Feb. 19th, 2010

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I've been following with fascination the storyline at 9 Chickweed Lane for the last several months. Basically, the crusty old grandmother is finally opening up and telling her daughter about her undercover work in World War II. Storyline summary )

Bottom line: In order to protect her Austrian informant from having his throat cut as a collaborator, Edda has just provided a cover story by hauling him into a dark corner, climbing into his lap, and spending about a minute kissing him. Then she wandered off, reminding him to tell his fellow prisoners "this is not what it appears to be."

Unfortunately, he delivers the punchline, which is important for both the joke and the story... in German. I don't entirely trust Google's translation, so can anyone help me with:

"Bitte, glauben sie mir, es ist anders ale sie denken."

Danke!
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This is an unpaid advertisement for Dupont Optical, downtown DC. Remember the posts where I was whining and squirming because I just couldn't get the new glasses right? I got them adjusted at the For Eyes where I got them... and still couldn't see properly through them.

I got them readjusted at another For Eyes, and could see better, but still couldn't stop fussing with them.

So I finally broke down and took them to Dupont Optical.

Now, I can't say they're inexpensive - they do have a range of prices, but they don't take insurance. But I can say, wholeheartedly, that they know their stuff! I started going because my friend Doug works there (you know him as the long-term friend D who helped me buy a car; name used with permission) but I keep going for two reasons:

1) The doctor there runs tests that no other doctor has done for me, and thus I have the best vision I've had in a long time

and

2) The people working the counter know their stuff backwards and forwards. When I went in and said "I can't adjust to these," Doug took them off my face, tsked at me for twisting the frames... and then eyeballed them true. When they next went on my nose, they were adjusted PERFECTLY.

(This isn't just fond friendship; I've got a witness.)

If you're local to the DC area, if you've got vision problems, and if you want perfect service... really, go check out DuPont Optical.

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