My glasses broke

[Victoria J]

Waah !

I was just leaving home today when I took my glasses off, polished off a couple of marks and popped them back on my nose. They immediately fell in half.

I have very poor sight and without them I'm kind of pathetic.

I phoned a colleague on my mobile and as she could see and comes into work past more shops she brought me some glue. It didn't hold this morning but I'm hopeful the second attempt (incorporating part of a paper clip) will. I do have a tiny drop of glue on the lense though, and it looks a bit odd.

I know that someone with such poor sight should have spares. These were my spare pair - 2 years ago. I know I've been stupid, but I've always been hoping that a month would come round where I could afford them without real hardship.

I've got an appointment tomorrow for a new eye test. I get to find out howmuch my vision has deteriotated. And spend all the money I don't have. And I still won't get new ones until next week (the place I'm going is cheap, it's too much to expect it to be fast as well).

I've seen customers (or vague flesh coloured blobs who told me their problems) but I'm horribly behind in making my records. I can type because I more or less tyouch type and can close my eyes (or look vaguely at the keyboard) but filling in forms on the computer screen is a real strain. I hope my manager is understanding...



Victoria J

[CSR Kim]

Ugh, I feel for you! I also have terrible vision, I am nearsighted and without my glasses I can see about 4 inches in front of my face before things start to go blurry.

One Christmas Eve a few years ago I was working at a jewelry store in the mall when a coworker accidentally hit me in the face with her shoulder. Snapped my plastic frames right in half. I felt so useless! I couldn't see our product well enough to sell it lol. Luckily my optometrist was open until 5, and since my glasses were still under warranty they were able to switch out the lenses to the same frame they had in stock.

And don't feel bad about not having a spare! Glasses are ridiculously expensive. I only recently got 2 new pairs, and that was only because the place I went to had a 2-for-1 deal.

[Javarod]

Hmmm, give me a spot of time, and ifn you can live without them, i know i've a bookmark somewhere around here (assuming its recoverable, lost my system yesterday) for a recommended on line glasses store that has very good prices (and a selection better than the brick and mortar stores).

[Aethian]

Can you swap the lenses into a good set of frames or the lenses too different to find a good match? Since a accident at college back 00 I have kept a spare set of frames handy if I need to swap the lenses.

[Stormraven]

I've been fortunate in that my prescription hasn't changed noticeably in the last 8 to 10 years or more, and more, that I had a pretty good Vision plan. I actually have something like four 'spares' hanging around in various places.

[Victoria J]

Got my eyes tested, and my prescription has (unsuprisingly) changed in the last 7 years. So new glasses it is. One eye is weaker the other is slightly stronger

It could have been a lot worse really, it's just that my finances aren't good at the moment and I think this is going to leave me negotiating with the electric company.

My old glasses are now stuck together fairly firmly with superglue and 2 small pieces from a paperclip. I'm stuck with them for 1 to 2 weeks.

My real problem is one I should have known to avoid. I'm an avid reader of mysteries and watcher of shows like CSI. I do know that superglue fumes raise finger prints. I didn't know they were so impossible to get rid of afterwards.

Last night when I headed home my glasses where pretty solid, but unwearable because the fumes from the still setting glue hurt my eye. SO I wrapped them up. And inadvertantly raised all the finger prints where I had been holding them to glue them.

I'm looking out through a slight fog of finger prints.

Any suggestions ?

Looking forward to the new glasses, if not the bank statement.

Victoria J

[cinema guy]

Nail varnish remover removes superglue.

[lineswine]

This place is meant to be cheap (no, I'm nothing to do with them):-
http://www.speckyfoureyes.com/ & yes, they're in the UK...they advertise of the side of the M62, near me in West Yorkshire

[AccountingDrone]

Nail varnish remover removes superglue.

Not if she has plastic lenses instead of glass, acetone melts plastics. if it is plastic lenses, she is stuck with the fingerprints forever also as they are now permanently part of the plastic

[don't ask me how I found this out ... I am a klutz also ]

[Victoria J]

Thanks for the suggested places to get glasses - I've already ordered though. I just wanted to get it done, and it delays (and is a real fight) to get the prescription from anyone to order elsewhere.

Not if she has plastic lenses instead of glass, acetone melts plastics. if it is plastic lenses, she is stuck with the fingerprints forever also as they are now permanently part of the plastic

[don't ask me how I found this out ... I am a klutz also ]

I'm pretty sure they're glass - I'd worry abit about the non-scratch coating but I guess I'm beyond that now. I also have some of those nail varnish removal pads somewhere.

I do know that superglue and acetone don't go together. I tried to glue a nice pair of headphones together with glue that said it was OK on all plastics, but not acetone. I guess they were aetone - they shrivelled...

I'm kind of getting used to the fingerprints though - as long as I don't look too far right.

Victoria J

[EricKei]

Ugh, I feel for you! I also have terrible vision, I am nearsighted and without my glasses I can see about 4 inches in front of my face before things start to go blurry.

Same here, my eyesight is just as bad >_< I've had my glasses snap at work before...The boss lets me go home because I have a job where I'm totally dependent on the computer, and leaning in far enough to see gives me eyestrain...The only problem is GETTING home in one piece. Fortunately, I know enough of the little back streets that I can get home without getting near the interstate or causing an accident as a creep along at 10 mph x.x

At least if it happens at home I can have my roomie drive me to the glasses shop...

[Food Lady]

I love having contact lenses.

[lineswine]

Thanks for the suggested places to get glasses - I've already ordered though. I just wanted to get it done, and it delays (and is a real fight) to get the prescription from anyone to order elsewhere.
Victoria J

To quote from that same website - "By law, your Optician must provide you with a clear, legible copy of your prescription after an eye test, and you should not be subjected to any pressure to buy from them."

It was just the greedy salesdroid coming out in them.

[AccountingDrone]

Thanks for the suggested places to get glasses - I've already ordered though. I just wanted to get it done, and it delays (and is a real fight) to get the prescription from anyone to order elsewhere.



I'm pretty sure they're glass - I'd worry abit about the non-scratch coating but I guess I'm beyond that now. I also have some of those nail varnish removal pads somewhere.

I do know that superglue and acetone don't go together. I tried to glue a nice pair of headphones together with glue that said it was OK on all plastics, but not acetone. I guess they were aetone - they shrivelled...

I'm kind of getting used to the fingerprints though - as long as I don't look too far right.

Victoria J

Acetone is the chemicals in polish remover ... it will melt plastics just like superglue may =) so your headphones particular plastic did not play well with the superglue. There are glues designed for working on plastic, but generally superglue isnt one of them=)