Please help! My slippie addiction is bad...

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Steven65

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Well I have now come to the realization that I am a Slippie addict. I have purchased 8 knives in the past week and this is getting all out of control....

This all started with my joining BF and discovering this forum. This problem was proven recently at the Guild show in Louisville when I ordered 3 slippies and only 1 fighter (I collected fighters for 20 years)

Last week I visited a friend who collects Tony and Reese Bose and he practically had to pry a 4" Tony Bose back pocket trapper out of my hands repeating slowly....

"Steven it's mine....no you can't buy it....let it go or I will have to kill you":foot:

Come on you old slippie collectors.... tell me the secret...how do I stop!!:D
 
My advice: "seek female companionship". That usually disrupts those associative/acquisitive neural pathways for a while. ;)
 
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Alfaholic said:
Come on you old slippie collectors.... tell me the secret...how do I stop!!:D
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Give away all your money to charity and live the life of an ascetic or fakir.


(You'll feel much better about yourself. Really. ;))



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On the whole, I think I really should have stuck with the knives...Sigh...
 
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Bad news is there is no cure. No stopping.

The best you can hope for is to slow it down to a minimum. It's like an AA thing, you take it one day at a time. Some days you can control it, some days you can't.

Even now there are times I have to fight with myself, and try to keep from buying. Of late I've been doing some home renovations, so having big money going out the door for granite counter tops and such puts a crimp in my splurging. But then the temptation comes again and I have to say to myself; not today. Just not today. One day at a time.

Another approach is the "one in, one out way". If you buy a new knife, you have to pick one of your collection to give away to a family or close friend, or have a give away here on the forum.

But bottom line is you have to face the fact that you have "the affliction" and live with it.

We knife knut's are screwed that way. There's a monkey on our backs that whispers to us, "Oh, look at that one, we have to have it! Our precious! Buy it now!"

Go stand in front of the mirror and repeat to yourself" My name is------, and I'm a knife-aholic."
 
I've found myself in similar circumstances lately. I don't really consider it a problem, but I don't much like that situation as I lean more towards users than safe queens. I've therefore made a personal resolution that every knife I buy will be either squirreled away for one of my nephews or nieces or used for at least a year before I move on to my next one. So far I've been able to stick to this resolution. On the other hand I've bought quite a few knives this year, so it'll be quite a while before I need to get any new ones.
 
Blues said:
Give away all your money to charity and live the life of an ascetic or fakir.
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I don't know Blues. That guy may have given all his money to charity, but that's one giant knife roll he's leaning on. I bet there's room for a couple hundred vintage Sheffield knives in there.

;)
 
Blues said:
Give away all your money to charity and live the life of an ascetic or fakir.


(You'll feel much better about yourself. Really. ;))



RGS_13.jpg


On the whole, I think I really should have stuck with the knives...Sigh...
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The only problem with that lifestyle would be deciding who makes the best bed of nails :D I'm sure there is a forum for that somewhere
 
:thumbup::p:thumbup: Mike & Christian...
 
Alfaholic said:
I have been looking for the......
"Help Buy a BF Moderator a Tony Bose....... Charity Fund"
but alas no hits on google.......:)
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That's a very kind thought and I'm sure Gus and I appreciate the sentiment nonetheless. ;) :p
 
Well, JK is right. There is no cure for it. However, if it gets too bad, just pack up all your slippies and send em to your fellow forumites. Out of sight, out of mind. Hehe

God Bless
 
You don't ask addicts for help with your addiction, unless of course you want help WITH your addiction...knowmsayin? Hello there friend, want some candy?
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...more of this in that disgusting Bose thread :D
 
Easy solution: Start giving away knives. Preferably to me. Then you'll have room to buy new ones!
 
All I can say is, welcome to the club!

There is some solace in knowing that others share your sickness! ;)
 
And when ya think ya have enough, along comes KnifeHead with a pic that 'll put a lump in your throat.

BTW anybody got goole's phone number? I gotta have a long talk with somebody over there. :D.
 
KnifeHead said:
You don't ask addicts for help with your addiction, unless of course you want help WITH your addiction...knowmsayin? Hello there friend, want some candy?
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...more of this in that disgusting Bose thread :D
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Now that's downright cruel. Talk about twisting the knife in the poor guy's wound!
 
Oh, just keep buying till just before your threatened for divorce. By then you will have say a couple of hundred and the storage problem and record keeping effort will cause some type of chemical reaction in your brain that you will slow down to just a couple of three or four per month.

300Bucks
 
KnifeHead said:
You don't ask addicts for help with your addiction, unless of course you want help WITH your addiction...knowmsayin?
...more of this in that disgusting Bose thread :D
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You enabler!! You should be ashamed of yourself.............:p
 
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