Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84 exptools; site ihu1m.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxb!mhuxn!mhuxm!mhuxj!houxm!ihnp4!ihu1m!gadfly From: gadfly@ihu1m.UUCP (Gadfly) Newsgroups: net.misc Subject: Re: Eyeglass frames--why so expensive? Message-ID: <287@ihu1m.UUCP> Date: Sun, 10-Feb-85 21:27:33 EST Article-I.D.: ihu1m.287 Posted: Sun Feb 10 21:27:33 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 12-Feb-85 06:08:20 EST References: <1068@opus.UUCP> <6400032@hp-pcd.UUCP> <1289@ut-ngp.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 22 -- I've been wearing wire-rims since 1968--the same frames, in fact. Before that, I'd gone through two plastic ones in two years, and figured that wire would be more durable, and if they did break, I could do a solder job that would be a better repair than the tape jobs I'd done on the horn rims. Well, last year the right side ear piece (they're sort of spiral-wound spring things that are brazed onto the wire side pieces) disintegrated from 16 years of miscellaneous skin acids. I worried about getting replacement parts for such an antique, but--lo and behold--wire rims are back in style (or so the optometrist said)! I think it was about $15-20 for the replacements, and I expect another 16 years of trouble-free use. I heartily recommend wire-rim frames, and they seem to be readily available again. They appear to be no more expensive than plastic frames, though the ones you get today won't have any real gold in them. -- *** *** JE MAINTIENDRAI ***** ***** ****** ****** 10 Feb 85 [22 Pluviose An CXCIII] ken perlow ***** ***** (312)979-7188 ** ** ** ** ..ihnp4!iwsl8!ken *** ***