Don't wear your glasses on top of your head

Wore my Serengetis to the local airshow. I was standing in line to board a walk through of a DC3 when the right lens slowly tumbled to the concrete and shattered. The frame had broken - so I tossed them in the nearest trash and moved on.

Two weeks later I saw an ad about the lifetime guarantee . . . .
 
A month ago I purchased a new set of reading glasses from a local Pharmaplus. They were $40, and I really liked them as they had titanium frames and were feather light. I put them down, I think on a shop display counter talking to a butcher. Purchased Friday, lost on Tuesday. That is a record for me.

My wife has a pair of Serengetis and she was demonstrating how flexible the side arms were when it snapped. The arm was replaced under warranty.
 
a few months ago i had bought a pair of oakley half jackets in anticipation of my trip to florida. wore them for one day, then lost them to the ocean.

coldwood's right. leave them on your face, or put 'em in a case/pocket.
 
$200 prescription sunglasses + houseboating + too much alcohol = shelling out another $200 for replacement sunglasses.

I was houseboating with a big group of people on Lake Billy Chinook in Central Oregon. We had been drinking since dawn - giant quart cups full of bloody mary's, then gin & tonics, then beer. It was about 100 degrees out, so a swim was in order (this was during my younger and dumber days). I climbed up on the roof of our 2 story rental houseboat and did a running swan dive off the top. I felt the glasses leave my face the instant I hit the water. This is zero visibility water, too.

Now here's the kicker . . I immediately swam straight down and flailed my arms and CAUGHT the glasses as they were sinking to the bottom. I got back on the boat, relieved that I had saved my $200 glasses.

NOT TEN MINUTES LATER, I climbed up on the roof of our 2 story rental houseboat and did a running swan dive off the top. I felt the glasses leave my face the instant I hit the water - AGAIN. That time they were gone for ever. The first time it happened was dumb, the second time was REALLY dumb.
 
Always make sure tha the string is tied to the end of the spool when flying expensive kites:eek: , now I stop about 10 ft from the end let the spool unwind and then retie it myself.
 
Esav Benyamin said:
Not lost, but ... my brother came into the living room one evening asking if anyone had seen his glasses. He'd looked for them everywhere.

They were pushed up on top of his head. :)
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I stopped to see my father at his shop one day, he was looking for his glasses. He had a pair on his head, and a pair in his shirt pocket.

I told him that I'd get him some dinner, and pointed to both pairs. He was pretty tired that day.
 
tirod3 said:
Wore my Serengetis to the local airshow. I was standing in line to board a walk through of a DC3 when the right lens slowly tumbled to the concrete and shattered. The frame had broken - so I tossed them in the nearest trash and moved on.

Two weeks later I saw an ad about the lifetime guarantee . . . .
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My brother once put his Serengeti sunglasses in a soft case hanging from the front of his belt. He started playing air hockey with his wife and crushed the suckers while getting competitive.

Remembering his error on another trip, I carefully took my Serengeti sunglasses off and placed them safely on the floor when I attempted to punch one of those "measure your manhood" punching bags in an arcade. Punched the stupid thing, then when I stepped over to pick up my glasses I managed to step on them in the process and break them. I threw them away.

Two years later, I read about the life time warrenty while reading about gadgets on the internet...:rolleyes: :D
 
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