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[bobf <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

Bev, just a thought and I don't know if it will be of use to you.  Costco has 
consistently been rated # 1  by consumer reports for the quality of their 
glass cutting (or plastic); & the overall package and the price for quality.  
At the Doctor's showroom, my wife's glasses would, also, cost well over $600. 
 At Costco, the price is almost half.  And, they have a better selection of 
frames than the doc.....................

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--- On Tue, 1/13/09, EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net> 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
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> "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
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