Atomic Chicken
Registered with the D.O.E.
Greetings!
Just wondering if there are any other pathetic binocular addicts like myself on this board. Here's 10 signs to look for:
1 - Have you spent more money on binoculars than you spent on your car? Your wardrobe? Your house?
2 - Have you ever carried a single pair of binoculars in your car that cost more than the car itself?
3 - Is the first thing you do when you find yourself with large amounts of extra cash to take a trip to the local optics store(s) to evaluate binoculars?
4 - Is the first thing you do when you find yourself completely out of cash to take a trip to the local optics store(s) to evaluate binoculars?
5 - When business associates are talking about the new car or boat they just bought, are you thinking about what collection of binoculars you could have bought with the same amount of money?
6 - When friends or relatives ask what they can buy you for a christmas gift, do you say something like "whatever... as long as it has phase coating" ?
7 - Do you spend as much time watching birds through your binoculars as you do lovingly admiring your binoculars themselves?
8 - Do you understand obscure optics terminology like CA, edge sharpness, field of view, color purity, pincushion effect, and barrel distortion so well that you can correct the "experts" at optics stores and bulletin boards? Have you ever found it important enough to actually do so?
9 - Do you, after finding the "newest version" of the "dream binoculars", think to yourself that you will have to save every penny, skip lunch, do without new clothes, eat top ramen, and turn down the heater in the winter for "only 6 months or so" in order to afford them?
10 - Do you read posts like this one, and actually make it this far?
If so, my friend, you might just be a sad looser like myself.... a fellow "binocuholic" in need of serious help (or maybe just ONE MORE set of $1000+ binoculars!
)
Best wishes,
Bawko
Just wondering if there are any other pathetic binocular addicts like myself on this board. Here's 10 signs to look for:
1 - Have you spent more money on binoculars than you spent on your car? Your wardrobe? Your house?
2 - Have you ever carried a single pair of binoculars in your car that cost more than the car itself?
3 - Is the first thing you do when you find yourself with large amounts of extra cash to take a trip to the local optics store(s) to evaluate binoculars?
4 - Is the first thing you do when you find yourself completely out of cash to take a trip to the local optics store(s) to evaluate binoculars?
5 - When business associates are talking about the new car or boat they just bought, are you thinking about what collection of binoculars you could have bought with the same amount of money?
6 - When friends or relatives ask what they can buy you for a christmas gift, do you say something like "whatever... as long as it has phase coating" ?
7 - Do you spend as much time watching birds through your binoculars as you do lovingly admiring your binoculars themselves?
8 - Do you understand obscure optics terminology like CA, edge sharpness, field of view, color purity, pincushion effect, and barrel distortion so well that you can correct the "experts" at optics stores and bulletin boards? Have you ever found it important enough to actually do so?
9 - Do you, after finding the "newest version" of the "dream binoculars", think to yourself that you will have to save every penny, skip lunch, do without new clothes, eat top ramen, and turn down the heater in the winter for "only 6 months or so" in order to afford them?
10 - Do you read posts like this one, and actually make it this far?
If so, my friend, you might just be a sad looser like myself.... a fellow "binocuholic" in need of serious help (or maybe just ONE MORE set of $1000+ binoculars!
)Best wishes,
Bawko
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