Donuel reminded me....

When I was in college 40 years ago, I was working part time for the physical plant. A friend & I were on a rolling scaffold, about 30 ft. high, rewiring lights in a gymnasium ceiling. I looked over the edge and my glasses sliped off and did slow tumble (It felt like 10 minutes) to the wooden court. *SNAP*...didn't break the lenses, but snapped in half at the bridge.
   I was a POOR college student, so I drilled a hole in the plastic on each piece, cut off a small nail and epoxied the 2 halves together. Being a small joint under constant strain, it came loose and had to be redone every few weeks. (sometimes I cut small strips of tape to hold them till I could get more glue)
   I think I lived that way for over a year till I could afford to replace them.

I guess if I had actually lost them into never-never land, I'd have found the money sooner!