My glasses fell apart a few months ago. They came off awkwardly and one of the arms fell off. It fitted back on but every so often, including in the middle of my medallion talk, it comes off again. I usually just push it on as I’m not near any glue, and it stays on for a couple of weeks.
Last night it came off and I decided to take the glasses to work in two parts, so that I could glue them using the tube of superglue in the drawer.
Now, I’m not a vain man, and have never let appearance intrude in my spectacle buying, as a look at my glasses collection will tell you. Over the years my long sight has grown longer and my distance vision has improved as my close-up vision has declined. I have worked round this with a selection of cheap non-prescription glasses in a variety of styles, and have a selection of black, brown, zebra-stripe and purple frames to show for it.
The chances of me being voted “Spectacle Wearer of the Year” are not enhanced by this picture.
However, it is undeniable that people do judge on first impressions and if you are wearing the glasses of an idiot, you are going to be judged. That’s why I like the rickety pair in question – a look of tortoiseshell (which I always think looks better on the tortoise) and generous-sized lenses work together to make me look like an eccentric academic, or an apprentice psychopath, and that works well in the shop.
So, back to the shop. It’s 8.55 am and I have a pair of broken glasses on the counter, a detached arm in one hand and a tube of superglue in the other. I decided to control the glue by pushing the threaded part of the broken area into the tube. This, I thought, would cut down on the chances of me sticking the wrong things together.
Rather than go through the whole story I will cut to the final frame . . .
The glasses are back together, and the hinge is almost working as I keep moving it to prevent it clogging up. The keyboard is working, though there are some unpleasant smears on it. My jumper will never be quite the same, and will only now be wearable when i have dirty work to do.
And, after a few minutes of careful tugging, I was able to remove my handkerchief whilst leaving my fingerprints in place.
All in all, not my finest moment.
Then it started to snow . . .
Glasses from Amazon
So now we know that shoving and object into any confined space will cause excess gunk to squirt out in a multitude of random direction. Good thing it missed your eyes.
Fortunately I move slowly, so it oozed rather than squirting. 🙂
That was lucky.
Yes, one of the kids once had a head injury repaired with superglue – scarily effective.
Oh, shoot! This piece made me giggle. Glad to read the superglue worked on the glasses. Sorry it went other places, too. At least it didn’t stick your fingers together.
I’s only matter of time . . .
Who on earth can safely apply superglue?
I can’t. Someone probably can. hey can probably do Rubik’s Cube and conjuring ricks oo.
Cyanoacrylate works well on many things. In medicine, some formulations work better than others.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2183824/
I seem to remember that pack of zebra stripe glasses from another post?
🙂 My lack of maturity and taste is legendary!
It is dangerous stuff, that superglue. I use it to glue the soles of my shoes back on and it works amazingly well.
I is very good on fingers. The hospital once glued a scalp wound on Number 2 son – very effective a stopping he blood.