On 22/05/2021 02:27 pm, Harry Bloomfield wrote:

Last time I used the car, as I parked up in my garage back home, one of
the lenses of my driving glasses fell out, just as I removed them. The
clamp screw had udone itself, releasing the lens. In a bit of a rush, I
just tapped myself down, hoping the screw would land on my seat, so I
could find it later.

Getting the car out yesterday, I realised I forgotten to deal with the
problem, so I searched the seat, the car floor and the garage floor
without finding the missing screw. I grabbed the glasses and lens, to
take indoors to see if I could find another to fit, only to find the
missing screw still caught in the frame. All it needed was the lens put
in place and the screw tightened into place.

Almost the same thing happened to me in Paris some years ago, except
that I managed to catch the lens as it fell but couldn't find the little
screw.

On a Sunday, in Champs Elysees, not only was an optician's shop open for
business, but they did what was necessary and refused any payment. I put
five Euros in the charity collection box they had on the counter.