The Stopper!

[Leigh Youdale]

She: "I don't know why you need so many cameras".
He: "Probably for the same reason you have more than one saucepan and one frypan".
She: "Oh!"

 

[Juan Valdenebro]

There are nicer shes and nicer hes fortunately... 🙂

Cheers,

Juan

 

[coelacanth]

In my apt,

She: "Got another lens? Why you need so many?"
He: "It's like your shoes."
She: "OK, but why you need ANOTHER 50mm for the same camera?"
He: "Because you like them so much, you have same sneakers in different colors."
She: "Yeah, but they are $50 a pair. How much was that lens?"
He: "Shall we go to the Wicked play next weekend??"
She: "OK!"

 

[PKR]

In my apt,

She: "Got another lens? Why you need so many?"
He: "It's like your shoes."
She: "OK, but why you need ANOTHER 50mm for the same camera?"
He: "Because you like them so much, you have same sneakers in different colors."
She: "Yeah, but they are $50 a pair. How much was that lens?"
He: "Shall we go to the Wicked play next weekend??"
She: "OK!"

Given our current economy, your money will likely increase in value, invested in quality camera hardware, faster, than sitting in a savings account. It takes a bit of time to recover the value, but you're dealing with a world market where there are better economies than ours (US).

Ask her what she can get for her shoes if quick money is needed..

If I had invested $20K in Black M4s in the 70s what would they be worth today vs. compound interest on the money?

I just did a little math.. for what I paid for my new black M4 in 1969.. $20,000 would have paid for 60 of them, new in the box. I have no idea what they would be worth, but I'll bet better than compound on 20K at 3-4%.

p.

 

[35mmdelux]

son: "Dad, the UPS guy is here!"
he: "shhhh"
she: "more inventory?"
he: "come on honey, its only a Leica and I dont have a Harley or jet boat."

 

[f6andBthere]

She: "I don't know why you need so many cameras".

He: "Probably for the same reason you have more than one saucepan and one frypan".

She: "Oh ... I didn't realise the saucepans and frypans were mine! I guess that explains why the washing machine, vacuum cleaner, oven and several other appliances have my name tag on them as well ... stupid me!"

 

[Chriscrawfordphoto]

She: "I don't know why you need so many cameras".

He: "Probably for the same reason you have more than one saucepan and one frypan".

She: "Oh ... I didn't realise the saucepans and frypans were mine! I guess that explains why the washing machine, vacuum cleaner, oven and several other appliances have my name tag on them as well ... stupid me!"

My mother always regarded that stuff as hers, and to this day refuses to let my father do laundry, vacuuming, and cooking. Its not that she sees that stuff as "woman's work", she honestly thinks he's not smart enough to do it right and she is psychotic about her house.

 

[Pablito]

She: "I don't know why you need so many cameras".
He: "Probably for the same reason you have more than one saucepan and one frypan".
She: "Oh!"

She: "I don't know why you need so many cameras"
He: "Probably for the same reason you have more than one saucepan and one frypan"
She: "Eat sh**t you lame-brain d0uche bag, I'm outta here..."

 

[Roger Hicks]

If she's a keen cook, it's a legitimate response. Otherwise, it would work better as 'the same reason we have more than one saucepan...'.

Then again, I never cease to be surprised at the hostility between the sexes that is so often taken for granted on this forum -- or the peculiar fixation with shoes. Are there really so many brainless ninnies who define themselves in terms of shoes? How could anyone stand to be married to such a person? Surely, the shoe anecdotes spring from a desire to conform to a cultural stereotype which says, "I am a MAN, and I can afford to run a bimbo whose horizons are limited to shoes" -- even when the woman in question isn't a bimbo.

Frances has four sewing machines. And? Sewing is one of her hobbies. We own several pistols, both firearms and airguns: we both enjoy shooting. To be sure, it is idiocy to spend money you don't have on things you can't afford, without any prospect of making money from those things, but if you can afford something and it gives you pleasure, why not buy it? Of course, you may have ask yourself whether you will really enjoy it once you have, or whether you are looking at a simple flash of acquisitiveness.

Cheers,

R.

 

[JoeV]

...Then again, I never cease to be surprised at the hostility between the sexes that is so often taken for granted on this forum -- or the peculiar fixation with shoes. Are there really so many brainless ninnies who define themselves in terms of shoes? How could anyone stand to be married to such a person? ...

Cheers,

R.

Knowing that a large percentage of RFF members are US-based, I feel somewhat compelled to apologize for the superficiality of our American mass-culture, although an apology coming from myself is irrelevant and useless, and perhaps hypocritical.

I've travelled abroad a bit (although not as often as some), and although I love my country, there are some aspects of our consumer mindset that are, frankly, disturbing. And I also wonder at a possible connection between the "hostility between the sexes," our high divorce rate, and our consumerism.

That said, I still have some "splaining" to do about the growing collection of manual typewriters in my closet, although in counterpoint I've noticed the camera collection's growth-rate has slowed.

~Joe

 

[Leigh Youdale]

She: "I don't know why you need so many cameras"
He: "Probably for the same reason you have more than one saucepan and one frypan"
She: "Eat sh**t you lame-brain d0uche bag, I'm outta here..."

To which the appropriate response is "Good riddance!" And be grateful that you got lucky at last.

 

[jesse1dog]

If the average price of a pair of ladies shoes is say £50 and there are 23 pairs in the cupboard, 2 pairs of boots in the porch, and a pair being worn, what is the equivalent camera buy? And can depreciation also be factored in?

jesse