Mike Parker

Spectacle lens expert. Views are my own.

[Mike Parker @mikeoptics]

@GOC_UK Percentage discriminated against in Wales is higher than the percentage that is dissatisfied with their job. How can you enjoy working at a place that discriminates against you? 🤔

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@PeterHampson Whoever wears that badge cannot truly love optics.

The amount of chromatic and monochromatic aberrations I can see on that badge. They should have gone for a hyperbolic curve to compensate or used a material with a lower abbe value.

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@StolenRide Stolen from Fulham, SW6 on Saturday 24th June at around 4.30pm

Distinctive with fat tyres and chopper handlebars

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@1eyeinrumney @_BCLA That's really interesting. Is that because of the stimulation in the periphery from the white background?

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@samanthastrong Ma'am, that's brownie mix.

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I just posted "Using ChatGPT to keep a scammer occupied for as long as possible" on Reddit

https://t.co/7HDiAA6ewt

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@OptometryToday @Specsavers 13 million eye examinations carried out each year in the UK across all providers averaging 1.08million a month. So are we saying that Specsavers performed just under 92% of all examinations? That seems like a dominant position in the market.

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I'm disappointed I didn't get a test #alert.

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@Specsavers @Davidcowie1967 Most frames are not complex or intricate and in the right hands, they shouldn't break in the process.

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@UberEats an hour difference is pretty significant. Do I get a snack now or wait? 🤔

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Has anyone else considered sending their friends a @Calendly link to book their time with you? I'm in two minds. It seems a bit insensitive/commercial but it makes total sense with my schedule. #notanad

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@nypost This can't be her. Madeleine has a coloboma of her iris in her right eye.

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If someone is given dilating drops, they are dilated.
If someone is given cycloplegic drops, are they cycloplegied? 🤔 #optometry

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@SpecFactory Saves time.

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@SpecFactory I sometimes use ChatGPT to compose emails. I just trained it on how I want to come across and then just give it a rough script.

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Saw these in @waitrose and had to buy them.

R. Plano L. Plano https://t.co/DO0Tvz0tW5

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@samanthastrong For the crowds. (I know you know)

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@samanthastrong Ways to reduce it in your specs without contact lenses:

1. Reduce the vertex. Either with frame choice or adjustments.
2. Choose a lens with a higher abbe value. 1.67 is actually worse than 1.74 (by a smidge).
3. Increase the base curve and use a hyperbolic aspheric lens.

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@specseducation @DPDgroup_news I'm saving this excuse for next year. 😂 /jk

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@MarshadeCordova Hi Marsha, I am not a constituent but I am a stone's throw away in Fulham. I also work within the Optical sector and would love to open up a conversation sharing my experience and suggestions for how the system may be improved on. My inbox is open if you would like to chat.