My wife is going to kill me...

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I remember, when I used to work for a used car dealer, visiting a colleague of his at his home. He was showing me his rather impressive collection of vintage Harleys, and he told me a story about a particularly rare specimen that was in his collection. I believe it was something about having both an electric and kick start, apparently Harley only did this for a year or two. Anyway, when he had found this particular bike, he and his wife had just gotten married and purchased a house. They had a sum of money which they were going to use to furnish the house. He lamented to his wife, this being a particualry rare bike, but he was fully prepared to pass it over in order to buy furniture.

"Buy the bike," his wife said. "You're never going to find another one like it, and we can always buy furniture later."
 
micromontenegro said:
Next time, buy a Nikonos. They are excellent for self-defense
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I hope that this thread doesn't go off on the tangent of extolling the durability of (brand X) cameras by suggesting that one clock one's spouse with said camera.

Let's leave that to thwarting muggers.;)
 
PhotoMat said:
I hope that this thread doesn't go off on the tangent of extolling the durability of (brand X) cameras by suggesting that one clock one's spouse with said camera.

Let's leave that to thwarting muggers.;)
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Ohhh, I didn't get that until now.

I guess I am a pillock :p
 
iamzip said:
I guess I am a pillock :p
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Myself and others like me originating from the country of Pilland condemn this slur against our people. And no we do not practice spousacide unless $5000 Kelly bags are involved.
 
iamzip said:
I guess I am a pillock :p
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I don't think you should use the term pillock. It is not a nice term to describe people like me. Since I technically am one (I'm not sure what "technically" means, but I've heard people use the word), I would prefer you use a different term when describing me, and, possibly yourself.

Due to my sensitivity, my wife has taken to calling me a '****ing idiot' rather than a pillock. My self esteem is much improved, and it works for us. We just had our anniversary (true) and although we don't make much money (apparently, as I've been told, due to my being a '****ing idiot' ), we are happy.

In short, I don't think the term is appropriate and I don't think anyone else should use it either. ;)
 
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MikeL said:
I don't think you should use the term pillock. It is not a nice term to describe people like me. Since I technically am one (I'm not sure what "technically" means, but I've heard people use the word), I would prefer you use a different term when describing me, and, possibly yourself.

Due to my sensitivity, my wife has taken to calling me a '****ing idiot' rather than a pillock. My self esteem is much improved, and it works for us. We just had our anniversary (true) and although we don't make much money (apparently, as I've been told, due to my being a '****ing idiot' ), we are happy.

In short, I don't think the term is appropriate and I don't think anyone else should use it either.

<shrug>
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What's a Pillock? I've never heard the term, is it a racial slur?
 
I have so many cameras, she doesn't a new one. problem is that she does notice the packages that come in. Lately I've started selling also. That helps a lot.

Cheers,

Michiel Fokkema
 
Chriscrawfordphoto said:
What's a Pillock? I've never heard the term, is it a racial slur?
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OED:

1. orig. Sc. The penis. Now Eng. regional (north.) and rare. 1568 D. LINDSAY Satyre (Bannatyne) 1491 in Wks. (1931) II. 388 Me think my pillok will not ly doun.
1900 W. DICKINSON & E. W. PREVOST Gloss. Dial. Cumberland (rev. ed.), Pillick, the male organ. 2000 Northern Echo (Nexis) 15 Mar. 13 Jack Dent in Northallerton recalls a rhyme touring the school yard ‘when I was a small boy’... Why did the butterfly flutter by? Because she saw the caterpillar wave his pillock at her.
2. Chiefly Brit. colloq. (mildly derogatory). A stupid person; a fool, an idiot.
1967 J. BURKE Till Death us do Part viii. 135 What are you talking about, you great hairy pilloch? 1978 ‘J. GASH’ Gold from Gemini vii. 70 The pillock mistook my astonishment for awe. 1995 FourFourTwo Oct. 146/2 (advt.) What a bunch of pillocks! 2004 Rugby World Feb. 49/1 Those mindless pillocks in New Zealand who slated England for the way they played in Wellington in June.
 
Bring home flowers a day or two before tha camera arrives and pave the way ;)

iamzip said:
I just now purchased a used Mamiya 645J off of eBay, complete with lens and finder. It was a good deal (I think) as I usually see these go for maybe $50-$100 more than I paid, still... I don't really need anymore cameras, and it is more than I usually allow myself to spend. However, I've just been really jonesing for a really nice medium format camera. My Zeiss folder is nice, but it has its limitations, especially since it is a scale focus.
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Please call the Attorney General in your state and get restraining orders for you on further camera buying or on your wife, so the murder upon gear lust does not occur. PPlease, we need photographers, not more dead bodies ...
 
Roger Hicks said:
There is always a zeitgeist. Something that is perfectly acceptable at one time can become an outmoded and unpleasant cliché at another.
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There is also Karma. Zeitgeist can be used to explain some things, but doesn't make them right. When I was a kid I heard that term used occasionally, too... but we all knew it wasn't right.

I much prefer your philosophies on cameras and marriage. :)
 
Very bizarre thread. May as well participate.

On the term "Nigg*r": in Spanish, we find it very cumbersome to be PC. You see, negro is THE only accurate word. And historically, here in South America, is anything but derisive. Sometimes used as a term of endearment, actually, i.e. "mi negrita".

On the whole marriage and cameras issue: My first wife though I spended too much in cameras. I divorced her. No, I am not impliyng cause and effect here ;-)
My wife (may I introduce you? see avatar) thinks greatly of all my expensive hobbys, and always wants me to get a new camera, another Land Rover, yet another dog. I reckon I will be with her 'till the cows come home. Wanna know why? Becuase she allows me to err. If, say, I made fun of her with a sexist comment, she'd understand I am human, and act accordingly. In short, she has tolerance, and I've learned to be tolerant too. I think that makes or breakes a marriage. Or any kind of human relationship
 
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You should build up your spouse, not denigrate them. I'm my wife's biggest fan and she mine. I'd never make her the butt of a joke or the target of a sexist remark. It's a simple matter of respect.

Interesting thread.
 
If I genuinely offended anyone with my deleted posts, I apologize. My message was that things have changed for the better: most people are better now at respecting others, and less inclined to insult them casually. To anyone who took it otherwise, again, I can only apologize.

Cheers,

Roger
 
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