Dollar Glasses

I have confronted my age: I need reading glasses. Since I'm a curmudgeon, and about as cheap as they come, I buy glasses at the dollar store. Dollar glasses have what you would expect - a virtual zero half life. But when you can walk out of the store with 5 pairs for 5 bucks, you smile a lot.

And the very concept allows me to have a pair EVERYWHERE, rather than strapping them to my person in some fashion. I even have a pair that lives on the outdoor patio table.

These things break like it is a personal mission. I am currently staring at 5 pairs of glasses that are broken (my Sainted wife contributes her fair share). Trash being the last resort (Handbook chapter 22, as explained in the 2/22 and 3/6/13 entries), I have difficulty throwing them out without even trying to fix them once.

But I got smart - just tell my wife I attempted a fix, it didn't work, and toss 'em. Conscience clear. Moving on - back to the dollar store.