Archived Content - Wurm's ES BBS 1997-2011
Wurm 31 Dec 2011, 17:17
On that note, I think I'll lock things down. I'll post a link to Moonshiner's site soon (should be within a day or two).
edit: Visit Moonshiner's ES at eyescene.net
Sachin T. 31 Dec 2011, 16:38
Thanks Wurm.... You have blocked be for a while but you have done a wonderful work.
nickweymouth 31 Dec 2011, 15:37
to all my fellow spec lovers thanks and wurm thanks for all the fish
Lentyop 31 Dec 2011, 14:32
Thanks Wurm for ES, place I always enjoyed!
Aubrac 31 Dec 2011, 14:15
I know there was a previous post about the future website but don't know what it is - will EyeScene Google searches be re-directed to it?
Happy New Year everyone!!
Hansel 31 Dec 2011, 12:33
Given the fact that the site's clock is US time....who wiill provide the "Last Post"?
Personally, until any changes occur, a farewell message from Wurm and then let him close it seems most appropriate.
From Hansel, a final thank you to you Chris.
Jamie32 31 Dec 2011, 12:28
Thanks Wurm for letting us enjoy the site all these years. All the best!
Jim H 31 Dec 2011, 11:57
My apologies Wurm!
Jim H 31 Dec 2011, 11:56
Been around this site for at least 10 years now. Thanks for your work Worm!
ddenmont 31 Dec 2011, 08:37
I've been lurking and sporadically posting on this site for 11 years now. Thanks for everything, Wurm.
specs4ever 31 Dec 2011, 08:13
Hey Revolver, I have just tried again. Hopefully you will get it - likely a problem with my provider.
HAppy New Year all.
Crystal Veil 31 Dec 2011, 05:21
Wurm,
I downloaded the archive for a bit of nostalgia now and then. Amazing that it does not take more volume. It will be hard to find another site as appreciative - and even more important - accessible as this (I forget passwords all the time). You are near the end of your Trojan work and I wish you all the best for 2012. I hope you will keep in touch from time to time through email.
Wurm 30 Dec 2011, 22:45
Only 12 MB. Text compresses well and I've been trimming the Seen on the Web thread so it doesn't get too huge. It's 37 MB unzipped.
Bobby 30 Dec 2011, 20:50
To Revolver:
2 test mails have been sent.
To Wurm:
Thank you. Is it really only 12 megas?
Revolver 30 Dec 2011, 19:43
Bobby, S-4, Dieter: o.k., it seems to be working now with the operative word being "seems". Didn't do anything except get an automated message about doing what I didn't do in the first place but sent myself one from a different computer and a different account and it came through. Please, guys, try it again and I'll see what happens tomorrow. As for tonight I've had it up to here with techie stuff and am going to go uncork a cold Moosehead and relax.
Revolver 30 Dec 2011, 19:14
Bobby: and therein lies the problem....have sent you several with latest story attached and no answer so assumed there was a problem. S-4 confirmed that, have contacted mail.com and am awaiting an answer. Tried to send that addy a test from one of my other accounts & it wouldn't go will keep trying.
Wurm 30 Dec 2011, 19:07
A zip archive with all the current forum content is available at http://orbdeluxe.com/es/files/threads.zip
Bobby 30 Dec 2011, 16:03
No, his mail server is mail.com not Gmail.com. I have exchanged some emails with him, and he got them.
specs4ever 30 Dec 2011, 07:14
Revolver - I tried to send you something, but id didn't go through - is it maybe gmail.com?
Andrew 30 Dec 2011, 00:51
I just wanted to take the opportunity to say thanks to Wurm for the many years of pleasure and education this site has brought me. I shall still be around, but best wishes to Wurm in his retirement (at least from this site).
Revolver 29 Dec 2011, 12:33
Specs4ever, Dieter:
Have written and edited a rather lengthy story, but need the advice of the old masters. Would appreciate hearing from both of you at viking58@mail.com
daffy 28 Dec 2011, 04:26
Two sites is just fine...once upon a time we 'discovered' eyescene...with two sites running there is more chance that others will discover such treads/topics...I'm happy to see eyescene batton passed on...good luck to all of us specially the moderators.
jb 28 Dec 2011, 01:51
just to throw in my opinion. What moonshiner is doing is admirable and he should be applauded. V and S is also a great site and i see no reason they cannot co exist.
Wurm, thanks for all your efforts over the years and enjoy a deserved web retirement
Wurm 27 Dec 2011, 14:36
Just to be clear, I will only be involved with Moonshiner's site as a technical consultant. I don't plan to do any moderation or decision-making there.
Personally, I will probably visit both sites and hopefully post something every so often.
What this band of merry souls becomes in the future is really only limited by the resolve of individuals. It seems to me there is a core of dedicated individuals like Val and Bobby who will make some sort of run of it. Let's not forget that Lenschat has been going as an independent site for years (TC should be included in the above list of doughty souls as well) and nobody complains that the community has fragmented along those lines.
I offered some time ago to pass along my code, Moonshiner took me up on it, so we will also see what happens there. He strikes me as a gentleman and a scholar, so I'm optimistic.
pete 27 Dec 2011, 14:30
We should be grateful to both Val and Moonshiner for stepping forward to maintain websites for our glasses and vision interests. Not only do we have a new site but now the continuing original one to look forward to as well. While ES is a known and established entity, V&S has the opportunity to uniquely define itself. Val seems to be getting good support from S4E, Bobby and others. That will only add to the sites richness and diversity.
For example, it's awesome that there is a Stories thread (again). Though Bobby has done the lion's share by hosting submissions on his site, V&S provides an easy and direct way for anyone so inclined to present their fiction.
Also, ES has distinct and fixed threads that must be adhered to. This restriction becomes arbitrary and limiting sometimes when the natural course of a live thread seems to meander and take on its own identity. V&S allows a registered user to bring a new and potentially obscure topic to life. That's huge!
Who knows what else is possible!
Rather than see conflict and topic overlap with these two sites, we should embrace and promote their differences. Having twice as many OO forums on the web is significant! . . . an outstanding way to begin a new year!
Val 27 Dec 2011, 14:20
I am sorry, some of the characters are not readable. Let me try again:
Hello Eyescene readers,
I appreciate all the kind words and support from each one of you.
I must say that what Wurm has done for the last 15 years is extraordinary. For me it's been "only" 11 years.
Thank you Wurm (Chris).
When I started Vision and Spex, my idea was to TRY to continue somehow Wurm's work. It's been only a few month since I started it, and thank to the help from Bobby, Specs4ever and others, it's beginning to grow. Of course, I've had the advantage of a large community formed in those 15 years.
If Wurm found another way to continue his work, I will be very happy to visit the new Eyescene.
Moonshiner was kind enough to offer web space, so we have to thank him also.
I don't think that Vision And Spex should be closed. It will continue to exist as long as it will be necessary. It's not a competition.
Actually no other site can compete with Eyescene. Long Live Eyescene! And thanks again Wurm!
Yours, Val
http://www.vision-and-spex.com
Val 27 Dec 2011, 14:14
Hello Eyescene readers,
I appreciate all the kind words and support from each one of you.
I must say that what Wurm has done for the last 15 years is extraordinary. For me it’s been “only” 11 years.
Thank you Wurm (Chris).
When I started Vision and Spex, my idea was to TRY to continue somehow Wurm’s work. It’s been only a few month since I started it, and thank to the help from Bobby, Specs4ever and others, it’s beginning to grow. Of course, I’ve had the advantage of a large community formed in those 15 years.
If Wurm found another way to continue his work, I will be very happy to visit the new Eyescene.
Moonshiner was kind enough to offer web space, so we have to thank him also.
I don’t think that Vision And Spex should be closed. It will continue to exist as long as it will be necessary. It’s not a competition.
Actually no other site can compete with Eyescene. Long Live Eyescene! And thanks again Wurm!
Yours, Val
http://www.vision-and-spex.com
Soundmanpt 27 Dec 2011, 12:33
Not that what I think means anything, but I would not have any problem being a member of both sites. And if I can ever figure out how to post things on Val's will comment there as well. I see where no one has done any wrong's. Has anyone ever considered that even if Wurm didn't have plans on shutting down someone still could have decided to start a new site. Look at it this way for a time it seemed there might not be any site at all after the first of the year and now we will have not one but 2 to view.
Also there is something to be said about Val's site which has much merit, and that is keeping out the frauds and fakes.
Spexman the original one 27 Dec 2011, 11:26
I must say that if this site will continue, I will be more then happy I have more or less been here every day since that day in may 1995 when I first found it.
This is a part of me and I was more then sad when I heard that the klocks was ringing for funeral of this site.
I dont understand the unfriendly comments from other people that have been along for a long time now. We should be happy ! Very happy to be honnest
I´m relieved that someone is willing to sacrifice time to keep the show going on. I have also been thinking myself to take contact and trying to help to keep ES alive, but I have both lack of time and knowledge to run it. So that a solusion comes up eleven fifty-five is making at least me very happy and I also suppose most of the others around here is.
So please no backfire here now because of the resent posts. I also hope that the new site can survive it might be better as someone said but I can´t see it. I prefer this.
"The show must go on"
&
"Staying alive"
Bobby 27 Dec 2011, 10:48
Well, this is rather unexpected turn of events.
If Eyescene continues taken care of Moonshiner, there will be two discussion boards claiming to be descendatns of this home of our community. There are only two possible outcomes of such situation:
1. The community will split.
2. One of the boards will die after some time.
From a general point of view, there is nothing wrong. The world is one large field of competition and the Internet is no exception to the rule.
From my personal point of view I cannot understand this step. Val has successfully started the Vision and Spex (www.vision-and-spex.com/) investing his time and money. The site has had 182 registered members (27th Dec 2011). And anytime I open the site there is at least 1 unregistered guest.
Vision and Spex has a lot of advantages:
It is easy to check the new posts. The registration guarantees as much anonymity as the Eyescene does. The system is a professional software for discussion boards enabling the users to open as many topics as they wish. The administrator (Val) can assign moderators with some rights to moderate the site (mostly to eliminate spam and trolls). The users can quote contributions of the others and edit "thier potsings to elinimaet tipos".
Summarized briefly: my opinion is that the Vision and Spex forum system is better and more comfortable.
So, why there is suddenly a different plan presented here?
John S 27 Dec 2011, 09:33
I disagree. If someone was going to continue the site, they would need the skills to do it. Chris wrote the BBS, obviously there is little documentation. The person would have to be savvy enough to take care it. The idea is, Chris wants out. He does not want to babysit the BBS anymore. I have no problem with that. Chris offered to turn over the board to someone else to host. The details must have been worked out. Would have made any difference if that deal was worked out a month ago? I don't think so. Val's board is up, I thank him for going through the trouble and expense to do it. I think there can be a place for both. Val's has a registration process, that might deter some of the fakers. Sure, it will have less traffic, but with good reason.
I offered hosting space publicly, not privately. But I can't take care of it. Which meant Chris was still tied to it. That was not the answer.
Moon has worked through the technical details, and will probably get some support for a limited amount of time until he is familiar enough to support it on his own.
More than ample notice was given that the board was being discontinued. Val jumped in to fill the void, he should be commended for that. Chris hosted the site for at least 14 years, he has found someone capable enough to take it over. He said he would turn it over to someone else if he could to keep it going. Now he kept his word. Now you tell him you think it sucks. That is real gratitude.
Everyone has an opinion, this is mine. This is a small community. We should be thankful that there are 2 people that are willing to keep our communication line going. Why can't we all just get along?
This has really hit a sore spot with me (if you can't tell). I have been involved with many non-profit clubs. 1 percent of the people do all the work, I always end up in the 1 percent. The other 99 percent reap the benefits and complain.
specs4ever 27 Dec 2011, 08:31
Moonshiner and Wurm, personally I think that what you are proposing sucks big time, especially after all the trouble, and some expense that VAL went to to set up vision and specs.
If you had planned to do this from the beginning that would have been fine, but by announcing that this site was closing unless someoen was willing to take it over you started the ball rolling Wurm. And Val jumped in to pick up the ball.
I will not waste my time hanging around 2 sites, and I rather doubt that others will as well, so in effect this will sound the death knell for a site that has yet to get off the ground.
Just my 2 cents worth.
newglasses 27 Dec 2011, 07:39
this would be perfect. Although I only knew eyescene since 2002 I really got attached and even participated on a few threads, I also remember my first thread in 2006 when I got my first glasses. I would miss eyescene dearly but also wanted to congratulate Wurm on his outstanding effort to keep this site clean, alive and interesting. I hope that Moonshiner will be successful in hosting this site and already want to thank him for his intent! Kind regards and thank you all.
Wurm 26 Dec 2011, 13:46
I'm working with Moonshiner to host the site on his server. A small test version is up and running.
We're still working out details, but I suspect that when I close posting here I'll be able to link almost immediately to his Eye Scene.
Moonshiner 26 Dec 2011, 12:51
Merry Christmas to everyone. I have been the discussing continuation of Eyescene with Wurm over the last several days. I am going to keep it going and hope I can do so as well as Wurm has over the years. More info will be posted before the end of the year.
Astra 25 Dec 2011, 07:11
Re: 25 Dec 2011, 07:10
http://www.vision-and-spex.com/
25 Dec 2011, 07:10
So where is everyone gonna congregate when it shuts down?
peter g 24 Dec 2011, 13:28
Thanks to all who have given life to this site, and who have patiently explained so many things to those of us less knowledgeable.
Season's greetings!
AlainHMG 24 Dec 2011, 12:36
Merry Christmas! A special thanks to Wurm for his dedication on this site during all these years. We will miss Eyescene.
Sappho 24 Dec 2011, 02:35
As a lurker for several years but one who has felt no reason to post, I would like to add my appreciation. Like many others it has been an eye-opening (pun intended) experience to find others out there similar to me. I have been struck by the humanity and patience of the knowledgeable, and occasionally irritated by the minority who have failed to live and let live.
it has been interesting when old friends (real or imagined) reappear after several months — Phil, Jersey Girl and Laura C spring to mind, but there have been so many with a good story to tell.
My thanks to Wurm for his benevolent hosting all this time, but all good things come to an end, so they say, and I can only hope that the new meeting place will become a worthy successor.
Highmyope 24 Dec 2011, 01:13
Damn. I'm going to miss this place. I've been here since the late '90s, and it was such a revelation to discover I wasn't the only freak. :) Goodbye, Chris, and thank you for changing my life -- or at least my thinking.
Clare 24 Dec 2011, 00:25
Just wanted to say Happy Christmas everyone and thanks to Wurm for helping us all. I've learned so much through this site and have really valued it. All the best for 2012.
Astra 23 Dec 2011, 22:30
To all users,
Thanks for contributing 9500+ posts in year 2011.
LikeGlass 23 Dec 2011, 08:59
The end of an era... Sad. I do miss some of the characters that have been here, and especially the few I have met in person over the years. Wurm, you and SG in Disney were a classic! On this end of the states, although she hasn't posted in years, Chippie is doing fine and now has a granddaughter! Of course, 20/20 and myself are doing well. To the hundreds of others here, which I have conversed with over the last decade or so, going to miss you all! It was nice to have this place to come and meet.
LEO 23 Dec 2011, 07:48
Thank you WURM for three wonderful years of my LIFE! EYESCENE became an important part of my life !!
Forever grateful!!!
Leo
Stan 23 Dec 2011, 02:12
Sorry about that. I named the three of you as a reference to the "old days" and then I went into the faker thing, which had stunned me at the time. The way I stated it would have applied to all three but that was not my intent, just bad syntax. Please accept my apology.
Yuen-Ming 23 Dec 2011, 00:57
Stan,
I am not a fake. Very real.
Astra 22 Dec 2011, 23:27
Stan,
I don't have the necessary programming background.
I'm interested to have a common place for images relevant to glasses.
Stan 22 Dec 2011, 18:03
I feel a lot like what Puffin said on June 20 - maybe it's all been said before. That's why I don't participate much any more. But I must say I never felt unwelcome to post because of the frequency or volume of anyone else's posts. I remember thinking of Cactus Jack as one of the "new guys" and I don't even know Soundmanpt (no offense intended to either of you).
I can pretty much sum it up for the next iteration's FAQ, wherever it resides:
OO - sure enough, you're not alone. There's a bunch of us.
Induced myopia - give it up. Ain't gonna happen, at least if you're over 20 or so.
Stories about high myopes losing their glasses and groping around for them - if you're reading one, it's fiction.
Young ladies with increasing prescriptions worrying they'll "go blind" - they might be out there but they don't post about it and if they do, they're fakes.
GOC - fun for a while but it ain't the real thing. (see my comment on Induced myopia)
I hate to see this community go but c'est la vie. Best to everyone, olds and news, reals and fakes. It has been a fun couple of decades (!!!). Merry Christmas and farewell, EyeSceners.
Stan 22 Dec 2011, 18:02
WOW, I just found out that ES is ending.
I have been coming here forever, from the days of Jennifer and Gayle and Yuen-Ming. In fact, I believe I followed "Jennifer" here from usenet, SMV.
Finding out they were fakes was a huge disappointment but one of my most valued lessons about interacting on the Internet.
I also remember some of us were on that other, similar site with a weird name, Thunder's Vision Board or something like that. I liked ES better when it was one giant thread like that, but obviously that would be impractical with today's volumes.
I check in maybe once or twice a month, and usually just the "Seen on the Web" thread. I had no idea the proverbial sh_t had hit the proverbial fan around here. I would ask "What happened" but I can pretty much tell from going through some of the posts from the last year.
@CHRIS, THANKS A LOT, MAN! I've sure enjoyed this site over the years and I don't blame you at all for not wanting to babysit. It was kind of nice in the old days but I don't think we worked you too hard back then. We were all kind of self-moderating and at least tried to be respectful, IIRC. It looks like this has become a full time job. I wish you the best.
I have the necessary programming background to maintain this site but I don't want a full time job babysitting either. I wish I did because I will miss this place.
(continued)
Stan 22 Dec 2011, 18:00
Test - Problems posting. Is this thread locked?
gwgs 22 Dec 2011, 03:15
Chrisb - what a good point about Betsy! If you check all of her websites now, in their synopsis she mentions first and foremost she is a "girl with glasses" - now I doubt a few months ago if she had been asked to summarise herself that this would have been her one liner, and it is to this very website that we owe a lot of credit to that.
I think Wurm should also be extremely flattered that ES is mentioned in the same context as a household phrase, and world renowned website like Facebook. It just goes to show how a website can and should be run instead of having to register your true identity against everything you post - as wirth Facebook. Having said that, I'm sure Wurm wouldn't be complaining if this site had become as successful as FB, and was worth the same amount!!
Astra 21 Dec 2011, 22:41
chrisb,
Also think about "what is it men do in women desire?" .
and, socially, how generations of men and women today, grew up as children.
Astra 21 Dec 2011, 22:29
Crystal Veil,
": what's wrong with coming out of the closet outside this cosy village and tell the world about your fascination with glasses?"
not wrong.
but ... apart from fascinated about glasses, most visitors here have other fascination themselves.
chrisb 21 Dec 2011, 18:22
Cristal Veil,
I absolutely agree. Firstly about such a fitting epitaph to Wurm's great achievements over the years.
Then, that OO obsession should come out of the closet.
We've had the suspicion that other people writing in the old and new media have been impacted by the existence of ES and the postings here, but have possibly been reluctant to cite ES explicitly from concerns about possible 'fetishistic' accusations.
We've only got to think back a few months to Betsy Geezy's surprise that people (men) found her attractive, wearing glasses and the positive impact it had.
I'm not suggesting ES as a source of phsycological self help (sort of CBT by lens) but simply as a source of 'ideas'.
To slightly mis quote william blake.
"what is it women do in men desire? (transpose as appropriate)
ES helps us to the answer.
Chris
Crystal Veil 21 Dec 2011, 18:01
Evan, gwgs and last but not least Wurm,
Evan - thank you for unearthing this article. Read it with interest even though crippled by a bad concussion so I have to keep it short / slow. I enjoyed the way the writer is describing this (in my humble view, eccentric but rather innocent) village. Sometimes it takes the eye of an outsider to describe a city, a person, a landscape or any other phenomenon better than the insiders can. I had a big smile on my face when the writer mentioned terms like "cut in" and "power rings" - I learned those expressions during the past two or three years here at Eye Scene and now I am using them both here and in "the other world". The quotes about Facebook, I'm afraid, are very near the truth.
gwgs - your posting reminds me of a discussion I wished to start so often but never got round to start it, being too busy with the photo shoots. My question would be simply: what's wrong with coming out of the closet outside this cosy village and tell the world about your fascination with glasses? I am absolutely sure that Eye Scene is just the tip of an iceberg and there's lots of people attracted by the "bonus" of a well chosen pair of glasses. I am convinced that many opticians came to their profession that way. Gradually expanding my horizons, I noticed among the reactions on Mayhem Model and other sites that the one picture on a model's portfolio that shows her wearing glasses is often called the favourite of the viewers. I did my first exhibition out in the open, in the premises of my employer so to speak. The reactions were mixed - some highly encouraging, some unspoken but avoiding or not at ease. But I never regretted going for the exhibition as it was simply something that had to be shown. The media attention (newspapers, radio. television) was another confrontation but why not take up the challenge? Perhaps some of us here are too shy? Feel free to disagree....
Wurm - The phrase "The Eye Scene is a brilliant example of a subculture only the internet could have nurtured" in the article posted by Evan is perhaps the best praise ever for your great work. Call it an epitaph, but no doubt there will be reincarnation....
Just my 2 cents
good bye 21 Dec 2011, 15:31
thank you very very much, wurm. i never posted and i was not registered till now, but ES was like my secret family, which i daily visited. now it is realy very sad to say good bye.
god bless you all!
Brille 21 Dec 2011, 14:49
Well it's been great Eye Scene. I came across it 12 years ago or so. There were some good times.
Millhouse 21 Dec 2011, 14:45
-GwGS
Well put! Kinda feels good that we (eyescene community) have been externaly netxposed. But im a bit sad too- the end of an era. However 'we' know there others of us out there. Have a virtual beer on me wurm.
gwgs 21 Dec 2011, 08:27
What a fantastic find Evan, and what an extraordinarly well written article also, which showed no side of bias, nor did he criticise us for our infatuation of girls who wear glasses.
Reading that article was extremely sad for me as it brought to reality what is going to happen very shortly here. I "got into" girls wearing glasses when I was approx 16 years old, and have frequented this board for longer than I can remember, but at least since the turn of the millennium.
Now it is shutting down, as the author says in his article, where will be able to find a website that is as well run, well frequented by familiar users who post an interesting series of sightings, links to photos, and new projects (e.g. Stephan & Sandra, Crystal Veil).
For me the jury is certainly out, and I hope that someone can produce a worthy successor. I've maintained various Flickr/YouTube websites for a number of years which hopefully have an appreciative audience here (I know from the viewing stats they are well visited), but do not have the time, nor the technical knowhow to host, maintain & edit a message board as great as this.
Thanks Wurm for all that you have given us, and good luck with your future projects.
nickweymouth 21 Dec 2011, 08:22
sorry nmelissa you forgot diwali and more importantly to me
YULE
Melyssa 21 Dec 2011, 07:12
Happy Chanukah!!!!!!!!!
Along with Christmas, Kwanzaa, New Year, and Festivus -- for the rest of us. :)
Specs4Me 20 Dec 2011, 19:33
Since there is really no such thing as "Winter Holiday", I'd like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New year.
Astra 20 Dec 2011, 19:27
There's certainly more of a resemblance to a 1930s global economic depression , coupled with social habits developed afterwards...
2010-2011, there's a widespread economic depression.
"Facebook" ? sort of virtual communities I assume.
Are life not colorful enough for some individuals, they have to create a virtual "self" on "facebook" to satisfy their... ?
I cannot understand the excessive level of "trust" in users of "facebook", "google".
Ambitious ideas such as "QED project" disappear since 1980s.
Astra 20 Dec 2011, 19:03
Anyhow, wish you all a happy winter holiday.
Astra 20 Dec 2011, 18:52
User habit is changing with time.
Social factors, are you familiar ?
Astra 20 Dec 2011, 18:46
Evan,
Demographics is a cause.
Wurm 20 Dec 2011, 15:14
Thanks for the link, Evan. I guess I can click off another minute or two on my 15 minutes of fame counter.
I think he's probably right, at least regarding the broad outline of what wore down my willingness to continue. It was becoming clear to me that we'd need to either become some other sort of community (maybe paid, almost certainly credentialed somehow, and perhaps invisible to the internet at large) or simply close up shop. At least with me as the host. Ultimately I decided not to evolve to be more like Facebook, or the Wall Street Journal, or one of the boutique private forums.
I do see Flickr as the greater culprit in my case, with their inane "don't be creepy" rule papering over a lack of education regarding user privacy. (I speak of the Flickr of a couple of years ago - not sure if they've wised up since.) Facebook has generally kept their users' stuff more out of view and presumably offers less in the way of stat logging, so I never really heard much from Facebook users.
Change is inevitable, especially when you're talking about something relatively new like web forums. Running even a smallish anonymous forum in the US may become difficult as more laws come down the pike.
Evan 20 Dec 2011, 14:41
You guys might be interested in this, which mentions ES!
http://www.kernelmag.com/yiannopoulos/2011/12/facebook-is-destroying-fragile-subcultures/
nickweymouth 14 Dec 2011, 09:28
dmv sorry wAHT DO YOUR INTAILS STAND FOR
Wurm 14 Dec 2011, 09:08
Thanks everybody.
@still: I really appreciate your gesture of making a charitable contribution in honor of the site.
DNBursky 13 Dec 2011, 18:43
I thank the person, I believe his screen name is Wurm? For all the time putting in for this website. I have enjoyed the posts, and photos and stories, and will miss it. I hope this alternative website is just as good. :)
Thanks.
David
nickweymouth 13 Dec 2011, 14:53
dwv sorry mate im blonde lol
nickweymouth 13 Dec 2011, 14:52
dvw
nickweymouth 13 Dec 2011, 14:52
sorry dvw
nickweymouth 13 Dec 2011, 14:51
dmv sorry to ask old chap but before we all close down one has to ask what do your intailsstand for thank you wurm again
blessed be to all of you and a merry yule one and all
still 13 Dec 2011, 11:31
Chris, Once again let me say thank you for your generosity and work over all these years, which made our lives out here more enjoyable, and showed some of us that we were not alone, either. Some people, in what they do, enrich others, and you are one such person. Although I never contributed much to this site, I appreciated it, and will be making a donation to Doctors Without Borders in fond memory of this site. I will be out of town for much of December, and so this may be my farewell. Good luck to you in whatever you do, and good luck to all the fine members of this site. I hope to "see" you all again in the other place. Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year to you all.
Tino 13 Dec 2011, 05:28
Wurm, Thank you for hosting this site so well over the years. I've been visiting here for around 8 years but have only recently and occaisionally posted.
Val, I look forward to using the new site and hopefully from here I'll be able to achieve my goal
Albert 12 Dec 2011, 21:17
Wurm, I would like to add my thanks to those of the many others expressed on this thread. I am mainly a lurker, but am a daily visitor. I will miss this site, but am glad I found it when I did. I did take the time to go back on all the threads and read from the beginning. Best of luck and thanks again. Albert
Dieter 08 Dec 2011, 12:27
Revolver,
That's one of the major points that I like, being able to make corrections or even additions. Using the old eyescene, I've actually written text in Word, so that I could spell and grammer check, then cut and pasted to eyescene. No need for that nonsense with the new forum.
Specs4Me 08 Dec 2011, 11:55
As the year-end and the closing of Eyescene near, I would once again like to thank Wurm for this wonderful site. I've been coming here for 12 or 13 years, don't post much but I'm here generally at least once per day. It has been a pleasure to read the posts from so many folks, many of whom are very knowledgable about glasses and vision and I have learned much from them. I also enjoy the lighter banter from many posters that I find very entertaining.
Thank you, thank you Wurm. I know I like many others will miss this site and truly appreciate all that you have done over the years to keep this site up and running smoothly. I hope you stay around and that we will see you on the new site.
Revolver 08 Dec 2011, 09:09
Dang it! I just proved one of Specs4's points that you can make corrections and it'll cut down on correction posts. My last comment about becoming a poster was, of course, meant for Wurm.
Revolver 08 Dec 2011, 09:07
Specs4 & Dieter: agree with both of your comments in toto, and thanks for "beating the drum" to helpfully ensure all of us do become active there.
And in that vein, after giving us 14 wonderful years, you have a wealth of knowledge and hope you will be an active poster on the new forum.
specs4ever 08 Dec 2011, 08:02
I am getting to like the new site better and better all the time Dieter. If I don't want to post I can just click on it and see if anything new has been added without signing in. And I like the fact that you can read the posts without registering, but you have to sign in in order to post. Also, the ability to edit a post is nice - should make for a lot less "correction" posts.
And, while I haven't done it yet, it appears that you can set your preferences to show the newest posts first. I do know that you can click on new posts and it will only show new posts - but there hasn't been much activity recently. Guess everyone is waiting for the ball to drop.
Dieter 08 Dec 2011, 07:36
Specs4ever,
I agree and am looking forward to getting everyone back in the same place again. Its a hassle to watch both. As the new "eyescene" is a standard/typical "forum" style format, no one should fear it. I've been a member of several other forums, using the same format, for years and the benefits far exceed the extra overhead. You just have to work with it for a while to discover the shortcuts.
Specs4ever 08 Dec 2011, 07:09
Well, there are a few visitors going over to vision and specs at least. The first story I posted there in late September has had 663 visitors, and the last one I posted a couple of days ago has had 128 hits. So I am pretty sure that once this board is closed to new posts the visitor count there will increase nicely.
Astra 07 Dec 2011, 14:45
"Crystalline".
It was a pity, that the lens manufacturer placed these lenses as part of its advertisement of hi-index lenses.
I like the cross-section that has a lower ratio of thickness to height. I like the weight caused by thickness. almost crystalline. more distortion. simply alluring. especially if the rx gives good acuity to the nearsighted eyes.
http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4141/4744412572_8feb7a8d67_m.jpg
Val 25 Nov 2011, 15:51
I appreciate your kind words and support.
Like Bobby said, the software is provided by freeforums.org. They also provide internet hosting services and you can choose how much you want to pay / month to use their webspace and bandwidth. There is the 100% free option, but it's not recommended because the ads can be annoying. There is also a premium option, where you can upload your own software.
Note: they do not allow XXX on their servers. So i will delete any postings with XXX content.
The software offers a lot of possibilities: you can view only the forums with new messages if you want, you can edit anytime your own posts, you can send private messages or emails to the members and so on...
I wish you all a happy browsing.
Let Eyescene live forever,
Yours, Val
http://www.vision-and-spex.com/index.php
Revolver 25 Nov 2011, 11:16
Like everyone else, I offer kudos to Wurm for what he's done over the years, about 12 for me albeit rarely as a poster.
But OnLooker nailed it when he said it's up to us to make the new site what we want it to be. Let's forget about format even though I don't find it as user friendly as this one, and now concentrate on content. Eyescene is the medium, and we are the message. Again, thank you Wurm and now let's move on. Thank you Val, for making it possible.
Bobby 25 Nov 2011, 10:17
To Slit:
The system Vision-and-spex runs on is a whole complete package provided by FreeForum.org. The features of the system are described at their site. No html knowledge is needed to run it.
The structure Val have chosen is very simple. One layer of Forums, in each of which particular topics can be created to separate the threads, themes, stories etc. We decided to keep it as simple as possible by deleteing all subforums. So now there is only one layer of Forums. It is a very practical and useful feature as many people are going to read only their favourite forums/topics.
To Galileo:
You do not need to fill in anything but a nickname, some email address to confirm your registration, and choose a password. The password is very pactical, as in the new system no-one can pretend to be you. The moderators will see only the information you enter into your profile. We cannot see your IP. So, you do not need to be afraid of anything. BTW, are you sure about your other web activities (browsing, e-mailing, shopping, etc.) to be safe?
specs4ever 25 Nov 2011, 08:26
All I can say is that Val has done his best to set up a replacement place for us to go. Once you get used to the navigation it really isn't hard. And as far as the registration I registered using my "internet" credentials back when he first opened it, and had no problem.
So, for those that are unhappy, either step up to the plate and create what you want for a new site, or end your participation when this site shuts down at the end of the year.
And I am most thankful for Wurm having provided Eyescene for the last 16 years as a forum for us. The work was thankless, the time involved was all donated, and still he had people who complained. I can certainly understand him wanting to bow out and carry on with his life.
Slit 25 Nov 2011, 07:19
Hi Val,
Thanks for the response. As of now, I am also a very new beginner with HTML, with almost zero knowledge about php.
Over the next few months I am continuing to study web design, probably will be able to contribute more.
As of now, what you have done is wonderful. Keep up good work. Will try my best to provide some support.
Galileo 25 Nov 2011, 07:12
Hi Val, thank you for your efforts in setting up the new site. I will however be a lurker, the background privacy policies of the board provider do not fill me with confidence and the amount of personal information required by their registration system goes beyond what I'm prepared to give.
So thanks for setting it up, I will be a reader but not a member.
hooked 25 Nov 2011, 03:57
Why should vision-and-spex look like Eyescene?
IMHO content is more important than form.
Nonetheless I thank Wurm for this forum even if I'm not so active. But it is not the first web site I open, it's only the second. (The first one is a German forum about soccer where I'm a moderator.)
Val 25 Nov 2011, 01:34
I am the one that started vision-and-spex forum. I agree, it's a little hard to use, but, when I started it, it seemed so simple.
Wurm was kind enough to offer us nine months advance to start a new forum. Actually in the first three month nothing happened. We still have one and a half month before closure.
I don't know how to make vision-and-spex look like Eyescene. I can only reorganize the postings and the threads to be more accessible. Maybe one solution to the problem will be to create only one thread and all the postings will be under that thread. I am open to new ideas.
So please email me at tpcv21@yahoo.com
Slit 24 Nov 2011, 23:21
I must commend the excellent job of starting vision-and-spex at the time of closure of eyescene.
As I have mentioned before also, Eyescene has been a great place for us to interact and discuss, without being misunderstood. (some topics we discuss here will be too much fetish for many in our society.)
One of the most attractive features of ES technically was the ease of navigation, which is diffecult to achieve in bulletin board styled forums.
Is there a way to adopt the same ES model to the new site as well?
OnLooker 24 Nov 2011, 03:27
It's a shame that ES is shutting down, internet will never be the same again!! I hope the "new" place will be a good replacement...Ihave spent hours, days even, scrolling down threads, chatting about my favourite fantasm, GWGs and vision-glasses related matters!! Wurm; you gave us an awesome lot of pleasure and above all you contributed to the fact that we no longer feel lonely in this glasses fetishism.
All the best for the new place, i guess it's up to us all to make it as good as ES, let's take it as a challenge 0-0 people...
23 Nov 2011, 22:18
Daffy - you registered at what new place?
A 'replacement' for EyeScene?
Trent 23 Nov 2011, 20:28
Wurm, Just want to say thanks for all you have done over the years. I'm a long time fan who has been checking in daily almost since the beginning. My hope is that you will not disappear from the 'scene' and will continue to post now and then. Bye for now Wurm.
daffy 23 Nov 2011, 07:20
just registered at the 'new' place. Just found out that this place is shuting down...wow. did't see that coming. thanks all for the memories
chrisb 19 Nov 2011, 14:33
wurm,
before you wave goodbye to us all, i wonder if you would mind emailing me privately for a brief chat about some aspects of the site and also some nostalgia.
thanks
chrisb
crb40@hermes.cam.ac.uk
19 Nov 2011, 11:26
looks like a bunch of posts have been deleted again in some threads. what's going on?
nickwewymouth 10 Nov 2011, 14:52
to all are colonail cousins happy thanksgiving day
Revolver 08 Nov 2011, 08:40
Dieter:
That was a misspeak on my part in my earlier post on this thread about "yourself included", as you weren't. I considered it, but the story is about the posters and while you have posted, it's not really enough to profile you in a recognizable manner. The body of your fine work is on Bobby's site and perhaps not all of the posters have taken the time to read it.
Astra 07 Nov 2011, 23:16
Re: Slit 30 Oct 2011, 02:18
In retrospect, I usually visit Eyescene BBS for sharing photo links or experiences.
Thread Induced myopia ... there are different experiences of people who would like to induce myopia, so that I can be curious about various experience these people had.
Dieter 07 Nov 2011, 20:01
Revolver,
It seemed obvious who everyone was in your well written story. But I confess that I did not recognize myself. Help . . .
Revolver 06 Nov 2011, 08:58
Shekhar: the story was a bit of a parody on a few things, and a light hearted tribute to the many posters that have made ES such a success over the years. Garden Party was just the medium for the message. And as far as the ending, perhaps in your country you aren't deluged with ads on the telly about prescription drugs for erectile dysfunction. In the U.S. we are deluged, and each ad contains a disclaimer about the side effects of the drug,one of which is "see your doctor if you experience and erection lasting more than four hours".
As far as the characters, I have met 2 of them personally and corresponded with others, but the rest I could only try to glean a profile from their postings. And the line about "Yoko even brought her walrus" was directly from the song, spoofing Yoko Ono bringing her husband John Lennon.
Specs4: thank you, a kind word from the master is always appreciated.
specs4ever 05 Nov 2011, 18:19
Shekar, the theme of the story is based on a song from the 70's called Garden Party by Ricky Nelson. If you find it on youtube and listen to it you will probably understand the story better. I also liked your tale Revolver, and yes I did spot myself at the party.
shekhar 05 Nov 2011, 13:50
dear dieter and revolver.
to be very honest, i didn't understand what was so special in the story "garden party ". actually i m still confused that why that man was unconscious ? was he just dreaming certain things.. or something else .. end leaded to nothing..
sorry
Puffin 05 Nov 2011, 13:36
I have written two more stories "Fog of War" and "What Sally saw" - they need a bit of editing, though. They will be put on the new site soon hopefully.
Revolver 05 Nov 2011, 09:08
Dieter: coming from you, I consider that the highest possible compliment. I've not posted here but always read it, and am an aficionado of the stories on Bobby's site. Without question, your stories are the very best, each of them unique, well written, and entertaining so to receive a word of praise from such a fine author made my day. I've written many stories over the years and had one I was going to post prior to Garden Party but my flash drive crashed and I have to start over. If there's interest, will revive a few of the other ones. Thanks again.
P.S.: were you able to identify the ES posters that were in attendance at the Party, yourself included?
midnight 04 Nov 2011, 19:03
lets leave the discussion of religon out of this besides why should it be anyone elses buisness what god or power you worship fyi there were 2 types of celtic religions btw thats a fact jack and christians well i won't set myself up for a bad night lets just put it that way instead ill shake my head and walk away
Dieter 04 Nov 2011, 16:24
Revolver,
I just read your story "Garden Party" on Bobby's site. One word - brilliant!
Bobby's site updated 01 Nov 2011, 21:14
I have just updated my website with stories and moprhs of women with glasses.
nickwewymouth 31 Oct 2011, 11:22
thank you wurm being wiccan this is a very holly night for me
as foir genius yes you are right wiccan has been here for a long long time
any one disagreas ill turn them into a toad as if i could pmsl
Genius 31 Oct 2011, 09:26
and it's also well known that the Celts stole their festivals from even earlier times. So blah, blah, blah...
Wurm 31 Oct 2011, 08:38
You're off topic.
One of the differences between going on political or religious rambles down the pub and doing it online is that after a few pints everybody can vent their spleen and it's usually forgotten the next day. But online the post is still staring at everyone the next day so the bad feelings never clear.
Happy wild night of your choosing.
ehpc 31 Oct 2011, 07:25
Doubtless someone will say I am 'off-topic' (although in the last couple of months of 'EyeScene' perhaps we can relax that a little bit). Although I am a Scot I am not a Nationalist - however it is undeniable that the supression and repression of Celtic spirituality by Christianity is one of the great spiritual repressions of all time.
ehpc 31 Oct 2011, 07:17
'in order to serve...............'
ehpc 31 Oct 2011, 07:17
I am worthy of the greatest respect:) The Celtic Year is indeed interesting.All these Fectivals (including Xmas) were of course 'stolen' by Christianity, as we know, in Christianity's attempt to demolish all other religions, in to serve it's own propaganda.
nickwewymouth 31 Oct 2011, 06:43
in deed it is sir eve is when thew door between the worlds is weakest new found respect for you pete blessed be
ehpc 31 Oct 2011, 06:36
Good man. Strictly speaking, of course, Samhain is 1st November, but of course the 'eve' of Samhain is generally regarded as the most 'potent' time.
nickwewymouth 31 Oct 2011, 05:53
one knows that to the colonies this is halloween but to me and others thought id wish you all
HAPPY SAMHAIN
Slit 30 Oct 2011, 02:18
Wurm,
Seconding Puffin, I would say this is one of the first 3 pages I open first every day, (other two being gmail and facebook!) and it has been the case for all this yrs. - in fact ES used to be the first page to open ever since 2001, when facebook was not even an idea in Zuckerbergs mind!
Over all these years I have enjoyed the virtual company of all like minded, and would love to let the spirit live on.
Look forward to continue the company in http://www.vision-and-spex.com/
Puffin 29 Oct 2011, 18:01
I too have visited daily almost since discovering this site so long ago, I think at least 10 years. It's going to be very strange not doing so. Like leaving a house you've lived in for a long time.
Hansel 29 Oct 2011, 15:23
As the thread, appropriately, has become an appreciation of Wurm's efforts over the years, I would add my own.
Wurm, the site has been one of my daily must visits.
Thank you for all your efforts as moderator/site owner etc etc over time. I have signed up to the new vision and spex site, but old habits die hard and I am sure it will take me a while longer to get into the habit of heading there instead of here.
Best wishes for the future.
Chris aka Hansel
Wurm 29 Oct 2011, 14:55
That's very kind Bobby. I'd like to take you up on that someday. If you visit the Western US I hope you'll drop me a note. Maybe we can get together.
And many thanks to you for your story and GOC site. I've visited many times and will continue to do so.
Bobby 29 Oct 2011, 12:38
Wurm, I want to express my thanks from the bottom of my heart for all those years you have been running this web site. I still remember the first day I came over this discussion and started reading. I am very appreciative for what you have done for all of us, and of course personally for myself. Your work has been amazing.
Thank you very very much my dear friend. If you ever travel to central Europe, do not hesitate do sent me an e-mail, I will send you my name, phone, and address. It would be an honor for me to meet you and to shake your hand. Anything I can do for you will be done.
Wurm 29 Oct 2011, 11:46
I think in a couple of weeks (mid-November) I'll delete the assorted link threads and put up a Nostalgia thread for reminiscences about ES and about your other glasses-related experiences over the years.
That thread and all the other discussion threads will stay up for posting through December and will then become read-only. I'll continue to link to the Vision and Spex board as long as it's a going concern.
Ben Franklin 21 Oct 2011, 08:19
Wurm,
Thanks for all your work. This forum rocked.
nickweymouth 18 Oct 2011, 15:52
well said uncle cactus
Cactus Jack 18 Oct 2011, 09:59
Typos are us today.
C.
Cactus Jacl 18 Oct 2011, 09:57
Leon,
ES has been a treasured old friend indeed to us all. Perhaps Val will create a place on Vision-and-Spex for Wurm and he will visit now and then. I think most of the ES members will migrate to V&S.
C.
Leon 18 Oct 2011, 07:27
@Cactus Jack: I know, I know. And I will register. It's just that this website and Wurm have been such 'dear friends' for the past 10 years...
Cactus Jack 18 Oct 2011, 04:50
Leon,
One nice thing about http://www.vision-and-spex.com/ is that unlike Eyescene, you can edit out typos without doing a new post. Sigh up should be sign up in the previous post.
C.
Cactus Jack 18 Oct 2011, 04:48
Leon,
Don't be devastated. Wurm wants to move on to other adventures and he has certainly earned the right to do it.
He has passed the torch to
http://www.vision-and-spex.com/
Check it out, sigh up, and help make it as good as Eyescene or even better.
C.
Leon 18 Oct 2011, 04:00
Is EyeScene really closing? I'm devastated...
Jamie32 17 Oct 2011, 19:06
Eric and Lurker,
Unfortunately I think some of us who write gay men and glasses stories have kinda lost some enthusiasm as we didn't know there was really any audience for those stories anymore:( Seeing your responses makes me think there may be such an audience there, so it make get me into writing some again.
If you want to chat more about this, jump over to the new forum and then we can chat about it:)
nickweymouth 17 Oct 2011, 18:10
hi puffin great storie mate
Puffin 17 Oct 2011, 17:20
I am not certain I could write anything to do the subject justice. Like all writers I write from what I know, with a bit of SF and fantasy thrown in (where you are free to make your own rules, as long as they make some sort of sense).
Being a hetrosexual male, I find writing from that perspective easier. I think can do it from a lesbian's viewpoint, since what we are both looking at is the same thing, although we probably thinking somewhat different things about what we see. When it comes to considering gay males, I freely admit I have got absolutely no experience of that - I personally have never known any gay men - or perhaps they were and didn't say. I wouldn't want to take a story and change the sex of the characters, that seems a false and fake way to do it.
Admittedly I do write from the perspective of a teenage girl in "Dear Diary" but I have known enough of them, I think, to say something vaguely sensible.
There's nothing to stop anyone writing anything, as far as I know.
lurker 17 Oct 2011, 14:09
I agree, where are the male gay stories at my all time favorite is the "Weird" one. Now thats my type of story.
http://bobbygoc.sweb.cz/migstories/weird.htm
Puffin 16 Oct 2011, 14:07
dammit, I thought I had caught all the typos!
Puffin 16 Oct 2011, 14:04
I have just posted my new story "The Rampant Horse" on the new site.
Eric 16 Oct 2011, 12:16
how come there are a lack of gay male stories =/ Ive been dying to read some NEW strories, or stories from the past that arent posted.
All4Eyes 15 Oct 2011, 23:18
I've just registered over at the "new Eyescene", still keeping my same nickname. I do think it's kind of nice that there's a fantasy thread over there, I know we have other sites for those stories (thank you, Bobby!), but that has always been one of the things I missed about the "original Eyescene".
Puffin 15 Oct 2011, 21:01
Just to warn anyone out there who might possibly be interested, I have just completed a story entitled "the Rampant Horse" - a tale of darts, myopia and misunderstandings. It needs a bit of editing and spell checking, and will be posted up on the new site soon.
Puffin 15 Oct 2011, 21:01
Just to warn anyone out there who might possibly be interested, I have just completed a story entitled "the Rampant Horse" - a tale of darts, myopia and misunderstandings. It needs a bit of editing and spell checking, and will be posted up on the new site soon.
Crystal Veil 15 Oct 2011, 07:17
Talking about editing of stories - my first story ever will be posted on my weblog soon.
Puffin 15 Oct 2011, 04:08
Hello Midnight, I just sent you a copy.
midnight 15 Oct 2011, 01:35
puffin i like the old version have always enjoyed your stories email is friday4one@gmail.com i would so love a copy of this story you have sent it to me before but i lost it when my last computer broke ill be sure to save it this time
Puffin 14 Oct 2011, 19:51
Midnight, that sounds like an old story of mine, "Crime and Punishment". I have it on file here, but the text needs editing before I could put it up for public viewing.
(it's in a old html file - a bit of a mess).
To be honest I'm not sure I want to put all my old stories up again, some are better than others, I might want to rewrite this one and I don't have much time at the moment, any time I do have is put towards new stories.
if you really want it though, I can email it.
Soundmanpt 14 Oct 2011, 15:27
That goes for me as well. A great job! But I am sure your ready for a much needed rest? Enjoy life.
I only hope I can used to the new one. It looks much different.
midnight 14 Oct 2011, 15:26
before this shuts down i will try 1 more time i am looking for a story 1 in particular it is of a women who goes to jail but is offered a alternate prison sentence of poor vision i believe the author is puffin and would very much appreciate and be thankful for any assistance in said matter if not i would just like to say thank you to the senior members of this site for makeing me feel that maybe i am not as strange as i thought i was in high school you made an awkward kid feel accepted i am very sad that this is ending but excited to explore other horizonz best of luck to our site admins and forum moderators
Glasses Lover 14 Oct 2011, 13:33
Wurm,
You've been an excellent moderator and overseer of this site.
All I can offer is my thanks.
Wurm 14 Oct 2011, 11:15
Bobby has a collection of Eddy's tales over at his site:
http://bobbygoc.sweb.cz/otherauthors/eddy.htm
Chopra 14 Oct 2011, 00:13
Did anybody ever collect Eddy's postings? Over the years I don't think there was anybody else who could make me roar laughing more consistently.
Flaine 13 Oct 2011, 18:52
Never really visit this thread before but really sad to see that eyescene would be closed..i really hope we all can continue this glasses topic over at the 'new eyescene' once this once shuts down? Anyways thanks to the owners of this site! Really pearnt alot about vision and stuff from reading those long threads! Sorry that this has to happen!!
Puffin 13 Oct 2011, 16:03
Perhaps in the last month or so, certain selected threads could have further postings turned off (perhaps "seen on the web", "post your prescription", etc) - or perhaps the last couple of weeks - with a pointer to the new website, during the wind-down process and encourage some traffic over there. It's going to have to happen, it can either happen gradually or all at once.
I am also trying to post anything new or significant over there only. Perhaps others could do the same.
Clare 13 Oct 2011, 15:14
Wurm - sorry to hear that Eyescene is closing down. I can't believe I first found it 10 years ago and how much I've learned about vision and glasses since then. So, thanks for that and all the dedication you've provided to keep it running. I'll be sorry to see it disappear.
I, Glasses 13 Oct 2011, 11:35
Well, maybe I need some eye-glasses.
Julian 13 Oct 2011, 10:50
I, Glasses: the URL of the new site is right at the top of the EyeScene front page - what more do you want?
Cactus Jack 13 Oct 2011, 08:32
"New Eyescene" URL is http://www.vision-and-spex.com/
I, Glasses 13 Oct 2011, 08:07
What is the URL of the 'new Eyescene' again, please?
Could a link be posted in a permanent place at the top of the 'threads by most recent post' page? Thanks.
specs4ever 13 Oct 2011, 06:51
I posted the following message over on the new Eyescene, but after I did I realized that over there I was preaching to the folks that have dropped by the new site. The people I really want to reach are those that haven't registered, nor have they tried to use the new message board.
I have been visiting here at least once a day, and posting whenever I feel I have something to add. I have been hoping that many of the other people from eyescene would gradually start to gravitate to this site. I don't want to see Eyescene close down, but it is going by the wayside by the end of 2011. It seems as if this fact has not sunk in to many of the others, but it is going to happen folks. To me it seems that since Val has provided this site, which he is paying for out of his own pocket, the least we can do is support him with some activity.
So, I suppose that it will actually take the closing of Eyescene to bring people on board. The day that eyescene closes people will be dragged here kicking and screaming, and there will be all sorts of complaints about how Eyescene was so much better, and easier to use and so on
As I say, I have been dropping in here at least daily, and I have taken the time to learn how to navigate around a new site. It is a little bit harder, but I certainly appreciate what Val has done.
Wurm 07 Oct 2011, 19:04
Some sort of farewell/nostalgia thread would be in order.
I guess I did most of the heavy lifting so I'll try to be the gracious recipient of whatever comes my way. But I hope we can also remember some of the great posts and happenings over the years such as Eddy's stories, the meetups in Vegas, etc.
minus 5 who luvs gwgs 07 Oct 2011, 13:28
Thanks for everything the site is fantastic
Galileo 07 Oct 2011, 12:36
I've been thinking that as Wurm intends to leave the threads up to view maybe he could start a Testimonials thread about a month before Eyescene closes and we could all leave our thanks there in one place. What do you think Chris?
nickweymouth 07 Oct 2011, 11:45
may one add to this thread and add my thanks to mr wurm i didnt always talk but visited every day may i wish everyone freinds and enemies all the ebst may the godess walk with you all
blessed be Nick
Soundmanpt 07 Oct 2011, 11:36
Millhouse
Like you i think we all will miss this site. I know I will, it has become big part of my life. Thanks for the kind words.
Let's hope other sites will be around soon and that Val's works well for us all.
Millhouse 07 Oct 2011, 10:14
- Wurm,
As others have said, Thanks for the use of the site over the years- I have to admit to being a bit of a lurker with the odd bit of posting etc, just me I guess. I hope all goes well with you.
C Jack, thanks for you advice (some time ago now) regarding prescriptions and adjusting to being a full time wearer with a high(ish) rx.
Soundmanpt, Filthy MCnasty, Astra, Val, Crystal Veil (my hero) and many others over the months, thank you all for your input and other intersting sightings, caps, stories, comments. Good karma to you all.
Val 26 Sep 2011, 13:56
Julian, please try to register again. There is no user name Julian between the 48 names registered.
Julian 26 Sep 2011, 08:51
Lucky old you! Every time I try to log in I get a message saying "You have specified an incorrect username" I hope this new board gets off the ground OK, but it isn't looking very promising so far.
myopeinher 26 Sep 2011, 05:20
Sorted,now joined,thanks
Val 26 Sep 2011, 00:09
I am sorry the many troubles you've had with the registration.
I've removed the need for activation. I've also activated the new accounts: soundmanapt, myopeinhere, specs4me, johny555us...
Please try to login with your own passwords and if you still encounter troubles we will fix it also.
myopeinhere 25 Sep 2011, 17:40
still nothing,i used kwackaherald@hotmail.com
Julian 25 Sep 2011, 16:20
I've had the same experience as Myopeinhere. Is it possible there's a flaw in the registration process?
Love and kisses, Jules.
-0^0-
Spexy guys ares sexy guys
Val 25 Sep 2011, 14:40
Myopeinhere, i've resent the activation mail.
I don't know if you want me to write in here the email address you used when you registered the forum.
My email is tpcv21@yahoo.com, if you still need help, please email me.
myopeinhere 25 Sep 2011, 14:27
nah,and checked junk and spam folders
still 25 Sep 2011, 13:57
Myopinhere - Didn't they e-mail it to you?
myopeinhere 25 Sep 2011, 12:50
Tried to join Vals site,but my activation link never appeared????
Puffin 25 Sep 2011, 10:41
I just posted a question on Val's board about what was it like to get your first glasses. No doubt we have talked about this before, if anyone wants to talk about that or anything else to do with glasses, then they are invited to do so there as well as here.
Hoping we can have more than just posting up pics found on the net.
Melyssa 25 Sep 2011, 09:51
The Glasses Girl is now an official member of the new version of Eyescene, vision-and-spex.com. I do hope it provides as much enjoyment and knowledge as I have had on this website for the past 7.5 years.
Val 25 Sep 2011, 04:23
Thank you Wurm for posting a link to the new forum. I don't want to say "my forum" because I don't consider it mine. I only started it.
A few ours ago, there were 19 user names registered, but some of them were not activated.
If someone encounters some troubles, please email me at tpcv21@yahoo.com we will sort it out.
Puffin 24 Sep 2011, 11:06
I just signed up on Val's new Eyescene board. There's a bit of advertising but apart from that it seems okay, just a case of getting used to it. We're going to have to go somewhere, so why not go there?
nickweymouth 24 Sep 2011, 09:29
hello ive just joined the nerw forumthank you
and wurm best of in everything you do sir
Specs4ever 24 Sep 2011, 09:02
I see that there are now 15 registered members over at the new site. It will take time, but I hope that enough other people register so that we can have it up and running before the end of the year.
I will be very sad to see the end of Eyescene, and I would like to thank Wurm for all his efforts over the past 15 years.
Wurm 23 Sep 2011, 21:07
Good idea Puffin. I've linked Val's forum from the front page.
Puffin 23 Sep 2011, 18:39
Perhaps any new successor sites could be linked to the front page of this one? It will give them a chance to get off the ground. And if one is really good, people will use it just as this one is used.
Slit 23 Sep 2011, 13:00
Thanks Val for great work, good initiative!
Wurm: we always admire your commitment so far to this community, and look forward to have your engagement on new version of ES too...
Unfortunately I do not have a capability to website development, otherwise could have made some contribution. :(
Wurm 23 Sep 2011, 10:05
Don't forget to try Val's new ES at http://eyescene.freeforums.org/
Glasses Lover, I'm not going to continue as the "boss" of ES. It's time for me to turn the page. But I've made myself available to help out anyone who would like to continue it, or something like it.
Glasses Lover 23 Sep 2011, 08:46
Hey, Mr Wurm... any chance at reconsidering?
Laulau_Fr 23 Sep 2011, 07:38
Hello,
I read the site to be closed in December 2011.
This site is a wealth of information for us all.
We must do something
I propose that I create a forum containing the same items we have in eyescene
following me?
My mail: unbisounours@gmail.com
Wurm 23 Sep 2011, 05:09
Thanks for using the site and for those very kind thoughts!
Mister Roberts 22 Sep 2011, 23:47
I will miss this very much. Thank you to Wurm for your dedication to this site. As a long time lurker and occasional poster. I will miss this as an important part of my journey through the glasses oriented part of my life. Thanks dear freind for all the enjoyment you have given us over the years.
Wurm 22 Sep 2011, 19:25
Hi Crystal Veil,
Thanks for your nice post. I'll certainly be visiting your photo blog. It's a wonderful project and I find something to enjoy about every shoot.
Crystal Veil 22 Sep 2011, 17:37
Hi Wurm,
three months to go before the curtain falls - I fully understand and respect your motives but the world will be a poorer place without ES. I am sorry for being unable to be of any assiatance in a follow-up. This requires a younger person who knows the modern media. Do keep in touch in 2012, you know where to contact me.
Wurm 21 Sep 2011, 21:02
Hi geist,
Thanks for your interest. I'm still planning to close ES to posting at the end of December. I'll leave the threads up as an archive and perhaps retains some sort of guestbook functionality so people can exchange contact info and post here if new forums start up.
Bobby 21 Sep 2011, 18:17
If I get any stories there will be the October update. As Crystal Veil made his fantastic update this month, so I did not ask S4E for any stories.
geist 21 Sep 2011, 18:10
Late September, any update on the shutdown?
Bobby updated 26 Aug 2011, 02:16
I have updted the story website. 2 stories by Specs4ever and 2 morphs by myself.
Sorry for the delay, I was very busy and very stressed, so this had to wait ...
Bobby 18 Jul 2011, 14:06
I think it is a teenager. It is probably raining in his country and his parents do not have money to go to the sea with him, so he is trying to kil the time. Let us ignore him.
lentifan 18 Jul 2011, 14:04
These malicious postings by 'Rejecting the Ban', whoever that is, are really just acts of vandalism. Evidence of a juvenile and possibly warped mind.
Rejecting The Ban 18 Jul 2011, 13:52
Wurm, enjoy your power of autocratic banning (and deleting)! Let's start with n
Rejecting The Ban 18 Jul 2011, 13:51
Wurm, enjoy your power of autocratic banning (and deleting)! Let's start with n
Rejecting The Ban 18 Jul 2011, 13:49
Wurm, enjoy your power of autocratic banning (and deleting)! Let's start with n
bigO 12 Jul 2011, 14:32
I have been reading ES since the earliest days when it was all just a single page thread. Maybe some may even remember me. I haven't posted for a long time though but I am sad to see what -- to me -- is a piece of Internet history fall by the wayside. I know what running a site is like and I commend Wurm for having the will to run this one so well for so long. The Internet is fast becoming all the things we didn't want it to be and this kind of website is one of the few "oldskool" places where those changes have not occurred. I for one, will miss this place when it goes.
ehpc 08 Jul 2011, 17:20
Fantastic, Val :) Pete
Val 08 Jul 2011, 15:41
Thank you Wurm, for letting us use the name Eyescene.
Emphasis on "us".
The first time I've read about Eyescene's closing I was very sad, because, like most readers here, it is the first site I go to when I open the computer every day. And it's been like that for almost 11 years already.
And, like many others in here, I stumbled upon Eyescene google-ing about glasses.
The second variant of Eyescene was the first one for me. And the threads were moderated by people like Julian and others. And we can do it again today. Thank you Slit for offering to do some moderation.
And thank you all for the support.
My email is tpcv21@yahoo.com, so I'm expecting emails from anybody who wants to help.
Soundmanpt 08 Jul 2011, 12:05
I think most people would be happy to see something they created continue on. And now seeing Wurm say he has no problem with that either that should be the end of it. Val I wish you the best in this effort.
Specs4ever 08 Jul 2011, 11:43
Actually Val, Wurm has said that he would be willing to have someone take over Eyescene as it is. If there were changes to be done, I am certain that this could also be done by anyone who took it over. You should contact Wurm and see if the two of you can work something out.
Puffin 08 Jul 2011, 11:15
Perhaps we should have a poll, if this isn't one already.
Personally I don't mind what it's called, it's the content that's important.
matthewson 08 Jul 2011, 11:14
the name should live on - everyone of us know, the original eyescene is, was and will be wurm's, which we'll always appreciate - but things go on, it´s a perfect name for the whole thing and it's showing respect to the original eyecene.
my two myopic cents.
Wurm 08 Jul 2011, 10:32
Hi Val,
I appreciate that you're going to give it a try.
I think using the name is OK. It's the kind of thing that should sort itself out naturally. If your forum gets popular, that's great. If it doesn't, then using the name doesn't really pose any threat to others who might want to claim it.
Slit 08 Jul 2011, 07:55
hi all,
being another 10yr+ member of ES, would like to drop a line on closure.
first and foremost, it will be a sad news if this happens. ES used to be the first page i visit every time i come home after a long long day, and when i was travelling abroad there had been times i spend extra bucks to take a look at the site once in a while...
i understand the situation going on. there is a big time difficulty in managing the site with some annoying / undisciplined people.
if ever we move to a new forum model, i would like to help out in any way that i can, although i am not a technical expert. may be forum moderation is something i can do.
re: annoying posters: we should be strict about them. if there is a way to track IP addresses, we can block such IPs.
ehpc 08 Jul 2011, 07:46
That is a matter for Wurm to decide. He might be very pleased to 'bequeath' the site name. Don't attack Val's thoughtful efforts:) I for one appreciate them, Val.
Puffin 08 Jul 2011, 04:14
No reason why you can't call it something else.
Tulip 08 Jul 2011, 02:14
To Val.
To me this would be like a stab in the back. Wurm IS eyescene and you're not. So don't!
Val 08 Jul 2011, 01:10
@Wurm: If someone will start a new forum like Eyescene, will you agree to let him use the name Eyescene for the new site ?
I don't have any experience in managing sites, but I think I can learn.
I started a forum http://eyescene.freeforums.org/ as a test.
If you don't agree with this, I will delete the forum.
Crystal Veil 07 Jul 2011, 17:05
Spot on, YoYo, you are absolutely right - but I feel sympathy towards VFL, I understand his sorrow.
When I first saw a picture of my partner on a dating site, I sat rooted to the spot. I noticed that she was in glasses but it was the look in her eyes that did it. Almost aloof, a bit uneasy, but with a sort of pride as well, the look of a woman who had lived an intense life without losing her grip of things. In other words, stability. I decided to wait 24 hours and to have another look at the picture and then contact her if she'd have the same impact on me. And she did.... So I sent her an email with a big compliment, really expecting nothing at all, not even a reject. No answer came, so I started dating other women (all in glasses), great dates, but something kept withdrawing me. Ten days later I received an email and boy, it was her - sending me a message that she was honoured and suggesting a place & time for a date, her motto was "surprise me!". I was clearly an outsider from her point of view. When we saw eachother from a distance for the first time, I spread my armes, walked towards her, gave her a big hug and simply said, "You really exist - and I'm so happy to see you!". This may sound as a carte blanche and in some ways it was - so much to be "filled in" but my simple basic feeling came through and this soon lead to a relation which is still going strong after three years. I only later noticed that her glasses were twice as strong as expected, but that was merely a bonus. Some of the aloof feel of the first picture was caused by the -11 lenses in her glasses. Needless to say, I would have stepped out very soon if there had been serious alarm signals. I love her as a person, as a woman, and I like the bonus of her strong glasses - but in that order!
VFL - there are plenty of fish in the sea, high myopic or just very mild.... I wish you luck!
Millhouse 07 Jul 2011, 12:44
VHL- Im sure we are all with you on that! Long live GWG. You'll be ok, move on, get out there, make friends. If it helps i do undestand how you feel, and as an O^O myself let me say i am also single and 'in the same boat' be cool mate and coolamondoe as the fonz says!
Yoyo 07 Jul 2011, 12:41
Yes, while I'll always enjoy looking at women in glasses, IMO it's the kind of thing you have to be willing to put aside in the search for a romantic companion. My long-term girlfriend (who I'm very happy with) only wears weak minus glasses occasionally (to watch movies, etc.), and the glasses are not at all the reason I'm attracted to her.
Glasses are objects, often nice to look at, but they are not a replacement for personality.
VFL 07 Jul 2011, 11:35
What happened is I gave to much to someone who was unworthy. The glasses is what pulled me in and kept me in. The relationship ended very badly and once again I am kicking myself for being so stupid. When will I ever learn? I have discussed this with professionals and even though I intellectually know what is happenening with me, I have never been able to resist the pull of the lenses. Ah well, live and learn and try to do better next time.
Thank you all for coming to my side. I am just glad that I am not alone in my love of the lens.
Bob 07 Jul 2011, 00:12
I hate to think this site may be coming to an end. It has been a part of my daily routine since I first stumbled across Eye Scene in 1998. At that time it was the single topic polls and I thought it was fascinating. The night I discovered Eye Scene I stayed up until 5 a.m. reading all of the previous polls. For old times sake, over the weekend I looked up those old polls in the archives and once again had a great time reading the posts and remembering some of my favorite characters. I particularly enjoyed reading the stories from different people about their experiences wearing glasses, even the ones that appeared to be fake. Rather that getting rid of Eye Scene all together I wish there was a way to go back to a simpler site, like those single topic polls.
Galileo 05 Jul 2011, 14:09
VFL - been there too, she held me in a spell for over a year then I realised there were things behind the strong high index lenses which I would not be able to live with for the rest of my life and I ended it. And it hurt like hell almost as long.
Deep breathing and your favourite alcoholic drink. Good luck!
Puffin 05 Jul 2011, 11:13
Well, at least it's over. It's not going to get any worse, is it? Move on older and wiser, better luck next time, etc.
GL (slight return) 05 Jul 2011, 10:53
VFL...
You want advice, just ask. Been there, done that.
guest 05 Jul 2011, 10:50
VFL: Could have been worse if she had ended it . . .
Try this:
Take all the money you would have spent on her for the next 6 months.
Buy a nice pair of women's glasses on-line. Make sure to add 5 to 10 more diopters than hers onto the lenses.
Have sex (even if you have to pay for it) with many different women wearing this pair of glasses. Make sure that they are as equally if not more attractive than her.
She'll be a faded memory and you'll be too spent to care.
Wurm 05 Jul 2011, 09:50
What's the crisis (aside from the expected bummed-out feeling of ending a relationship)?
ehpc 05 Jul 2011, 07:07
What can we do, wonderful VFL ? :)
VFL 05 Jul 2011, 02:29
Please help me. I have ended a relationship with a person whose glassses sucked me in and am in the middle of a crisis. I am more or a lurker than a poster, but, plese, help me now. VFL
Filthy McNasty 04 Jul 2011, 23:37
Julian, NJ: I have some thoughts on the demise of the site and what might be done about it.. Would you be interested in discussing? If so, let's discuss. You know my email, and if you have forgotten it, I hope Wurm will be so kind as to give it to you.
nickweymouth 04 Jul 2011, 14:36
as a fellow from across the pond may one wish all my colonial freinds a very happy Independence day
Bobby 03 Jul 2011, 15:28
@midnight:
What do you mean by "collision"? Do you mean connecting? No way, I am not any expert in programing interactive websites.
Krieger 01 Jul 2011, 14:41
I guess the new google+ might be of assistance since it would allow each member the creation of circles and you could create one with Optical Obsessive individuals to share thoughts, links, interests, stories and so on. Unfortunately it is now on a beta version and you can join only by invite.
John S 01 Jul 2011, 13:58
Dave,
Google just gives access to the newsgroups from a web browser. The "newsgroups" are actually Usenet. Usenet is usually accessed using a client such as Forte Agent. Since most people using the internet did not know what Usenet was, and if they did, they did not know how to use it. Google decided to develop an web based interface/archive.
I know several people that would be clueless if they wanted to get Usenet without Google groups.
I would be glad to donate hosting space, but I am not savvy when it comes to BBS software. I hate to see Eyescene go away, I have enjoyed hanging around here for about 10 years.
Obsessed 01 Jul 2011, 13:27
Hmmmm... I can't understand why this is shutting down... Is there anything that can be done? Think free forum engines. Or it is a hosting-related problem?
Sorry if I wrote something that's out-of-line. I just can't figure out why the discussions are about to be shut down.
Dave 01 Jul 2011, 09:21
I may be missing something, but is it really decided to shut this forum?
Why not simply move all further discussion to what used to be "news" and is now called Google groups?
Wurm: thanks for the kind words.
midnight 30 Jun 2011, 23:12
Bobby how about a collision of both sites you seem to be more then a qualified candidate and 2 see them both together would be amazing I would of course be willing to help in any way I possibly can this place does not have to die
Bobby 30 Jun 2011, 02:53
When? When will the bad thing happen?
I hate reading this thread. Eyescene has been a part of my life for many years. When Eyescene is down, where shall we meet and talk? If anybody has any good, positive, constructive, idea for the future, feel free sending me an e-mail (bobby.laurel@seznam.cz)
Wurm 29 Jun 2011, 14:50
I'm still thinking about that, LG. My provisional plan is to leave the discussion threads up but with a little explanatory note in place of the posting link. The link threads would be deleted.
I'd leave the door open for anyone who would like to revive or continue the site down the road, probably by just leaving my email address somewhere. Someone who is just a kid now could find this material years later and have the sort of revelatory experience that tends to be a common theme in feedback I've received over the years.
LikeGlass 29 Jun 2011, 13:29
Wurm,
What becomes of this site once shut down? By that I mean, will you leave it frozen with posting disabled, or actually clear the server? I may be in the minority, but I often find myself scanning way back through threads to find some piece of information, name, or link from years ago. It would be a shame to have such a database lost to all time! Still, from the user's end it is very hard make an effective archive copy. It would be wonderful if there was a way to make a zip database for us old-timers to download, but I suspect the time commitment would score low on your priority list. Possibly a small Perl wedge that could automate the process may be less of a time commitment. Just some thoughts...
Wurm 28 Jun 2011, 10:26
Hi Dave,
Sorry your constructive suggestion was deleted. I'm glad you re-posted it.
When I delete a large group of posts due to a flame war erupting, I usually don't weed out the more benign posts.
I think we'd need a proper registration system to create an 'ignore' feature like that. I've considered that, but given the short timeline the site is on now it's probably unlikely. Good suggestion though.
Dave 28 Jun 2011, 09:09
Well, just noticed that a post of mine, in which I suggested to add an option for readers to mark certain posters as invisible, was erased.
This is not the first time benign posts were erased. My small desire to post, breaking the 5-7 monopoly, diminished.
Cheers
Glasses Lover 28 Jun 2011, 07:39
My ship from the home world has just landed. I've had enough. I'm going home.
You humans fight too much.
Byeeeee....
Melyssa 28 Jun 2011, 06:30
I won't lend him mine, as I want to see how beautiful I look in all of my gaw-juss glasses. And he wouldn't know what to do with the rest of the compact. :)
Puffin 27 Jun 2011, 18:00
I can lend him one of mine, got three at least.
ehpc 27 Jun 2011, 17:27
Oh dear :)
123 BANG 27 Jun 2011, 15:51
someone give ehcp a mirror please?
Lindwurm 27 Jun 2011, 15:12
post deleted - banned user
ehpc 27 Jun 2011, 12:20
Certainly not, old chap :)
27 Jun 2011, 10:50
Glad u aren't flaming ehcp LOLOL
Astra 27 Jun 2011, 07:35
Most of us are doing their best to welcome new users.
We would like you to have a look at other threads .
Eyescene BBS has more than discussion you referred to
Re: 26 Jun 2011, 13:30
"Unfortunately the discussion encapsulated how Eyescene is no longer the "welcome" place it used to be, and you are making the right decision shutting it down."
ehpc 27 Jun 2011, 06:01
Simple immaturity, Tim :)Her phrase 'man up' is telling. She isn't herself mature enough to be able tell the difference between an adult, carefully-reasoned post and a 'flame war'.
ehpc 27 Jun 2011, 05:55
Frankly, Susan, you are talking rubbish.My posts were carefully-reasoned and carefully expresssed. It is the sort of one-sentence no-brain abusive posts like yours which are so childish and which constitute what people call 'flame wars'.
Tim 26 Jun 2011, 23:56
Susan I - I have hitherto refrained from getting involved in this row, but why oh why are you being so deliberately unpleasant and provocative?
Susan I 26 Jun 2011, 18:52
yes, it was a flame war, ehpc. and yes you were part of it. man up, ok?
ehpc 26 Jun 2011, 14:48
I hope Susan 1 has not been 'scared off'. Although I don't share her 'take' on things, it made interesting reading.
ehpc 26 Jun 2011, 14:43
No 'flame war' from me:) But we did go 'off-topic'.
26 Jun 2011, 14:28
post deleted - banned user
26 Jun 2011, 13:30
Thanks, Wurm. The immature back and forth playground antics on all sides had become a bore. Unfortunately the discussion encapsulated how Eyescene is no longer the "welcome" place it used to be, and you are making the right decision shutting it down.
Cactus Jack 26 Jun 2011, 13:10
Wurn,
Thank you. It is interesting how off topic flaming activity on one thread seems to "chill" on topic activity on the other threads.
Cactus
Wurm 26 Jun 2011, 10:40
I've deleted multiple posts as this discussion has deteriorated into an off-topic flame war.
Puffin 25 Jun 2011, 16:22
I just don't see what can be deduced about a responder simply from frequency or amount of posting on a web forum. Why automatically conclude they are arrogant or egotistical in the absence of other available evidence? It's what's called in the logical-argument trade "a non-sequitur" - meaning "it does not follow".
At this rate we'll be debating Russell's Teapot.
Soundmanpt 25 Jun 2011, 16:00
Here is what I don't seem to get. By your count you say there are 5 - 7 of us that rule the boards and no one else gets a chance to speak. That is completely not true. Does it matter if your the first to answer or reply to someone or if 3 rd or 8th? I have several times backing a comment made by others to reenforce the answer given if I agreed with it. To may way of thinking that should make the person asking for information feel better the more that confirm an answer. Several times someone has also backed an answer I have given. I have no problem at all if someone does not agree with something I have said or has a different opinion than I do to replay as such. Is that not what an OPEN forum is all about? You have said you have been under attack, not by me I made one reply untill now I don't think anyone would call this an attack at you or anyone. I think we all welcome as many that wish to reply to do so. So far you seem to only be making an argument for others that may or may not exist out there. I will say again there is no reason that others can't or shouldn't respond if they wish to contribute, don't blame me or the so called other 4 -6 whoever they maybe. By the way someone said I should "man-up" I think I have by admitting to be one of the dreaded 5 - 7. I know I am without a doubt one of the 5 - 7 referred to.
All the replies I have ever given is only meant to be helpful and if you go back you will find more than once that I have stated I am not a doctor. Not sure how much clearer I can be? If doctor ever does pop-up in here I wonder if he /she would get the same treatment only because someone wants to be first? I for one would love to see a doctor come on board, I think it would be a great addition to the forum. You should feel the same way, but who knows?
Puffin 25 Jun 2011, 15:37
Please tell us how you know that because someone answers regularly to queries, that they are assuming nobody else knows and consider themselves superior and thus could be rightly labelled as arrogant and egotistical.
25 Jun 2011, 15:32
Susan I said
"Are you saying it is not an arrogant view by those posters to assume no one else but them has the correct answers"
How do you know they are assuming that? They might just think "I need to help" - who knows? Evidence behind these accusations and assumptions, please?
Puffin 25 Jun 2011, 15:30
And no, you did not ask the "Student" to sit back, you called them arrogant and egotistical. Not the same, really.
Puffin 25 Jun 2011, 15:29
Oops, I one person's opinion has no more intrinsic value than anyone else, unless backed up by proof of some sort.
Puffin 25 Jun 2011, 15:28
If we are talking inaccurate analogies, then "student in class" is inaccurate too. There are people here asking questions and looking for answers without worrying too much who the responders are, the people here are not necessarily looking to learn but more likely to share knowledge not known to others, regular posters or not. That's not the same as a "student in class" situation where we have a single font of knowledge.
As far as I can see I can see no evidence offered to support your assumptions or allegations, despite repeated invitations from me to provide or point at such. Without that they remain opinions, you're allowed to have them but they don't have anyone elses.
Susan I 25 Jun 2011, 15:03
@Puffin. I must correct your inaccurate analogy. By the way, I would hope no one ever comes to a glasses fetish board seeking medical advice which should be more appropriately given out by a doctor. I don't think anyone here should presume Eyescene can offer that same level of assistance at all. I have never seen anyone requesting immediate urgent assistance either, and if they did need that, again, they should seek a real doctor's advice, never trust an eye fetish forum.
You seem to take an odd stance on vilification. You forget about the student in a class who keeps raising his hand with the answer just because he is louder and faster than everyone else and it doesn't give others a chance to participate. Are you calling it "vilification" of the student if we ask that student to sit back and let others take a chance at answering the questions? Even for a little while? Are you saying it is not an arrogant view by those posters to assume no one else but them has the correct answers?
Now how should we react if a Student Advisor coming into the classroom observes the bold student's behavior and suggests he give others an opportunity to answer? Is it appropriate for that student to viciously attack the Student Advisor for daring to offer up that opinion? For challenging what he feels is his absolute constitutional right of dominance because it is an open forum?
Try looking at things from a different perspective. You might see something very interesting once in awhile.
ehpc 25 Jun 2011, 14:55
saying your 'piece' of course................
Puffin 25 Jun 2011, 14:37
The other thing is, it is entirely possible that a poster looking for help with a prescription will be nervous or uncertain, and will more likely accept and trust advice from someone who has offered up advice many times before, and seems to know what they're talking about, rather than a responder they've never seen before. Would they then call the regular responder "arrogant" or "egotistical",
regardless of the answer, and then wait for someone never seen posting here ever before to answer? That seems unlikely.
It is as if when you go to a doctor in a surgery, you go in with some complaint (say, suspected cancer) and demand to see the most recently qualified doctor on the premises, preferably one just arrived from medical school, just so you can encourage him along his career path and he doesn't give up medicine, but when other doctors who are much more experienced offer to help, you bat them away with accusations of being in a selfish, tight-knit clique, being arrogant, and suggesting they are egotistical for for not giving the freshman a chance to pronounce a verdict (right or wrong) first.
Personally I'd go to the one who more obviously has seen the most and knows the most. I wouldn't care that much about the career or ego of whoever did the advising. I'd be caring far more about the accuracy of the advice. I certainly wouldn't go in there accusing all the other doctors of all sorts of nefarious motives for offering their advice. Of course none of us here are doctors (as far as I know), but the analogy is not invalid.
Puffin 25 Jun 2011, 14:07
That's fair enough. Admittedly I usually only read the "New Glasses/Post your Prescription" ie "help, I have a prescription, what does it mean?" - and occasionally dip into the threads containing basically idle chit-chat about glasses, I don't read every last post - but I can't recall ever seeing any "new posters" here explicitly or implicitly told they're wrong or wasting their time. If you can point at some instances, why not do so?
Perhaps we are a tight-knit bunch because over the last couple of years we've every so often had some disruptive people appearing telling us we are wrong, we are perverts, we shouldn't be looking at pictures, etc etc, without any real reason why, other than they have their own pre-judged opinion and disagree with what we are about here. That does not imply that we are trying to exclude others who might broadly agree with the purpose of the board (ie, talking about glasses).
Perhaps the reason for the personal attacks on you is that some of those who have supplied much help and information in the past have been suddenly vilified for doing so, and told they must not do so because some supposed silent lurkers are out there desperate to post but unable to do so because someone else has answered first. I don't know, but I think if someone called me "arrogant" or "unfriendly", I would at least need to know why other than the stating and restating of an opinion, especially if all were doing was trying to help.
It is all very well talking about group theory, as if we have a clique of people who don't want to share, but who decides that we have such a thing here? As far as I am aware, this site is here to spread the idea that glasses are good and acceptable and don't detract from attractiveness. This "mission" can't have changed, because every so often new posters appear and nobody seems to shout them down.
Susan I 25 Jun 2011, 13:26
I have said my peace, but I do need to add more. Bear with me.
@Puffin. I suggest you do some reading on group analysis. I have studied group behavior for many years. Believe it or not, shyness is only a small factor in determining why people do not contribute to a group. Most often cited is because they feel what they have to offer has already been brought to the table by others, in this case, the same 5-7 people, negating their reason to contribute. Sometimes people feel there is a tightly formed clique which attacks others not in the group, and based upon the attacks of the so-called "new posters" I believe that is quite apparent here on Eyescene. Other times people do not play in the game is because they feel their contribution must meet an unfairly high set of expectations, aka quality standards, or they will be told they are wasting others' time, aka what they have to say just isn't important enough for the group.
What's sad is all the above reasons why people do not contribute to a group have been validated in this Eyescene thread. There have been vicious attacks against me. The non-contributors have been negatively tagged as "too shy," "wallflowers," "weak," and high expectations have been unfairly placed upon their postings so much so that they had better be something worth waiting for if others are being asked to momentarily step aside from control of the microphone for five minutes. Add to that the class distinction being repeatedly mentioned of "old posters" vs "new posters" with an inference that "old posters" are somehow better and more quality controlled than the newer ones.
This is what I am seeing in Eyescene. This is what disappoints me. This is what I hope could someday turn around and make this a welcome, comfortable community again for all to contribute.
Puffin 24 Jun 2011, 17:16
I don't really wish to start anything else off here about the recent controversy, but felt I had to say this:
I don't have any more information about site and thread viewing stats than anyone else has here, obviously apart from the owner, but it must be asked - how are we so certain that these non-posting lurkers actually exist?
The possibility can't be ruled out, but how do we know?
Even assuming there is an unknown quantity of lurkers, their silence and invisibility to the rest of us gives us no indication of their motivations for lurking and not posting. On that basis, why assume that any or all are shy and are waiting for the board to quieten down? They just might not have time to say anything. Or their boss might come in before they can contribute. There are many reasons for apparent "shyness". If anyone can say how anyone here can know anything about invisible silent internet users, then please go right ahead and say so.
What to do in the future 24 Jun 2011, 16:58
post deleted - banned user
Susan I 24 Jun 2011, 15:43
I think I have been respectful of others here, but the personal attacks are bothersome. I have said my peace, and it looks like while I got some positive reinforcment, much of the response to constructive criticism was - as one user her put it - an open lynching. I am not the expert you seek, I was suggesting we allow others whom you might not know about speak instead of the same 5-7 people.
Yoyo 24 Jun 2011, 15:21
Thanks for that, Wurm. IMO, it was long overdue. Though some critical discussion of the purpose of this forum is fine, this person was clearly not interested in having that discussion. They just wanted to come here and bash the site's visitors.
Wurm 24 Jun 2011, 13:19
While I've been somewhat sympathetic with our moralizing crusader (What to do in the future 24 Jun 2011, 12:49) at times and appreciate the point of view if not the communication style, after reviewing the full posting history I've decided to ban this user for the following reasons:
multiple usernames, trolling, stirring the pot
Stirring the pot refers jumping into whatever controversy happens to be brewing in an attempt to ramp it up or keep it going.
What to do in the future 24 Jun 2011, 12:49
You can put your links and photos here: http://anonamp.com/eyes. Although this is mainly about blindness and missing eyes (and the whole site is about even more disgusting fetishes like amputations and other limb deficiencies) it certainly would put the glasses fetish into a much better context for revealing its slightly creepy nature. ;)
Glasses Lover 24 Jun 2011, 08:54
Thanks, Astra.
still 23 Jun 2011, 21:49
As a long-time lurker, I want to say something, even though the preceding interesting discussion seems almost played out: What bothers me about what I've been reading is the raw feelings that some people seem to have. Whatever for? This has been a great site, and many of us, I think, have had a lot of fun being here. I've enjoyed what people had to say. I'm grateful to Wurm, as I have said before, but also I am grateful to the frequent posters, who often have somehting worth while and intelligent to contribute. I agree with someone who said earlier that nothing in the frequent posters' contributions makes it harder for anybody else to put in their 2 cents. So what is the problem? As people say in NJ, "Fogettaboudit!" Get back to having fun. That's why we come here. And let's figure out how to keep it going after Chris retires to the place where good, generous people go.
midnight 23 Jun 2011, 17:46
Who burning who at the stake now I am fairly certain that Susan and all others have been invited to contribute to our community in many posts by now this is no longer an issue the issue now is Susan and anonymous posters need for attention there are other ways of going about having your voice heard then to judge and critisize others for there alternative life styles and to verbally condemn them because there manorisms do not suit your way of living I have to also start to wonder how many of you are friends of Susan not that you know them at all it just sort of seems weird that they stopped posting and then anonymous posters started posting
Wurm 23 Jun 2011, 17:43
I guess it's OK to have a good spleen-venting every so often.
I'll point out that there is actually very little overlap between the 'old-time ES users', the 'users who post a lot currently' and the 'users with a fetish interest who post mostly links or photos'.
It seems well known that making oneself highly visible can lead to resentment. There are various folk sayings to that effect such as "the nail that sticks up will be hammered down" and "the tall poppies get their heads lopped off". I'm inclined to put it all down to human nature rather than thinking anyone is at fault.
23 Jun 2011, 17:12
i'm not sure i understand you astra. OOPS nevermind!!
Soundmanpt 23 Jun 2011, 17:01
Jessie M
you are certainly welcome over on "lenschat" we can chat in the open or in private your choice.
Astra 23 Jun 2011, 16:54
Jessiem,
I don't understand the politics either .
May just ignore those users that we can't understand.
JessieM 23 Jun 2011, 16:49
I'm not sure about the underlying politics at play here, but all I can say is that I am a "newbie" having found this site about a month or so ago. It really helped me in understanding a few things.
I'm not a fetishist, I do like wearing glasses and I like men in glasses too. My boyfriend looks great both in his glasses and without, so I'm probably a little less extreme than some here. That said, I think that this site is a force for good and it seems a terrible shame that there is such bad feeling at the moment.
Thank you Eyescene for being there for me, I hope you're there for others in the future.
Brutal Truth 23 Jun 2011, 15:58
Face it Susan, it's not that those superior being of the "original crowd" of this board don't want to understand; they simply can't as superior as they feel. Their giant egos seem to work as protective shields against every crititism.
Especially when it comes to how their fetish targets might feel about being targeted by their fetish, this incompetence in social behaviour and and lack empathy is terrifying. Their world only contain themselves, the other peer-superiors and their etically absolute problem-free fetish. And anyone who refuse to agree, is just a dumb sheep of the stupid herd.
The good thing now is, that everyone can see the giant arrogance of these reality-tetached minds most clearly now. Thank you, Susan, for making this revelation happen.
Astra 23 Jun 2011, 14:37
Glasses lover,
We are all here to share, no need to apologize.
Glasses Lover 23 Jun 2011, 06:45
Has the proverbial 'can of worms' been opened here? No pun on Mr Wurm intended.
This anger is getting us nowhere. Time to pull back the heavy guns and take a breath. I know that my last post was a bit fiery, but I will NOT single any individual out, as some have done. Skip the personal attacks.
Take it easy. Life's too short. Live long, live strong.
Astra 23 Jun 2011, 02:42
I don't think there's low tolerance here .
have been used to some websites that is full of spams and adverts. this isn't alien to me.
23 Jun 2011, 02:36
Tolerance has reached an all-time low here. It appears all those who said this place is no more fun should look at the public lynching of Susan given here for all to see!!!
Filthy McNasty 23 Jun 2011, 01:22
I see that I have failed to communicate clearly. Not to worry.
In my previous post, "lowest common denominator" = "people who post less than they wish for some self-imposed or imaginary restriction which they resent."
There is no space quota here. You can post as much or as little as you wish. Topics do not go stale, as long as posters have something of value to contribute. The fact that someone has posted on a topic does not deprive you of the right or ability to do the same. The fact that you are too timid (or whatever - substitute your individual impediment) to post as much as you feel you are entitled to does not create an obligation upon others to refrain from posting. The world will not - and should not be expected to - pad its sharp corners for you. All of this being clear beyond peradventure, I say, wiith regret, that I do not understand what all the complaining is about.
Adding to my confusion, I observe that you have not been shy in this thread to say your piece (and good on you for that). Why not just take a place at the table and engage in a little intellectual intercourse?
23 Jun 2011, 00:47
post deleted - personal attack
Astra 23 Jun 2011, 00:02
Specs4me,
If users have enquiries about myopia, they may visit the following website for relevant information :
http://www.agingeye.net/myopia/myopiaindex.php
A well written information website affiliated with University of Illinois at Chicago.
Wow 22 Jun 2011, 23:32
Watching all the attacks against Susan I is amazing. All she asked for was fair share here and she gets viciously attacked. I think you all should be proud u proved her right on the money about the state of this board today!
Specs4Me 22 Jun 2011, 23:02
OK, I'm a 10 - 12 year mostly lurker and sometimes poster. I don't post often because I don't feel I have the knowledge or experience to give answers that will be helpful to those who post questions.
That said, I do appreciate that CJ, S4E, Soundmanpt and others are willing to share their knowledge and expertise. I have read posts from all three of them that include the caveate that they are not professional ECPs and thus their answers should be taken in that light. (Their own statement, perhaps not their exact words)
Having said that, I feel that if there are others that are capable of answering the questions that these and folks so willingly answer then they should speak up and answer the questions or at least confirm the answers that have already been given and thus, let the community know that they are out there and have some knowledge to share. I see no valid reason for people to have to wait for 2 weeks to get an answer to their question if there is no one capable of answering the question other than one of our resident experts.
I suspect that if there were others capable of answering the questions in question they would have made themselves known to the community before now; the fact that they have not tells me that the probablilty of them being there is highly diminished.
As has been said by others, I personally value the input from CJ in his treating of the technical questions that are posted, Soundmanpt for his offerings often related to those areas that are more optician (glasses dispensers for those accross the pond) related as he has expertice in that area. I have learned a lot from both of them and for my part I don't want to see them backoff from doing what they do so well.
Just my $.02 FWIW, probably not much.
22 Jun 2011, 20:57
About 10 years ago there was a person with the same name, Susan I, on another forum about a different subject.
Exact same writing style, exact same attitude, exact same goal, stirring up trouble.
It was soon determined, "SHE" was a "HE" and the forum owner just deleted him.
Here, the forum owner will delete the whole thing and I sure don't blame him.
pete 22 Jun 2011, 20:57
Here, here Filthy.
A situation like this would not be tolerated at a local surf break (a quite accurate simile). Ask any old timer who has surfed the break for years to give their wave to a grom? Show some respect, kook! In general, nature doesn't have to abide by a pansy request to play 'fair'. Show us what you got girl (or boy) . . . no room here for patsy favors for little grommies. You can show your worth like anyone else. Stop crying foul. In fact, stop your whimpering. What are you made of??? huh? Test your metal by taking a chance-post your strength, knowledge and wisdom . . . honestly, what have you got to offer? Should you (maybe) spend the next next 6 months observing how those of heart, time and wisdom have been doing it? Rather than asking others to accommodate your sobby inferiority posts, pay some dues; swallow a bit; respect what has been provided and maybe you'll get a wave that makes you feel like you belong.
midnight 22 Jun 2011, 19:46
Susan I am sorry but it seems to me as you might be the one going off bits and pieces as I have been an avid reader of this site for more than 5 years and it also says so in an earlier post now I claim to know very few things about the topic of these forums I am certainly no professor when it comes to the topic but I will say this that even in your response back to me it seemed like more of an attack I honestly don't know of any teacher that would respond to there student the way you just did I have been reading your posts they all seem to defend your character as a person and to offend anyone who's opinion might be different your quest for attention grows tiresome so I will not respond further I have better things to do with my time
Susan I 22 Jun 2011, 19:29
@midnite: Sir I offer you no offense, but you haven't been around this community long enough to start making the judgements about a "you" and an "us." By your own admission, you just joined here. I am speaking to those of us who have been around for more than five years at least. I suggest you re-read some of the threads where debates took place and you will see there is no "us" here, Eyescene used to value all diverse opinions. Now it's only the opinions of 5-7 peopl ewho count. You also need to re-read all my posts and stop leaping off tangential bits to make points. Accept criticism maturely, midnite. Asking me to leave while offering suggestions is like the student telling the teacher to go home for giving him a bad grade.
@Filthy: people who post less often = lowest common denominator? WOW. Your words, not mine. Thank you for the excellent example driving home my point about the strong ego's dominating this board!
A.P. 22 Jun 2011, 18:13
Susan I:
I have been a lurker here for years. I welcome new insights and perspectives from anyone who cares to post. I don't agree with your call for for people to withhold knowledge and expertise just because you don't approve of their frequency in posting. You are really not making sense! May I suggest you consider "stepping back" yourself for two weeks? A.P.
midnight 22 Jun 2011, 18:10
See your playing every angle here and still coming off negative looking to scorn or punish someone and for what I can almost garuntee your goal won't be met a minute ago it was about peoples voices not being heard now its cause were men your methods are made to attack rather then try to teach or blend in instead of working with us you want to stage a full on war and I think its just for attention to be honest
Filthy McNasty 22 Jun 2011, 18:07
This is a most interesting debate, and the question, as I understand it, is this:
Is this a forum in which people should self-censor in order to cater to the lowest common denominator?
Susan I 22 Jun 2011, 17:58
I never said the people with the technical knowledge here shouldn't contribute. But those people are making the assumption they are the only people with that knowledge when there might be others out there who not only have the same, but greater knowledge in this area. I never said that was me, and that is a crude assumption. This doesn't mean those same 5-7 people should not contribute at all, it simply means they should try to self-moderate and use a little bit more self control to see if someone else can answer. And for the test, why not try stepping back completely for two weeks? "The board will fail, the board will fail without me" is a pretty egotistical assumption in my book!
Reminds me of when I became a technical expert in my field. Quite often I knew the answer to the questions being asked in the room, but that doesn't mean I should always continue to jump up and answer every question because you don't give others an opportunity to grow that way. We never see their perspective. You just keep stealing the spotlight claiming others don't have the knowledge. Have you surveyed the entire Eyescene community and asked for a resume of all our lurkers? Think about what it says about ego.
I think this is an opportunity to provide growth in our community and those 5-7 should stop taking it as an affront to your manhood or something.
midnight 22 Jun 2011, 17:48
Susan the people you are referring to have helped many people including myself with difficult proplems that could be critical to someones health and it almost seems like you would rather punish them for helping other people then commend them for it maybe if you approached this issue in a less negative manner we would be more willing and eager to hear you out but as of right now I see no reason why I would want to listen to any advice you give
midnight 22 Jun 2011, 17:47
Susan the people you are referring to have helped many people including myself with difficult proplems that could be critical to someones health and it almost seems like you would rather punish them for helping other people then commend them for it maybe if you approached this issue in a less negative manner we would be more willing and eager to hear you out but as of right now I see no reason why I would want to listen to any advice you give
Yoyo 22 Jun 2011, 17:38
Any Internet message board would soon be dead if the majority of posters decided to take 2 weeks off between every post. What a silly suggestion.
ehpc 22 Jun 2011, 17:32
Really can't see your point, Susan. The boards are open for anyone to post whatever he or she wishes, all day, every day. Anyone who has Internet can post any time he or she wishes. I don't post very often, but I think the negativity is coming from you. I really can't see what you are getting at.
Cactus Jack 22 Jun 2011, 17:29
Susan,
As a relatively frequent poster in response to technical questions, I would like to ask your advice on how long I should wait before answering a technical question? There are a few of us who specialize in the technical and psychological area of this site. However, I personally would gladly defer to your knowledge of optics and vision and bow out. It gets tiring answering the same questions over and over. Maybe I should answer a question only once and subsequent posters can either search the site for the question and that answer no matter how long ago the conversation took place. Perhaps I should respond by saying: "The question has been answered, Tough!, go find another site.
I try to concentrate on helping people understand their vision problems and sometimes a question that takes 30 seconds to write requires an answer that takes 30 minutes to compose and edit so that makes sense to a person with no technical background and accomplishes the mission of promoting understanding.
Many times the answer evokes another, related question. How should that be handled?
May I suggest that instead of complaining about what you perceive as a problem, you also propose concrete solutions such a limits to the number of posts, length of posts, subjects of posts, and other ways to improve the site.
A quotation comes to mind: "It is better to light a candle, than curse the darkness". I try to light candles.
C.
midnight 22 Jun 2011, 17:25
Wurm I sorta have not introduced myself names Todd. I have been a avid reader of this site for over 4 years.I remember being a kid and having a great attraction to girls with glasses I can remember sharing it for the first time with one of. My girlfriends who thought I was a freak .I also remember how ashamed I was made to feel about it then I found your site and suddenly everything in the world just seemed to put itself back in to place for me your site made everything OK for me I thought finally a place with kind and generous people who shared the same interest with this being said I am deeply sad to see this go and want you to know you made a difference in some peoples lives at least and from the bottom of my heart thank you.
22 Jun 2011, 17:06
I sense armegeddon approching closer than 6 months.
Susan I 22 Jun 2011, 16:54
All of the responses with the giant ego's are exactly what I was talking about in my earlier posting. Instead of taking blame for overfilling the boards with posts every day, the same 5-7 people instead chose to blame everyone else for not chipping in. Rather than recognizing their continual need for the spotlight is the real problem here. The level of negativity being expressed toward others who don't post as often is simply incredible and exemplifies exactly everything I said in my earlier posting. This has become a community of 5-7 people who dominate every thread.
About the stepping back experiment: I never said 24 hours. I said two weeks. Why not give it a try, the board is going to close in six months anyway, right? So if you are a poster here who posts more than three times a week, sit back relax and drink some lemonade for the next two weeks and we'll see what happens when others have the opportunity to post. Your assumption that the board would be dead makes another assumption that the board is all about you. I am sure we have many treasures in our Eyescene community who have yet not spoken.
Maybe Wurm could invite them now to step forward and take the mic for a couple of weeks?
Stingray 22 Jun 2011, 09:58
I recall years ago when I posted eyeglasses for sale with a link to ebay, it would get over 400 views, mostly I guess from Eyescene participants.
Recently I listed glasses and it only got about 150 views. It seems to me that the readership and participation is waning. I hope that I am wrong.
I personally have a lot to be thankful for allowing me to advertise my wares here on Eyescene. Thank you Wurm for a wonderful site and I wish you the best in any endeavor you may undertake.
Astra 22 Jun 2011, 09:42
Millhouse,
if you meant internet in general.
These days, especially in Japan or China,
most users are solely for business purpose.
In baidu.com, one of the most popular website in China,
"tieba" which is the equivalent of BBS,
select "myopia" thread,
there are only adverts and spams, promoting "Zhou Xiangwen's myopia treatment" .
and behold, the moderator is Zhou Xiangwen himself !
Millhouse 22 Jun 2011, 05:26
-Puffin,
I have to say I do agree.
Other than the sightings thread I'm going back to lurking.
I have noticed myself more recent aggressive, or perhaps I should say "assertive" comments. Trolling & faking seems to be much more of a pastime now here for a small minority. Perhaps as others have said, it's a sign of the times and / or the way things have evolved not just here on these forums but the internet generally. I'm happy to go back to keeping my interest with GWG's a personal matter in my private life, perhaps only revealing my O^O to a like minded partner at some future point. Bottom line for me.....I'm pleased to know there are many of "us" out there, men and women, who share my err, well, not a fetish for me, but definitely a very strong attraction.
Puffin 22 Jun 2011, 05:00
I remember fondly when this place was a friendly place. It's not the same now, sadly.
Astra 22 Jun 2011, 00:58
Yes, the English-speaking community created BBS .
Certainly I cannot find any counterpart in Chinese or Japanese speaking communities,
where adverts and spams are the norm.
lentifan 21 Jun 2011, 19:40
I think the post at 1519 is a good example of what seems to me an extreme sensitivity bordering on intolerance exhibited by a few posters recently.
Perhaps, as a previous poster has said, we shouldn't worry too much, or be surprised. There seems to me, based only on my completely unscientific own experience, to be an increase in intolerance generally on the internet in recent years. Perhaps this is true of society in general - the English-speaking part of it at any rate.
If people feel the site is being dominated by others, what's preventing them from putting in their tuppence worth?
We are all deeply indebted to Wurm for hosting this site over many years and I can understand if he feels he wants to let go. But it would be a great shame if this decision was hastened because he got fed up with such aggressive postings
ehpc 21 Jun 2011, 17:47
I think he means 'forte'
midnight 21 Jun 2011, 16:48
(Fortay)(sense)
midnight 21 Jun 2011, 16:44
Who gave you let alone anyone the right to judge anyone or critisize as you call it else when did we as a society start thinking it was OK for us to hold a magnifying glass under the sun and aim it at anyone different I actually have a good solution for all these people maybe if debating every little thing other people are doing is you forty maybe you should be in a debate forum I mean you have to admit that makes logical since unless your only real goal is to make someone feel miserable or to get attention I see no reason why these anonymous posters are not in a debate forum
21 Jun 2011, 15:19
"After all, isn't this is a public forum?"
This seems to be a public forum where a self-elected "orignal crowd" of people think they are beyond all critics and that the only acceptable posts are those in which they get worshipped.
Glasses Lover 21 Jun 2011, 09:43
Jeez, ring funeral home and book the hearse!?
Seriously.
I an an avid watcher of this site, but I don't post very often. Why? I suppose I'm more of a 'listener'.
What I want to say is this; Why is everyone on this site poncing around on hot coals like a pack of chimps on crack just because a few people post some less than favourable comments? Get over it. On any public forum, you're always going to get the occasional nit-wit or three.
Toughen up! If someone posts something objectionable, it's no reason to scream blue murder and threaten to close the site down! Ignore it! Rise above it. There's no reason to take everything to heart.
After all, isn't this is a public forum?
specs4ever 21 Jun 2011, 06:16
And a couple of other points. You are correct midnight. We as a society seem to want everyone to conform to our rules, but these rules don't always fit everyone - no oe shoe deal.
And if people are not willing to participate but insist on lurking, well, if there are no participants, there are soon no lurkers.
specs4ever 21 Jun 2011, 06:12
I used to post a lot more, but as time went on there were others that posted that were more knowledgeable. So, I generally let them answer the questions, and would only respond when I thought something needed clarification, if the given answer was not what I thought was true, or if a da or two had gone by and no one had answered a question that I had an idea what the answer might be.
I am thinking though that if good people like Cactus Jack, or Soundmanpt didn't give their input as freely as they do, this site would soon be pretty dead. I don't always agree with everything that Soundmanpt posts, but he has had more experience than I have. And as far as optical physics, Cactus Jack has the knowledge, and is willing to give it freely.
Would it allow more peole to answer if people didn't jump right in with their views? - possibly. I think that Soundmanpt had a good idea that maybe he should wait 24 hours before he posts in order to allow others to give their input first and not be scared off.
But in the end, I just hope that no one is offended, and that we can all just get along.
midnight 20 Jun 2011, 22:36
You know what bothers me that people with how highly we all regard ourselves as the superior species can take a way of life and turn it in to something ugly this is a way of life and instead of embraceing it we find a way to chastize it and find the flaws in it are all of us really so insecure that if other people are not living and breathing the same way we do that we have to immediately grab the next torch and picket sign available and protest it are we really that flawed that in order to feel whole and unempty inside we have to spend our time finding ways to punish things and people that we know nothing about or that are different I think people had one saying right were all so very scared of stuffwe know nothing about just goes to show you how truly unintelligent are species really is I am aware of my grammer issues I could really give a:-) less
123 Ballston 20 Jun 2011, 20:58
Sounds like YOU are the one bitching, Soundmapt. Probably because you post every single day and cant take some criticism about it. Man up!
ehpc 20 Jun 2011, 18:35
People who are timid (in any walk of life) have only themselves to blame. Scapegoating more active and communicative people is very unattractive.
Puffin 20 Jun 2011, 18:20
Well, I might be part of the "usual suspects", or I might have been till the great "fakery problem" raised its head last year, I found myself innocently answering questions on one of the "first aid" threads from a "faker", and the whole lot got deleted. Perhaps I should have realised. Since then I've gone through some patches of lurking ("relaxen und watchen das blinkenlights", you might say). And congratulating Crystal Veil on the latest photoshoot, not that much else regularly.
I've had this uncomfortable feeling, on and off, for a while, that perhaps most things worth saying about glasses have been said hereabouts a long time ago and we're just going over it all over and over.
Perhaps if someone takes over this site or starts a new one on the same lines, there could be a list of "common questions for glasses newbies" containing explanations of various basic terms, conditions, etc. That might prevent the threads being clogged up with the same questions and discussions over and over.
Soundmanpt 20 Jun 2011, 17:59
Crystal Veil
You know that's not a bad idea, I too will wait at least 24 hours to post anything unless someone is addressing me. So Susan 1 here is your chance to show your stuff.
Soundmanpt 20 Jun 2011, 17:54
I'm sure I am one of the 5 - 7 that you refer to. Maybe I need a rule book? I didn't know we were confined to only one thread? I guess I missed that one? Also not sure why that stops anyone else from making their comments. I am not a fake and I always use my name on my comments Sooooooo! here's an idea, if you see a comment or post from me why not skip right over to the next one by someone else?
Now for the first time I will say what bothers me. It's all the people that only what to get in here and complain about others. Really??? That's the best anyone can come up with anything to say is to bitch?
Crystal Veil 20 Jun 2011, 17:52
OK, Susan I, message understood! Your comment clearly shows that people react different under situations that are identical. I will keep quiet on "first aid" threads for a while and let's see how it works, OK?
Susan I 20 Jun 2011, 17:45
Perhaps an argument can be made that those individuals with the right knowledge continually come forward to the "first aid" threads but I think the point you might be missing here is that you are also making a presumption that no one else here would answer those questions if they didn't do it. I think we would be surprised to learn what other treasures of knowledge we have in our community if the same posters weren't so quick to leap to answer all the time. That same eagerness also discourages others from participating.
It's an interesting thing to observe over the years, and the same 5-7 call "themselves" the old ones while forgetting there are many, many folks out there who have never posted who are also the old ones too.
Sometimes I wonder just how big Eyescene is, but when the same folks continually post everyday over and over again, it gives the impression of a clique of just a few where the rest of the community is not invited to participate, just read. Personally I know that I have not answered many threads because of this reason. I have felt shunted.
It might be good for all those overeager posters to just sit back for a couple weeks, try it out... see what happens in Eyescene. Would we see participation from folks who never spoke before? Would it just sit and die? or would perhaps those same folks create other names and just post under those names instead...
Crystal Veil 20 Jun 2011, 16:36
The word "posting" may require a few nuances here. Some "first aid" threads are of the Q&A type: people come up with a problem about glasses and eyesight, hoping (and my guess is, expecting) that some experts will have an answer which can be of value. In that case one might argue that the 5-7 "posters" obligingly come up with the answers, even if the answers to very similar questions have been given many times before. In that case the word "dominating" is simply an optical illusion. I usually confine myself to the "seen on the web" thread but occasionally I answer some questions on the "first aid" threads when speaking from personal experience. I never feel shy about "trespassing", never regard any thread as "owned" or dominated by one or two members with a more thorough knowledge. Looking forward to read more comments on the matter!
lentifan 20 Jun 2011, 15:39
Susan/Dave
My own view is that matters is the usefulness and/or interest of the mesaages, not who the poster is.
20 Jun 2011, 15:37
Susan, I can only second that.
Dave 20 Jun 2011, 15:31
Good point Susan I. Perhaps a way of dealing with this is self moderation. Also, it should not be difficult to add a count of the number of posts or words an individual made in, say, the last 24 hours, week and month, so as people could be more aware of how much text they produce.
don't know who you refer to in the 5-7 posters, but in count I just did on the Vision thread, 9 out of 49 posts were made by the same person, and non of these were particularly short.
Susan I 20 Jun 2011, 13:51
Something that has bothered me over the years is that Eyescene has become the personal sounding board for about 5-7 people who feel like it is their esteemed and honorable duty to post each and every single day in several threads. While I think the "community" aspect of Eyescene is a good thing, these folks never give any of the lurkers in the community a chance to weigh in with their own ideas because these 5-7 folks are so busy trying to impress everyone here with their opinions and "knowledge." It's good to have knowledge and want to share it, but it's also good to know when to step back even when you know the answer to let others have a say in the spotlight. Think about that... you all know who you are.
Like all good things, this too must come to an end. It's not the same, but the comments about the fakers are out of place. Some of us who have been around since the beginning will remember "Jennifer" and other fakes that have always been here. Maybe it's because of the dominance of this board by 5-7 people we don't see more, but I would offer than it isn't any different in that respect than before. Personally I think it's the ego's that are driving this board into the ground, but that's just me.
Andrew 15 Jun 2011, 10:06
You can even have the away shirt to prove it next season.
Up the Blues! (I wonder how many times I have posted THAT comment over the years)
Smudger 15 Jun 2011, 02:59
I may have changed my name, but I'm still a Shrimper Andrew!
Andrew 14 Jun 2011, 11:54
October 9 1998 seems to be my first posting:
"I hope not, too. I found this site earlier on during the week, and have had great fun reading some of the old files. I never realised that there were others out there with a similar interest to mine. By the way, I'm a "Shrimper" too! "
Remember those days - when Smudger was Shrimper?
Millhouse 14 Jun 2011, 10:42
I’ll be sorry to hear the site may go to say the least...
Be good if it carries on, though in what format remains in the hands of Wurm, who I’m sure will ensure a smooth transition to whatever he has in mind or with whom.
I’ve been a mostly a lurker I’m afraid to say but do make the odd posting on threads that interest me, for advice, sightings or more technical lens and frame advice (thank you CJ esp )
As many have mentioned regarding their interest in GWG’s I thought I was quite alone for many years in this respect. When I found the site while looking for advice on my own need for eyewear and the subsequent personal insecurities I encountered as a new wearer myself after years of CL use, I found much support and realised there are many out there who admire, seek out or otherwise are drawn to men or ladies of the lens.
Wurm also stated a few posts back that Glasses are now mainstream and I’m sure we have all realised that things have moved along way over the last ten years; most definitely in society’s perception of
eyewear.
Anyway, for my part, thank you all for your occasional advice to me over the last 6 years and thank you for above all for giving back my social & inner self confidence.
Long live GWG’s O^O
specs4ever 13 Jun 2011, 14:59
No apology required Pete. Thanks for your kind comments though
pete 13 Jun 2011, 13:45
8 Ball,
Actually, there IS a difference between those that include their names to posts and those that don't. I wouldn't still be visiting this site (over 10 years now) if it wasn't for people like S4E, Wurm and all those others with names (or handles, pseudonyms-whatever you may call it). I even have a mental image of what each of these people looks like. That's the point, they are real people to me. Over the years there's consistency in how each perceive and communicate things. They have personality.
Anonymous posters, on the other hand, are a kind of closet variety - still afraid to come out and reveal their substance.
As for Wurm's announcement regarding the entire site, see his post on this thread dated 14 Apr 2011, 11:20. Seeing as you might not know this yet, in order to access that you will have to scroll to the bottom of this page and click on "View All Posts".
passive visitor: No one has excluded you from joining in other than yourself.
S4E: Sorry for redundancy - was just finishing up writing my post when I saw yours.
Specs4ever 13 Jun 2011, 13:23
If anyone really wants to find it, then scroll back in this thread to a posting by Wurm:14 April 2011 at 11:20. Read it, and then read further(more recent)postings on this topic, and you too can see that Wurm has indicated that his timeline is roughly year's end - unless someone else steps up to the plate.
Yes, I do post under a "user name", as do most of the other people here. However my user name has remained the same for the past 15 years, so that whenever I post people know it is from me. During the 15 years I have been posting there have been a number of anonymous posters, who, for the most part contribute nothing to the site, and get their jollies in being rabble rousers - one of the reasons why Wurm is ending his chore of keeping the site up and running - in my opinion.
Not every anonymous poster is like that, but this is the main reason why I have nothing but disdain for anonymous posters.
And as far as your comment goes Mr. 8Ball, no one in their right mind should post on the internet under their real name - unless they are a blogger or someone who gets paid for postings. I don't want people who don't agree with my views to come knocking on the door of my house intent on doing harm to me or my family. There are enough people here who I consider friends who know me personally, and know my true identity, but they have all earned the right to know it.
And with regards to passive visitor's comment, I didn't see anything that I considered patronizing in Filty's little posting. He just called it like he saw it. I have always welcomed any newcomer who wished to post. However, you have your reasons for feeling as you do, so there must be something to it, and if I have contributed to this feeling in any way, I am sorry.
passive visitor 13 Jun 2011, 13:02
As an regular passive visitor of this site for quite some years (approximately since 2001) the extremely patronizing tone of the so-called "original crowd on this site" [Filthy McNasty 12 Jun 2011, 12:56] has been most irritating to me and kept me away from posting and participating. It surely has been an epiphany to learn that there is a community around glasses fetishism out there, but said patronizing tone and the almost complete lack of tolerance for critical discussions about it, turned it into some sort of negative epiphany for me after a short while, regarding this "original crowd".
8 Ball 13 Jun 2011, 11:53
spec4ever: Not sure what your obsession is with people who don't post a name versus ones that use completely fake names like yourself, but honestly there is no difference. Glass houses guys... focus on the message content, please.
Can someone please point to the post/link that says the entire site is going to be shut down? All I can find is a comment that "Seen on the Web" topic might take a break. Other than that, I don't see anything.
Speximann 13 Jun 2011, 10:38
Smudger, I read your old post which was before I found this site & I too thought I was the only GWG lover out there. I read your All Time Favorite GWG is Donna Mills from the Bridesmaid movie. I agree 100%. I have been tryin to get that movie on DVD for years. Also have a tape somewhere of an E.T. interview where she was wearing the tortise frames for the whole interview.
On the current topic: Thanks for the hard work all thru the years Wurm & the rest of you have invested in this great site. I have enjoyed it every day. These jackass posters are always tring to rattle our cages on here as well as other fetish like sites. They come to this & other sites for the same reason as the rest of us, THEY LIKE IT!! Too Bad they are too obnoxious to cool out & enjoy the content for what it is. Other than the age thing (which is sometimes off base a bit) I find this group to be very diverse & flexable to the likes & dis-likes of viewers. THANKS AGAIN.
specs4ever 13 Jun 2011, 07:39
Just another typical anonymous poster who makes comments without knowing the facts. For your information anonymous, Wurm has announced that he is closing down this site around the first of the year, unless someone wants to step in and take over. And the blockig of seen on the web is only the first step.
I read your post with interest Filthy, and you have said pretty much what I would have said. I could add to it, but it isn't really necessary, and would likely be counterproductive.
13 Jun 2011, 06:11
All this gloom and doom for nothing? I see no postings by WURM stating he is closing down the whole site. Gee people get so emotional over almost nothing these days.
Smudger 13 Jun 2011, 04:36
I've just ploughed through some of the original polls to find my first ever post!
Back in the days before I acquired a "u" in my username (which I have decided to drop again!)
Nearly 14 years ago now - amazing!
Thanks Wurm for an excellent service.
The post is repeated below for posterity
"Wed Aug 13 10:16:22 1997
Smudger
I've been ploughing through the correspondence for the past few weeks and have found the discussions most stimulating. Like most of the newcomers to this scene, I have always thought that I was the only man that found girls in glasses highly attractive. It is nice to know that I'm not as weird as I thought. Or if I am then there are plenty of other weird guys out there like me which is a comforting thought. I have visited the glasses exhibition at the Crafts Council in Pentonville Road, London and found it excellent. One of the best features is that they have a selection of frames which you can try on around the exhibition hall. Unfortunately, for those like me that enjoy testing other prescriptions, they all have plain lenses but it's still good fun, free entry and worth a visit if you're in London. To catch up on all the topics that I've missed will take some time, however I'd like to start with the last one. My favourite all-time glasses film is "The World's oldest living bridesmaid", previously mentioned by Lucky (6 Aug. '97). Donna Mills is convincing as a glasses wearer and actually uses about three or four different frames during the film. The story line is dreadful, but she has such gorgeous eyes which are enhanced by the frames that it is worth watching over and over again. How about trying to get a still frame on the Girls with glasses film page? (Limedip take note!). A French film called "Ma vie sexuelle" has just been released at the Renoir Cinema, Brunswick Square, London. I haven't seen it yet, but the poster features an attractive actress wearing glasses. I was interested to hear that Iris asks her boyfriends to keep their glasses on during sex. My wife does not need glasses (unfortunately) however she was prescribed a pair of +0.25 in each eye about five years ago. She obliges me by keeping these next to our bed - what a lucky guy I am. She has recently wanted to update her frames, but in the UK this is quite difficult as opticians refuse to copy the prescription from her current frames. I have found one dispenser in a market who will copy from existing glasses, but the only other solution that I can come up with is ready made readers. Does anyone know where we might be able to buy "off the peg" glasses with a low + or - prescription - preferably in the UK or by mail order? As far as celebritys with glasses are concerned, there can only be one winner. There was an episode of Noel's House Party when Ulrika Jonnsen collected her "Gotcha Oscar" and she was wearing glasses with a prescription of about -1.50. She looked absolutely incredible. With the current fad for retro-chic I wonder if the large coloured "Anglo-American Eyewear" plastic frames will come back into fashion. I must confess a fondness for those- Deidre in Coronation Street currently sports some large red ones. Others who used to be seen wearing specs occasionally to great effect were Lorraine Kelly on GM-TV (former UK Female spectacle wearer of the year) and Carol Barnes (ITN). Thank you for a brilliant site. And to Jennifer, Hayley, Nicole, Gayle, Iris, Scarlett and all the other girls out there - keep wearing those glasses - you all look gorgeous. PS Is the Morgan Fairchild picture still available? PPS I'll tell you my eye history one day, it's quite interesting as I'm short-sighted in one eye and long-sighted in the other."
lazysiow 12 Jun 2011, 23:41
I passed the 10 year mark myself either this year recently or last, I don't remember but a lot has changed since I found the site.
It was an epiphany for me as well, as I'd always had the same fascination when it first manifested in finding myself attracted to cartoon girls who had been hypnotized or when the hypnosis could be blocked with glasses of some kind as a kid. It was similar whether the girl was helpless when hypnotized (staring blankly into the distance) or lost without her glasses. I intially found ES after following a link through an Alpha Flight fan page where the site owner noticed that in one particular issue, the writer or artist went into great detail when Heather Hudson (wife of the lead superhero) has her glasses knocked off and is helpless, not able to see anything in the distance etc, on the same page was a link to ES and his guess that the people who worked on
that comic would probably be one of us (published long before ES I think however). I'd say that instance changed my life forever lol
Because of the site I found the courage to get my own first ever eye exam which I posted the results on here, mild hyperopia with astigmatism with instructions only to wear when my eyes got tired on the computer (still do occasionally), but I've since flip flopped over to being -0.5 and - 0.75 respectively and wearing those full time instead. Bifocals are probably coming. The thing I miss and remember most about the old ES was the fantasy optical section along with the sightings and many many more fakes. I felt the site started to lose its way once Wurm decided to make it more "serious" and "professional" with the re-org. My taste has also flipepd from myopes to hyperopes these days just like my prescription, hyperopes past a certain point are helpless at all distances plus the element of 'surrendering' to the glasses and natural vision becoming drastically worse once adapting is far more powerful than a girl just squinting to see distance to me nowadays. I'm a fan of low to medium rx's and the struggling and trying to focus, once it gets to a point where someone is legally blind and just stops 'trying' to see bare-eyed a lot of the interest is lost.
I'm thinking if I get a chance in the following months I may resurrect my own version of a fantasy optical, especially since I still have an archive of favourites with most of the old sites down. The other site I miss most is smudge report, which seems to have died along with geocities. Both ES and Smudge Report formed the fulcrum of my first journey into this fetishism back in the day!
Filthy McNasty 12 Jun 2011, 12:56
I will be sad in a way to see it go, but it hasn't been the site I loved for many years now. Or maybe I haven't been the person who loved this site for many years now. I cannot reliably distinguish the two. What I still know is that, for me, girl with glasses > girl without glasses. Always.
I think Wurm has done an admirable job managing many diverse interests and personalities, but the site by the very nature of its subject matter is going to attreact a spectrum of mutually incompatible types.
I think in the early years, when the www was new to many, people were just so overjoyed to find that their interest was shared with others in the world that they stayed on their best behavior. Now, we are awash in glasses porn and cheap high prescription glasses for sale, the squabbles are getting more and more frequent, and the linked material is becoming ever more questionable in taste. Like anything else in life, abundance breeds indifference and contempt. Those glasses that people like S sell would have fetched hundreds a decade ago; now they fetch a few tens, because the ways and means to get them are well known and people are able to satisfy their appetites.
Is all of this a bad thing? I think it is neither good nor bad; merely the reality of human nature, anonymity, and group dynamics. But I will always have a soft spot for the original crowd on this site, and for the moment of epiphany when I first discovered it back in 1997.
lazysiow 12 Jun 2011, 09:13
the latest gwg tumblr I'm refreshing every 2 seconds lol http://ladieswithglasses.tumblr.com/
Puffin 12 Jun 2011, 01:19
There's something in that view, but the blanket ban
is kind of "throwing out the baby with the bathwater" - and if it's only a week, then there's a good chance they'll come back, just as before.
I'm not sure it's always easy to estimate the mental capacity of a person from a photo. Saying that I do wonder about some of the recent offerings.
Honestly, the way things are going hereabouts I can really understand why this site might get closed down completely.
Filthy McNasty 11 Jun 2011, 21:37
I assumed it was because people were behaving like bigger jackasses than usual in that thread.
Puffin 11 Jun 2011, 14:43
That does seem to be overdoing it: it's not just pictures that are "seen on the web".
11 Jun 2011, 13:49
In the Middle East they do the same: they give the Internet a rest if there appears something they didn't like.
James 10 Jun 2011, 13:25
As a long time lurker and a fairly recent first time poster I would like to say "Thankyou" to Wurm for running this site for so long. Also, thankyou to Bobby for their site with all those great stories from various contributors.
The internet is a wonderful thing. Where else would we so quickly and easily find all the info, photos and videos relating to our interests (and most of it absolutley free!)?
Wurm 10 Jun 2011, 12:54
I'm going to give "Seen on the Web" a little rest. Maybe a week or so.
This would be a good time to consider starting a replacement for link posting somewhere else. If someone wants to do that, I'll be happy to link to it from "Seen on the Web". You'd get a nice start on traffic, since it's a popular thread.
Filthy McNasty 04 Jun 2011, 20:05
You miss the point. Stephan has never admitted to this being a business. He has always represented it to be him selling off extra items in his collection, or, in the last year or so, selling off the entire remainder of his collection. I don't think anyone really cares much, but it is interesting to see how the marketing works - he has figured out that if you sell the glasses as previously worn, especially by someone who looked as hard-core sexy as Sandra did in some of those extreme outfits, they command a much higher price.
I don't understand Wurm to object to the fact that S. is running a business, or even that he may be passing it off as something other than a business. I do understand him to say that it is difficult to get too worked up about people speculating about the business' nature in these circumstances.
As usual, that position seems entirely reasonable.
Rumple Stillskin 04 Jun 2011, 18:50
WURM
So that's what's bothering you, the going-out-of-business bit. Can't a man change his mind? Even if that wasn't the case, Stephan & Co have made a significant contribution to this site.
I dare say the prices of Stephans items don't come close to his cost when you add in time. Time to purchase, time to list for sale, time to collect funds due him, time to take to the Post Office.
Question for you. Could you possibly be jealous?
Perplexed 04 Jun 2011, 18:38
WURM
Thank you for removing the posts in question.
My $.02
Eye Scene is a supportive one. A supportive community is by necessity, thin skinned. If I wanted to sling bile I would head to one of the political sites where 'rhinos' rule. ?Comprende?
Bobby 04 Jun 2011, 17:32
@Cactus Jack:
I have said that 3 times as fast as I could in English, Polish, Czech and Kashubian ... nothing special happend apart from I got thirsty. The next update is planned for July 2011, or better to say as soon as I get the e-mail with some stories. BTW I would appreciate if some of the others tried to write stories, too. There have always been many talented people among the members of this board.
@Anonymous:
Stefan and Sandra's project brought fresh air into this community some time ago. Many of us enjoyed the pictures, videos, and stories. Many of us bought a pair or two of those fantastic glasses to enlarge collection and have fun. I believe they did a good thing. What I do not like at all is the bile (really apt word, Wurm) in some recent comments. The person, who sent them should seek some help out of this community.
As a senior member of this community I must say it makes a lot of us very said anytime the typical atmosphere of tolerance gets spoiled by such a contributor.
BTW, have you read the new stories? Specs4ever wrote them for you - all of you, the nice and the bad as well,
Jest 04 Jun 2011, 14:47
Along those lines: For some there exists the hope that what we each seek here will one day become real. Well, chances of that happening are pretty dim. That hurts some while others laugh.
04 Jun 2011, 12:49
"There are a couple of gratuitous posts under Glasses For Auction Or Sale discussing Stephan and Sandra in a less than positive light."
Is this board only intended to put people, things and, last but not least, *businesses* into a positive light?
Why are here so many people who have problems do deal with critical comments and remarks? One could think, having a glasses fetish would lead automatically to a fairly well developed self-criticism, and also gave people a chance to get some more clever strategies to deal with critics than crying for censorship. My $.02
Wurm 03 Jun 2011, 21:29
It's difficult for me to get serious about a concern that operates in perpetual going-out-of-business mode. I did enjoy the Planet Myopia art and story. Of course, artists are another breed (like businessmen) who do well to wear a thick skin out into the world. No-one can claim that Stephan's work failed to provoke a response.
We agree that the bile should be toned down.
Perplexed 03 Jun 2011, 20:04
WURM
Slanderous, and highly unlikely speculations about the background of a business. Are those comments by themselves up to the standards of the site?
Adding bile about the individuals is even more of an insult to frequent readers who have followed our friends on the continent.
Wurm 03 Jun 2011, 19:15
Those posts are certainly questionable. On the other hand, I'm not sure a commercial operation generating sales should have the same set of expectations as a private, personal user carrying on discussions.
Aren't those posts essentially speculations about the background of a business, with a bit of excessive bile thrown in?
Perplexed 03 Jun 2011, 14:18
WURM
I should have added that they appear on June 2nd.
Perplexed 03 Jun 2011, 14:17
WURM
There are a couple of gratuitous posts under Glasses For Auction Or Sale discussing Stephan and Sandra in a less than positive light. Are these posts up to the standards ES wishes to support?
Cactus Jack 03 Jun 2011, 12:22
Bobby.
Please be sure and update the English version, update date.
Now say that fast 3 times in English.
Thanks as always for your good efforts
C.
Bobby 03 Jun 2011, 12:13
Two new stories by Specs4ever have just been upoaded at http://bobbygoc.sweb.cz
Bobby 11 May 2011, 09:53
The site with the stories score a record number of visitors on Monday 9th May 2011. There were 1200 (one thousand two hundred) visits. Congratulation to all writers, especially to Specs4ever! Many thank to all those who come, read and enjoy the stories. We make the website for you and we are happy that you enjoy reading the stories.
Bobby the administrator of http://bobbygoc.sweb.cz
gwgs 21 Apr 2011, 03:40
Hi Wurm
Thanks for your reply, as I said in my initial post, I don't have any scripting/coding knowledge, but if there were some "on-board tools" that I could use, as you mentioned in a previous post that you design, then I would be happy to help moderate this site, and keep it running, if it meant that without this help this wonderful community would go by the wayside.
You may have better offers than this (people who have knowledge of scripting/coding), but if you don't please let me know!
Wurm 20 Apr 2011, 21:11
gwgs,
See my post 15 Apr 2011, 14:53 for an overview of the time commitment. Most of the time is spent keeping current on all the threads. A bit using FTP to review site logs and delete posts when necessary. Some very simple PHP tweaks to implement or update user bans. And every so often a larger chunk doing real Perl or PHP work to keep the site running properly when the web host reconfigures something or to implement a spam block or other new feature.
Maybe the hardest part is being the 'heavy' who decides what flies and what doesn't. Who considers when to take input democratically and when to play the petty dictator. And then communicates those decisions in a way that hopefully doesn't put too many people off. But that could also be done by committee (and it is at many forums).
As I mentioned before, I continue could fund the site for the foreseeable future if a group would like to take over the management. It's about US $120 a year in hosting and domain fees.
glassesforeveryone 20 Apr 2011, 04:24
I love this site. It's my guilty little treat. I understand where you are coming from Wurm and don't want you to feel pressured to continue. That said, I hope the positivity that is coming through here gives you the impetus to continue.
I could help and have some experience with Wordpress and BBPress for forums, so I could do something with this technology, but it wouldn't be the same as your great site. Also, if my wife found out I would be getting a divorce!
Thanks for bringing Eyescene to the world, I really appreciate it.
gwgs 20 Apr 2011, 03:54
Wow, that's a bolt out of the blue Wurm
To me this has been a site that is completely invaluable. It a meeting point for all us 0-0 fans, where we can discuss matters in private, away from the Facebook trolls, and other people that would spam up the board with no sense comments.
I must have been visiting this site for some 13 years now, and try to visit it every day - even when abroad! When starting the computer up it is the first site I check for anything new, and as there are such a wide variety of topics on here ranging from here there is always something to read, something to learn, and great photos or videos to see via the links posted here by the many contributors that owe so much to you - Wurm - for creating such an unique environment. To me I think the loss of this site would feel like a high myope losing their glasses and we can all imagine what that is like!
I don't know of any other site that could ever compare to this, and without it I think a lot of us would feel kind of lost!
As a regular contributor, and poster to this site, I would be more than happy to help run this site, but I do not have any technical knowledge of servers etc. Could you perhaps let us know what a usual day/week would involve in running this site? Also, what are the yearly costs involved? I think every regular poster/visitor owes it to you to devote a little time to keep this site running.
As others have said, if there could be 3 or 4 people who help run this site it would be more all the more easier for everyone. I work a pretty full day but always find the time to post on here as well maintain my Flickr and YouTube accounts.
Pete 19 Apr 2011, 23:00
ChrisB:
I talk to "L".
That person is doing fine.
LikeGlass 19 Apr 2011, 21:16
Always sad to see an iconic site near its end, but I also realize that no matter how much interest one has, sooner or later it wares you down. I also know that this comes and goes in waves, so I am hoping another wave comes along and keeps your interest afloat for a few more years (or decades !)
The endurance of this site has a lot to do with the concept of a text only site that does not support file loads, or the hassles that come along with them and the questions about material ownership. I hope if the site is passed to a new owner, he (or she??) would continue with this wisdom as otherwise it may be a short run.
I will not get into the gushing appreciation and thanks to Wurm for the years he has put in as I think that is well understood by everyone.
I have met many friends on this site. Some who have folded over into real life, others that will forever be a group of ASCII characters, but will be missed as well.
I know that it will be a sad day when I click on the link and get a 404 back. I wish you well my friend, whatever you may decide.
Wurm 19 Apr 2011, 20:01
Hi chrisb,
Thanks, I think you're the first outright volunteer, although others have hinted that they might pitch in. I can continue paying to host the site indefinitely if others would like to keep it up.
You mention servers and whatnot with some familiarity. Do you have any coding skills?
The forum code is Perl (with a little bit of PHP). It's homebrew, maybe a bit kludgy but on the other hand it is quite simple compared to other BBS code I've looked at. I've commented the code pretty thoroughly and a number of features are modular and contained in small, discrete CGI files.
I read the site logs and do thread edits via FTP, but if we get volunteers to moderate threads web-based tools could presumably be built to assist with post review and deletion.
Another option would be to scrap all my code and install some new forum software that has all the moderation features already built in. I could provide a small budget for that.
The popular "Seen on the Web" and "Glasses for Auction or Sale" threads tend to require the most moderation (perhaps half the overall load).
chrisb 19 Apr 2011, 16:49
Wurm,
I am so sorry to hear that your planning to hang up your keyboard as far as eyescene is concerned. Reading your posts over the past few months, I had an feeling you were becoming less enthusiastic.
I might have enough spare time to keep the site going, I spend a lot of my day and some of my evenings logged into one server or other IT system. I am sure I've seen other people almost volunteer in posts over the last week or so.
But: my problem is that you are too hard an act to follow. I'd be so ashamed if it all fell apart under my watch.
Maybe a 3 or 4 of us could share the responsibility, even a month at a time, and if anyone suddenly could not cope there would be a fallback. Some of us are even starting to age, I recall a well known fiction site where 3 prolific contributors all died within a year of each other.
Although we've only shared a handful of 1:1 discussion on the site, I believe I speak for many when I say that I'm proud to have had your acquaintance. The word friend is a bit messed up in the facebook world but if a friend is someone who's opinion and personal qualities you hold in high esteem, I'd call you one of my most longstanding friends. I recall a mad morning back in about 1997 when I wrote a pen portrait of you for someone on the chat page. I don;t know if that significant person 'L'is still around but I am sure she subsequently found my portrait of you accurate.
I too still log into eyescene every day and I'd miss it terribly if it wasn;t there.
Chris
leo 19 Apr 2011, 07:43
WURM
Hope you'll can afford to be around much longer ! Wish I could help , but I know I'am not able to! This site has been the most important find in my life!Thanks a Million times WURM!!
Albert 18 Apr 2011, 22:39
Wurm
I have been mostly a lurker but this site has been a God-send for me. I am like Soundmanpt, first thing I check and then periodically during the day. Hope you change your mind, but if not, Thanks a lot.
Soundmanpt 18 Apr 2011, 12:10
Wurm
I have not been around as long as many others have been here, but in the few years I have been coming here it has become a part of my life. It is the first thing I do when I get up each day and after checking it at least 4 or 5 times during the day I give it one last check before going to bed. I really hope someone decides to take it over or that you maybe will have a change of mind and stay on. You have done a great job in my view trying to keep the fakes out that seem to find pleasure in make believe for some reason. Since this has been your baby for so long I am sure you would be more than happy to help anyone that wishes to try and fill your big shoes? I also would truely miss it if it should not be there one day. Again "Thank You" for what you have done all these years.
Millhouse 18 Apr 2011, 06:36
Wurm,
If the site does go it would be a great loss to GWG admirers but like so many others have said if its time to call it a day I'd respect that.
I’d like to say that, as a full time wearer myself, this site with it’s many contributors and facets of OO’s has given me over the last few years the confidence to wear my glasses with pride and know that there are ladies (and I guess guys too of course) who may find me of particular interest or more shall we say.
I have gained much information, insight, advice and help from contributors in the last 7 years I have been aware of the site.
Thank you to you all.
Specs4ever 17 Apr 2011, 10:07
When I first discovered Eyescene it was about 6 months after Wurm had started it. I had been hanging around Deja news until that time, and I noticed that the postings on Deja had dropped off considerably. So I went looking and discovered Eyescene. All the folks from Deja were already there - some real, some not. The real ones, like Wurm, and Filthy and Neuro Joe are still here. The ones who were not real, have long since reinvented themselves.
As Eyescene developed, I realized that I was not alone in the world, and that there was a whole community out there that consisted of people from all over the world, from all walks of life that, like myself, had a fascination for glasses
I had been doing GOC, but was hesitant to talk about this too much, so I invented a secondary character who was proportedly a high minus male, and using this manner I introduced my idea’s on wearing GOC to stimulate being very myopic. Not what I should have done, I admit, but I wanted to direct the dialogue myself, and by doing this I saw that doing GOC was accepted by most. Now doing GOC is an accepted fetish. And, no I am not saying I developed GOC, as this was around long before I was, but I think I was one of the first to admit doing it openly.
Back in 97 the availability on the web of finding pictures of women wearing glasses was almost non existent. I remember the first collection that was posted on Eyecene, and I was thrilled to find them. Now there are all sorts of pictures available, thanks to Micha, and Konstantine, who have a lot of pictures of real ladies who wear glasses. And thanks to Alain, and Crystal Veil and Stephan and Sandra there is a veritable cornucopia of pictures of ladies wearing glasses that are not their own, but are still wonderful pictures. If it had not been for Eyescene I wonder if any of these pictures would have surfaced.
Also, soon after Eyescene came into being there was very little on the web in the form of fictional stories about GWG, or MIG’s. So, I started off writing a few stories that I sent around to my friends from eyescene for their enjoyment. They suggested that I should post them somewhere, and Lenslover created a site and offered to put them there. Since that time I have written, either by myself or in collaboration with others, 256 stories.
I can’t imagine Eyescene as being in any other format than a bulletin board format. Facebook might be a possibility, but the anonymity of this forum would be gone. Of course some of the phonies that are on facebook might then have to resurface under a different identity, so that might not be all bad.
I do understand Wurm’s desire to step down. I have also considered stopping writing, and the only thing that has kept me going is that there is no one else that has come along that is able to fill the gap. But the day is soon coming where the ideas for new stories will no longer be there. Even now I sometimes feel that I am rehashing an old plot with different characters.
If Eyescene dies a natural death at the end of 2011, so be it. There will be something eles that will come along. Thanks so very much Wurm for starting this site. Thank you Andy for your contributions over the years. And thanks to Lenslover for your friendship and help in getting me started. And, Pete, your input was very valuable as well.
Melyssa 17 Apr 2011, 09:33
I will add my four cents -- inflation, remember? :)
Wurm, let me say that this is without a doubt the best website I have ever visited in all my 13.5 years of using the Internet.
I have learned quite a lot about vision in the 10 or so years that I have known about this site (sight?). And I would consider it a success if I was able to convince other women to wear large, plastic frames, not just for the look, but for the better range of vision they provide. Who knows, maybe Anne Hathaway found out. LOL
As for Facebook, I have about as much chance of joining that as I do in rooting for a New York sports team. My husband uses it, but he agreed with me never to mention me by name or to post any pictures of either of us.
Guest 17 Apr 2011, 08:04
So if you all hate facebook so much, why don't you ask for a /gwg/ board on 4chan.org then?
Puffin 17 Apr 2011, 04:35
I think Facebook will be a big step down from this.
Glasses Lover 16 Apr 2011, 08:36
Wurm, you are a master. Please don't leave us in the lurch. At least take the time to reconsider. However, if you're still of the same mind, then try to find a like-minded soul to host this site. I'd like to, but I lack the resources, expertise and, frankly, the inclination. Please don't turn this site over to Facebook.
Not Facebook. The domain of criminals, bullies and paedophiles. Curse Facebook! Guest, you're mad!
There is a solution somewhere...
Kind thoughts to you all.
James 16 Apr 2011, 07:43
Well if people are chiming in, I may as well too. I discovered Eyescene in my late teens in the late 90's (very near the beginning), not too long after I started using the internet generally. Not too sure how I found it, as this was certainly before the ubiquity of Google (Altavista anyone?).
Before Eyescene, I had no idea there were other people fascinated and even turned on by glasses. Eyescene also taught me about GOC. It was many years before I stopped being a lurker and started commenting - I now regret that I spent more years lurking than commenting.
Since my initial discovery of the site, I have lived in 4 countries, and Eyescene was always with me. It has been a comfort, especially when other facets of my life have been inconstant.
I would be very sad if this were to be the end, but understand Wurm's feelings (and as I am volunteering for nothing, am obviously in no position to criticise). That said, while I am certainly no Luddite, I don't think Facebook is the right forum or modality to take over the community we have here - it is my sincere hope that someone will try to replicate the clean, no frills but brilliant bulletin board system Wurm has built here.
Therouteur 16 Apr 2011, 07:36
Sad
The problem with having somebody "take over" is that I just can't imagine anybody bringing the same moderation and wisdom to the job as Wurm has over these fourteen years. I've always been impressed with the great judgment with which he has defused contretemps and handled some very difficult issues.
benn 15 Apr 2011, 17:40
I have been coming here since 98/99. You taught me how to do GOC, almost full time now. And learned so much. I will pay if we can go around "Pay Pal". And I must say I am not a Face Book fan for the same reason, security.
All things end, and if it must I will be sorry. You have done a great job, I have tried it with another site and coun't put up with it. My hats off to you.
Wurm 15 Apr 2011, 14:53
Thanks for all the nice thoughts and kind words. That means a lot to me.
I think I saw a couple of questions in there, too. I'll try to answer those:
Timeline: I think I'd like to get this resolved by the end of the year (or thenabouts).
How much time I put in: Between reading threads I wouldn't otherwise bother with, deleting posts and responding to feedback I think I put in perhaps 3 or 4 hours a week. Every so often there is a major issue, whether social or technical, that might require 8-10 hours of effort to resolve. Overall it's not a huge time commitment.
As always, if people would like to start a related project (which could be as simple as Guest's suggestion to start a Facebook group) I'm open to having it promoted here to get a core user-base going.
Guest 15 Apr 2011, 13:49
It's time to move this topic over to facebook anyway, since this is, where it belongs to. There are many advantages, like no server needs to be rent, no costs for keeping the site running thanks to Mr Suckerberg, to name only a few. See you there.
Cactus Jack 15 Apr 2011, 11:27
Wurm,
I hope that you are not in a hurry to shut down ES, but I understand that 14 years is a long time. I frankly don’t remember when I started posting on ES - 7 or 8 years ago??) and I want to personally thank you for providing such a fine service. I hope my contributions have been worthy of my ecellent host.
If you decide to pass the torch, I hope you will be as diligent in choosing your successor as you have been in running the site. This site has done a lot of good for a lot of people by providing a forum for asking questions and getting answers about vision and vision correction. You and ES have done a lot more than is apparent on the surface. I still can’t and won’t reveal more than this, but ES and your assistance helped thwart a potential kidnaping several years ago. Your assistance helped locate the perpetrators and the victim, rescue the victim, and bring the perpetrators to justice. The outcome of that situation was better than any of us could have hoped for at that time and all involved are grateful for your help.
I believe we all hope you will continue as long as you wish.
Cactus Jack
Puffin 15 Apr 2011, 09:09
Probably a bit premature, but if this site does wind up, where do we all decamp to? This is the only place I've discussed glasses anywhere ever.
Crystal Veil 15 Apr 2011, 08:27
Wurm@
hat off for your Trojan work at Eyescene during the past 14 years. Do you have any idea how many hours it costed you weekly? This would be useful information for anyone who might be interested to thread in your footsteps.
I was not aware of the existence of Eyescene until December 2009 when I discovered that my weblog had drawn some attention. The past 16 months were not only a massive learning process in photography but also in the background and interest of many other glasses afficionados.
The Eyescene community is "the village of Asterix & Obelix" in a contemporary manner. Dispute about the quality of some fish sold on the market, a sense of "us against them" when it comes to the appreciation of glasses and their owners ("them" being the Romans in the Asterix stories), Cactus Jack in the role of Nestorix, your good self as the wise druid Panoramix and so on.
Thank you for the kind words about my project "Ladies behind crystal veil". You are modest about your own role. Your work for Eyescene gave me a peer group and I am grateful for that. The discussions and response were - and still are - of great value to me. I am in the process of posting a photo shoot with a new model and all I can say is "hope you like it". Kind regards from Holland!
Pete 14 Apr 2011, 23:57
As a member since the very first day, I will be sad to see it go or change owners.
The site is not like the "olden dayz" but nothing is.
We move on and make do.
With more time on your hands Wurm, I hope we can get together for dinner again as we have several times in the past.
Thanks for all your efforts.
Filthy McNasty 14 Apr 2011, 22:44
Wurm: As to your reference to going out "on top": This site is unique. Whenever it goes out, it will be on top.
nickweymouth 14 Apr 2011, 17:06
dear mr worm we do indeed live in strange times twice in 3 months i find myself agreaing with mcnasty minor i want to say thank you sir and must go and lay down now i wish you best wishes for anything you do in the futre
Puffin 14 Apr 2011, 14:32
It would be a sad day if this site, in many ways the centre of the glasses universe, was no more.
Galileo 14 Apr 2011, 13:48
Likewise! Eyescene has been a virtually daily part of my life for nearly as long as it has existed. (thanks again Wurm).
Personally I could not find the time or inclination to do what Wurm does, but I am left wondering if there are any ways we collectively could keep the site going and allow Wurm to make a graceful retirement? Any ideas from the IT/web literaty out there?
Specs4Me 14 Apr 2011, 13:16
Wurm,
You have done more than the extra mile with this site. I would also miss it greatly if you were to decide to pull the plug. I have enjoyed this site for some 10 or 12 years now, and although not a regular poster I'm here daily seeing what is new and interesting. There is lots of that.
Recognizing that keeping a site like this going for as long as you have can become burdensome. When you do choose to exit stage left, know that you will be fondly remembered and appreciated for all that you have provided to many glasses afficionados. A big thanks for all your hard work and even tempered managing of this site.
still 14 Apr 2011, 12:29
Filthy said it for me, too.
I've always appreciated the work and generosity which you've expressed here. While I would certainly miss the site if it were to disappear, I understand that life must go on, and you have other things to do.
Filthy McNasty 14 Apr 2011, 12:20
Wow. Quite a revelation. I would expect taht each of us understands. I myself feel the same many days, without the load of maintenance.
But let there be no mistake: I will be forever grateful to you and ES.
Wurm 14 Apr 2011, 11:20
This is a post I've been pondering for quite awhile, and I want to do it at a time when the forum is relatively drama-free so it's clear to everyone where my head is at. This seems like that time.
I've been running the site for about 14 years. For the most part it's been great fun and I certainly get wonderful feedback on a regular basis. This is a bit of an odd site, of course, but even considering that it's been good as a resume/portfolio item at some key times in my working life. And it has more than paid for itself via Optical4Less and Albert's generous sponsorship a few years back. I also had help from volunteer moderators for a couple of years and a sprinkling of donations, all of which is greatly appreciated. Finally, seeing a major project like Crystal Veil come to pass and imagining that I played some small part in it is extremely gratifying. With all that said, I've been considering my exit strategy.
IMPORTANT PART: I'm not shutting down the site now, or even soon (barring unforeseen events, of course). But I would like to start publicly entertaining the notion of handing the site over, winding it down, or perhaps altering it in some way to lighten the daily review/maintenance load.
While I still like the site, and some days even love it, my original passion for it has dimmed quite a bit with passing years. Glasses are now 'hip', I've proven some things to myself regarding a long-term project, and a great deal of fun has been had by many. Yay! Now, with all those goals met, I'm beginning to think it might be best to go out on top.
Bobby 02 Apr 2011, 07:59
Hi readers, I have updated the stories website. There are, as your tradition is, two excellent stories by Specsever, one story na Glasseslover, the Jewels too was reconstructed, and The Spectacles by E.A. Poe was added. Many thanks goes to Jules for his co-operation, and, of course, to Specs4ever for his fruitful talent.
I would like to ask other people gifted with the talent for writing to contribute.
lazysiow 18 Mar 2011, 09:33
Permanent anti-fogging coating for glasses finally developed
http://www.gizmag.com/permanent-anti-fog-coating-developed/18163/
Bobby 17 Mar 2011, 19:35
Jules, as you said you do not get any e-mails from me, this is a copy of my answer. Check your spam filter or send me an alternative e-mail address, please.
Hi Jules,
What I said was, that two of the files you sent me were in a kind of format my Windows and MS Office could not recognize.
The extension of the files were .dat (dot D A T), I think it is a format that Apple uses, it cannot be PC format.
Thank you for sending Jason McNamara and Jewels Too in a readable format.
However, the other two files I have just received from you, Bobbi & Amy and The Spectacles are in the .dat format again.
Do not resend them, I managed to open them using a special utility.
I do not know why my e-mails do not ever get to you, maybe you should check you spam filter.
Bobby
Julian 17 Mar 2011, 13:45
Bobby: I've done it (but they were all .rtf when I sent them!)
Bobby 16 Mar 2011, 21:12
The website with stories has been updated!
2 new stories by Specs4ever, 1 story writtenby ttuee2006 and sent by Jules inot MIG stories, and 2 morphs of famous actresses.
!!!Julian, I could not open the other two files. I cannot handle hose .dat format files. Please, resend them in .doc.
10 Mar 2011, 22:41
Bobby, is there going to be an update to your ficton site this month?
post under fake name 02 Mar 2011, 10:38
Art? The Art of nit-picking!
Art 02 Mar 2011, 06:05
1 more point: it was suggested that some legendary people enjoy Alain's posts or find them useful. Curiously, the fact is that NO came up saying that himself; the ease at which one can post under fake names makes this fact even more telling!
Art 02 Mar 2011, 06:01
My eye sight is not what it used to be; scrolling takes an extra reading. I once ventured the course of paying for ALain's post. It was long and unrewarding. As I wrote there, I expected a more considerate attitude, e.g., in making the cost clear, either here, or on his own site. Alain's conduct was far from that.
I am getting the impression that Alain simply enjoys annoying people in his posts and/or being rude and/or being inconsiderate, but perhaps I am wrong, and he would come up asking that he is given a section (paid or/not) for his posts.
guest 01 Mar 2011, 13:46
Well said, iiii, I'd like to second that.
iiii 28 Feb 2011, 16:49
Well if you believe that someone can just scroll beyond messages they don't like, why are message threads deleted anyway? Can't people just scroll beyond those too?
Different standards of fairness it seems.
Puffin 27 Feb 2011, 18:10
I'm sure there's some people to whom Alain's posts are relevant. There is stuff here about GOC and men in glasses for example which I have no trouble ignoring.
Is it really such a problem to not read something?
Rayray 27 Feb 2011, 17:15
Just to add I dont think Alain's posts are a problem as virtually everyone is aware of what they are and can ignore them if they want to. Some people will get exorcised abt anything. As to the whole democratic thing it's ridiculous - Wurm pays for the hosting and therefore owns the site and what ever goes up here is his responsibility and prerogative.
Bobby 27 Feb 2011, 11:49
@Filthy McNasty:
I can second that. There is a lot of stuff posted here, so anybody can find thing they like as well as things they do not like. Let people post what they find interesting or important. If it is about glasses, it is all right.
Wurm 26 Feb 2011, 23:37
Athletes thread is still there.
http://orbdeluxe.com/cgi-bin/read_thread.cgi?39
Threads without a post in 2011 won't show up in the "Threads by Most Recent Post" index, but you can still get to them via the "Thread Index".
dave 26 Feb 2011, 22:05
Is there no longer an athletes thread?
Filthy McNasty 26 Feb 2011, 21:55
If I beaked off every time some dweeb posted something on ES that I found annoying, I'd post about 10 times as much as I do.
Sure, the HMG stuff is (mildly) annoying. But all you have to do is scroll past it. It's not like we're all still on dialup.
I think Wurm does an admirable job of keeping us all in line.
Wurm 26 Feb 2011, 21:03
Albert from Optical4Less approached me, and that worked out pretty well. He was already doing high-volume business.
I doubt Alain is generating that kind of revenue with his site at this point. I think he's mostly just trying to cover his costs.
I do understand that a bunch of people enjoy the user-submitted links and a vocal subgroup don't want them mixed with repetitive promotional posts. Hopefully we can figure something out.
pete 26 Feb 2011, 20:16
Wurm,
Didn't you allow optical4less for awhile to have their plug at the top of the page? Couldn't something like that be offered $ to Alain. It would keep his promo off the threads entirely and clear of criticism . . . maybe.
Wurm 26 Feb 2011, 20:08
Any other thoughts on making a separate thread for sites that have most of their content behind a paywall? I have a couple of things to note.
Most of the XXX stuff is a commercial site of one kind or another. I'd prefer to leave that thread as it is and just worry about the "Seen on the Web" general audience links for now.
Also, the "Glasses for Auction or Sale" thread is already by definition commercial. But we have had similar issues there. So I have some doubts about how much this would help. If the same pack just follows Alain to another thread and starts nitpicking him there I may begin to lose patience.
pete 26 Feb 2011, 19:59
From what Wurm has shared within the past 24 hours it seems he is willing to receive suggestions here on this thread. I think that this has always been the case. In the 12 years I have visited and participated on this site I have seen changes as a result of suggestions made or assisted by others. Sure Wurm has final say and we should accept whatever the outcome is. I may question his rules from time to time but I don't question his authority. I would be crestfallen if this site were no more. Still, I have to say, it pisses me off that some of these threads slip into anarchy. My stated feeling is that deleting the aggression won't make it go away and if I were Wurm I would be open to helpful suggestions to put an end to it. In my humble opinion it seems like it's time to develop a policy regarding the use of this site to promote the money making endeavors of others. It doesn't bother some but bothers others. It's the backwash of it all that bothers me. What an unfortunate use of time - to wade through that just to get my daily eyescene fix.
lentifan 26 Feb 2011, 19:12
Your language is a little over the top, don't you think, Anonymous? 'Despotic rule'? I don't think so. Nobody is forcing anything on you. You can ignore Alain's occasional posts if you wish. That's not too much of a burden on you, I would have thought.
Brett 26 Feb 2011, 19:09
Well said: Specs4ever and thank you Wurm for all you do!
Anonymous 26 Feb 2011, 18:26
still, shouldn't even the most generous hosts generally rule their internet reigns in ways compatible to democratic and pluralistic standards instead of establishing a despotic rule based on subjective preferences and resentments, personal beliefs and disbeliefs?
still 26 Feb 2011, 17:49
Not at all, Anonymous. But Wurm is our generous host, and
on sites such as this, the host makes and enforces the rules. I accept that, because I enjoy the site, and don't appreciate flame wars. That has nothing to do with democracy or anti-democracy. You get to choose whether you visit this site or not. And Wurm gets to decide whether your visit fits within his parameters. I think on internet sites, this is generally the case...
Anonymous 26 Feb 2011, 16:38
So, according to specs4ever, having some kind of glasses fetish makes people tolerate anti-democratic structures more easily? Or even favour them?
Specs4ever 26 Feb 2011, 15:47
Art, your view has no bearing on this site. Wurm is the guy who runs it, and he is the only one who can decide what goes on here. If he decides to allow Alain to post an update every day, he can do so. If he decides that he no longer wants anyone to post links, he can do so. If he decides that this post of mine is inappropriate he can delete it, like he did to yours. This is not a democratic website, and there is no majority rule.
The only thing we can do here is be very thankful that Wurm has gone to the effort over the past 15 years of providing this website for our use.
So, please everybody, follow the rules as laid down by Wurm. I would be very disappointed if this site disappeared forever.
Art 26 Feb 2011, 15:21
I do not know what was deleted. My post disappeared. Anyway, it is my view that Alain should not be allowed to post ads disguised as real content..
Ads should be clearly marked as such, and placed in a clearly marked section. More importantly, I think we would all benefit if Alain is required to pay for these ads.
pete 26 Feb 2011, 10:21
Most of the time I would agree with that tactic but this time was different in that there were also some constructive suggestions being made regarding the inflamed issue of Alain, like SGS, selling on Eyescene.
I don't think that he quite gets that since he's now asking for money his status here has changed. As I said, people are going to kick the tires and air their opinions. When Alain acts arrogant, things escalate and get ugly. Add to that the safety one can feel with internet anonymity and some really bad behavior can occur. Deleting the posts doesn't make it go away. [Take away the money aspect and it will.] There were a few (now deleted) suggestions being made like allowing a seller such as Alain to advertise here (maybe for a fee) and stay off the threads. That way he can stand clear of criticism and the rest of us won't have to witness or become entangled in the resulting fray.
We've already seen how this plays out when there is no resolution, ie. SGS. At the same there are examples of how well things can coexist on this site (probably due in a large part to sellers acting professional).
Wurm 26 Feb 2011, 01:12
I used to let those things go on longer (at least sometimes) but on reflection I wasn't really happy with the result. So I've been a little more consistent about removing or otherwise discouraging this stuff during the last couple of years.
pete 25 Feb 2011, 23:55
Wurm.
Regarding this post you made in Seen on the Web:
[Wurm 25 Feb 2011, 22:26 I deleted 10 posts due to a "flame war". There were a couple of posts that might have been OK, but they were orphaned when the others were deleted.
Suggestions for new site policies and the like should go in Site Feedback and News.]
Since you're open to suggestions, maybe it's worth just letting all that inflammation sit on the page for a while. Deleting it so abruptly doesn't give many viewers a chance to see how 'stupid' we can be and maybe there is some value in that.
Bobby 20 Feb 2011, 16:54
Is there anybody here, who lives in Gottingen?
If so, mail me, please.
bobby.laurel@seznam.cz
lazysiow 09 Feb 2011, 11:52
How about a new forum for links and videos to that "myopic stare"/look that many of us like?
nickweymouth 02 Feb 2011, 09:03
dear freind thank you
Bobby 02 Feb 2011, 01:02
The story website has been updated. There are 2 new stories by Specs4ever and a new morph by Bobby. Link http://bobbygoc.sweb.cz
midnight 14 Jan 2011, 16:29
no one has the story i am looking for at all??? called crime and punishment
14 Jan 2011, 16:01
oh, i'm sorry. this is a correct link :)
http://sites.google.com/site/madunsortedstuff/amy---a-glasses-story-by-clay
14 Jan 2011, 15:58
nickweymouth, try this one
https://sites.google.com/site/madunsortedstuff/home/amy---a-glasses-story-by-clay
Andrew 14 Jan 2011, 13:39
Nick,
Are you thinking of "Heroes in Silver Rimms(sic)" in the "Other authors" section on Bobby's site. It's about a girl called Ginger, but she does have to get bifocals.
Bobby 13 Jan 2011, 17:21
To help those, who would like to download the complete archive, and to avoid problems with the website (which is free, so it might be sometimes unavailable or too slow) I placed the complete archive in RAR format here:
http://www.uloz.to/7391624/archiv-rar
Bobby 13 Jan 2011, 14:51
The broken links at the http://bobby.laurel.sweb.cz website with the archive of the old eyescene threads has just been repaired.
midnight 13 Jan 2011, 11:26
no although i have read that one its about a girl who goes to jail for a crime she commited and gets a sentence of poor vision
nickweymouth 13 Jan 2011, 11:21
am hoping some one can help me please am looking for a gwg srory callded amy
0she has to get bifocals
maesser 13 Jan 2011, 11:12
http://bobbygoc.sweb.cz/s4e/punishment.htm
is it this one?
midnight 13 Jan 2011, 11:05
there was a story i was looking for from a long time ago i believe puffin wrote it its called crime and punishment i love that story if anyone has it i wass wondering if you could send it my way
Bobby 13 Jan 2011, 09:19
I will have a look at the problem with the old archive, tonight. Although I cannot promise anything, as my HDD, were the files had been, went to the happy hunting grounds last summer, there is a chance to restore it. (Just one of several small disasters that happened last year.)
I believe, there should be a copy of the files somewhere in the boxes with CDs and DVDs.
Stan 13 Jan 2011, 08:47
The download error on the 1999 archive is just a 404 in Slovak, "Sorry, the page you requested was not found."
pince 13 Jan 2011, 08:24
I've not posted for years...since the old eyescene days!
Pince-nez Eyeglasses
Pince-nez type eyeglasses were the most popular eyewear in the USA, Canada and much of Europe during the period 1885 to 1920. A pince-nez had no arms or temples and clipped on the bridge of the nose. It was held in place by either spring powered nose guard grips in the fingerpiece type or a spring bridge with nose guard grips in the hoopspring or C bridge type. Properly fitted, a pince-nez remained securely attached to the bridge of the nose at all times and was very comfortable even during full time wear. Eyeglasses (pince-nez) and spectacles (glasses with temples) : were unisex then. The terms eyeglasses and spectacles had distinct meanings. The rimless type pince-nez was the most popular and stylish for all ages especially young people. For soldiers,it was great for wear under a gas mask or goggles and army officials stated the a pince-nez was the ideal eyewear.
If you are a fan of eyewear history or have any curiosity or interest re: pince-nez please check out pincenez1.blogspot.com this is Pince-nez Renaissance blog/site the only place on the web or anywhere for very detailed,accurate info re: pince-nez. This unique site dispels the countless myths re: this perfect eyewear and is devoted to modern day wearing of pince-nez. Click on table of: contents. Many of the photos can be enlarged by clicking on them. Readers are encouraged to ask questions and submit photos. There is also an extensive guide on adjusting pince-nez.
Unfortunately, except for one exception, any makers of modern pince-nez are worthless..their product doesn't work, it doesn't stay in place because they failed to do research to discover what made the old type so successful some even show a pince-nez worn way down low blocking the airflow...
A pince-nez was ALWAYS made to be worn clipped on the bridge of the nose.
See Flickr.com and search under pince-nez for 250+ photos and info
All4Eyes 13 Jan 2011, 00:10
Oops, looks like someone left the door open on that "ES time machine", Yuen-Ming has reappeared in the strong glasses thread.
12 Jan 2011, 17:56
The archive of the second Eye Scene gives some strange foreign language error when trying to download the 1999 sets. All I can deduce is that means they are inaccessible or lost.
Stan 12 Jan 2011, 13:01
Wow, I must really be neglecting this site. I just discovered the old domain name no longer works. Looks like Wurm told us about the change in August. I could swear I have visited ES since then. Perhaps both names were working for a while. Anyway, glad to see ES still exists. Happy New Year to all.
Wurm 12 Jan 2011, 11:58
Bobby kindly hosts the archived Eye Scene files. Many of the stories from the old forum can also be found on his story site:
Forums/Polls: http://bobby.laurel.sweb.cz/
Stories: http://bobbygoc.sweb.cz/
Pete7 12 Jan 2011, 11:12
How do you get back to the way back machine for the old eye scene stories and such? Thanks
Melyssa 06 Jan 2011, 13:16
Based on what I've read on this thread lately, this is why I've always been upfront with things, telling everyone my age and marital status (which of course turns off sooooo many men -- LOL), prescription strength, and love for big, bold, and beautiful glasses.
A goal of mine has been to get more women interested in wearing large frames, and for men to want their significant others to wear them, which would perhaps light a fire under the optical stores to get some.
In addition, since discovering this site (sight?) a lot of many years ago, I have learned a lot about vision as well, for which I'm grateful.
myofan 06 Jan 2011, 11:22
No, she's referring to a "Jennifer" from the "polls days" back around 1999 or 2000. Many of us were CRUSHED when we found out she wasn't "real".
Jennifer 06 Jan 2011, 10:47
Are you talking about me? Or another Jennifer. I've been on this scene since about 2003. Not sure why you would call me a fake?
All4Eyes 06 Jan 2011, 01:18
Yay Bobby!!!! About all this Carrie business, I do understand the appeal in pretending to be the object of one's attraction, but I also understand how disappointing it is to become emotional attached/involved with someone (which I think we OOs do with our favorite GWG's/MIG's, at least to an extent)and then find out that person was not "real" (I truly lost a little bit of my innocence when I discovered Jennifer and crew of the Extremely Nearsighted Women of Eyescene Society from the old Eyescene poll days were fakes). LOL the Southpark pic, actually I like bigger MIG's too, if that guy had more hair on his head and less on his face he'd be right up my alley! Did that sound bad or do I just have a dirty mind tonight? 8-/
Slit 05 Jan 2011, 07:01
Congratulations Bobby!
And just a suggestion. Dieteris crossing 20+ stories. What is the point you allocate a separate section for an author?
Wurm 05 Jan 2011, 05:27
I haven't turned on that kind of detailed logging for the site, Bobby. I did have something like that going for the old domain though.
When someone links to a photo it tends to get around 300 hits. So regular posters are definitely a minority on the site.
Bobby 05 Jan 2011, 03:04
Wurm, can you see the lurkers, too? I mean passive users, who olny read and never contribute.
Wurm 04 Jan 2011, 22:38
Reviewing a year's worth of log data, 80 active users looks about right. 85 users had 24 or more posts in 2010. Removing the two common accounts "guest" and "anon" leaves 83 unique user names.
I think I used similar methods to arrive at 70 a few years ago, so perhaps we've grown a bit. Thanks everyone for using the site!
Jennifer 04 Jan 2011, 17:46
Unnamed poster who used the cartoon of an overweight glasses wearing computer user...Why do you assume that a person who uses multiple names has to be male??? You guys can't imagine a gwg playing tricks on you...LOL
Wurm, I love your site and visit it frequently. Thanks for providing a forum for us!
Thanks to Bobby for allowing writers to showcase their stories of glasses and everything that goes with it. Love reading them...
Love those Men in Glasses!
Bobby 04 Jan 2011, 17:31
OMG, we have broken a record today!
the website with stories has got more than 1000 page views today! WOW!
See for yourself:
http://counter48.bravenet.com/index.php?id=404667&type=overview&usernum=4050250792
Bobby 04 Jan 2011, 17:09
We all are just mutual imaginary personalities. Nobody is real. :-)
glassesforeveryone 04 Jan 2011, 16:14
Apologies for the flippant "I'm Spartacus" joke (couldn't resist). I am an often-time lurker and occasional poster and really appreciate your efforts Wurm.
I would imagine that there is something in the psyche of people with a fetish (doesn't that sound lurid?) that makes them more likely to don a false name occasionally when posting. Unless it's off-topic or offensive or just plain banal then it doesn't bother me when people do it.
As a matter of fact, I'm a little worried that nobody (as far as I am aware) has ever posted under my pseudonym!
04 Jan 2011, 15:47
Finally I found a picture of Carrie!
http://wow.incgamers.com/gallery/data/500/southpark.jpg
04 Jan 2011, 15:42
Wurm... Something that's really been bugging me. Can you settle the recent debate over the infamous LauraC? Did she also post under multiple usernames from the same IP address?
Mark One 04 Jan 2011, 10:57
Filthy, no I used just plain Mark from poll #2 until a few years ago when I appended the One to avoid inadvertent confusion with other Marks. I believe Green now goes by tinyeyes.
Filthy McNasty 04 Jan 2011, 10:44
Mark One: were you also known as Green?
Val 04 Jan 2011, 04:52
Happy New Year to all Eyescene readers (and writers). Just got home from my short vacation from the mountains and I am happy to see that Bobby's site was updated with many stories. Thank you Wurm, Bobby, Specs4ever, Dieter, Cactus Jack, and many others...
I became an Eyescene reader in 2000 or 2001, and I always had a great time reading the posts. I am not a big poster because english is not my native language and sometimes when I can't find my words I just let others to say it better.
Astra 04 Jan 2011, 03:27
A happy 2011 for everyone.
- Astra
Slit 04 Jan 2011, 02:22
Thanks Dieter!
I am also trying to develop the skill of writing, not planning to reveal any writings till I am happy about the quality of script.
You have a very good way of writing. Especially, Fantastic Friday, Super Sunday, Madisson, Savannah's Brother are exceptionally good!
What I always like is the balance between reality, the gradual increase of lens power along the story, the vivid descriptions of the encounters someone has with glasses and without glasses.
Keep it up!!
Mark One 04 Jan 2011, 01:48
Let me weigh in as another long, long, long (ancient even)-timer. Wurm's efforts are much appreciated. He shows more patience and kindness than I could or would.
I helped out with moderation in a previous version of the site so I got to see IP addresses for posts. Discovering that supposedly distinct people were writing from the same computer, even having conversations between themselves, left me disappointed and rather unwilling to engage with newcomers. Hence my tendency to lurk more and post less.
That said, I'm also very happy to see new stories on Bobby's site. Much appreciated. Cheers to all the authors for their hard work. I particularly enjoyed Julian's two. But then the hugger does know his audience.
Specs4Me 03 Jan 2011, 23:42
I've been lurking around here for 10 or 12 years. I post every now and then but mostly lurk. I'm usually here at least once a day to see what is going on in the various threads that I like to follow.
I complement Wurm for the job that he does in keeping the site clean and free of trash posts. Let's not forget that Wurm owns the site, polices it and makes it available to all of us. In policing the site he is going to occasionally delete posts that he thinks are trols when they aren't, Oh Well, stuff occurs. It's his site and he can delete whatever he chooses and doesn't owe anyone an explanation. Deal with it!
Wurm, I once again thank you for the site and the effort that you put in to keep it clean and runnig smoothly.
Bobby, Welcome back, glad that things are woking out for you. We certainly missed you. Happy New Year 2011.
S4E & Dieter, THANKS!
BobD
Dieter 03 Jan 2011, 21:24
Carrie, real or not, you should be writing your thoughts for Bobby's site. You definitely got my attention and I can't wait to hear more.
specs4ever, thank you. "Bodacious" seemed more timely when I finished it 6 months ago. Big and chunky frames seem to be taking over now (not that there's anything wrong with that) but wide-temples are still showing great popularity.
matthewson, you scared me at first but thanks for your comments. I get in a lot of trouble for my sarcasm especially with Mrs. Dieter.
Slit, you're one of the ones that keeps me going.
Bobby, as always thanks for what you do for all of us . . . and welcome back to the fray.
lentifan 03 Jan 2011, 18:25
Hear! Hear! to that, Mark.
Mark 03 Jan 2011, 18:12
I think i'd fit into the "lurker" category,
On here on usually a daily basis checking up on things.
Very rarely end up posting things as usually someone's either having the same idea as me, or close enough that posting more of the same old thing isnt needed.
I've found that sites come and go, and the truly great ones like this take a very good individual or team to keep it running and more importantly not overloaded with spam / fake / bad language / kids etc etc
So i'd like to extend my thanks to Wurm for doing what he's done over the years and my thanks to those regular posters / providers of pictures and stories that keep this all alive
Mark.
Soundmanpt 03 Jan 2011, 17:55
Wurm
Now that I think about it I guess there are only maybe around 70 regular people in here that you see on a regular basis. It is really too bad you can't demand seeing a form of ID or something to police this site. I think you do a very good job trying to watch over it. I must admit I often times wonder if the "new" people I am answering are really new or a fake player.
For what it is worth I think that "Emily" takes care of the Lenchat chat room and she has kicked a few people out. But I am sure she has a tough time finding all the fakes.
My computer was down for a full month from Nov 25th till Christmas eve and I was about to go mad not being able to come here. Maybe many thought it was better that I was gone, but I missed it a lot.
Bobby 03 Jan 2011, 17:26
Said Tom the Hungarian, although he was a good author, created a female fake, who sent me dozens of hearbreaking e-mails. After a time, I almost jumped into my car and drive to Budapest in Hungary to save the poor bestpectacled girl. :-D Fortunately, Lenslover sent me some pix in time, and attached with an analysis of the background of the pictures and a link to a porn site. Of course, "The-poor-magyar-kissaszony" was totally fake. Later I gave 5000 Czech bucks to a hacker who found Tom's other e/mails, his real name and even his real address. Well, Mr. Tamas N. M. was very surprised when he got my angry e-mail into his standard civil mail box. :-D :-D. Nevetherless Tom wrote some very good stories, because he had very strong imagination and quite a good style.
Crystal Veil 03 Jan 2011, 16:23
70 - thank you, Wurm, for this valuable information, also for writing about your policy of guarding this website. My own guess would have been a few hundreds. I'm now all the more appreciative of your work which is mainly behind the curtains!
Wurm 03 Jan 2011, 15:20
There are about 70 active users. There are also lots of regular lurkers and occasional posters (probably several hundred in those categories). I'm sure there are some legitimate one-time posters as well.
lentifan 03 Jan 2011, 15:11
Wurm, are there only 70 'actual' users of the site? Of course, it may depend on what you mean by 'actual'. But I did think it was more than that.
Rayray 03 Jan 2011, 14:50
Lenschat is so utterly taken over with these 'characters' as to have become absurd - I for one applaud your policy Wurm.
Wurm 03 Jan 2011, 14:41
Actually, I shouldn't encourage this sort of thing on Lenschat - I don't run the site and don't know what the policy is there if any.
And Tom the Hungarian once ran a lesbian priest character, so he's already taken home the creative ES trolling trophy.
Wurm 03 Jan 2011, 14:32
The problem with just allowing people to run multiple characters is that a few people running a dozen characters each would soon overwhelm the seventy or so actual users of the site.
If we assume all the British schoolgirls who have wandered through with their blurry, achy eyes are your creation, how many characters are you responsible for already? Nearly a dozen already, I think.
Tom the Hungarian ran maybe 30 characters or more. Bifocal Bill ran his own legions of British schoolgirls, all decked out in bifocals of course (you may be the return of Bifocal Bill, for all I know). Here in the US, Nancy had her crowd of dorm-mates with bifocals and wheelchairs and limbs falling off everywhere.
I don't want all that fictional spice on my site; it has nothing to offer here. Keep it on Lenschat or write for a story site as Slit diplomatically suggested.
glassesforeveryone 03 Jan 2011, 14:12
I'm Spartacus!
Carrie 03 Jan 2011, 13:33
Slit - Thanks for the support/suggestion.
Wurm - If you don't believe me then that's your opinion. Nobody else minded or queried if I was real or not.
Surely if someone is posting stuff about glasses, they don't stray off-topic too much and don't insult other posters surely it is better to leave it rather than delete it. I would guess that most people here don't care if a poster is real or not and if they do care they will just skip future posts by that person. Deleting a post is denying everyone that choice.
I enjoy reading the posts and certainly don't care who is real and who isn't. For all I know everyone on here could be made up but that doesn't spoil my enjoyment.
I sound older because I am the youngest in my large family and have grown up with people a lot older than me. I also look and act older than my age.
Slit 03 Jan 2011, 13:08
Hi Carrie,
Anyways, you will do much better if you become GWG story writer, and perhaps will get published on bobby's site also.
.
Wurm 03 Jan 2011, 12:14
Usually trolls just disappear after posts are deleted, perhaps to return later under another name. This is a new twist.
Your modus operandi of young girls with "achy" or "blurry" eyes is all over the place here. Another user was using the same IP and also had the old eye ache several months back.
Also, your constant use of terms current in the 80s and 90s give you away as being much older than 17.
Post after post of far-fetched personal tales are always suspicious. And yours went most decidedly over the top. Reading back through it the only wonder is that I didn't act sooner. What amazes me is that after going so far with this as to make up a story about insertion, you've decided to stand your ground.
Finally, there is never any real background. These characters enter our little world with a prescription and a templated question. All we learn about them is whatever is needed to drive the stories forward. No depth of personality, no mundane activities, no real interest in others. Every friend is another glasses wearer who somehow fits the template. The contrast with real people on the site is stark.
People have successfully run alternate personalities on this site, sometimes for years. But "Carrie" is not going to be one of them.
03 Jan 2011, 10:41
BUSTED.
Carrie 03 Jan 2011, 07:50
Webmaster
I have just noticed that a couple of my recent posts have been removed and replaced with the message "post deleted - troll, multiple usernames"
I've only been posting on this site since September, not long after I got glasses. All the posts under the name of Carrie are mine (nobody else has "hijacked" my name and been posting stuff - I have checked)and I have not posted under any other name.
I could understand if a post had been removed if I had been sexually explicit (I know I was a bit descriptive a couple of times) but as we are all adults here (I may be 17 but I am legally an adult) and there is no access restriction to the "XXX Links" section I assume that is ok.
No hard feelings, if you stop deleting my posts.
Thanks
Carrie
specs4ever 03 Jan 2011, 07:28
Glad it was a joke Matthewson, as I was prepared to suggest that in the future you could write all the stories.
Dieter - I loved Boadacious
matthewson 02 Jan 2011, 22:54
sorry, sarcasm in last post. obviously good stories again, especially dieter's. joke didn't come across that good. thanks for the effort.
matthewson 02 Jan 2011, 15:43
welcome back bobby, glad you are ok again or i hope so.
the stories aren't good this time though, would have expected much more.
Slit 02 Jan 2011, 14:41
Welldone bobby!!!
and thanks to Dieter, Specs4ever and other writers too!!!
Wurm 01 Jan 2011, 22:16
Nice to see you back Bobby.
Best wishes for the new year.
Bobby 01 Jan 2011, 20:19
well, it is 3:18 a.m. here, so I am rather tired.
The link is:
Bobby 01 Jan 2011, 20:18
The link is still the same:
Bobby 01 Jan 2011, 20:14
The website has been updated. I hope it works all right, as the website seems to reach the limit of the number of files, however, do not worry, I will solve the problem during January.
There are 14 new stories from 6 authors, 2 of which are new.
specs4ever 01 Jan 2011, 16:25
Hi Boris:
I think maybe the name of the story might be:"Have I Told You Lately that I Loved You." This is in my section of Bobby's site and was published in November of 2007
Melyssa 01 Jan 2011, 09:59
Now that I'm awake (LOL), I would like to wish everyone a Happy and Healthy New Year.
Boris 01 Jan 2011, 09:46
Hi,
does anyone know the name of the story on bobby's site that was about a girl who worked at the bus station lost-and-found and started to wear glasses she found there? i can't find it anywhere...
Like lenses 01 Jan 2011, 00:09
If I raise my glasses everything is blurred, so will just say Happy New Year to all.
All4Eyes 01 Jan 2011, 00:01
Let us raise our glasses in a toast to health, wealth and higher rxs for those that want them in the new year! *CLINK!* Hmm, I can't drink much out of mine, only -4, not concave enough. 8-(
Puffin 31 Dec 2010, 20:15
Happy new year to all here!
still 31 Dec 2010, 15:29
Happy New Year to all of us! Bobby, I am glad things seem to be better for you. Good luck! And Chris, thanks again for this place which we enjoy.
Specs4Me 31 Dec 2010, 14:52
Best wishes for a Happy and Blessed New Year to all Eyesceners. May 2011 be very good to all of you.
Bobby 31 Dec 2010, 13:08
Bakhtalo Nevo Bersh! Happy New Year!
Things are getting better, let us hope the Year 2011 will be better that the old one.
Soundmanpt 31 Dec 2010, 10:58
Happy New Year to all! Let's hope 2011 will be better than 2010.
clare - Is 2011 the year you resolve to wear your glasses more? (haha)
Clare 31 Dec 2010, 10:36
Happy New Year everyone!
There's still some time to go till 2011 dawns here in the UK but it's time to go and get ready to celebrate. I hope you all have a great New Year's Eve and that all your wishes come true in 2011.
All4Eyes 24 Dec 2010, 23:17
Wishing all Eyesceners a Merry Christmas, Happy Kwanzaa, Happy New Year and Belated Happy Chanukah. And if you don't celebrate any of those days, a Happy, Merry and Joy-filled whatever-it-is-you-celebrate. 8-)
midnight 24 Dec 2010, 19:54
hey puffin you wrote a story a while ago that was really good and it would mean so much to me if you could send it to me again as i lost the last copy you sent me when my other computer burnt out it was crime and punishment my email is aah2003aah@yahoo.com if you have the time it would be very much appreciated and merry christmas to all eye sceners
Puffin 24 Dec 2010, 14:50
Wishing everyone here a Merry Christmas, whether you wear glasses or just drink from them as I do.
specs4ever 24 Dec 2010, 11:45
Looks like things didn't go as planned for Bobby, because I see the site still isn't updated. Sorry Bobby.
However I would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year.
Hopefully things will improve next year.
All4Eyes 06 Dec 2010, 23:17
Glad to see you back Bobby! I've been worried about you, as we all have been. You have a very supportive and close-knit "family" of fellow OOs here. 8-)
Dieter 06 Dec 2010, 21:40
Bobby,
All I can say is W00t!!
Slit,
I don't remember if I have any in the batch I sent Bobby last July, but I promise to work on more.
maesser 06 Dec 2010, 05:24
welcome back bobby.. i am checking your page almost every day.. its good that u are back :)
Mark 06 Dec 2010, 01:34
welcome back bobby all the best.
Slit 05 Dec 2010, 23:43
bobby
wish u best!!!
dieter,
waiting for more plussy stories :)
Julian 05 Dec 2010, 21:05
Good to hear from you Bobby! All good wishes.
J
specs4ever 05 Dec 2010, 16:22
Good to see you are ok. Sorry that things have been going badly for you. Let me know if I can do anything to help you Bobby
Bobby 05 Dec 2010, 15:52
I have had really hard times. Bear with me for several more days, please. If everything goes well both technically and personally here, the website should be updated next week.
Julian 28 Nov 2010, 09:39
If you look through the posts on this thread you will see that Bobby has apparently had some problems lately. Several of us have sent material to him and keep hoping that things will sort themselves out and his site come back to life.
missing new stories 28 Nov 2010, 07:41
Hey
Does anyone know something about Bobbie Laurel and his page? There hasn't been an update of the page...I know, if nobody contributes stories there is no updates...but I'm missing it all the same.
Kudos to Bobby and his site!!!
nickweymouth 25 Nov 2010, 10:34
may one offer a happy thanksgiving to all are american colonial cousins from us all here on this side of the pond
specs4ever 20 Nov 2010, 10:49
Julian, with no insult intended to guest, if you were yourself offering to do this, I would do it in a heartbeat, because I am familiar with you as a frequent poster. But, I have no idea who guest is, or how long guest has been around. There have been a number of guest posters who were complete idiots, and while I do not think that this guest is one of them, I don't feel totally comfortable with someone I haven't known for a while. I do appreciate their kind offer, but I just wanted to explain where I am coming from, and why I am hesitant to jump on the bandwagon.
Julian 20 Nov 2010, 09:02
Yes, I agree with specs4ever & Dieter; but note that what Guest offers is a *temporary* site till Bobby is back in action.
Dieter 20 Nov 2010, 07:46
Guest,
I'm going to join specs4ever and wait a bit longer for Bobby - but not too much longer ;)
specs4ever 19 Nov 2010, 07:21
I have to admit that your offer is tempting guest, however I think I will wait a little longer for Bobby to come back. Maybe someone else will give it a shot first. Thanks for the thought
guest 18 Nov 2010, 20:58
I was thinking of hosting a temp site for "glasses stories" anyone interested? Let me know..... My email address is aah2003aah@yahoo.com this site of course would be non existant with bobbys return.Until he is feeling well.Bobby i hope things are going ok for you and only wish that you feel better soon i miss you.There should be a place for us to post our literary works. I am open to any and all suggestions. I was thinking a blog might suffice but if anyone has a different idea let me know..... Also if i may suggest that it might be time to open a thread where people can post links to various stories or even there own on this website. Again all of these are just ideas let me know what you guys think.
Wurm 07 Nov 2010, 10:16
It's an interesting idea. I can see how it might bring some people in who wouldn't find us otherwise.
If someone wants to set up a fan page on Facebook I'd be happy to cooperate. Another option might be to put a Facebook "Like" button on the front page (or even on certain threads).
Brian 07 Nov 2010, 09:31
Sorry the last post was from me to Wurm. I meant to address it to him.. Sorry again about that..
Wurm 07 Nov 2010, 09:29
Have you ever thought about making an eye scene facebook page? This could attract some new viewers to your site, open up a whole new version of the site on facebook allowing using to share pictures, stories etc... and add allow a lot of regulars to get to know each other a little better. It might even allow you to get some additional advertising revenue to support the site.. Just a thought. Thanks..
Wurm 06 Nov 2010, 15:33
OK, the site update is done. I had to make some changes for the new hosting environment (this is related to the posting outage a week or so ago).
You shouldn't see any difference in the way the site works.
Please report any bugs here.
Wurm 06 Nov 2010, 15:29
test
Wurm 06 Nov 2010, 15:24
It should be safe to post again.
Wurm 06 Nov 2010, 15:19
test
Wurm 06 Nov 2010, 15:15
Posts may not show up, or may be deleted for the next several minutes while I continue with the site update.
Wurm 06 Nov 2010, 12:47
I'm doing some work on the site. Things may look a little odd in places for a while.
Soundmanpt 29 Oct 2010, 12:33
Wurm
Good! I thought it was me.
Wurm 29 Oct 2010, 12:22
Looks like posting may have been down for the past 12 hours or so. I'm looking into the problem, but it should be working again now.
Dieter 28 Oct 2010, 20:07
From an author's standpoint, Bobby does all the hard work allowing us the time to be creative. I do hope his problems can be resolved soon.
specs4ever 28 Oct 2010, 06:11
I am happy to tell you that I have a batch of them ready to go Slit.All we have to do is wait for Bobby to get back in action.
Slit 27 Oct 2010, 23:58
Dieter,
Sounds good! Looking forward to read your creative stories. Especially with +rxs, hyperopia, premature presbyopia, bifocals and varifocals related stories.
If private communication needed please request my "incognito email ID"
Specs4ever,
Looking forward to next lot of high minus stories too!
specs4ever 27 Oct 2010, 23:37
I am sure that Bobby is managing to get a chance to read Eyescen once in a while, so I would like to tell him that I miss him, and I hope that his troubles are sorted out soon.
Dieter 27 Oct 2010, 21:31
Slit,
Thanks for the offer. I am quite busy at the moment but when I free up I may discuss the idea with you.
TheReader 26 Oct 2010, 14:26
I tried to contact Bobby by phone about a week ago. He seems to have some bad personal problems that prevented him from his usual internet activities.
Slit 26 Oct 2010, 04:40
Hi Dieter,
I am a big fan of yours.
If it gets delayed to be published on bobby's site, we can try a blog.
Please let me know if any help needed.
Thanks!
Julian 25 Oct 2010, 22:24
Now that you mention it, Dieter, I've just checked and it was in August I sent Bobby two stories. I've heard nothing, but for some reason emails have never got through from him to me so I wasn't worrying. I have a feeling his internet access was restricted or something, I do hope he's OK!
Dieter 25 Oct 2010, 19:16
I'm going to chime in with 'Midnight'. I sent several stories to Bobby to publish in mid-July but haven't heard anything from him since. I hope everything is okay. I'm getting a bit worried.
24 Oct 2010, 23:41
Thanks, I wasn't sure.
Wurm 24 Oct 2010, 11:55
This should be the #1 result if you Google Eye Scene or Eyescene. #1 on Bing, too.
Or make a bookmark in your browser. I think pretty much every web browser has a bookmarking function.
Or maybe you can get the other site to update their link.
24 Oct 2010, 11:45
How is the best way to find this site? I have it as a link thru something else. I don't want to looses touch with this site. Help!!!
Wurm 24 Oct 2010, 09:56
Last chance to update old bookmarks. I have put in a cancellation request for the old wurm.laughingsquid.net domain. Traffic to the old site will no longer forward here.
Wurm 14 Oct 2010, 18:20
I was donating to a favorite podcast and noticed a generous payment to support my efforts here. It was sent about a week ago. Thank you very much!
midnight 14 Oct 2010, 14:25
Wheres bobby??????
Wurm 12 Oct 2010, 15:19
Thanks for the report, I appreciate it. Should be working again now.
Slit 12 Oct 2010, 15:12
HI Wurm,
Small bug report.
The google search function on landing page is not working well.
Please check.
Thanks for all the effort of maintaining this forum!
12 Oct 2010, 08:30
Filthy, nickweymouth, tizzara, etc. OKAY GIRLS are you finished windmill slapping each other now?
Let's get back to the show.
11 Oct 2010, 23:55
atsa rite spelink iz nut a ishoo.
renst 11 Oct 2010, 22:12
You both mine as well be throwing fecies at one another and star in gieco commercials honestly can we please use this site for what it is supposed to be used for.
tizzara 11 Oct 2010, 18:48
Your inability to spell is annoying, as is your line of excuses ...
nickweymouth 11 Oct 2010, 14:45
last word maddam you are now a non entity persona non grata
oh and have a nice day
tizzara 11 Oct 2010, 13:25
Nick whatever your name is - yes, I've had my own experiences of depression and no, I never use it as an excuse either personally or professionally. I find it sad that you do.
nickweymouth 11 Oct 2010, 11:17
mr soundmart one appoliegies to you
Soundmanpt 11 Oct 2010, 01:18
Stop all the childish bickering! That's not what this site is about.
All4Eyes 10 Oct 2010, 20:57
Can't we all just get along!? LOL, I'm not really that upset, this sort of thing has happened bunches of times here before.
nickweymouth 10 Oct 2010, 16:36
well mr mcnasty how would describe what she was doing
Filthy McNasty 10 Oct 2010, 15:33
The douchily imperious phrase "How dare you..." has always made me chuckle.
nickweymouth 10 Oct 2010, 08:09
how dare you judge erm you dont even KNOW me do you have any metal issues if you dont you have NO RIGHT TO JUDGE ME TIZZARA
censored 10 Oct 2010, 07:34
Wurm, moving a post out of context is not even a bit better than deleting it. As i said before, those in power in china will certainly like very much the way you administer (or should I say: rule) your web site. Congratz!
tizzara 09 Oct 2010, 22:20
Since when was bipolar an excuse? How pathetic. Own up to your mental issues; don't use it as a way out. Other people have things go on in their lives too, you know.
censored 09 Oct 2010, 19:51
lol, wurm, deleting an ironic comment about the nobel peace price as off-topic just to please our chinese mass trader here. i hope you enjoy supporting the chinese government in their battle against democracy and freedom (very nobel, indeed). I'm sure they appreciate your actions very much. Well wurm, if democracy and freedom are off-topic in your cheap fetish world, feel free to delete this post as well.
nickweymouth 27 Sep 2010, 16:14
dear wurm i was another who was deleted no probs mate but all one was trying to do was agrea with the person who was putting there point of view across as for us all jumping at slightest the slightest litle thing i have a excuse im bipolar id love to know the others secrets lol
Wurm 27 Sep 2010, 12:21
I've deleted references to "stalking" since the term is vague and probably too inflammatory in this case.
Also, thanks for the feedback and particularly for using this thread to discuss the matter.
Wurm 27 Sep 2010, 12:08
I did spend some time considering what terminology to use. Other options such as "rabble rousing" have their own pluses and minuses. Cyberstalking has an unclear legal definition as it is, and is used informally and academically as well. Maybe I will just stick with "harassment" unless there is some sort of threat made.
If this is a case of cyberstalking, it's thus far a mild one. Be that as it may, I don't want to see users driven off by disparaging replies to all or most of their posts. Shall we count up how many posts critical of AHMG's posts there have been already? I imagine it's a couple of dozen at least. Multiple usernames have been used to make these posts, creating an impression of a "movement" against AHMG and trying to drum up support. This may hurt his reputation and seems unethical to say the least. Is it possible that someone was caught up mistakenly in my effort? Certainly, and if so I apologize, but I believe the effort itself is quite defensible.
If you have suggestions for the site, please put them here. I've said I will consider trying to wall off commercial posts, but frankly most people seem just fine with the odd post to a pay site as long is there is some free content to go with it.
pete 27 Sep 2010, 11:03
Re: legal point of view.
I would like to weigh-in on this subject considering I was one whose anonymous post was deleted for stalking, harassment. Honestly, my intention was not to stalk nor harass but merely meant as a conversational sigh of tiredness regarding the never-ending dribble of posts to an all-too-worn out off-subject subject.
Harassment is confrontational and there has been plenty of that here as of late. Im grateful for Wurms effort to thwart this. I understand the challenge he must face when drawing that line in the sand which posts must go/which can stay.
Ultimately, the challenge is ours to act as caring members of a community. There would be no need for policing if we each acted responsibly for our actions.
Legal Point of View 27 Sep 2010, 07:07
Sorry part of my last post got cut off.
But I wanted to say that I would just suggest deleting postings rather than trying to give a reason. As a person running this board, you have every right to do so, and don't need to justify those resons to anyone. It's much safer to simply do that rather than tread the mine waters when you start using terms that have legal, court-defined definitions.
Legal Point of View 27 Sep 2010, 07:02
I've seen numerous postings deleted lately and suddenly citing the legal term "stalking." I'm not sure you can label someone posting something controversial, and call the repeated criticism of those controversial items "stalking." If the KKK were to post regular items here, would the constant backlash be called "stalking?" If child pornographers started posting questionable pictures here and were criticized, would that be referred to as "stalking?"
Let's talk legally for a moment. The definition of stalking involves at attempt to invade one's privacy and insert yourself personally into another individual's life. Criticizing postings on a forum is FAR from meeting the legal definition of stalking and is simply expressing an opinion about another person. If the person were to followup and attempt to seek that person outside of the forum, you would find that a viable case in court. But if the same person posts repeatedly controversial things, and multiple individuals continually provide negative feedback, that is not stalking.
Wurm is open to run a forum anyway he wishes, but I would suggest from a legal point of view, that unless you have a solid lawyer ready to defend your actions in court, you avoid terms like stalking and harassment which have SOLID legal definitions.
Soundmanpt 11 Sep 2010, 01:00
I have been a member of the Lion's Club for many years and you are correct we do help many, many people that can't afford glasses. Also if there is not a Lion's Club in your area "Gift of Sight" does about the same things as we do. Thanks for the good word.
Wurm 10 Sep 2010, 14:02
Also, eyeglass collectors who get bored with certain specs can donate them to the Lions for reuse (this is an awesome program that has been running for many years - and some Eye Sceners have been directly involved).
http://www.lionsclubs.org/EN/our-work/sight-programs/eyeglass-recycling/how-you-can-help.php
Wurm 10 Sep 2010, 13:51
To those who have offered to make donations by mail:
First of all, thank you very much for the generous offers. I appreciate them.
Paypal seems very safe, convenient and reliable for payers. All the problems I've read about are from payees (although I have only had minor inconveniences and have used the service pretty extensively as a payee for some years now).
I don't want to set up a p.o. box for accepting payments and prefer to keep my street address private at this time. The cost of hosting is only a minor expense for me (thankfully). If you'd like to make a donation to a vision-related charity, that would be nice alternative. The Lions Club is the Eye Scene charity of record, but there are also many other fine organizations to choose from.
http://www.lionsclubs.org/EN/lci-foundation/supporting-our-work/make-a-donation/index.php
specs4ever 08 Sep 2010, 08:38
Hey Puffin - why not just send them along to Bobby. He is more than willing to post them on his site, and it is a whole lot less trouble than trying to maintain and update a site of your own - at least it is for me. He has been a little slow in his "monthly" updates lately, but at least he does get the stories out there, and I am not complaining, because I was running out of stories anyway.
G#8 07 Sep 2010, 16:05
@Puffin
I hope you do put them up somewhere and find your muse again.
Thanks
Puffin 07 Sep 2010, 07:28
I have another installment of "Dear Diary" part written but never seem to have time or inclination to do much except jot down the occasional idea. I never seem to get in the mood for writing stories these days.
Maybe when it's done I'll set up a mini site somewhere, or else arrange to have someone else host it and a few other stories.
G#8 07 Sep 2010, 01:30
@Puffin
Not sure where to put this. Puffin where are your stories posted? I've been wanting to reread you Diary series again. I've looked and can't seem to find any of your stories.
Thanks
G#8
Wurm 03 Sep 2010, 15:37
Please note: AHMG is making a weekly post about his camgirls site in the XXX links thread, and has my full approval to do so.
Complaints about site issues should be posted here. However, that particular issue is already discussed and settled.
If you feel commercial posts are ruining this site then you might try your hand at running an alternative forum. You'll be welcome to post weekly about it here.
still 28 Aug 2010, 12:34
Please send me an e-mail, too. How shall I give oyu my address privately?
JR 27 Aug 2010, 15:54
I would too. I don't like Paypal at all.
Wurm 27 Aug 2010, 13:29
Val,
I didn't know about that translation. That's interesting.
I had been thinking of the use of "orb" to describe the eyeball. So a deluxe orb could be an eye decorated with frame and lenses.
Wurm 27 Aug 2010, 13:25
Hi VFL,
What a nice post - thank you.
I'll send you an email soon.
VFL 27 Aug 2010, 02:50
C., Please send me an address where I can send you some money. (Hidden carefully in an envelope). Thank you so much and hugs and kisses to you for this wonderful site. I love you so dearly. VFL.
Val 27 Aug 2010, 02:31
Wurm, interesting coincidence, but the word "orb" (from the domain name - orbdeluxe) in romanian means "blind" .
Wurm 25 Aug 2010, 20:27
Those of you with bookmarks for Eye Scene should update them, since the old "wurm.laughingsquid.net" domain will be going away entirely in the next few weeks or months.
Front page: http://orbdeluxe.com/es
Recent Threads page: http://orbdeluxe.com/cgi-bin/threadsbypost.cgi
Wurm 21 Aug 2010, 12:55
The FAQ has been updated.
One question, "Why was my post deleted?", has been updated.
One question, "Do you have any pictures of women with thick glasses?", has been deleted.
One question, "How can I donate to support the site?", was added.
The FAQ is linked from the front page and is available here:
http://orbdeluxe.com/es/ES_FAQ.htm
Wurm 17 Aug 2010, 20:43
Welcome to the new domain. Everything should work about the same. If you spot any bugs, please let me know.
Lv2c4i 13 Aug 2010, 11:26
Wurm,
hope the move goes smoothly and thanks for the initial head's up.
Thanks too for the service you provide for us all.
Wurm 13 Aug 2010, 10:15
Eye Scene will be on the move soon, as the wurm.laughingsquid.net domain will be going away (my host is phasing out their subdomains). I'll try to provide plenty of notice regarding the new address, and get Google to re-index the site as soon as possible.
Yeti 28 Jul 2010, 04:56
Thank you Val :)
Val 28 Jul 2010, 04:54
I've reuploaded on Easy share the "Lots of Links" thread - saved in 9 April 2009.
http://www.easy-share.com/1911489333/LOL9April2009.zip
Yeti 28 Jul 2010, 02:38
Could you please remind me where can I find "lots of links" thread archived ?
Thanks in advance
Bobby 25 Jul 2010, 15:44
Thank you! It is nice!
Dky. To je mil.
But ... who are you?
Ale ... kdo jsi?
Mail me!
POli mi maila!
silente reader 24 Jul 2010, 14:52
Happi birthday, Bobby.
Vsechno nejlepsi k narozeninam, Bobe.
TichyCtenar
Bobby 12 Jul 2010, 16:45
My story site
got updated. There are 2 new stories by Specs4ever (The Psychiatrist and The Myopia Injection).
There is also a new seven-part story written by me (Minaret), unfortunately it is only in the Czech version and it is a wheelchair story.
Andrew 29 Jun 2010, 11:01
I guess part 2 might be the increase in power 6 months later plus a need, shortly afterwards, for bifocals. The how and the why, however, would be up to you...
Dieter 28 Jun 2010, 16:14
Since I released Savannahs Brother last December, Im a bit startled to read discussion here 6 months later. I thought of it as a nice but somewhat fluffy story, so its gratifying to find it was well liked by so many. I currently have no plan for a sequel because I have no ideas, but ideas pop up like weeds, so . . . . . .
I think I speak for all authors on this site when I say, tell us what you like. Sometimes that comes as a complete surprise.
nickweymouth 26 Jun 2010, 04:08
dan and julian 100 percent agrea great story dont need a part 2
Dan 25 Jun 2010, 19:22
Completely agree that Savannah's Brother is one of the better ones! And I don't think it needs a part II either. It's stories like those that make me wish I was hyperopic and/or find a girl who is hyperopic haha
63.117.244.xx/Automated Library Information System/Nassau Library 23 Jun 2010, 14:53
post deleted - troll
meme 23 Jun 2010, 12:42
I think I agree I remember the title but not the story. Where can we find it now ? time to read again...
Julian 23 Jun 2010, 12:14
Anonymous poster: I agree that 'Savannah's brother' is a particularly good story - but I don't think it needs a Part 2, it seems complete in itself.
23 Jun 2010, 09:29
I just want to say "Savannah's Brother" is the best story I've ever read on the site. It really needs a part 2 (hint, hint to whoever wrote it)
Dieter 14 Jun 2010, 18:43
Bobby, I really enjoyed reading your new story. Glad to see you found your voice again!
Bobby 13 Jun 2010, 00:20
Thank you Slit. I wrote some more stories, but they are not in English, and they are not about glasses. So, no use publishing them here.
Slit 12 Jun 2010, 22:02
Thanks and congratulations bobby!!!
its was after 3 yrs i ges u published ur own story.
i really enoyed it, and engrossed, wish i would go through same one day :)
Bobby 11 Jun 2010, 21:04
The link is:
Bobby 11 Jun 2010, 20:57
Hi readers, I have just updated my website. There are 3 new stories for you, 2 of them are written by Specs4ever, 1 of them is written by myself. Three new morphs of celebrities were added, as well. Have fun.
anon 04 Jun 2010, 16:00
It does work, Still! Thank you for that.
Wei 04 Jun 2010, 09:47
Yes, I think of mysodiscs. Very nice. Frame wooden of course I think.
Tim 04 Jun 2010, 07:58
Excellent - many thanks!
still 03 Jun 2010, 09:45
http://glastory.netter.ru/frmPict.aspx?page=7
may work.
anon 03 Jun 2010, 04:49
Yes. But I found a link a few weeks ago which still got me into glastory's site, bypassing the Turkish hacker. unfortunately I didn't make a note of it.
Can anyone help?
Tim 02 Jun 2010, 22:32
What has happened to Glastory's site (the excellent Russian morphs)? It seems to have been hijacked by some Turkish troll!
02 Jun 2010, 14:13
Following post is still there in Seen on the Web. Can it please be removed? Anyone else's post like this would have been instantly removed!
Spexysandra 26 May 2010, 15:31
I do not see why all you annoying little douchebags have your panties in a wad about this. Let me make it simple for you: I am keeping the photos for myself, and there is nothing you can do about it.
Oh, and my English is fine, professor. It's probably a lot better than yours.
Now fuck off and leave me alone
ehpc 30 May 2010, 11:32
In fact the 'spexysandra' character was, as these people always are, 'all mouth and no trousers'. Flikr has deleted the site.
30 May 2010, 10:20
It would be nice if the following attack against all Eyescene users could be deleted:
Spexysandra 26 May 2010, 15:31
I do not see why all you annoying little douchebags have your panties in a wad about this. Let me make it simple for you: I am keeping the photos for myself, and there is nothing you can do about it.
Oh, and my English is fine, professor. It's probably a lot better than yours.
Now fuck off and leave me alone.
Astra 30 May 2010, 01:35
I guess Wei likes wooden frame.
Astra 30 May 2010, 01:31
Who's Wei? He seems funny.
ehpc 29 May 2010, 13:00
ha ha ha :)
Wei 29 May 2010, 12:41
I wei i think! Is posting of mysodisc. Is looking of lens and yes line bifocal! So is many many frame very nice in rimless very thick! So of frames i think wooden? And of prisms base?
ehpc 29 May 2010, 12:16
Evidently someone is sending up 'Wei' posts :) Very amusingly, in fact :)
Filthy McNasty 27 May 2010, 19:41
All these recent histrionics just represent a little ES market correction. The Stephan and Sandra characters are reinventing (or de-inventing) themselves, and ad2412 and SGS have their respective sets of panties in a bunch over their little transaction. It will all blow over sooner than later.
Puffin 27 May 2010, 17:09
Hoping this nonsense is going to pass and we can get back to normal ASAP.
Wurm 27 May 2010, 16:09
I don't think I've ever censored profanity.
Anyway, maybe 5% of recent posts have contained a profanity. One user, or perhaps two? We're not exactly overrun with it.
John B 27 May 2010, 14:47
Why is all this profanity suddenly allowed on this board and not deleted? Have the rules changed?
Melyssa 27 May 2010, 12:52
To me it's about as exciting as watching grass dry and paint grow. But the four-letter words have no place on this site.
27 May 2010, 12:12
This is getting almost as exciting as Grey's Anatomy.
Jennifer 27 May 2010, 11:44
ehpc, I would consider it UNLIKELY.
ehpc 27 May 2010, 11:41
It is of course POSSIBLE that Sandra and spexysandra are the same person, although I personally would consider this unlikely.
Wurm 27 May 2010, 11:35
I think some people are bit confused about the cast of characters in this latest web drama:
Stephan: photographer; guy who sells the "Sandra" branded glasses and other stuff
Sandra: Stephan's model and erstwhile girlfriend
Spexysandra: Someone who uploaded some of Stephan's photos to Flickr, apparently without permission
Guest OO 27 May 2010, 09:49
Spexysandra has lost her mind telling everyone to f...k off! please block her IP address like any other problem user. No special ignorance again please. Think about how we all have to read her garbage posts.
NICKWEYMOUTH 27 May 2010, 06:09
hear hear annominous poster
27 May 2010, 05:09
A couple of threads have really gone downhill with a horde of personal attacks, and if we're being fair here, they should be eliminated just like all the others have been in the past regardless of how long these folks have been around. Sometimes these things get dragged into court, and not sure if EYESCENE wants to be discussed in a courtroom
In GLASSES FOR SALE, SGS and AD2412 are duking it out publicly calling each other liars and trying to destroy each others character.
In SEEN ON THE WEB, SpexySandra is using excessive profanity along with Stephen after their breakup and following public arguments over their pictures.
This used to be a nice site where I could come to get away from all the DRAMA of the world, but it now seems that EYESCENE is letting things go that - in the past - would have been immediately deleted.
Can we get some moderation in those discussions, please?
Dieter 17 May 2010, 18:45
Anonymous poster from May 2nd, I have been working on the road since the first of the year. I'm home for now and trying to get caught up. I have some stories in the works and hope to get them ready soon. Thanks for your interest.
midnight 05 May 2010, 19:55
bobby your site is my favorite site on the web its very well put together and has provided me sufficently for atleast 7 years thank you for everything you do
Bobby 05 May 2010, 13:31
Jules, "is going to reach up the capacity" does not mean we are full. It means I need to think on step forward. So, do not hesitate sending any text. BTW, the texts are small, the pix are the real problem.
I will change the name of the authors.
Julian 05 May 2010, 13:24
Hi again Bobby. 'She thinks my spex are sexy' is by Marie alias All4Eyes; and Willy's song is by Willy. They were originally posted on EyeScene, and I added them to the Yahoo group 'glassesfetishfiction'. Rick, the founder, left me in charge of this group and I finally decided to close it down the other week. I have some other stuff from there for you, but I'm taking note of what you say about you site getting full!
The links from Izzy's 'gayglassesfetishfiction' group have been lost too, as they were on geocities and that's no more!
Bobby 05 May 2010, 12:20
Julian, do you know the author? Who is it?
Thank you for your kind words. You know, some years ago, I decided to share my archive of the old Eyescene and VisionWorldForum with the others, and it was quite natural, to pick up the stories originally posted to the discussion and gather them in one place. And after a time (several years actually) the collection has grown to the size you know. The website is going to reach up the capacity so I need to think where to move it. It is 72 MB of data, and the website on my HD consists of 2100 files (more than half of them are technological files providing the ability to link everythig together, the smaller half of them are files with the stories of pictures) in 56 folders. Now, I am experimenting with another site where I could move the whole collection.
BTW does anybody know when I started the bobbygoc site? I have forgotten when it was.
Julian 05 May 2010, 11:35
Yes, the two poems are not 'by Julian' so much as 'submitted by Julian' - I don't want to claim authorship of things I didn't actually write! But there's some great new fiction there. I agree: Bobby is great!
Bobby is great 05 May 2010, 10:19
I have to say that I love the range of stories you have Bobby. There is something for everyone!
Keep it up
Katy 05 May 2010, 04:27
Marie, I love your song - fantastic!! x
gwgs 05 May 2010, 03:02
Fantastic first story Specs4Ever, and thanks for Bobby for uploading it, and Andy for the link - it is a truly memorable story - if only such things were available in real life!
All4Eyes 05 May 2010, 00:28
This update is a great birthday present for me! Thanks Julian for sending my song lyrics in.
I ALWAYS make passes at guys who wear glasses, Marie 8-)
Andy 02 May 2010, 12:14
Look here: http://bobbygoc.sweb.cz/s4e/forcedgoc.htm
and
http://bobbygoc.sweb.cz/s4e/kidnapping.htm
and
http://bobbygoc.sweb.cz/s4e/blindlyshanghaied.htm
02 May 2010, 11:56
I don't know about some people but i remember some of the older stories of eyescene and how fond i was of them. I liked the stories where women were taught a lesson and had been given glasses or forced in to them case in point forced goc rick and allison crime and punishment these stories really intrigued me don't see much of that these days would love to see it again. dieter i quite enjoy most of your stories was wondering when we get to see something from you next.
Bobby 02 May 2010, 06:12
Uploaded.
go to http://bobbygoc.sweb.cz
Julian, my dear, friend I am sorry I misplaced your poems and the story.
Bobby 02 May 2010, 05:36
I have found them. I will upload the toda, plus something more written by Maria T.
Bobby 02 May 2010, 04:00
Julian, I will have a look. Wait, please.
Julian 01 May 2010, 16:48
Hey Bobby, I sent you a story and two poems in February. Didn't you get them?
Bobby 01 May 2010, 12:27
A small update of my website:
2 new stories by Specs4ever and a morph.
glassesforeveryone 01 May 2010, 03:48
Thanks for your kind words avid reader. I just re-read Sarah's story and some of the grammar and spelling almost brought me to tears!
I've been meaning to write a story about Becca's adult life as a tennis player and beyond.
I've also got a story in my head about a detective, so I will at some point send Bobby something. I'll also check the grammar and spelling!
Val 30 Apr 2010, 05:00
KeenGlassesStoryReader, we certainly hope so !
Bobby's work, of collecting stories and storing them on his website is very important for the ES community. But, there are only a few authors that have written more than 1-2 stories. So we have to be patient. Anyway the stories on Bobby's site were written between 1998-2009 so it's a long period of time.
KeenGlassesStoryReader 30 Apr 2010, 02:38
Are there going to be any more updates to Bobby's site?
avidreader 29 Apr 2010, 01:50
I've really enjoyed reading all the stories on your site Bobby. There are some fantastic stories there. I was actually moved to tears by 'The Definition of Cool' (part 2)!
Thanks for the service you provide giving these great authors a platform. And thanks also to Wurm for introducing me to Bobby's site in the first place.
Thanks over, I'm going back to Bobby's to continue reading.
Therouteur 21 Apr 2010, 21:33
I'm always a little late opening up my latest "New Yorker". I like to savor the experience. Which is why I belatedly draw the attention of anybody who hasn't seen it to the article on p 46 of the 29 March edition, "Four Eyes, looking for glasses" by Patricia Marx
06 Apr 2010, 11:17
MARILYN G.
If you see this, please email me.
P
rraow@yahoo.com
Channing 31 Mar 2010, 10:57
Hi all, I've posted the results of my second survey on the Psychology of Glasses thread. To continue my survey series, I've posted a pair of surveys about frames and lenses preferences, please fill them out then you get a chance at http://myopicgirls.com . Thank you for visiting and don't forget to click on the ads!
dave 20 Mar 2010, 18:12
Thanks,
It was the Jesika posts I was looking for.
John S 20 Mar 2010, 17:27
Correct, as in Jesika. My BS detector was going off when I saw her first post. Wurm confirmed it.
dave 20 Mar 2010, 14:46
What does it mean in the threads when you see "post deleted - multiple usernames"?
Is this the owner rooting out fakes?
Yeti 10 Mar 2010, 01:26
Hi all,
I am looking for people from Poland, who are OO :)
Girls with glasses, who feel this thing :) for friendship and closer relations and men to share experience about everything we talk about here.
Feel free to mail at: yeti30wr@gazeta.pl
Greetings :)
Galileo 04 Mar 2010, 04:18
...... and today it works again!
I do live in a country where Facebook is blocked so who knows what is happening behind the scenes.
Thanks for the ideas Wurm.
Wurm 03 Mar 2010, 08:55
Are you browsing through a site filter of some kind? Eye Scene has been blocked by some content filters.
Even so, it seems strange that "Hot Threads" would work OK but not the others.
You can email me at lensman00@go.com if you'd like me to run through some questions about your internet connection, browsing configuration, etc.
Galileo 03 Mar 2010, 04:33
Hi Wurm, I'm having increasing difficulty accessing the site. I can get the home page but from there I can only access "hot threads" all other pages come up as "internet explorer cannot display the website" I get a similar message from Mozilla. From hot threads I can get back to the thread index and from there I can get to "seen on the web" and a few other pages but I get "cannot display the website" for a lot of the threads.
do you have any idea what is happening? It's been like this for a week now.
Thanks.
Dahl 19 Feb 2010, 14:31
Maesser, i hope ur coming back!!
you are the best!
forgive those who cant understand you
hooked 08 Feb 2010, 00:18
@maesser
Great finds.
The first gril looks better without glasses but in my opinion that are glasses that do not fit her. It's not her style.
The second girl looks definitely better with glasses than without glasses.
maesser 07 Feb 2010, 13:15
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgHHrP9bF7Q
here another plus girl.. she told me she is 22 and has +10 and cant see without them... her teeth are kinda big but i dont think it makes her ugly
maesser 07 Feb 2010, 12:29
we will see how long it takes that people start complaining again about their own incompetence...
i know her name is diane and i also wondered how well she did without the glasses...
i have much more recordings but have to find a proper programm to cut them.. the one i use right now lets me only cut 5 minutes out of a video...
we will see...
R Ed 07 Feb 2010, 11:23
Maesser,
Welcome back.
Amnesia's first name, she tells me, is Diane; she is plus 5. She does surprisingly well when she removes her glasses on your video. She is from Bulgaria and men there have convinced her she is ugly. That is horrible.
I hope you resume your excellent posts
a new try aka maesser 07 Feb 2010, 02:31
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6IrDexi278
Julian 06 Feb 2010, 02:25
Great stories again, Bobby. I missed your December post till the other day, probably because I was out of the country and couldn't get online as easily as usual, but I thought specs4ever's 'Lord Burton & the apes' was extra-specially good.
Bobby updated 03 Feb 2010, 20:30
New stories, new morphs. My website got updated. Enjoy.
Wurm 28 Jan 2010, 14:40
By request, I've expanded the size of the posting box somewhat. Some people find it helpful to format their longer posts separately in a program like Word.
Therouteur 24 Jan 2010, 00:58
In re censorship, communism etc.
a) Wurm isn't a government. He owns this site and can do what he likes with it
b)Over the fifteen or sixteen years I've followed this site, Wurm has wielded his blue brush lightly and effectively. The site has been uniquely free of petty pointless bickering
c) Long may it continue! Power to your pencil, Wurm!
Wurm 22 Jan 2010, 10:32
NJ,
Your wait is over:
Psychopathia Sexualis (2006)
Tales of Deviance and Forbidden Desire from the Case Studies of Krafft-Ebing
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0419081/
specs4ever 22 Jan 2010, 08:45
Actully, the first site I visited was a German site, and there were lts of pictures on it. There were also a number of really bad morphs, but I was sad when it disappeared. Now there are a lot of good sites from various countries, but there is still a large German presence. I have discovered more ladies who are high minus in Germany and Austria as well.
NJ 22 Jan 2010, 07:50
I can't wait for the movie.
Sorry... my humour kicks in.
Do as you all will. Do!
Wurm 22 Jan 2010, 07:34
Not sure about that but Krafft-Ebing, author of the seminal work on fetishism, was German.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_von_Krafft-Ebing
Might be a good topic for "Psychology of Glasses" thread.
hooked 21 Jan 2010, 23:42
Does the German native speakers community has a higher percentage of glasses fetishists?
Knnte man fast meinen, wenn man sieht, wer hier pltzlich alles in deutsch schreibt? ;-)
linuxer 21 Jan 2010, 19:07
Herbert, in this site, Wurm's decisions is absolute. Go to other site if you don't like...
*absolute but in a good way
Glowworm 21 Jan 2010, 16:13
herbert, zu deiner info: ich arbeite selbst in einem internetforum als moderator, und wir haben dort schon mit der staatswanwaltschaft, polizei, rechtsanwlten zu tun gehabt. wir machen dort von unserem hausrecht gebrauch, und natrlich ist es ein unterschied, ob ein internetforum von einer krperschaft ffentlichen rechts oder - wie in diesem fall - von einer privatperson betrieben wird.
natrlich gilt das recht des landes, in dem der server steht. d.h. eintrge, die das geltende recht verletzen, muss Wurm sanktionieren, ansonsten riskiert er in der tat rger mit den lawyers. ungekehrt kann er allerdings alles rausfegen, was ihm nicht passt (z.b. betrachtungen ber briefmarkensammeln, wenn er dieses thema hier nicht errtert haben will), auch wenn das geltende recht entsprechende stellungnahmen erlaubt.
und viel "schlimmer" noch: Wurm kann diese seite jederzeit dichtmachen, wenn er keinen bock mehr hat - und den anwalt mchte ich sehen, fr den das dann totalzensur darstellt.
(non-germans: it's too boring to translate...)
newglasses 21 Jan 2010, 15:29
herbert...
wenn es dich so erborst, dass du hier deine politische meinung nicht kundtun kannst, dann mach doch selber eine seite auf oder schreib einen blog...da kannst du deine durchaus interessanten thesen, ideen und vorstellungen niederschreiben und andere auf dieser seite nicht "langweilen", da sie berhaupt nichts mit dem thema zu tun haben.
best regards,
newglasses
herbert 21 Jan 2010, 15:16
@gloworm
mal so ganz allgemein:
internet ist ffentlicher raum, da gilt kein hausrecht, da gilt medienrecht, presserecht und verfassungsrecht (recht auf freie rede, zensurverbot, diskriminierungsverbot) - brigens diesseits und jenseits des groen teiches ...
(es gibt kanzleien, die hier und da niederlassungen haben ;-) )
und das thema internetrecht ist spannend: es fehlt an musterprozessen ;-) - da werden klagen nicht so schnell abgelehnt ;-)
wre schade um die seite - aber: SOO nicht!
h.
pete 21 Jan 2010, 14:26
This is getting boring. Time to go prey on some other site Herbert.
Glowworm 21 Jan 2010, 13:13
Herbert: I'd suggest you not to spend money on involving some lawyers in this issue. It's absolutely pointless. This is Wurm's site, and it his HIS decision what he accepts and what he doesn't accept. That's what we call "Hausrecht" in German. No lawyer can do anything against that.
You may think about this site what you want, but putting some lawyer's action in it isn't worth one second of work.
And no, I'm not into joining this discussion. I've had enough discussions like that, I just wanted to comment the remark about lawyers - because this is nonsense anyway, no matter how right or wrong you are with what you're saying besides that.
Specs4Me 21 Jan 2010, 12:26
Let's not forget that Wurm provides this site for those of us that have this particular preclivity for wearing glasses, especially those of the female persuasion.
It's his site, he doesn't charge us to use it, he can do anything that suits his fancy with it and frankly we don't have the right to complain. It's not a dictatorship, it's private ownership!
Lastly, Wurm does an outstanding job of running this site so those that don't like his policies should just go elsewhere and leave Wurm and the rest of us alone.
'nuff said!!!
nickweymouth 21 Jan 2010, 12:15
please we dont come to this site for politcs of any kind herbert if one doesnt like this site please go somewere else
mr worm sir please sort this wally out so normall service can be resumed
sorry folks
regards Nick
21 Jan 2010, 09:59
Indeed !!! Regarding the anonymous poster................that's the whole point - not to 'follow' anyone!
Wurm 21 Jan 2010, 09:07
Big talker here.
Herbert 21 Jan 2010, 08:50
lol - like i said ...
@admin:
i dont let me delete by you - you will hear about me by lawyer ...
h.
ehpc 20 Jan 2010, 19:51
Unfortunately not. What nonsense. Anway - this is off-topic. The last few posts will rightly be deleted by Wurm.
20 Jan 2010, 19:25
I guess then It's alright to agree with and follow dictators if their views are the same as your own ephc. Maybe the truth or how people can read ones actions can be rather inconvenient to Beliefs at times.
ehpc 20 Jan 2010, 18:04
I wholly agree with your general statements and direction of thought, Herbert. But deleting a post here and there is perfectly reasonable and fair. Wurm runs the site - he is simply being 'editorial' which is absolutely his perogative. No one should whinge about that.Your belief however that the West is going where the East came from I completely share.
Herbert 20 Jan 2010, 16:11
post deleted - spoof
20 Jan 2010, 14:37
Again, what does all this have to do with the website subject?
Herbert 20 Jan 2010, 14:15
"...and is absolutely not censorious ..."
to delete statements of different thinking peoples (in internet, editorial offices, court protocols, senate- sessions) IS EVERYTIME censorship
- without exception ---
and:
yes, i know, what im writing, BUT:
how can i warn you, you who are living on a stage of the "beginning" of those changes, who i've experienced already multiple times in history?!
i've experienced the betray against the peoples on my own body 4 times:
in the "weimar republic", in the "nazi -time", in the "dictature of prolets" (communism - and the prolets had to "shut up" -unbelieveable, it was only a do to feign) - AND: im seeing the same symptomes today again (and the same initiators(!):
brain-ill geezers (force-neurotics at the end), who, instead to sit in hospital, sitting in the parlaments, decision-positions (commerce, justice, armys, cultural management, religions, parties, unions, secret services ....) -AND: their divisions of helpers: SMALL peoples, who are working against the interests of the own and the own peoples!!
the internet is a good mirror of the society!
What would be the "international force -neurotics association" without all thoes small(!!) peoples like those millions of small sysads of their websites in internet, who're deleting all those "different thinking statements" of others (are they "second class"? - why??) in a ahead-hurrying submissivity?!
whats the cause of them? fears??
the "big ones" had to got to a psychiatrist without the help of the "small ones", cause, nobody of the big ones would be able to do this mountain of infamity by themselves alone.
means: EVERY hitler, every stalin, every bush would be only a "small boy", without those millions of "good" girls/boys, who are acting in ahead-hurrying submissivity for the goals of those brain-ill "big-ones".
THE PROBELEM: the small ones believe, they're doing right if they have a submissive behavior! and nobody has a chance to change their/this believe ...
sad
im only seening: the western world walks in precisely this direction, where we from the eastern world come from.
maybe, nobody will hear me - but the try it is worth!
again: censorship/deleting is antihuman - on a glasses-site too.
we hadnt to loose much in the eastern world - but you HAVE: the idea of democracy (WITHOUT CYNISM!!), and the idea if a fair play (to being fair(!) in law and order too)
i hope, we can safe this - otherwise you from the western world need the same "welocome-money" like me in 1989, as i cam e to the western world.
why im writing? (i know, this is a GLASSES site!)
there cant be a pair of glasses, or a pair of eyes, which would be worth to waive the idea if fairness, freedome, abandonment of cynism and so on.
so long statements on this site (and million others ;-) ) are deleted, we're not really free ...
we shouldnt for get this ...
(sorry admin- if you had lived in this sh*t circunmstances, you would write the same ... lucky beggar, if anyone hasnt - but: please hear me!)
thats my opinion of an old, well experienced man - and i know, i cant teach you - Fate go your way ... :-((
good luck, folks ;-)
herbert
ehpc 19 Jan 2010, 14:44
Personally I think this site is magnificently run by Wurm and is absolutely not censorious. However, in a general way, Herbert's points about rule-makers and Thought Police are spot on....................you see, he knows what he is talking about as he - it appears - has lived under Communism................
Yoyo 19 Jan 2010, 13:57
Good luck getting everyone on the Internet to ask about linking to sites before doing so.
I'm just talking about the practicality of running a message board. It's ridiculously hard to police whether or not someone has gotten "permission" to link to a particular site before posting, which is why it will have to be "opt-out" (if someone doesn't like their pictures/blogs being linked to, they can take them down or make them private) rather than "opt-in," as you'd prefer.
Personally, I don't think it's unethical to link to public websites without asking permission. They are public sites, meaning everyone can see them, and those who put them up should be aware of that. Just adding a "fetish" component to the linking website doesn't change that.
SheepFormerlyKnownAsGuest 19 Jan 2010, 12:21
"in practice that's not how the Internet works"
The internet works exactly as we intend to make it work; it's not a mysterious black box that develop its own rules in an ethical and social vacuum. It's the people who decide what the internet looks like and how it works in the whole, and what this site looks like and how it works in particular. Especially there is no built-in module in the internet that scans for respectful and fair social interactions and prevents them as soon as it gets aware of it. ;)
Herbert 18 Jan 2010, 21:21
hi SheepFormerlyKnownAsGuest,
thanks for your explanations.
Im not used, to hang me into the luster with my legs.
Why alls so complicated??
Its not my place here anymore, i see - i like spiritual freedom and im used to know (without "rule-terrorism" too), what to do and what not to do.
it wasnt my intention, to come here in order to let me infantilize here ...
byee then
(i have to change my positive judgement in the past years about this site now, i see ...)
the athmospere here isnt the old one and the siciety is more and more unpleasant - there will not help rules, im sure ...
its (inverse to the times of the beginnung of tis site here) - not a win anymore (really great management, hehe ;-) )
- now the government and all rule-riders and slavesouls will be happy with this site - im not anymore - it remembers me a bit to old days in communism: maybe there are always and in all continents and systems peoples, who want to make the rules for others, dictate the thinking-patterns and contents - but i dont need such foolish games in my age anymore, god bless the younger ones ...)
i say "no" to this site now and the new "spirit" behind ...
sorry folks, i cant you recommend anymore and im sure, this site has the longest time exist in this shape ...
(i feel it ... we will see ...)
h.
p.s.: i believe, that this private internet-censorshop, which is increasing at moment in internet, is not in conformity with international - and national rules (like constitution) - so i have a good job for our trainees, to analyze it and - maybe - to write a good degree-dissertation about it ...)
i think, it's time to stop this tendency, silent and step by step to hollow the guarantees of the constitution (btw, its the same here in germany - and the same phaenomen like in the late 20ies and early 30ies - the result is common ...)
@sysad:
you cant get your goal - even if you delete peoples, instead postings!
at first, their words will be deleted, then peoples themselves - it begins always with deleting words! but it dosnt work over a long time ...
(in age of 69 we've seen enough of that ...)
byee
Yoyo 18 Jan 2010, 21:20
"Furthermore, only because a picture or other file is published somewhere on the internet, it doesn't mean that it's legal to copy it or link to it without permission"
Copy, no. Link to, yes.
Look, I respect your feelings on the morality of linking to websites without permission, but frankly, in practice that's not how the Internet works. People link to sites without asking permission all the time, and not just here. There's nothing illegal about it, and it's not generally considered unethical even in the broadest definition of the word.
SheepFormerlyKnownAsGuest 18 Jan 2010, 13:14
Edit: ... it should be *opt-in* rather than *opt-out* ...
This way it makes sense. ;)
SheepFormerlyKnownAsGuest 18 Jan 2010, 13:11
Herbert, it's not about whether Eyescene is a fetish site: clearly it is one, although some times ago Wurm has closed all the fiction threads for the reason of while Eyescene still should be fetish friendly it should not be dominated by fetishism - sorry, if I recall the wording wrong, but I think this is what has been the essence of what was said then, many years ago.
While not denying or accusing the fetish friendliness of Eyescene I've focused on the ethical aspect of having - or not having - the permission for re-contexting anyone's pictures into fetish-dominated "lots of links" or "a little less than lots of links" (also known as "seen on the web") threads. And getting this permission is what IMHO a respectful and fair treatment of people should be about - among others things, of course.
If people are fine being linked here it's fine for all of us as well, if not we should accept and respect this. But it shouldn't be opt-out rather than opt-in, what means: ask first, post later. And if that would drop the number of links, so be it; the gain would be a much better reputation of this community in the glasses wearer's eyes!
Furthermore, only because a picture or other file is published somewhere on the internet, it doesn't mean that it's legal to copy it or link to it without permission: being used as "fetish food" could hardly be considered "fair use".
Lastly Herbert, of course we could continue this conversationn in german, but this would be equally rude against other readers as mass linking is against the people who are shown in those pics.
Herbert 18 Jan 2010, 02:23
post deleted - flame
Bobby 17 Jan 2010, 21:00
post deleted - flame
Herbert 17 Jan 2010, 17:16
sorry, folks,
(maybe im a fool, but:) i dont understand the problem. any tips, arguments?
i mean: its a good and stable forum about glasses and all those, who find glasses not "horrible" (like my (schizopphrenic??) ex-wife, who was sulky about me, as i sayd: "i like you with glasses AND without" - what can a man do, if both ways not welcome by the lady?
1. advise a good psychologist for the wife, and
2. search for a good divorcing-lawyer
cause:
if anyone, who needs glasses and dosnt like glasses - has a schizophrenic personality (in a clinical sentence), its crazy (brain-ill) not to like a urgently needed help.
but: we cant (and shouldnt want to) stop needs, not to became a "jerk-off-template" for everybody! we have to respect human rights and law and order!!
THAT was the idea of my question about the "aesthetical border" and the criterias for a "good taste"
we should to seek to "open" glasses wearers for the "new" reality (new for them , maybe), if glasses not an horror always and for everybody (i believe, since the first outing of "glasses-fetishits in internet we're living in a different world in this point - the glaasses-commercials show this impressive) - BUT:
- to try to "fool" glasses wearers by "cryptic forum rules" will not work - im sure ...
"stay cool and have a long breathe" is the motto .... ;-)
h.
ps:
sorry for my "english" - we can continue in german, if needed ;-)
Herbert 17 Jan 2010, 16:53
Hi SheepFormerlyKnownAsGuest,
i believe, i understand your statement very well, but: eyescene IS a fetish site - everybody can see it, if he's reading here more than 60 seconds ;-)
to try to deny it, (or to try to mask this, would be naive ;-) )
so the best way, to stop the "picture-deleting-orgy" of the "victims" of such internet-interest like here (whatever it is in the single case) would be: to shutdown eyescene comppletely (like "lots of links" - it wasnt bad in my eyes ...) and everybody with "private interests" about glasses can search "his" (mostly his, less "her" - an intresting circumstance) internet-contents "private" (means "silent" ;-) ) and without any fears, glasses-wearers have to see themselves as "victims" (what would be naive too: if im posting in internet, i should know, that the WHOLE world can see me - friends, enemys, angels, devils and every creazy and brain ill person, who has a link to the internet ...)
like i said: whats the problem?? you're really in fear, some peoples could delete their pictures/postings about their glasses in internet?
we've nearly 4 milliards of peoples here on this planet - and every day will born new ones - whats your fear?? ;-) you cant stop the spin of the world ...
enjoy, so long it exists ....
greetgs
h.
SheepFormerlyKnownAsGuest 17 Jan 2010, 16:15
Herbert, the problem is that people (who are mostly completely unaware of the existence of glasses fetishism) don't like to be linked here into a fetish context. This could easily be seen many times when the linked pictures or movies were taken down within hours after the owner learned about being "victim" of a group of fetishists. An no, fetishism is not generally harmless as has been said before. IHMO a fetish that is related to something many people would love to get rid off (e.g., _strong_ glasses, if not glasses in general) is not harmless in so far as the "victims" have no choice to choose not to be targeted (cyberstalked). And this is why linking media files without the owner's permission is not Ok in the context of _this_ site, regardless of the fact, that they have published these files in their own context before. And by deleting their files as soon as they noticed they have been used for fetishism purposes, the owners themselves make a strong statement that they also think, it's not Ok. So it's not Ok, and Herbert and other mass posters should humbly accept this.
maesser 17 Jan 2010, 14:33
i see that here are still a lot of people that are just complaining without doing something supportive for the forum...
Herbert 17 Jan 2010, 07:02
hi lidz,
whats the problem?? (and btw: what was the cause to stop this "lots of links?? - im not a "permanent reader" here - should i know something about eye-scene-history?)
h.
Lidz 17 Jan 2010, 05:44
This is just my opinion, but I think Herbert's mass youtube postings with no substantive comments are starting to turn "Seen on the Web" into the old "Lots of Links" again.
I appreciate the contributions but just mass posting videos of anything that breathes with glasses and no forward commentary is starting to get out of hand. Seems I recall that's what killed the old "Lots of Links." I understand the so-called language barrier argument, but I just read through two or three posts by Herbert in that topic which were well over 25 lines. Asking for a bit more substance on the videos doesn't seem to incredibly painful, does it?
Again, this is just my opinion and I respect the contribtions, but is there anything that can be done about this? Perhaps open a "Herbert's Lots of Links" category?
Andrew 16 Jan 2010, 10:53
There seem to have been some postings on different threads on the subject of contact lenses.
Do they deserve their own separate thread?
Wurm 06 Jan 2010, 09:27
The FAQ contains some site policies.
Most of the rules are implied but constitute the usual set of guidelines at most community sites. Spoofing, trolling and taking a thread massively off-topic are all discouraged.
If you are posting as yourself and having a friendly discussion about glasses, you should do fine.
Herbert 06 Jan 2010, 08:58
question to the admin:
where can we read the website-rules here?
thksss
Herbert
JR 05 Jan 2010, 07:45
I have been around since almost the begining and I am not sure what we are trying to control. There will always be fakes and flakes, that is the internet.
I read what I choose to read and don't expect a "cleaned" site. I have learned a lot and enjoy the information and chatter.
There was another site that was as good as Eyescene about music, but they "cleaned" it up so well it is gone...too bad it was very good.
I just hope we keep Eyescene going.
Wurm 04 Jan 2010, 21:14
Thankfully I'm not as busy as many of my peers seem to be, and my commitments are fairly flexible. But I'm not going to make changes just for the sake of trying something.
I'm not convinced that a registration system would make much of a difference. It doesn't seem to prevent trolling on other sites I've used. Some of our fabulists have been at it for years, and are dozens of posts into their game. I doubt a registration will chase them off.
I do have IP bans, which I will continue to use for the more ridiculous (or offensive) cases. Other than that, I can try changing the moderation style a bit. When I delete a post I will replace it with a short message such as 'post deleted: multiple usernames'. At least this will alleviate some of the confusion.
Tim 04 Jan 2010, 21:02
hee hee
Like Lenses 04 Jan 2010, 20:49
Tim
More like SEE SEE
Tim 04 Jan 2010, 20:48
Hear, hear, Specs4ever!
specs4ever 04 Jan 2010, 18:34
Everyone seems to forget that Wurm is running this site in his spare time out of the kindness of his heart. Any, and I mean "any" extra work for him is too much. There will be no sign in, and he will keep doing what he can to keep the trolls at bay. Live with it.
squiduser 04 Jan 2010, 16:36
Forum/bulettin board engine like phpbb or vbulettin maybe?
Visitor who want to contribute to this community have to register (sign up, join). But the forum/bb itself is open to non member to read only.
Phpbb is free, gnu gpl licensed. Vbulettin is not free.
Puffin 04 Jan 2010, 14:15
I would like to think Eyescene is a place where discussions can be held (but not quite a "chat" site, talking about stupid nonsense, thanks)
If it is not this, what is it? A list of site update announcements from external sites, a list of links to photos with captions like "isn't she hot?", a list of short descriptions of bespectacled women that most likely we or nobody else will ever see again?
Is that all? I hope not.
John S 04 Jan 2010, 13:04
I think a simpler approach that has been talked about before is, post the IP of the poster. It does not give away the identity of the user but, would give the multiple nickname users a little bit more scrutiny on the BBS.
SZ6 04 Jan 2010, 11:50
Chrisb,
I strongly disagree with pretty much everything you said:
- Eyescene is effectively a message board and online community. Countless online communities over the last 10+ years have implemented systems requiring user registration and passwords. This paradigm is mature and pretty well accepted all over the WWW.
- I'm pretty sure that plenty of out-of-the-box message board solutions include things like automated password reset. You can also choose to let your web browser remember username/password information for any site you like.
- I am not an Internet security expert, but everything I have ever been told about online security recommends that users NOT use the same password for each site they frequent. If you have only one password for everything, a criminal only needs to steal that one password to compromise your identity and gain access to all of your online information. Different passwords for each site you visit guard against this.
- A small barrier to entry such as site registration would not deter the core users who have been visiting this site for over a decade. It has been through a few iterations since its inception, and dozens of regulars have stayed with it through each iteration. Needing to register won't change this, but it may prove to be enough of a barrier to entry to guard against trolling.
To state the obvious - I am in favor of a registration system!
Andrew 04 Jan 2010, 11:38
Not THAT one again Chris - some of us remember it from last time!
Chrisb 04 Jan 2010, 11:32
I am against the idea of registration for the site itself, but I think it is necessary for a chat site. Eyescene itself is not a chat site.
A user/password requirement would put a significant burden on wurm or there would need to be an automated password reset feature. Its also well understood that the more passwords you have the less secure they become.
Having to register would also deter both infrequent but regular posters like me who can never remember insecure passwords, but more importantly those very important visitors who come to the site honestly seeking information.
registration is not even guaranteed to prevent the fakers.
I think I posted a similar opinion last time the problem arose, sorry for repeating myself, but we the honest users of the site have to allow ourselves to be fooled occasionally and develop a radar that spots the fakers.
I will see if I can find my 1998 post on this topic!
RXologist 03 Jan 2010, 12:15
'deleted' I mean...
RXologist 03 Jan 2010, 12:13
I would recommend an optional registration process, enabling constant users to recognize each other and conduct longlasting conversations.
(Perhaps even a PM service for personal messaging?)
Anyone not wishing to regiter may do so and still post his messages, but his IP address will be displayed instead of a username.
Anyway, I think a deletted message should leave some trace behind (i.e. "message deletted by moderator" instead of the original text), otherwise users might lose their trust.
Slit 03 Jan 2010, 10:16
Hi Wurm and others,
well, I also agree with a concept of a registration process, so that posters can be monitored (of course there will be someone who can make a fake email ID and register as a new member, but not many would take this time and effort).
It is extremely important to maintain our dearest community of Eyescene as a genuine place of conversations on the topics we are interested about.
(This is one of the 4 web sites I open every time I log on to internet!)
03 Jan 2010, 09:44
Many of the people that were here from the beginning have long since left because of the fakery and the harrassing of the females.
For me, I would be willing to put up with a very strict registering policy
so I would know that who I was talking to was in fact who they said they were.
I would not be afraid to send my picture to people like this. This is how it used to be here.
Hansel 03 Jan 2010, 09:30
Puffin
Thank you for your response which clarifies your point of view.
I can very much appreciate your view. I generally visit the site on a daily basis but would not class myself as one who comments with great frequency. When I do, apart from being a self-acknowledged poor typist, I do try to consider my response carefully so I can sympathise with your feeling of what was it for if your posts end up as part of the cull. Where we would seem to differ is that, if, after a while, I start to suspect that my efforts have been nothing more than amusing the trolls, I just dont add any further to the thread.
I do think that the moderator has a difficult job on occasions. Clearly this recent spate highlights how different posters have different reactions to moderator action.
I do think that you have raised a relevant argument with your comment about genuine replies to fake posts having an intrinsic value that may benefit others and, while obviously I cant answer for Wurm, I am sure he will read and consider your viewpoint.
With best wishes
Puffin 03 Jan 2010, 08:14
I'm sorry for any offense caused but if we posit a fake poster who pretends to have a real-world problem that hasn't been mentioned here for a while, is there any harm treating it as real and answering the question, just in case the answer might be of use to someone else?
I can't speak for everyone who answers questions here but usually I think about the answers for a while, perhaps look elsewhere for facts, and it is quite distressing to find the next day it's all been a complete waste of time. Perhaps the initial poster might be fake, but that doesn't mean the answer is too.
It's just that once we start worrying about fakery, where does it end? Is every post now suspect? I hope not.
I would like to think we could chat or discuss things here without worrying about the fact some of us are wearing masks and because of that our innocent and friendly "hellos" vanish without trace.
Hansel FAO Puffin 03 Jan 2010, 07:49
Puffin 02 Jan 2010, 14:33
Now I'm starting to wonder how much of this site is fakery.
It may not just be those with multiple login names.
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Hansel 02 Jan 2010, 13:41
From my point of view, I would commend Wurm for his approach.He also makes very pertinent points about log ins which could deter posters. Carry on the good work, Sir.
Just as a final point, don't forget, there is no dark side of the moon.
Slightly upset with your response, Puffin which I take to refer to the my post. Apologies of I have misconstrued it. It was not a sycophantic response but the moderator of any message board that I have contributed to has gnerally come in for some flak at times regarding aspects of moderating. My response was related to that, with the final comment, if you are not aware, a phrase used at the end of the CD from which Wurm's "suggested phrase" is taken and which amused me to read. Granted it is off topic, and therefore why I have posted this response here. Are you suggesting that regardless of fakery, if it is is OO related it should be left, (as this comment was), but that anything that is not OO related should be deemed ripe for the moderator's trashcan?
To reiterate, apologies if I have misinterpreted your post.
Best wishes
still 01 Jan 2010, 21:26
Just got home from New Jersey. Saw some interesting plussies, not much else...8-(
Happy New Year to all of you, and especially to Wurm!
nickweymouth 31 Dec 2009, 14:19
another hr 40 to go in the uk but happy new year to everyone
Puffin 31 Dec 2009, 13:46
At this very moment I'm raising a glass of wine to this site and all those who contribute and wishing you all a very happy New Year.
Melyssa 31 Dec 2009, 11:43
Happy New Year and Happy New Decade, everyone!
Clare 31 Dec 2009, 10:36
Happy 2010 everyone from Downunder!
Wurm - sent you an email. Thanks!
Wurm 29 Dec 2009, 15:13
I'll watch to see if Crystal Veil stays active for a few months. If so, I'll put a bookmark on the front page. It looks like a great project so far.
Puffin 29 Dec 2009, 15:09
I think CrystalVeil's excellent (and large) selection of photos ought to go on the front page:
http://ladiesbehindcrystalveil.blogspot
.com/
Dieter 25 Dec 2009, 09:19
specs4ever,
Of course I enjoyed it! Well done. I never expected the sequel to progress as it did. I can't get my hands around that whole space/time/continuum/time travel thing. I suppose that's why the original story fascinated me. My stories always seem to deal with obsession, irony, and stuff like that.
Happy Holidays.
VFL 25 Dec 2009, 08:59
Merry Christmas my bespectacled darlings!
Wurm 25 Dec 2009, 08:53
Merry Christmas! Thanks for the kind greetings and for your contributions. Warm wishes for the new year (and decade).
nickweymouth 25 Dec 2009, 07:27
worm
bonn noel
mon ami
Julian 24 Dec 2009, 23:31
Christmas greetings from me too - Wurm, we owe you a lot!
Love and kisses, Jules.
-0^0-
Spexy guys are sexy guys.
Galileo 24 Dec 2009, 19:35
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all the contributors to Eyescene and a special greeting to Wurm for continuing to host this amazing site.
Thanks Wurm.
specs4ever 23 Dec 2009, 17:00
And a thank you Dieter for giving me the push to get going on the sequel toNever Too Late. I hope you liked the end
Dieter 23 Dec 2009, 05:21
hooked,
Danka. I have found myself much more fascinated with the struggles of hyperopes in recent years. Modern plus lenses seem extremely complex and more beautiful than the magnifying lenses of the past.
Julian,
Finish those stories! We await.
Bobby and Wurm,
I would like to thank you publicly for maintaining your sites. It must take a tremendous effort but they give all of us places to share our adventures and fantasies.
To all,
Happy Holidays and may your New Year be special!
hooked 23 Dec 2009, 01:58
Dieter,
your stories are the best ones because they are also dealing with hyperopic characters.
Dieter 22 Dec 2009, 19:21
specs4ever,
On this forum and several others I frequent, I have learned that many of my friends have had a tough year. I'm really not down in any way, just ready to move on to 2010. It has to be better than '09.
specs4ever 22 Dec 2009, 17:07
Dieter, Bobby, Slit and others who have not had the greatest year, I have to say I am right there with you in considering 2009 a year I could have
done without. But as the year draws to a close all I can do is wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, and hope that it is a better year for everyone.
I also enjoyed your 2 stories Dieter.
Julian 22 Dec 2009, 06:39
Bobby, Slit, Dieter: hope things go better for you in the new year. And, Bobby and all the authors, THANKS for your efforts! It's taken me till now to read all the stories and they're all great. I have to admit I have four stories unfinished and can't get the inspiration to bring them to a conclusion! I keep hoping!
still 21 Dec 2009, 18:19
Sorry about your bad news, Bobby. I hope next year will be much better for you. Never surrender!
Slit 21 Dec 2009, 08:50
Cheer up Bobby boy!
Bad happens these days to all of us. I made a bad career move in India and actually now back at home jobless!
So the lonely Christmas will be spent with a school time male friend with whom I drive to some distant city!
Hope everything turn better for you soon!!!
Dieter: Most welcome. :)
Dieter 21 Dec 2009, 08:08
Slit,
Your kind comments mean more than you can imagine. Professionally, this year has been my worst ever, so much so, that I am considering major career changes. I write stories for sheer pleasure and it gives me an outlet to dream of my fantasies. It is especially great to know what stories and story lines that readers appreciate. That gives me direction. Thanks again.
Bobby 21 Dec 2009, 02:51
The trip to India was good for me, but bad for my client.
My GF left me.
My branch suffers from crisis severely.
I am getting older and the vision of lonely Xmas ... hu.
Bad year.
Slit 20 Dec 2009, 21:31
Thanks Bobby!!!
How was the India trip? Managed to capture any nice Hindustani Galz?
What is your GFs opinion about you being OO?
I mentioned one of my past GFs that I like her looks and like her glasses, she said "you are strange! i want to get rid of glasses but you like it!" she was a more or less part time wearer, so glasses were not much part of our affairs. :)
Dieter:
I love your stories. Well balanced between hyperopes and myopes! Waiting for more sequals to Super sunday, addisons add, Savannah etc..
Bobby 20 Dec 2009, 18:36
I updated my website with stories. Sorry for missin the a few updates this autumn. I am having some personal troubles (job, GF, etc). So there are 17 stories, a lot of reading. Enjoy all of them. I will add some morphed pictures tomorrow.
Wurm 18 Nov 2009, 22:09
I see that GeoCities shut down a couple of weeks ago, taking a few glasses sites with it. I've removed those links from the front page, but please let me know if the sites reappear elsewhere.
russell 11 Nov 2009, 06:28
Thanks, Wurm!
Wurm 10 Nov 2009, 09:25
Russell, I fixed your post.
russell 09 Nov 2009, 10:00
Wurm, I inadvertently posted to the Actors thread using my full name. It's already posted, so my request is probably useless. But could you go in and delete the post? Thanks!
Doreen 02 Nov 2009, 03:50
Thank you, VFL !!!
VFL 01 Nov 2009, 17:34
Doreen, thank you for your wonderful stories. I really enjoy and appreciate them.
specs4ever 26 Oct 2009, 17:38
Hi Dieter: Yes, I have an e mail that I try to keep open for all. It is specs4ever@yahoo.com, and right now I don't have it blocked. Every once in a while I get hit with a bunch of spam, so I block it for a while, but once you get me I'll put you on my "good" list.
Dieter 26 Oct 2009, 12:59
Specs4ever,
My stories come in exactly the same way. Either the light bulb pops or I fiddle with something until it evolves. I am flattered that you would even suggest collaborating with me but currently I have no idea for a sequel. If something comes to mind, I will contact you. Do you have an email address that you are willing to broadcast? I dont, but Im sure we could exchange addresses via Bobby. He has forwarded notes to me from readers.
specs4ever 23 Oct 2009, 18:25
Sorry Dieter, but I have had a number of other stories in the pipeline that had to get posted first. I actually still have 18 more to go, and 2 or 3 that are in the final stages of writing, so we are looking at about a year before I manage to get the sequel posted. And, I honestly have been giving it some thought, but I don't know how it is with you and your writing. Some people can take an idea , write a story plan, and then create a story, however I seem to have to toss the idea around in my mind for a while, and then all of a sudden the story jumps out at me. Unfortunately it hasn't done so yet. But, I have another idea. I am quite fond of your work, so if you wanted to take a stab at writing the sequel, we could collaborate.
Dieter 23 Oct 2009, 14:40
specs4ever,
I've been waiting for a sequel to "Never Too Old" . . . . . since April.
No, I'm not rushing you, just letting you know I'm interested. As one author to another, "no story before its time."
Yoyo 23 Oct 2009, 10:30
If it had just been the one "torture" video had had been posted, I'd just leave well enough alone. However, at this point I agree with Curious Too that it looks like the newer links are just being posted to piss off the people who don't like them -- they barely contain any glasses-related subject matter.
Of course it is easy enough to stay away from something if you don't like it, but if people are deliberately posting things that they know will get other site visitors angry, that is another matter entirely. That's called trolling.
Curious Too 23 Oct 2009, 04:37
Easily offended? Not quite. Why was there such a controversy about the children pics wearing glasses? Were those people just "easily offended" too?
Violence against women is a very strong topic that raises alot of emotions; 99% of which have nothing to do with glasses. Not only is assault wrong, it is blatantly illegal. It's like "consensual rape" where there are just as many legal issues. (Yes, I have a law background.)
If there are people who enjoy viewing illegal acts, that's their choice. But seems to me there is no reason why we can't separate the two.
specs4ever 22 Oct 2009, 20:45
Hey Wurm, I just read Curious's post, and I then HAD to go to XXXX to see what the squabble was. As far as I am concerned I suggest that you leave things well enough alone, and everything will die down. Curious seems like the little boy at the peephole who complains when he sees someone naked. I would suggest that he does what I do if he is offended, and stay away from that section. Just my 2 cents worth.
Curious Too 22 Oct 2009, 08:02
Wurm... I am growing increasingly concerned over the amount of videos showing intense violence being committed against women that are being posted in the XXX links thread.
While I realize that everyone has their own pleasure, these links are highly offensive to some - including myself - as much as the child pictures being posted in other threads earlier. These videos have extremely little to nothing to do with glasses and are simply being posted regularly to offend those complaining about their presence.
My recommendation is that a new thread be created called "BDSM" or something like that so this individual can continue to post their content without regularly offending the women who visit the site as well as myself.
I appreciate your consideration of this, Wurm. Thank you.
minus 5 who luvs gwgs 19 Oct 2009, 23:02
Hi Wurm great site but how about a new section MYOPIC PROGRESSION I think it would be popular
Slit 13 Oct 2009, 10:25
Hey Bobby!
yes that is great! india is increasingly getting populated with gwgws!
i think this is the next wave of myopia... how?
* China, with rapid industrialisation younger generation started using computer for many hours, got very competitive at studies and slowly and steadily, each generation started becoming more and more myopic...
* India is also facing a similar situation. IT boom is already reached its peak. Many many girls study day and night with face borrowed in books to get highest scores at exams and later burry head in computer to perform best as programmers etc! I am seeing this everyday as a person working at a top IT company here... about 65% of girls wear glasses - mostly myopic rx.s.
Looking forward to see my subcontinent going boldly bespecticled!
Bobby 10 Oct 2009, 23:52
I have spotted several GWGs in Bombay with quite strong spex. The part near universitz is good for observing and the Back Bay promenade is great. I am slowly falling in love with this city. Absolutely fascinating. Just a few photos of GWGs though.
Martyn 10 Oct 2009, 19:27
Hi Charlotte was that you in the chat room then disappeared. WE may have our differences, but we can still be friends.
I used to enjoy our post between each other then you disappeared.
I had already forgiven you for a rather negative comment you posted, we can be misinformed sometimes then make a judgment, i will willing chat to you, so don,t disappear the next time your in the chat room. Hope all is well with you and your business is prospering in those hard times.
Slit 09 Oct 2009, 23:37
Hey Bobby!
I am in New Delhi now... this is a lot of girls with glasses!
I think the nerd wave is coming to india with the spreading of IT sector. I am in a IT comapny where almost 80% of girls wear glasses, at least -1
But the % of plus glasses wear remain so little. I heard its more prominent in Eastern part of India, Bengal to be exact. Hope to see it by my self later on.
Love to see some good pics of indian beauties with glasses.
Re: Chaos and dirt. Phew its Incredibly Sh*t in Incredible India!
Bobby 08 Oct 2009, 04:06
My pleasure, 8-)
I am in Bombay now. The city is a horrible chaos of people and cars and noise and dirt and everything. I saw many very pretty GWGs, unfortunately I did not manage to shoot pix of many of them. going back home on 17th. (if i survive).
Peter G 04 Oct 2009, 21:47
Bobby,
thank you very much for the great selection of stories - it was worth the wait.
Bobby 02 Oct 2009, 18:06
I have made an update of the story website. There is a dozen new stories. Enjoy them.
Notice: Doreen 2 of your files were in a bad format. See your mail, pls.
I am not going to be able to repair anything on the website during the following 2 weeks, so if anything goes wrong, be patient, please.
Galileo 28 Aug 2009, 05:06
Hi Onlooker, I think you have to discuss it with her again or it will sit and fester! Her problem is she sees it as something bad when actually it is no big thing at all. Some men like big breasts, others like long legs and we like glasses. Maybe you should try to turn it from being a thing about glasses to being a thing about how sexy she looks in glasses. I know it's difficult to explain how it makes you feel. Just now she feels threatened by it, she is a bit scared because she does not understand how it makes you feel. Try to help her feel comfortable and accept you as you are. Good luck!
OnLooker 28 Aug 2009, 03:54
Thanks Spexxieman, but i don't think it's useful to approach my wife now and to discuss the matter further as she's over-reacting to this. She's still not wearing her glasses at all. Yesterday she made a comment on smoething on the computer screen saying "this thing is giving me pain in my eyes". I didn't even comment on that but i felt it was meant for me to go and bring her glasses as usual. The thing is that i'm off doing that as long as she thinks i'm only doing it for my own pleasure and satisfaction.
Speximann 27 Aug 2009, 19:19
Onlooker, As with alot of fetishes, they don't tend to be very logical but are still quite powerful. Trying to figure out why or "what's wrong with me, this isn't a normal male reaction" may or may not help you to understand this attraction to women wearing glasses and possibly help your wife to understand & embrace this as a positive thing. I questioned this feeling since high school & have yet to nail it down. Reguardless of an explaination it is very real & as I have learned thru this & other sites on the net quite common. Normal??? What is normal??? By being up front with your wife about your infatuation may not seem the right thing to do now but probably would have been much worse the longer you tried to hide it from her. I have been lucky in the fact that my wife knows , accepts & particapates, without fully understanding the glasses turn on.
Maybe you will be able to have a less emotional disscussion with your wife soon to help her to understand "your feelings" and embrace it. Reguardless. you are not alone in this "girls with glasses fetish", Good Luck.
OnLooker 27 Aug 2009, 01:27
I would like to thank all of you in here for the opportunity you're all offering each other to discuss our o-o cherished matters. I'm sufferring from misinterpretation and incomprehension of my liking of women with glasses. My wife knows about it since a long while and she hates it. Of late i made a terrible mistake telling her that i am happy she has now to wear glasses... She had a a rage against me and then told i can't understand this fetishism of yours and yours fantasms on women with glasses. Since that moment she has just stopped wearing her +1 glasses (she's hyperope). I see her eyes straining in front of the computer and while reading stuff but she's stoutly resisting not to show herself as dependent on glasses. I don't know why i thought it would be OK to tell her that... Now i am refraining from even sugegsting her to wear her glasses like i used to do when i saw her eyes straining..I simply decided to ignore the matter altogether until further developments...
Steve 19 Aug 2009, 11:50
Valerie,
I would like to chat with you, it would be fun.
Let me know what is a good time and day for you then we can come up with something mutually agreeable.
Valerie 18 Aug 2009, 12:18
Steve,
I just started running again last week. I was inspired by the Falmouth Road Race. I even bought Asics. I had calf problems again.
I would like to chat sometime.
Steve 12 Aug 2009, 02:02
Valerie,
It's good to hear that Krissy is thriving. It was the annivesary of Bobbi's passing last week, so that was a reflective time.
How is your running now, are you still wearing Asics? I am!
sourgrapes 08 Aug 2009, 13:05
Some people have been posting links without the http:// prefix, which causes the BBS not to turn them into links. That means the people on flikr and stuff don't see the referrers, so they don't find this site.
I am suggesting that Wurm could disable the automatic linking for all links posted, and take care of the referrer problem
Bobby 03 Aug 2009, 03:51
I have to delay the August update of my website, because I had to leave my lair and go for unexpected "holidays". I have very limited Internet access these days so be patient, please.
ehpc 30 Jul 2009, 06:52
I believe I am right in saying that a Russian woman who occasionally used to post here and come into Lens Chat has married someone she 'met' in Lens Chat. Is this the first EyeScene wedding?
Clare 30 Jul 2009, 00:31
Of course, should be 'sporadic'! I seem to be able to post here but not on Going Without Glasses or Vision threads. Wonder why.
Clare 30 Jul 2009, 00:13
Wurm - I'm having sporadid problems posting again. I've just published one post but the next won't go ...
Valerie 29 Jul 2009, 10:52
Steve,
I am sorry to hear about Bobbi. Krissy turned nine and is doing well. Voices in your head?
Guest 29 Jul 2009, 08:52
Dear Chris,
I sent you an e-mail at lensmanoo@go.com last night regarding a possible interview for a national publication. Is that still a good address?
???
12 Jul 2009, 12:48
yes you can!
Clare 12 Jul 2009, 11:27
Wurm - I can't post from my PC, can you help? Thanks!
Parth 10 Jul 2009, 23:38
Selena...please email me at parth_60@yahoo.com
Selena 09 Jul 2009, 23:28
Has anyone kept in touch with Parth S.? I would like to get a hold of him.
Steve 09 Jul 2009, 12:34
Valerie,
I hear him every day. Voices inside my head?
Bobbi passed away last summer, a short while after her fourteenth birthday.
How is your dog? (remind me of her name).
Valerie 06 Jul 2009, 16:06
Has anyone heard from Steve Browne? I would love to chat with him.
nickweymouth 04 Jul 2009, 14:44
LOL very true my friend
Puffin 04 Jul 2009, 11:40
but not independence from glasses, hopefully.
nickweymouth 04 Jul 2009, 08:51
may i please use this space to wish everbody in america a happy indapendance day thank you
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, its 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://orbdeluxe.com/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 sykophntēs) 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
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alien girl with crap vision comes to (earth) to find the secret of making glasses.
or
At the Earth's Core
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Somebody invents a machine to burrow underground. there's a whole bunch of myopic women there! scantily clad too(!)
and
Glasses religion
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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 iv), 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 iv), 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.
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://orbdeluxe.com
for example:
Jacky site:http://orbdeluxe.com
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://orbdeluxe.com/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
S4, 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
S4, 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://orbdeluxe.com/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
Ãîæà ëóéñòà !
Puffin 01 Jul 2006, 07:58
Oh well it was worth a try (!)
Puffin 01 Jul 2006, 07:58
ñïà ñèáî!
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. DÃky 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 Yea