[Sidney Lanier]

Our youngest son visited recently and happened to mention that he was overdue on getting a prescription to renew his contact lenses. I suggested that since he was here relaxing, this would be a good time to do it, as once he got back he'd be back to working 16 hours a day.... Called around to the stores that often offer promos, like Wal-Mart, Sears, JCPenney. He and I were shocked at the prices of a simple examination, both of recalling that the same exams at the same stores up north were considerably less. Is this possible? Or could this examination have gone up significantly in cost all over the country in the past year? I would mention that Wal-Mart was (as expected) the least costly....