tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029491889310063596.post8360815701155975011..comments2024-03-28T12:21:40.925-04:00Comments on The Girdle of Melian: Missing PiecesDeniz Bevanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17134553551048836979noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029491889310063596.post-9639161693756291222009-01-16T08:56:00.000-05:002009-01-16T08:56:00.000-05:00Thanks Lynne!I don't know how you survived hard co...Thanks Lynne!<BR/>I don't know how you survived hard contacts - my mother wears them as well, but my optometrist tried some on me once and I was yelling and screaming in pain :-)<BR/>My sister's a good person to have around when you lose eyewear - we were down at Montreal's Old Port once in a crowd, watching fireworks, when someone knocked into me and my glasses fell. I yelled out "stop everything, my glasses are on the ground!" and my sister had found them and given them back to me while everyone else was still all "what happened? what's going on?"Deniz Bevanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17134553551048836979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029491889310063596.post-72710716762034492532009-01-14T22:59:00.000-05:002009-01-14T22:59:00.000-05:00Oh dear. I remember breaking eyeglasses and using ...Oh dear. I remember breaking eyeglasses and using tape to piece them together. Then my parents bought me (hard) contacts and I spent a lot of time popping them out in inconvenient places. Like a nice restaurant,where everyone was flagged not to walk over to us, or dropping one into a sink drain. My mother could always see a contact before anyone else but my dad became a bit annoyed when he had to take the plumbing apart. Or I'd use a paper towel in a college restroom to write: "Please don't use this sink, lost contact, looking for a plumber."<BR/><BR/>I never could afford to have backup specs, and if I bought expensive sunglasses I always lost or broke them. So, I bought cheap sunglasses, which survived nicely.<BR/><BR/>The kids get their contact lenses via a 1-800 number. Much less expensive. Hope you can see soon.<BR/>Cheers!Lynne Sears Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12161704790621628767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029491889310063596.post-50342564451278523482009-01-04T17:26:00.000-05:002009-01-04T17:26:00.000-05:00Yes... afford would be the key... I tend to replac...Yes... afford would be the key... I tend to replace my glasses every time one breaks/gets lost in the sea, so I've never had an older pair as a backup. Given what happened today with the 300$ "temporary" pair, it's no wonder I've never bough a backup before. Plus my lenses cost so much that buying two pairs at once would roughly be about 1000$. Darn it! None of this would have been a problem if I could have snagged some temporary contacts - we'll see what happens tomorrow...Deniz Bevanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17134553551048836979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029491889310063596.post-5278034290897962612009-01-04T14:32:00.000-05:002009-01-04T14:32:00.000-05:00You need to keep an old pair around for times like...You need to keep an old pair around for times like this.<BR/><BR/>I recommend that you buy the sturdiest metal frames you can afford to avoid incidents like this as long as you can. After a while they start to get shaky too.<BR/><BR/>word verification: acksto<BR/>Gesundheit!AYDIN Ă–RSTANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09891160904748206385noreply@blogger.com