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  • over_clox@lemmy.worldtoAsklemmy@lemmy.ml•What's the most peculiar car accident you've ever seen?
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    1 day ago

    I was driving North on a long mostly straight road with nearly no other cars on the road. Up ahead around a bend, another car comes in the other lane driving South, way too fast no less.

    When the other car was probably like 50 feet in front of me, their hood flew open and immediately broke the hinges and went flying in the air. It probably flew like 50 feet high, peaking out right over my car and landing like 50 feet behind me.

    I was kinda scared, but there was an extra wide shallow ditch off to the right, I would have ended up driving off the road into the ditch if I thought it was gonna hit me, but luckily I drove right under the flying hood at it’s peak in the air.

    I bet it scared the other driver shitless LOL! Glad nobody was hurt, hopefully in the future they make damn sure their hood is properly latched, and they really should chill out on the speeding.

  • over_clox@lemmy.worldtoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.world•Anyone ever buffed out small eyeglass scratches? What did you use and how did it go?
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    6 days ago

    I’ve done it before, using a Dremel tool with a polishing wheel and wax polishing compound, then toothpaste on a rag.

    It took me two days, per lens to get anything close to usably clear. So I hate to say it, but you’re probably better off getting new lenses.

    TL;DR the next part, shit used to be made to last…

    Or, if you hit a dumb stroke of luck like I recently did, get some vintage glasses made in the 1980s. It’s very rare that I stumble into prescription glasses that match my prescription, but I accidentally came across a perfect matching pair that was manufactured around 1988, and they just refuse to scratch!

    Yes, that’s almost impossible to stumble across, but you never know what you might find in a thrift store or flea market.