You have a nice understanding woman there. My first wife seemed to have
the philosophy "we are now one and I am the one".
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Dawid Loubser wrote:
> Yes man, give me a break! Buying the 250 was a carefully considered
> decision, making sure that all the finances will *just* make it for the
> next two months. So I am not even tempted by the possibility of a
> 180/2.0,
> it's not going to happen :-) In fact, the only tempting aspect in the
> first
> place was the fact that it's half the volume / weight - but I am
> afraid there
> is no tele lens now, OM or from any other manufacturer, that could
> even remotely
> tempt me. The 250 is simply awesome :-)
>
> I have the best wife in the world. We are currently going through a
> very difficult
> time, with her mother probably going to pass away in the next week or
> so after a long
> battle with Cancer, and she stopped working some months back to look
> after her.
>
> I broke the news about the 250 to her this morning It was the first
> time I really saw
> her this week, since she's staying with her mother's.
>
> See, what bachelors get up to, eh?! At least I am tempted by metal and
> glass, some
> other men develop other types of wanderings... :-)
>
> She knows this lens has been a dream of mine for a while (many a time
> have I shoved
> the "OM System Lens Handbook" under her nose, explaining this and
> that) and she said
>
> a.) She knew I was going to buy it, the moment I told her that John
> may be getting one, back when he told us all about the potential
> stock from Olympus, and
> b.) That it's good that I did this now - after all, we don't have kids
> etc.
> yet so we're not compromising anybody else's lifestyle
>
> The female sixth sense always astounds me. But my wife's strength,
> kindness and
> spirit in this incredibly tough time, even when I go ahead and do
> "stupid" things
> (from any non-OM enthusiast's point of view) like this, astounds me
> even more.
>
> D.
>
>
> On 13 Nov 2009, at 7:43 PM, Donald wrote:
>
>> Piers Hemy wrote:
>>> Congratulations on realising one dream, Dawid, and the results
>>> ain't bad
>>> either - considering it's a rush job ;-)
>>>
>>> Now, I may just have a lead on a 180/2 if you are interested, and
>>> it hasn't
>>> been sold yet....
>>>
>>> Piers
>> Give the guy a break, Piers. He's just hocked the furniture and the
>> missus to get the 250!
>>
>> D.
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