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RE: [OM] The safe fix

Subject: RE: [OM] The safe fix
From: "Harridge, Wayne" <Wayne.Harridge@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 08:47:17 +0800
Skip wrote:

> 
> Well, I've finally figured out how to feed my gear-head habit without 
> causing me any problems or diminishing my bank account.
> 
> I'll just buy outfits and sell them to the list at cost, 
> which is what I 
> did this week with that OM-2n outfit.  It satisfied my "I need to buy 
> something new" and my primal Buffalo Hunt instinct all in one fell 
> swoop.  It also helped out someone here, and kept the OM 
> stuff "in the 
> family".
> 
> The guy at that camera shop thought I was nuts for not 
> marking that outfit 
> up, but everybody is happy now.  He got his money, I got to 
> buy something, 
> and the buyer (Steve Read) got a nice outfit.
> 

Another advantage: when the wife sees you coming in the door with a new bag
of gear you can just say "I bought it for another list member - his cheque
is in the mail", this gives you the perfect opportunity to smuggle in a few
items for yourself.

Wayne Harridge
Ivanhoe, Victoria, Australia
http://www.geocities.com/wayneharridge/ 

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