Sunglasses: General Health

Ziggy · **Site Rank:** Healthy BBF

Sunglasses
Sunglasses protect your eyes from UVA and UVB rays.

For the best protection:

Buy sunglasses that filter out both kinds of rays, they don't have to be expensive. Look for a label that specifically states 99 percent or 100 percent UV protection. An eye care pro can test them if you're unsure.
Sunglasses should be dark enough to reduce glare but not dark enough to distort colors, which could affect your recognition of traffic signals. Tint is a matter of personal preference.
Pick out a pair of sunglasses that look good under a hat. Since UV rays can still enter from the sides and top of sunglasses, it's smart to wear a hat with a three-inch brim to help block light.

The most active muscles in your body are the ones in your eyes. Your eyes have over 2 million working parts and the ability to process 36,000 bits of information every hour. Your eyes are always moving, even when they're not open. That makes your eyes one of your body's most powerful tools. Be sure to take care of your eyes.

Source: Dr. Oz

joebert · **Site Rank:** Moderator

I kid you not, the best sunglasses I've had have always been ones I've found laying in parking spots. Ironically, any time I've bought $100-$200 sunglasses I've lost them in a parking lot.

I don't know who made the ones I have now because there's no brand markings anywhere on them and I found them, but they're the best sunglasses I've ever had.

Y's Guy · **Site Rank:** Moderator

Are they the ones in your pic?

joebert · **Site Rank:** Moderator

Yeppers.

They're polarized too which makes fishing so much more fun as I can see the fish swimming around under the water with a lot more clarity than someone with no sunglasses or non-polarized sunglasses on. I remember when I was younger my dad would point out the fish in the water when we'd go mullet fishing and I could never see what he was talking about because I had plain non-polarized sunglasses or no sunglasses at all on.

Last time I went fishing at the pier around here I kept telling the guy next to me when the mackerel were circling his bait getting ready to strike and he couldn't figure out how the heck I could see them every time. lol

tammy · **Site Rank:** Site Admin

That's interesting, I've never come across any sunglasses just laying around that I would even consider to pick up and keep for myself. Maybe that is because the sun only comes out 3 months of the year over here in Washington State anyway! 8-)

joebert · **Site Rank:** Moderator

I lost my sunglasses last weekend.

On the bright side, someone will be very happy with them when they find them.

Ziggy · **Site Rank:** Healthy BBF

joebert wrote:

I lost my sunglasses last weekend.

Oh No!!!

tammy · **Site Rank:** Site Admin

Now you are going to have to go and find some new ones!

Ziggy · **Site Rank:** Healthy BBF

tammy wrote:

Now you are going to have to go and find some new ones!

Maybe he will find the ones he lost like he found them the first time!! :roll:

What?!?!?!?

blackberry · **Site Rank:** Healthy Friend

My friend got an Oakley from a bus. Finders, keepers.

Ziggy · **Site Rank:** Healthy BBF

blackberry wrote:

My friend got an Oakley from a bus. Finders, keepers.

You bet ya finders, keepers!! :haha:

The only thing I have ever found was some money on the street when I was a senior in high school. Wouldn't have done any good to turn it in to the police because their was no identification to go along with it. My mom and I were getting my senior pictures taken at the time, so we just used that money to pay for the pictures!!

tammy · **Site Rank:** Site Admin

Since we are talking about finding things...

I found a quarter on the street once when I was a child and on vacation in Reno, Nevada. I then asked my mom to put it in a specific slot machine for me (since I was too young). Then 4 quarters came out. (this was still when actual money came out of slot machines) Then I had my mom put those 4 quarters back in the same machine and 400 quarters came out! That quarter I found on the street turned into 100 bucks! After that for some reason my brother thought he should get half of it... still not sure why he thought that, but he never got half and I bought myself a bicycle from the money! I had a good vacation. 8-)

blackberry · **Site Rank:** Healthy Friend

^ Really cool..

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