Okay....
I've only had my Maccat Deluxe for a few months so "we" are still in the honeymoon phase...
Anyway- I lent it to a friend for an overnighter......two weeks ago.....got it back today......not really a problem...I had nothing planned....
I have to admit I was thinking about it (I need a name "it" sounds cheap) almost everday...and when I got it back.....after my friend left....
I took it out of the bag and we hugged.....
Do I love my gear too much????
No way! You can never love it too much. It keeps you warm, safe, and dry. Nothing wrong with that.
Trust nobody!
paid the money, waited months, drove up to see her glistening in the sun. talked with the builder in his shed and noticed another one just like mine but one that had obviously spent the winter outside in the elements. I asked him about that treatment-he responded 'it's just a boat'.
For me it's not the gear but the stories each piece can tell. So I don't mind scratches/dings. I do mind greatly when I loose a piece.
I ogle my gear often and covet others gear.
Somber Shug
Whooooo Buddy)))) All Secure in Sector Seven
Shiny new gear...that's lust. Old stuff that you've trusted, thats love...agape. That's why a boat is a "she" and you come to know her creaks and groans in weather. Started a relationship with a Svea 123 in 1969 while hitch hiking in Europe. Sure, she's tried to burn me a couple times, blew her pressure valve in a fit once and like my dog, she's got gas, but that Swedish model is still first in my bag at night and after all these years, makes pretty good coffee. That's love.
still in the plastic bag still in the box--never fired up!
There is no shame in loving your gear. Examples:
1) I love my Catalyst so much that I not only slept snuggled up with it the first night I got it, I also gave it a name. I named her Cindy, after my first ex-wife. She was always on my back, too.
2) I loaned my SnugFit to another forum member recently so he could experience an underquilt without having to buy one. I miss it terribly and can't wait to have it back. Call it separation anxiety if you will.
"If you play a Nicleback song backwards, you'll hear messages from the devil. Even worse, if you play it forward, you'll hear Nickleback." - Dave Grohl
Nothing like the roar of a SVEA 123 in the morning as that jet taxis down the warmup tarmac to do battle with the day.Originally Posted by MedicineMan
I may be slow... But I sure am gimpy.
"Bless you child, when you set out to thread a needle don't hold the thread still and fetch the needle up to it; hold the needle still and poke the thread at it; that's the way a woman most always does, but a man always does t'other way."
Mrs. Loftus to Huck Finn
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coffee now sitting in the trash can I spit it out in when I read this and cracked up!
Thanks Hooch!
I'm glad this Cindy works for you!
"Every day is a new day to a better future"
"Of all the things that matter, that really and truly matter, working more efficiently and getting more done is not among them." ~ Mike Dooley
"What if I told you that you couldn't have anymore of anything... No more friends, no more money, no more anything, until you first got happy with what you have?"~ Mike Dooley
"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing." ~ Socrates
I like to sleep with my gear in hand. Fantasizing over all the other pretty models I saw. I'm ussually just a stroke or two away from a totally orgasmic relation......aaahhhh!
OOPPS, wrong forum.
Ambulo tua ambulo.
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