OT: The Taunting Of Dcsang

[dcsang]

Ya know.. thanks to the lot of you here I own more gear than I could want. I have just enough cameras to use regularly and enjoy using them. I never feel like a camera is "neglected" since they all get regular workouts.

Whenever I have questions about any gear or technique, you guys are there to answer the questions.

Jorge and this site have made my foray back into the rangefinder world a happy and fulfilling one.

But

Now there is a bit of a problem.
Due to my frequenting the site and reloading that home page regularly, I consistently see the sponsor advertisements staring me directly in the face. For the most part, I'm able to ignore them because, well, I look past them and say "Nah.. I don't 'need' that".. but recently.. I see Tony Rose's mug staring at me, taunting me, showing me the Zeiss Ikon and I can hear him say

"Come on Dave.. you know you're going to want this !! Look how nice and shiny and new it is Dave!! You can have it because we've got a special on right now and we're even including CANADA Dave..... come on Dave.. take out that credit card.."

I really think I'm going to go insane if he continues to pester me like this 😉

Slowly losing it,
Dave

 

[flashover]

no taunting of me, I have no credit limit or is that credit.

 

[back alley]

you are so right dave!

a nice black zeiss ikon to use along side those many leicas you now have.

a longer baselength, an incredible finder, larger and more clear than anything you have ever looked through. and, oh my goodness, lenses that focus so smoothly it's hard to comprehend without trying it yourself.

and tony and the popflash gang, great customer service and i know for a fact that tony loves canada and canadians.

ya know ya want it...

😉joe

 

[Honu-Hugger]

Now at least we know which "Dave" Tony has been targeting -- I've been getting the same message and I'm thinking "but my name is Doug..."

 

[cp_ste.croix]

Stay strong Dave! I feel your pain...

 

[rover]

Slowly losing it,
Dave

Um, no.... May I suggest

"Lost it long ago."

 

[kmack]

Dave, Dave, Dave...
May I suggest that you enroll in the Kmack school of CSB. Just send me $500 a month and in one short year I will have cured you of your gear buying addiction.

 

[amateriat]

Well, this is the reason I got rid of my Leica "morph" screen saver: I thought I was receiving some sort of subliminal message whenever it kicked in...


- Barrett

 

[Kim Coxon]

It's OK. I'm safe, Robert White's banner has gone!

Kim

 

[dcsang]

You could always embrace the "there can be only one," philosophy, thus selling everything and buying the mighty Ikon. The black one. 😎

I could do that, but then I'd feel somewhat "naked" without my Leicas..

I think it would be more a feng shui thing... cleansing ya know... 😉

Dave

 

[ch1]

Whew, I feel so much better now knowing that it is YOU that has been the object of Tony's taunting.

I thought it might be me!

Now I can go back to dreaming of finding a pristine SP for low dollars and remaining true to my Nikonian faith! 😀

 

[John]

That Tony Rose is a great guy. He knows you want that Ikon so much, he has gone and ordered one for everyone. Hurray!! 😀 😀

 

[Benjamin Marks]

Dave: repeat after me: it's the lenses. You don't need a new camera body. You need new _lenses_. There -- now don't you feel better?

In all seriousness: there never was a purchase of camera gear that I regretted long.
There never was a sale of camera gear to which I ever fully reconcilled myself.

 

[kbg32]

I keep the top half of my monitor covered when connecting to the RFF.

 

[Sonnar Brian]

When I see Tony's face, I think to myself "There is a guy who LOVES cameras. I wished he lived next door to me. We would just me grabbing different cameras every weekend and going off using them". But I still blew more money than that getting the Latest SP. But Tony would have done the same thing, I know it.

 

[JoeFriday]

Dave, you clearly have been insane for many months.. no point in trying to hold back or justify anything now.. besides somebody has to set a bad example so the rest of us can say "don't be that guy!" 😀

 

[Sonnar Brian]

Brett,


That job is mine. Dave, let me know when you have 17 Leica's. You'll have me beat on Nikons.

 

[MelanieC]

Dave: repeat after me: it's the lenses. You don't need a new camera body. You need new _lenses_. There -- now don't you feel better?

No! Because I do need new lenses! I guess it's a good thing I've got no money to spend on them. In a sad way anyway.

 

[rbiemer]

Dave,
I guess it's time to own up to the secret here: There are really only two people here You and Tony.
Cheers,
Rob(maybe)

 

[JoeFriday]

oh yeah.. sorry Brian.. it's no secret you're crazy, too 😉