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["Lynda" <lurine AT com-pair.net>]

Bev, can you hold off until after the 29th.  I'll be going down to the coast 
and I'll see if they will ship them from the store there.  You might have to 
buy a membership but if they won't ship, I could pick them up and ship them 
to you.

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "EarthNSky" <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>


> No Costco here.  But thanks anyway.
>
>
> bobf wrote:
> > 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
> > >
> > >
> > >
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> 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"
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