On May 23, 2007, at 2:06 AM, mike wilson wrote: > Hmmm. In the three(?) years I've known you, you have replaced your > computer, HDDs, car, cameras, lenses and cell phone. The two > things that you have mentioned that you have owned for what I would > consider a decent length of time are a bicycle and an electronic > calculator. You do seem to live in a different world to me.
You don't understand the reasons for my purchasing new equipment. Far be it from my having to justify why I buy things to you, but these are the reasons I've purchased stuff: - I upgrade computers as I need to for performance reasons. Both the computer I replaced last year were in perfect working condition, I got top dollar for them, and the people who bought them from me are continuing to use them without problems. - None of my HDDs have had problems. I've bought new ones as I needed more space. - Purchasing a new car was a financial and environmental strategy. The new car saves me $350 a month in ownership and running expenses and is more suitable to my daily use. The old car was working perfectly and I got top dollar return on it for its age and mileage. The car I had before that I drove for 17 years. - I bought a new cell phone to upgrade my service to GSM capability for travel use world wide and to replace two devices, cell phone and Palm Vx, that I was carrying all the time. The old phone was working fine and I'd had it for five years, the Palm I'd had for eight years and was still working well, although it needed a new battery installed. - Cameras and lenses I change as my needs and desires change. I enjoy working with different equipment. Eight of the cameras in my cabinet that I don't use much any more because I'm not shooting film I've owned and used for 17 years, they are all in perfect condition however. The only electronic device I've had to replace due to failure in the past 15 years was a Pioneer Elite Laserdisc player. It had a gear drive and double read heads (so it could play both sides of the laserdisc without my having to physically flip the media) that proved to be too fragile and required replacement twice. A mechanical failure, not an electronic one. I replaced it with a simpler model. Oh, and a monitor power supply that had become overheated. The old one was recycled and refurbished for sale again by a local supply company. I like my universe. ;-) Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
