"But dear, think of all the money we will save if we buy it now." (Notice the
WE here it is important, this is something that you are doing for the BOTH of
you, not just yourself.) "With Olympus stuff becoming increasingly rare the
prices just keep going up and up. It's like that 40mm lens I could have bought
years ago for about $100.00, now they sell for over $400.00!!! And if things
get tight we can always eBay the stuff and make a killing." (Not that you would
EVER actually do this!)
Jim
Chris O'Neill wrote:
> Speaking of HAVING to own all the lenses and bodies in the OM line,
> I've been racking my brains trying to figure out how I can explain such
> purchases to my SO (girlfriend) and stay out of Hotel Couch. So far, all
> I've ever been able to come up with is, "But, honey, I *really* wanted it!"
> Sadly, that doesn't seem to work too well.
>
> So, how 'bout it gang??? What are some good "excuses" for buying
> that 4Ti or 24/3.5 shift instead of paying the rent???
>
> Chris
>
> P.S. I did find that buying her a Ricoh KR-10X (she's a PK-mount fan)
> helped for awhile, but that diverted precious funds away from the
> Oly/Zuiko purchases, so I don't really consider that to be a good long-
> term stragegy. <G>
>
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> Chris O'Neill (coneill@xxxxxxxxxxx)
> Web: http://www.nucleus.com/~coneill
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