This weekend I went swimming with the kids.
After dressing, one of the kids bumped into my glasses/spectacles?.
As a result, one of the "legs" broke off at the place of the "hinge", where
the screw is (I hope the description is somewhat clear as I don't know the
correct english words).
The glass in my spectacles is "plastic" in stead of glass. The main
disadvantage is: it scratches quite easily BUT it doesn't break (as easy)
when falling (which is quite usefull with kids around).
The good thing: the fall on the floor did not trash the "lenses".
In my car I had a flat roll of duck tape.
With a strip of 3 cm long by the widht (4 cm?) of the tape, I was able to
repair my glasses quite reliably.
Luckily I was able to repair my glasses.
Driving my car without it is quite dangerous as my vision is to bad without
them.
Lessons learned:
1. even a small patch of duck tape can do miracles.
+ I plan on adding duck tape to my psk & possibly my wallet to
+ I should have known better: since Doug includes a small roll
of duc tape in his "Doug Ritter designed Pocket Survival Pak"
this must be very usefull!
2. I do have sunglasses with prescription glass in them in my car
and also my old glasses (less "magnification" than my current ones)
+ But at night, my sunglasses would be less than ideal,
so will my older glasses (I'm not seeing optimal with them).
+ I'll have to reconsider my "glasses-strategy"
+ When I can't reach my car, I have no backups
3. My glasses are essential in normal life, they will be even more essential
in a survival situation.
Questions:
- What redundacy-strategy do other people with glasses & contactlenses
have? Other considerations about glasses are welcome.
Greetings
Tranx
I know, a strange loginname. Had little inspiration when creating it. Now I
have to live with it.