Paul Newman/ Butch Cassidy

I don't remember that line but bifocals WERE around in the 1800's. In fact, good old Ben Franklin was credited with inventing them!

http://inventors.about.com/od/fstartinventors/ss/Franklin_invent_4.htm

You amaze me with that info phoenix thanks

lovejoy- Not so amazing. You hang around this earth for as long as I have, and you're bound to pick up all sorts of useful information!

My dad used to say I was a mine of completely useless information, he was probably right.

I will add to my collection that No less a luminary than Benjamin Franklin was credited with the invention of bi-focals as long ago as 1784 which to my eternal embarrassment I should have but didn't know

Lovejoy, welcome aboard. We sometimes have threads about antiques. Are you a dealer or a collector, or collector/picker?

Farmerman I'm a retired coal miner that dabbles in the buying and selling of antiques. It's great fun and now and again I make a whopping profit (very rare) and it makes up for the whopping losses, which arn't so rare

It's just enjoyable thats all

In my youth, I always wanted to be an auctioneer.