[ale] [OT] [Way OT] need to fix eye glasses or replace at reasonable cost

[Scott Castaline]

Ohh you're just a kid at 48. Just remember at 50 the warranty expires 
and at 60 you hit the proverbial brick wall and all hell breaks loose.

On 09/23/2013 11:19 AM, Ron Frazier (ALE) wrote:
> Hi all,
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> Got my Zenni eyeglasses a few days ago.  Prescription seems accurate, just what I ordered.  Quality seems good.  Had to tweak the nose pieces a bit but otherwise fine.
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> I can see the pine needles on the trees again.  Only near sited people will relate to that.  Bifocal lens is driving me nuts, but that's not Zenni's fault.  I got the lined style.  I think I would have misgivings about ordering progressives by mail because of the alignment of the 2nd lens area.  Nothing on Zenni's order form measured bifocal distance.
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> I saved a gob of money doing things this way.  Thanks all for the tips.  I have misgivings about ordering this way, because it costs Americans jobs.  But, the reality is that I didn't have $ 300 to spend on this.  If that were my only option, I probably would have just done without
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> I guess I'm now officially an old fart.  In addition to the bifocals, I have:
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> * Owned computers that had nothing but a text display for output and nothing but a cassette tape for input.
> * Worked on large computer systems that ran on punched cards.
> * Designed programs for computers running nothing but DOS.
> * 2 Years left before I'm 50.
> * Way too much gray in my beard.
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> Se la vie.  Regardless, I intend to enjoy the present as much as possible.  And, now I can see it a bit better.
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> Sincerely,
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> Ron
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