I love this neighborhood sometimes.
On Thursday, my ratty glasses case fell to the bottom of my saddlebag with my sunglasses inside. Since the case wouldn't really close, and the stars apparently were aligned, my bike lock bounced on the bridge of the sunglasses, and snap! Suddenly I had two-piece sunglasses.
I went to Eye-Q today to see if they could recommend a glue, and the clerk said I could try super glue, but the only success story he'd ever heard was from some guy who drilled holes in the two pieces and doweled them back together. I'm pretty DIY, but that struck even me as excessive. The clerk looked around a little and found the store's last pair of my frame model, and said it would only take him a few minutes to pop the lenses out of the broken frame and put them in the one he'd found. $50. Sold.
It ended up taking longer than a few minutes, because my lenses were thick and took some wrestling with. So we chatted. I mentioned Bikes Not Bombs and the Bike-a-Thon, and he was intrigued by all the good work we do (youth programs, international development, and a great bike shop) by recycling bicycles. So at the end of all our talk and his work, he said, "No charge. Give it as a donation to Bikes Not Bombs, and say Eye-Q sent it."
So I did. You can see the evidence (and support me in the Bike-a-Thon if you haven't already--or even if you have) here.
I went to Eye-Q today to see if they could recommend a glue, and the clerk said I could try super glue, but the only success story he'd ever heard was from some guy who drilled holes in the two pieces and doweled them back together. I'm pretty DIY, but that struck even me as excessive. The clerk looked around a little and found the store's last pair of my frame model, and said it would only take him a few minutes to pop the lenses out of the broken frame and put them in the one he'd found. $50. Sold.
It ended up taking longer than a few minutes, because my lenses were thick and took some wrestling with. So we chatted. I mentioned Bikes Not Bombs and the Bike-a-Thon, and he was intrigued by all the good work we do (youth programs, international development, and a great bike shop) by recycling bicycles. So at the end of all our talk and his work, he said, "No charge. Give it as a donation to Bikes Not Bombs, and say Eye-Q sent it."
So I did. You can see the evidence (and support me in the Bike-a-Thon if you haven't already--or even if you have) here.