Bah. Broke my dammed glasses.

[BoomerD]

Yesterday, I managed to break my titanium frames...again.

Did it about 2 years ago, just at the start of the fall semester.

The frames are from Costco, so I thought...no problem, go buy another pair of frames, stick the lenses in...fixed.

Of course, being Costco...the frames were no longer available, so I found a local eyeglass repair shop that could weld them. Took about a week and cost $50, plus the owner "loaned" me a pair of frames that almost fit the lenses. (close enough, but not perfectly.)

Fast forward to yesterday. I was getting ready for a doctor appointment, washed the glasses in the sink, and when I toweled them dry...snap. Broke at the weld.

Fortunately, I had ordered a new pair of glasses on Wednesday, but they won't be ready for 10-14 days..so, unless someone has a decent suggestion for temporarily repairing titanium half-frames...I'm stuck with glasses held together with a piece of wire from a twist-tie.

I have some epoxy similar to JB Weld, but in my experience, it's not going to hold. I tried crazy glue and a liquid epoxy the last time...with failing results.

I can "get by" with a pair of glasses that are 8+ years old...but can barely see with them. (the bifocal portion is almost as strong as my "normal distance" portion of my new prescription.

Sux.

 

[blackdogdeek]

i think we're going to have to go with a whole lot of masking tape.

then the nerd look will be complete.

 

[BoomerD]

i think we're going to have to go with a whole lot of masking tape.

then the nerd look will be complete.

Masking tape? pfft...the look is only complete with white medical adhesive tape...the kind used for bandages.

Unfortunately, they broke just above the nosepad...in between the double bars of the bridge, so tape isn't going to work very well.

 

[gimmewhitecastles]

how'd you break them anyway? got elbowed in the face while playing bastketball?

if you have bad eyesight those are pretty much your eyes so i'd take good care of them whereever i go. i usually keep an old pair around for strenuous activities.

 

[BrokenVisage]

In light of your avatar..

*damned

 

[dr150]

You could get cheap disposable contact lenses. They are easily found everywhere and you could get them the same day as your RX contact lens exam (you should have a pair of contacts anyway).

....Or you could suffer with the Nerd-tape look (aka birth control :biggrin :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup: :

 

[BoomerD]

In light of your avatar..

*damned

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You could get contact lenses. They are easily found and could get them the same day as your RX contact lens exam.

Or you could suffer with the Nerd look (aka birth control) :

No contacts for me...evar.
MIGHT have to try that nerdy look though...just to get me by until my new glasses get here. <sigh>

 

[Azraele]

I'm surprised no one's asked for pics of the nerd look yet.

 

[amdhunter]

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No contacts for me...evar.
MIGHT have to try that nerdy look though...just to get me by until my new glasses get here. <sigh>

I got contacts for the first time ever 2 weeks ago. Now I have a stye on both my upper and lower eyelid. While the swelling has gone down considerably, my eyes look like someone punched me in the eye.

For the first time in my life I feel genuinely depressed. I turn 35 on Monday and I look like a retarded piece of shit. lol

Fucking contacts. :\

 

[OCGuy]

I thought you told me you prefer to go without glasses so that the tranny escorts from Craigslist look more "passable" ?

 

[preCRT]

http://www.zennioptical.com

Always have a cheapy, even if ugly, backup pair available.

 

[DrPizza]

Suggestion: see preCRT's post above. Get a couple of backup pairs of glasses. My wife just ordered a pair of prescription sunglasses from zennioptical. They look great. Final cost: $20-something. It's useful to be able to measure the width of your current frames so you know how big zenni's glasses will be on you when you pick them out.

 

[BoomerD]

I've looked at the zenni website before. I have a difficult time finding frames that fit my big blockhead right. I'm leery of ordering eyeglasses over the internet without being able to try them on first.

 

[DrPizza]

I've looked at the zenni website before. I have a difficult time finding frames that fit my big blockhead right. I'm leery of ordering eyeglasses over the internet without being able to try them on first.

Hence my comment about measuring your current pair. You should be able to find a style and size almost the same as your current glasses.

 

[lxskllr]

Solder a bar on that bridges the break.

 

[sdifox]

time for you to go to memory metal?

 

[borisvodofsky]

I got contacts for the first time ever 2 weeks ago. Now I have a stye on both my upper and lower eyelid. While the swelling has gone down considerably, my eyes look like someone punched me in the eye.

For the first time in my life I feel genuinely depressed. I turn 35 on Monday and I look like a retarded piece of shit. lol

Fucking contacts. :\

I dont' know what a stye is but,, hahahahaha... haha.. hahaha.. haaaah.....

 

[borisvodofsky]

Solder a bar on that bridges the break.

I don't think u can solder titanium so easily :hmm:

 

[ManBearPig]

R.I.P. Glasses. I am very sorry for your loss. You and your family will be in my prayers.

 

[BoomerD]

The good folks at Costco put a rush on the new glasses and I got them today.

There is quite a change in my prescription, (a full diopter, whatever that is ) and it's going to take some time to get used to the change. I KNEW my eyes had changed...I just didn't realize how much. (it's a bitch getting old)

 

[alfa147x]

I hate glasses... they should stop worrying about advances in nail polish and work on a way to make babies with perfect eyesight! Almost got DQ at MEPS because of my eyesight :\

 

[foghorn67]

I keep breaking the string part that holds the lenses in. Fortunately it's a free and easy fix. I realized that good expensive frames are good for the primaries. And like someone posted above, backups are the way to go.
I fell asleep on my glasses countless times and the frames never break.
Prada glasses for what it's worth. I'm so dumb with fashion I didn't realize they are a designer label.

 

[TwinsenTacquito]

Get a pair of the twisty kind. I've bought two now, and they've each lasted years. I've rolled over on them in bed, had them stepped on by the dog, dropped them, etc. The first pair broke in the strangest manner. I took them off my face, gently as you'd ever do so, and they broke dead center on the bar that connects the two sides. So when I pulled the one side off my face, the other side just sat in place, motionless. Tissue paper would have been harder to break. So strange.

 

[Old Hippie]

I don't think u can solder titanium so easily :hmm:

Hell, I didn't think titanium frames broke under normal conditions.

I'd have tried that JB Weld stuff. I've patched acid holding tanks with it and have seen it machined.

Sounds like you and Costco have it under control.