re: #62 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

I’ve never worn glass contacts, but for decades wore soft contacts. Much better than any glasses. These days I’ve reverted to glasses mostly because I don’t want to take the time and hassle with the contacts, but whenever I get my eye surgeries done hopefully I’ll not need either.

I was extremely near sighted and wore hard lenses (which are made of plastic, not glass) for over 40 years. The advantage over soft lenses is that they lasted forever until you needed a new prescription (or broke it when you dropped one and accidentally stepped on it). With the original hard lenses, if you lost one and found it months later, it was as good as new — just needed a rinsing. Later switched to gas-permeable which were also durable (sort of) but needed to be stored in special fluid overnight. I stopped wearing contacts after cataract surgery a few years ago, but still need glasses for distance.