January 20, 2009 11:00 PM

Well, the glasses purchase went off without a hitch but with a couple of interesting points...

The eye exam revealed that my prescription was basically the same as it was 4 years ago which was no surprise to me. The interesting part was the doctor said that my eyes are correctable to 20-15 which is not very common for someone my age(how did she know how old I was?)

As I said yesterday, the main reason for this purchase was vanity - not mine - my wife's! She said that the lenses in my old pair were just too big. They were also scratched quite a bit which did make them an ideal candidate to be replaced. After the newer, smaller pair were made, the people in the eyeglass store then told me that they no longer carry lenses the size of my old ones implying that I was the only one on the planet to be wearing glasses that were so out of style. I must admit that no one has ever called me a slave to fashion - but I can dream can't I!

Lastly, I guess that we really have to start scrutinizing the hospital charges as they come in from the insurance company. We got a rather large hospital bill/statement from the insurance company today and in looking it over, it turns out that the hospital double billed charges in excess of $135,000. I can hardly wait to hear what the insurance company has to say about this!

Bob