It could only happen to fett

[fett]

What a morning. The road I take to get to the thiftstores is the busiest road in the county. At 8:20 AM, I was just done getting gas. And I had to wait for hundreds of cars to go by to get on the road. I am blind in my right eye and I wear very heavy correction glasses. So, I get into the far left lane. About 20 seconds later, the lens for my good eye pops out of the frame. And I hear it land on the floor of my van. That makes me blind. As in, I can't make out the big E on an eye chart blind. Actually, worse. Well, I was able to safely cross over to the far right-hand turn lane and I was able to get up into a Park-and-Ride lot. I opened my door thinking I will have to spend a long time finding the lens. It was right there. Thank God. A Swiss Army knife and a dab of glue and I tightened the lens back in and I was on my way. I am going to get stinking drunk.:ROTF: The Viking Gods were with me this day.

[MortenP]

What kinda van are you driving Fett?

[guitarsjb]

Damn fett. You were lucky and so were all the other people you didn't hit. Glad you're ok.

[fett]

Yeah. There were no cars behind me. They were stopped a few lights back. If they had the light, I would have had to just stop in the left lane; find the lens; pray I didn't get rear ended; pray for no cop and all I can say is I was one lucky Viking. It's an Areostar Van.

[DonP]

I was thinking an old VW surfer van

[fett]

I'm just one lucky SOB. You need to know this road to understand.

[MortenP]

Good thing nothing happenend Fett, I'm happy for ya! You live to rock one more day!

[Chasbo]

What kinda van are you driving Fett?

The kind you normally live in "Down by the River!!!'

[cdwillis]

Good to hear you're ok man. I know how it is, I'm practically blind without contact lens or glasses. I can't read the big E on the chart without 'em either.

[Rsmacker]

"Waldo? Waldo? Now where did that boy get to?"

[lerxstcat]

What a morning. The road I take to get to the thiftstores is the busiest road in the county. At 8:20 AM, I was just done getting gas. And I had to wait for hundreds of cars to go by to get on the road. I am blind in my right eye and I wear very heavy correction glasses. So, I get into the far left lane. About 20 seconds later, the lens for my good eye pops out of the frame. And I hear it land on the floor of my van. That makes me blind. As in, I can't make out the big E on an eye chart blind. Actually, worse. Well, I was able to safely cross over to the far right-hand turn lane and I was able to get up into a Park-and-Ride lot. I opened my door thinking I will have to spend a long time finding the lens. It was right there. Thank God. A Swiss Army knife and a dab of glue and I tightened the lens back in and I was on my way. I am going to get stinking drunk.:ROTF: The Viking Gods were with me this day.

Odin only has one eye, you know.... :ROTF:

[jgcable]

I heard his van is made out of a combination of chesswood and masonite

[sonicsamurai]

fetts pretty much are version of the stig from topgear on uk tv . some say his earwax can cure blindness, other's that his beard is home to a tribe of borrowers...all we know is he's called THE FETT :P

[FusionFarmer]

. A Swiss Army knife and a dab of glue and I tightened the lens back in and I was on my way..

Ah eyewear repair ala McGiver,
Having only one eye myself I have had simular things happen, like getting something in my good eye,,, etc. It ain't no fun being monocular, but it really has never kept me from doing anything I wanted to do

[fett]

It is amazing how one adapts to only having one good eye. I can still do fine work, like soldering. The field of view on my good eye has broadened (sp). The bad part for me is the vision in my "Good" eye is horrible without glasses. I drove the same route today. If I had not stopped to get gas yesterday, there would have been no way I could have merged all the way over to safety. From now on, I am taking a spare pair of glasses with me when I drive. I was a danger on the road and that will not happen again.