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Subject: Re: [Leica] Creative Excuses
From: Andrew Schroter <schroter@optonline.net>
Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2002 17:59:02 -0400
References: <14a.f24e0db.2a379162@aol.com> <006d01c21177$6d393000$9ceecd18@clearsighjhm83>

A pre-emptive strike is to get all your toys before you get married or
commited to a S.O.
:)

> Every time your wife asks if the camera in your hand is a new item, you
> should tell her "no dear, it is one that I have had for years but do not
use
> much". If you are caught unpacking a camera, it is always a "just arrived
> repair from the shop".
>
> Of course you should never ask about her new items, be they shoes ,
clothes,
> or perfume.
> Remember, what is good for the goose, is better for the fox.
>
> Joe
>
>
>
>
>
> From: <ClassicVW@aol.com>
> >
> > A few excuses/ways to avoid the spouse/signifigant other's wrath...
> >
> > 1. NEVER use the household checking book or credit card account for your
> > purchases. Start some sort of slush fund and buy using cash or money
> order.
> >
> > 2. Buy all your bodies the same- either all black, or all of them
chrome.
> > It's easier to hide them that way.
> >
> > 3. Only keep  one or two bodies and lenses in plain view at a time.
Rotate
> > them in and out of storage so one or the other doesn't stand out to the
> wife/
> > S.O.  Store your gear in Rubbermaid plastic boxes at the bottom of a
> closet,
> > and just one camera bag 'ready to go', don't keep your stuff out, lining
6
> > shelves in the study.
> >
> > 4. NEVER leave shipping boxes and their packing peanuts in the house
after
> a
> > purchase. If you need to return the item, go out and get another box,
> they're
> > not that difficult to find.
> >
> > 5. If you DO get snagged by the signifigant other as you are tearing
> through
> > those packing peanuts and pulling out that brand new M7 and lens, break
> down,
> > drop to the floor, and become a blathering fool, screaming "It's all
THOSE
> > guy's fault on the LUG" over and over.
> >
> > 6. If #5 above doesn't work on her/him, you'll be forced to resort to
the
> > "last resort" to save your marriage/relationship and OK a
similarly-priced
> > item that she/he has wanted but you've resisted. (example- new
> living-room,
> > new dining-room furniture, wallpapering the dining-room, etc.)
> > Just don't get caught opening the boxes of that 8-Leica body,
> all-collector
> > items from eBay, including the gold commemorative model. THAT'LL cost
you
> a
> > new BMW M5 SUV.  Have enough sense to have those cameras shipped to your
> work
> > address for God's sake!
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Replies: Reply from Ted Grant <tedgrant@shaw.ca> (Re: [Leica] Creative Excuses)
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