Are You A Binoholic ???? (1 Viewer)

[ceasar]

"Those ED Zeiss's and wide field Swaro's
They'll drive you crazy, they'll drive you insane!

Once I was happy and I had a good wife!
I had enough money to last me my life!
Then I met Sancho and old Frankie D. We went on a spree
And they taught me of e-bay where nothing is free.

Bins are a curse on the whole human race!
A man is a monkey with one in his face!

Now I am broken and weary with age,
The lines on my face make a well written page.
Write this on my headstone, write this on my grave:
"To Porros and Roofs this man was a slave."

Apologies to Red Ingle.

Bob

 

[Kevin Purcell]

:clap: Excellent, Bob. Excellent. :clap:

 

[Martin Fagg]

Actually the answer to the thread question is simple, and it´s from Alice in Wonderland. When she asks the Cheshire Cat which way she ought to go, he says that in one direction she´ll encounter mad people. "But I don´t want to go among mad people", she replies. He tells here that she must be mad, or she wouldn´t be here. What I´m trying to get at is that if one weren´t a binoholic, one wouldn´t be on this thread. Knowhaddeyemean?

Oh dear. You've all been rumbled. You can't argue with that point.

I, on the other hand, am on these forums researching obsessive behaviour for a PHD in Psychology. :scribe:
I'm not really interested in optical equipmant at all.

 

[Simon S]

I don't seem to have a problem.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/binoculars/sets/72157613812824211/

 

[falcondude]

I don't seem to have a problem.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/binoculars/sets/72157613812824211/

that's a qualifying ticket to binoholics

 

[vop]

The Kershaw Sportsman is too good to be true! :-D

 

[Kevin Conville]

I don't seem to have a problem.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/binoculars/sets/72157613812824211/

wow. WOW!

That's a museum exhibit.

 

[stereotruckdriver]

Wow!!! Alot I didn't even know existed! When did you start aquiring? I'am very impressed, never seen a collection quite like it!!! Bryce.

 

[falcondude]

on simon's collection,

http://www.flickr.com/photos/binoculars/3239579356/in/set-72157613812824211/

This one must be prototype of current Nikon Monarch X.

 

[Simon S]

Wow!!! Alot I didn't even know existed! When did you start aquiring? I'am very impressed, never seen a collection quite like it!!! Bryce.

I started collecting a few years ago, I wanted a good pair of binoculars. It started with a pair of Kronos 16x50's and then a pair of Zeiss 10x50 then some Kershaws then...........

 

[gcole]

I started collecting a few years ago, I wanted a good pair of binoculars. It started with a pair of Kronos 16x50's and then a pair of Zeiss 10x50 then some Kershaws then...........

Nice pictures.... I see you are not a big fan of the ROOFS ..... Gwen

 

[Simon S]

Nice pictures.... I see you are not a big fan of the ROOFS ..... Gwen

Not that keen Gwen, they are difficult to clean and service.

 

[garymh]

This collecting habit does get a bit addictive after a while.
Here are a few of mine.
I now have over 400 !!!!!!!!!!!!!


http://www.pbase.com/g_hawkins/binocular_pictures&page=all

 

[Kammerdiner]

This collecting habit does get a bit addictive after a while.

A "bit"?

Super collection. A museum, really. I like the Leitz 'Apollo-glas' which looks to be a roof with one barrel lopped off. Strange.

 

[postcardcv]

This collecting habit does get a bit addictive after a while.
Here are a few of mine.
I now have over 400 !!!!!!!!!!!!!


http://www.pbase.com/g_hawkins/binocular_pictures&page=all

wow - some gems in there, I'm rapidly turning green...

 

[stereotruckdriver]

I have informed my wife that I truly do not have a problem, I showed her these collections and now I dont have to seek out BA meetings!!! Thanks guy's. Bryce...

 

[Kevin Conville]

This collecting habit does get a bit addictive after a while.
Here are a few of mine.
I now have over 400 !!!!!!!!!!!!!


http://www.pbase.com/g_hawkins/binocular_pictures&page=all

I'm speechless :eek!:

 

[Simon S]

This collecting habit does get a bit addictive after a while.
Here are a few of mine.
I now have over 400 !!!!!!!!!!!!!


http://www.pbase.com/g_hawkins/binocular_pictures&page=all

You have some really beautiful binoculars :t::-C

 

[Sancho]

I´m stunned by those collections, Simon and Gary. Truly beautiful. I would really, really love a pair of those Kershaws, to wear around town, like the guys in "Japanese Binocular Football" (google it if you haven´t seen it, it´s on Youtube). But here´s a question, for Simon and Gary....my wife complains about my eight pairs of binoculars "taking up so much room" (actually they´re in a cupboard, and three of them are compacts!). Where do you guys keep collections of over 400 pairs?

 

[Kevin Conville]

"...like the guys in "Japanese Binocular Football""

Amazing. I now look upon the Three Stooges as comparative intellectuals.

Nice outfits though.