Here in southwestern Ontario, the industrial heartland of Canada, I am now heading into my third month of waiting for new spectacles.

I don’t know where the problem is, but it’s big and it’s not just supply; it’s also quality. I ordered the specs in late July hoping for delivery in time for an early September road trip, and when they finally arrived in mid-October the lenses were ground wrong. So now I’m hoping for my July specs to arrive for Christmas.

I have worn specs since 1962, and I have never heard of problems like this before.