The lesson I got out of that episode was always to have a Plan B in your pocket, just in case. And a C and a D, while you’re at it.
Sure he had time enough at last to read books, but his broken glasses prevented that.
BTW, this episode bothered me because I could never understand why his wife was such a biatch to him.
All he wanted to do was read, and she wouldn't allow him to do so.
Why would she care?
He could have been out being a terrible husband, but his *reading* really bothered her that much?