The sound trees make

There's a fine black locust sapling in the park across the street. It's regrowing from surviving roots, after a big old tree came down in a storm last year, and the parks department removed the visible stump.

This photo is from late July, on a rare sunny day. Three weeks earlier, this tree was about up to my waist. Right now, on rainy days, it's not quite as tall as I am.

The sound trees make

There's a fine black locust sapling in the park across the street. It's regrowing from surviving roots, after a big old tree came down in a storm last year, and the parks department removed the visible stump.

This photo is from late July, on a rare sunny day. Three weeks earlier, this tree was about up to my waist. Right now, on rainy days, it's not quite as tall as I am.

Optician/eyeglass advice needed

One of the nosepieces from my eyeglasses just came off (it attached to my face, abandoning the eyeglass frame). Looking at it, it's possible it's fixable with an optician's tools.

The specific optician I got these made at is no longer in business (I think this was a landlord issue), but it's part of a chain, Cohen's Optical. Is it worth my going to another branch of that company, rather than some other optician, to inquire about repairs? cattitude suggested this, because they might be more likely to have whatever parts are needed. (The alternative theory is that these are a year and a half old, so it's catch-as-catch-can with whether any given shop has them: I didn't select them by designer, but they probably are from some designer, not a store brand.)

Also, any recommendations for a decent, reasonably quick optician that I can get to at lunchtime or after work would be welcome. My office is at 31st and Madison; it's a pricy neighborhood, but over at Lex or Third might not be. I live in Inwood. So, anything along the 1 or A/C train lines is more or less en route. If you absolutely love someplace in the Village or the Upper East Side, I'm listening; downtown Brooklyn or Queens beyond Astoria would be iffy, and anything further afield wouldh have to be absolute magic. Note that I have progressive-style bifocals; nobody is going to give me new ones the same day, but I don't want to wait longer than necessary. I want to go to an optician, get my eyes measured, and have them make glasses, so Internet-only companies aren't relevant right now.

[I note in passing that I'm glad I thought "new eyeglasses" when I decided how much to have taken out of my paycheck each month, tax-free, toward medical expenses. I did not do "how much did you spend last year" that is recommended, because I am not expecting another expense like the gall bladder surgery. But I was going to go work out tomorrow, not visit an optician (and I suspect that if I can't get these glasses fixed trivially, it means not exercising tomorrow. Good thing I got in a long walk yesterday at the zoo.]

Optician/eyeglass advice needed

One of the nosepieces from my eyeglasses just came off (it attached to my face, abandoning the eyeglass frame). Looking at it, it's possible it's fixable with an optician's tools.

The specific optician I got these made at is no longer in business (I think this was a landlord issue), but it's part of a chain, Cohen's Optical. Is it worth my going to another branch of that company, rather than some other optician, to inquire about repairs? cattitude suggested this, because they might be more likely to have whatever parts are needed. (The alternative theory is that these are a year and a half old, so it's catch-as-catch-can with whether any given shop has them: I didn't select them by designer, but they probably are from some designer, not a store brand.)

Also, any recommendations for a decent, reasonably quick optician that I can get to at lunchtime or after work would be welcome. My office is at 31st and Madison; it's a pricy neighborhood, but over at Lex or Third might not be. I live in Inwood. So, anything along the 1 or A/C train lines is more or less en route. If you absolutely love someplace in the Village or the Upper East Side, I'm listening; downtown Brooklyn or Queens beyond Astoria would be iffy, and anything further afield wouldh have to be absolute magic. Note that I have progressive-style bifocals; nobody is going to give me new ones the same day, but I don't want to wait longer than necessary. I want to go to an optician, get my eyes measured, and have them make glasses, so Internet-only companies aren't relevant right now.

[I note in passing that I'm glad I thought "new eyeglasses" when I decided how much to have taken out of my paycheck each month, tax-free, toward medical expenses. I did not do "how much did you spend last year" that is recommended, because I am not expecting another expense like the gall bladder surgery. But I was going to go work out tomorrow, not visit an optician (and I suspect that if I can't get these glasses fixed trivially, it means not exercising tomorrow. Good thing I got in a long walk yesterday at the zoo.]

QOTD

Well, we do put real sausage in sausage surprise. I suppose it might be more surprising not to have any. Or to have a fake sausage, though, given how sausage is made, I'm not quite sure if it is ontologically permissible for one to be fake. —sythyry