FrankS
Registered User
Isn't polygamy illegal?
Nick, denial and projection of your own faults onto others.
Clear and Simple, no objections necessary.
Just embrace the truth.
Clear and Simple, no objections necessary.
Just embrace the truth.
FrankS
Registered User
Pass the coolaid.
MikeL
Go Fish
mto'brien
Well-known
You are most welcome.
The idea that you would be willing to perform a wedding ceremony for me and one of my cameras is, however, preposterous.
Unless, of course, you would be willing to perform a ceremony in which you marry me to several of my cameras and a few lenses, then I am game. But this would clearly be a violation of the sanctity of "one man or woman, one camera" unions. Another thing to keep in mind before agreeing to performing the ceremony is that I will be marrying both film and digital. Yeah, I know. I'm like that.
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FrankS
Registered User
Bi ? (film/digital)
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mto'brien
Well-known
mmmmmm hmmmmm. yep.
Teuthida
Well-known
In addition to using mechanical cameras, I refuse to use fire given its relative immaturity as a technology.
FrankS
Registered User
My stand on this is not so extreme. I will use fire as long it is from a natural source (lightning, forest fire) not man-made/artificial.
Teuthida
Well-known
My stand on this is not so extreme. I will use fire as long it is from a natural source (lightning, forest fire) not man-made/artificial.
Let me guess: You're one of those guys who uses a light meter. Neophite.
Over 30 years ago, my Dad identified my collector traits as being "obsessive compulsive, probably due to be potty trained too early". And he was a PhD clinical Psychologist, specializing in suicide prevention. He was also around during my potty training.
Embrace the truth, harness the energy.
OOOHHHH! Lens has dirty poopoo on it.
Make poopoo go away!
So Nick, I see this thread as a desperate cry for help. Objectophilia- certainly explains the behavior that you have demonstrated on this forum over the past many years. But with this thread, your internal self has identified your own problems and character flaws. Not being able to confront the truth, you are projecting those problems on those around you.
Embrace the truth. At least fixating on one camera at a time is cheaper than being obsessive compulsive. However, based on prices of used lenses in the last two years- Glad I am! I suspect that I will be selling off a lot of gear after the first of the year. Now that I found the 1936 coated Sonnar from the test batch, maybe I'll turn to objectophilia and cash in the obsessive compulsive stuff.
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Phil_F_NM
Camera hacker
Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.
NickTrop
Veteran
Bah, Brian, quit your foolish psychobabble. Eh? I don't remember when I was trained, I was pretty young at the time. This is Freudian psychology, by the way, and Freud is pretty much only credited as being the "inventor" of the field these days but his theories are not subscribed to. In your father's times, perhaps, you could have been a "Freudian psychologist" but no one in this field today would decribe themselves as such. Freud is as outdated as your many electro-mechanical "lovers".
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FrankS
Registered User
It'd be interesting to list the various bandwagons/missions Nick has prophesied over the years. Thanks for the good humour, Nick!
Phil_F_NM
Camera hacker
Bah, Brian, quit your foolish psychobabble. Eh? I don't remember when I was trained, I was pretty young at the time. This is Freudian psychology, by the way, and Freud is pretty much only credited as being the "inventor" of the field these days but his theories are not subscribed to. In your father's times, perhaps, you could have been a "Freudian psychologist" but no one in this field today would decribe themselves as such. Freud is as outdated as your many electro-mechanical "lovers".
Nick.
Listen to your Id.
The Id knows.
And as you approach 50, let's look back on a life of loving cameras.
Nick, I think we have your number. You have it to. No wonder you're here on RFF.
Camera Lover.
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paulfish4570
Veteran
this thread remains chuckle-icious ...
Roger Hicks
Veteran
Dear Brian,
Generally a very worthy aim, but sometimes you wonder. There was a Welsh comedian, many years ago, who told the following story:
The doctor said, "Have you ever considered suicide?"
I said, "What do you mean, doctor?"
He replied, "You know: doing away with yourself."
I said, "NO!"
And he said, ""Well, I think you should..."
We've all met people like that. And a note to those who might accuse me of trivializing suicide. No, I'm not. But even suicides and would-be suicides can have a sense of humour.
Cheers,
R.
bgb
Well-known
Great joke Roger
The main problem i find with human females is it's difficult to find someone to do a CLA or any kind of repair work that gets them working like they used to long ago. If Youxin can return a M2 to its origonal as God made it beauty why can't someone do that for Suzy and Sarah?
The main problem i find with human females is it's difficult to find someone to do a CLA or any kind of repair work that gets them working like they used to long ago. If Youxin can return a M2 to its origonal as God made it beauty why can't someone do that for Suzy and Sarah?
I loved the Burt Reynolds/Dom Deloise movie "The End". So did my Dad.
I remember when I was 11, and someone called the house on a Sunday evening and asked for my Dad. Found out later from Dad that the kid had a gun pointed at his head in the other hand. I listened to my Dad talking him out of shooting his head off. Freudian training worked in that case.
I suspect a sign of maturity is to respect someone and see them in the same light as you always have, as they grace with age.
I'm betting Roger understands this 100%.