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September 18, 2005
My sunglasses history (sad)
I am hoping that by writing this, I will be able to begin the healing process.
My wife bought me a pair of Smith slider 01 glasses 18 months ago for Christmas. They were the first pair of sunglasses I ever really loved. And represented a significant change in my glasses philosophy which went from buy a cheap pair and don't worry about it to buy a nice pair and enjoy it. Life was good--until I lost them. Cost: $100. Fate: Lost on a bike ride above Lindon Utah when they fell off my camelback.
Undaunted, I bought another pair and life was good again. I took them on Scout summer camp for a week and enjoyed their lightweight wellfitted comfort. I even enjoyed switching out the dark lenses for the amber lenses for the black powder shooting thing. On summer vacaction, my loving 2 year old daughter ripped one of the arms off. I sent them to Smith and they sent me back a new frame for free. Life was really good at that point. But it wouldn't last long. Cost: $80. Fate: left at Silver Lake Trailhead after scout backpacking trip. Rescue mission the following day unsucessful.
I decided I wasn't prepared to live the law of expensive sunglasses. So I used my ebay skills to buy a pair of used Smith mainline (I think it was) glasses. They were gold, they fit well but they didn't block wind as well on the bike. But it was ok because they were cheap. I used a sharpie to darken the inside of the bottom edge of the frame to cut down on glare off the funky gold frames. Cost: $25. Fate: Destroyed in a failed diving catch for a disc during an ultimate game on a scout campout. They were in my pocket and I knew I shouldn't have dived. But, the good news was that the frame absorbed most of the impact thus protecting my cell phone.
So here I am, back to ebay for another pair of smiths. I hope that someday I will mature to the point that I can own an expensive pair of glasses. I have also noticed that scout trips are not kind to my glasses (plus I destroyed a canon powershot on a scout trip once too). so I may end up leaving the good glasses (when I am ready for that kind of commitment again) home on scout trips.
Posted by jones at September 18, 2005 11:13 PM
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