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Jeanne Driese wrote:
> Bev, Those prices sound about the same as here in TN.  My daughter 
> just got her first pair of bifocals and needed the same as you or 
> else the lenses are coke bottles and weigh a ton, besides looking 
> bad.  Her glasses have always been expensive, even as a child.  Eyes 
> are precious things, scrimp somewhere else.

All I can say is Thank God for High Refractive Index Plastic.
It is more than just cosmetic. With glass, there was always a safety
issue, and with either glass or plastic, the weight of the lens
determined(s) what kind of frame it goes it.  I still wear the half rim
frames that are popular now;there is not enough support for the lens.
In the old days, before high index lens, and with special frames, I had
zero peripheral vision. That reason alone put me in contacts for 30
years.  Alas, those days are over and I am back to glasses.  It is
easier, but not cheaper.  No worries on scrimping, I have paid about
$600/year for a while now.  I am looking at all kinds of alternatives<g>.

Bev



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"Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will
not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius
will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the
world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone
are omnipotent. The slogan 'press on' has solved and always will solve
the problems of the human race"

~ Calvin Coolidge