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84Bravo184Bravo1 Member Posts: 10,461 ✭✭
edited May 2017 in General Discussion
Just finished mowing the yard.

Realized towards the end, my glasses were gone.

I drive underneath multiple low growing pines etc. that could have swept them off.

Walked the 3 acres repeatedly looking for them.

My last decent pair.(only $450.)

This week just keeps getting better and better.
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  • drl50drl50 Member Posts: 2,496 ✭
    edited November -1
    Yikes, that hurts. Did you check in the boughs? Maybe they're above ground. Maybe laying on the mower somewhere. Good luck with it.
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  • 84Bravo184Bravo1 Member Posts: 10,461 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by drl50
    Yikes, that hurts. Did you check in the boughs? Maybe they're above ground. Maybe laying on the mower somewhere. Good luck with it.



    Yeah, I thought of that.

    Looked there also.

    They could be anywhere.

    I'm sure I will run over them, next time I mow, and find them.
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  • Ditch-RunnerDitch-Runner Member Posts: 25,370 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Feel your pain a few years back I knocked mine off on a low branch tried to stop but the finish mower I was pulling beat me to them

    I hope you find them undamaged good luck
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  • notnownotnow Member Posts: 1,858 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    If they were my glasses id look for them just like you did maybe longer and give up. Id eventually find them in the shed where the gas can is or in the house on the kitchen counter and so on.
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  • jltrentjltrent Member Posts: 9,344 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Damn!!!!!!
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  • bullshotbullshot Member Posts: 14,718 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Check the top of your head? [:D]
    "Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you"
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  • Ricci WrightRicci Wright Member Posts: 8,259 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Good luck Bro. I hope you find them soon. I was cutting grass one night a few years back with a Colt Combat Commander in a case at my feet and as I was finishing up realized the Colt was missing. I jumped off the mower and spent a few frantic minutes looking but the pistol was found and was fine. I'm guessing your glasses will be too. [:)]
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  • 84Bravo184Bravo1 Member Posts: 10,461 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by notnow
    If they were my glasses id look for them just like you did maybe longer and give up. Id eventually find them in the shed where the gas can is or in the house on the kitchen counter and so on.



    I tried that also. Hoping against hope.

    Just got through walking the yard around all the low growing trees for a couple, or three more times.

    Dammit.
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  • p3skykingp3skyking Member Posts: 23,916 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I agree. That is awesome.
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  • roswellnativeroswellnative Member Posts: 10,195 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    That sux
    Although always described as a cowboy, Roswellnative generally acts as a righter of wrongs or bodyguard of some sort, where he excels thanks to his resourcefulness and incredible gun prowesses.
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  • jerrywh818jerrywh818 Member Posts: 2,573 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Maybe you never had them on when you started.
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  • wiplashwiplash Member Posts: 7,145 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    They're in your truck!
    There is no such thing as Liberal Men, only Liberal Women with Penises.'
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  • montanajoemontanajoe Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 60,240 ******
    edited November -1
    [V][V][V]
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  • SCOUT5SCOUT5 Member Posts: 16,181 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I know the feeling. Sent a $450 pair under a bushhog a few months ago. I did find them, what few parts were left of them anyway. Maybe those neck straps have a use after all.
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  • select-fireselect-fire Member Posts: 69,524 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Your eyes aren't bad if you didn't notice them gone.
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  • 84Bravo184Bravo1 Member Posts: 10,461 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I've walked the yard, repeatedly near the trees where it could have happened.

    I've also given the house and the Metal outbuilding (where the Mower was located,) a very thorough search.

    Very frustrating. They have vanished.

    I'm afraid I will find them next time I mow.

    I needed to get a new prescription and a new pair anyway. Now I have no choice.

    It's not been a good month.
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  • hillbillehillbille Member Posts: 14,458 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    take a leaf rake, turn it upside down and drag it through the grass with just a little pressure on it, you should hear the tines on the glasses if you hit it............
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  • Chief ShawayChief Shaway Member, Moderator Posts: 6,289 ******
    edited November -1
    Check the mower well.
    That and the top of your head.
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  • 84Bravo184Bravo1 Member Posts: 10,461 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by hillbille
    take a leaf rake, turn it upside down and drag it through the grass with just a little pressure on it, you should hear the tines on the glasses if you hit it............


    Good idea.

    I'll bust out the rake tomorrow after work.
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  • wiplashwiplash Member Posts: 7,145 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    You know they're going to be in the last place you look!

    Start there.
    There is no such thing as Liberal Men, only Liberal Women with Penises.'
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  • bullshotbullshot Member Posts: 14,718 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Look everywhere besides the trees .... they aren't going to be where you think you lost them .... you know that. Good luck.
    "Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you"
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  • MercuryMercury Member Posts: 7,840 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Go out at night with a flashlight and shine it around. They'll jump out at you.

    If you don't find them, get a new prescription and order your glasses ONLINE! I'm paying less than $25 a pair INCLUDING FRAMES for my single vision glasses! Same exact glasses (same frame!) are over $175 per pair, and are made in china just like the ones I'm ordering!

    Merc
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  • He DogHe Dog Member Posts: 51,593 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    $5 will buy you retainers for the new pair.
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  • montanajoemontanajoe Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 60,240 ******
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by select-fire
    Your eyes aren't bad if you didn't notice them gone.
    +1,,if mine are off my face,I know it right now,,,
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  • Mr. PerfectMr. Perfect Member, Moderator Posts: 66,437 ******
    edited November -1
    Left shirt pocket.
    Some will die in hot pursuit
    And fiery auto crashes
    Some will die in hot pursuit
    While sifting through my ashes
    Some will fall in love with life
    And drink it from a fountain
    That is pouring like an avalanche
    Coming down the mountain
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  • 84Bravo184Bravo1 Member Posts: 10,461 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Mercury
    Go out at night with a flashlight and shine it around. They'll jump out at you.

    If you don't find them, get a new prescription and order your glasses ONLINE! I'm paying less than $25 a pair INCLUDING FRAMES for my single vision glasses! Same exact glasses (same frame!) are over $175 per pair, and are made in china just like the ones I'm ordering!

    Merc
    .

    I did that when leaving at 0 Dark thirty this AM.

    No luck.
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  • droptopdroptop Member Posts: 8,363 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Many items that are manufactured locally in South America cost roughly 8 to 1 Your glasses might cost $50 to $75. My wife bought a pair a year ago for $55.
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