley, After The Outing, Blindly Shanghaied, Pinup Girls, The Poker Player, The Survivor, and The Kidnapping. And there is also Too Proud To See about a young lady who badly needes glasses, but refuses to accept charity.
And, there will be others along the same lines in the future. But, I do draw the line at a story where someone is controling a person who needs strong glasses, even though Shanghaied is sort of like that.
JC 05 May 2007, 16:28
All4Eyes -
From a fellow minus four myope I wanted to say how much I enjoy reading your stories and appreciate the spirit and enthusiasm you bring to this site. Every time I read one of your posts it makes me smile just a little bit (and sometimes more then a little!) I just reread your "My History as an Optic Obsessive" and am a little envious that you can be so comfortable sharing your own personal story like that. Marie, please keep up the great work -- you have a beautiful spirit.
Specs4ever fan 05 May 2007, 06:26
Thank you Specs4ever.
As always, I have enjoyed your recent stories. You have an admirer of your work from the other side of the world. I will be happy to keep reading as long as you feel inclined to continue writing
Your work is greatly appreciated from afar
Specs4ever fan.
PS I know it is not your normal style, but if you ever allow yourself to write a doing without/missing/loosing glasses story, it would be appreciated by me tenfold!
Bobby 04 May 2007, 17:40
After some delay I managed to update the glasses stories website. There are 2 new stories by Specs4ever, 1 new story by Julian ans 1 new story by All4Eyes. Come and enjoy reading. http://bobbygoc.sweb.cz
30 Apr 2007, 14:06
She was phishing for email address's?
She is history.
dick 30 Apr 2007, 11:21
Who is this robyn123 person on lenschat that keeps on telling everyone to add her the first second?
Peter G 24 Apr 2007, 06:01
Hi, I'm not sure this is the correct thread, but hope the question will be picked up.
I started collecting old spectacles a while ago, and now want to catalogue them. I want to include the lens prescriptions, and have bought an old Zeiss ocular refractometer SBM Model 21 03 30(German term: Scheitelbrechwertmesser!) on E-Bay. All the knobs and wheels seem to be turning OK. However, I feel I need some kind of an operating manual to use it properly. Does anybody have any ideas?
Thanks,
Peter G
cath35 24 Apr 2007, 05:09
Thank you for your welcome Nickweymouth
Regards Cath35
nickweymouth 24 Apr 2007, 04:52
welcome cath may you find lots of frinds here we are a freindly bunch regards Nick
cath35 24 Apr 2007, 04:47
I am new to this I wear pretty strong glasses I have brown eyes and blonde hair. I am in Brisbane and looking to make good friends and see what happens from there
Cactus Jack 04 Apr 2007, 17:49
All4Eyes,
The last I got was dated March 14.
C
All4Eyes for S4E & CJ 04 Apr 2007, 17:31
S4E: Love your new story "The See Clearly Method"! My thoughts exactly on ol' Dr. Bates, and while you're taking care of him, could you do something about that Russian guy who invented refractive surgery, too? 8-)
CJ: Did you get my last email? My Yahoo box has been giving me fits again and people are telling me my letters didn't get sent.
Bobby - new stories by S4E 01 Apr 2007, 04:38
The April update of the glasses stories page has been done. Go to http://bobbygoc.sweb.cz , read and enjoy.
Puffin 23 Mar 2007, 05:17
It might have been because I was entering a response (admittedly not a very good one) at the same time and things got tangled up (?)
Wurm 22 Mar 2007, 22:42
Cactus Jack,
Let's treat it as a onetime problem. Post length should not have been a problem. This could have just been a server hiccup.
Problem noted, though. If I see a pattern I will look into it further.
Thanks for your contributions.
Cactus Jack 22 Mar 2007, 21:40
Wurm,
Unfortunately, I tend to write long explanations. Is there any way to put a word counter on the composition page and some sort of an error message function to say why a post was rejected?
Usually the "Eyescene" fucntion works right, but this evening it was particularly frustrating.
Also, thanks for a great site
Cactus
Cactus Jack 22 Mar 2007, 21:25
Wurm,
If you get a chance, please check my series of posts on the "Post your Prescription" thread. I had posts as shour as 10 words rejected for no apparent reason. The symptoms were as if I had misspelled "Eyescene".
Any suggestions?
Cactus
All4Eyes 14 Mar 2007, 20:58
S4E: Thanks! I like your new stories too!
specs4ever 13 Mar 2007, 17:06
Hey All4eyes, I just read your new story - It's All Brooke's Fault. It is a really good story.
Jon-1 13 Mar 2007, 14:18
If this site is soo...(or is that sue?) awful, then why do you visit it, ruse??
rumbling ruse 12 Mar 2007, 21:21
wut u done proovz how bad this site sux
rumbling ruse 12 Mar 2007, 21:21
u took my comment off its as good as ur stinking comment, put it back or ill soo u
Bobby - new stories 12 Mar 2007, 19:02
Hi all readers, I have just uploaded 2 new stories by Specs4ever, 6 new stories by Doreen, and 1 new stories by All4eyes. Come to http://bobbygoc.sweb.cz and enjoy them as much as I did. Oh ... sorry for the delay, I was very busy at work.
Andrew 08 Mar 2007, 11:17
Not sure where this goes, but:
Congratulations to Emily on her marriage today; best wishes for a long and happy future together.
All4Eyes 14 Feb 2007, 12:58
Bobby: I just resent that in Wordpad. Hope it opens.
Everyone: Happy Valentines Day! May you all spend this evening snuggled up to the spexy sweetheart of your dreams!
Bobby for All4Eyes !!! 13 Feb 2007, 17:46
All4Eyes, the story you sent me is in an uknown format. My MS Word cannot read it. None of the filters I have can convert the text into a reasonable and readable text. Mail it in a different format, please. Preferably MS Word. RTF format of plain text would be good, too. Bobby
New stories 03 Feb 2007, 10:32
Hi all, There are 2 new stories at http://bobbygoc.sweb.cz by Specs4ever. Enjoy reading, they are very good (as always). Bobby
Tod 24 Jan 2007, 20:47
it also affects Camino, I just downloaded this browser today too. I am glad it was this one I was running and not the others as i would have lost all the bookmarks. I mostly run IE or Opera.
Wurm 24 Jan 2007, 10:32
Noted. Thanks for the info.
I will delete that link, but it might be a day or two. All the warnings from other users on that thread should suffice for now.
myofan 24 Jan 2007, 08:46
The last post from "Guest" on the XXX Links thread will, if you click on it, infect IE users with the Exploit.Win32.MS05-002gen VIRUS. Wurm, please delete that post! BTW, to remove the virus, go to Tools/Internet Options/Internet files/Delete Files and click "Delete all offline content". This is a particularly annoying virus as it spits out hundreds of infected files!
All4Eyes to Tortoise 14 Jan 2007, 17:00
Didn't know where to put this, but I've been trying to email you for awhile and have gotten no response. Are my emails not getting through? This has been a problem with my mailbox.
08 Jan 2007, 09:12
http://www.nytimes.com/library/politics/camp/061000wh-bush.html
Dick 07 Jan 2007, 08:26
A survey about glasses fetish. http://www.intercult.su.se/ISSI/surveys/GlassesSurvey.html
2 new stories by S4E 01 Jan 2007, 08:11
There are 2 new stories by S4E at http://bobbygoc.sweb.cz
"Betwixt and Between" and "Throught my Sister's Eyes" as the first update of the new year 2007. Enjoy reading.
31 Dec 2006, 18:14
http://www.theusversusjohnlennon.com/site/
Happy New Year from Bobby 31 Dec 2006, 14:58
Happy New Year 2007!
Stastny Novy Rok 2007!
Szczensliwego Nowego Roku 2007!
Bachtalo Nevo Bers 2007!
from Bobby
Bobby 29 Dec 2006, 21:09
I made an irregular update of my story website. There are some new MIG stories by Doreen and a new version of Julian's Measure For Measure.
Bhelle klutz 19 Dec 2006, 09:42
Bhelle 19 Dec 2006, 09:41
I guess if you're a Second-Lifer you'll know what I mean. But if you don't, check us out at http:www.secondlife.com .
Bhelle 19 Dec 2006, 02:36
This is my first time on Eyescene and I haven't even been much of a lurker. I heard about you a couple of weeks ago from a friend on Second Life and I've been fascinated ever since.
I Just wanted to tell everybody who goes to Second Life that we've formed a group called Optic Obsessives. Right now we have six members (including some people from here) and I've met several potential members who haven't yet joined. I'd love to hear from any of you who are on SL. Just IM me (Bhelle Alacrity is my avatar name)
newglasses 13 Dec 2006, 00:48
@julian
i'll check it out, but you're right, i'd probably prefer a female hyperope. thanks for the hint thouth.
sincerely
newglasses
Julian 12 Dec 2006, 17:46
newglasses: actually there's a hyperopic guy in 'The Taming of the Shrew', a story of mine that Bobby has just uploaded. But maybe you wanted a female hyperope?
2 new stories 12 Dec 2006, 12:38
Hi all, there are the 2 new stories. Marnethias and The Taming of the Shrew the latter of which is a newest part of the Will Shakespeare series written by Julian (love and kisses) Thank you, Jules, for telling me.
RBK 12 Dec 2006, 11:38
There are a few pres. and hyp. stories in the MIG section..... I would love to read a story about a dead sexy man who has to patch his eye. I think only kids patch their eys tho? Ambolyia????? I will look it up now
newglasses 12 Dec 2006, 08:21
just an idea or even a request: i have noticed that almost evey story posted on bobby's site is about myopia. unfortunately i'm not very gifted with writing's craft, or i would most certainly try to write a story about hyperopia. if anyone out there feels like writing something different - then please go ahead and write yourself dry. i only know of one hyperopic story over which i came in the internet.
all the best!
Bobby to Julian 12 Dec 2006, 07:35
Oh, yes they came, I forgot to upload them as I was in a hurry and really busy. Are they "Marthenias" and "Taming"? I will add them tonight. OK?
Julian to Bobby 11 Dec 2006, 18:19
I sent you two stories the other week; didn't they get there?
Bobby - December stories 11 Dec 2006, 13:07
Sorry sorry, I made a kind of mistake, but now it is all right. Go to http://bobbygoc.sweb.cz and enjoy the new stories.
Bobby 11 Dec 2006, 09:07
OMG, wait for 3 hours, pls. I will repair that a.s.a. I finish the evening lesson.
Julian to Bobby 11 Dec 2006, 00:47
Funny thing Bobby, I'm still not seeing the update on your site. There's been a delay before, but not usually as long as this. Never mind, patience is a virtue...
New stories at Bobby's site 10 Dec 2006, 09:31
Hi all, there are new stories at my website http://bobbygoc/sweb.cz
Go, see, read, and enjoy.
Bobby
Tod 08 Dec 2006, 07:44
Yes, I just downloaded it. Thank you very much, Adalle. Good work!
Adalle 07 Dec 2006, 23:04
Tod, you click "Free" under the table where it says "Select your download".
Then you wait for about a minute so that you get reserved a download ticket and some download mirrors will be shown to you. You enter the text that will be shown to you in the box and you click "download from ...network".
Don't use a download manager!
Tod 07 Dec 2006, 18:18
Adalle, thank you for replying to my post of Nov. 11.
But I am not sure how to open the download site you posted. ??
Adalle 07 Dec 2006, 10:57
Tod, about your 11 November post concerning the coca cola graduation commercial, I found it in my hard drive.
You can find it in the following link:
http://rapidshare.com/files/6502601/cocacolagraduation.mov.html
ME 01 Dec 2006, 12:17
Sorry, forgot this part; it IS all thanks to Eyescene. THANK YOU Eyescene.
ME 01 Dec 2006, 12:11
Chris R -
YOU'RE absolutely wonderful, everything you said you were (and more) and I'm madly in love with you.
me xoxoxoxoxxo
Puffin 27 Nov 2006, 05:33
Yeah sorry I've been too busy to attend to this. I think I'm going to have to give up on it again for a while. :-(
Julian 27 Nov 2006, 04:24
Same here.
Tim 26 Nov 2006, 23:37
Puffin - I still can't get on to your site (error 404 - not found). What has happened to it?
Hey oooooh! 24 Nov 2006, 12:20
this has nothing to do with this site but I thought is was funny.
How can "Kramer" be a racist if he and Don King have the same hair?
and speaking of Ann Coulter. If she went to bed at night with a man instead of a manuscript then she would have something else to put into her mouth instead of her foot.
Tod 23 Nov 2006, 17:56
Wishing everyone at eyescene a happy Thanksgiving 8-)
Puffin 22 Nov 2006, 17:50
Lucky you!
cut-in uk 22 Nov 2006, 13:58
So, Chris R, in the same way that 'gentlemen prefer blondes', OO's prefer gwg's. It's nice to see two people clearly so well-suited.
Chris R 22 Nov 2006, 11:46
In March or April this year a woman posted here for a while, on the psychology thread I think. I wrote back to her and a short while later we embarked on a very intense affair which is still going on. She's absolutely wonderful, everything she said she was (and more) and I'm madly in love with her. She's the woman whom I despaired of ever meeting, she's a gwg who knows about my OO thing and isn't put off by it and it's all thanks to Eyescene. So thank you Eyescene.
Willy2 17 Nov 2006, 14:46
Oooops. Very indiscreet. Sorry.
Phil 17 Nov 2006, 09:25
Willy, She hasn't texted yet! She's in London on Monday so I'm not holding out hope. There's a bit of "history" here!
Willy 16 Nov 2006, 16:21
Did Phil and Katy meet? We'r all on tenterhooks......
test 15 Nov 2006, 16:06
xo
magar 15 Nov 2006, 15:58
Does anyonr know anything about silicone hydrogel contact lenses?
Phil 14 Nov 2006, 04:44
Katy, so hope you come on Monday. I'll give you my number so you can drop me a text if you want to meet up. Lunchtime would be nice if you're scared of meeting in the dark! 07783062869.
FAO Julian 12 Nov 2006, 07:40
Thanks
Hansel
Tod 11 Nov 2006, 09:58
Does anyone know where to find the MPEG of that Coca-Cola commercial where one girl pulls the other girl's glasses off an tosses them to the floor at their graduation party? I think its titled 'Best Friends'. If someone has it, please put it on YouTube. That would be great.
Andrew 10 Nov 2006, 11:10
Sorry folks, but I'm sending in my apologies for absence, aa I have another meeting that night.
Phil 10 Nov 2006, 01:20
Katy, if we fix something I just know that Clare won't stay away! So you'll be safe! Actually you'd be safe anyway: if only you knew how shy and boring I am!! If you agree I'll get some new glasses for the occasion (and wear them!!): I dropped mine on the drive and they didn't enjoy it.
Katy 09 Nov 2006, 15:21
I am coming, but there needs to be more than two of us! :-)
Phil 09 Nov 2006, 01:02
Katy, are yiou still coming up to London? Why didn't anyone else want to meet up? Where's Clare?
Yoyo 07 Nov 2006, 16:02
Never mind . . . got it working.
Yoyo 07 Nov 2006, 16:01
I'm having trouble posting anything in the "Actress" thread. Only a one-word post would work . . . anything longer seems to fail. Anyone else having this problem?
Stories updated 05 Nov 2006, 17:16
teh URL is http://bobbygoc.sweb.cz
Bobby 05 Nov 2006, 17:13
I have just updated my website, come and find two new stories by Specs4ever and one story by Jamie (in the MIG section)
Simon 29 Oct 2006, 03:27
Why does so much "activity" happen in the UK? You damn lucky Brits :-) Anybody up for a gathering on the other side of the Atlantic? How's New York City or the San Francisco Bay Area? It will be fun. Email me at eyescener@gmail.com
Phil 27 Oct 2006, 04:25
I'd come but that would probably scare you off!!
Katy 26 Oct 2006, 02:45
How about an Eyescene meet-up, in London, after work on Mon 20th Nov? I hardly ever go to London but will be there for a couple of days. I think it is guaranteed to be interesting.. :-)
Bobby 25 Oct 2006, 16:26
Settled. Give it a try.
Cactus Jack 25 Oct 2006, 15:55
Bobby,
Please check the link on The Myopia Fairy II.
C.
Bobby 25 Oct 2006, 15:28
I have moved the story and added Eddy's texts
specs4ever 20 Oct 2006, 14:54
I think I would feel better about that Bobby, if you don't mind.
Bobby 20 Oct 2006, 13:00
S4Ë, if you want, I will move it to the Other Authors section when I will be making the upload of Eddie's texts.
Bobby 20 Oct 2006, 13:00
S4Ë, if you want, I will move it to the Other Authors section when I will be making the upload of Eddie's texts.
Julian 19 Oct 2006, 18:37
S4E (and A4E): It was a great story in its original form and your joint effort on Part II has enhanced it. Congratulations, both!
Love and kisses, Jules.
specs4ever 19 Oct 2006, 15:28
OOPS, I see Bobby has posted the story "The Myopia Fairy Part 2" in my section. It really should have gone in the other authors writings. While I will admit to writing a great deal of the story, it was taken from All4eyes original tale, and I sent the sequel off to her to be edited, and changed wherever she felt it was necessary. So, please give credit to All4eyes for writing such a great story in the first place thta I couldn't leave it alone.
18 Oct 2006, 18:01
THANK YOU BOBBY!
Bobby's story site was updated 18 Oct 2006, 08:22
Hi all, I have managed to update my glasses story website. Come and enjoy many new fictions. The Eddie's texts will be uploaded in a few days.
Bobby
? 17 Oct 2006, 19:54
PLEASE!!!
Therouteur 17 Oct 2006, 19:18
I really don't know where to put this one so here it is.
Check out this one about the criminal who was nicknamed "eyes" after someone gave him a present of a $20,000 diamond studded pair of glasses.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20587971-5006785,00.html
Andrew 17 Oct 2006, 13:17
For Puffin:
There was a young man from the Fens,
Who loved running round with the hens.
He struggled to see,
That birds they must be
Without his biconcave lens.
Glasses poetry, now there's a thought...
My apologies to true poetry lovers for the above!
still 17 Oct 2006, 11:39
thought
still 17 Oct 2006, 11:38
Some may have though that you were very trying...8-D
Puffin 17 Oct 2006, 05:15
Oh well I tried!
? 16 Oct 2006, 22:23
PLEASE
Puffin 16 Oct 2006, 18:48
I'm having a go at glasses poetry, eg:
I think of your poor sight
it must be such a blight
but it sets my mind alight
your glasses fill my night
with dreams of reflected light
which give me such delight.
(sorry, the stories are taking far longer than I hoped!)
Bob W 12 Oct 2006, 13:47
Patti,
I need to get my nose out of other people's personal business. Clare gets more than enough 'advice' as it is. Also, what are my motives? My own ideas of what I want her to look like or do?
Best regards,
Bob W.
Patti 12 Oct 2006, 12:28
Bob W
Why would you want to delete it?
Bob W 12 Oct 2006, 12:07
Wurm,
If you see this, feel free to delete my post to Clare in 'vision'. I wish there was a way to delete one's own post, but realize that's too complex. I need to think things thru better.
Thanks,
Bob W
Bobby 06 Oct 2006, 12:11
Happy birthday, my old buddy!
Puffin 06 Oct 2006, 04:13
Thanks!!! :-)
All4Eyes 05 Oct 2006, 15:39
Happy birthday Puffin!
TT 05 Oct 2006, 09:32
Boby. Just back from a trip. I'll do it tomorrow.
Bobby 04 Oct 2006, 15:17
TT: Send it to me. bobby.laurel@seznam.cz
I wil place it on my website so that everybody could read it.
03 Oct 2006, 18:12
Wurm 03 Oct 2006, 12:02
hooked: My guess is that somewhere in those links is the name of a prescription drug, or a string that happens to match the name of a spam domain, or something else like that. You could try breaking your link list in half, see which half posts, then repeat the process with the half that doesn't post.
I may remove some of those filters if other techniques are successful.
hooked 02 Oct 2006, 23:55
@Wurm
These are links from knuddels I posted often here. Is this spam filter on checking links new?
I didn't forget the name of the website.
-5.00 who luvs gwgs 02 Oct 2006, 22:33
I 101% agree it would be lovely to have Eddys posts all on one thread they were all great I am sure he is somewhere where every girl is seriously myopic but with perfect sight with glasses and all of course absolutely gorgeous
TT 02 Oct 2006, 16:52
It's 13,000 words, 110K. Not small.
Bobby 02 Oct 2006, 15:00
How big is the file with Eddy's posts and in what format is it?
Wurm 02 Oct 2006, 11:25
hooked: there is probably something in the links you were trying to post that was blocked by the spam filters, maybe a known spam domain or something. The usual flickr, webshots, etc should get through fine (don't forget to answer the question at the bottom too...)
TT: most of Eddy's posts should be on here already, somewhere, or available in the archives that Bobby hosts. Maybe one of the story sites would host the file? If not, I might be persuaded to put it up. I certainly miss Eddy's wit.
hooked 02 Oct 2006, 05:57
I can post here but not in LostofLinks or SeenontehWeb.
What make I wrong?
Julian 02 Oct 2006, 02:30
TT: why not open a topic for the purpose (or get Wurm to do it)?
Micha 02 Oct 2006, 01:48
Test
TT 02 Oct 2006, 01:22
After a lot of work I have finally succeeded, I think, In collecting all of the ES postings of the late great Eddy. My question is, where can I post them so everyone can enjoy them?
hooked 02 Oct 2006, 00:06
Test
Maverick 02 Oct 2006, 00:04
Thanks wurm, simple and (hopefully) effective
specs4ever 01 Oct 2006, 18:09
Hey, if the solution is this simple, it is wonderful
Filthy McNasty 01 Oct 2006, 17:44
This rocks.
Wurm 01 Oct 2006, 13:57
So far, so good. I think it will help, although I do have more ideas for when it becomes a problem again. Thanks for the feedback.
still 01 Oct 2006, 13:12
I like it too. It caught me the first time, so it works.
Ardief 01 Oct 2006, 09:31
You can also count me as one thanking you. Those robot posts were annoying at best.
Cactus Jack 01 Oct 2006, 09:04
Wurm,
Thanks for adding the question. It seems like an elegant solution to a very annoying problem. The robot posts had made some threads almost worthless. Answering the question should not be a problem for serious contributors.
C.
Wurm 01 Oct 2006, 03:10
As a screening mechanism to block out more of the annoying robot posts, I'm now asking a simple question when you post.
All4Eyes 30 Sep 2006, 15:14
S4E: I got your email and replied. I hope it gets to you as I've been having problems with this email box.
Tortoise: I've been trying to email you, but it seems my messages aren't getting through. Do I need to resend?
Bobby 24 Sep 2006, 11:13
Wurm and others: Although I archived the 1st and the 2nd Eye Scene, I am NOT archiving this Eye Scene, as my connection is very slow, and the capacity of my PC is limited. Bobby Laurel CZ
Wurm 24 Sep 2006, 06:14
I've set the thread reader to now show the first 50 posts of each thread (it showed 25 before). You can still click through at the bottom to view all posts.
Note that I do weed old posts out of the link-oriented threads occasionally, and those are gone forever -- unless someone has archived them.
specs4ever 21 Sep 2006, 17:41
Hey All4eyes, if you have a minute, e mail me at specs4ever@yahoo.com so that I have your address to send you something.
All4Eyes 16 Sep 2006, 13:38
Thank you, S4E!
specs4ever 14 Sep 2006, 19:25
Nope, didn't spot any obvious errors. I really thought your latest story was darned good, and I quite enjoyed it
All4Eyes 14 Sep 2006, 14:50
I admit my latest "fairy tale" was largely based on "spec"ulation. I am only a moderate myope myself and have never even had a chance to GOC, nor have I ever seen myodiscs in real life. So I'm wondering if I got any details wrong and if someone who knows about this (a natural hi-my or a GOC one) wants to offer some constructive criticizim(spelling?) I'm listening.
Puffin 13 Sep 2006, 16:53
RE the restrictions on postings, can we have logins again so that people who are known not to spam and post up crap on here can do so without restriction?
Puffin 09 Sep 2006, 14:49
That last post sounds oddly familiar in many ways.
-5.00 who luvs gwgs 09 Sep 2006, 13:40
About time this thread had some sensible posts!! I still cannot Quite believe our site I have always liked gwgs and have liked high myopes for as long as I can remember have only managed to date 2 one a girl of about -12.00 who turned up for our one and only date in contact lenses if only she knew! The other was a girl who wisely in my opinion didnt even own contact lenses She was about -15.00 and wore largish plastic frames (it was the 1980s)sadly she did not like me as much as I liked her .I thought I was a little strange finding thick glasses a huge turn on and was fiddling around on the net looking for anything on girls with thick glasses and lo and behold about 2 years ago found ES thank you
Wurm 04 Sep 2006, 04:32
I've set the BBS to accept no more than 3 links per post, with the exception of posts to "Lots of Links".
Cactus Jack 03 Sep 2006, 14:00
Wurm,
If there is some cost to protecting the site from spam and trash, perhaps those of us who enjoy using the site for its intended purpose could help out.
C.
DWV 20 Aug 2006, 20:12
I think it was my Grade 1 teacher; I looked at an old class photo and she was a near-sighted hottie in cat-eyes.
Therouteur 20 Aug 2006, 17:07
They got it all wrong. I've been thinking about this a lot and I'm sure it was my grandmother, not my mother.
20 Aug 2006, 11:18
Here you are , help science by completing an academic survey on why you find glasses sexy !
http://www.intercult.su.se/ISSI/
Bobby 19 Aug 2006, 11:08
Puffin:
I enjoyed the story too. Concerning the 3 digit numbers, I do not think it is technically possible, however human imagination is endless.
Puffin 17 Aug 2006, 13:52
Corrected with mega-hi-index glasses. :-) Yes I know this is impossible!
Puffin 17 Aug 2006, 13:51
Bobby, regarding the Specs4ever story "how much is too much", some of my current fantasies involve 3 figure myopia (!)
LikeGlass 14 Aug 2006, 13:08
Just received an Email from "Rumor Perkins" which is actually the pen-name of four girls (with glasses) who got together and wrote a book called "Myopic Memories: Girls Who Wear Glasses." I had listed the book on my site ( http://www.geocities.com/likeglass55/ ) for the last few years and I guess they found me through Google. They wrote to say thanks and hoped I enjoyed the book. (I Did!) Anyway, the distributor link for the book is wrong and I will be changing it when I can. For those who may want a copy, it's available through Amazon.com ( http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1414062249/104-3901916-0601501?v=glance&n=283155 ) It was published in 2004 and is 224 pages (and some pictures.) Cool read for any GWG admirer !
Bobby's story site is updated 03 Aug 2006, 19:14
Sorry, typo, the link is:
(It is 4:17 a.m. here, and I am really tired.)
Bobby's Story site is updated 03 Aug 2006, 19:12
Hi all readers!
My website http://bobbygoc/sweb.cz hase just been updated. There are 19 (really nineteen!) new stories in the following sections: 2 in S4E's section, 9 in Other Stories, and 8 in MIG section (one of them is written by S4E). See also the "Texts about glasses fetish..." where there is some more about "Going fulltime". Enjoy the reading.
Julian 31 Jul 2006, 01:48
Wurm: I can now open this thread OK in Firefox, but not 'Actresses' for which I am having to switch to IE. This has happened before and usually sorts itself out in time.
Bobby 30 Jul 2006, 18:29
The August update will be a few days late. as I need to add more file that usually, including the very long story from All4Eyes. (Yes, I got it.) So, bear with me, it is a lot of reading, formatting and uploading, but be sure, the August update wil be worth the work.
All4Eyes to Bobby 28 Jul 2006, 19:06
I meant "resent" as in "sent again" not "I resent that!".
All4Eyes to Bobby 28 Jul 2006, 19:04
I resent that email. Did it get there this time? I may have to send from my other email box. I sent tortoise a letter awhile ago and haven't gotten one back, so maybe my email isn't working.
Bobby 25 Jul 2006, 16:11
Legend to the options at www.lide.cz:
Lide=home of www.lide.cz
Chat=chat
Profily=profiles
Forum=forums to discuss a lot of stupid topics (99% in Czech)
Seznamka=dating service (free)
Srazy=meetings
Blogy=blogs
Hry-on-line=games online
Spoluzaci=schoolmates (server for schollmates to meet)
Nastaveni=setting
Muj profil=my profile
Odhlasit se=logout
x pratel online= x friends online
x novych vzkazu = x new messages
x novych mailu = x new e-mails
x moje seznameni = x my dating
ostatni fotky = more photos
strawberry is the best rating
Predchozi = previous (profile)
Dalsi = next (profile)
Napis vzkaz = type a message
Bobby 25 Jul 2006, 16:01
Hi all,
I have created a profile at www.lide.cz for all of you to make it possible for you to surf, browse and contact (!) the GWGs you like.
Instructions:
1. go to www.lide.cz
2. type: "eyescene" into the "uzivatelske jmeno" field
3. type: "glasses" into the "heslo" field
4. click the "Prihlasit se" button of press Enter.
5. Do not change the profile, please.
6. Enjoy browsing and be polite.
Warning: Only about 15 % of Czechs can speak English, the same counts for German, only very few Czechs can speak French, Spanish or Italian.
Bobby to All 4Eyes 25 Jul 2006, 12:52
Thank you very much, it is nice you remember. I did not get any mail from you, sorry.
All4Eyes to Bobby 24 Jul 2006, 19:03
Happy birthday! Btw, did you get my email?
Fred 23 Jul 2006, 02:59
Sounds like a nice idea. I don't know what is available. A forum with profiles containing the same kind of information would also be nice.
lazysiow 23 Jul 2006, 02:39
Any chance of a new lenschat program where we can make profiles, pictures and prescription info. Prescription history too if possible ;)
16 Jul 2006, 18:19
Try Sound Optical labs. in Tacoma.
Yardman 16 Jul 2006, 17:23
Have had rimless frames for years with glass Photogray lens, Tri-focal with Double D Cut. Do not need new frames. Want Glass photogray in my fames, have new presciption. Can not fill in Oregon. Any solutions available?
Cactus Jack 15 Jul 2006, 08:21
Puffin,
I don't think we are out of the woods yet. It appears that someone is still trying to turn the GOC thread into something it isn't.
I wonder if eyescene hater could be behind the attacks. Perhaps the reason for his hate is that Wurm has messed up his play pen.
As Mr. Shakespere said: "Me thinks he doth protest too much!"
C.
Puffin 14 Jul 2006, 17:44
It's nice to be back to normal here. Poker is fun but not that much of it!
Anyway, I'm thinking of putting on my site "4 eyed angel", oh I love that story! And some new morphs. All if I have some time.
Oh yes, eyescene hater, you can't beat us, so why not join us instead? "We are Borg!"
14 Jul 2006, 11:31
maybe the spam was an attack?
eyhescene hater 14 Jul 2006, 07:59
shit on you julian fag
fuck you wormy wurm
Julian 14 Jul 2006, 07:26
Sure, but I don't expect it to. As I said it's been a temporary thing with other threads before - and it isn't happening with GOC .
Wurm 14 Jul 2006, 07:14
The post index http://wurm.laughingsquid.net/cgi-bin/posts.cgi should be usable again.
Julian, let me know if that problem shows up permanently for either of the spammed threads. I was using unfamiliar tools and may have messed up the text encoding or something.
Julian 14 Jul 2006, 07:03
Funny thing is, now I can't open this thread in Firefox; I have to change over to Explorer. This is a problem I've had on various threads in the past few months; it goes away eventually.
Cactus Jack 13 Jul 2006, 22:26
Wurm,
Ahhh! That is much better. Thanks.
Cactus
Wurm 13 Jul 2006, 21:16
I've done some cleanup and put a very simple block up. I'll be working on a more complete anti-spam solution sometime in the next couple of weeks.
Julian 07 Jul 2006, 03:27
Bobby: no mail so far. They were Word files from a Mac - same as before I thought.
Bobby 07 Jul 2006, 01:46
2 all:
the story site http://bobygoc.sweb.cz is updated, there are 2 new stories by S4E and a new MIG section with 10 stories by Doreen F.
Another update is going to be done during July (MIG stories by Izzy)
Jules:
Troubles with encoding of the files you sent me. C yr mail.
Puffin:
Congrat 2 yr site up again!
S4E:
Send them 2 me, objections or not.
specs4ever 05 Jul 2006, 18:58
I do have 4 eyed angel saved on my computer, along with Ann's Business and The Program by rhamilton46. I also have Lucy's Greatest Treasure by Christy, and a story called UHaul by an unknown author. I also have a story called Serenity by Hikari. All these stories are great tales, and are worth putting back on the web. I wonder if I should send them off to Bobby to put on his website. If any of the authors of these stories have any objection to me doing that, please let me know.
-5.00 who luvs gwgs 05 Jul 2006, 14:28
In Puffins excellent stories he mentions in Dolphin Dance a gwg story four eyed angel by Robert where can I find this?
01 Jul 2006, 08:00
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Puffin 01 Jul 2006, 07:58
Oh well it was worth a try (!)
Puffin 01 Jul 2006, 07:58
ñïàñèáî!
30 Jun 2006, 19:02
Ya ochin' lyublyu "ochki dom"
Puffin 30 Jun 2006, 14:58
I am pleased to say my site update has worked at last!
http://www.cybamall.com/ochki/OchkiDom.htm
perhaps in a few days I can finish "Dear Diary 5"(!)
Puffin 26 Jun 2006, 18:07
I am doing an update at my site.
http://www.cybamall.com/ochki/OchkiDom.htm
Hopefully it will be working tommorow.
Tod (aka) Tomx 23 Jun 2006, 16:26
I WISH TO APOLLOIGIZE TO EVERYONE, ANYONE AND ALL, TO WHOM I HAVE SPOKE HARSHLY TO OR WRONGLY OF IN THE PAST. IN THE FUTURE I WILL REFRAIN FROM SUCH COURSE BEHAVOUR. BEST WISHES TO ALL THE FINE AND GOOD PEOPLE WHO FREQUENT THIS SITE.
I HAVE TURNED OVER A NEW LEAF!
TRULY
THOMAS S.
Wurm 08 Jun 2006, 20:20
Rob, thanks for your interest in the site.
The latest daily averages (June) are: 10506 hits/day and 1973 visits/day. The BBS gets about 33 posts/day. I would estimate that there is a core of about 75 regular users.
oodating 08 Jun 2006, 19:24
So one for hardcore oo's and one for ordinary people. Eyesceners, put your profiles up!
SZ6 08 Jun 2006, 19:22
Nice! I may put up a profile on both of those at some point...
glassesaresexy 08 Jun 2006, 19:17
check out glassesaresexy.ning.com
SZ6 08 Jun 2006, 19:03
This is a fantastic idea... if I may offer some constructive criticism, I wonder if an OO dating site might be more effective if the OO aspect was toned down a little. For example, I have met plenty of women who have a thing for men with glasses, but not quite to the degree of optic obsession. If the site was presented less as an OO dating site, and more as a dating site for people with glasses or who were interested in glasses, I imagine more people of both genders (who were looking for both genders) would sign up.
Maybe part of the dating profile could be a question, how into glasses are you? And you could answer anything from "sometimes they look nice" to "the thicker and geekier the better!" Just throwing out ideas here... it's a great idea, I think you should run with it!
oodating 08 Jun 2006, 18:13
Hi all, I've made a online dating application for us
We need some brave volunteers to go first!
Rob 08 Jun 2006, 14:40
Wurm, I was wondering how much traffic Eyescene gets per day. Any stats? Thanks!
03 Jun 2006, 23:01
Specfiend, Soulmates is brilliant! Fantastic story.
Bobby 03 Jun 2006, 02:15
http://bobbygoc.sweb.cz is updated, 5 new stories about girls and boys with glasses, 2 of them by S4E, 1 in the MIG section, 1 by Specfiend, 1 by un uknown new author, come - read - enjoy!
Stefan 24 May 2006, 14:19
http://www.citsoft.com/holmes/return/golden.pince-nez.txt is a Holmes link that might interest some people on here...
ChrisB 08 May 2006, 15:32
Guest and Bobby. Thanks for the flattering remarks. Yes, I do have a second chapter which I will mail over. Having had this praise I will try and complete another story I started based around a Lisa Kaye character.
ChrisB
Bobby 08 May 2006, 10:59
Re: ChrisB's story
I like the story very much and I hope there will be at least one more part of it, in spite of ¨my liking it I cannot make ChrisB write and send another part as it is against my principles. (I think, the best stories are those written without any pressure put on the suthor.) Let us wait, and let us not hesitate to say: "ChrisB, we like your work!"
Puffin 08 May 2006, 06:05
Specs4ever,
It's ok to use the same story idea & title. As for completing it, I'm not sure that's ever going to be possible - my version is a bit of a monster. I have plot lines ready but can't seem to get the time and inclination to finish it. Anyway I'm busy writing something else completely different (non-glasses). One day, I'll get back to Kirsty & co.
Guest 08 May 2006, 03:10
Bobby - that latest story by ChrisB was really great. The way it was left I assume there is a follow-up - can you persuade ChrisB to get it online for us ?
specs4ever 07 May 2006, 16:49
Puffin, I noticed your comment about the fact that you also have a story about a girls diary. I have read yours, and am hoping that you will someday bring it to completion.
My story is, to me, a totally different plot, and I am sorry if you feel put out that I used this theme.
Phil 04 May 2006, 09:42
I haven't been able to get into Lenschat for ages. I did manage it just once last week but usually my efforts are "timed out". Does anyone have any suggestions?
Bobby 29 Apr 2006, 05:23
Julian: Yes,
1: All's well, Much ado, Midsummer, Two Gents
2: Feasting 1, 2, 3,
3: Dominic 1, 2
Puffin: I hope you'll take part in the game soon.
I don't want to say which of the stories I like the most, but I have my favorites, of course. I am happy to see, that the numbers of visitors keep rising.
Puffin 29 Apr 2006, 05:08
Bobby, liked the stories especially "Annie Bagley" but, err, I know of another story about a Diary and a girl called Kirsty :) One day, I'll get back to writing glasses stories. I'm busy writing other stories (fantasy-based) at the moment.
Julian 29 Apr 2006, 01:41
OK Bobby; can't do it right now but I'll manage a bit later. Important question: I sent you three emails on 8 March with MIG stories attached. DID YOU GET THEM?
Bobby 29 Apr 2006, 00:17
Yes, Julian, send it. It seems that the weather today is so bad I wil have to cancel my trip to mountains, which might make it possible for me to upload more MIG stories this weekend.
Julian 28 Apr 2006, 18:35
Bobby: great new stories, all of them. Are you going to be able to post the stuff I sent you for the MIG section sometime? I have some more when you're ready for it.
Bobby (May update) 28 Apr 2006, 15:28
Go to http://bobbygoc.sweb.cz
The 4 new stories about girls with glasses are waiting to please you.
Two are by S4E, one by ChrisB, and one by All4Eyes. Enjoy.
lazysiow 19 Apr 2006, 19:05
This is for the lenschat admin.
Make sure you tell people that they have to remember to click exit on lenschat, otherwise you'll be logged in like forever. The timeout value is too long. I was a dumbass and now Bronwyn thinks I'm ignoring her lol
14 Apr 2006, 15:51
<a href="http://www.yahoo.com/">Testing a Link</a>
Therouteur 10 Apr 2006, 06:12
I've resolved my problem by playing with the security settings. Christ knows what rubbish is landing on the hard disc but at least I've got ES. (sighs.........)
-5.00 who luvs gwgs 09 Apr 2006, 14:48
I agree this is the best web site and I am very glad I found it about 18 months ago .Two suggestions news personalities implies to many news readers would it be better to rename it people in the news secondly it would be nice to have a History of Glasses thread
Bobby updated again 08 Apr 2006, 07:02
IN ENGLISH:
I made an extra update of my website. By courtesy of Wieprz, there are two old stories translated into Czech.
CESKY:
Udelal jsem mimoradnou aktualizaci. DÃÂky laskavosti Wieprze jsou v ceske casti dve stare povidky prelozene do cestiny: Roztleskavacka (The Cheerleader) a Vylet (After the Outing)
still 07 Apr 2006, 09:35
A protest: "steffy" has advertised glasses for sale on 3 different threads, not even relevant in all cases. I wish people would respect us here and just post once, where it belongs, not waste our time!!
lazysiow 05 Apr 2006, 21:11
He may use a proxy server, although I here the chinese government is on top of constantly stamping out.
Ask around, some locals may be able to give you a headsup. Possibly a student of yours
Tim 05 Apr 2006, 20:55
That's terrible news! My wife's new job in Shanghai suddenly seems much less appealing.
Come in, Wei, how do you get round the problem? Or are you in Singapore/Malaysia/Taiwan?
Therouteur 05 Apr 2006, 19:22
Beware all! I have just had the most distressing three weeks of my life.
In a vain attempt to shore up the rocky finances I took on a job teaching a three week course in South China. All very well. But the first time I tried to bring up ES on my computer. NOTHING HAPPENED. And the second time. And so on......
A little investigation revealed that there is something called the Great Firewall of China which blocks out sites which are deemed to be "pornographic" and "subversive". Since most of my favorite pornographic sites seem to come up with no problems, I must conclude that ES is subversive, something which many of us have been aware of for many years.
But if you don't want to be left a quivering wreck, stay away from China.
Or alternatively Wei may be able to tell us how he manages. Love to hear.
Bobby 04 Apr 2006, 16:25
Thank you very much. (blush)
Puffin 04 Apr 2006, 13:50
That's a nice story.
Bobby ... 1 more story 04 Apr 2006, 13:05
Thank you. I enjoy runing the web site.
There is one more story for you.
http://sweb.cz/bobbygoc/mystories/storiesframe.html
lazysiow 03 Apr 2006, 01:19
nice to see more stories! That's mostly what got me here in the first place.
Nowadays its nothing but a bajillion fake Wei posts
Bobby's story site updated 02 Apr 2006, 05:35
Hi all readers!
There are two new stories "The Myopia Study" and "Addicted to Minus" by Specs4ever . Both are very hot with many gradational increases! Blindly Shanghaied by S4E was translated into Czech by Wieprz, see the Czech section, click the czcech flag.
Blindly Shanghaied byla prelozena do cestiny Wieprzem, viz ceska sekce, kliknete na ceskou vlajku.
Tod 31 Mar 2006, 10:13
Hostage, Jill Carrol was freeded today. She looks to be about a -5.00 lens wearer.
lazysiow 30 Mar 2006, 18:36
can we do registration and avoid this fake Wei nonsense? I'm getting quite sick of seeing it
ehpc 27 Mar 2006, 08:16
Elizabeth:) How you doing chick? Pete
Elizabeth 26 Mar 2006, 17:57
I WANT LISA LOEBS GLASSES SOOO BAD!!
Elizabeth 26 Mar 2006, 17:56
Please Help me, I saw a program regarding Lisa Loeb's desire to meet some Jewish guy and get married.
I am just in love with those new butterfly frame glasses she is wearing now. Some times she wears black ones and other times they look dark brown. Does anyone know the possible and manufacturer os such a cool eyeglass frame?????. I want a pair sooooo bad.
Love,
Elizabeth
The Origional GWG
All4Eyes 23 Mar 2006, 14:56
Katy:You're probably right. Some of the things here and on the linked sites are a little "out there" compared to how I feel. and we O.O.s kind of have our own lingo here that would be hard for someone else to understand. Btw, I had a voice chat with him the other day and I told him he had the "myopic personality" (intelligent, bookish, introverted-in short, a nerd)-which he does-and he laughed.
Katy 22 Mar 2006, 14:22
All4Eyes - I wouldn't :-) I would tell him how you feel first, and how it works for you - some of the posts on here probably represent how you feel but there will be lots that don't.. it would probably be quite confusing for him :-)
All4Eyes 22 Mar 2006, 11:52
Katy (or anyone else):When I tell the guy I'm talking to about my being an O.O., would you suggest I refer him here to Eyescene to see what it's all about?
Bobby 21 Mar 2006, 16:33
Long live Eye Scene !!!
Katy 18 Mar 2006, 15:12
Me too! I remember when I first found it, about 18 months ago, I stayed up all night reading every thread. I couldn't believe that there were other people out there that had a glasses fetish - I had always thought it was just me, and never really talked to anyone about it - I thought it was too strange. Thanks to this site and Electra's, I am so much more confident about the whole thing - my close friends know about it, my boyfriend describes himself as a 'trainee OO', and I wear my glasses, which I was always too shy to do. Thankyou Eyescene! :-)
Puffin 17 Mar 2006, 14:00
This is still the first site I visit every time I come on the internet. I love the discussions, the free-wheeling arguments and sense of community between glasses wearers and those who like to see them on others (that's me!)
Long may this site prosper!
Slit 17 Mar 2006, 10:27
Wurm and all the other people who believe in this amazing site and who work for the success of this...
Thank you, million, billion times...
Long Live Eye Scene!!!
- Happy Birthday -
Jennifer 15 Mar 2006, 08:57
Thanks for a great site! I've enjoyed reading everyone's post through the years. It's a great place to read about our common interest. We are truely a community of glasses lovers. It's great to share in our interest. Thanks for keeping this site alive and well...
P Perfect 14 Mar 2006, 20:23
Happy Birthday ES - and from a long time lurker and occasional poster - to echo the sentiments of Filthy, to have a place to express what is a huge part of life to us ~(((0)-(0))))~ is a real gift. Thx ES/Wurm.
Filthy McNasty 14 Mar 2006, 18:48
9 years, huh? That's a long time to have been 'out' as an OO. This forum allowed me to speak my mind on the topic, and in fact is the only place I have ever truly been able to do so. Thanks to all of you, especially the old timers (Julian and NeuroJoe in particular come to mind) I remember so well, the long-time lurkers, and of course, most of all to Wurm. I've actually met him in person (once) and can say that he was the same gentleman he seems to be on this board.
myopeinhere 14 Mar 2006, 17:36
Wow,only seems like yesterday I was lurking and posting on here on my trusty p200mmx with 16mb of ram!!!!
O alias BigO 14 Mar 2006, 17:25
Nine years? Well that makes me about an 8 year veteran lurker then :)
Happy anniversary Chris and thanks for keeping this alive for both the regular posters and the lurkers like me :)
Wurm 14 Mar 2006, 17:10
Happy anniversary to the group. And thanks very much for the kind words. I greatly appreciate all the thoughtful contributors and loyal readers, particularly our 'regulars'. I'm sure our tenth year will be as eventful as each of the past nine have been!
Galileo 14 Mar 2006, 14:55
I have been following this site for 7 years and had not realised it had been that long until I read Val's message. Congratulations Chris, nothing ever holds my interest this long. And thank you for all the work you have put in over the years to keep the site going.
My favourites over the long term have to be people like Julian, Filthy and Bobby, all with distinctive styles and personalities which always come through in their writing.
Having said that I value all the people who take the time to contribute here. If they didn't I would have nothing to read! Thanks.
still 14 Mar 2006, 14:32
That says it for me, also.
big ES fan 14 Mar 2006, 08:01
Wurm,
I would like to thank you again for this wonderful site. I think I've been here since the beginning but I did'nt post originally.
This is my favorite site on the whole internet and I appreciate all of your hard work and money to bring it to us.
Knowing how special this site is, it really makes me mad when people abuse it. I try to post only helpfull or friendly information. I wish I could contribute more but I am glad others are more able to find gwgs sites and post links and other helpfull, interesting things.
Thanks again.
Therouteur 13 Mar 2006, 23:19
Nine years!! This calls for special effort. Maybe someone of a literary bent couls summarise some of the amazing characters who've visited this site during that time. Anyone like to kick off?
All4Eyes 13 Mar 2006, 14:44
Not sure if this is the place for this, but here's my opinion of Specs4Ever's new story "the Pretenders"-I love it! I have a bit of an interest in blindness as well as myopia so this crossover story is just my thing! I'd love to see more like it.
Val 13 Mar 2006, 11:30
Correction,
9 YEARS...
Val 13 Mar 2006, 11:25
Happy Aniversary Eyescene !
8 YEARS ALREADY.
And many thanks to Chris (Wurm).
Wurm, your work was/is/will be highly appreciated.
12 Mar 2006, 10:19
has anyone seen this girl????
http://www.eboards4all.com/175280/messages/243.html
Kokopelli 12 Mar 2006, 08:12
To the anonymous poster: What I think Marielle is trying to say is that she doesn't want people trying to take over her identity and make posts here.
She's probably very well capable of posting her experiences here herself, if she wants to.
Pretending to be another existing person is not what this board seems to be about. I've been enjoying this BBS almost 10 years now. And every once in a while someone will try to do these things fofr whatever reason.
11 Mar 2006, 00:08
does Marielle think she/he has exclusive use of the name. You may as well say i am called john, no one else can use that name. Silly person
Marielle 10 Mar 2006, 23:57
Hello this is to whoever is the moderator of this site. Someone here posted a message trying to be me. I don't know what the deal is about this and what purpose.
I request that you the moderator remove this message and any others that appear under my name. I'm not an Eye Scene visitor (Lenschat only)
I would really appreciate your efforts
Bobby's March update 03 Mar 2006, 13:53
has been updated. 2 new stories by S4E. These are extraordinary good and hot.
and, please --->
Notice!
Dear browsers, lurkers and readers
All authors, although writing for the reason of the inner urge to tell stories that live in their minds, need a kind of feedback. In simple terms, they want their readers to tell them if they like the stories. I have not discussed the topic with all the authors who published their texts here, but I am sure each of them will be happy if you provide them with a kind of reaction. As you cannot mail them for the time being, post your reactions at the Eye Scene, the Glasses over contacts Yahoo! group or mail the reaction to me.
Most of the authors will be really happy to get to know how much you like their works.
Yours Bobby
still 28 Feb 2006, 09:28
8-)Thanks, Myofan! That proves that I am becoming presbyopic!
myofan 27 Feb 2006, 10:45
Simple solution. Take out the period (.) from the end of the link. It should be http://sweb.cz/bobbygoc
still 27 Feb 2006, 10:02
Has anyone noticed that Bobby's link to his site brings up an error message in Czech language? Any solution?
Kokopelli 26 Feb 2006, 00:31
Hi, has anybdoy experienced trouble with the Lenschat server? For days now it seems hit and miss when I want to log on. It looks like the page takes too long to download and causes a timeout.
Maybe TC will read this, or any others that might know what's up
Cactus Jack 20 Feb 2006, 02:10
Bobby, Thanks for using a different shade of blue for background in the story title area. It is much easier for some of us older f**ts to read the titles than on the home page.
C.
Bobby updated his web site 19 Feb 2006, 16:42
Hi all, I have just updated my web site http://sweb.cz/bobbygoc.
What's new? Stories, of course, this time they are the MIG stories (men in glasses stories). Thanks to co-operation with our old Eye Scene member, Jules, a new part of the collection is coming. Read and enjoy.
YIKES!!! 05 Feb 2006, 11:16
LIKE, GET OVER IT ... ALREADY
Julian 04 Feb 2006, 22:48
Good question still, I was wondering the same thing.
still 04 Feb 2006, 21:29
OK, but Tod, what was the relevance of that link to this site? I just visited it, and maybe I missed something?
Tod 04 Feb 2006, 10:39
perhaps myofan thinks he owns this site?
Tod 04 Feb 2006, 10:39
perhaps myofan think he owns this site?
xyz 04 Feb 2006, 09:26
thank you myofan. for nothing that is!
myofan 01 Feb 2006, 14:11
Tod's message has nothing to do with vision or glasses. He's just a spammer with nothing better to do.
Tod 01 Feb 2006, 14:10
http://www.eboards4all.com/175280/messages/243.html
Tos 01 Feb 2006, 14:09
http://www.eboards4all.com/175280/messages/243.html
2 new stories by S4E 01 Feb 2006, 04:59
Hi I have just updated my website http://bobbygoc.sweb.cz
There are 2 new stories by Specs4ever.
The rig bringing the MIG stories is coming slowly as the job is big.
Bobby 31 Jan 2006, 15:11
Yep, I've got it!
Julian 31 Jan 2006, 04:57
Bobby, I sent you an email with attachments 36 hours ago. Did you get it OK? If not perhaps I have the wrong address; you could mail me: julianmungo(at)yahoo(dot)co(dot)uk
Bobby (stories collection) 29 Jan 2006, 08:28
Julian, and the others:
I have some of the stories from Elektra's web site. So, it is not necessary to send me all of them.
here is the list of the stories I have
Belissimo part 1 and 2
Jewels - part 1, 2, 3, and 4
Jewels Too - The Gay PerSPECtive by Electra with Dale Gaye part 1, 2, and 3
That's a Plus - Part 1, 2, 3, and 4
The Fern - Part 1, 2, and 3
The Dragon and the Mountain part 1 and 2
New - Part 1, 2, and 3
Everything New
Late One Night Part 1 and 2
Melted Sand part 1 and 2
Changes
Simon - Part 1
Blur
Inside Out
Charles - In The Library - Part One
Late One Night part 1 and 2
I am sure, you would like to add some more. feel free sending them by e-mail. I will do my best to upload them till 31st March.
GWG_CHRISTIE 29 Jan 2006, 02:37
Hi Everyone.
Just to let you all know that there is a VERY malicious virus doing the rounds at the moment - Unfortunately, it has my name on. BUT IT'S NOT ME. I'm clean, but some one has hacked into some of the Yahoo groups I belong to and is spreading it out.
I NEVER send out attachments - so please don't open anything that has my name on it that has an attachment.
Luv Christie 0^0
Julian 28 Jan 2006, 22:33
Thanks a million, Bobby! I'll send you the material I have, bit by bit, and hope other people will help as well.
Bobby 28 Jan 2006, 12:23
correction!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bobby 28 Jan 2006, 12:22
All right, it seems Elektra's site has not been updated for such a long time we can easily say she (or he?) is gone. If you want send all the "man in glasses" stories stright of gay to me and I will create a new section(s) on my web site and upload them. If I am the man whö can create the largest collection of the stories of the kind I must be the one. My e-mail is at my web site http://bobbgoc.sweb.cz, where there is still a lot of space for many stories.
Katy 26 Jan 2006, 06:57
Good idea - those stories are brilliant. I have some printed out but I'll save all of them just in case. I don't know how the Geocities sites work - whether or not you have to keep logging in to keep them going.
It is strange - even though quite a few of my offline friends know about my glasses thing, I haven't told them about Eyescene. I suppose I don't want them to read everything I have written. My boyfriend has a look though - whenever he comes up to the computer this where I am! :-)
Julian 26 Jan 2006, 06:05
Not a cheep since the end of April last year. I continued sending her material till the end of August, but it was never posted and she never replied. I guess if she's around and interested she'll see these posts and can get in touch.
Might be as well to salvage the text of some of the stories on her site; it would be a shame to lose all that material if the site closes down without warning.
One of the problems of the medium: as they say on the internet nobody knows you're a dog, and we all value our anonymity or rather pseudonymity - but if you - or I - or Electra - fell under a bus tomorrow, who would be any the wiser? My offline friends don't know that I'm Julian...
Katy 26 Jan 2006, 05:08
Has anyone heard anything from Electra? It is nearly a year since her site was updated and now her hotmail address doesn't work. Julian - I know you were asking a while ago - did you find anything out? I hope she's ok and just busy with a gorgeous MIG :-)
21 Jan 2006, 10:42
Me real Wei and me fake also.
Wei 21 Jan 2006, 04:51
Can fake Wei(s) please stop posting. More fake Wei post on XXX links.
Bobby 31 Dec 2005, 12:07
As I will be drunk like a skunk at 24:00, without any chance to type in my long password for the web connection, I am sending you this:
Happy New Year 2006
ŠÂÂastný Nový Rok 2006
Szczêœliwego Nowego Roku 2006
Bachtalo Nevo Berš 2006
Hansel 31 Dec 2005, 11:01
Premature in England by about 5 hours, but Happy New Year to all.
Hansel lives near the England/Scotland border so perhaps that should be
"Happy Hogmanay, all!"
Therouteur 25 Dec 2005, 14:13
And Merry Christmas to all from the sunny south where the surf is breaking lazily on sparkling white sands.........
Going for a swim now.
Julian 25 Dec 2005, 12:14
Christmas greetings to all my virtual friends on EyeScene, and happy sighting in 2006.
Love and kisses, Jules.
Bobby 25 Dec 2005, 12:14
Merry Christmas from Czechia
Vesele Vanoce z Ceska
Shukar Karatshonya pal o Tshekhi
Filthy McNasty 25 Dec 2005, 11:08
Merry Christmas to all OO sickos.
girnur 23 Dec 2005, 16:01
It´s 01.00 am the 24th Swedish time right now.
girnur 23 Dec 2005, 15:59
Merry Christmas from Sweden!
I hope that all of you have a nice holliday. :)
lentifan 16 Dec 2005, 14:18
You sussed me out, Bobby!
I look forward with anticipation to your new morphs in the New Year.
Puffin 15 Dec 2005, 17:26
My site is at
http://www.cybamall.com/ochki/OchkiDom.htm
It's not been updated for a while, but I have been busily writing...
specs4ever 15 Dec 2005, 15:10
well Slit, I suggest if you can do better, give it a try
Bobby 15 Dec 2005, 14:00
Puffin, what is the URL of your web site?
Lazysiow 15 Dec 2005, 13:36
There hasn't been much in the way of decent glasses stories for awhile since the site went more "professional".
I was first drawn here by tons and tons of glasses stories back in the old days. I also remember when a reply to someone who posted here saying something like "I think I'm shortsighted how can I tell" would get a reply like "oh just pick up a pair of -3's and see if you can see through them" :D
goahead 15 Dec 2005, 13:17
The best glasses story is
Slit 15 Dec 2005, 10:12
Hi all,
well these days i see a huge lack of facinating glasses stories.
I am really sick of the strories which have characters who starts glasses at age of 7 with an Rx of -1 and go up to -22 in six years.
Come-on guys, please write some realistic stories with a artistic touch.
The ultimate and best glases story for me is:
http://www.geocities.com/likeglass55/clay.html
It starts with a very usual setting and gives away a story of gradual increase in rx coupled with some light technical aspects...
So please, give us some new kind of stories...
Puffin 15 Dec 2005, 04:39
Bobby, thanks, but now I have my site back up, after a fashion, I think it'll be OK. BTW I am writing as fast as I can!
Bobby 15 Dec 2005, 04:06
Lentifan, you are obviously a real lenti fan. I will try to make some new morphs in January.
Puffin, Specs4ever's stories are a real classic of the genre. My offer to host some of your stories is still available.
Puffin 14 Dec 2005, 17:57
Yes, thankyou from me too, really liked the extra thick glasses, made me laugh to see them so thick, but, oh, what if they were real?
lentifan 14 Dec 2005, 16:10
Bobby
I've just seen your update. Your new morphs are great fun and, as usual, specs4ever's stories are first class. Something new every time, even if, thankfully, there's a common and much appreciated thread!
I specially liked the first 2 morphs in the second row - just the sort of lenses my dream parner would wear. And I should mention, too, your first ('Various') morphs page; the girl in the leftmost picture in the bottom row looks quite delightful. You've perfectly captured that 'slitty' look myopic eyes often have behind strong minus lenses.
A Merry Christmas to you and S4e, and thank you once again.
Bobby 14 Dec 2005, 15:56
The links to the pix have been repaired! Check it!
(Thick as hell)
Bobby 14 Dec 2005, 15:16
Sakra! Gonna repair that, there are capital letters in the file names!
Stefan 13 Dec 2005, 11:17
Hello Bobby... thanks for your update, but i think the pics aren't linked properly yet - at any rate i get an error message when trying to access them!
Bobby's web site updated) 12 Dec 2005, 15:10
Hi all readers and fans of S4E's stories.
I updated my website. It is the late December update as well as Xmas update, because there is a new story by Specs4ever "The Christmas Present". You will find one more story by him in his section and 15 crazy morphs in "Thick like hell" section.
Fred 06 Dec 2005, 10:16
Hi Emily,
Actually, it is alive and kicking, but perhaps you have the same problems as I have. I can only reach it by using a proxy. For example go to http://anonymouse.ws/ and try to reach lenschat from there. I'm not sure what is wrong, but at least this works.
Emily 06 Dec 2005, 06:03
What has happened to Lenschat? It's been down for 4 or 5 days.
Fred 30 Nov 2005, 15:04
Tammy, thanks for your solution! Since it was quite some time ago that I posted the problem I did not expect any answer to my problems anymore... All of a sudden it worked again, but at the moment I don't have much time to chat, unfortunately. Another solution I found was just to circumvent the problem by visting the site using a anonymouse proxy. It also worked, but made the chat very slow. Hope to meet you in the chat soon!
Tammy 27 Nov 2005, 15:38
Fred,
I wanted to let you know that the reason i worded my last post the way i did was because i don't know how much you know about computers. You may be an expert, i don't know, but it's nobody's business but your own, so don't tell us.
Tammy 21 Nov 2005, 18:50
Fred, this is only a suggestion, and i don't really mean to talk down to you, but have you deleted your cookies and cleared your browser history lately? That seems to work for me.
Puffin 17 Nov 2005, 07:05
Sorry if anyone is out there hoping for an update on my site, life has been a bit too tangled recently.
Bobby 16 Nov 2005, 20:11
I made a small update at my website http://bobbygoc.sweb.cz There is a new text about my attempt to wear GOC full time.
Wurm 11 Nov 2005, 23:15
Posting was down for a bit but should be working again now.
Wurm 07 Nov 2005, 19:38
I wouldn't know, Cactus Jack. You might try posting your question on the "Online Retailers" thread.
Cactus Jack 07 Nov 2005, 09:16
Wurm - Is there a special way to enter Rx at O4l to bypass their hi-index offerings on their order form and request CR-39 or to address Rx requests to Albert?
C.
Bobby 31 Oct 2005, 17:11
bobbygoc.sweb.cz has been updated. 2 new stories by S4E.
Filthy McNasty 30 Oct 2005, 09:18
I have ordered from O4L and had no problems. Albert was communicative and helpful. Wurm, I think, has made a good choice of sponsors, especially in light of the benefit O4L has been to those of us with this strange fascination for the lens.
still 29 Oct 2005, 11:31
Congratulations, Wurm! The ad is understated and stylish, and I guess I will get used to it after a bit. Anyway, my point is that this site is of such high quality that I'm surprised an advertiser hasn't found it sooner.
Wurm 29 Oct 2005, 10:10
Special thanks go to Optical4less for their generous long-term sponsorship agreement.
I'm impressed by O4l's understanding of the ES community and willingness to cater to some of the more unusual requests.
My advice for dealing with any online discounter: place a small order the first time. Then if you are happy with the service and product, show your appreciation by becoming a repeat customer.
29 Oct 2005, 07:00
no, it's not working
Julian 29 Oct 2005, 03:47
I got on there and had a brief chat with a guy in Italy.
29 Oct 2005, 03:46
yes
Fred 29 Oct 2005, 03:16
Am I the only one having trouble in connecting to lenschat?
Fred 28 Oct 2005, 17:14
Interesting... My browsers say that it is impossible to connect to lenschat. Well, perhaps tomorrow it will work again...
Julian 28 Oct 2005, 16:04
I got the front page OK but there was no one in.
Fred 28 Oct 2005, 15:24
Apparently, lenschat is not working at the moment... Is there anyone who can notify TC? Or is it only me who can not connect to it?
derek 17 Oct 2005, 23:17
Leave the other one in Fred, its nice to talk in private to a friend sometimes.
Fred 17 Oct 2005, 02:06
Thanks TC! It appears there are two chats now... Perhaps I should remove the one I created, I think the original lenschat is better.
TC 17 Oct 2005, 00:12
Wow, I'm sorry!
Some changes were made to the host and database, someone notified me the chat was down, I tested it and it worked fine that day. I wasn't aware it had gone back down.
It appears to be back up again right now, I will check it out a few times through the week and see if it is now stable.
My apologies for the downtime.
Fred 15 Oct 2005, 14:35
I just created an alternative chat. The link is:
You don't have to log in, so perhaps we'll have the inposter-problem soon... Let's see what happens.
Nikki 11 Oct 2005, 18:23
Ha Ha...one of the few times I pop in to chat just to see what's going on it' broken!!! Oh well, we move on, we do don't we, move on? Worse things have happened.
Vinegar Joe 11 Oct 2005, 17:37
I wish people wouldn't complain when the chat is down.
The chat is a luxury and I appreciate it when it is running. And I do miss it when it is down.
So we should all be grateful to Wurm for making this all possible, and be patient when things are not running so smoothly.
11 Oct 2005, 11:34
Really? I'd love to hear you complain...
11 Oct 2005, 09:58
Some people would bitch if hung with a new rope.
-14 11 Oct 2005, 07:05
Looks like chat is gone again. I do agree with Julian that the old chat was much more user friendly. you could check out the subject before you joined and not come crashing into a discussion that turned out to be of no interest.
Fred 10 Oct 2005, 14:30
It seems the chat is working again! Great! Now hopefully all the people who regularly used it will return...
10 Oct 2005, 04:59
What exactly happened to the chat? Is it being repaired or is it simply gone for good?
Bert 09 Oct 2005, 12:49
I agree with Like Glass and Julian.
Perhaps all of those who use the chat for legitimate use, (as opposed to imposting), could get together to fund in some way, a replica of the "rusty hinge".
eeck 09 Oct 2005, 12:22
the world is running out of oil! will we all soon be wearing wire rims with glass lenses?
Fred 09 Oct 2005, 12:06
Well, a chat in the old style is also OK, but now there is just nothing...
LikeGlass 08 Oct 2005, 17:35
Hummm... Interesting thought Julian. I must admit I was more inclined to pop into chat in the old days. Now, when you sign in, you feel obligated to say something. It would be cool if people could just hang (or lurk) and then maybe sign in if they wanted to join the conversation.
Julian 08 Oct 2005, 02:17
...or even the trouble ::)
Julian 08 Oct 2005, 02:16
Oddly enough, I used the chat far more before it was 'improved', when I could just look in and out again in pasing if I didn't want to join in the discussion, if there was one. I do realize that had its problems, and I sometimes suffered from them; but I was much less inclined to take the rouble to sign in.
Fred 08 Oct 2005, 01:10
Is there anything known about when the chat will be repaired or if there is any alternative? I'm really missing it...
Kokopelli 08 Oct 2005, 00:33
Wurm, please block this woodframes guy.
thanks
woodframes 07 Oct 2005, 21:44
Good day,
I am a maker of hand carved wooden glasses, each being specific in design and construction to the desires of the customer. I personally pick all my woods to ensure uniqueness and quality. If anyone is interested in a one in a kind pair of eyewear, feel free to contact me as we could discuss further the possibilities of custom wooden frames.
Scott Urban
8hhhhhhhh8@gmail.com
07 Oct 2005, 17:39
That link for glasses stories is good. Any new ones anytime soon? Someone should write a story about a popular girl who has to get glasses and becomes a geek. Where else can I find glasses stories?
ehpc 07 Oct 2005, 15:42
As Trom doesn't know either of us, Phil,we can consider him a total w....r:)Many very wonderful people, including many beautiful GWGs text me regularly:) SO THERE! :) Pete
Phil 07 Oct 2005, 08:21
That's horrid Trom! Though from the lack of take up, at least in relation to me, others may share your sentiments. We are both clever, fun chaps who enjoy contact with gwgs.
Trom 06 Oct 2005, 13:05
Why anyone would want to text either or you, is beyond me.
ehpc 06 Oct 2005, 08:01
Me too:) GWGs can text me on (+44)(0)7747 023247. Pete
Phil 06 Oct 2005, 01:02
I can't get into Lenschat!! It's awful. I so enjoy chatting to my gwg chums, especially Frances who I was just getting to know. If any gwg wants to take pity on me text me on 07871436620 for a chat by text. Please!!
05 Oct 2005, 19:47
The chat is dead in the water.
Someone throw me an inner tube.
Bobby 01 Oct 2005, 16:25
Hi all, there are two new stories by Specs4ever at http://bobbygoc.sweb.cz
They are quite hot, so do not hesitate, click the link, read and enjoy. Yours Bobby
Bobby updated 24 Sep 2005, 09:34
Hi all,
I updated my website today. There are 6 new stories.
Two of them are by Specs4ever, two of them are in the B&WC section (by Tatjd and by an unknown author), and two of them are written by myself.
Bobby
Mimi 21 Sep 2005, 14:33
Just wanted to let everyone know that InStyle magazine has a little feature on eyeglasses. They talk about different frame style and have pictures of a variety of spectacles and a couple of actresses sporting their spces. Check it out, it's the October edition with Sarah Jessica Parker on the cover.
Wei 13 Sep 2005, 11:25
Thank you Patrick B, Puffin and Stuart.
Patrick B explain better than I the problem of high myopic! Low rx, yes is not so good as 20/20 but problem is small i think. High myopic give many difficulty which not understand well. I try not post too much now
Puffin 13 Sep 2005, 08:39
Also consider that there are many human ailments that cannot be altered or improved by the equivalent of simply putting on a pair of glasses.
Patrick B 13 Sep 2005, 08:01
Jennifer,
Thanks for clearing the air! Your son will learn to cope with his myopia just as certainly as your husband has. I didn't start wearing glasses (-3) until I was seven, but friends of mine have a son who started at age four with, I believe, a -4. He's now eight and is a -6. They're hoping that his growth years won't accelerate his myopic progression, but they've been told that it will be pretty likely.
Hope your son enjoys his glasses. I took to my first ones like a fish to water.
Stuart 12 Sep 2005, 15:46
Well put Puffin and Patrick B.
I really think it is very simple -if you don't like what people are posting- don't read it. I wish my Chinese was as good as Wei's English!
Jennifer 12 Sep 2005, 14:06
Patrick B:
Sorry if you misunderstood my intentions. I am married to a high myope and face the prospect of my son getting glasses at a very early age. I do understand, but my husband has learned to cope as best as he can. Although I am not in his shoes, I do understand the struggles he goes through every day. Having said that, I feel that we should all respect each other regardless of what prescription we have. We are all wear glasses and must deal with the ups and downs on a daily basis. My apologies to Wei if he took it the wrong way. My prescription may not be as high as his, but I too feel that it's very hard for me to function without glasses. Sorry again for the misunderstanding. I was just trying to say that a "lucky" person is someone who doesn't need glasses at all.
Puffin 10 Sep 2005, 17:00
I for one have no problem with Wei. Carry on posting, there are many things to be said about glasses, we should all listen to what people have to say, even if we don't agree with them.
Moonshiner 10 Sep 2005, 14:10
Thank you Wurm, I'm tired of derogatory comments as well. Nobody is forcing anyone to read any of the posts, if you don't like them, don't read them.
Wei I am curious, If you don't mind, What country are you in?
Wurm 10 Sep 2005, 11:07
Everyone has spoken their peace about Wei's rather logorrheic posting style. Please note that I won't continue to tolerate a mob mentality.
Patrick B 10 Sep 2005, 10:58
Jennifer,
You obviously don't have a clue about life as a high myope. (Why don't you also check my response to Jim in the Guys in Glasses thread). Wei isn't being patronizing or condescending, and I find it astounding that the likes of you can't give him a break for his English. Anyway, for starters, being a high myope means never (and I do mean never) enjoying full 20/20 vision with glasses. For some, that means not being able to drive, enjoy television viewing comfortably and any number of life's normal activities. It also means wearing thick, heavy glasses (and I mean glass lenses not plastic) with all of the problems of distortion and minimification. In some extreme cases it means wearing myodisc lenses which restrict one's viewing field. It also can mean having a different pair of glasses to read, one for the computer and one for distance. Why? Because bi/trifocal lenses aren't available in myodisc lenses with their small viewing areas. Some extreme myopes also carry small pocket telescopes to view bus numbers or whatever. Sometimes I think I should have one myself but can't bear the thought.
Being a low myope has its drawbacks, but it just ain't the same as being a high myope. It's like complaining to an insulin-dependent diabetic that you have it so rough because your diabetes is controllable through diet. Not the same kettle of fish at all.
XYZ 10 Sep 2005, 09:43
Wei, don't you get it, you're posting at the wrong place!
Wei 10 Sep 2005, 09:15
"No Wei" very rude.
No Wei 10 Sep 2005, 07:38
It's hard to believe that this expert on everything can't post a photo.
Wei 10 Sep 2005, 04:10
Jennifer: I not want patronization low rx people! Is difficulty for me tell what try explain for English of great diffciuty with me.
I try explain for low rx can be much improve with vision training but no person care on here!! I very much want improvement of vision but is difficult for -16D. I try help other of low rx who can improve sight.
Yes I think any kind need of glasses of is signicant but you understand for over -10D you canot see at all no glasses but for -1D person still see OK to walk outside no glasses!
Jennifer 09 Sep 2005, 13:23
Wei is very condescending to those that have "better" vision than he. I'm tired of hearing how "lucky" those are that have a low rx. Please--- having to wear glasses to see is significant regardless of the rx level!
dixieguest 09 Sep 2005, 11:47
Ugh enough already...........Wei you have a really large vocabulary but you have very little grasp of how to use grammar and modifiers. Plus you post so much. Do you have a job or just sit around posting to this website at all times. You seem to be about as authentic as a three dollar bill.
Wei 09 Sep 2005, 10:35
I feel I am discrimate due to poor English.
derek 09 Sep 2005, 09:26
confirm, no more wei, its getting very boring
Wei 09 Sep 2005, 08:56
dixie: I try not be offended by you comment too.
I only recent learn of optical matters after problem with glasses. I spend much time searching for information. I also learn much on this site.
I try help another as I helped by Patrick B, Stuart and many other myself.
I apologize for poor English but wish to try help other if possible.
dixie guest 09 Sep 2005, 07:58
I have thought Wei was a fake all along. His faux broken english is a dead giveaway!
09 Sep 2005, 05:11
Its amazing that after being a -16 and wearing glasses all his life he didn't know anything about vision problems but after a month on this site he is know giving advice to others. I'm changing Wei's name to the professor.
08 Sep 2005, 19:17
Yes-I agree
NO MORE WEI-PLEASE.
No Wei 08 Sep 2005, 17:37
Anybody elses tired of Wei?
Wurm 27 Aug 2005, 15:39
Hansel, if you mean the name underlining, I can set up both locations under a single name (assuming both IPs are stable).
Wurm 27 Aug 2005, 15:22
Adam, you're quite welcome. Thanks for your participation and I hope you enjoy the site.
Adam 27 Aug 2005, 14:46
Wurm - sorry, I accidentally posted my thanks to you on another thread. Apologies and once more, bravo!!!
Hansel 27 Aug 2005, 02:42
How would this work if one posts either from a home or work based computer?
DWV 27 Aug 2005, 01:24
I didn't mean to prevent multiple IDs from a single IP, or to restrict an ID to a specific IP. Just provide some indication that a name usually comes from some other IP. I dunno how practical it is to automate that; maybe your new arrangement is better.
But, it would be kind of interesting to know when by some wild coincidence more than one person just happens to post from a single IP.
Wurm 26 Aug 2005, 17:20
Thanks Filthy, I appreciate that.
Adam, your username is now set up to authenticate.
Filthy McNasty 26 Aug 2005, 16:49
Wurm, I will assist as far as I am able.
Adam 26 Aug 2005, 16:03
(The real one this time)
Someone's playing games again and using my name to make mischief - sorry to Worm. Is there any chance of the authentic Adam getting your seal of recognition? If so what do I do?
Thank you.
Puffin 26 Aug 2005, 15:06
I think I'd like to be as anonymous as possible.
Wurm 26 Aug 2005, 14:29
DWV,
Interesting ideas. I've thought of providing some abbreviated or hashed version of the IP address. And the one user per address idea is certainly worthy of consideration. However, it's good to keep in mind that a fair percentage of people still use services that share IP addresses and/or assign a new IP each time the user logs in. Given the fuzziness of the information, it might cause more harm than good.
I've pondered other solutions, such as simply charging for access and providing each paid user a single login. But I've always liked the relatively open and freeform environment here and don't mind doing a certain amount of manual administration in order to retain it. A more likely next step would be to offer review/deletion tools to a few moderators (like the old UBB we had up previously).
DWV 26 Aug 2005, 12:20
So, how difficult would it be to flag posts which use a different name than had been previously associated with that IP?
Or maybe you could display, if not the IP, then some number that is derived from and unique to that IP.
In case my intent is not obvious, I think this might discourage people from posting under multiple personas.
LikeGlass 26 Aug 2005, 11:42
I like this! Good work!
(btw, this one comes from work so the IP is not my usual one. )
Filthy McNasty 26 Aug 2005, 08:26
"Duh, Wurm, what about us other guys?"
Anyway, nice touch and a good solution to what has become a problem for some people. Hopefully not too difficult for you to initiate.
Wurm 26 Aug 2005, 06:13
Adam,
Well, how about "thank you"?
But beyond that you may want to reread my post:
> If you think you would need or want this authentication, let me know and I will check the site logs to see if you qualify.
Wurm 26 Aug 2005, 06:08
Thanks for the nice feedback Julian. It's not a complete solution, as you note, but should help somewhat.
Adam 26 Aug 2005, 06:05
Well, that's ok for you two - but what about the rest of us who keep your site going. Don't we deserve something too?
Julian 26 Aug 2005, 05:55
Hey, thanks Wurm, I really like that! Just one thing though, I'm away from home for the next week, so anything I post will be from a strange computer...field day for all the pseudoJulians ::)
Wurm 26 Aug 2005, 04:45
I've added a post authentication feature. Just click on my nickname to check it out.
I can set this up for any user posting from a connection that supplies a stable IP address (most broadband connections do this, as far as I know).
In theory, the link could point to something individualized like a user profile.
Julian and I are the only ones set up now. If you think you would need or want this authentication, let me know and I will check the site logs to see if you qualify.
Original Tony 20 Aug 2005, 02:03
Thanks Julian
Julian 19 Aug 2005, 18:37
Original Tony: Sorry, I gave you the wrong address ::( Try julianmungo(at)yahoo(dot)co(dot)uk
ehpc 19 Aug 2005, 14:31
But I'm your favourite Elizabeth:) And I just want you to wear your TRUE prescription that is special for YOU:)See you in November:) Pete XXX
Ted 19 Aug 2005, 08:45
Elisabeth,
Which site do you refer to as having problems?, If you mean EYESCENE I have been on it for the last three days without any problems.And yes we all owe a big thank you to Wurm for all of his hard work on this site.
Elizabeth 19 Aug 2005, 08:28
O where, o where have all of the glasses lovers gone, o where, o where can they be?....Shopping for designer frames to put in those high minus lenses so that they can look at you and me!
Hello to all of my glasses loving community members, the site is having problems today as it has for the last 3 days. When you have something that you look forward to every day and it is not there any more you appreciate so much more than you know. So my point here is to say hi and thank each one of you and the Admin that is responsible for this site( when it is up).
I just love my -25 glasses in the black plastic rounded rectangular Kate Spade frames, they are so special to meand they give me such a sense of fulfillment and happiness and sexual excitement when I wear them, I never would have purchased them if I was not aware of this site/community
Thanks to all of you who I have met over the last 2 years on the chat, there are so many I have not met that have posted thier stories and interests that I look forward to getting to know.
Sincerely,
Elizabeth
("""""[(((( o ))))]=[(((( o ))))]""""")
Julian 15 Aug 2005, 09:30
Original Tony: If the unfinished story you have in mind is the 'legendary unfinished story of Jimmy', there's a link to it on the Yahoo group, gayglassesfetish fiction. To join, email GayGlassesFetishFiction-subscribe@yahoogroups.com. The story is posted there as Dominic left it. If you are the Tony who continued the story in a slightly different vein (or so I thought!) or even if you aren't, I have the additions archived and can let you have them. Mail me: julianmungo(at)ntlworld(dot)com
Val 15 Aug 2005, 06:47
Original Tony, Wurm deleted all the fantasy threads. There is no "Unfinished Story" thread any more.
Original Tony 14 Aug 2005, 16:40
Hi guys,
How to get to access the "unfinished story' thread ?
Pippi 13 Aug 2005, 10:39
Yeah Julian, I got the story, thanks very much! It's nice to hear someone liked it enough to keep it! p x
yo yo 12 Aug 2005, 21:34
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Julian 12 Aug 2005, 04:15
Anyone know what's become of Electra? Her site has gone quiet for ages and she isn't answering emails.
Emily 11 Aug 2005, 22:48
Did anyone watch Conan O'Brien tonight? He invented new state slogans. For instance: "Come visit Colorado. Our mountains look like boobs -- if you're nearsighted."
Bobby 06 Aug 2005, 06:15
1. Question:
As I changed the design of the old archive, I am thinking about uploading the files in a new format. A friend of us renamed all the files by their main topics. Do you think it might be useful to replace the old files with the renamed files? Mail me to bobby.laurel@seznam.cz
2. Puffin: OK, mail it to me when your mail server works well.
Puffin 04 Aug 2005, 02:40
Hello Bobby, I tried to send you some stories but Yahoo was playing games with me, I'll try again soon, ok?
Bobby - update 04 Aug 2005, 00:40
I have uploaded the August files at my website http://bobbygoc.sweb.cz
There are 2 new stories by Specs4ever, 2 stories by Specfiend from my archive, 1 story by an unknown author, 1 brand new story by BPHG, and a new section with wheelchair and brace stories from two of the best writers of the genre JohnA and BobD. Some troubles with fonts and format were also fixed.
Come and enjoy. 8-)
Wurm 03 Aug 2005, 09:42
Silly season has arrived once again. Strange how minds prone to splintering seem to do it concurrently. New moon perhaps?
I've cleaned up a batch of bogus posts -- my apologies for any legitimate posts that may have been deleted.
Julian 01 Aug 2005, 16:28
Pippi: did you get the emails OK? I had to break the story into parts.
Pippi 27 Jul 2005, 17:20
Thanks Julian that's great! I have sent you an email so if you can just sent it to that address that would be fantastic! Pippi
Julian 27 Jul 2005, 10:13
Pippi: I have a copy of your story 'Soulmates' by Specfiend which I really liked. I'll gladly email it if you send an address - julianmungo(at)yahoo(dot)co(dot)uk
Pippi 27 Jul 2005, 02:43
Hiya I wasn't sure where to post this, but I had a favour to ask. I came on a previous incarnation of this site a few years ago, both under this name to do regular posting, and also under the name Specfiend where I posted some (often slightly weird, I admit) fiction. I know that one of my old stories is now on Bobby's website but I'm trying to track down two other stories I wrote, in particular one about a girl who found out she needed glasses and then happened to meet two really cute bespectacled guys who happened to be brothers. I can;t even remember what it was called, but I have no copy of it myself and would really like to read it again! Sounds mad, doesn't it? If anyone has any idea if it is floating around somewhere, it would be great if you could let me know! Thanks, P. x
help wanted 24 Jul 2005, 18:36
http://www.eboards4all.com/175280/messages/243.html
Anomynous 20 Jul 2005, 15:16
Forgive me for that last post. I won't make any other posts like it.
Anomynous 16 Jul 2005, 21:43
Chris Mitchell is too shrewd for his own good. Sooner or later it will catch up with him, so you better watch out!
tortoise 16 Jul 2005, 20:01
Tonight, a Google search directed me to the laughingsquid "sightings" thread. Man the threads are immense on this forum!
Anyway, I wonder whether anyone would like to answer the question:
Which is your favourite eyescene thread?
Mine is definitely "sightings". I only wish I could contribute more to it but living in a small town my sightings are severely limited.
For me, other good ones are "GOC", though there is not a lot of activity there, "seen on the web, and "lots of links".
I seriously doubt that equally rich and lively forums such as eyescene exist for other special interest communities. I feel lucky indeed that this excellent venue is here for me and all the others that share this interest.
Thanks Wurm!.
BLOCKED 15 Jul 2005, 10:07
Wurm aka Chris Mitchell why are you still blocking my home computer's access to your site? Have some mercy, please relent!!!
Wurm 15 Jul 2005, 10:02
I fixed a very minor bug in how new threads are being written out. As a result, the "New Glasses" thread has been renumbered from 47 to 46. I don't expect there to be any problems as a result, but please post here if you see the BBS acting up.
Danny 07 Jul 2005, 11:13
I guess I'm lucky. Got to Liverpool Street station this morning and decided to walk to Moorgate as it was a nice morning.
So I'm sitting in an Internet cafe, sending e-mails around the world.
God knows how I'm going to get home tonight - but frankly - I don't care.
DNBursky 07 Jul 2005, 09:43
My thoughts and prayers go out to our British friends on this day of horrible tragedy. Hopefully justice will prevail in the future. This American extends his symathies.
David
Bobby - 2 new stories by S4E 02 Jul 2005, 01:46
I have just uploaded 2 new stories by Specs4ever on my website http://bobbygoc.sweb.cz
The Orphan, and Anothers Tale are very good. Read and enjoy.
TC 23 Jun 2005, 13:10
LensChat has returned, and yes, it's back to the "phpMyChat" application everyone liked. And even better news, all of your logins made the transfer as well!
Phil 21 Jun 2005, 02:38
Hi Katy. How r u? Hope all is well. Glad u r keeping up your optical interests!
Katy 21 Jun 2005, 02:33
Thanks TC - I had tried AOL and IE, and neither worked, so I'll download that :-)
Fred 20 Jun 2005, 10:37
After getting used to it I really start loving this new java chat. So if you ask me you can leave it this way. To my experience, Firefox works fine, I did not try IE.
spexman the original one 20 Jun 2005, 09:01
spexman the original one 18 Jun 2005, 12:57
Hi
Maybe this is more correct tread.
I´m just wondering...There was a tread before with stories...Hmm called if I remember a group called fiction or something where have they gone ?? There was some good ones I never downloaded and saved...
K.R
Spexman
TC 20 Jun 2005, 08:45
It's a Java based chat site, if you don't have a browser that can handle Java you might want to try a different one, perhaps Firefox? Or just visit http://www.java.com/ and download the latest version of Java.
I hope to get our old site back up soon, I've had some difficulty contacting someone here who offered free bandwidth for it again.
Katy 20 Jun 2005, 06:25
I get the same - a blank page with a small red cross in the corner :-(
Daisy 20 Jun 2005, 05:35
What's with lenschat?
Joe '2' 18 Jun 2005, 14:58
Sorry Joe, (the post before mine), I didn't notice your name there, I'd have used a different name otherwise.
Joe 18 Jun 2005, 14:56
When trying to log into the 'temporary' lenschat, which TC has kindly put up, I get the following;
A blank white page, although at the bottom are two buttons, an 'icons' and 'save chat-transcript' one, but nothing else. If my computer was directing me there correctly, (I'm assuming it's not!?), what should I be getting on my screen.
Any help, please?
Joe 17 Jun 2005, 08:11
Puffin, that's just plain weird
Puffin 17 Jun 2005, 02:53
Help, I'm getting interested in non-GWG's again. I don't understand it at all.
ehpc 15 Jun 2005, 08:11
MESSAGE TO ELIZABETH
ELIZABETH WHERE ARE YOU????????????????????????????? I miss you. We can't chat now and you never e-mail me........................thanks for the phone number................only problem is there is never anyone there................I want to come to CA. Think of the fun we'd have:) Pete XXX
Fred 14 Jun 2005, 11:38
Just giving the complete link, since my browser is not always redirecting me there:
http://www.braceschat.com/lenschat/
TC 12 Jun 2005, 08:50
I'll be working on it, but the temporary fix for right now is a free LensChat room hosted by "ThePlanet" you're right. It's a room just for us, feel free to use it.
I was able to get a full backup of the user database from the old site before it went down, so if server space/bandwidth issues get figured out again I can restore the site exactly as it was.
Bobby finished the update 11 Jun 2005, 17:46
I have finished the big June update of my website http://sweb.cz/bobbygoc by adding 4 more stories written by Specs4ever (there are 110 stories by S4E already). I hope I will have time to translate some more stories into Czech in summer.
If any of you wants to publish stories you write, feel free sending me the texts to bobby.laurel@seznam.cz
ehpc 11 Jun 2005, 14:01
Yes...................I get some silly link to 'Planet' or something.............anyway we know you will fix it ASAP TC!Pete
Fred 11 Jun 2005, 13:56
I'm really missing Lenschat... Will it come back online soon?
Ree 10 Jun 2005, 23:46
hi Yeun,
thats great,, you are already married and settled down,, thats really good news.
What about your myopia,, i remember u being a very high myope,, whats your current Rx now and what sort of glasses are u wearing.
TC 10 Jun 2005, 09:19
Working on getting Lenschat back up...
10 Jun 2005, 08:21
Does anyone know what happened to Lens Chat? I get a message "Account Suspended." Maybe he didn't pay his bill.
Yeun Ming 06 Jun 2005, 13:10
I now have a little boy, age 3 and it looks like he is myopic. I have an appoitment for him this week.
Christy 05 Jun 2005, 23:24
I'm still here - not posting much - buit look in every so often.
Julie 05 Jun 2005, 04:30
Hi Chris, will be around on MSN this week coming,
Julie
Ree 04 Jun 2005, 20:28
Hello julie and Yuen Ming,,
Ho are you both. nice to see you all here after a long time,, welcome back.
Ree 04 Jun 2005, 20:20
Hello julie and Yuen Ming,,
Ho are you both. nice to see you all here after a long time,, welcome back.
chrisb 04 Jun 2005, 16:02
Hi Julie,
had tried a couple off weeks ago to find you on msn messenger on your old email - but great to see you are around. will try again over the next few days.
chris
Julie 04 Jun 2005, 01:49
Sorry my fingers are not typing well this morning yuen-ming!
Julie 04 Jun 2005, 01:47
Hi there Yeung meng, I remember you!
Yuen-Ming 03 Jun 2005, 20:12
Julie,
I'm here~ from the old days.
Yuen-Ming
Julie 03 Jun 2005, 10:52
Hi there, any of the people who used to post in the old days still around? Particularly Owen, Sid, Alexa, Christy...I'd love a chat sometime....Love Julie from Herts England. Just got told yesterday that I am over wearing the contacts!!
Tammy 15 May 2005, 17:53
First of all, i apologize to Wurm for using alot of bandwidth with that last post. Secondly, i hope i didn't spoil the movie for everyone else by telling about it.
Tammy 14 May 2005, 20:18
I saw the movie "Kicking and Screaming" tonight, and it's about soccer of all things. Anyway, there's a scene in it when the soccer coach realizes that his goalie can't see very well, so he turns to the parents and grabs all of the parents's eyeglasses off them, and runs to the kid that's having trouble seeing, and holds the glasses up to the kids eyes one pair at a time, and asks "Can you see better or worse with these and then after about 3 pairs the kid says that he can see better with the glasses. The coach puts these huge black frames on this kid and the kid smiles as they start to play soccer again. That's the end of the glasses scene, but i just laughed and laughed, since i knew that sounded so OO to me! The rest of the movie was good too. Take care, Tammy.
Trent 14 May 2005, 16:50
The previous message has nothing to do with glasses or vision.
hdfsghsd 14 May 2005, 05:48
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Filthy McNasty 07 May 2005, 06:07
Please Don't Feed The Trolls.
Friend 06 May 2005, 22:27
Perhaps Rumbling Ruse ought to be banned from ES too. Let me know when the trial is so I can testify on Wurm and Eyescene's behalf.
06 May 2005, 12:58
..................Grumbling Bruise..........
Rumbling Ruse 06 May 2005, 09:39
screw u jerk, i got a hs diploma. dont use my name again or ill soo u
Rumbling Ruse 06 May 2005, 04:13
not only i behaved good but i also a dummy with a kndergarden edication
Rumbling Ruse 05 May 2005, 15:48
i behaved good
Julian 05 May 2005, 15:34
Rumbling Ruse: if you are stupid enough to think you can sue LensChat for barring you after the way you behaved, you'd better find out who runs it, 'cos it isn't Wurm.
Rumbling Ruse 05 May 2005, 13:19
yes a jerk called worm & he is one, couldnt b a better name 4 him
kafe 05 May 2005, 11:36
Hi Sad Ruse man,
You are remembering me no?
I am missing you, I think you very very small mind.
Every is here to see you sad, sad, person.
You have life no.
You are English using Bad.
You Ruse are going somewhere else, should be now.
Ruse you try
www.iamsadindividualwithnolifeandeveryoneherehatesyou.info
This is a website cool.
It is as empty as you.
Bye Bye Sad Sad sad man, I am crying for sure you have returned.
TC 05 May 2005, 09:49
A jerk runs Lenschat? Hmmm, I'll have to look in to that hehe :-)
Rooz 05 May 2005, 04:14
Ruse, a fue lessens in speling woodn't hert eether.
04 May 2005, 23:23
Ruse, it would've been better if you'd read books on English Grammar!
Rumbling Ruse 04 May 2005, 17:50
i got banished by the jerk who runs lenschat & i aint done nuthing bad & i am protesting. i am also going to soo, when i wuz in jail i used to read the books in the law librey & i can figger out how 2 soo, its discrimenation 4 no good reason. i hearby call upon all good citizens 2 boy cot lenschat so they learns a lessen in fare play.
Julian 27 Apr 2005, 08:37
I guess if anyone has access it will be Lady Eddy who posted to this thread on 8 October to tell us of his death six weeks before. Wurm, do you have any way of contacting her?
Eddy's email address was eddy2001@yahoo.com.
Puffin 27 Apr 2005, 03:36
I suppose you'd need the username and password or something like that to get into the account he used. As for permission, I'm not complaining if someone takes the time and trouble to do a good site.
Goober 26 Apr 2005, 23:18
I notice that Eddy's original site doesn't seem to be up any more. The celebrities site seems to still be there but no updates for a long time. I wonder if it would be possible for somebody to take it over and update it. It's very good. How would you go about it. Would you need somebody's permission. Who would that be.
Tod 26 Apr 2005, 08:51
Wurm has had my ISP and router blocked for over two months now. I am nor sure why? I would hope he would restore my access very soon. Thanks.
Danny 23 Apr 2005, 15:43
Wurm.I'm.sending.this.message.using.my.new.mobile.phone!and.it.works.ok!thanks.for.a.great.site
tod 18 Apr 2005, 07:11
Wurm has had my ISP and router blocked for over two months now. I am nor sure why? I would hope he would restore my access very soon. Thanks.
toms53@earthlink.net
Andrew 09 Apr 2005, 13:23
I've just had my first chat on the "new" format spoiled by an impostor. I know nothing about bandwidths, but if we can return to some form of registration, that would be most welcome. I was trying to give some useful ideas, while someone pretending to be me was making stupid comments...
TC 07 Apr 2005, 18:59
LENSCHAT ANNOUNCEMENT -- http://www.lenschat.com/
As you may have noticed, we are doing a bandwidth reduction test, 24 hours with an alternate chat application to see if it makes a difference. More updates to come, but LensChat will live on, fear not!
TC 07 Apr 2005, 17:37
Really LG? I was figuring it was still just serving that small HTML page of the current chat content (10 lines or whatever)... everytime it refreshed, so I thought the bandwidth would be very similar via either system.
Perhaps I'll run some testing on that, plus I've received an offer for server help which I'll look in to as well.
TC
LikeGlass 07 Apr 2005, 17:22
TC, maybe it's time to dust off and revamp the original HTML version of lenschat. Sure it was primitive, but nothing can touch it for bandwidth efficiency! The current system php code wedge is loaded whenever someone drops in and clocks against your bandwidth usage. The result is that 95% of bandwidth usage is support systems, and only 5% is actual chat. Just a thought.
TC 07 Apr 2005, 13:51
LENSCHAT ANNOUNCEMENT
I just got unfortunate news from my ISP, it appears LensChat has been putting quite a load on their systems and the bandwidth was too high. The chat will probably go offline briefly over the next few days as I search for lower bandwidth alternatives for the room, else they will force it offline completely.
If you have any ideas of low bandwidth/server demand scripts or hosting options you're willing to offer please e-mail shoot an email to "admin" at the domain "lenschat.com"
Dave 30 Mar 2005, 12:44
Thanks BESF!
Tod 30 Mar 2005, 06:19
This and the proceding post was made over a public server.
Tod 30 Mar 2005, 06:18
Wurm has had my ISP and router blocked for over two months now. I am nor sure why? I would hope he would restore my access very soon. Thanks.
toms53@earthlink.net
Puffin 29 Mar 2005, 07:47
This is still the first site I visit when surfing.
Wurm 27 Mar 2005, 07:14
Thanks BESF, that's very kind. Eight years and counting!
big ES fan 27 Mar 2005, 04:22
Wurm,
I want to thank you for Eye Scene and all of the effort that you put into it. It's my favorite site on the net. I also want to thank Dave and all of the others who take the time to find and post so many links.
Wurm 26 Mar 2005, 16:16
Posting was not working for a few hours but is back now. Sorry for any inconvenience!
still 09 Mar 2005, 10:31
It was a fine site, Puffin. Thanks for all the enjoyable content! I'll certainly miss it.
Puffin 09 Mar 2005, 06:12
I just shut down my site.
Puffin 07 Mar 2005, 15:46
PS I forgot to mention, I just moved house and BT just hooked my phone line up today, I've missing all this! :(
Puffin 07 Mar 2005, 15:20
That's because they've all swallowed the "thin-is-great" line.
High Myope Lover 07 Mar 2005, 03:18
Hello, I live in Wyoming a place where you rarely see anyone wearing thick myopic eyeglasses. If anyone living in Wyoming is a thick glasses wearer or is interested in strong glasses please contact me. Yahoo Messenger dalton024200
Tammy 02 Mar 2005, 11:18
Hi. I just wanted to let you all know that i'm not going to be online much for the next 2 weeks. My 40th birthday is next wednesday, so i am going out of town to celebrate it. I will enjoy catching up with everything when i return.
02 Mar 2005, 03:15
OMG! there should have been: 2 (two) new excellent stories by S4E! Sorry for the typo.
Bobby 02 Mar 2005, 03:14
The March update of my website http://sweb.cz/bobbygoc brings you 1 new excellent stories written by Specs4ever, 17 new stories by Amy Casseaux, and 1 poem by the female author from our friendly tribe. See by yourself.
Julian 22 Feb 2005, 04:01
...not to mention NoNames. And it's Free from all those ::)
Julian 22 Feb 2005, 03:59
Wurm discontinued the old lenschat, and now there's a new one, ree from lurkers and abusers. Click on the link on the front page and register.
Daisy 22 Feb 2005, 03:04
What's happened to lenschat? Or is it me and my PC?
Cheerful Charlie 28 Jan 2005, 01:39
I mean for the whole of Eyesceen, not particular pages.
28 Jan 2005, 01:13
Just use Control + F
Cheerful Charlie 27 Jan 2005, 23:46
Is there a way I can search old postings using the name of the person who made the posting?
Andrew 18 Jan 2005, 15:08
I finally made it into the new Lenschat. Thanks for your help!
Andrew 18 Jan 2005, 12:16
The common theme seems to be the AOL browser. I shall see if I can work out how to try something else.
Puffin 17 Jan 2005, 17:42
Of course I'll still be around. You don't put me off glasses that easily!
Puffin 17 Jan 2005, 17:41
I shall put up the last of my photos over the next couple of weeks, then leave it for a bit and then delete the lot.
If I do end up having time to do the things I'd like to do, then maybe I might try again - but no promises.
Gremlin 17 Jan 2005, 12:21
Katy, Melyssa:
Thanks for the information on how to get past the sign in screen for Lens Chat, or even how to successfully post a message here on EyeScene BBS. After several weeks of being completely shut out from both forums, I decided that my computer memory or hard drive was causing the problem.
This was not the case at all. At your suggestion, I tried using Internet Explorer. I.E. provides quick and effective access. My AOL browser simply does not let me connect to either posting page at all. It worked several months ago, but it does not work now. I have switched to I.E.
still 17 Jan 2005, 11:42
Whatever you decide, Puffin, we value what you've done, and your presence here. Will you be leaving your site on-line, or taking it off, and, if so, when? Will you continue to be a member of this group? Any way, thank you for all the pleasure you've shared here...
Puffin 17 Jan 2005, 04:32
It is with great sadness that I must announce that I am going to have to close my site. It must be obvious to those who have seen it that I haven't been doing much on it recently. Finding spare time in the last few months has been just about impossible. It's not that I'm short on ideas for stories - I've got a whole list. The main thing is that I've got no time to look for decent glasses pictures. They seem to be getting harder and harder to find.
I shall put up whatever photos I have in February, and that will be it.
Sorry, I did my best, and it was fun, but I've had to admit defeat. :(
Julian 14 Jan 2005, 08:45
Electra - assuming you can read this though you can't post - are you ever going to post those photos I sent you for Julian's Gallery?
Love and kisses, Jules.
Melyssa 14 Jan 2005, 04:41
Andrew,
You can also use Netscape 7.0 or greater. I use that a lot more than I.E.
Katy 13 Jan 2005, 14:05
Andrew - are you using a recent version of Internet Explorer? Changing to that worked for me - I was having the same problem, and I was using the AOL browser.
Andrew 13 Jan 2005, 13:59
I still cannot get past the log-in screen to the new lens chat. Any advice, please, as I feel I am losing touch with the regulars on the old format!
Ted 13 Jan 2005, 13:54
can someone please explain why Electra is not allowed to post a message to this format. I know the server will not allow it but what is the reason?
Any comments from Wurm on this?
Katy 13 Jan 2005, 13:47
Electra has added a new story to her site - 'The Quick Way' - induced myopia with PRK..
http://www.geocities.com/electra_the_migfetish_lady/stories.html
Buddy 13 Jan 2005, 05:59
What I like the best about eyescene is when people write in and discuss their visual history. I certainly enjoy reading about their progression from a mild prescription to a strong prescription with emphasis on the eye test and the results. I think a new thread such as "Eye History" should be set up. I am sure others are just as much interested in this as I was. I was hoping Julie would post more, but that suddenly stopped leaving us wondering. So something along those lines would be nice.
Katy 09 Jan 2005, 06:54
from Electra.. coming up on TV.. the classic episode of Happy Days where Fonzie is prescribed glasses! He is afraid that glasses aren't 'cool' and refuses to wear them. 'Sight for Sore Eyes', 30 minutes -
Thu Jan 20 09:00A on TVLand
Fri Jan 21 04:30A on TVLand
Socks 04 Jan 2005, 23:44
I was just thinking that it would be nice if there was a particular place on here to post "diary" type entries like Emily had done that has since been erased. Julie also had several diary type stories that stopped, as have a couple of others in various random places. I like reading those memories of getting glasses and the progression of prescriptions. Emily's was nice to read every few months and I wish it would have been continued. Any thoughts?
Bobby 03 Jan 2005, 16:18
Website updated. 2 new stories by S4E.
Johnnyb555 31 Dec 2004, 21:39
Yup, happy new year to all :-)
Tammy 31 Dec 2004, 21:25
Happy New Year to everyone, and Merry 2005! :)
Trent 31 Dec 2004, 19:17
May everyone have a happy, safe and prosperous New Year!
Bobby 31 Dec 2004, 16:32
Happy New Year 2005.
Be good, keep your glasses clean, and never stop thinking.
Slit 29 Dec 2004, 02:58
Thanks guys.
Jennifer 28 Dec 2004, 10:51
We are praying for those that were affected by that great earthquake. Our thoughts are with you all.
Bobby 27 Dec 2004, 02:53
Slit, sorry to hear about the tragedy of your country.
Friends, let us think about those whose Christmas are not as happy as ours.
Slit 26 Dec 2004, 16:54
Hi,
Im writting from Sri Lanka, the country which is worst hit by the tidal waves created by the 8.9 Earth quake in Sumathra.
About 4000 people are dead and over one million people are dislocated.
Sri Lanka is a poor country.
Please assist us in this terrible situation if possible.
26 Dec 2004, 12:04
Nov shmoz kapop.
Bobby 25 Dec 2004, 07:52
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2005.
Vesele Vanoce a stastny novy rok 2005.
Shukar karatchonya the bahtalo nevo bersh 2005.
Puffin 24 Dec 2004, 09:46
Merry christmas everyone!
Bobby 15 Dec 2004, 16:14
Oh, sorry, I forgot to add my URL. It is http://sweb.cz/bobbygoc
Bobby 15 Dec 2004, 16:12
I added some new stories to my web site too. :-)
I found one old story by Spec4ever on my old harddisk, uploaded one new story by Stingray, and corrected the name of the author of one of old stories, a very good one BTW, whose author proved to be our old friend Stingray aka Eye Write, so I decided to look thrught the old harddisk once more and uploaded another story by him "An Optical Seduction".
Katy 14 Dec 2004, 10:13
Electra has added a new story, 'A Learning Curve', to her site.
http://www.geocities.com/electra_the_migfetish_lady
Remo 13 Dec 2004, 18:06
Happy Feast of the Pig to the people of the village of Sinanju!
Trent 13 Dec 2004, 16:45
What happened to our sponsor optical4less?
Tammy 11 Dec 2004, 19:34
Merry Christmas to you all, and Happy Hannakah to those of you who are Jewish!
Slit 11 Dec 2004, 19:22
Merry Christmas and Happy new Year from Sri Lanka.
still 11 Dec 2004, 09:56
Oops! And Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas to everyone who comes here, and to our kind host, Wurm.
still 11 Dec 2004, 09:54
Julian, have a wonderful holiday season and a happy and healthy Hew Year!!
Brian-16 11 Dec 2004, 06:05
Julian-Merry Christmas to you and all your good people "over-there".There is just too much politics in the USA screwing up the holiday,and more and more folks here are just saying "Happy Holidays" instead...
Julian 10 Dec 2004, 23:49
Yes. Wurm, Filthy and all my online friends, gay and straight: have a happy - as far as I'm concerned it's Christ-Mass!
Love and kisses, Jules.
Wurm 10 Dec 2004, 21:59
Thanks Filthy!! Many happy returns to you and season's greetings to all.
Alm 10 Dec 2004, 09:05
Hi Katy how are u?
Hope everything is ok, I look forward to meet u once in Lens Chat.
A big kiss for u darling....
Filthy McNasty 10 Dec 2004, 08:41
To all the old-timers here (especially Julian, NJ, and our kindand invaluable host Mr. Wurm), and to the newer participants that continue to make this site interesting: Holiday greetings from me, whether or not you celebrate anything this time of year.
Katy 10 Dec 2004, 08:04
Electra has added Part Two for the story 'Simon', and also updated the links in the hardcore section.
http://www.geocities.com/electra_the_migfetish_lady
Pete 05 Dec 2004, 17:10
There are people that discuss induced strab. on the chat ocassionally.
05 Dec 2004, 03:08
Maybe you should add a thread for inducing straubismus.
Wurm 04 Dec 2004, 21:42
OK, it should be safe to post again.
Wurm 04 Dec 2004, 21:22
I'm moving some files around, so any posts in the next half hour or so may be lost. I'll post again when the transfer is done.
TC 04 Dec 2004, 07:44
188 Registered users and growing :-)
Katy 30 Nov 2004, 09:33
-oo- - there was no change in the prescription. But it is only 2 months since the last one :-)
Wurm 30 Nov 2004, 09:20
As the Optical4Less sponsorship period draws to a close, I'd like to thank Albert for supporting the site and for offering visitors interesting products and competitive prices.
-oo- 29 Nov 2004, 17:24
so what was the outcome, katy?
Katy 29 Nov 2004, 16:53
Andrew - I was doing that today with the optician - had to go because my eye was hurting like mad and looked very evil. I was saying things like 'its on the white bit' - and I've done half a year of an optometry course! Anyway she said 'I'm afraid we'll have to do a full eye test' (he he).. luckily I had thought to wear my old glasses instead of the too-strong ones because she took them away to see how strong they were - that could have been very embarrassing :-)
Andrew 29 Nov 2004, 12:44
"trying to talk about glasses with someone without sounding just a little too interested or knowledgeable..."
I think this must be one of the hardest things for those of us who have been around here for a while. I can talk about what it's like to be shortsighted from my own experience, but I can also talk about being longsighted, having astigmatism, bi-focals, prisms etc. from what I have read. It's quite a challenge, but it does enable me to ask questions with a vague idea of the response before I've heard it. I think it's the part where I ask about the prescription which might give me away as an OO...
leelee 29 Nov 2004, 12:28
Julian- maybe the hyperope discovers he was adopted from circus folk, just like his big brother told him!
Katy 29 Nov 2004, 11:06
Leelee - wow! You should write some stories with ideas like that :-)
Katy 29 Nov 2004, 11:05
Leelee - wow! You should write some stories with ideas like that :-)
Julian 29 Nov 2004, 10:30
Hey thanks leelee - there are topic there I have used, others I might, others I shan't in this story but shall keep in case I write another. Basically the 'hero' is the one hyperope in an all-myopic family. Eventually you might get to read it.
Love and kisses, Jules.
leelee 29 Nov 2004, 07:14
Jules - here are some random things you might use for your story (no pressure!):
- the experience of being told you need glasses even tho it seems like you have perfect vision (your eyes just get tired when you work too much, right?)
- not getting +glasses even tho you really need them.
- contemplating the idea of wearing +glasses all the time even tho you can function well without them at all, and wondering if it would potentially ruin your eyesight (and possibly not caring)
- what it feels like when you first get +glasses, the oddness of seeing distance out of focus, the woozy feeling, the oddness of seeing everything bigger.
- an almost sensation of 3-D (because things are sharp up to mid distance, and then suddenly falls into blur - much like the old kiddy 3-d viewers.
- the panic you feel when you see your glasses - on the table in the optical shop, and on your face. worries about what people will think, that they will think you are "old" even if you are quite young.
- feelings of concern that getting glasses and changing the way you see might change the way you are, or the way you work - especially if you are a visual artist.
- the secret glee you feel when you start to notice other people with +glasses.
- descriptions of how the lenses distort the side of ones face when someone sees you wearing them, and how they distort images in the distance behind you when soeone sees you wearing them.
- that freaky light triangle that gets projected when light falls on them (so you see the shadow of the person wearing them with this bright refractive spike of light pointing to the eye of the shadow caster.
- what it feels like to slowly be able to see in the distance of new +glasses.
- threats of bifocals.
- what drives one to seek an eye exam?
- the experience of switching to strong +glasses after wearing contacts for a long time, then suddenly showing up in strong glasses.
- trying to talk about glasses with someone without sounding just a little too interested or knowledgeable...
- the realization that your are wearing glasses all the time, and can no longer read without them.
- that sort of "excited" feeling you get when you put them on.
that's all I can think of right now - hth. looking forward to your new story.
Julian 29 Nov 2004, 00:53
I'm struggling with a hyperopic story (gay ambience of course) but don't know when it will see the light of day. I'll send it to Izzy for his Yahoo! group.
Love and kisses, Jules.
hooked 28 Nov 2004, 23:54
@Slit
Write your own stories. Just to date I have written two but they are in German as this is my mother language.
Wurm 28 Nov 2004, 19:35
I've deleted another batch of posts by an individual who would wish us to believe that he is various young women who require advice about multifocals.
One personality per person, please. My apologies to anyone who may have been taken in by the ruse -- those responses have been deleted too.
Slit 23 Nov 2004, 18:22
Hi,
Theres a lack of HYPEROPIC stories.
I would love to read them.
Bobby 23 Nov 2004, 17:08
For faster access to the stories wrtten by Specs4ever click this: http://bobbygoc.sweb.cz/s4e/index.htm
23 Nov 2004, 12:13
BobbyGOC,
Can't seem to get to the new stories on your site... loads really slow and doesn't ever make it to the story since you added the new ones.
Will Shakespeare 22 Nov 2004, 18:57
Congratulations Bobby - and S4E! Can't compete with that magnificent output, but my few stories featuring Will Shakespeare the gay optometrist have been re-posted, courtesy of Izzy, at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GayGlassesFetishFiction/ - along with other stories by Izzy himself and others.
Love and kisses, Jules.
ONE HUNDRED STORIES 22 Nov 2004, 17:46
The number of stories written by Spec4ever and publish for your plasure at my website http://bobbygoc.sweb.cz has reached the amazing nuber of 100 (one hundred). Go, read, and have fun.
Myopically yours
Bobby
LikeGlass 21 Nov 2004, 15:22
Little more info- My old laptop running windows ME has no problems with the room. Looks like something to do with XP SP1, yet it used to work!
LikeGlass 21 Nov 2004, 14:54
TC,
On Lens Chat, running XP SP1 here and last week chat ran fine. This week, the cursor will not stay in the text box, and I have to keep putting it back there with my mouse. It looses it on the refresh. Almost like the old object oriented code "set focus" command that is not defaulting back to the text box. Any thoughts?
Val 15 Nov 2004, 09:52
I said that if Aliena can't enter Electra's site it's because some software on Aliena's computer is blocking the access. I had such experiences. Could be an anti-spam protection software, or, like I previously said, a firewall.
14 Nov 2004, 13:40
?
Val 13 Nov 2004, 11:08
It's possible that some software (could be an antivirus software or a firewall) blocks access to addresses that contain words like "fetish". Or the browsers security settings are set to high.
specs4ever 13 Nov 2004, 10:49
Hi Electra and all. I just heard from Aliena, who tells me that for some reason or another her IP address is also blocked. I don't know how that happens, but I was wondering if there are others as well who can't get in?
Danny 12 Nov 2004, 11:55
TC - don't worry - i chatted fine last night, it must be me.
Liz 12 Nov 2004, 10:39
Katy. wow what a good site, they seem to have some really good solutions for high plus glasses. will go further into this site. many thanks for pointing me in the right direction
Katy 12 Nov 2004, 09:50
Liz - here is the link I was talking about :-)
http://www.thineyeglasses.com/default.htm
Danny 10 Nov 2004, 13:06
TC
I can type my name and password into the boxes, wait for the page to load, and then i get back to the screen to add my name and password. And the number of users has increased. (perhaps thats a coincidence)
Julie 10 Nov 2004, 10:55
Syd!
Get in touch!
I have joined the new chat, may see you all there!
Julie 10 Nov 2004, 10:53
O great to see you are around. Not sure how to get in touch - email me on julieblueeyes25@hotmail.com
Electra 10 Nov 2004, 05:47
Actually, Electra's shadow, as I can't post to the board any more, I think possibly my IP address has been blocked by the Laughing Squid server or something, but that's how it goes, I have to use that IP address, which isn't a normal one (it's a remailer), so that sort of thing goes with the territory.
These are a set of cut & pastes done by a friend for me, to catch up here and announce updates to my website. There's the first of a new batch of stories, some new technical pages etc. http://www.geocities.com/electra_the_migfetish_lady and go straight to the News page to get the latest. We also have a form and the usual site feedback. Plus I have a new e-mail address there.
Just wanted to congratulate TC for the new Lens Chat which is awesome, and not at all complicated, it can't be any easier. It gets 100% from me anyway, no anonymous lukrkers, no fecal disturbers, wonderful.
Alm 10 Nov 2004, 03:55
Hi daisy, how are u baby?
There is a new chat room now, the address is:
www.lenschat.com
Join in with your name, I will meet u in there. A big kiss for u
daisy 10 Nov 2004, 03:26
I'm really missing the chat. What's happening? Any news? Hi Emily, Alm, Ash, antonio, and all the others i've been chatting to...even the NoNames.
myhopeinhere 09 Nov 2004, 23:49
yeah,had some good chats in the old days with Julie,Alexa and co
O 09 Nov 2004, 18:45
Wow, Syd and Christie namedropped me, I am very impressed. I am still out here but mostly a lurker these days I'm afraid. Since 1996~ the net in general has been too full of strange people for me to get too close to many of them. I haven't heard from Julie in forever which is a shame.
Thanks Christie/Syd, good to know I made an impression on some of you. Have a pint on me!
Katy 09 Nov 2004, 14:51
Andrew, that is exactly the same problem I had. I got it to work by using a better internet browser - maybe it is something like your browser is out of date. Have you tried it on a different computer?
TC 09 Nov 2004, 14:20
I'm looking in to it.. I've never seen that problem myself so it's kind of hard to pinpoint what the issue might be from the comments. If you ever get to the front page again but can't get past let me know: Does it say other users are logged in? If you hit refresh on the front page does it re-load?
If you can't get to the front page, does this get you anywhere? http://67.18.218.194/~lenschat/lenschat/
Danny 09 Nov 2004, 12:27
TC...
I can't get into lenschat.com if i'm at home, i get the log-in screen and type my name and password then - nothing!
if io'm using Internet Explorer I get nothing,
If i'm in AOL i get a page cannot be found, both on the right hand side and in the main chat area, with no place to type anything.
Any suggestions?
Andrew 09 Nov 2004, 12:26
OK, TC. "Register once, log in with your nickname and password and chat away, no complexities at all if you don't want them" - except that I cannot get beyond the log-in screen, and no matter what I do, I come straight back to it. What am I doing wrong?
<.>-<.> 07 Nov 2004, 16:44
cool
<->-<-> 07 Nov 2004, 16:43
things could be worse, you could be drunk on Utica Club beer. LOL!
ehpc 07 Nov 2004, 15:10
It's OK...........I fixed it............Pete
ehpc 07 Nov 2004, 14:53
Um...............er............how do you find javascript if it isn't switched on? I am somewhat elementary with computers....................Pete
ehpc 06 Nov 2004, 12:05
Liz I need you in the Chat Pete XXX
Julian 06 Nov 2004, 03:14
No, it wasn't slow to refresh - but it might take two or three refreshes before my post appeared; a bit like answering the last question but three! OK when it was quieter though - but that may be because there was less traffic throughout the system.
Oh, and by the way, I think it was a 15-second refesh on the 'Rusty Hinge'.
TC 06 Nov 2004, 01:15
Not sure about the "slowness" ... I have the refresh set to 7 seconds which I think was about what the refresh on Rusty Hinge was as well. That being said it wouldn't be surprising to see multiple message pop up all at once at the end of the 7 seconds. I'll look in to it though.
And for Liz, do you have Javascript turned on? I'm guessing your browser isn't catching the redirect, try going to:
http://www.lenschat.com/lenschat/
Julian 05 Nov 2004, 22:56
I found it was slow to repond when there were several people in the chat room - or maybe it was the time of day. Anyway, I'm not complaining.
dave 05 Nov 2004, 20:42
I just signed up too and got my regular nickname. Thanks to everyone who helped set it up.
Tammy 05 Nov 2004, 19:31
TC, i really like the new chat! The problems that i have experienced though, are the fact that my regular chat name is too long and i couldn't register it...no big deal. I registered as Tammy. The other thing was that i couldn't post sometimes. It would let me exit though so i just left and came back in. Thanks. :)
Guest 05 Nov 2004, 15:38
Nothing Liz,
You have been rejected...you win...
liz 05 Nov 2004, 14:38
Hello Glasses lovers, I have attempted to log on to the new chat however every time I get a blank white screen that does nothing after i click on lens chat, what am I doing wrong?
Please help,
Liz
Bart 05 Nov 2004, 09:04
OK TC, very good indeed. Now I'm registered too.
For those who say that's too difficult using this chat: I work in a Internet service provider and I see a lot of different chat rooms day by day, I can tell you this is one of the most simple (and perfectly working) I ever saw.
Come on folks, I'm sure you did more difficult things in your life than surfing the net....
Christy 05 Nov 2004, 07:54
Syd - I remember Alexa (or Alex@) Julie and O - who were there almost full-time when I first found Lens Chat. Have to say I'm a very irregular visitor these days.
ehpc 05 Nov 2004, 06:23
Electra can't post for some reason. So she asks me to say that the new Chat is tops, too:) She also raises an interesting point, which I am sure she will be happy for me to pass on.Before the new TOP CHAT, many people used to post anonymously, impersonate, abuse others etc.Presumably a regular group of the same people.This is not possible in the new Chat.Now,there is now a group of people who arelamenting the demise of the old Chat.Are these two groups by any chance related? I think we should be told. Pete
Syd 05 Nov 2004, 05:44
Hi all,
Not been in for ages. Sorry to see the demise of the chat room. A few years back I was in there all the time. Who remembers Alexa, Julie, O, Penny and the guy from Holland who had his own trial frames ? Are they still out there ? Will try and get back into the routine. BFN
ehpc 05 Nov 2004, 04:51
TC...............Top Chat :) Pete
TC 04 Nov 2004, 20:14
Thanks for the comments, if you can offer any information at all on the difficulties or errors you may have had I will certainly look in to it.
We've currently got 65 registered users over there and I've seen most of them haven't had any problems.
The only reason we require registration is to help prevent names being stolen. I can't imagine why the system would refer to you as Pete... I checked the database and no Tod is registered so you might want to try it again.
The system is honestly not complicated for most users. Register once, log in with your nickname and password and chat away, no complexities at all if you don't want them. It has extra features (colors, etc) but you don't need ot use any of them if you don't desire.
Also, anyone who has any suggestions for a PHP/MySQL chat client they like better feel free to let me know or set up your own server. I set this up just to fill the need and for many users it seems to fit the bill nicely.
I do have the same software as Rusty Hinge also, but most folks seem to much prefer the new software.
LikeGlass 04 Nov 2004, 19:35
Looks like it's working now.
Tod 04 Nov 2004, 17:25
TC, your new lens chat is just too complicated for the average ES user. This includes me, too. I have tried several times to post with the name Tod and your system continues to refer to me as Pete.
We need a new chat room. So if you or someone else can put up one that's easy for everyone to use this would be great.
I also think Wurm should put the old Rusty Hinge back up. Sure there are idiots out there who abuse things. It happens everyday in all endeavors of life. But you don't throw the baby out with the bath water!
Andrew 04 Nov 2004, 14:47
I'm registered, but I can't get into it. I'm also no expert on computers, so any guidance would be most appreciated!
Katy 02 Nov 2004, 07:12
Thanks TC, I have got it to work now - I was using the AOL browser before and that didn't work, but when I tried it with Internet Explorer it was fine. Can't wait to chat to everyone again :)
TC 02 Nov 2004, 06:36
My appologies to Katy and Christy, I'm not really sure what the problem might be.
We've got 35 registered users so far and I've talked with many of them without problems. What you might try is making sure you have a decently updated browser, make sure Javascript is turned on, and make sure your security settings aren't turned up too high. Also, the site uses "pop-up" windows for the registration and displaying user profiles, make sure your "pop-up blocker" doesn't block them.
Let me know if you continue having troubles with it.
Katy 02 Nov 2004, 03:08
TC, thanks for setting that up - am really missing lens chat! I am probably doing something stupid but evry time I type a message it sends me back to the login page. Any ideas? I have registered with a password. Thanks! Katy :)
Julian 02 Nov 2004, 00:10
Funny, I've just logged on and registered.
Love and kisses, Jules.
Christy 01 Nov 2004, 23:55
"Page cannot be displayed..."
TC 01 Nov 2004, 23:32
Thanks, glad it looks like it's working out. I have now turned on the requirement to register before chatting. Feel free to use your usual chat nickname, and remain as anonymous as you'd like with the name fields, etc.
At this point I am *not* requiring a valid e-mail address for registration, as soon as we start having problems with abuse again e-mail addresses will be required for registration. They won't be made public or ever spammed, just used to slow down abuse.
Also, be sure to check out the "Tutorial" file, it has a great "ignore" function, if everyone ignores the abuser they would quickly get bored. Help new visitors how to use the ignore feature.
JB 01 Nov 2004, 22:09
TC
Nice work, glad to see a new chat set up.Let us hope that it is only populated by the majority of decent genuine people who will migrate from Wurm's site.
Tod 01 Nov 2004, 18:05
It seems that Wurm has removed the Lens Chat chat room also know as the Rusty Hinge from this web site. It is unfortnate that a few unthinking indivduals have ruined things for the many who are responsable. I only can hope that Lens Chat will be restored soon with perhaps some form of user registration. I am not however in favor of mass punishment or banning as this only serves to empower the wrong doer in the long run.
LikeGlass 01 Nov 2004, 12:22
Good Job TC! It loads behind a firewall, without requiring Java. Looks like a stable solid code. Anyone can enter, but people who register are acknowledged. Nice handy URL, clean screen... What more could we want!
Bobby 01 Nov 2004, 12:17
OK, lets try that !
Danny 01 Nov 2004, 12:02
TC - we should get our heads together!
Try
uk.geocities.com/danielrtaylor
for my lenschat replacement!
it's now 5 days old.
email me: danielrtaylor@yahoo.co.uk
TC 01 Nov 2004, 10:44
For those wishing to chat I have just created:
I have created the room such that registration is optional, but once you're registered with a username it does have a password so it won't be stolen from you.
Many changes will occur in the future including possible changes in chat software, etc.
Note to all: I am *not* trying to take over EyeScene, Wurm has done a wonderful job, just trying to fill where he has chosen to step back.
The Hawk 01 Nov 2004, 10:24
Hi everyone, It was so good chatting with all the people on LC, i miss it already. A quick hi to all my friends on there! Well, i hope an alternate way can be found to restart it. I am not sure if this would work or not, but a yahoo group could be started as everyone would need to log in and the moderator of the group can also limit/restrict membership to the group. A chatroom is available on these sort of groups....its just an idea...hope it would work! Meanwhile, keep posting guys!
Alm 01 Nov 2004, 03:31
Hi everybody, I can't wait that Lens Chat will re-open, I miss the friends I had there but I hope that soon there will not be the problem of the imposters....
I just want to send a big kiss to Melyssa, Electra, Daisy, Emily, Katy, Liz, Mari and say hello to ehpc and Bart.
A special thanks to Tammy for appreciating my english, I hope I will get to know yow better in the next Lens Chat.
Ciao and have a good day
ehpc 01 Nov 2004, 03:00
Well, I have made REAL friends on Chat................Liz, Katy, Jennifer,Ash, Alm, Ree, CopyrightEmily, Electra and many others..............I shall really miss it. I haven't the first idea about computers, but for anyone who wishes to keep in touch with me feel free to write to peterseivewright@hotmail.com Any real friend won't mind revealing their e-mail address.Pete
daisy 01 Nov 2004, 02:04
I WANT CHAT BACK! I WAS ALWAYS NICE.
Julian 01 Nov 2004, 00:31
Wurm: I have had more enjoyment than I can say out of EyeScene over the last seven years and am really grateful to you for providing this site. I've been an occasional chatter, but have had some really enjoyable discussions there, and I hope somebody will run a chat room for us. But...you are going to kill off LensChat/Rusty Hinge completely, and not leave it in its present horrid state...aren't you?
Thanks and thanks and more thanks.
Love and kisses, Jules.
JB 31 Oct 2004, 22:14
Sadly it seems as if the imposters and non genuine nonames,there were some very genuine nonames who were always affable and interesting but decided for thier own reasons not to let the rest of us know who they were,have won and chat has been closed.
Maybe Wurm will have a change of heart and reinstate the facility in time.
One thought....maybe on of the regular chatters could administrate the room on Wurms behalf.I would gladly put myself forward for this but i have no experience of these things and would therefore not have a clue how to start.
Anyone have any realistic workable ideas ?
I know i was relatively new to the chat but i can see how a lot of you are missing it.
Wurm 31 Oct 2004, 19:31
For various reasons, I feel able to administer the message board, but not the chat. If any of the alternative chat sites catch on, I'd be happy to link to them.
Thanks to those of you who posted as yourself, were reasonably friendly, and didn't bore us with the same topic over and over.
~ 31 Oct 2004, 19:04
Forget that one. Too slow.
~ 31 Oct 2004, 18:45
There appears to be an unused chat room at:
http://kimihia.org.nz/projects/clatter/demo/
I have never seen anyone there in a year.
bb 31 Oct 2004, 18:03
Hi friends looks like we have lost our chat room and all outr friends,your welcome to e mail me at Hamishjed@aol.com
Tod 31 Oct 2004, 06:24
The Rusty Hinge, aka Lens Chat has been out of commission for nearly a week now. I wonder when or if Wurm will get around to repair it. In any event I wish he would remove the obsenities that are posted there. ASAP!
Tod 30 Oct 2004, 18:57
The Rusty Hinge, aka Lens Chat has been out of commission for nearly a week now. I wonder when or if Wurm will get around to repair it. In any event I wish he would remove the obsenities that are posted there. ASAP!
Danny 30 Oct 2004, 14:53
2 thoughts (but i'm not an expert)
1. Youre browser isn't set up to enable Java.
2. Regarding not typing your name in, i often have the same probs. try tappping the TAB button (see if the curser moves into the password space) then use SHIFT+TAB to go back to the username
3. now i've run out of ideas
but i'll think some more tomorrow
DWV 30 Oct 2004, 14:15
The first time I went to that site, it crashed IE with no warnings. Now, I do get the login box, but I can't enter any text.
Danny 30 Oct 2004, 14:03
Did you type a name in?
Did you hit enter?
Danny 30 Oct 2004, 14:02
Was there any names in the left hand side?
bb 30 Oct 2004, 13:24
Hi Danny got into your chat room, the couldnot chat to anyone, can you tell me me what I did wrong, thanks bb
Danny 29 Oct 2004, 13:22
bb
try the link below.
It seems to work and it has the advantage that people who abuse the chat room can be ejected
bb 29 Oct 2004, 13:00
to all the lovely friendly chatters have a lovely weekend, its sad we can,t come in and chat to each other, still better to retain our dignity than have imposters come in and abuse genuine loveable chatters. Hope we can all meet up soon again. Love bb
Danny 29 Oct 2004, 12:13
I've created my first ever web page!
It could be used whilst Lenschat is down,
To see if it works:
http://uk.geocities.com/danielrtaylor/index.htm
Good Luck!!!!
ehpc 29 Oct 2004, 09:54
Pete loves Liz:)))))))))))))) DROOL! ( :) )
liz 29 Oct 2004, 09:37
Just checking in to say hi to all of my fellow glasses chatters, I miss all of you, i.e. Katy, Pete, Bart, Danielle, Melyssa, Mike, Tom, Jennifer, Paula, Electra, Mei, Emily C
BB, Black Hawk, Ash, Alm, and any I may have forgot to mention.
Love and lenses
Liz
Filthy McNasty 28 Oct 2004, 19:52
People, people, people. Get up from the computer desk and go outside! The Chat isn't all there is to life! Cripes, go meet someone who wears glasses or something.
Tammy 28 Oct 2004, 19:39
First of all, Alm, you have beautiful English.
Secondly, i tried to say that we needed to have user names and passwords something like hundreds of posts ago on this thread, but the idea was struck down back then. I, too, am saddened at the chat being frozen like it is, but until Chris gets to it, it stays like it is.
Bart 28 Oct 2004, 08:28
Anyway, does anybody know of another place to meet again? :-)
If lens chat is down, we could get another one in the meantime.. or use a messenger..
LikeGlass 28 Oct 2004, 07:27
I would not read quite as much into chat being down. It may very well be a server glitch. Chris does have a life and may very well have not seen it, or had the chance to address the problem. It could also be that it is not that high on the priority list, or he is simply on the road or otherwise occupied. I suspect if he had wanted to take it down, the link would be totally dead, as compared to just a stuck page.
JB 27 Oct 2004, 23:19
The minority spoiling things for the majority....it seems cyberspace is not that far detached from everyday life after all.I have not been posting there long but have always found people to be curtious, interesting and interseted, it's a sad moment when trust is lost and sites have to introduce login,we've seen it before on other sites and will no doubt see it again
Mike 27 Oct 2004, 18:44
As well, i can only express my disappointment in the thread being down as well, i feel cut off almost, and would suggest a system of id users also. Lastly, hello to Jennifer, and Emily, i hope all is fine!
Jennifer 27 Oct 2004, 16:31
I am sad to see the state of our chat room. I have enjoyed chatting with all of you. As everyone has stated previously, it's not pleasant to chat there when my name is taken away and inappropriate language is used. I agree that we need to find a solution so that we can continue our chats. I have stayed away due to the problems. I've been chatting with all of you for about a year and it would be nice to continue...
bb 27 Oct 2004, 16:07
Hi chatters is there any reason why access to the chat room is closed, since 10 .07 wednesday morning
ehpc 27 Oct 2004, 13:19
should be 'too'.........
ehpc 27 Oct 2004, 13:19
TO LIZ
Hello Liz:) You say hello to all your glasses-loving chatters. And to all your glasses-chatting lovers to, I hope:) Like me:) Pete XXX
liz 27 Oct 2004, 13:01
Hello to all of my glasses loving chatters. I have also been the prey of some imposters that have sought to tarnish and misrepresent my love/need for glasses and to disrupt our sanctuary of very personal and revealing discussion about what glasses mean to each of us. It is obvious to me that the imposters have a need to become involved by using terrorist tactics to let us know that they are not yet comfortable with their own thoughts, desires and needs.
ehpc 27 Oct 2004, 12:51
Don't worry Emily - we know that you an exceptional and very classy and civilised person, and obviously only someone with no brains at all would put up that sort of infantilia! Pete
Bart 27 Oct 2004, 09:11
Finally the time is come for authenticated access to the chat. During the last times, what was one of the most intriguing, delightful chat on the net had become absolutely useless, unreliable and almost depressing place. In fact I missed here for a long time.
I dream a new place where bringing up to light this joiyful company, made up of true REAL persons!
As it is now, the chat is a nonsense.
As it is now the chat is dead.
Bye All
Bart
Melyssa 27 Oct 2004, 06:11
After what I read on the "frozen" chat last evening, I am definitely in favor of having user ID's and passwords. The impostors have gone too far with their foul language and, for their own perversions, using the names of decent people who come to the place for civilized chats.
daisy 27 Oct 2004, 05:27
what's going on with chat? It's NOT working
bb 27 Oct 2004, 05:17
Emily, I think it was shocking that a genuine friend, chatter, could have been the butt of an uncouth imposters imitation of you. Emily we genuine Chatters know you well, your always repectful, curtious, friendly, good listener, and often good for advice, I think the imposter who used your Name Emily, has brought shame on himself, his family,and has a meed to seek medical advice for his depravity.
Emily we genuine chatters, male or female love you and your good name is untarnised in our eyes.
Alm 27 Oct 2004, 03:58
Hi Emily, how are you?
I think we all know that was an imposter on Lens Chat and i think we all know that you are too kind and nice to do that, you don't even need to tell us that wasn't you!
Any way all the genuine chatters had enough of all those imposters in Lens Chat, I hope you can do something about it Wurm, maybe to join in the chat (if is possible) every chatter should have a password and his/hers own nickname, so without the user's password no one can enter in the chat with the nickname of someone else...
I hope I haven't been too confusing with my english.
Bye everybody
Alm 27 Oct 2004, 03:57
Hi Emily, how are you?
I think we all know that was an imposter on Lens Chat and i think we all know that you are too kind and nice to do that, you don't even need to tell us that wasn't you!
Any way all the genuine chatters had enough of all those imposters in Lens Chat, I hope you can do something about it Wurm, maybe to join in the chat (if is possible) every chatter should have a password and his/hers own nickname, so without the user's password no one can enter in the chat with the nickname of someone else...
I hope I haven't been too confusing with my english.
Bye everybody
Sandy 26 Oct 2004, 20:15
Hi Wurm, It looks like lens chat is frozen. Is it possible to remove the last page? It was not me on there, it was an imposter. Thanks and take care.
26 Oct 2004, 19:02
Thet wuz intended fer eeemily
26 Oct 2004, 19:01
Haye, wee noe thet.
Tod 26 Oct 2004, 19:00
When posting, use only your own name or "handle", or post anonamously. But please do not use the name of another person. Have some decency!
Emily 26 Oct 2004, 17:52
I would just like to let people know that I was not the author of the vile remarks that are now stuck on Lens Chat.
Julian 26 Oct 2004, 16:40
I was going to ask the same thing; the chat seems to have frozen up about 30 hours ago and there are some pretty foul comments there. I tried to post a dozen blanks to clean the window up (a thing I've never done before) but it isn't accepting any posts.
Love and kisses, Jules.
Alain 26 Oct 2004, 16:10
Hi Wurm,
Did you close the chat room? It doesn't work and it's frozen. Perhaps it's your decision after what we are experiencing with all these imposters saying such bad things. Perhaps you are preparing a new chat room with registred users? Who knows?... :-)
All the best
Alain
Wurm 25 Oct 2004, 04:27
Hi Slit,
I think your post on "Multifocals..." was in reply to a couple of apparently bogus posts. When I deleted the others, yours was left out of context and was deleted too. Sorry about that.
Slit 24 Oct 2004, 18:44
Hey Wurm,
What is this story below? Its irrelevent! Kick it out please.
I think there is some thing wrong with MULTIFOCALS FOR ..... thread.
Some of my posts are missing.
Pls take prompt action. Thanx.
Stan 23 Oct 2004, 05:12
Ted, at the bottom of the "25 most recent" there is a link to "View All Posts".
Ted 14 Oct 2004, 14:18
I would also like to offer my condolences to Lady E. Would any one like to re post some of Eddy's contributions as I am sure with the 25 most recent format, some of our newer readers have not been able to read Eddy's delightful and humerous posts? Due to travelling right now, I just don't have thwe time, for that I am sorry.
Tod 12 Oct 2004, 19:27
I wish to offer my condolences to Eddy's family and close friends. I always enjoyed reading his posts and viewing his GWG page from time to time.
Tammy 11 Oct 2004, 21:03
My heartfelt sympathies go to all of Eddy's family. He will indeed be missed on EyeScene.
Bobby 11 Oct 2004, 04:28
Lady Eddie, please accept my condolences.
I am sad, I always felt Eddie and me were friends. Eddie, Eddie, I will miss you badly.
Bobby
LikeGlass 10 Oct 2004, 13:37
Received a story from a regular here with the following message:
-----------
You may not want this, but I thought I'd submit it anyway.
I took the beginning directly from Clay's "A Glasses Story" which I really enjoyed--then I fantacized on what might have happen if all the girls continued to get increasingly more powerful glasses.
----------
Posted it on TWGW -
http://www.geocities.com/likeglass55/wn.html
Click on stories. (Haven't got a chance to fully read it myself)
Christy 09 Oct 2004, 13:03
The King is dead - long live the King!
still 09 Oct 2004, 11:22
And now I have confirmation...I am so sad to have lost Eddy. Lady Eddy, please accept my condolences, for yourself and for everyone in Eddy's extended family. He enriched all our lives with each visit here.
JB 08 Oct 2004, 22:34
Eddy's delightful "sightings" naratives will be missed, was always an inspiration reading his posts
Wurm 08 Oct 2004, 20:04
We are a lesser group now, but larger individuals for having known him.
God bless.
Guido 08 Oct 2004, 16:29
Eddy's prose was always a delight. He will be missed.
Julian 08 Oct 2004, 16:20
Lady E: God be good to the man - and to all of you.
Lady Eddy 08 Oct 2004, 15:23
I am very sad to have to inform you all of the passing six weeks ago at our home on the New South Wales Central Coast of Edward Lu Baoli known to you as Eddy. He was 76.
Eddy lived a long full and varied life. He was a diplomat, politician and in his later life financier. He wrote profusely on the many subjects which interested him including history, literature and politics. He was an incredible linguist. Even he didn't know how many languages he spoke. I only recall him being at a loss once; during a trip to Mongolia, but he soon resolved the problem in German and Russian.
Eddy told me about what he called his "little weakness" very early in the piece. He loved Eyescene. I still remember his excitement when he found it. He very specially asked me to tell you all that he wouldn't be coming back.
Eddy was a very traditional Chinese which means that he is survived by three other wives beside myself and thirty children and grandchildren in several countries. We all miss him sadly.
Katy 05 Oct 2004, 11:37
Hi Wurm :)
As I write this some mystery person is posting as Katy in lens chat. It is so annoying! The difference is that the clone version can't spell. If there was any chance of having some form of sign-in, that would be brilliant.
Katy :)
02 Oct 2004, 09:34
jkjkhkhk
Wurm 02 Oct 2004, 07:10
Hi Alain,
You're welcome! Congratulations on the relaunch.
Alain 02 Oct 2004, 05:20
Thanks for your quick action!
Alain
Puffin 01 Oct 2004, 16:27
Hear, hear to that (ie, Alain's site) I must admit I keep forgetting the URL. Must be getting old or something.
About updates, I aim to update the pics section bimonthly and the rest, "when I have time" as it were.
Alain 01 Oct 2004, 11:40
Hi Wurm,
Could you relink my site?
Thanks
Alain
long-time lurker 30 Sep 2004, 20:09
I don't know how time consuming this would be...but if it's not too difficult...it would be a great idea to let people know when the most recent update for each site was on the links page.
Julian 29 Sep 2004, 15:35
Cheer up, Dave, it happens to all of us.
Love and kisses, Jules.
Dave 29 Sep 2004, 14:37
Screwed up again. I made the last post intended to Julian, not by him.
Julian 29 Sep 2004, 14:35
Accidental post to this thread. I use a tabbed browser most of the time. It's cool for some things but I often have too many windows open to keep track of.
Dave 29 Sep 2004, 14:31
I don't know what happened. I thought I posted those links to "seen on the web". Until now I thought the post got deleted because of the jest lead-in comments. I agree, some of the webshots girls are very pretty.
Bobby 29 Sep 2004, 13:33
USA Pacific
anonymous 29 Sep 2004, 11:58
What time zone is eyescene in?
28 Sep 2004, 15:00
Marcia was a fake person. She was known also as Myodisc Carole, as well as Czski.
Filthy McNasty 28 Sep 2004, 12:55
I like the girl on the left:
http://community.webshots.com/photo/134520719/134564778WmEEqS
Lazysiow 28 Sep 2004, 11:18
She's got an amazing smile! :) and her frames suit her perfectly, very cute, and ah looks like all the boys have noticed too. Dangit rofl.
Clogs 28 Sep 2004, 05:39
Dave,
I have to admit the girls are not the prettiest, except for one. Go through all her albums again. I like her. She's got a nice smile.
http://community.webshots.com/photo/95061715/95063441lojgJf
Ree 28 Sep 2004, 05:01
Kay, Yes i remember marcia Jenkins, a very myopic young mother who used to post quite frequently and they were detailed posts. But lately she seems to have just disappeared.
Anyway you can find her posts under the thread 'Lenses". her posts are somewhere in the month of june ,, july.
Kay 28 Sep 2004, 04:37
I wasnt sure where to post this request for help.
Many months ago a lady called Marcia made a series of posts about her severe myopia. She had a small child & I think her husband had died in a car accident. Her posts all seemed genuine but I cant find them anywhere.
I thought they were in the Psychology of Glasses.
If anyone can help me find them I would be grateful.
Bobby 27 Sep 2004, 09:55
I have just uploaded two new stories by Spec4ever to
Both of them are very good !!!
Come, read, and enjoy.
Julian 25 Sep 2004, 02:29
Yeah, but why on THIS thread?
Love and kisses, Jules.
Dave 25 Sep 2004, 02:12
All fat and ugly...
http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/pharmaceutics/avery1.jpg
http://www.scowl.nu/MT/SCOWLBLOG/images/DSCN0286.JPG
http://www.engin.umich.edu/dept/cee/images/Demond.jpg
http://community.webshots.com/photo/103794178/103795179Xdayyt
http://community.webshots.com/photo/127192902/127194919JsABVV
http://community.webshots.com/photo/143317150/143318853dlkfpy
http://community.webshots.com/photo/111916516/116584262RVvaTW
http://community.webshots.com/photo/95061715/95063441lojgJf
http://community.webshots.com/photo/134520719/134564778WmEEqS
D-W-V 25 Sep 2004, 00:54
If you have firewall or antivirus software that lets you block certain websites, you could blacklist O4L.
Tod 24 Sep 2004, 17:10
I do not care for the flashing banner myself. but I guess it helps to pay the bills here at ES. Of course you can always scroll down until its off your screen.
Tod 24 Sep 2004, 17:07
Tod 24 Sep 2004, 17:07
I do not care for thr flash
royboy 24 Sep 2004, 16:38
hi wurm --- i dont want to appear as one of those complainers --- but has anybody else commented about the new 'flash' banner ad on top for o4less --- all that motion makes it very distracting whilst reading the threads --- i find myself moving the window up in order to block the ad. yes it is eyecatching when u first log-on and it did entice me to click on the product. curious to know if it is only me that feels the discomfort [after all many of us on this sight r visually 'challenged'].....
Bobby 23 Sep 2004, 17:59
Willy, send me your story, I will upload it on my website.
my mail: bobby.laurel@seznam.cz
Willy 23 Sep 2004, 08:00
I understand why Wurm has decided to delete the story threads, but I have a story based (in small part) on a real event that I think would capture some people's attention. Any advice on a site where that could be posted? Or is there any chance Wurm might agree to set up a "temporary" story thread so that others such as Bobby or whomever could copy them to their own sites, and then Wurm could delete them from Eyescene?
High myope lover 18 Sep 2004, 19:03
I live in Wyoming, a place where you don't see too many people with really strong - glasses. I did have a lady post a message on here a couple months ago saying she was from Wyoming. But unfortunantly she has not written back. If your out there I would like to hear from you, really I'm not some weird guy. Would just like to chat!
JJ 16 Sep 2004, 22:51
I am having the same problem. I am finding it extremely annoying. I tried clicking on the O4L link and couldn't get on their website at all. I was going to buy eyeglasses but can't because I cannot follow the link.
Johnnyb555 16 Sep 2004, 22:38
HELP... Every time I switch threads today, I get prompted to enter a usernam, password, and domain. The Window is titled "Enter Network Password", and site is "Optical4less.com", but I'm not clicking on any links for that site.
JB 16 Sep 2004, 21:57
As an ocassional lurker / rare poster ,who is away on business a lot,i find the ease of use of eyescene very refreshing with no need to remember passwords,usernames etc,i've lost count of the ones i need nowadays for banks,e.mail etc.
My feelings ,as voiced by many others,"if it 'aint broke, why mend it".
Yes, there will always be people whose sole intent is ruination,but rising above them is far more fun.
Keep up the great work all posters,seen on the web is superb,and may there be many more years of lighthearted banter between like-minded cyber folk
specs4ever 15 Sep 2004, 17:52
The ease of joining in the posts on this site has likely brought quite a number of real people in over the past couple of years. So, any form of registration would have to be fast, and probably annonymous in order for others to drop by. It seems that the regular forum has very few problems on an ongoing basis - the odd flame war, but nothing serious. However, the chat is another story, and as someone said is contaminated about 50% of the time. I have tried to ignore no names in the past, but then what they do is adopt the name of whoever you are speaking to, and then the filth starts. So, they have made it impossible to ignore them. I know that the posibility is there that the person I am chatting with is not who and what they claim to be, but I don't have a problem with that as long as the conversation is pleasant, and clean.
So, whatever you can do to help this problem disappear would be fantastic Wurm
Stan 15 Sep 2004, 01:26
I don't think anything needs to be changed regarding the "bulk" URL posting. Quality control is easy enough to achieve by each individual not clicking on the posts they know from experience are going to disappoint them.
As for the chat, I don't know what to suggest. On the one hand, it seems like it's no big deal and everyone should know the risk of imposters is very high. On the other hand, I know from the various iterations of ES we've been through, Wurm does not like this site to be used as a tool for weirdos (beyond the OO type I mean).
I went in the lens chat a week or so ago and somebody, apparently male weirdo, was trying to get somebody else, presumably young female, to follow him to another chat site but I think she said the other site did not work for her (it was a Java chat applet). I followed his instructions to get to the site, typed in the girl's nickname, exchanged a couple sentences, and he did not seem real happy when I explained it was me and not her. Not very friendly about it at all. More like a guy who thought he had one on the hook but then found out it was really just a glob of seaweed.
14 Sep 2004, 23:13
By monitoring the LensChat, three different individuals, who use up to 12 nicknames, can be recognized. The imposters Lens Chat is unusable for any sane communication for about 50% of time.
One more regular visitor is a obviously very neurotic personality who uses the chat system "to relief the pressure", which should be OK as "he" is real.
A kind of registration might help, although we do not think it will eradicate the problem for ever.
For the time being, the best way is to ignore the imposter.
Filthy McNasty 14 Sep 2004, 21:50
Wurm: Are there any vestiges of the second iteration of ES that could be salvaged? It strikes me that the moderated forum approach was quite successful, and if it's just sitting on a HDD somewhere, it might be easier to implement than going with a whole new setup.
Slit a.k.a. Plus Crazy 14 Sep 2004, 20:28
Wurm, Dave, Pinkspecs, Bobby, Puffin,
I see some fools playing a lot of nonsense on this around.
The latest act of them is trying to control the Quality.
They should learn that "Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder", what is beautiful to me may not be beautiful to another person. But they should learn to respect other peoples tastes.
So, these quality controllers and newly joined DUMB ARSES,
we know how to measure the beauty of a girl better than you!!!
GET OUT!! *&^%^%%$)-0>>"
SAR! DAVE! BADFETI! GWGS! PINKSPECS! FILTHY MC NASTY! SMUGEUR! ALAN! and all the poeple who had been with ES throughout its development...
PLEASE KEEP POSTING any amount of pix...
We'll fill this thread with links and drive away those fools....
Wurm 14 Sep 2004, 20:01
It looks like there are approximately 70 regular normal users of this BBS, and perhaps another 5 to 10 people who chronically post under multiple nicknames.
I'm looking for options that will allow the regular users to communicate with each other while discouraging the antisocials. Some sort of user authentication is likely the way to go.
How a changed BBS would handle brand new users is a topic for further discussion. We could probably go along for quite some time just among the regulars who stick around but my preference is to allow legitimate conversationalists to join in, perhaps via a trial status.
Filthy McNasty 14 Sep 2004, 14:50
I agree, S4E. However, much smaller gripes abound as well. Wurm may not post much, but he keeps his eyes on what's going on.
specs4ever 14 Sep 2004, 13:46
Well Filthy, it is a little hard to deal with the absolute trash that is showing up there. It is fast reaching the point where the only participants in Lens Chat are the imposters. I for one don't think this is what Wurm intends, as it truly dininishes the quality of this site.
Filthy McNasty 14 Sep 2004, 08:10
First sentence below: "appeal" should be "appear".
Filthy McNasty 14 Sep 2004, 08:10
I should add that my last post may appeal to be directed at Alain. It isn't (solely). I've been reading posts in another thread this morning where people are asking for threads here, there and everywhere to cater to their individual tastes. While Wurm may be willing to accommodate some proportion of these requests (and I do not purport to speak for him on this or any other issue), we should all keep in mind that it is just possible that he's got other things to do with his time than babysit us.
Filthy McNasty 14 Sep 2004, 07:04
Yes Wurm, please change everything on this site to yield the maximum convenience and insulation from being offended to each and every one of us. Your personal life and job be damned.
Sheesh, people, deal with it.
Alain 13 Sep 2004, 19:41
Hi Wurm,
I think it's time to change the chat system. We really need a system with registred name as we are facing imposters using our names and telling horrible things.
I would like to know if you could relink my site as it's now reopen.
http://ad2412.free.fr/High_Myopic_Girls.html
Thanks
Alain
Benn 09 Sep 2004, 12:27
I am 62 years old, I started wearing Bi focals at 21. I needed them at 17 but "it wasn't done" and the Optometrist's Association had decided, I guess.
Today, we all understand there are many new ways to solve and many new eye problems to solve. Computers for example.
Accommondation problems are newer, as far as recognition is concerned.
I think UK is just a little behind where a lot of other countries are.
Asia was ahead of the US in optics.
VisitBoy 09 Sep 2004, 12:00
I've seen a few people in the UK wearing bifocals. Like Julian, I'd say it's not common, but you do see them around. Not quite so easy to spot with so many varifocals around these days.
Julian 09 Sep 2004, 05:02
That's funny, I have, and I'm also in the UK...haven't seen it all that often though.
Love and kisses, Jules.
Phil 09 Sep 2004, 04:57
I live in UK and have never seen people under 45 wearing bifocals. Why?
Julian 08 Sep 2004, 13:46
One or two of us are wondering if there is any news of our old friend DOMINIC who was an enthusiastic EyeScener a while back. Dom, if you happen to read this will you email me: julianmungo(at)yahoo(dot)co(dot)uk -your privacy will be respected.
Love and kisses, Jules.
Julian 08 Sep 2004, 13:43
On or two of us are wondering if there is any news of our old friend DOMINIC
Wurm 06 Sep 2004, 22:39
Okay, I think we're back in business (sans fiction).
Wurm 06 Sep 2004, 21:37
Things are going to look a little weird for the next few minutes (in the middle of reindexing threads).
Puffin 03 Sep 2004, 08:54
Indeed I am writing stories at the moment. "Dear Diary IV" is just about ready, and I am writing one entitled "Princess of the Plains". Hope this helps.
02 Sep 2004, 21:14
Hey Puffin have you written any new stories lately. I love yours they are always so whimsical, and i love how you put yourself in them as a character...if not, i hope you'll write some soon. a big fan of yours
Puffin 02 Sep 2004, 14:54
I might point out that it was the stories that prompted me to try to write some for you all, and after a time start my website. I may not have done either if there where no stories here. It was reading "4 eyed Angel" that set me off (writing, that is!) I'd hate to think getting rid of the stories might prevent someone else having a go, and give us their thoughts
relating to glasses.
Some of the best thoughts I've had and seen here can really only be put down as a story, and to think that we might miss something unique and important, well, that's a bit sad.
Anyway, thanks for inspiring me to do this, but I wish you'd keep the inspiration here: the "Centre of the Glasses Universe".
Bobby 02 Sep 2004, 06:22
While the site is down and being re-indexed remember the Glasses over contacts Yahoo! groups is still up anf running.
Filthy McNasty 01 Sep 2004, 22:00
Delete everything! We're all imposters, for Dog's sake.
Relax, all you people who aren't Wurm. Anyone who labors under the illusion that this is, in fact, a family site is, well, laboring under an illusion. We talk about screwing about with our vision, of all things, something that should be undertaken, if at all, with 20-20 foresight, pardon the bon mot. We are generally a weird crowd. I like that, but under no circumstances would I want my kids, or anyone else's, taking ideas away from this site.
Wurm, of course, owns this forum, and is the fuinal and only arbiter of what flies and doesn't. I will never quarrel with him on any call he makes. He's given us all a lot over the years. It's been quite remarkable.
specs4ever 01 Sep 2004, 19:47
While you are at it Wurm, why don't you delete lens chat. The imposters, and the language there have made it a site that should not be accessable by children.
Wurm 01 Sep 2004, 18:54
I will be deleting story threads from the site soon, probably within the next few weeks. I'll leave the "Literary References" thread up for discussion of glasses in books, etc.
The site will probably go down for a brief time during that project, as the remaining threads will need to be re-indexed.
Bobby 31 Aug 2004, 01:23
New update:
2 new stories by Specs4ever (see S4E section)
2 oldies but goldies from my archive (see Stories by othe authors section)
4 stories translated from English to Czech (uz ctyri povidky jsou prelozeny do CESTINY !) (see the Czech section)
Tammy 30 Aug 2004, 15:23
This is on a sad note, and i don't really know where to post it, but my friend and i were driving around town, and there was a pair of glasses laying in the street, near the curb. If we weren't on the busiest street in town, i would have told her to stop and let me pick them up. There was no way we could have stopped though. The glasses were right by an optical shop, and it looked like they were still in good condition.
Mark in Japan 29 Aug 2004, 03:29
Royboy,
YES, I am a fellow Suid Afrikaner....and a very proud one at that. I was very glad to see one of my countrymen on this board, until you said South Africa WAS a great country. South Africa is my home, and IS a great country, and will always be the place I return to from my wanderings. What ruined it for you? (was it perhaps DEMOCRACY?)
Wurm, I am sorry, I know this is not the correct forum to air my views, and hope it has not been offensive. I was just shocked at the sight of "...WAS a great country"
royboy 28 Aug 2004, 12:51
hi mark and tortoise --- i tried and am able to register to 'webmail.co.za' and i'm an ex-pat living in new york city [and would be proud to display the 'za' what WAS once a wonderful country]. anyhow, i think u have to check off in the first window that u accept 'some of the provisions'.
so mark r u a fellow suid-afrikaaner? --- luv to chat with u, drop me a line at royboy246 at mac dot com
Puffin 27 Aug 2004, 17:47
Forgot to mention this, in case anyone's interested, but I've been watching my Wonder Woman DVD's and idly dreaming that the obviously fake glasses Lynda Carter wears in "disguise" are actually plano fronted thick ones. What a thought!
Mark in Japan 24 Aug 2004, 08:06
Tortoise,
Just tried it out and you are right. Sorry for any inconvenience, and sorry for getting ahead of myself and giving it "the hard sell" before checking if you could actually register from abroad.
8-)
tortoise 24 Aug 2004, 07:36
Mark, I tried webmail just now but they will only take registration from South Africa. Too bad, it sounded good.
Mark in Japan 24 Aug 2004, 06:09
Electra,
Don't actually laugh when you read this, but I would really recommend www.webmail.co.za
the.za indicates South Africa (but anyone is eligible).....but I have had my webmail address for about 7 years, and have checked it while living in New York, Europe, Taiwan, and currently, Japan (where I am now based for work). It has been LIGHTNING fast in all those places, is low on spam, great for sending huge files (including photos), and gives you loads of free space (I can't recall the exact amount just now, but it's substantial). So you should check it out. Or not, if having the .za suffix would bother you, as I think it would some.
Julian 24 Aug 2004, 05:14
There's a new email service coming from Google; still in beta I think.
Electra 24 Aug 2004, 05:12
Thomas, There are TWO people who go into chat using the handle liz. One is a helpful pleasant person, the other an obvious disrupter. The person who customarily signs in as liz is as annoyed about this as anyone else, but how could the site owner ever differentiate between the two? It would require him to sit in the chat room for hours/days watching. There are a number of "fake" handles (signing in using the names as a regular) in the room, being disruptive, including one who obviously simply has a grievance against liz (and who knows which one he has spoken to?) and I for one am very happy that I'm not the site owner expected to sort this out.
Electra 24 Aug 2004, 05:07
Thanks Jules, I've given up on the e-mail, and will be creating a new one when I get my finger out. If you could see the stupid messages I got from Yahoo on their feedback system, they clearly don't actually READ what you send them.............and I don't want to use my ISP e-mail for obvious reasons (not least the spam quotient). So what free e-mail service does everyone recommend?
Alain 23 Aug 2004, 15:11
Her? I would say that he is a man, a really rude man...
Thomas 23 Aug 2004, 14:12
Webmaster: A certain person using the handle "liz" has been offensive to chatters on the Rusty Hinge. She's combative and using inappropriate language. Her certain sexaul preferences are pushed with out regard. liz continues to offend those chatting to the point that we have to leave so that she leaves us alone. Just wondering if others feel the same way and what can be done about her?
Alain 23 Aug 2004, 04:49
Hi dear webmaster,
I'm wondering if you can relink my site again?
http://ad2412.free.fr/High_Myopic_Girls.html
Thanks in advance and long life to Eyescene!
Alain
Julian 21 Aug 2004, 00:24
Electra: I had an email from Izzy who is trying to get in touch with you; I think he has written some more for your site. I've told him your email is down - but we both hope to be able to send stuff to you before too long.
Wurm, and everybody: sorry to use the site in this way, but I have no other way of communicating with Electra right now.
Love and kisses, Jules.
Guest 14 Aug 2004, 15:10
Who cares about any of this?
Bobby 14 Aug 2004, 14:58
I have tried to browse this web site using wap with my Nokia 6310i, but I was only partially successfull.
Lurker #574 12 Aug 2004, 05:27
But James Fredericks, are you still a car thief who steals cars for really stupid reasons. Like you forgot your homework paper or you forgot to flush the toilet back at your house.
Wurm 11 Aug 2004, 20:41
Thanks for the feedback. I'm glad to hear the site renders well on a WAP phone. Simple sites like this tend to do well on most browsers. ES is cutting edge 1996 design!
There are no rules about nicknames here. The goal here is to connect real people with each other, so running a bunch of characters is discouraged, but changing or aliasing your own nickname is fine.
Plus crazy 11 Aug 2004, 18:39
Hi WURM, i'm browsing your site using WAP on my NOKIA 3100. Man, it works well. But pls dont add any dynamic content as they'll make it imposible 2 browse this using my mobile phone. Browsing your site using the mobile technology is a releafe for me as i'm away from home these days. the other thing is, i'd like to change my ES nickname. Is it ok? Bye.
Rob 11 Aug 2004, 03:57
But, James Fredericks - do you wear your prescription glasses now - and what Rx do you have ??
James Fredericks 11 Aug 2004, 01:26
I am James Fredericks, and no longer am a nerd.
Lurker # 574 10 Aug 2004, 15:20
You mean James Fredericks.
Lurker # 574 10 Aug 2004, 15:18
You mean James Fredericks.
another Lurker 10 Aug 2004, 15:15
The nerdy car thief's name was James Federicks. And he wasn't wearing his required prescription glasses at the time.
Lurker # 574 01 Aug 2004, 11:34
how about robbing a bank so you can pay your traffic tickets
BILLIE 01 Aug 2004, 10:37
YES, BUT SKEGNESS is so BRACING !
Oh well then, in that case.... 01 Aug 2004, 07:25
About 1912 in Skegness, two men broke into the bakery and stole some fruitcake. On the way out they damaged the door and seriously frightened a sleeping dog.
About the same relevance, I think.
31 Jul 2004, 19:05
So?
I care 31 Jul 2004, 17:32
Its the moral of the story that's important, not the date on which it occured. That who cares!
31 Jul 2004, 13:34
but were you born a nerd?
Me 31 Jul 2004, 12:27
WHO CARES? Anyway, that's before I was born!
31 Jul 2004, 11:53
STORY ABOUT A PENCIL NECK NERD 31 Jul 2004, 08:07
I'll tell you what a nerd is. A nerd is someone who steals a fellow student's car at school in order to go home to get his homework that he said he forgot to bring with him to school. The stolen vehicle was a red 1963 International Harvester Scout. He started the car that day with a pair of scissors. Because this person previously found a spare set of keys in the vehicle and drove the car days before without permission. But a passenger then, afterwards turned the hidden spare set of keys over to the car's owner and advising her that someone might try to steal the car. So the next time the pencil neck nerd was in the car he goes and starts it up with a pair of scissors he finds under the front seat. He somehow starts the ignition with these scissors. He steals this car with a passenger inside because he suddenly "realizes" he has left his school paper at home and now has to go home and get it. Anyway, he gets into an accident while driving to his house. First, when rounding a corner he clips the side of a parked car and stalls the stolen car. He then nervously attempts to restart the engine using the pair of scissors in the ignition. He finally restarts the engine, pops the clutch and immediately crashes the vehicle into another parked car on the other side of the street. The person sitting in the passenger seat is thrown through the windshield and is knocked unconscious and has a lacerated forehead and neck. The driver who is the thief, gets his knee cap smashed into the steering column and has to be hospitalized for surgery to have his knee cap wired back together. Both had to go to court afterwards, where as the driver admitted in court that stealing the car was his idea alone and charges against the passenger were dropped. Yes! Only a REAL nerd would steal a car to go fetch his forgotten homework paper. This is a true story that happened on Nov. 6,1969. (zip code 12550) The thief's name was James Federicks. The girl's car he stole as well as the other cars damaged by him, cost several thousand dollars to repair. The thief got five years probation as a juvenile offender.
Tod 29 Jul 2004, 17:16
Perhaps I was too quick to blame Emily © for this rumor. That perhaps she did not start this rumor but merely and innocently passed it along to me. Then she is not to blame and I apologize to her. As for the person who did start this rumor initally, I say SHAME on you.
You are a person in low standing. There is a thing called Karma in this world. None of us knows what's around the corner for us in our lives. Spreading gossip and rumors spells bad Karma for the person doing it. What goes around comes around and its so very true.
Tod 29 Jul 2004, 17:06
Tammy, I think you are a very good person.
Tammy 28 Jul 2004, 16:42
Guest3, i will think carefully about what you said.
Btw, to dispell any rumors going around here, i do not have a detached retina. I came back from being on vacation and found out that someone on here has been spreading news that has been upsetting to many of you, and that news was that i have been away from this website because of the fact that i had lost some vision in one eye and was depressed about it. That's not true and i would like to personally string up the person who started it by their toes and give them 23 lashings with a wet noodle!
Guest3 28 Jul 2004, 10:31
Tammy I know you also have another name, Tammy your far too sensitive, this guilt everytime you stand up for yourself is so very negative, being negative distroys your personality your own personal freedom and is a turn off.
Tammy look at yourself in a more positive way, act to fakes with disdain, your far too self critical, chatters will acecept yourimperfection as part of your personality, from what I see in the chat room your loved, and missed when your not around.
Tammy your becoming a old lady before your time, let your hair down a little relax and stop thinking everything you do is sinful, you need a balance to your life and you need to mix socially more and harden up your sensitive attitude, you will then find life farmore enjoyable. There a place for everything in life, I think your allowing religion to dominate your thinking, hence this overwhelming feeling of guilt. Surrey all that maters Tammy your loved and yourliked.
Tammy 28 Jul 2004, 02:42
Here's another post from me and then i'll not write anymore on here tonight. A while back i was on The Rusty Hinge and a NoName came in and called us all fakes. I was tired of reading it all the time and so i told this poster that i was a fake, and that he/she was too. Anyway, i should never have done that, because i am not a fake. I am sorry. I am asking for your forgiveness. Tammy.
Tammy 28 Jul 2004, 02:34
Bobby, sorry for the smile face, i know how it is to turn older. On my next birthday i'll be 40.
Tammy 28 Jul 2004, 02:32
Bobby, Happy Belated Birthday to You! :-)
Julian 25 Jul 2004, 12:20
Yes, happy birthday, Bobby!
Love and kisses, Jules.
still 25 Jul 2004, 10:42
Happy birthday, Bobby! I am a lot older, and I no longer give a damn. I enjoy my life. Have fun this year!
Bobby 25 Jul 2004, 07:52
Sad news:
Your long term contributer Bobby aka BobbygGOC is older again, reaching 45 yesterday.
Wurm 06 Jul 2004, 18:31
A few more spurious posts were deleted today, as well as one response which would have been left out of context.
Susanne A 03 Jul 2004, 06:50
Aliena:
Did you get my e-mail?
Susanne
Puffin 30 Jun 2004, 07:12
Francine, you need to get the latest version of whatever browser you have.
If you are getting those grey box "messenger" popups, this is how to get rid of them:
http://www.netsurfernews.com/comment/popups.htm
leelee 30 Jun 2004, 06:06
Interesting that you are getting a message to install Flash, since most browsers these days come with it bundled in. What browser are you using? Maybe you are getting a message to update your version of Flash.
Like the previous poster said, Flash is very safe and easy to install and you will then have access to a lot more content.
On the other hand, I wonder why O4L didn't just create it's banner as an animated gif, since there doesn't seem to be any interactivity there.
D-W-V 30 Jun 2004, 01:50
Guest: you'll get those Macromedia Flash pop-ups if you're viewing a web page that contains stuff with Flash animations, like the Optical4Less banner ads for example. Flash is OK to install.
Francine 29 Jun 2004, 21:28
I am getting a lot of popups of all kinds, and, like you, my popup blocker does virtually NOTHING. My computer at work has been attacked by spyware and adware, and I've been spending hours uninstalling it.
I think the advertisers and hackers (Maybe they're one and the same) must have developed some new methods to torture us and complicate our lives. At least it seems like that sometimes, doesn't it?
Cheers,
Fran
Guest 29 Jun 2004, 19:01
Every few seconds I get a popup asking if I want to install Macromedia Flash Player. My popup blocker doesn't block it and it's really annoying. I wonder if anyone else is experiencing this and what can be done about it.
Wurm 29 Jun 2004, 18:55
I weeded several bogus posts from the "Acuity and Prescription" and "Vision" threads. Hopefully no other posts were orphaned, although I did some slight editing on one since it briefly referred to a prior post that was deleted.
High Myope lover 11 Jun 2004, 14:52
Strong Myope Lady,
I live in Wyoming as well & would love to chat with you. If you are interested let me know dalton024200 on Yahoo Messenger. Your Wyoming Friend!
LikeGlass 30 May 2004, 18:02
Wouldn't that be "know you that"
;)
NN 30 May 2004, 17:33
Not a good idea! Do you know that:
Copy and Paste
or just
Ctrl-C and Ctrl-V
...
Tammy(original) 30 May 2004, 16:06
Likeglass, i think that's a terrific idea! I, for one, don't mind typing my handle in each time.
LikeGlass 30 May 2004, 15:25
W, just a thought... You may want to change the code to not accept posts that have the username blank. If they had to type it in everytime, it might slow down the process to the point where they get tired of doing it. Seams to me that most of the regulars have no problem typing their names ;)
29 May 2004, 13:17
...
29 May 2004, 13:17
Christy 29 May 2004, 13:06
Wurm - I for one haven't a clue what's happening in "Glasses for Auction or Sale" - but I have to say I'm impressed at the dedication of people who have nothing better to do than sit in front of their computers all day waiting for the opportunity to squash someone else off the screen. Meanwhile - there's a whole wide world out there - a marvelous and wonderful place despite all its faults - and I wonder if these folk even realise that life goes on...
NeedGWG 28 May 2004, 22:20
Hi...All,
I have removed all the things from my previous location.
So here is my new location.
I hope you would enjoy it.
Thanks
NeedGWG
Wurm 28 May 2004, 18:17
Silly season seems to be upon us: religion, politics, and a strange personal struggle between "Moonshiner" and someone posting from France over in the auction thread.
Ah well, it's amazing how seriously a few people seem to take this site. Lighten up, it's just for fun!
Try to keep in mind that, collectively, we're unlikely to change many minds about eyewear -- much less any opinions about the true nature of reality or the best methods to govern nations. There are other sites to tackle those weighty issues. Check them out.
But if you know what the heck is going on between Moonshiner and the post-a-lot French person, feel free to let us know. An auction gone horribly wrong, perhaps?
Don 28 May 2004, 06:59
Electra, I think your Match making idea is a GREAT ONE!!! Don
gwgs 28 May 2004, 06:09
What a fantastic idea Electra.
Electra 28 May 2004, 05:46
Tortoise, hence my offer to create realistic cartoons. It gives people a good idea while making the image worthless.
NeedGWG 28 May 2004, 03:22
Hi...all GWGs and GWG Lovers....
I have created my first GWG Forum. This is like eyescene. You can start the discussions related to GWGs here. First of all you have to signup here, by entering your information.
Hope you enjoy the forum like EYESCENE
Thanks
NeedGWG
tortoise 27 May 2004, 13:54
Wurm, have you seen what's happening on "Glasses for auction or sale" thread?
tortoise 27 May 2004, 13:52
Nicely done, Electra, it looks good to me. Can't think of any improvements to suggest right now. It will be interesting to see how many people will post their pics. If there was some way to prevent download and, therefore, further distribution of pics on the net it would give people more comfort I think. I'm told it's not possible to control though.
Electra 27 May 2004, 07:38
OK, here's the beta version for the Glasses Singles Matchmaking doo-hickey you guys suggested. Tell me what you think, this is for you so I reply on your feedback:
http://www.glassesovercontacts.org/cocktails.html
Mike 24 May 2004, 21:59
Tammy, i'm glad you're back!!!!
Tod 24 May 2004, 20:58
Tammy, I am glad you are back on the post here. I hope to chat with you soon over on LC sometime. I am working nights so perhaps on weekends we'll get a chance.
Guest 24 May 2004, 16:24
High Myope Lover, would it be possible to have a photo of your glasses, i collect photos of glasses, would be most greatful if you consent to my wishes. Thanks
Tammy 24 May 2004, 12:59
Nameless one, et al
I do have a male friend who i am very close to. Yes, he wears glasses too, but very weak lenses. I now realize why i was blocked from posting on the threads, and am very greatful that our gracious host, Wurm, has taken the liberty of taking all of the blocks off. I will try to abstain from doing anything that will get me blocked.
Don 22 May 2004, 09:31
Strong Myope Lady I like high myope women.I don't wear glasses myself.Sence I was a kid I've liked women in glasses.I'm 38 live in Arkansas.If you want to e-mail me feel free to do so.At Don20221@yahoo.com
High Myope lover 22 May 2004, 01:17
Strong Myope Lady, I would love to chat with you 1 on 1 please get a hold of me. My Yahoo messenger name is dalton024200, please look me up if you get this message.
LikeGlass 21 May 2004, 09:20
SML,
Check out the on line sponsor, they have super high refract glass lenses that will correct to -25 without having to go to the myodisk type lens. These would look far more like regular glasses in your case.
Martin 21 May 2004, 08:59
Strong Myope Lady.
reading your post could fall for you, would love to wine and dine you, over candle light with soft music playing, slip your glasses down your nose and look into your beautiful eyes and chat the night away getting to know you.
It can only be a dream as I live to far away from you, but i,m sure you will have guys who find you adorable.
Guest 21 May 2004, 08:37
Strong Myope Lady.
please don,t say your glasses look unattractive on you, just by your post you seem a very intelligent lady with a balanced outlook on life.
If you convince yourself your glasses are unattreactive it will have negative aspect on other parts of your life, you will send out negative vibes to others and one of the worse attributes is you will think people are looking at your thick glasses.
Look at yourself in the whole, be positive about your glasses and many of the negative feelings will disappear.
Many guys like me would not consider your glasses had any bearing on you as a person even though we like girls in glasses and would be proud to walk down the street with you arm in arm and tell the onlooker we were proud of you.
From all the guys in the chat room lets welcome you with open arms and give you a nice warm friendly cuddle to tell you
your special.
strong myope lady 21 May 2004, 06:57
Hello high myope lover:
I am very nearsighted and have been since 2 yrs old. My mother told me I was -9 at that age and went to several eye specialists. Today I wear high index lenses of -22 and -22.75. Without my glasses, I see just a blur of colors. I can't make out any shapes. With my glasses, my vision is 20/30 and 20/40 which is pretty good for how nearsighted I am. My glasses are very thick ene though they are high index. They are concave in the front. I have had myo-bowl or disk lenses but they look rediculous on me.I am 31 now and live in Wyoming.
High Myope lover 21 May 2004, 02:14
Is there any women in ir near Wyoming that wear really thick minus glasses> I would love to meet you if your out there.
Electra 20 May 2004, 05:30
Yes, I'll do it. Give me a few days. I have some other updates for that site anyway, so I'll devote some time to it on the weekend. This will be fun.
royboy 19 May 2004, 21:12
thanx tortoise for correcting my slip --- and i like your addition horn'rims' ----- cute :)
tortoise 19 May 2004, 18:34
....or, for taking the bull by the hornrims.... :-)
Bravo Electra!
royboy 19 May 2004, 17:26
ms. electra ---- u can be our savior --- after-all we spend so much energy exploring other people on these sites--- my ideal would be to hook up with someone who shares something in common. i would be super excited and active with a 'personals' listing in our eyeglasses community. you seem to be the only one to take the 'bull by the hands' ---and thanx for your wonderful 'goc' site. keep us posted about developments...
Electra 19 May 2004, 05:14
I'm up for it. No charge, absolutely. However it'll have to be on my "proper" site (glassesovercontacts.org) because it'll need CGI etc, which Geocities doesn't support. No probem, so long it's supported, can we have a show of hands?
Daffy 17 May 2004, 18:25
I guess that the danger is that some dweeb will head off to the thrift store and get any glasses and wear them on a date just to 'impress' on the night and find a vulnerable candidate.
Guest 17 May 2004, 17:39
Tammy, please don,t take to heart my post of 17th may, you have so much going for you, your attractive, intelligent, can hold your won in a detailed conversation, are quick to praise, and seem loyal to your friends, yet deep down you seem to be missing out on a special relationship which I,m sure you dream off.
Puffin 17 May 2004, 16:23
I always thought Tammy had a boyfriend.
17 May 2004, 16:11
$ & ¢ 16 May 2004, 20:24
NOTHING TO LOSE BUT ONE'S MONEY!
Jay 16 May 2004, 20:18
Tammy should try a dating service. Nothing to lose.
tortoise 16 May 2004, 20:03
a personals/singles service for the bespectacled and their admirers has been suggested. Electra? What do you think about hosting such a thing on your site?
Tod 16 May 2004, 19:57
Please dont single out Tammy. There are many in a single life who would like to meet that "special" someone. Its too bad there aren't any really good places to do so. The Bar "scene" is the pits. And on line dateing services, ect. are a joke and mostly are only out to take your money. So I would hope for some type of solution to this delema. It seems that the only place people can meet today is in college but everyone can't go away full time to college. Any ideas???
Tammy 16 May 2004, 18:12
Guest, Who says i don't have a steady boyfriend?
As for being an introvert, i know that i spend far too much time on the computer, but i still do get out of the house every day. Peace, Tammy.
Guest 16 May 2004, 17:34
Hi Tammy,
by chance i clicked onto a post room and saw your photo, you were 37 when the photo was taken, a couple of times i,ve seen you in the chat room and I think you say your 39 now.
Tammy I fail to understand why you don,t have a steady boyfriend or are even married, you are very attractive, lovely hair, slender, nice glasses, although by now i,m sure you have different glasses, if your personality is as attractive as your looks then all I can say is American guys must be blind, I think they need their eyes testing.
Tammy from the little i.ve seen of you chat you need to relax, you are stifling your total personality by allowing religious structures to put you in a straight jacket.
Tammy being introvert is harmful to your development as a happy normal human being, let you hair down, go out and enjoy yourself, there are many stories in the bible where paties are held and wine drunk, and the gathering was joyful and merry.
I don,t know you Tammy but its a shame you seem to be holding onto the past and not moving forward, your far to nice a human being to creep into old age and not fulfill you your dream of being a lovely wife and and mother to your child.
Tammy 15 May 2004, 11:10
To the nameless poster, I don't want to flame you or anyone else, but I am just wondering what you mean when you say "Some people just don't get it?"
Electra 15 May 2004, 06:42
I love the Rusty Hinge because on my taskbar it doesn't alert my nosey boss that I'm in a chat room!
Wurm 15 May 2004, 03:07
I've never really liked the name "LensChat" all that much, so I was just experimenting a little.
Lurker 15 May 2004, 01:17
Earlier on I was lurking (and posting a bit) on LensChat, but I noticed the window was headed not 'Lenschat' but 'The Rusty Hinge'. Why?
LikeGlass 14 May 2004, 16:52
Ahhh... Little tech info:
ISP = Internet Service Provider
IP = 192.168.255.10 (non routable sample, don't worry.)
The IP address is assigned by your ISP when you log in. It is the IP that would be blocked, for example
192.168.xxx.xxx meaning all users with values of 0 to 255 in the xxx region would be blocked, as the last few numbers change whenever you log in, but the first few would remain the same for any given ISP.
Now, back to glasses! ......
14 May 2004, 10:24
The Silent One 13 May 2004, 21:36
Oh ;)
13 May 2004, 21:05
its not the IP (intrenet provider) but your indvidual router number that gets blocked.
13 May 2004, 18:19
some people just don't get it
Tammy 13 May 2004, 16:58
Yeah, i think The Silent One is right and that i have the same IP that someone who was banned did/does. I am sure that if i was banned, i would have recieved an e-mail from Wurm telling me that i was banned, and i recieved no such e-mail. Cheers, Tammy.
Eddy 13 May 2004, 14:40
A quiet word of support for our leader.
Wurm 13 May 2004, 04:29
That may be the price of having a place where everyone is free to fall down in public. Or make a useful contribution.
Hopefully we all get something out of it.
The loud one 13 May 2004, 04:03
there is nothing like trimming your toenails with a chainsaw, yea!
The Silent One 12 May 2004, 22:13
I doubt very much that Tammy was banned, I think it more likely she had the misfortune of having the same IP as someone who was. Think about it!
Tod 12 May 2004, 21:22
Tammy, you should have NEVER been baned. You are the most decent person here and probably any place else for that matter. Shame, Wurm
Tammy 12 May 2004, 20:49
Wurm, Thanks for lifting the IP blocks. I was beginning to wonder if i'd ever get to post with my new IP.
Wurm 12 May 2004, 19:30
I've lifted all IP blocks, as a gesture of "amnesty".
Please keep in mind that I can also block the privilege of reading the site, in addition to blocking posts. Thus far I haven't placed that type of block on any accounts, but I've considered it.
We've come this far without requiring passwords or user authentication. I strongly feel that keeping the site open encourages new users to take a chance on it.
Virtually all the users here are quite courteous -- at least most of the time. Thank you.
Eddy 29 Apr 2004, 19:43
Come on, give the poor guy a go. He's just a lonely boy looking for love (in ALL the wrong places). Chris, as I've suggested elsewhere, if you were to make the URL of his computer available to everybody, maybe we could reach out to him. All of us, that is.
Puffin 29 Apr 2004, 18:05
I am still not convinced by Sachin T, or whoever it is who is using his name.
First it was tons of junk posted here, abuse, telling us all we were all crazy people (maybe we are, but we are harmless crzy people)
Then it was suddenly, 'no, I like Glasses really, here's my website, Glasses full throttle' or whatever it was.
Oddly enough, not long after I accessed this site, I got a particularly nasty virus on my PC which forced me to buy another computer - I'm not blaming anyone, but I would not be surprised...
And then his namesake, or whoever he is, comes back and says some not too complimentary things about as again.
Slither back to Slytherin and leave us alone, please.
Wurm 29 Apr 2004, 17:51
Correct, that was not me.
Spexlovinguy 29 Apr 2004, 00:45
Looks like someone is pretending to be wurm. The real wurm does not make spelling errors and would never post the f* word in the 'What Turns You On About Glasses?' at about the same time as the post in this thread.
Wurm 29 Apr 2004, 00:17
Sahin T. is a good person...
Why sould I blocked his IP address? Someone else posting against his name. Earlier I have blocked the posting from Sachin T. But I allowed him to post again, since he really likes girls with glasses.
So please bare this situation. If you can't, please leave ES.
Thanks
-Wurm
GWG Lover 29 Apr 2004, 00:12
Wurm, Sachin T. is so childish.... he is not matured. What can we do to him
Spexlovinguy 28 Apr 2004, 23:34
Wurm, can you please block Sachin T's IP address and prevent him from ever posting again? Some never grow up :(
Wurm 24 Apr 2004, 08:45
Hi Filthy,
I'm back in Portland now. Looking forward to another summer here, as there is always a lot to do and beautiful weather. Vancouver must be much the same.
Filthy McNasty 23 Apr 2004, 13:29
Hey Wurm, are you still in Portland or are you in Seattle? I think you moved back and forth but I lost track of where you ended up last.
Myhopeinhere 23 Apr 2004, 01:32
or was it 1999,no 1998 I think!
Myhopeinhere 23 Apr 2004, 01:30
Was just plodding through the postings and wondered how long I've been doing it,turns out it was Christmas 1998,and still get the same thrill reading the seen on the web posts,wondering if a new classic will appear,the sightings people have,and then realise I'm exactly the same,slightest flash of light from a distance and away I go!
The chats I've had with lots of people on here,what a great bunch,Aliena and Terri for their insights they give us,all in all what a great fun place this is for us all to follow our longings!
Here's to another six years of squinty eyed enjoyment!
20 Apr 2004, 20:31
for
Tod 20 Apr 2004, 20:30
Its also a great title fro a movie about GwG's.
Sort of a take off on an old movie and play called 'Sex and the Single Girl'
Tod 20 Apr 2004, 20:28
Puffin, that's the whole idea!
D-W-V 20 Apr 2004, 19:25
How about a thread about retailers or opticians (same thing, basically), to complement the "online retailer" thread?
Puffin 20 Apr 2004, 06:03
I would think they might not stay single for long.
Tod 20 Apr 2004, 05:03
Wurm, I just thought of a new thread:
MYOPIA AND THE SINGLE GIRL
Eulburt 17 Apr 2004, 22:34
Philo ,
I m sorry that script does not work on mozilla 1.6 or below .
It works fine on Internet Explorer only .
I just added direct links at the bottom of the page . You may use it now .
Wurm 17 Apr 2004, 16:56
Philosofer, looks like some sort of script is in use at O4L. I get access to a sub-menu when I click the "Eyeglasses" link.
Clicking on the frame pictures mid-page seems to send you to the same areas as the sub-menu. Or you could try a different browser, I guess.
Philosifer 17 Apr 2004, 11:23
Wurm
Have you tried the links on the Optical4 Less web site recently ?
The one (far left) that is meant to be used for purchasing a complete new pair of glasses doesn't seem to work for me ?
Bobby 07 Apr 2004, 07:05
The first (historical !) meeting of glassses fans in Europe took place on Saturday 3rd April 2004 in Brno, Czech Republic! The group was small, there were only three participants. Me (Bobby), Nekva, and Mike (who has never visited Eye Scene for he cannot speak English). We talked about glasses, wearing GOC, girls and guys with glasses, we discusses prices and various combinations of spherical and cylindrical diopters, prisms. The other topics were also: paraphilia generally, sexual orientation, different kinds of fetishes and ways how to bring more glasses fans into our national internet discussion group in Czech. Nekva brought his amazing collection of glasses and a testing set, so we also tested our eyes. We enjoyed the meeting so much that we forgot to have dinner. A thing that is almost unbelievable, as Czechs are known as big eaters. :-)
We hope next time we will have the chance to share our thoughts and ideas with our frineds from neighbouring countries too.
Tammy 27 Mar 2004, 16:32
Wurm, the chat is not refreshing right for me. Sometimes it takes 2 or 3 refreshes to get my posts on the board.
Bobby 27 Mar 2004, 14:52
Wurm, Andrew meant the other link of mine: http:/sweb.cz/bobbygoc. This is the one with pictures and stories.
Wurm 25 Mar 2004, 14:41
Good suggestion Andrew -- I'll group links to the story sites on the front page.
Andrew 25 Mar 2004, 13:09
I respect the decision not to have too many stories on the site, but is it possible to increase the number of links to those who do do the stories, such as Bobby Laurel's. I have to keep looking back through the polls to find the address.
China-eyewear 23 Mar 2004, 23:31
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Thank you
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Yahoo Messager: eyewareoptics@yahoo.com
Tammy 23 Mar 2004, 19:51
Wow! I go on vacation for two weeks and Eyescene gets a sponser in my absence. Congratulations Wurm!
Puffin 23 Mar 2004, 06:32
I have to admit my stories are getting too long for Eyescene, that is why I started my own site up. However, I would like to see more stories on here, it seems a shame to lose it just because some idiots kept dumping rubbish here. I am convinced there is much more to say about glasses in story form, why can't we say it here?
Tammy 22 Mar 2004, 19:09
Hi Folks. Thanks for the birthday wishes everyone. Sorry this post is so late in coming. I've not been near a computer since my last post. I've been on vacation. :)
Michel 20 Mar 2004, 00:21
Hi, I search a story edited on an old forum (vision s forum maybe...). It was about a very myopic woman called Susan, but i m not sure. Her sight declining year after year and one day she can t wear her contacts. Her husband, Charles hate her glasses and he left her. If you find it, send me please at grand.michel@voila.fr
Many thanks
An optic obsessive
Wurm 19 Mar 2004, 20:39
No, just personal preference. I don't have an affinity for hosting stories.
Rimshot 19 Mar 2004, 20:24
Chris,
Is it a matter of space, or What?
Wurm 19 Mar 2004, 19:33
I'm gradually phasing out stories on this site. I enjoy reading many of them; I'm just not interested in hosting them. However, there are a few other sites accepting stories now.
Spexlovinguy 19 Mar 2004, 13:31
I agree with Aliena. Although I hardly ever comment on any story I really enjoy reading them. Now with stories cut in to several pieces I have to figure out the correct order first before I can start reading them.
Aliena 19 Mar 2004, 09:07
Dear Chris,
I think that it is too bad that you had to put a 600-word limit on the stories submitted to the fiction section of EyeScene. I understand that it was due to a single saboteur that posted long amounts of nonsense and disrupted things. I do think that the Fiction thread on EyeScene was a good feature and there were several interesting stories posted. I posted 3 myself. I also think that many people made favorable comments and there were several people that read the stories and probably enjoyed them, but did not comment. I just reread the story by Amy that was posted on "Fantasy Optical" and I then reread some others posted on the Fiction Thread. Being someone that has had to wear strong glasses all of my life, I thought the stories brought a sympathetic view to those of us in this category and also gave interest to many others.
It seems that something is now missing on EyeScene. Is it not possible to reopen the fiction section as it was before, with no word limits?
Best wishes,
Aliena
Plus Crazy 18 Mar 2004, 17:23
Wurm,
Please don't use FLASH on this site. FLASH has become a big trouble on SMUDGE REPORT as it causes bugs when loading.
Bobby 18 Mar 2004, 14:37
Wurm I think the baner is on a good position, we will get used to seeing it and, of course, avoiding unwanted clicking on it soon. I clicked once, because I think we should click it sometimes to show the sponsor that their banner has got a kind of use.
I do not think I will ever use their servoces as it is quite easy for me to buy anything I want (I mean glasses and contacts) in a shop in my country.
Wurm 18 Mar 2004, 09:33
Thanks to everyone for your feedback.
It was tough to decide on placement of the banner on the discussion pages. I agree that it might be slightly confusing, but I went with it so that the positioning of the banner is fairly consistent with where I put it on the index pages. Hiding it at the top just wouldn't be as good for the sponsor.
Hopefully it will be easy for everyone to adapt to having the banner there. It wasn't my intent to harvest stray clicks, but I do see how it might happen.
PS - hey lynnie!
lynnie 17 Mar 2004, 13:55
Congrats on the sponsor , Wurm!
And welcome to the era of FLASH!
; >
Henry_c 17 Mar 2004, 11:46
GWGs:
A small banner annoying!! Compared to the myriad of advertising one is bombarded with at many websites this is nothing.
In any case it's a relevant sponsor and as you noted they will no doubt get some extra business this way.
This would also mean that Optical4Less is endorsed by this website.
gwgs 17 Mar 2004, 08:13
Whilst i can see the financial logistics of having a sponsor on here, the banner is cunningly placed near between the link to go the menu of all the latest threads and the "post to this thread" link.
I have nearly clicked on it a few times accidentally.
Whilst it is annoying having advertising on here, it is handy to have someone pay the bills.
Kenny xu 17 Mar 2004, 00:25
Tammy, Happy birthday to you !
I am sorry for the late wishes , because I am new here !!
Filthy McNasty 14 Mar 2004, 20:44
Hey Wurm, I'll send them business, fer shure. It'll payoff for them, I am pretty positive, before long. Thanks always to you for allowing me to express my weirdness among friends and other like-minded people. It has been invaluable in helping me to get it out of my system, or at least to find acceptable outlets for my fascination.
LikeGlass 14 Mar 2004, 18:34
Can't complain! Sponsor is on topic!
;)
Wurm 14 Mar 2004, 18:27
Thank you very much, Val!
Coincidentally, we have reached another milestone. I am pleased to announce that Eye Scene has entered into a sponsorship relationship with Optical4Less.com
Please take a moment to check your browser on the front page -- http://wurm.laughingsquid.net/es/ -- as the O4L banner will soon be rolled out across most of the site.
Resources generously provided through this sponsorship will help make a needed web hosting upgrade possible, providing additional bandwidth for this fast-growing site.
Val 13 Mar 2004, 14:09
Another year has passed.
7 years of Eyescene.
Happy Birthday, Wurm !
And thank you for all the good times past and present.
10 Mar 2004, 14:11
PayPal
Tod 10 Mar 2004, 14:10
What we need all across this country is to have a web site of online virutal high school yearbook photos. It is also would be a great source of GwG photos too (Sush!)
I can think on no one better than Wurm to spearhead such a project. I am not sure where the funding would come from. Perhaps a government grant or a one time charge to a viewer via PayPa or something. Also any contributing high school may be a source of some of the funding and alumni assocations could get involved too. This would be for current and past graduating class yearbooks on record, of course.
Its something to think about.
Don 10 Mar 2004, 06:12
Happy Birthday Tammy sorry I'm a Day late.
Mike 09 Mar 2004, 20:45
A most happy and blessed birthday to you Tammy
Puffin 09 Mar 2004, 15:31
Dearest Tammy, I hope you have a lovely birthday. :)
UKoo 09 Mar 2004, 13:53
Happy birthday Tammy
Tod 09 Mar 2004, 12:14
Happy Birthday, Tammy!
Tammy 09 Mar 2004, 02:27
Bobby, thanks for the birthday wishes. I now am a year older than i was yesterday.
tortoise 08 Mar 2004, 21:48
Good words, Lucky. All the Best to you!
Lucky 08 Mar 2004, 21:33
I would like to say that the e/s is great! and I get a lot of info.about
glasses and the people who wear them.
thank you all.For I have always had a
little something for those choosen few
lovily ladys who wear glasses,and may
I end like this,There is someone out there for everyone so all please wear your glasses proudly and don,t hide in
contacts,for a guy like me or a women
just loves the way you look!
thank you
lucky
Bobby 07 Mar 2004, 16:45
Happy birthday, Tammy!
Tammy 07 Mar 2004, 14:13
Thanks. I should say that my birthday is March 9th.
Mike 07 Mar 2004, 12:51
And we all wish you a very happy , nice birthday!
Tammy 06 Mar 2004, 12:03
My birthday is coming up. I will be turning 39 years old.
Puffin 27 Feb 2004, 18:54
I am pleased to announce that I have just finished 'Dear Diary III', more adventures of Kirsty and her variously myopic family. It needs some editing and checking, but hopefully this weekend, I'll get it up on my site.
Now, however, it's way past my bedtime!
:)
Puffin
(PS, sorry in advance for the sad bits!)
tina 20 Feb 2004, 22:15
Great resource of information on eye care , check out http://www.womenfitness.net/beauty/eye/index.htm
Tina
Tammy 15 Feb 2004, 12:36
Wurm, i don't know if this is a bug in the chat or something that only i am experiencing, but within the past week, the box where i type my post has been pulling a disappearing act on me alot. Could you look into it? Thanks, Tammy.
Stan 09 Feb 2004, 01:55
Ha Ha - "Decay to flaming" - That is very optimistic. It would probably consist mainly of flaming in the first five minutes! Anyway thanks for thinking about it & congrats on 1M page views.
Wurm 08 Feb 2004, 17:59
I appreciate your restraint, Stan and adalle. Self control is a great personal strength.
I think we'll do best sticking with the glasses discussions. I wouldn't want to try to maintain a free-for-all thread. Inevitably it would decay to flaming -- there are just too many volatile subjects that people are passionate about.
The chat area is a good place to run wild with discussion.
adalle 08 Feb 2004, 15:38
I totally agree with you. I too wanted to say some things about politics but i didn't want to f*** up the other threads.
I also want to answer to some people's comments during the American invasion in Iraq but i respected the threads.
Please do make an off topic thread.
Stan 08 Feb 2004, 07:28
Wurm,
Is there an "off topic" topic, for discussion of things that have nothing to do with the usual concerns of ES, the name "Out of Focus" comes to mind?
There has been some political nonsense in the "Seen on the Web" thread recently. While I don't usually like talking politics, it has me wondering about the political makeup of the denizens of EyeScene, but I don't want to cultivate off-topic discussion. We also have a number of regulars from outside the US and it is interesting to hear their opinions as well. I was just looking for a place to pursue these off-topic topics and didn't really see one.
Thanks.
Rockable 02 Feb 2004, 13:30
Wurm ,
Why don't you add http://optical4less.com to Eye Scene's link lists ? They are so hit .
Let's Rock !
Rockable
Electra 01 Feb 2004, 16:51
WOW! Thanks Wurm! I'm honored! I update it almost daily due to the terrific feedback I'm getting.
Francine Eisner 01 Feb 2004, 12:21
Hi guys,
Where is there a links section? If there is, maybe you could add my newsgroup and another one about Vision Training, called "Vision Therapy," which was just started last November.
"Focus On Vision Training"
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/focus_on_vision_training
"Vision_Therapy"
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/vision_therapy/
Wurm 01 Feb 2004, 11:57
Thanks Guido. I'll probably add Electra's site within the next few weeks. At that time I'll do some 'spring cleaning' of the other links.
Let me know if you have any other link suggestions, and I will have a look.
Guido 01 Feb 2004, 09:44
Wurm,
Let's start a new list of links. Some of the old ones are out of date. Now, if everyone contributed just one good link, I could avoid the Superbowl!
Bobby 29 Jan 2004, 16:24
I am very pleased to tell everybody, that the archive of the old versions of Eye Scene has been visited for many times during the recent 3 months. Herre is a little statistics for you:
November 2003: 582 visitors (aver. 19 visitors per day)
December 2003: 582 visitors (aver. 18 visitors per day)
January 2004: 622 visitors (average 24 visitors per day)
The archive URL of the archive is either http://sweb.cz/Bobby.Laurel
or http://bobby.laurel.sweb.cz/
There is still some space at the site, so I think I will upload some stories written by people who frequent Eye Scene.
Puffin 20 Jan 2004, 14:36
I am pleased to say there will be a picture update next month on my site. That is if nothing else goes wrong!
Puffin 17 Jan 2004, 16:18
Just a note to my fans (that's if I have any!) that I've just started writing "Dear Diary III" (the further adventures of Kirsty and her family.
Electra 17 Jan 2004, 07:31
I've been told that only 5% of people who visit a messageboard post to it at any given time, that is, for every reply you get, there are another 19 people reading it who don't don't (I think I got that math right?). 19 lurkers to every 1 poster. Isn't that wild?
Francine Eisner 17 Jan 2004, 07:24
Yeah, Wurm, I find this one of the most interesting sites on the internet, given my interests. Keep it up...!
Cheers,
Francine
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/focus_on_vision_training/
Spexlovinguy 16 Jan 2004, 21:28
For all of you thinking of starting your own website: oneandone.com is giving away 3 years (three years!) of free hosting with 500 mb diskspace! Only catch is you have to signup within the next 6 days and have an address in USA or Canada. I secured mine already. Anybody else?!
Wurm 13 Jan 2004, 07:08
I appreciate the kind words. Thanks to all of you for using the site!
still 12 Jan 2004, 20:25
Congrats, Wurm! Fabulous work!
Bobby 12 Jan 2004, 13:16
WOW! That’s great!!!!!
Tammy 11 Jan 2004, 19:08
Wurm, Congratulations on all of the page views! 1,000,000 Wow!
Wurm 11 Jan 2004, 18:45
Here's a statistic that seems worth mentioning:
In December, ES received over a million page views for the first time!
Puffin 07 Jan 2004, 03:57
I am just about back to normal apart from the software I use for morphs and ES. At the moment I am putting my thoughts toward the next installment of "Dear Diary".
Puffin 06 Jan 2004, 15:41
Aliena
I have reactivated my old email address just for you, for a limited period only.
Ash 05 Jan 2004, 08:06
Hi LG,
Thanks for the information. This problem has been on for a few days, from the 31st to be precise. Since I was out of town for a couple of days, I did not get a chance to log on. Now that I am back, I see the same problem persisting. Any solutions in sight?
LikeGlass 05 Jan 2004, 07:46
Hi Ash. If you were blocked, it would probablly be site-wide, and as you are able to post here, that is not the case. Lens Chat uses an HTLM frames format which requires realtime updates off of the server. Some ISP's cue pages and this can cause the problem that you are discribing. When you post, the text file on the server is updated, and a new version of the page is sent. Often these problems are just bottle-necks that come and go on the internet. If it keeps up for a few days, then there is a problem.
Ash 05 Jan 2004, 06:28
Hi Wurm,
The 'Lens Chat' page on my browser is not refreshing and I can't even see what I post appear on the screen.
Have people become so sick of me being there all the time that it has been decided to block me ;-)?
Happy New Year to all,
Ash
Puffin 04 Jan 2004, 05:37
Aliena, I can't find your email address (I've lost loads of stuff because of the virus and transferring data.)
Puffin 03 Jan 2004, 04:28
I don't think I'll have to scrap my site. What I need to do is mirror what is there with what I have here, and the best way to do that is copy it. I have a website mass-copier so I'm in the middle of using it, and it looks good so far.
BTW all this trouble was caused by my old computer getting a virus. I then came to the obvious conclusion that my old computer wasn't fast enough to run the modern software around now, so even if I got rid of the virus I couldn't defend it against future attacks.
OMG this last 2 weeks have been a real pain sorting all this out and having Christmas in the middle of it all.
Puffin 03 Jan 2004, 04:05
Sorry, I have had to delete my previous email addresses, they are just filling up with spam all the time.
At this moment I don't have a personal email address.
Eric 02 Jan 2004, 23:57
Hi Aliena,hows the college life going?
Aliena 02 Jan 2004, 18:04
Puffin, your e-mail address also seems to be out of commission. I just tried to send you a message and it was returned, unknown. What gives?
Puffin 02 Jan 2004, 05:43
I think I'm going to have to scrap my website and start again. I have upgraded my computer and transferred all the files across, but the file names have all been truncated to 8 characters. eg "Lana17~1" or something. Of course, my webpages of which there are plenty refer to the original file names. Oh yeah my computer is a bit strange about file extensions too. Or maybe the old one was and the new one isn't, even so that's another little problem.
This doesn't affect the existing website, but at the moment it's going to be a lot of sorting out and renaming files and pics this end before I can update my site. Or else I can scrap what's on the net at the moment and gradually rebuild it.
Oh, I'm not looking forward to this job.
still 01 Jan 2004, 07:50
Happy New Year, everyone! May this year be sweet and healthy, and may all your fantasies be fulfilled.
Tony (original) 30 Dec 2003, 16:49
Another year for me visiting this site.
Compliments of the season to one and all.
Love,
Tony
Puffin 30 Dec 2003, 16:40
Just in case anyone is wondering where I've been, I'm in the middle of upgrading my computer. I thought I'd lost all my pics and stories, a nightmare for me, but today I've got them back.
See you soon.
Old Lurker 15 Dec 2003, 12:37
i have been lurking and reading this website for many years now and have seen the different versions that have worked and not worked. It seems to me that last time we went to a password system, the number of postings dropped off dramatically and the board became boring very quickly. Yes, the fakes were gone, but so was the fun.
The question that we must ask is how important is it to have names anyway? As Bob points out, they will all be fake ones. And I'm sure there are alot of people pretending to be others out there, but what's the harm? You should come to expect that on the Internet. I don't care if someone makes up an exciting situation that we all enjoy because that's what makes this site fun. Are they really telling the truth?
Bottom line: If you make a formal registration process, you will lose users again. It happened before, it will happen again.
Julian 15 Dec 2003, 00:58
Bob: the system on the previous EyeScene BBS was that you could post without registering, but under your name was the word 'unregistered'. Other possibilities were 'junior member', 'member', 'moderator' and 'administrator' (that was Wurm as we now call him).
That meant that you could tell whether a post in the name of a registered member, and that was most of the regulars, was genuine. I don't think it worked in the chat though, but no doubt something could be done about that. I dread the thought of another re-hash though, with possible loss of all the posts!
Love and kisses, Jules.
Bob 14 Dec 2003, 21:31
I think having to use a password to use this site would be a mistake. For one thing, I am not organized enough to keep up with one more user name and password.
Second, I have always thought some of the most interesting posts were from people who accidentally stumbled on this site who shared their experiences and feelings about wearing glasses. Most of them would not fool with trying to set up a user name and password. I know some of these posts have probably been fakes, but I don't understand why anyone would care.
This is the Internet. Nothing is real here. None of us are using our real names and for all anyone knows we could all be bored 72-year-old women making it all up.
I think if you set it up with passwords and user names, you are going to end up with a click of about 20 serious glasses geeks, but lose just about everybody else. I think the site will soon lose much of what to me makes it fun.
Tammy 14 Dec 2003, 17:59
High Myope, Ok, sounds good! Tammy.
High Myope 14 Dec 2003, 11:37
Tammy: I was the aggrieved party, and as I have forgiven you I think it behooves bystanders and lurkers to forgive also. Should we be on in the chat room at the same time, I would certainly chat with you.
Julian 14 Dec 2003, 11:29
Why ever not? (I have seen the recent chat.) And the fact that you admit you need forgiving says more about what your religion is really worth than anything else.
Love and kisses, Jules.
Tammy 14 Dec 2003, 10:49
I have a quick question; Is anyone going to forgive me enough to want to chat with me again? I know there's still some people on this website who are willing to chat with me still. I thank those who are still speaking to me!
Tammy 14 Dec 2003, 10:45
Tod, yes i did..i had to, since the test is very expensive and i am still without insurance. Hopefully my insurance coverage will start back up here pretty soon! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you too!
Tod 13 Dec 2003, 19:51
Hi Tammy. I see you postponed your florescein angiogram test until mid January. Have a happy Christmas and New Year.
Tammy 13 Dec 2003, 16:39
High Myope, Thank you!
High Myope 13 Dec 2003, 15:59
Tammy -- I forgive you as I know you were not yourself. Let's start fresh.
Tammy 13 Dec 2003, 09:50
This has no bearing on my previous post, but i was in the chat a couple days ago, and really got upset by what was said by one particular party, and what i said should never have been said! I would like to apologize to all whom were offended by what proceeded to come out of my mouth. I never should have said what i did. Please forgive me!
Electra 13 Dec 2003, 06:31
I'll second it too Tammy. I'd like to have a facility where we register, anonymously to the public obviously, with a password, and have to use THAT password to get our "Handle" show up. For me it's sheer laziness actually, save me typing in my name for every post:)
Julian 13 Dec 2003, 06:25
With you all the way, Tammy.
Love and kisses, Jules.
Tammy 13 Dec 2003, 06:19
Wurm, Quite some time back, when you first moved ES to Laughingsquid, you asked us to tell you which features of the old Eyescene we would like you to instill in the new one. I recently thought of one. I'm sure this will be met by opposition, but i hope that we can keep the flaming of this post to zero, but i feel that we should have to register our names that we use on the threads and also on the chat, since there are so many imposters these days, and also some of the NoNames that come around are really rude. I'm not saying that all of them are, but only some of them. I feel that this feature would get rid of the imposters and the spamming of the boards and the chat. Just think about it, ok? Thanks, Tammy.
Francine 29 Nov 2003, 19:37
I am wondering if this group has been spammed by a guy named Sachin T, who now has a newsgroup about girls with glasses. He spammed my VT group, and wouldn't stop, and I had to ban him...the only time I've had to ban anyone.
Is he a known menace around here or something? Of course I don't care if he likes GWG or not...that's his business. But spamming is everyone's business, don't you think? We ALL hate it.
Fran
Electra 22 Nov 2003, 09:04
Do I just frequent the quietest threads here or had this board been really quiet lately?
specs4ever 19 Nov 2003, 17:53
you can try me at specs4ever@yahoo.com
HyperSpecs 19 Nov 2003, 13:17
Specs4ever, what is your email address?
Pippa 19 Nov 2003, 05:53
I feel I must comment on myopia during pregnancies. My sister-in-law had perfect vision until she was 4 months pregnant with my nephew and her vision started to get worse, (she was 19), when she was 5 months pregnant she had to get herself some glasses (sorry, don't know what the rx was),she has worn glasses ever since. I asked her whether she blamed her eyesight problems on her pregnancy and she said yes, her optometrist told her that pregnancy can affect a woman's eyesight. She also said that it deteriorated with her second pregnancy. Maybe if affects different people in different ways.
Oscar 18 Nov 2003, 00:43
Andy - I know it's a tragic story, but some more pics of this remarkable woman would be great to see if you've got the time to post them.
Andy 17 Nov 2003, 22:44
Oscar, she wanted the abortion because her eyedoc has warned her not to have the baby because of the serious risc to become blind. There is another sequence of her showing her only from farer away and from behind. I can grab those pictures, too if you want.
tortoise 17 Nov 2003, 18:27
God!..... in 06 you can see the tears in her eyes! Wonderful and very moving pics, Andy. Thanks.
LikeGlass 17 Nov 2003, 11:40
Afternote on progression during Preg. My sister tacked on a diopter during her first one, and it never went away. (22 years ago.)
Oscar 17 Nov 2003, 09:45
Andy - just one other question about this very striking young woman (to me she's beautiful - and it's only a pity that the programme was on a subject where it would be unlikely to see her smile) - did she want the abortion because of fears for her own sight (i.e. becoming blind) or for the baby's? I'm assuming you saw the programme. The website for the TV company seem to have almost all of yesterday's broadcasts archived except this one - how frustrating...
Oscar 17 Nov 2003, 07:30
Andy - thanks so much for that that link to your downloads. What's the prognosis for Alicja's myopia now (presumably she's had the baby?)
Andy 17 Nov 2003, 04:53
Sorry I forgot to mention that they also said that her prescription was -25D.
Andy 17 Nov 2003, 04:50
Puffin, S4E, Lore, Yesterday there was a report on TV about abortion on in Poland. They had an interview with a young mother who had a big increase in myopia during pregnancy. Her doctor refused an abortion against her eye doctors advice. I have some screencaps of her under: http://www.g-w-g.de/parsi/Alicja01.jpg There are several more pictures if you change the number in the file name from 01 up to 07. I try to find out more.
Andy
Puffin 17 Nov 2003, 03:10
I have heard about women losing the ability to wear contacts during pregnancy. And some other weird things too.
specs4ever 16 Nov 2003, 19:26
Well Lore, since it was suggested by Susan back in 2000 that she had huge increases in myopia during pregnancy, I felt compelled to do some research. I definately found a number of cases where already myopic ladies had to get much stronger prescriptions during pregnancies. So, I felt that this was something I could use in some of my stories. I am afraid that I can't accept your statement as fact in this case. The only rule in myopia progression is that there are no rules.
Lore 15 Nov 2003, 20:22
Susan's story was not true. Women do not have huge increases in myopia while pregnant; it is something that does not happen. It *is* true that acuity decreases while you are pregnant and/or nursing, but that is due to hormonal changes and acuity returns, in all cases, when the pregnancy and/or nursing stops. The only exception I can imagine to that is if someone's eyesight was still changing anyway, in which case acuity would not return, as it would not have if the person weren't pregnant, but the change would not be any more rapid.
I'm pregnant, so I've been doing a lot of reading on pregnancy, and this is an issue that actually comes up a lot. Slight decreases in acuity are totally normal, as are problems wearing contacts, but there is simply no way that pregnancy can result in a permanent increase in myopia.
A nice detail in the story, but the work of fiction (no doubt by a male author). Just as there are no doubt tons of English headmasters of old who wore thick glasses, some of whom no doubt abused children.
specs4ever 15 Nov 2003, 19:37
Susan's story was proported to be more truth than fiction, with only the identifying details changed. At the time I must say that I believed the story, although the high increases in myopia with the birth of each child did sound a bit of a stretch. I was one who corresponded with Susan, and even in off the web e mails her story rang true, so I think that the discovery of the pedophile headmaster might just confirm it.
LikeGlass 15 Nov 2003, 19:22
Wow. I remember that story well. I remember thinking at the time that it had an awful lot of detail and length to be fiction, so it would have had to be either written by a fake with a super imagination, or, someone who was real .......
I forget if there was any follow-up on it.
AJ 15 Nov 2003, 15:29
I also remember this story and I thought it did have a ring to it that seemed to be somthing more than fiction. I actually don't remember it being posted under the fiction stories.
chrisb 15 Nov 2003, 15:11
Stranger than Fiction?
Some old timers around here may remember, about 2 years ago, a lady posted under the name of Susan (I think) a story which she said was part fact and part fiction. It related her married life as someone with progressive myopia but with a husband who was pathologically unable to accept that she wore glasses. He would only allow her to wear contacts, and was violent towards her. One of her children was also mypic. Eventually she had left her husband and gone to live with her GWG girlfriend; her sight had deteriorated further and she needed myodisks. The denouement of the story was that 'Charles' her husband had been abused at Prep school (9 - 13 year olds) by the headmaster, who wore thick glasses.
In todays Daily Telegraph there is a half page story about a retired headmaster of a prep school who is accused of abuse by a number of former pupils. There, staring out of the paper is a picture of the man with thick heavy framed glasses. Could it be Susan's fiction was more fact than she was able to say.
LikeGlass 07 Nov 2003, 06:22
Just click on the Who's Who link on my site for adding your name. (about half way down. ) http://www.geocities.com/likeglass55/
where it says "want to join our list"
Electra 07 Nov 2003, 05:29
Oh can I be on your site? I know I don't post as often as I ought to, but I have a busy job! How do I get an entry in the Who's Who?
LikeGlass 03 Nov 2003, 06:52
Thank you for pointing that out. Awhile back, the site was lost and I rebuilt it out of backups. There is a page 13, so the book index must have been an older copy that overwrote the new page. If you go to page 12 and alter the link to a 13, it is there. The question is, was anyone lost off of page 12 ! I will check it out later this week and correct the index.
Gremlin 02 Nov 2003, 20:30
LikeGlass:
What happened to the previous Page 13 of the Who's Who? Unless I'm missing something, the last version of the roster seemed to be more currrent and inclusive than this new one.
LikeGlass 02 Nov 2003, 18:04
Finally updated the Who's Who book! I think we have our full cast of characters, at least for the second.
If you want a little more info on our chatters here and on Lens Chat, this is where to look them up.
(Scroll down to "Who's Who")
http://www.geocities.com/likeglass55/
Wurm 24 Oct 2003, 19:49
Posts are now limited in length. I've set a somewhat arbitrary limit of around 600 words. This should accomodate all normal discussion-type posts.
Francine 16 Oct 2003, 12:36
Hi Lentifan,
>Francine, you shouldn't be too >discouraged if the response from >this site to your Vision Training >thread is not overwhelming.
You know...I'm not discouraged. I like to convey useful information, and I'm not surprised if people don't want to try Vision Training. It is actually pretty difficult to master even for people who ARE interested.
I was pleased to answer some questions last May, and it didn't bother me that no one seemed very interested afterward.
What I really dislike is rudeness and disrespect, and that is what is going on in the "Vision Training" thread as of late.
>I think it is best to ignore the >rudeness; being seen to be irked by >it only encourages them.
You're right. The rude people are behaving like trolls, and everyone says that you shouldn't feed the trolls, as this makes them grow, LOL.
>In a site of the diversity of this one >(thank to Wurm, to whom we all >owe a debt of gratitude) there will >always be threads which we >disagree with or are not interested >in. We should put our case >rationally and politely or just don't >go there.
I am also grateful to "Wurm." I think that "Eyescene" is a valuable bulletin board for a number of reasons.
>Personally, I am not interested in >the 'Actors' or 'Guys in Glasses', but >I don't question the right of thoses >who ARE interested to have those >threads. I just don't go there.
I don't go there either, but I actually MIGHT be interested. That is...if they have any pictures of Steven Bauer wearing glasses. Pretty darn cute, if you ask me...
Cheers,
Fran
lentifan 16 Oct 2003, 04:03
Francine, you shouldn't be too discouraged if the response from this site to your Vision Training thread is not overwhelming. Although I don't know, I suspect that most readers of this site, if not fully-fledged OOs, are at least pleased and enthusiastic about glasses. Therefore most of them are probably at least content with their level of vision, and on balance probably more of them would prefer to increase their reliance on glasses rather than reduce it.
Having said that, I, for one, would deplore it if you felt you were being chased away. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion if expressed fairly. There is no excuse for rudeness, and I, too have noticed a degree of intolerance in some of the postings, eg on the subject of 'fakes' which seems to trigger a sort of paranoia in some people. I think it is best to ignore the rudeness; being seen to be irked by it only encourages them.
In a site of the diversity of this one (thank to Wurm, to whom we all owe a debt of gratitude) there will always be threads which we disagree with or are not interested in. We should put our case rationally and politely or just don't go there. Personally, I am not interested in the 'Actors' or 'Guys in Glasses', but I don't question the right of thoses who ARE interested to have those threads. I just don't go there.
Now that I've got that off my chest I realise I sound like a pompous pratt.
Francine 15 Oct 2003, 21:16
Hi Specs,
Of course I agree with you. I know that Vision Training is a bit of a departure for this board, but I hope that the thread is going to continue and that Wurm will find a way to put it back on track.
I am pretty busy these days but I like to post about VT, as I feel that it should at least be offered as an OPTION to people. Most people don't even know about it. There is a weird turf war between ophthalmologists and optometrists, and this keeps the info from being freeing disseminated. Some people HAVE to wear glasses, as their best corrected VA isn't even anything close to 20/20. Glasses are a valuable aid to millions of people. A lot of folks in third-world countries don't have access to glasses, and I've heard of specific charities that give out free glasses all over the world to impoverished people.
It's a funny thing, too: The origin of most refractive disorders is actually a mystery. There are all sorts of theories about the etiology of myopia, for example, but they really are just educated guesses. The eyeball is not even enlongated in all cases.
Vision, like the other senses, is to me sort of a miracle. How we perceive the world that's out there...What subject could be more exciting?
Cheers,
Francine
specs4ever 15 Oct 2003, 21:00
If this is to be a board about "Eyes", I think that the subject of vision training is an important part. I for one support what you are trying to do Francine, and I am sorry that there are a few ignoramusses around. Unfortunately, that is life in the real world these days, so there isn't much one can do except to just carry on as best as we can, and ignore these people. As much as I am a fan of people who wear glasses, I also realize that many of these same people don't want to wear glasses, and if vision training can help, as it has been proven to do in many cases, I say that people should go for it. It seems to me far more sensible to attempt to correct your vision than to undergo lasik to correct a problem with surgery.
Francine 15 Oct 2003, 20:53
Hi guys,
I originally found this site because someone on another board told me it was really interesting. I think he found the desire of some people to INDUCE myopia fascinating and bizarre.
I came to look and found myself posting about Vision Training, a time-tested form of vision improvement. "Wurm" (the moderator, I guess) was kind enough to put up a separate Vision Training thread for people who are interested in the subject.
I realize that "Eyescene" is mostly a board about wearing glasses and loving it. There will probably always be eyeglasses, and people who enjoy wearing them, unless someone invents a a chip or some nanotechnology that makes this all obsolete. Vision Training is pretty challenging, and I've never thought it was for everyone. Far from it.
Why am I posting here? I just found out that there was a feedback thread, and I would like some feedback from you all. "Vision Training" was started last May, and it is not the most active of threads but I thought the questions asked have been relevant, and the information presented to be accurate and useful. In other words, it has been a valuable resource for people who have less than perfect eyesight, just like the rest of this board.
Recently a couple of members have been, IMO, totally disrespecting the purpose of the Vision Training thread. They have been posting the usual stuff there, like Rx and how much they like wearing glasses, etc. This is fine on other threads, but totally OT on "Vision Training." I asked them to take their OT postings to the other threads, and the response was total rudeness. This kind of response really irks me...I wonder why. <sigh>
This is why: I know from personal experience that if a bulletin board thread is allowed to go totally OT, it becomes totally useless. How do you guys feel about this? Do you feel that having a thread about Vision Training is useful? Should it be allowed to be thrown totally OT, or does it deserve some measure of respect and integrity?
How would it be if the fiction section was full of general postings about Rx ? Or if the thread about good_looking girls with glasses had pleas for info about glasses for 3-year-old hyperopes? The board would be a mess: Total chaos. Why would anyone like that to happen...? I'm sure that "Wurm" would like your opinions on this as well.
Of course I am not exactly unbiased, as Vision Training is a pet subject of mine. So I feel like this is something being done to ME. But generally speaking, taking a thread way OT, and insisting on keeping it there...WELL, I think it's just destructiveness. Vandalism, pure and simple.
Cheers,
Francine
Julian 29 Sep 2003, 00:40
Shouldn't worry if I were you tortoise. It's hardly reached nuisance proportions; they may even take the hint!
Love and kisses, Jules.
tortoise 28 Sep 2003, 17:17
Julian, The more I think about it the more I see that you may be right about this. I did say to the administrator of optical4less that I would be recommending his service to an online discussion group about vision etc.
My thinking at the time was that I didn't want him to think it odd if a sudden influx of high Rx orders came in. I didn't mention Eyescene but it doesn't take long to get here via Google as we know. If I have inadvertantly caused a problem I do apologise. Having said that, the fact remains that my whole experience purchasing glasses from this outlet was genuinely positive and I did want to share that with everyone here.
Cheers......... tortoise
Julian 28 Sep 2003, 12:57
How nice to have so many new posters coming on to tell us about their good experiences in dealing with optical4less. It's good to hear of a new firm that provides an efficient and cheap online service. Unless, of course, we (and eBay) are being subtly spammed.
Love and kisses, Jules.
Nikki 18 Sep 2003, 23:38
WHoops!....Lynnie, that NN was me that posted that, I saw what went down and just thought I would be smart...sorry!
Lurker 18 Sep 2003, 23:06
'Jasmine Rose' is back on LensChat now.
lynnie 18 Sep 2003, 23:02
S4E, that person WAS Sachin, after we all left he posted this:
(10:59pm) NoName sez, "gonna pick another name ;)"
Wurm, can you notify his ISP? I cut and pasted some of his drivel if you need it.
specs4ever 18 Sep 2003, 21:45
Hey Wurm - is there any way you can restrict that jerk sachin T's access to lens chat. He got really ticked off tonight and filled lens chat with a whole bunch of the same stuff he was putting on Eyescene. It is too bad that some infants can't understand the consequences of their actions. It seems likely that no one has ever told him no in his life.
Tammy 17 Sep 2003, 06:35
Yeah, please don't give him any ideas! My chat name is Rambling Rose, but as long as we are confessing things, i'm not really a rose.
Puffin 17 Sep 2003, 04:15
Sorry I forgot to tell you all, I'm a fake too. I'm not really a Puffin. (does it matter?)
Frank 17 Sep 2003, 03:35
Glad to see that Sachin T
Has not prospered - and Emily
Is back in the place where she
Can still shine bright and pithily
By the way - Sachin Tendulkar is one the greatest cricketers that ever lived - still batting for India -but I doubt it was he polluting with goobledegook
Julian 17 Sep 2003, 01:24
What I can't understand is that he confines himself to that one thread - maybe I shouldn't say that for fear of giving him ideas!
Love and kisses, Jules.
Puffin 17 Sep 2003, 00:50
This site does have a worm on it, and it's the one who keeps posting all that stuff on the "Nearsighted Diary" page.
Tammy 16 Sep 2003, 11:11
Emily, if this site has a "Worm" on it, we'd all better virus scan our computers! :-)
Emily 15 Sep 2003, 16:33
Sorry, I meant Wurm. No disrespect intended.
Emily 15 Sep 2003, 16:32
Someone named Sachin T. buried my Diary of a Nearsighted Girl under hundreds of pages of computer gobbledygook. Worm, can you remove all that garbage so people can find the diary? Thanks.
specs4ever 04 Sep 2003, 20:24
Yes, it works Wurm, but not worth using it. There has to be something I can do to fix it, so I will investigate further when I have time
Wurm 04 Sep 2003, 17:24
You should be able to post from the non-framed page, although it's a bit clunky.
Load up the post form as a single page, make a post, and you'll see the set-up:
http://wurm.laughingsquid.net/es/chatform.htm
specs4ever 04 Sep 2003, 16:34
Yes, thats what's happeniing likesglass. I checked my internet options, but couldn't find anythuing about supporting frames. I think this has mostly happened since I downloaded IE6.0
LikeGlass 04 Sep 2003, 12:00
Lens chat works in frames. (Ha Ha, but true) The upper frame contains the chat data, and the lower one contains the post code. (Basically) If for some reason, your browser is not supporting "frames" then you will only get the one window. For some reason, this sounds like what is happening. You ma want to peek at your browser settings, or maybe Wurm could add something to this thought.
Tammy 04 Sep 2003, 09:14
S4E, Do you simply get an error message for the sign in part that says something to the effect of Page not found? If you do, then i've gotten it alot too.
Lurker 03 Sep 2003, 23:11
No, no problem.
specs4ever 03 Sep 2003, 22:30
I am unable to sign in to Lens Chat. I get the lens chat page, but I don't get the part that allows you to sign in and post anything. Anyone else have this problem?
LikeGlass 01 Sep 2003, 14:41
Em,
If you want I can set up a page at TGWG for your story.
http://www.geocities.com/likeglass55/
There is a section for stand-alone projects.
Emily 31 Aug 2003, 13:53
Hi -- I have written a long piece that I would post under "Fantasy Optical" except it's very long. Can you create a new thread for it, please? Call it "Diary of a Nearsighted Girl." Thanks.
Electra 31 Aug 2003, 06:33
Eddy! Me and Julian wish to complain! IT'S ALL GIRLS!
Electra 31 Aug 2003, 06:30
Can I whine about the popularity of plastic frames?
Val 19 Aug 2003, 22:32
We reached already topic #99. Maybe topic #100 should be something special. Can anybody come with some ideas ?
Pinkspecs 19 Aug 2003, 13:43
Nancy.
Why not join my yahoo groups.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hearingaidswornbyprettygirl
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hearingaidgirls/
Nancy 19 Aug 2003, 07:06
Wurm
I know it has been mentioned before, and is out of topic, but is there a thread where some of us can discuss HAs?
Julian 15 Aug 2003, 22:41
Don't they?
Myodisc 15 Aug 2003, 17:58
Hi everyone
Why doesn't any of the links work on this site these days?
Myodisc
Eddy 15 Aug 2003, 07:28
Que?
Frankie 15 Aug 2003, 04:48
English is incorrect. Your admonition is not a sentence!
Vidge 14 Aug 2003, 11:44
Spelling incorrect)... elsewhere
Vidge 14 Aug 2003, 11:42
don't sweat it Tammy. What you said is very mild but is also true. And these spammers have got to find a new home...elseware!
Tammy 14 Aug 2003, 01:27
Hi. I just thought that i'd better say that i didn't mean to shut down the "Glasses Styles" thread with my last post. It could also be that people didn't stop posting on it because of me. I do know that alot of times i don't thouroughly think things over before i say what's on my mind though. I need to practice doing that i know.
Joseph A. 13 Aug 2003, 22:05
OOPS! Sorry about that. What I meant was: "Great glossary LIKEGLASS! This will help a lot of people!" I just had to say "Mr.Wurm" just once. Again, great job LikeGlass!
---Joe
Joseph A. 13 Aug 2003, 21:42
Wonderful glossary, Mr. Wurm! This will really help a lot of people!
---Joe
Wurm 13 Aug 2003, 15:34
LG, lol! Thanks for the vanity entry in the glossary ;-)
Suggestion: entry for "drop-temples".
Bobby 13 Aug 2003, 14:48
Very good glossary! Congrat!
LikeGlass 12 Aug 2003, 17:48
Just added a "Glossary of Glasses Loving Lingo!" to my site. I am sure the list of terms will grow, but it beats typing the same explanation out over and over again!
http://www.geocities.com/likeglass55/glossary.html
Loonyettes 12 Aug 2003, 12:50
Alas, alas, Eddy, I have no scanner! and I cleared out the _Hello_ in question!
Eddy 12 Aug 2003, 03:39
I won't continue to bore everyone with this but there is now a followable navigation and Courtney Cox, Ulrika Jonsson and Nicole Kidman are up (so to speak). Others will come up at irregular intervals over the next days and weeks.
Eddy 11 Aug 2003, 15:03
And Loones, would be eternally grateful if you could scan them and email them to me at eddy2001l@yahoo.com
Eddy 11 Aug 2003, 15:02
Sorry Jules darling. I've tried and I've tried but to no avail..........
Loonyettes 11 Aug 2003, 14:42
More power to your elbow Eddy! Looking forward to a new celeb glasses site now the others are so quiet. I'll keep an eye on celeb magazines to report any sightings. There was a great set of Kylie-in-glasses pictures in _Hello_ a few weeks back with Olivier Martinez on a boat.
Julian 11 Aug 2003, 06:55
Er, Eddy, are all your celebrities going to be female? If not...
Love and kisses, Jules.
Eddy 11 Aug 2003, 05:06
Just to say that Eddy's Celebrities with Glasses is under construction right now. If you're prepared to wade through lots of empty pages, bugs etc. go to http://www.celebswithglasses.da.ru . Also I'll be asking for help, pics, URLs from time to time because my own database is not the best. Just strikes me that there's a big hole right now since Girls with Glasses dropped this side of things, also since gwgs's site was devoured by gremlins.
Filthy McNasty 07 Aug 2003, 19:05
Bancouber, to be exact. Downtown.
tortoise 07 Aug 2003, 06:36
Filthy, yeah, interior mountains. Are you in the Lower Mainland?
Daffy, the Canberra fires last summer were terrible... "down under" here in Canada we get forest fires every summer but this seems to be the worst ever. Still, "only" about 75 homes destroyed and no lives lost so far so it could be worse. It ain't over yet though.
Hope you folks up there at the top of the world are enjoying a nice winter. 8-)
Daffy 06 Aug 2003, 23:57
tortoise...I guess you now realise what we Aussies go through 'EVERY SUMMER". And it lasts for weeks. Glad you got the rain though.
Filthy McNasty 06 Aug 2003, 23:27
Tortoise: You're from BC?
tortoise 06 Aug 2003, 20:34
I just wanted to say that my province has been on fire for at least a week... state of emergency... many homes destroyed.... my valley without power and hazy with smoke. Tonight, though, it is pouring with beautiful cool rain. I will never complain about wet weather again! God Bless!
Bobby 05 Aug 2003, 14:43
To all of you who liked pictures of Deborah, the model with strong glasses:
PosÃÂlám z Èeské republiky pozdravy celé spoleènosti serveru Eye Scene. Pøeji vám krásné léto.
Vaše "Debora"
Many greetings to the whole Eye Scene community from the Czech Republic. Have a beautiful summer.
Yours "Deborah"
(translated by Bobby)
Scooter 04 Aug 2003, 02:13
I am the moderater of Asiangirlswearing glasses and would like to invite you to come and enjoy all the sexy pics that are there. I must warn you that it is an adult site and the pics are not for everyone. Email me and tell me what u think, I could use help also finding links and pics of asians with glasse.
Enjoy the site,
Scooter
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/asiangirlswearingglasses/
Bobby 02 Aug 2003, 05:48
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Martha-Jayne 30 Jul 2003, 04:04
It worked for me! :)
LikeGlass 29 Jul 2003, 13:13
Wow! He's right! #2 !
For those who don't believe-
http://www.geocities.com/likeglass55/wglasses.html
Tammy 28 Jul 2003, 18:12
I have not had a computer for nearly 3 weeks, so for those of you who think that they've chatted with me within the last 3 weeks i'll tell you right now that it wasn't me. I also know that someone using a name very similar to my own has been on the chat, since even before my computer started having problems, and they have been very rude to the other chatters. Sorry folks, but i am not a rude person. Hopefully we can get this situation rectified soon. I am sorry that this other person feels that they have to make others feel bad in order to gratify themselfs. In peace, Tammy.
Bobby 26 Jul 2003, 15:02
I would like to thank everybody who sent me congratulations. Tha age of 44 is not too much to celebrate, but I was happy to read your messages. Thank you dear friends.
Bobby
Guido 26 Jul 2003, 10:22
Not much of a secret if it's #2!
ADRIENNE 26 Jul 2003, 09:35
Cover story: GLAMOUR Magazine August 03
"50 Men's Secret Turn Ons"; page 199
Turn on #2 is:
"Wear Glasses"
So you see we are not so far off after all. Adrienne
Julian 26 Jul 2003, 02:08
I've been offline again for over a week after a thunderstorm played havoc with cable connections in this area, and I've missed an interesting discussion on this thread. I guess it's too late to chip in now, but - MARK! I'm delighted to know you're still lurking even if you don't post. As you say you were here before almost anyone. There was Stefan, who called himself nicebloke at first; and Yuen-Ming, and you. I remember your account of trying on your brother's glasses; it gave me quite a thrill ::) - it was a few months later that I read it when I discovered the site, which changed my whole attitude to the internet. Also, I think, you were the first guy on here to mention, very discreetly, that you liked other guys in glasses. I don't think you have to worry too much about posting what you've posted before; it's only small minority who look at anything other than what's easily visible, nowadays the last 25 posts in each topic. But then I would say that, wouldn't I? ::)
Good grief, what a ramble!
Love and kisses, Jules.
still 25 Jul 2003, 10:59
Happy birthday to you, Bobby, and many moreof them.
Christy 25 Jul 2003, 06:27
Yeah - Speccy Birthday Bobby!
girnur 25 Jul 2003, 04:55
Grattis på födelsedagen, Bobby!
Happy birthday, Bobby! Greetings from a summerwarm Sweden.
Eddy 25 Jul 2003, 04:51
Bobby, vsechno nejlepsi k tvym narozeninam!!
mei 25 Jul 2003, 04:18
happy birthday bobby!
i hope you got loads of presents!
Brille 25 Jul 2003, 03:48
Many Happy Returns Of The Day Bobby. From Brille.
Brian-16 25 Jul 2003, 02:30
Bobby-Happy belated birthday !
Wurm 24 Jul 2003, 20:21
Happy Birthday, Bobby! Best to you from Portland, Oregon, USA.
tortoise 24 Jul 2003, 17:31
Happy Birthday Bobby, I hope it has been a good year for you and that the coming year will be even better.
Bobby 24 Jul 2003, 17:22
Your old friend Bobby got one more year older today .... The body may get older but the spirit should stay young.
Daffy 24 Jul 2003, 16:27
Sorry Mark, I wasn't having a go at you. I missunderstood. I know there are fakers, I don't want to say how I pick them as they may then change their writing style. Usually the fakers will get bored and have nothing else to say and usually go away (and make a new character). However, some seem 'fake' but I guess that the benifit of doubt must be given as I was proven wrong in the past. I don't want to give any more time on this topic. That's it.
lentifan 24 Jul 2003, 01:57
Ideally, everything posted on this site would be true, unless it was clearly fiction. I can understand, too, how upset someone might be if they had invested a lot of effort and, maybe, emotion in a long correspondence only to find that the other correspondent was a fake. But, other than these rare(?) cases, who is actually harmed if their are some contributions which are not totally honest. We would wish it were not so, but sometimes I am a little alarmed (if that is not too strong a word) at the angry and intolerant reactions of a few contributors to suspected fakes. This has undoubtedly frightened some people off contributing and is our loss.
Lets be tolerant and polite, even if you might be suspicious. This is not a criticism of any posters in the last few days, but i think most of us know the sort of thing I mean.
Mark 23 Jul 2003, 23:14
Daffy, don't misunderstand me. I'm not labeling anyone or any situation as an obvious fake. Rather, I was attempting (obviously unsuccessfully) to make light of the stories that get posted over and over where the writers have amazingly similar experiences, in the same basic sequence, on impossibly accelerated timelines. And I know firsthand what can happen when you try someone's glasses. I put on my brother's new glasses when I was 12 and was floored to see individual blades of grasses out the window. Of course, my reaction was to refuse to talk about it and ignore the reality of myopia for years. But here I go, typing the same things I've typed before so I'll stop now.
Bobby 23 Jul 2003, 12:59
I read Eye Scene daily. When I do not have the internet access (like when I am at my Mother’s) I really have a cold turkey.
And the screen names seen as friends? YES! I do feel we are real friends.
daffy 22 Jul 2003, 22:38
Mark, I think some of those 'obvious fake lines' are a little unrealistic. I for one first got glasses when it was about -3. Also, I do know people that got glasses just because they put on their friends (low power) and saw better. The other lines are obvious though.
Mark 22 Jul 2003, 21:08
I've been kicking around here since something like the third or fourth question of the original format. Difficult to believe it's been six years or so. Seems more like six months. Never thought I'd come to view screen names as friends. Julian, Filthy, tinyeyes and Chris (have never warmed to the Wurm label because he's so not one) among many others all qualify though. For me, I became more of a lurker when I found myself typing the same things over and over and over. I am most definitely still here though. Reading most active threads several times a week if not daily. As to the question of the moment, I could care less about whether a particular person's stories are fact or fiction. Rather I'm appalled and ultimately bored by the unoriginality of the obvious fakes. "I can't read the board at school. I tried on my friend's glasses and I could see. Does this mean I need glasses. Should I go for an eye test? How thick will the lenses be? Oh I went and I got a prescription of -3.5. Three months latter, I went for another test and now I'm -6. And in two weeks I'll get bifocals. Then prisms. Do you think I should do this?" What's my point? I have no idea anymore. But it sure was fun getting here.
daffy 22 Jul 2003, 16:36
I started on the old eye scene. I don't post much, just now and then when topics of interest comes up and I have something to say. I remember being a novice at internet stuff. I can't remember how I found ES. I remember posting and downloading the archives to catch up on everything from the start. It took me weeks (if not months) to catch up. When I finally did, I tried to post and it wouldn't until I realised that it moved to this new format.
I learnt how to pick up on fakes (mainly there language and phrases they use). None really ticked me off though. I just didn't respond.
I was so happy to realise that I wasn't the only person on this earth that had a thing for GWG. This site made me realise that there are more like me, even though I still prefer to be relativly annonymous. I just hope that other new-comers can discover this site and find out that they too are not alone.
Val 22 Jul 2003, 00:44
I am only a midtimer.
Just for rememembering, how ES was looking then: http://web.archive.org/web/20001031192805/www.teleport.com/~lensman/cgi-bin/Ultimate.cgi
tortoise 21 Jul 2003, 05:55
Thanks Filthy, Eddy, Bobby for your very helpful perspectives. You have stimulated my interest and I've begun reading the archives from the start.
Filthy, when you talk about your "journey of self discovery" you express very well what I am doing here and I'm sure it's true for others as well. Thinking about all the people who have interacted in some way with Eyescene over the years, I think a huge amount of good has resulted. Some will have made progress in understanding and accepting themselves while others just feel a little less isolated.
Sincerest thanks to Wurm for creating this remarkable venue. Eyescene is the most active and easiest to use forum I have found but, more than that, it is a real community, diverse, tolerant, and inclusive.
Bobby 19 Jul 2003, 14:00
Tortoise,
my discovery of the ES was not spoiled by those fakes. At the beginning I was not able to recognize them, later I did not mind them too much. Only one really pissed me off: Erzsi. I wanted to visit her and almost set off for a trip to "her town".
The fakes of today are not so interested as those old ones used to be. I cannot tell for 100% who is fake, but still I have some candidates. They will disappear soon, once their creators run out of imagination or pressure that helped tem to create their "second self".
Tom the Hungarian created many fakes and has many imitators. I must say that not only were Tom’s fake girls really hot, but also too hot to be real. I liked his stories.
I have met some members / lurkers personally, interesting experience, I like meeting friends from here.
LikeGlass 19 Jul 2003, 07:00
Hummmm.. not quite human, but rather cute... someone mailed me a PWG (Pixie With Glasses) Linked it up on my site ( http://www.geocities.com/likeglass55/wn.html ) Just click on "PWG". Not quite a sighting... err, not seen on the web... no thread for Pixies... here will have to do!
Eddy 19 Jul 2003, 01:02
At the risk of sounding a bit Rush Limbaugh, let me add my "ditto" to Filthy's comments about Chris. Thanks Chris. Of course the composition of our posting changes from time to time and some groups are more interesting than others. Six years is a long time; a twenty year today old was pubescent when this all started. And an intelligent reading of the archives reveals that some of our most respected posters have over time had enough personae to start their own schizophrenia society. But as Richie Cunningham would say, What the hey. I suppose I find some of the weirder manifestations of our shared interest as puzzling as anybody. The braces, amputations and suchlike don't do it for me. Come to think of it, at my age nothing much does it for me. But what has been truly remarkable has been the tolerance and forbearance with which everyone has treated this diversity. Even in the case of some MAJOR arseholes who have almost always been shown the door with far more diplomacy than your correspondent was ever capable of, even when he did diplomacy for his daily bread. Great work Chris. Needless to say I miss some of our old correspondents like Tom the Hungarian, some of the manifestations of current contributors and people like Meganekko. And it was great to see Yuen-Ming back again. The flourish of having lasiked down to -7 was true Yuen-Ming. What style!!
Filthy McNasty 19 Jul 2003, 00:31
I cannot speak for Julian. Well, I could, but he'd probably be pissed off if I did, despite the fact that he awarded me the title of honorary queen a few years ago.
For myself, I have stopped caring all that much about who's a fake and who's not. A few are obvious, a few are suspect, and a few appear genuine. As for responding to a fake, well, the prospect of chatting online with a "real" glasses girl when there are so many around me is just not interesting anymore. If Gayle or Sarah were to return, I'd be overjoyed; both were friends in correspondence outside ES. Otherwise, I am older, wiser, and more aloof.
Initially, this was, for me, a forum I used to work through my fascination with GWGs. I had always known about it, but bringing it out and articulating it took me on a journey of self-discovery that was extremely useful. I'll always be grateful to Wurm for putting it up and maintaining it for all these years.
Tom was a bit too much for me, although I know many treat this as a forum for fantasy. He manipulated people deliberately, obviously and unapologetically.
Although most people who post here are pleasant or at least harmless, there have ben a few that genuinely seemed creepy. One guy snuck atropine into his girlfriend's eyes, for Dog's sake. I start to have second thoughts about a person when they let on that they think about other human beings as mere avenues to gratification. We all ogle. Some do things that are more sinister.
As for the "real" GWGs who went away, well, I guess there's only so long that people are interested in talking about their vision and their glasses. Initially, they probably liked the novelty of all the attention, but the glow wore off and they moved on.
Sarah was remarkable - articulate and sweet. If she was a fake then she was the best fake ever - I got a Christnas card and a voice recording from her, and later managed to get a picture. She was a congenital myope of about -23D, half Asian and unabashed about shopping for, trying on and wearing different frames. One of her early posts used to be in the 'writings' section; it summarizes her writing style very well.
I have not heard from her in over three years, though. I also hope she is well.
Jules? Anything to add?
Yuen-Ming 18 Jul 2003, 20:42
I am an "old timer" -- I lurk but I don't participate much any more. I had laser surgery to correct high myopia but I still wear contacts or glasses as the laser surgery only took me to -7.00 or so.
I have married since my Eye Scene days, and I have a little boy.
tortoise 18 Jul 2003, 20:32
Julian, Filthy, and other "oldtimers";
It is always interesting to hear the reminiscences of those of you who were around at he beginning (or thereabouts) of this forum. Do you think that the discovery that many of the most intriguing posters were fakes was a sort of trauma that has, to some extent, spoiled the experience for you since then? I know the thought of responding to fakes or of being taken for a fake made posting quite difficult for me at first.
Would you say that there are fewer fakes here today or are there just as many but for some reason they are not as colourful and enthralling as they were in the good old days? Maybe the biggest difference is that "Tom the Hungarian" eventually went away.
What about the ones who were real? Did they just disappear without a trace? I'd like to hear a little more about "Sarah" of the early days. I wonder how she is doing now.
Anything more you would like to say about these early times would be welcome. Thanks.
c c 18 Jul 2003, 17:24
test
Puffin 16 Jul 2003, 15:59
Can glasses play a part in romance?
My answer's a little late on the scene, but here it is:
'Yup'
Filthy McNasty 16 Jul 2003, 14:57
I remember that post. Jeez, how fast the time goes. Long life to you!
Julian 16 Jul 2003, 14:36
Filthy, sweetheart:
'Can glasses play a part in romance' was the poll, November 97. The first Jules post was about the ballet dancer who had chased me for ages and caught me the day he got his first glasses. Ahhhh!
Love and kisses, Jules.
Filthy McNasty 16 Jul 2003, 13:03
Sometimes I think I miss the old format and the old people. Then I usually realize that I just miss my own idealism. It was intoxicating in thse days to find that there were others out there that had the same, or one of a number of variations on, my own fascination with girls in thick glasses.
Even more exciting was the fact that several of them posted here and were willig to talk about their own views about it. Of course, most of the really interesting ones, with the exception of Sarah, the legendary and lovely archetype of glasses-girls, were ultimately revealed to be fakes, either inadvertantly, as with the many creations of Tom the Hungarian, or explicitly, as with Jennifer.
Remember that character on ES for a while who claimed to sleep with her glasses shoved up her vagina? I recall cautioning her not to sneeze or she might shoot herself in the foot with them.
But I ramble....
Bobby 16 Jul 2003, 12:46
Oh boys, i can remember me reading your frequent posts at the old Eye Scene. You were two of several who really influenced me.
Filthy McNasty 16 Jul 2003, 12:17
Julian:
It's been six years. Who would have guessed we'd still be talking about it all?
I must say I've been posting a lot less in the last three years or so; I mostly just lurk.
When was your first post? I seem to remember it as being about September of 97. Is that about right?
Julian 16 Jul 2003, 09:55
Any other Harry Potter fans out there? If there are, how about a thread to discuss the various optical situations in the books?
Love and kisses, Jules.
Julian 13 Jul 2003, 05:04
Filthy, petal!
Not a lot of people know that, though you and I do ::)
Love and kisses, Jules.
Filthy McNasty 12 Jul 2003, 22:41
Those were the 'good medium days'. The real old days didn't even have threads!
Julian 12 Jul 2003, 22:35
I pine sometimes for the 'good old days' of the first BBS when EyeScene identities could be registered and guaranteed by a password.
Love and kisses, Jules.
LikeGlass 01 Jul 2003, 20:26
Ahhhh... Big Ooops! I accidently DELETED "Those Girls With Glasses" (Eeeek!) I have reloaded everything, but, if your are by there and notice something wrong, drop me a line at likeglass@hotmail.com
I'm still finding bits and pieces all over the place!
Sigh....
player_hotjob 25 Jun 2003, 22:20
hi
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ok bye
Francine 13 Jun 2003, 15:55
Wurm, thank you so much for putting up a thread about Vision Training. So far I've been the only poster. Funny how people were more interested when I posted on the other threads. It doesn't matter. All I wanted was to be able to give out the information, as the OMDs and POs act like VT doesn't even exist!!!
BTW, sometimes I have to tell people, especially parents of little kids, that they SHOULD wear their glasses if the VTOD wants them to. Sometimes this is necessary so that overconvergence problems, etc. can even begin to be worked on.
Then there was the case on AAPOS where a mother said her little kid didn't want to wear her glasses. I told her they should be FASHIONABLE, really "cool," like glasses the moviestars wore, and then the little girl would be happy to wear them. I was all set to send people over here,as you folks on ES are really knowledgeable about fashion and eyeglasses. But they got SO angry at me for talking about fashion, I didn't DARE, LOL.
Funny how some people think. Fashion is a multi-billion-dollar business, that alot of people DO take very seriously, heh...
Cheers,
Fran
Christy 13 Jun 2003, 13:50
Too true Leon! The Brits are the only people who still go to Europe. Everyone else is already there!
And Bobby - I promised you that the Czechs would be spending Euros before the Brits - and I think I'll be right!
Leon 13 Jun 2003, 06:34
And right you are, Bobby.
(Now the British people on the board are the only Europeans with euro-fear ;-))
Bobby 13 Jun 2003, 05:27
link to referendum are on the first page of my site http://www.sweb.cz/bobbygoc
Bobby 13 Jun 2003, 05:14
Absolutely off-topic:
Today a referendum on joining EU is being held in my country. I have just came back from the most important voting I have ever made. I want you all know I said the big YES.
Long live beautiful Europe.
Puffin 07 Jun 2003, 16:02
If you notice some of my replies here are a bit strange, that's because I am a bit pissed. :) Hic!
Wurm 01 Jun 2003, 18:04
Julian, give the thread index a try to access old threads. I trimmed the post index at some point to reduce a performance hit (probably due to some bit of my code that doesn't scale properly -- I haven't gone in to debug it yet).
Julian 01 Jun 2003, 10:13
Hey, Wurm, I've just noticed some of the older threads have disappeared from the 'recent posts' list; there's nothing on screen that hasn't had a post since November 2 last year. Are the old posts still accessible somewhere?
Love and kisses, Jules.
mviii 25 May 2003, 17:11
Thanks, Wurm!!!
Wurm 25 May 2003, 13:55
OK, I finally got around to creating some new threads that have been requested.
Vision Training:
http://wurm.laughingsquid.net/es/bbs/threads/94.html
Erotic Stories:
http://wurm.laughingsquid.net/es/bbs/threads/95.html
Please put any steamy graphic tales (involving consenting adults only) in the latter thread, so people know what they are getting into. I'll subdivide the topic later if it proves popular.
Tammy 24 May 2003, 15:28
Vidge, first of all, please take note of how i spell my username when i post. Secondly, i went to a ski resort.
vidge 23 May 2003, 21:47
Tammie, where did you go on vacation?
Puffin 22 May 2003, 16:27
Tammy
I know exactly what you mean about unrelaxing stressful holidays (vacations, whatever) its kinda like you need another one when you've just got back.
Tammy 22 May 2003, 12:31
The problems with the time stamp in the chat seems to be ok now. Thanks, Wurm.
Tammy 17 May 2003, 17:59
Thanks, Julian. I just came back from a very uh...unrelaxing vacation. That's all it is. I'm just having a bad day.
Julian 17 May 2003, 17:19
Don't worry Tammy, if I have anything to say I'll say it, and I think that goes for most people on ES.
Love and kisses, Jules.
Tammy 17 May 2003, 17:08
Nevermind folks, i mean this is the internet. I really shouldn't care what others think. I also should choose my words more carefully before i post on here.
Tammy 17 May 2003, 16:14
Since this is the site news and feedback thread, i would like to get feedback on something. I hardly ever get replies to my posts anymore. If you have replied to one of my posts, i thank you. Is everyone afraid to post to me in fear that my next post will be to flame someone? I really don't try to flame, it just happens that way. Please tell me what it is and i can probally work on bettering myself in site communication. Please tell it exactly as it is, Don't hold back on anything.
Wurm 16 May 2003, 08:52
There are several requests in for new threads. Sorry for the delay on all those requests, there are a couple of factors:
- I have a bunch of family stuff going on right now
- I haven't adapted the tool I use to make new threads for the new server yet
I'll probably be getting to this batch of requests next weekend sometime. Thanks for your interest in the site and, again, my apologies!
Bob W 12 May 2003, 14:52
Hello Susanne!
Boy I'm glad to here from you again! I was afraid we might have lost you for a bit. A young woman just introduced herself under fettish, what turns you on. I'm not a good candidate to welcome her, I think, maybe you can? It felt good when someone responded when I first signed on
Susanne, if you can tell me what version and what browser your Dad had, I can come up with a way to temporarily disable scripts when you are about to view a questionable sight. If you have something that disables scripts in general, a lot of active features of sites are lost.
Best regards, Bob W
Susanne DK 12 May 2003, 12:13
Hi Bob W,
THANK YOU - You have saved my life - my Dad never discovered that nasty web-side which had stuck on to his Internet as an "eyeopener"...
Bareeyed squints from
Susanne DK
Mfa 12 May 2003, 03:24
Post index is broken
Val 08 May 2003, 03:47
Thanks Wurm, now it works.
Wurm 07 May 2003, 18:44
Should be working now. Thanks again!
Wurm 07 May 2003, 15:58
Thanks for that report.
I will fix links from those files (and several others that were affected) within the next couple of days.
Julian 07 May 2003, 14:51
Yes, the threads are there OK, but the links *from* them are down - a note from laughingsquid that its tentacles don't reac there ::)
Love and kisses, Jules.
LikeGlass 07 May 2003, 14:14
Threads are there. May have been AWOL for a while while Wurm moved stuff around on the server. (Stuff= a very technical term for a vast amount of the html world that would just require too much typing.)
Tek Pa 07 May 2003, 08:42
Val-the links to the "Seen on the Web" and the "XXXLinks" appears to be taken down.
Tammy 07 May 2003, 07:25
Wurm, The time stamp in the chat seems to be a bit off. Either that or the clocks in my house are off. Thanks.
Val 07 May 2003, 06:17
I was trying to post on the "Seen on the web" thread and I've got the "Page not found" message when I clicked on "Post on this thread" (with appologies from laughingsquid).
On the other threads it's working.
Anybody have the same problem ?
Wurm 06 May 2003, 17:03
Thanks for the feedback, everyone.
There was a period of irregularity on Sunday, but everything appears to be solid now.
I think the new server is a bit faster and we now have some extra bandwidth to play with.
Tanya 06 May 2003, 16:55
Wurm
My browser seemed to work a little differently over the weekend, and seemed to take me to here via a different route, it is now back to normal, no problems
Tanya
Julian 06 May 2003, 16:32
Yes, it seems to have gone like clockwork. Well done, and thanks Wurm
Love and kisses, Jules.
still 06 May 2003, 16:06
Thanks for going to all that trouble, Wurm. So far, it seems to be seamless.
Puffin 06 May 2003, 15:46
I've not noticed any problems.
Wurm 04 May 2003, 20:14
The server migration appears to be complete for both the BBS and chat. Please report any bugs to me at lensman@teleport.com
Thanks for your patience!
Admin 04 May 2003, 19:54
test
Admin 04 May 2003, 19:52
test
Wurm 03 May 2003, 09:34
The site migration (mentioned below) is beginning. It's a fairly elaborate process, which may not be complete for a few days.
I'm leaving posting capability on, for now, but posts made in the next day or two will be going to the "old" site, not the "new" site.
I will probably be able to restore posts made over the weekend, but I can't guarantee it -- it will be a low priority. At some point there will be a 'rollback' of at least several hours while files are copied over to the new server.
Also, this address location (http://wurm.laughingsquid.net) may "die" for a few hours as the new servers address propagates across the internet address servers. Then it should reappear as before, although the directory location of some of the BBS scripts will change.
I will try to post some updates to the ES front page.
During this time, your mileage may vary.
Wurm 08 Apr 2003, 06:43
I will be transferring the scripts that run ES to a new upgraded server in the next couple of weeks. The site will remain hosted by Laughing Squid, and the front page will still be found at the same place. Some bookmarks might change, such as the main thread index for the BBS.
One side benefit will be an increase in bandwidth for the site.
There will probably be an hour or two of downtime at some point.
I expect the project will be fairly routine. As I get further into it, I will post announcements here.
LikeGlass 30 Mar 2003, 13:59
Finally caught up with the Who's Who book on my site and added some profiles that were in the cue-
Tina, Tama, CelticRose, mark, ob, & BigVinny
Sorry it took so long!
http://www.geocities.com/likeglass55/
LikeGlass 29 Mar 2003, 06:33
To all the ES and LC regulars: Sorry I have not been around lately, but life is a little crazy (all is well), and to make matters worse, my local phone co has done something that dropped my connect speed to 14.4 !! Should have this rectified shortly, and be back to my normal Schedule!
Julian 27 Mar 2003, 12:08
Christy: much the same here. I often give the XXX links a miss for a few days...in the words of Miss Jean Brodie, for those who like that sort of thing, that is the sort of thing they like.
Love and kisses, Jules.
Christy 27 Mar 2003, 11:47
Daffy - I might check the postings a few times a day when I'm at home - especially if a 'hot' topic is being added to all the time. I don't have a particular favourite thread - as I find good comments can pop up almost anywhere. Like you and Puffin - the XXX Links have the least appeal. I'd sooner read something interesting than squint at a low-res nude to figure out if she's wearing glasses or just got bags under her eyes!
GWG's Rule! 26 Mar 2003, 22:30
For example, check out my latest sighting. We're talking double digit minus on this one.
GWG's Rule! 26 Mar 2003, 16:51
Puffin- I respectfully disagree with you on that one. If you check my links on that forum, you will see that the majority of GWG's I link to have real glasses, often high minus glasses.
Daffy 26 Mar 2003, 16:17
I'm not 'bagging' the XXX stuff...some people get of on those things, others don't. I don't want to sound like it should be taken off...I first suggested that the XXX stuff have a seperate thread (I think at the time I posted as annonymous or guest as I didn't know what the reaction to such a request would be.
I just mearly want to know from the regulars how and when they access the site.
I usually will be at it 3 days a week. Sometimes more. Can't on weekends.
Puffin 26 Mar 2003, 15:38
Daffy, I'm with you on your opinion of the XXX stuff. Most of it is simply nudes in amazingly boring and feeble lenses, you might as well have ordinary XXX stuff and have done with it.
myofan 26 Mar 2003, 08:35
I generally use the "most recent" page to track threads of interest to me. Since I'm not gay I generally don't track ones related to guys (not that I don't enjoy Julian's, et. al., postings anyway), but do watch the others. "Most Recent" rocks!
Daffy 25 Mar 2003, 16:42
That was supposed to say 'thread' NOT 'tread'...before someone says 'what are you talking about'.
Daffy 25 Mar 2003, 16:41
Just wondering...those of us that are regulars...when going thru the treads, do you read 'all' the treads from when you last read them? Or do you just follow 1 or 2 treads of interest? How ofeten do you check?
I usually write down the latest date and time I read last and read most of the threads. I don't bother with XXXlinks as that is not my thing.
Puffin 19 Mar 2003, 05:39
I was just thinking that I was completely addicted to glasses with no cure in sight (!) and I'd be into it forever. And then I'd head for the great optician in the sky :)
Just thought I'd get that out of my system, in as much as I can.
Tammy 16 Mar 2003, 16:05
Happy Birthday Eyescene, and Thanks Wurm! I forget how long i've been hanging around here, but it's been a while since i started. Keep up the good work!
Puffin 16 Mar 2003, 13:44
It's also around the first anniversary of my site: actually I can't remember WHEN I started it but I think it's about this time last year.
Have I really been around here 2 years? Or is it 3? I've lost count!
Wurm 16 Mar 2003, 13:01
Thanks for your kind words too, still. I'm getting choked up and will probably have to stop saying "thank you" if this continues 8-)
Wurm 16 Mar 2003, 12:59
I appreciate your timely and incisive feedback, Robert2. Thanks for using the site!!
still 16 Mar 2003, 12:57
Hi Wurm!
I just got back from a trip to find that it is your 6th birthday! Happy Birthday, congratulations, and thanks so much for what you have done for this community!
Robert2 16 Mar 2003, 11:48
Wurm,
For the past 6 years, you have done a great job of keeping the trolls and bickering on your boards under control. That is not an easy task (a few unpleasant members of sci.med.vision drove all of the OO's from that NG about the same time ES was launched, and Yahoo message boards are useless for potitical discussions, as they are now some kind of perpetual cyberKlan meeting, regardless of topic). I prefer not to register with sites, but if I had to, I would register with this one. It has been one of my favorite off-the-wall sites since I hooked my old 133 Pentium up to the Internet in mid-97. Until that point, I thought that my fascination with GWG's was a weird quirk that I would have to keep to myself. Keep up the retro-1995 site design (those of us with dial up connections appreciate that). Happy 6th anniversary.
Wurm 15 Mar 2003, 18:04
Thanks LG -- very festive!! 8-)
LikeGlass 15 Mar 2003, 16:51
6 years old now! Wow! almost missed it! Well, that calls for a little dressing up of your link!
http://www.geocities.com/likeglass55/
Cheers!
Wurm 15 Mar 2003, 16:16
Julian, ES first launched in mid-March of 1997 with two articles I wrote. I added the guestbook a couple of weeks later.
I'm hoping to make it AT LEAST ten years, after which perhaps I will hand the webmaster reins over to someone else (or maybe there will be some other preferred glasses discussion site).
I would think that by then I would have some sort of member login system back in place -- recent events here seem to be nudging us in that direction.
Puffin 15 Mar 2003, 15:51
Did another year go by and I missed it?
Julian 15 Mar 2003, 09:23
Has the sixth birthday happened? 'Glasseschat 1: Are glasses sexy?' began on 30 March 1997. Was there something going on even before that? I found ES in August of that year, and have enjoyed it ever since (I wasn't always Julian) and made a lot of online friends. Anyway Chris, or Wurm, we all owe you a lot.
Love and kisses, Jules.
Wurm 15 Mar 2003, 07:01
Thank you Val, it's nice that you noticed 8-)
Happy 6 years ES! And warm thanks from me to all our friendly participants.
Val 15 Mar 2003, 04:24
A liitle late, but:
Happy Birthday Eyescene !
And Thank You Wurm for what you do for us !
It's been 6 years already.
Admin 13 Mar 2003, 22:25
Thanks for the tip Moonshiner.
It's good to have a variety of account management solutions in the toolkit, and this looks like a reasonably well thought out application. Webmasters, check it out and send 'em to /dev/null
Moonshiner 13 Mar 2003, 21:39
Try Mailwasher on him/her, you can check your e-mail leaving it on the server, then bounce it back making them think your address is no longer valid or set it to auto bounce anything from them so they get an "udeliverable" message for every one they send you.
Admin 13 Mar 2003, 19:16
Here's a winner -- this guy (Mr Assassination) has been mailbombing his own ISP. Note the earthlink.net source AND destination addresses:
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I will email you everyday until you lift the block of my ISP on ES/LC
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GwGs 13 Mar 2003, 01:22
Well i've been annoyed on a couple of occassions as i've found that someone has hacked into my site - http://www.gwgs.co.uk and put a link to a site called "Porn Masters".
I can delete the pages they have put it on and reupload it but it still seems to come up occassionly on my front page and what used to be the menu.
one who knows 13 Mar 2003, 00:02
S4E,
That isn't the case at all. Alain and i have chatted on numerous occassions and he's already married. I know because he's had to leave work to go pick up his wife from her work.
specs4ever 12 Mar 2003, 20:10
Well, I hope that this wasn't what bothered him so much. I did appreciate him keeping his site porn free, but if I were to venture a guess, I would guess that he has met someone who is very important to him, and he didn't want to reveal his secrets. It does hurt me though to think that those lovely blue plastic framed myodiscs ended up in the trash bin.
Oh, and if my guess is correct I wish Alain much happiness, and I hope that his lady love is a suitably myopic lady.
one who knows. 12 Mar 2003, 09:00
I think i know what's going on with Alain. You know he's always kept a porn free site. About a month ago, he discovered that there was a link to his site from a porn site and that really upset him. It could be more than that too, but i believe that this is not something he took lightly.
GwGs 12 Mar 2003, 01:54
Hi High Myope,
I emailed Alain when he said he wanted to sell his glasses and asked how much he would sell the whole collection for - i was imaging it wouldn't be a vast sum of money but he came back to me and see he was selling the frames with the thickest lenses for 150 Euros each and the glasses with regular lenses (about up to -6) for 100 Euros each, i'm not very good with conversion rates but i think that would mean that he wanted between £75-100+ for each pair of glasses!!!
I told him that i could no way afford that and was expecting them to be priced more like Stingray's glasses on eBay.
I received no response.
I emailed him again and said i hoped we could work something out as i would love to add a couple of his frames to my collection but i again didn't receive any response.
What is going on??!!
Lonny 12 Mar 2003, 00:03
High Myope,
Stop acting like a consumer and become human again.
Instead of complaining respect Alain and thank him for his devotion al those years.
Filthy McNasty 11 Mar 2003, 23:35
High Myope: Give him the benefit of the doubt. Who can say what his reasons were? You have your money back. I'd wager that whatever is bothering him, it's something he considers too important to ignore.
Wurm 11 Mar 2003, 22:16
Two changes to the front page: I removed High Myopic Girls and added Databastard's celeb page.
High Myope 11 Mar 2003, 09:13
I regret to inform the readers of Eye Scene that Alain of “High Myopic Girls” has imploded. I had ordered two pair of glasses he had put up for sale through Eye Scene. Although I sent him the amount he requested in the form of payment he requested, he has advised me that he has thrown his glasses in the garbage and is returning my payment. Also, he has dismantled his excellent Website. I have just received the following message from him:
“I'm sorry for the trouble. I have really a lot of problem in my life at this time, it would be too long to tell you... I want to forget all about glasses now! I have put all the glasses I had in a trash on saturday, I have deleted all my files on my computer and my website isn't existing anymore.”
I am sorry about his problems, but I was inconvenienced and I am both disappointed and angry at how I have been treated. Has anyone else had recent interaction with Alain?
Tony 24 Feb 2003, 16:59
Sorry to see both Dom. and Alain's site go. Is there someone out to get these guys?
Filthy McNasty 23 Feb 2003, 21:25
Fair enough. All the wierdos around make a guy wonder, though.
Wurm 23 Feb 2003, 20:21
A bit of both, from what I gather. But probably not a good topic for discussion, as the objective was to lower his profile here.
Filthy McNasty 23 Feb 2003, 19:33
Wurm, was someone pressuring him to ID himself, or was someone stalking him or something?
Wurm 23 Feb 2003, 19:13
Tony, he decided his anonymity is more important than continued participation in the site.
Tony 23 Feb 2003, 16:57
Wurm:- what happened to Dominic?
Wurm 21 Feb 2003, 18:14
I've started a new thread: Literary References
http://wurm.laughingsquid.net/es/bbs/threads/90.html
Thanks for the excellent suggestion.
pete 20 Feb 2003, 08:33
Wurm,
Regarding your query about splitting the Web thread: I remember a web thread 'space' conflict - "Hey, this is for web pictures not text!" I would like to see a thread dedicated to glasses/vision in literature, text on the web etc- simply, word (maybe Art) related things of interest. I remember one poster had an interest in adapting the Bard sonnets to OO verse - such a narrow band of focus is easily swallowed up and forgotten on any current thread.
There may be limited interest (and use) but over time may accumulate a rich body of 'visual' ideas.
just a thought
myopicmax 22 Jan 2003, 18:34
Reading the music edition of Vanity
Fair They had whats cool, whats not,
Glasses were in Lasik Surgery out P161
'Good News for Modern Men'
Julian 20 Jan 2003, 22:28
Original Brian: Nice to hear from you; it's been a long time. I've wondered from time to time what had become of you, because you were a regular poster for ages. All well? What's your Rx now, and are you still alternating between glasses and contacts?
Love and kisses, Jules.
Wurm 20 Jan 2003, 19:43
OK, tech support came through for me and we are back online. Sorry about the hiccup!!
Wurm 20 Jan 2003, 06:11
BBS will probably be down for at least the rest of the day. A serious server problem made it so I had to take the posting functionality offline. Sorry! Hope to have it back shortly.
Wurm 12 Jan 2003, 14:31
I think all those threads from the 2nd incarnation of the message system are available at Bobby's archive site.
Original Brian 12 Jan 2003, 13:21
This is the Original Brian that has been posting on and off for a number of years. Anyways, I was wondering if the Old Eye Scene topics where you had to register a screename and everything to post are still available anywhere online. I know the Original Eye Scene stuff is still available off of the main page but I don't see anything for Eye Scene 2 which is the original bulletin board format. If its available anywhere please let me know, it would be interesting to check out again.
Tammy 08 Jan 2003, 16:44
Myofan, Thanks for your help. Yeah, i kind of thought it had bit the dust but i guess i was still hoping it was still up.
myofan 08 Jan 2003, 16:34
Tammy,
I'm pretty sure it's gone bye-bye.
You cna probably get the archives from Bobby, or I could send them if you're interested.
Tammy 08 Jan 2003, 16:21
This is going way back, but there was a website mentioned by the name of Vision World. I think i checked it out a long time ago. I am wondering if the site's still up and running and if so, what the url to it is. Can anyone help me on this? Thanks,in advance. Tammy.
Wurm 05 Jan 2003, 13:47
The files should be readable from a web browser, or a text editor like Notepad or Wordpad.
Word might be able to load them properly if you give them a ".txt" extension.
Tammy 05 Jan 2003, 12:48
High Myope, This is meant as a joke, but maybe you should take up reading computer garble....lol
High myope 05 Jan 2003, 12:27
Yes, I did. But when I tried opening it as a Word file, all I got was garble.
Wurm 05 Jan 2003, 12:15
High Myope,
Did you decompress (unzip) the zip files you downloaded from the archive?
High myope 05 Jan 2003, 11:57
I tried to look up the archives on the link, but when I opened them (to a Word file) I got nothing but gibberish. How do I open them in readable form?
Pinkspecs 04 Jan 2003, 18:29
Miss January.
Please add your favourite photos.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/special_eyes_two/
Or email them to me and I will add them to the Albums
William_pinkspecs2002@yahoo.co.uk
William
Pinkspecs 04 Jan 2003, 18:23
I have started 4 new Albums
ALBUM 1 Miss Myopic
ALBUM 2 Miss Extreme Myopic
ALBUM 3 Miss Hyperopic
ALBUM 4 Miss Extreme Hyperopic
I will open a poll at the end of January so members can vote for their favourite in each section, also their overall favourite who will be Miss January.
I will put her photo on the front page of the group and change it each month
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/special_eyes_two
William
Puffin 04 Jan 2003, 14:50
How about making it a bit like a sort of
"world cup" with representatives from around the world?
Puffin 04 Jan 2003, 06:43
And maybe have a special "best of the best" award.
Pinkspecs 04 Jan 2003, 05:37
Good Idea.
I will set up the Albums tonight.
On.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/special_eyes_two
And I will Add a few photos myself and hope lots of people will add their favourite.
Then we can vote at the end of each month for Miss /Ms or Mrs Janurary-December
William
Puffin 04 Jan 2003, 01:42
Perhaps we could have categories:
like young/old/nearsighted/hyperope?
Pinkspecs 03 Jan 2003, 15:37
Great idea Vidge.
A "beauty" contest for girls with glasses
If you want me to open a photo album on my new yahoo group I would be happy to do that.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/special_eyes_two
Members could post photos on it and I could open a poll for you to vote for your winner.
William
Vidge 03 Jan 2003, 15:22
How is this for an idea. A "beauty" contest for girls with glasses. Call it: Miss/Ms. Myopia. Of course hyperopic and astigmatic women are eligable as are contact lens wearering ladies. Sorry LASIK gals. She would only have to submit a recent photo and a CL wearer, a photo with glasses on OR if possible a photo were her contacts are visible while worn. Along with a brief but interesting story about herself and vision or wearing glasses. So how about it, Girls! The winner will not be based on looks but rather on poise, life with glasses story and self confidence as a lens wearer.
Vidge 03 Jan 2003, 15:21
How is this for an idea. A "beauty" contest for girls with glasses. Call it: Miss/Ms. Myopia. Of course hyperopic and astigmatic women are eligable as are contact lens wearering ladies. Sorry LASIK gals. She would only have to submit a recent photo and a CL wearer, a photo with glasses on OR if possible a photo were her contacts are visible while wor. Along with a brief but interesting story about herself and vision or wearing glasses. So how about it, Girls! The winner will not be based on looks but rather on poise, life with glasses story and self confidence as a lens wearer.
dominic 03 Jan 2003, 14:32
Thank you!
Wurm 02 Jan 2003, 18:05
Consider it done:
http://wurm.laughingsquid.net/es/bbs/threads/83.html
Tony 02 Jan 2003, 17:17
Wurm - Dom's request sounds good to me!
dominic 02 Jan 2003, 14:31
Wurm, is there any chance of giving me a thread for my reminiscences, called Dominic's Nearsightings? I promise to make good use of it.
myofan 09 Dec 2002, 08:38
It's Pacific Standard Time, 8 hours from GMT.
kip 09 Dec 2002, 08:18
this is kind of random (i'm a usual lurker) but what time zone is eyescene in?
The OGL 26 Nov 2002, 08:31
Thank you Nancy, my sentiments exactly.
Nancy 26 Nov 2002, 04:52
Wurm:
Please delete the spam posted by Toll Free and ban him/her from further postings
Wurm 22 Nov 2002, 14:48
Thanks for your participation in ES, Tony and MinusDude. Borrowed specs are an interesting situation we haven't explored as much as we might.
Tony 22 Nov 2002, 05:54
Good on you Wurm.
Wurm 21 Nov 2002, 19:12
I created a thread for MinusDude's "Borrowed Glasses" tales:
http://wurm.laughingsquid.net/es/bbs/threads/81.html
MinusDude 18 Nov 2002, 08:57
Thanks, Tony - I guarantee I'll keep this thread busy. Borrowing/the trying on (whether my own or encouraging others to do it) has always been a great interest of mine. My slant will be totally male oriented, though.
Tony 18 Nov 2002, 06:08
Chris/Wurm - How about a new thread to cater for the content of MinusDude's posting on the "Dominics unfinished srory" thread.
Tony 18 Nov 2002, 06:03
Portia 07 Nov 2002, 23:18
Who, me, type eyescene as two words when one will do and it keeps getting higher on google's list?
Alan 07 Nov 2002, 08:54
On the page-title, our EyeScene is spelled as two words: Eye Scene.
If you put eye scene into google as two works, our place comes up first. I'm not sure what it would take to get the real eyescene to come up first if entered as one word.
Tammy 07 Nov 2002, 07:56
Puffin,
Yes there is another Eyescene website. It's for Eyescene Entertainment.
Puffin 07 Nov 2002, 01:06
So what comes first?
Is there another site called "Eyescene"?
Portia 06 Nov 2002, 19:32
Eyescene now comes up SECOND when I use Google to find this site!
I use Google every time I visit Eyescene to help ensure that it comes up high on the list of sites in the search.
Alain 21 Oct 2002, 06:05
Hi all,
For those interested in an International Vision Expo in Paris, you can visit this site and order your ticket for free. I will be there.
S-type 16 Oct 2002, 16:27
New larger and bolder type is now being used on EYESCENE! This good news for the people who log on here sence most if not all have less than perfect vision. Good move.
Wurm 14 Oct 2002, 13:15
As noted in my post of 04 Oct 2002, 12:11, I trim the older posts from the link threads (such as Seen on the Web) but not the content threads.
Sorry if this has caused you any inconvenience, Daffy.
Daffy 13 Oct 2002, 22:08
What happens to older posts? I wanted to refer to an older link on 'seen on the web' thread but realized that the posts only go back to July. What happens to the posts before that? How can we get access to some links others posted before?
Portia 12 Oct 2002, 23:57
So what can WE do to keep all of the Eyescene commentary on line?
Is the Library of Congress saving our work or will it just disappear because of bandwidth limitations?
Everything that has ever been written to this site should be archived. Is this taking place or is all we have written gone?
$avings 12 Oct 2002, 13:05
If someone really likes a story they can download it to their computer or just email it to themselves or to someone else. Perhaps a cataloging number system where one could get it from an archive.
Tammy 12 Oct 2002, 12:06
$aving band width,
I think that's a great idea!
Puffin 12 Oct 2002, 12:04
Yes, but what happens to stories? They'd have to be very short!
$aving band width 12 Oct 2002, 11:35
all posts older than say 40 days could be deleated and current posts could be limited to 150 words per post.
Filthy McNasty 11 Oct 2002, 16:57
Wurm: Why not PayPal? Easy online payments, and I have an account with them. I've used this site since its first poll; I feel a sense of debt and gratitude towards you as well.
Wurm 11 Oct 2002, 15:23
I would have commented earlier, but was out of town for a few days.
No-one should feel reticent because of bandwidth constraints. I have it covered -- I just thought I'd try some technical angles before going with the bigger web hosting account.
I am charmed that people are willing to pitch in for the site, and will honor that by following up on donation options (Amazon honor system is the likely choice).
Sign me up for a charter membership in the Portia fan club.
Portia 09 Oct 2002, 22:03
OGL and others, PLEASE keep writing!
NO ONE HERE should have to edit their posts in the interests of saving bandwidth.
I have yet to see a post not interesting enough to read through at least once. Some I read more than once; others I print out for reference.
Many of us are in a position to help Wurm keep up his great site. I am relying on him to figure out a way for us to contribute privately to the continuance of this site.
The OGL 08 Oct 2002, 17:25
I'm with Portia, even though she did make it obvious that I'm the one causing the bandwidth problems by posting too much 8<) Just kidding, I'd be happy to contribute a quid or two. Or to make it interesting, I'll donate a top shelf pair from my collection to someone who makes a substantial donation.
ehpc 08 Oct 2002, 15:44
We all love Portia. Portia's cool. Let's hear it for Portia;)Pete
ehpc 08 Oct 2002, 15:41
Portia fan club developing here. Hi Portia:) Pete
Eddy 08 Oct 2002, 15:32
Yeah, hi Portia.
Puffin 08 Oct 2002, 14:53
Hello Portia
how are you?
:)
Puffin
Portia 05 Oct 2002, 22:42
There are ways of setting up easy web based contributions--so do it already.
I am sure there are a number of us from around the world who would be happy to contribute anonymously to keep Eyescene going on an optimal basis.
Wurm 04 Oct 2002, 13:34
I've thought about possible fund-raising activities (and actually had a successful donation drive some four years ago when I had a temporary budget crunch).
I guess it might be a good idea to put up a donation link so those who are so inclined have a way of contributing -- the Amazon honor system seems like a good one. I'll look into it.
There's no danger of the site going under anytime soon due to lack of funds, so it wouldn't be a "desperate for donations" kind of thing. Just a way of chipping in a few $ to show appreciation and/or community spirit.
Portia 04 Oct 2002, 13:00
Wurm, why don't you set up a something on Paypal so that users could contribute to the site?
How about accepting ads?
Or: "EYESCENE SPONSORED THIS MONTH BY OGL" or any other person who contributes an appropriate amount?
Wurm 04 Oct 2002, 12:11
Portia, thanks for your feedback.
I've noticed that the Acuity and Prescription II thread, particularly, tends to scroll real fast.
I will probably set the # of posts back to 25, and cough up another $10 a month to double the available bandwidth.
Any time you want the full thread (all posts) for most threads, just click through the link at the bottom of the page. I do shorten some of the link threads (such as Seen on the Web) occasionally by throwing out old posts, but will try to continue saving all the content threads. Super-long threads (like A&P) will be relocated to a fresh "continued here" version occasionally, but the older one will remain up for perusal.
A search by author might be nice, and not difficult to create. I'll consider putting something together.
I'm not sure what you meant by your question about what is happening with this site relative to the overall web. But I will reiterate that usage of ES is growing slowly but steadily. Overall the site is unlikely to change dramatically: it will continue to be fairly basic-looking and text-based, with an emphasis on friendly interaction among diverse people on glasses-related topics.
Portia 03 Oct 2002, 23:02
Dearest Wurm,
You need for bandwidth conservation is understood, but the site has become so active of late that if I don't manage to get her more than twice a week, I am missing interesting discussions.
Having the last 20 posts available worked really well when at the 3 posts a week level, but not now.
Is everything archived somewhere? I suggest the Library of Congress, but are all of Eddy's precious missives disappearing? Remember when we could search postings by author?
I love the web, but I am more of a hardware person. Can you explain what is going on with this site and how it fits in the scheme of things relative to the web?
Thank you.
Wurm 28 Sep 2002, 16:16
In light of the slowly but steadily growing popularity of ES, I have implemented a couple of bandwidth conservation measures. When reading a thread, the default view now shows the 20 posts, rather than the 25 shown before. As before, you can click through to get the full thread.
Also, the "view all posts" page now shows posts for the last 14 days, versus the 28 previously shown.
I don't think these changes will have any impact on the site's usability, but please let me know if either proves troublesome (or if I have introduced any bugs).
Wurm 06 Sep 2002, 22:08
Returned to the front page links: GWG Bard Specs4ever's site. The thanks for participating go (at least) triple to you S4E.
Hey OGL: what do you think of "Social Engineering" as a thread title?
Wurm 06 Sep 2002, 22:04
Thanks everyone for your continued participation. You make ES what it is.
An archive of this BBS is available with a freshness of today. Feel free to mirror it.
I will update with a fresh archive occasionally, and post the announcement here.
http://home.teleport.com/~lensman/es_archive/ES_BBS.ZIP (<2mb)
Wurm 06 Sep 2002, 15:16
OGL,
Post it to Psychology of Glasses... I think it's a decent fit there. If the concept takes off I'll break out a new thread.
The OGL 06 Sep 2002, 06:14
Wurmzilla: how about this: I'll post a story of the type I'm thinking about, you decide if it's worthy and if so give the thread a name. This thread OK to post the first one?
Wurm 05 Sep 2002, 18:17
I'll have to mull over the "con job" concept... not so easily distilled into a thread title, but intriguing.
On the athletes... I hear some interest, but would be inclined to just start a single thread where people could post about athletes in specs (or contacts or lasik) -- male or female.
Julian 05 Sep 2002, 14:30
Well Marvin, you could download samples from Bobby's archive to see what ES used to be like.
Love and kisses, Jules.
The OGL 05 Sep 2002, 09:27
Glassesluva: that would be a great thread....as long as they are female athletes. Wurmzilla, how about this for a thread: Optical Con Jobs. I've got a lot of stories about how I conned GWG's into telling me their whole 00 story, usually by "noticing" their glasses and saying I think I need them too. Subcategories would be conning the GWG into letting me try hers on, and the best of all conning someone in an optical shop into letting me try on some of their wares and pretending they helped.
Marvin 05 Sep 2002, 00:06
I keep on reading things about the "original" eyescene, since I only discovered this site a few months ago, and of course was very excited just to find out that something like this existed, it makes me wonder what eye scene used to be like, and also what made it change. As i said, I've been very happy with what I've seen so far, but I am curious about what I may be missing....
glassez luva 04 Sep 2002, 16:09
How about a new category. Athletes. I am surprised to still see athletes wearing glasses in the age of LASIK. It appears many feel that what they have to lose is not worth the risk.
Bobby 23 Aug 2002, 04:30
Jules, I am happy I could share my archiv with other people from this group. When I found ES and VWF you had been a member for some time. I often think about the days when I kept reading and reading and reading. My neck got stiff from staring at the PC monitor, my desk was covered with cigarette ash and the stubs where literally everywhere. I discovered MY people for the first time in my life, that was really important. I hope the archive will bring knowledge, nice memories and a material to study to more people.
L@K ;-)
Bobby
Note: I do not archive the present version of Eye Scene!!
Glasses over Contacts 23 Aug 2002, 03:01
I entered in gwgs' address and was interesting to see how his site has progressed over the last couple of years.
Julian 23 Aug 2002, 01:33
Bobby: thanks a million for that archive. I've downloaded all the BBS stuff (I had the original polls already) and have been enjoying browsing through some old favourite items.
Love and kisses, Jules.
Wurmzilla 19 Aug 2002, 19:20
Admittedly it isn't integrated into ES, but LikeGlass' site has quite a few profiles for regulars on the glasses circuit:
http://www.geocities.com/likeglass55/
I posted a link to Bobby's ES archive on the front page (thanks Bobby!!), and I would certainly encourage anyone with more than a passing interest in the WWW to check out the wayback machine at http://www.archive.org/ -- not only for the history of this site but that of millions of others!
--
free Davezilla!
http://eric.formevolution.com/
The OGL 19 Aug 2002, 10:43
Quatzyeaux had a great message....we do not have a bio page. The original ES had a neat one, quite often & usually if someone hadn't posted in awhile I would go back to that page to refresh my memory before anwering a post. It's always nice to know each other better, especially now that we have so many new "faces". How bout it, webmaster?
tortoise 19 Aug 2002, 08:06
.....an afterthought...as another addition to "Links" I would suggest the EyeScene archive in Waybackmachine...so that anyone who may be interested can know of its existence and have an easy way to get there.
tortoise 19 Aug 2002, 05:54
Bilbo I think this is it. Would be handy to have it included in "Links". Wurm? What do you think?http://hometown.aol.co.uk/shirristar/specsfest.html
bilbo 19 Aug 2002, 05:32
can someone help me out ? where is puffins site . found it but lost it 'give me a link ;;
Bobby 14 Aug 2002, 01:56
They are "zipped" with Winrar 2.90. Try ti upgrade your Winzip or Winrar. It is free somewhere on the eweb.
Puffin 14 Aug 2002, 01:50
Bobby, I couldn't get the files to upload properly. My computer said they were not proper zip format.
Bobby 13 Aug 2002, 17:20
Uffff! The file has been uploaded, more than 6.7 MB. Somebody, please, try if it is working and let me know at the mail you will find at the site.
Bobby 13 Aug 2002, 16:00
As some people asked me for the archive of the old Eye Scene I have on my Hard disk I uploaded them to a special space on Internet. However the access was not without problems - some of you had problems to dowload the files etc.
I decided to create a new site to store the files. They are being uploaded.
The URL is: http://sweb.cz/Bobby.Laurel
Feel free downloading them to study the history of our group.
Daffy 10 Jul 2002, 22:22
I have to agree with the comments about porn sites. If you all remember Zdenx from a while back, she stopped going to ES and reading posts because it got 'weird' and people becoming porn addicted. I've noticed that trend as well over the years being a long time casual participant.
I have an idea though...It's a system i use with email buddies. If they send me a joke or picture, the subject would indicate the level with X's. 5 of them being extreme. You get the picture. Maybe we could develop a rating when we post the link so that those of us that don't want to see it have that choice.
Anyway, how many of us would be viewing ES at work? I do. I don't want to get caught looking at porn when it's not my thing anyway!
Alissa 10 Jul 2002, 18:09
I've seen my share of the hard core porn sites. Scary stuff. Although I could name a couple of fully clothed porno sites. The foot fetishers for instance have an intrest in just the bare feet. It all depends what the audience is into.
Alissa
Alan 10 Jul 2002, 17:33
Puffin -- I think a key point is that visitors here vary as to their interest in different levels of porn. Some are not interested at all, regardless of Rx etc, others will look at anything. (For my part, though, I'm pretty much with you.)
Filthy McNasty 10 Jul 2002, 17:07
Alan - don't mention it. I'm just being silly.
Puffin 10 Jul 2002, 15:18
Shall we just say we don't want all that simplistic bare-it-all type of porn that is so prevalent these days?
There is porn and porn, some of it subtle but most of it not. I prefer the interesting, clothes-on bespectacled and smiley sort. Oh, and no silly fake glasses or pointlessly weak RX either.
:)
Puffin
Alan 10 Jul 2002, 14:56
Whoosh... I guess I just underestimated you. Sorry about that, Filthy.
On that note, I suppose I've never seen a porn site that was naked, either. Then again, I might not know one if I saw it.
Wurm 10 Jul 2002, 14:10
I've been on vacation for several days, then moving to a new apartment. I'm just catching up now.
The porn discussion is interesting, maybe we can come up with a posting guideline. And of course the "old ES vs new ES" debate has been raging since... well, since ES was old 8-)
I'll review the discussions again and post some comments in a couple of days when I have my stuff out of boxes and phone service hooked up!
Bobby 10 Jul 2002, 11:07
he he he :-)))))
A picture of a GWG is porn for a real fetishist .... so what is this discussion for?
Prudishness?
Filthy McNasty 10 Jul 2002, 10:47
WHOOSH! Right over your tousled little head...
Alan 09 Jul 2002, 20:11
The link on Seen On The Web, about 4 posts down from the one No Porn posted links to a sequence of a pair of girls who are clothed in most of the pictures, but it's still clearly porn.
Filthy McNasty 09 Jul 2002, 16:40
I've never seen a porn site that was clothed ;-)
NO PORN 09 Jul 2002, 16:30
TO whoever is in control of this site...
PLEASE, COULD WE ORGANISE A SYMBOL OR INDICATION OF SOME SORT WHEN WE USE LINKS TO INDICATE WHETHER THE PICS ARE FROM PORN SITES?!?!?!?
I have noticed that more and more links to pics are becoming porn. What may have started of as innocent picture viewing has turned into porn viewing. I am NOT interested in seeing porn sites even if they are clothed. I'm sure there are others here that feel the same way.
I'm not 'preaching'. I just want to be able to 'filter' out what I want to see and what I don't.
Thanx.
Rimshot 24 Jun 2002, 06:00
I just pre registered for Vision Expo West 2002 . . . Las Vegas . . . Sept 12 - 14. Maybe I'll see you there.
LikeGlass 22 Jun 2002, 19:09
Reguarding Viruses-
Many programs are set to not display the extention, therefore a file can have a double extention, look safe, and still get you! Example
Virus filename- virus.jpg.bat
would be displayed as - virus.jpg
BUT, would fire off a batch file when opened.
Julian 17 Jun 2002, 23:42
Sorry, I hate to get back on topic, but has VisionWorld bitten the dust? I can't get through. Mind you there have been about three posts in the last six weeks.
Love and kisses, Jules.
Julian 17 Jun 2002, 12:54
Doesn't seem to. I had started to order before I saw the garlic option on the board, so I shared a garlic and a non-garlic fish with a friend...unless of course they were fried in different pans.
Love and kisses, Jules.
Christy 17 Jun 2002, 12:39
Doesn't the garlic flavour get into the oil and get onto other fried products?
Julian 17 Jun 2002, 04:52
Did I mention before that I've found a place that offers garlic batter as an alternative - at no extra cost.
Love and kisses, Jules.
Myhopeinhere 17 Jun 2002, 03:16
Aye,with lovely batter and a deep fried mars bar!!!
Puffin 17 Jun 2002, 03:14
Great, an excuse to start a fish & chips thread...(!)
Wurm 16 Jun 2002, 17:36
Thanks for the suggestion remi. Seems like we have glasses fans from all over. Ideally that info (where you live) would go into your user profile for everyone to see -- I just haven't found the time to develop that feature yet 8-/
remi 16 Jun 2002, 17:24
remember the where do you come from thread on the old eyescene what about anew one wurm cheers remi 8-0 p.s fish chips and curry what a combination!
Eddy 11 Jun 2002, 04:02
I'm in circumnavigation mode again. Don't do it as much as I used to. Anyone want to meet up to share a beer/laugh? I'll be in Honolulu 14 June, Dallas 15 June, Washington DC 16 June, London 18 June. Also HK, probably Taipei and possibly Singapore and Tokyo. Any takers? I'm at eddy2001l@yahoo.com
12 May 2002, 15:29
Rearding viruses there is also one that got me a couple of weeks ago that can run if you look at the mail in a preview window on outlook express, even if you dont run the attachment.
Tommy 12 May 2002, 12:11
Adninistrator,
Thank you for deleting 2 objectionable postings of May 11 at 22:10 and 22:18 under Actresses thread.
Tommy
Wurm 12 May 2002, 07:35
FYI -- POSSIBLE VIRUS ALERT:
I received a suspicious email today that included the address of another ES user, so I think the site may have been 'harvested' for email addresses by a virus writer.
The email purported to come from the "postmaster" at my ISP, but that was apparently forged. Supposedly the mail was returned mail that I sent to the ES user (I sent no such mail). The original sender was in the domain freesurf.ch
A ".bat" batch file was attached, purporting to be the original mail, but possibly a virus.
The usual advice applies... don't open any files from unknown sources and don't believe everything you read.
Using familiar or falsely authoritative information to persuade a person to do something they shouldn't is called "social engineering".
Graphic files such as .jpg are always safe to open, to my knowledge. Beware of executable files such as .exe, .bat and .pif
Puffin 24 Apr 2002, 16:23
Just thought you'd like to know, my story 'Flame of Life' is now complete and on my site.
It's about a high myope Xena-type female warrior...
:)
Puffin
Puffin 20 Apr 2002, 13:40
Me Again
Just brought the "pics" department up to strength on my website.
Alas AOL is quite slow at the moment (!)
so perhaps some time about 3AM might be a good time to try them....
:)
Puffin
Puffin 20 Apr 2002, 08:36
I got a better guestbook from Dreambook.
Puffin 20 Apr 2002, 08:36
I got a better guestbook from Dreambook.
Puffin 20 Apr 2002, 07:14
Yep I agree, I just picked it because it works. I'll get a better one as soon as I can.
Portia 19 Apr 2002, 21:39
More material please, Puffin. Your website works fine except for the guest book.
Puffin 19 Apr 2002, 14:37
Like I said AOL is a bit shitty.
Julian 18 Apr 2002, 23:15
Yeah, it crashed Netscape for me too.
Tina 18 Apr 2002, 18:11
Puffin, I went to your site.
The first time it crashed my browser when I clicked through to one of your pages (forgot what it was).
The second time I brought your site up, the screen was blank.
I suspected that some programmers on ego trips had loaded the thing up with javascripts, so I hit 'view source' and saw that....
(high pitched voice) AOL has too ma-a-a-a-a-ny j-a-a-a-a-a-a-vascripts.....nya nya nya na - a - a!
Puffin 18 Apr 2002, 04:18
I've been adding a few bits to my site.
:)
Puffin
Oscar 16 Apr 2002, 16:22
I persisted - and it has appeared, or at least the homepage has. Congrats! I couldn't find the picture Andy mentioned (the other pages all came up as, er, plain white), but I imagine you haven't got around to doing that yet. I salute you for getting as far as you have! Good luck with it.
Puffin 16 Apr 2002, 15:39
AOL is a bit, errr, shit sometimes.
Keep trying!
:)
Puffin
Oscar 16 Apr 2002, 15:37
I tried to reach Puffin's new page (using the link posted) and the thing came up with "page not found". Any ideas? The frustration of it...
Chunky 16 Apr 2002, 13:24
Nice one Puffin.
Andy 16 Apr 2002, 07:41
Wow Puffin! The drawing looks great and so does your site. As for the text, you can convert it to html format using winword. Just klick on save as html. Upload this file to your server and put a link to this file and you're done.
Puffin 16 Apr 2002, 07:17
My website's alive and breathing in all its small-and-simpleness.
Sorry about the guestbook I know its crap.
What's the best way to include a story in such a website?
:)
Puffin
Puffin 16 Apr 2002, 01:18
Wow! It works!
This is going to be a fairly plain website, cutting out all the silly stuff. I might get a guestbook if I can work out how to do it and all the other stuff!
:)
Puffin
Puffin 16 Apr 2002, 01:13
Here's a link to my embryonic website
http://hometown.aol.co.uk/friendlypuffin/myopics_main.html
Wurm 15 Apr 2002, 19:53
spexfan, try the internet archive wayback machine at
http://web.archive.org/web/19991118051142/people.delphi.com/eyescene/images/imgindex.htm
The files siledge and silfront may be what you're after.
Oscar 15 Apr 2002, 11:13
Good luck Puffin! Keep it quick and simple - just like ES. No fancy graphics which take ages on most normal computers, and plenty of great content (also like ES!). What kind of things are you planning to have on your site?
Lots of luck with it anyhow. And keep us posted.
Puffin 15 Apr 2002, 08:34
You might like to know I am starting
a glasses-website myself.
At present I am messing around with AOL hometown (it seems like shit to me, but at least it's free!) and maybe I might have something to link to in a couple of days if I'm lucky.
Any tips or suggestions would be welcome.
:)
Puffin
spexfan 13 Apr 2002, 07:03
It's been a while since I've looked in the eyescene photo archive....so long that I forgot it isn't here anymore. I was looking for a set of pics of some -20ish wire frames. There was a bunch of closeups, high quality and the lenses were biconcave. I seem to remember they related to a glasses giveaway years ago. Wurm, if you or anyone else has access to these, do let me know.
GwGs 05 Mar 2002, 04:22
I've been noticing recently that every time I update my site, the menu (index2.htm) produces a popup the first you visit it, after then you don't get it.
The strange thing is that I haven't put this script on the page, and when I view the source code, there is nothing there to suggest any Javascripting to make the window up.
Here is a link to a pic of the popup window -
http://www.gizba.com/x/gwgs/ihatepopups.jpg
Has anyone else seen this, and know why it's happening cos the only thing I can think of is that I have a hacker on my site, but then it comes back to the point that there is no script written in the source code to make a window popup automatically only once!!!
PLEASE HELP. GwGs.
http://www.gwgs.co.uk/index2.htm
Wurm 28 Feb 2002, 06:53
Dr. S,
I think you missed some critical developments. I had hoped to move the previous bulletin board to this server, with all the messages intact, but that proved unworkable due to technical problems with the old server during the time I had reserved for the transition.
I have most of the old messages. There are several rather thorny issues to deal with before they can be posted for download:
- cleanup of files from original bulletin board format
- size of archive/storage space
- bandwidth for downloading
I can't say when I will have the time or resources to make them available. Creating a member database for this new bulletin board is my current top priority for the site.
If someone would like to launch an archiving project, I would be happy to make arrangements to transfer the files to them.
Dr.S. 28 Feb 2002, 05:48
A lot of stuff accumulated on the old teleport server after the time of the numbered polls, and I thought you intended to bring it over somehow and make it accessible on or through the new laughingsquid server. Have I missed something, is there a link to that material anywhere, do you still have hopes of linking it, or is it basically gone away?
Wurm 10 Feb 2002, 12:12
MetalRimmed,
That's what the profiles will be (see my last post).
Still not sure about pics though. That's a maybe.
MetalRimmed 10 Feb 2002, 12:05
There really should be a board where everyone could introduce him/herself and post his/her photo.
Wurm 09 Feb 2002, 09:21
Seems to work! I'm sure the Greens would be proud of our (bandwidth) conservation efforts.
Wurm 09 Feb 2002, 08:33
Okay, thanks for looking at that and posting feedback. I think I will wire it in and set it to show 25 posts -- that should make for a nice snappy user experience and if someone needs more posts they will still be there for the pulling up.
Edit feature will have to follow the development of an optional member database with registration. That's a fairly major project and isn't on my schedule yet. It will happen with the first major revision of the site, though, since it definitely comprises the features I hear the most requests for: profiles, reserved usernames and edit.
I'll go out on a limb here and try to commit to getting all that done by the end of March. It's good to know that people (and such nice people too! *grin*) will be using those features once they are implemented.
ehpc 09 Feb 2002, 02:42
I halve a spelling chequer
It came with my pea sea
It plainly marques for my revue
Miss takes I can not C
Filthy McNasty 08 Feb 2002, 23:59
Funny, I don't have typong wrrirs, but I do have the occasional ytipine eerroe. Funny how that is.
Julian 08 Feb 2002, 23:32
Yes, that goes for me too. But don't forget the 'edit' feature we all want -then I could correct my typong wrrirs :;)
still 08 Feb 2002, 22:22
I agree with Filthy. And congrats on the stats! We love the site so much that it never occured to this one that lots and lots _and lots_ of others may, too.
Filthy McNasty 08 Feb 2002, 22:13
Wurm: Works good, and no one will even notice it. You could probably cut it to 25 with the same (lack of) effect.
Wurm 08 Feb 2002, 21:22
I was checking my logs, and I notice that usage of the BBS has really climbed! My virtual server now gets something on the order of 2/3 of a million hits per month {{{WOW}}}. That is pretty cool, and I am excited that people are so into ES (which is -- by far -- the most used site on my server).
The downside is that I am beginning to go over my bandwidth quotas. I can't really afford to upgrade to a mega-server right now, so I hit on an idea that should reduce bandwidth usage considerably and also be close to invisible for the regular user.
I'd like to set it up so that by default when you go into a thread you only see the 50 most recent posts. If you still want to load up the whole thread, there will be a link at the bottom to do it.
I worked a script up, but I'd like people to check it out before I hook it into the BBS. Try it out on two of our busiest threads at:
http://wurm.laughingsquid.net/es/bbs/threads/read_thread.cgi?47
and
http://wurm.laughingsquid.net/es/bbs/threads/read_thread.cgi?16
Wurm 06 Feb 2002, 13:25
Owen,
More specifically, it was a push to hash that was in the wrong loop. So it was pushing a value loop# of times into the hash, rather than the single push for each cycle that was called for (i.e. on the 1500th cycle it pushed the value 1500 times!!!).
Any time you get into nested loops you can fall prey to that sort of thing. It was pretty easy to find once I threw my hands up and started picking the code apart one operation at a time.
Owen 06 Feb 2002, 10:25
Reading Wurms comments....ahhh you gotta love Perl. Get your shebangs in the wrong place and you're code goes all to heck. :)
Puffin 06 Feb 2002, 01:12
AOL is haivng a bit of a fit at the moment, I cannot get my emails. So if anyone has emailed me :) be patient!
Puffin 30 Jan 2002, 15:06
Talking about belly aching, I went to restaurant last night and ate a bit too much, and got, er, belly ache!
Wurm 30 Jan 2002, 14:54
It was a coding error after all (ahhh, hubris). I moved a statement down one line and voila!
Now the main index is fairly snappy, and should stay that way for at least several months (eventually it might start choking on the sheer length of the post index... I'll decide what to do about that later... perhaps limit that index to the last six months or whatever).
Note that this repaired the 'refined' versions of the index, too. That was hardly working at all yesterday and today.
Sorry for the technical blip... please carry on!
Wurm 30 Jan 2002, 10:59
Actually, I'm seeing some pretty weird stuff, so I am going to take the main index offline for a little while.
Wurm 30 Jan 2002, 10:17
I'm doing some testing today, hoping to improve the performance of the thread indexes. You may see some degradation of the service while I'm looking at it, but there shouldn't be a total interruption or anything. Threads won't be affected, just the thread index.
specs4ever 30 Jan 2002, 06:20
Hey Mimic - got a fast computer, 56K modem, but I live in the boondocks, and my phone lines/phone company won't support anything faster. Next choice would be satallite, but I am not about to spend the money. And, there is no cable available where I live either.
minic 29 Jan 2002, 19:58
I really enjoy visiting this forum, being able to read and share thoughts with people having common interest in eyeglasses and people wearing them and whoever here if by need to wear them or just myope wannabee is welcome to share their opinion with others. If your computer is too slow to download pictures from High myopic site maybe its time to upgrade your computer. Getting faster modem is not such luxury any more.
specs4ever 29 Jan 2002, 13:55
Well, I don't know Wurm, I have gotten pretty accustomed to this new style. My modem is lucky if it ever gets much higher than 26.4, so I appreciate sites like this where you do not penalize us poor country folk. I no longer can waste my time on ad4112's High myopic site, as each Divx download costs me between 35 and 40 minutes of time. Just ain't worth my while!
The only thing that might be nice would be for a sign in, and a password for posting, like the former version had. This got rid of a lot of the myope wannabee's.
Wurm 29 Jan 2002, 13:20
Actually, this thread is perfect for "bellyaching". I need the negative feedback too: I won't always be able to accomodate it (no pun intended) but it does help illuminate future changes.
Kalene 29 Jan 2002, 11:42
Portia
Stop your belly aching!
Julian 29 Jan 2002, 11:33
Portia, I know what you mean..and yet when the 'old' EyeScene was the 'new' EyeScene there were lots of complaints just like yours that it was harder to use than the old forums, or do I mean fora. Certainly I found I had to spend longer online - in the really old days I logged on, downloaded the text and read it offline, and the new way cost more - still does actually with the ISP I'm using ATM. Moral is, go broadband. Second moral is, I think we'd already find it a bit odd to change back.
Love and kisses, Jules.
Wurm 29 Jan 2002, 11:05
Portia,
Thanks for the feedback.
Have you tried using the "refine" links from the main index? They narrow down the topics by subject matter. It isn't quite as explicit as the topic hierarchy of the old BBS, but it's also more flexible (a thread can have more than one subject now).
example (Rx threads by most recent post):
http://wurm.laughingsquid.net/es/bbs/threadsbypost.cgi?Query=Rx
From there you can choose a different topic via the "refine" links. Based on what I can recall of your posts, the Sightings, Rx and Vision subjects would be your best bet.
Also, I may add a generic topic for each subject. I think only Sightings and Fiction have one now. Then there would be a default thread to post to, no matter where you go.
Portia 28 Jan 2002, 22:23
Wurm, I still miss the old Eyescene that was so nicely organized by topics.
I find the current format more challenging to use and less coherent, and as a result, visit less often.
Lately, I always end up searching for the site via "Google", but that may be due to having lost all my "bookmarks" recently. There is no harm in the long run in locating your site through one of the major search engines. If we all locate you every day through "Google" or some such thing, perhaps the site will become better known.
Wurm 22 Jan 2002, 14:19
ES FAQ revised today with a couple of new info nuggets, fixed links, and improved verbiage where needed. Comments welcome (of course).
http://wurm.laughingsquid.net/es/ES_FAQ.htm
Wurm 11 Jan 2002, 11:04
Are there any other requests for features that would 'hang off' a member database? Beyond the anticipated profiles (possibly with a photo upload) and optional user authentication, here are some ideas:
- track last login date/time and list newly posted-to threads
- personal "My ES" home page with links to favorite threads, sites, friends' profiles, etc.
- private message system (i.e. ES mail)
Other 'personalization' ideas welcome, discussion appreciated.
Tammy 10 Jan 2002, 21:14
Wurm,
That sounds good to me. I was half expecting someone to flame me for the idea, as much of that has been going on here lately. Hopefully, the flaming will die off, and then Eye Scene will be as good a website as it ever was, and possibly even better.
Wurm 09 Jan 2002, 21:39
I will probably implement an optional login system, so that if someone would like to register and login, you would be assured that they are they same person each time. But guest posts and NoName chat would still be allowed.
Member names might be hotlinked to a profile, whereas guests/NoNames would not.
No ETA on that yet.
Tammy 09 Jan 2002, 20:44
I'm wondering if we might be able to have registered User Id's and passwords, not only for the BBS, but also for the Lens Chat. I think that this would save us alot of confusion as to who is posting what. I did noticed today that we seem to have more than one poster going by the same name. Also, as far as the chat is concerned, Perhaps having some way to tell who's in the chat at any given time. I know this idea will probally get struck down by those who prefer to chat as NoNames. Just suggestions..
Don 09 Jan 2002, 20:42
Dockman,
If you go to New York, take plenty of money.
Be prepared to spend no less than $150. per night for a decent hotel.
I'll never when I ordered half a grapefruit for breakfast at the Waldorf and the tab was $4.50, just for the grapefruit.
Wurm 09 Jan 2002, 19:36
There shouldn't be any need to load a thread entirely before starting to read it, as new posts appear at the top.
I use dial-up too, and on an old 33.6 modem. I tried loading the chatty Acuity and Prescription thread, as a test. All the posts for the past week loaded in a few seconds.
In the case of the enormous Fantasy Optical thread, I did start a second one. I will probably do the same with Acuity and Prescription soon.
I haven't decided which way to go with access to new thread creation. I see benefits to both giving wide access (more spontaneous, topics conform to immediate needs), or limiting access to a few people (more consistent topic abstraction and subject assignment, fewer threads to review when browsing). For now, if you would like to be able to create new threads, please email me and we will discuss it.
Overall, I've tried to give the best access for the most people, with an eye to improving things in the future.
Lazysiow 09 Jan 2002, 18:07
Some of these threads are getting awfully long, a few of them are not finishing loading at all (I'm on dialup again, on holiday). IMHO it was better when we could create our own threads, have you seen the size of some of these things? :)
Wurm 09 Jan 2002, 17:27
The Diary of Hana May Riley was incomplete. Probably not really up to archive quality, for that reason.
Anyone one recall the title of the tale with the Glasgow Italian miss?
Julian 09 Jan 2002, 16:31
Uh, now you've got me. My recollection is that they were well down the list of forums. How about Fantasy Optical for starters?
There was also Dominic's unfinished classic about his myopic room mate Jimmy. Perhaps that was in Gay Glasses Fetish. Somebody criticized it and he refused to finish it. Bit like a coitus interruptus really :;) I have it archived as a continuous narrative, but I don't want to incur the old queen's wrath...how about it Dom?
Love and kisses, Jules.
Wurm 09 Jan 2002, 16:08
Julian,
Any clues as to which UBB Forum I might find those relics in? Approximate dates are helpful too... I don't have free search or grep set up yet.
Julian 09 Jan 2002, 16:04
On the topic of the site: Wurm, I am definitely with those who would like to have the edit option back - it would conceal my bad typing a bit, and make double posts easier to clear, and a lot of other things.
And if you're archiving any more of the material for the old board, there was a story of a Glasgow-Italian girl who was coaxed into wearing her glasses by two delicious brothers whose mother was the optometrist... And there was a diary of a girl called, was it Hana May, which may not ever have come to an end...
Love and kisses, Jules.
spexalot 09 Jan 2002, 11:40
I have heard that the wearing of soft contact lenses in places like Las Vegas, Nevada is difficult because of the very low humidity there, which is about 5% or less. One would think there would be many GWG sightings outside of air conditioned casinos.
Dockman 09 Jan 2002, 10:10
Portia,I recall once that you had an opportunity to live in the mountainous area of North Carolina, but you didn't know if you could take it, because you were used to NYC. Well, I live in the foothills of the Smokies on the Tennessee side and we say the same thing about the tourons that clog our roads.We take for granted the mountains and the peacfulness that is here.To me New York is the most interesting city in America, and I'm dying to go there some day and experience Times Square.I know this doesn't have a thing to do with eyewear, but I can't think about eyes all the time.
Portia 08 Jan 2002, 22:38
Wurm, there has to be enough neon in Las Vegas to make New Year's Eve into something special.
I still cannot understand the appeal of spending hours standing in the cold (this year about 20 degrees Fahrenheit, somebody please translate into Centigrade)waiting for a luminiscent ball to drop in Times Square that you can't see from where you have been forced to stand for hours.
The television broadcast is worth watching for the few minutes around midnight. Our wonderful new Mayor Bloomberg was inaguarated in Times Square this year by Mayor Guiliani just after the ball was dropped!
Why our national celebration of New Year's Eve has not shifted to Las Vegas is strictly a time zone and geographical issue. I have no doubt it could be done with more lights and a better climate in the State of Nevada.
What this all had to do with eyescene? After we have done a general survey of the crowd at any occasion, we switch to the glasses being worn by whatever crowd.
My beloved nearsighted husband and I went to a screening tonight at Lincoln Center, and as much as I wish there had been a good sighting, (and the film crowd usually does glasses very well!) there were none.
Ben Kingsley was there without glasses...I think he wears a moderately strong minus most of the time.
His move "SEXY BEAST" is worth a look, although the downmarket English accents were thick enough to require subtitles.
Wurm 07 Jan 2002, 08:17
Las Vegas is becoming a popular New Years destination out here, but it is still strange to celebrate after most of the world has gone to bed for the night.
We get screwed by the clock on the national elections, too. The networks report their 'projected winners' before the polls even close here, making more likely for the leading party to sweep the slate as fringe voters stay home.
Portia 06 Jan 2002, 22:04
Yea, Christy for being the first post of the new year...just what time was it in whatever part of the UK was it when it was the first post by some strange west coast American clock...from Portia in New York who knows when the ball falls in Times Square that the New Year has arrived.
HalimM 05 Jan 2002, 15:59
<b>Hi all,</b>
this is my first post to ES BBS, I've found it few days and I was surprised how many people is interested in wide range of optic and glasses topics. Let me join this gorgous communitty : )
I'am 25 years old male phD student at University and all my world turns about glasses.
<b>At first</b>, I wear specs myself down to shortsightness.I was told to have vision problems when I was 10 and I couldn't read clearly the blackboard at school in all cases.Parents took me to eye doc and I was prescribed first specs -1.0D.I was so excited and frightned and I resist wearing glasses becouse of other kids reactions.I used to wear it only for lessons. When I grew up I understood matter of myopia and I stopped take care about other oppinions. Step by step I was impressed by those pices of glass that made my world clear and sharp.When I was 15 I became full time wearer with -2,5D, I realized to myself that I like watching other people with glasses.It was great time because I noticed that my younger sister (she was 10) also had vision problems.Once when I came back from school I saw her sitting very close to TV set and watching some movie.I knew what was going on and I gave her my old specs.She could see better. As you can imagine I told about it to my mom and, three days gone and my little sister appear to me wearing beautifull -2.0 glasses.she adjusted it quickly and wore all yhe time from the beginning.We used to talk about our specs and try it each other time to time, but I've never reveald my fascination about vision.Years went and our eyes have worsened sistematicall, we went to eye doc together usually and I put down all the moments. So our story was :
Age(Me,Lena) Me Lena
10,5 -1,00L;-1.00R ------
13,8 -1,75L;-1,50R ------
15,10 -2,50L;-2,25R -2,00L;-2,00R
16,11 -3,50L;-3,25R -2,25L;-2,00R
17,12 -3,75L;-3,25R -3,75L;-3,50R
18,13 -3,75L;-3,25R -4,50L;-4,25R
19,14 -3,75L;-3,50R -5,25L;-5,00R
20,15 -4,00L;-3,50R -6,00L;-5,50R
My myopia stoped then, and this is my current one
16 -6,50L;-6,25R
17 -7,00L;-6,75R
And when I was 22 I left my parents home so I stoped to collect detailed data, but Lena's myopia stopped about her 20 with about -8 lenses.
It was really amazing to grew up and watch how her prescription change.
<b>Second:</b>I am totally crazy about girls with glasses, to be honest I am hundred percent glasses fetishist : )
There is nothing more sexy and attractive then preety, sensual girl with minus lenses.I love watching women touch glasses, put it better on nose if sllip down, clean lenses.Women can do it on very sensual and sexy way.well choosen specs make woman so hot, and eyes covered begind minus lenses are so mysterious.DELICIOUS :)
My favorites are: long black hair, brown eyes, metal frames choosen according to face and normal minus lenses from -3 to -10. I could jump into fire for that girl :)
So, it is a bit long as first post and I don't wont to be boring.
Apologize for all mistakes, but englids id not my first language( but I'am still working to make it more fluent and I hope to express all what I fell soon)
<b>BEST WISHES</b>
Wurm 02 Jan 2002, 20:36
Christy, yes, according the Post index, you were the first person to post to the BBS this year:
01 Jan 2002, 03:37 : Christy posted to Site Feedback and News
31 Dec 2001, 22:06 : Jo posted to Guys in Glasses
Sorry I don't offer a prize for that!
PS - Eye Scene 5 year anniversary is March 12th.
Wurm 02 Jan 2002, 09:53
More news on the performance degradation of the main index. The problem appears intermittent. This suggests a transitive gating network or server condition, rather than a code error, although code tuning or dampening (yuk) remains a potential remedy. LG, you may be right about the transmission windows (particularly if that is a load-sensitive setting).
I will gather data for another few days and submit a report to Laughing Squid.
Christy 01 Jan 2002, 03:37
Is mine the first post of the New Year - according to the timescale on ES?
Wurm 31 Dec 2001, 16:00
Good theory LG. I think in this case that the consistent delay time indicates a delay of some sort from