This afternoon, after my visit for physical therapy, I came home to read my e-mails. My glasses caused a sharp pain on the bridge of my nose. I pulled the dang things off my face to learn that one of the nose pads was missing, and the metal thingy that holds the nose pad was sticking its sharp edges into my skin. Darn! That means a trip to the eye doctor to get it fixed. No, wait, I’m an engineer. I can fix it.
The first thing I did was to look into the glass case for clues. There in the case was the nose pad, but the screw that holds it on was missing. I looked further into the case but could not find the screw. It is a small thing, too tiny to estimate its size. My mind went into high gear to design a workable solution. I did not have any replacement that small, so I thought I would wire it together with a single strand of copper wire. I pondered a bit longer and went to the Amazon site to find a replacement screw. I didn’t realize there were so many options available. I finally picked one that looked like mine and bought it for $4.95. There are enough pads and screws to fix five pairs of glasses, and it comes with a miniature screw driver that fits the screw. Delivery is free, and they will arrive tomorrow. In the meantime, I’ll suffer a bit while I wait for delivery of said parts.
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