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overmywaders
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 Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 2:24 pm Post subject: New danger!! GAS and drugs don't mix |
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overmywaders wrote:
I sometimes require Ambien to get to sleep because of pain (no complaint, just fact). I prefer to transcend mental medication, but last night I took the pill and slipped out of consciousness.
There is something known as "Ambien Amnesia" in which the drugged person starts performing daily tasks - cooking and eating a meal, holding a conversation - but is totally unaware of it the following morning. Well, this morning after a refreshing cup of coffee, I logged in to my email and discovered that at 3:48AM I had made a bid on a rather nice, but potentially over-priced, telephoto lens!!! Sleep is expensive!
Are there other somnambulating gear-junkies out there? Recommendations?
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Seele
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| Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 3:34 pm Post subject: |
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Seele wrote:
Perhaps you just have to be thankful for not having won an auction for a white elephant!  |
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martinsmith99
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| Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 3:50 pm Post subject: |
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martinsmith99 wrote:
What was the lens and what did you pay?
I may use the same excuse to my wife on my next purchase! 
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poilu
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| Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 3:54 pm Post subject: |
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poilu wrote:
| martinsmith99 wrote: |
What was the lens and what did you pay?
I may use the same excuse to my wife on my next purchase! |
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Farside
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| Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 5:47 pm Post subject: |
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Farside wrote:
Hmm...
I do the same without the benefits of medication or booze. 
ps. You can withdraw your bid and simply say it was the kids / mother-in-law / au pair that did it. 
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overmywaders
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| Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 6:38 pm Post subject: |
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overmywaders wrote:
Farside,
You're Irish, man, no-one would believe those excuses. It would have to be something like:
"My mum-in-law was in her cups, per usual, and hauled off and chucked her Yorkie at the kids for their noise. The dog bounced off the keyboard, struck the au-pair alongside the head, dropping her like a dead cod, and hit Enter on the rebound. My Mum-in-law says she doesn't want no lenses today."
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Esox lucius
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| Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 6:52 pm Post subject: |
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Esox lucius wrote:
Several years ago, I came back home from a very pint-driven night out on town and quite intoxicated somehow decided to log into eBay. Bought a lens and did not realize it until next day when I noticed the eBay Congratulations! -email in my inbox. Price was about 1 month's net salary... *doh*
Well, I kept the lens, but ever since I have sworn to myself not to touch an internet browser if I'm drunk
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pirius
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pirius wrote:
My subconsciousness played a dirty trick on me recently as well, causing me to place a bid at 10x of what I wanted to pay, when it was too late to retract... And the lens was not in the sub-$100 range, I must say. Luckily, nobody of my eBay competitors made the same mistake, so I got the lens for a reasonable price |
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Bruce
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Bruce wrote:
Is this what I got to do to get a 75 Biotar?
I never can find one for what I want to pay.
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lwsy711
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lwsy711 wrote:
A good excuse for next ebay purchase.
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kds315* wrote:
Was your new book also a result of that? 
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kuuan
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| Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 3:55 am Post subject: |
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kuuan wrote:
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Is this what I got to do to get a 75 Biotar?
I never can find one for what I want to pay. |
yes, Biotars are exclusively bought by drugged, intoxicated or subconsciously bidding ebayers
and some with a natural condition
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madamasu
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madamasu wrote:
A lot of red-wine combined with some money my mother had left me and sheer luck made me hit the button for the 'buy-at-once' Nikon Noct I got for 1400 Euro two years ago.So I'm very grateful to the wonderful product of Bordeaux that removed my inhibitions.
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Esox lucius
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Esox lucius wrote:
| kds315* wrote: |
| Was your new book also a result of that? |
No Klaus, the APO-Lanthar I bought from you was a sober decision |
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pirius
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| Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 3:30 pm Post subject: |
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pirius wrote:
| Bruce wrote: |
Is this what I got to do to get a 75 Biotar?
I never can find one for what I want to pay. |
One of them, yes I bid for two and got both because the second one was bought as a second chance offer from a seller with 0 feedback Risky, but it arrived in much better shape than I expected, flawless. |
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