You know you're obsessed when...

SASSAS

SASSAS

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A triangular box is on the mail cart at work and your first thought is, "Oh heck, I sent Yangdu the wrong address." And your second is, "Where can I open it?"

Luckily it was FedEx...
 
you know you're obsessed when the US Mail staff know what the triangular box is and who it is for.



munk
 
munk said:
you know you're obsessed when the US Mail staff know what the triangular box is and who it is for.



munk
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Mine has been hinting that he's interested, but he hasn't come straight out and asked yet. He asked someone the other day if I was starting a business. I like keeping him in suspense. :)

DHS will probably be stopping by soon.
 
...when you can look at a khukuri that's only slightly different than another, and recognize the genius in the difference...


Ad Astra
 
My mailman at the office is starting to put things together, but hasn't seen the khuks yet. He just asks, "What could be imported from the Himalayas that has anything to do with a swimming pool store?"
I just answer, "...And that's why we're the best;)"
In a weird way, it's true.

Jake
 
Obsessed?

The noble Mr. Ferguson has a sub-routine in his XP program that scans the "Visitors to this site" section of the H.I. Forum page, three times a minute, and sends an FM signal to his beeper if Yandu's name appears during the usual DOTD time-frame. This gives him time to bring the window up, and set up his order blank email, based on the descriptions which load before the images actually finish down-loading.

You think he got that collection with LUCK?

hah!
 
You know you're obsessed when. . . . .You man your "observation post" a half hour prior to the mail truck's carefully estimated "time over target", and start "glassing" the incoming route with your bino's. Sorta creeps my mail guy out that I'm standing at the curbside with my hand out before he can even bring his vehicle to a stop. Good guy though, covered my six when I went to Afghanistan. I'd filled out the paperwork to stop my mail, but in the hustle never dropped it off prior to shipping out. He put two and two together and squared it away for me. Didn't have to do that, but good people seldom do good stuff because they have to.

Sarge
 
I think manning the observation post is pretty bad, er, good; that is- obsessed.



munk
 
Kismet said:
Obsessed?

The noble Mr. Ferguson has a sub-routine in his XP program that scans the "Visitors to this site" section of the H.I. Forum page, three times a minute, and sends an FM signal to his beeper if Yandu's name appears during the usual DOTD time-frame. This gives him time to bring the window up, and set up his order blank email, based on the descriptions which load before the images actually finish down-loading.

You think he got that collection with LUCK?

hah!
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Sadly, I've figured out how to script this down to automatically generating e-mails for certain models that Yangdu posts while waiting on the DOTDs. :o
It just didn't seem quite sporting to write it out and use it...but now that I know... ;)
 
SASSAS said:
Mine has been hinting that he's interested, but he hasn't come straight out and asked yet. He asked someone the other day if I was starting a business. I like keeping him in suspense. :)

DHS will probably be stopping by soon.
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I AM with DHS:eek:

Department of Human Services, that is....

I wonder if that is why we just changed our name to Health and Human Services Commision???
 
ferguson said:
....when you realize you could have bought a car instead...
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TOO true! I could have had a nice travel trailer, but my Pop Up will have to do.
 
My wife thinks I'm obsessed just because I keep a spreadsheet of all my HI knives with fields for weight, length, handle material and construction, fittings, Kami, bolster type, scabbard/sheath composition and color, and original cost. (I had to take off the SUM on the last field for fear she would see it and go buy a new kitchen in retaliation. :eek: )

I keep this up to reference against the DOTD to make sure I don't buy dupes and to check weight and length changes on the new stuff. Each entry has an alpha-numeric designation (A-1, S-9, Y-3, etc.), and each scabbard has a corresponding sticker so that I can cross-reference it to the spreadsheet. (I hate looking at a knife and not remembering off hand what it is!)

I don't think that's very obsessive. Just being careful, right? (-:

Excuse me, gotta go take my meds...

N.
 
SASSAS said:
Sadly, I've figured out how to script this down to automatically generating e-mails for certain models that Yangdu posts while waiting on the DOTDs. :o
It just didn't seem quite sporting to write it out and use it...but now that I know... ;)
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I used to do that as well. Now what I do is force myself to wait a few minutes and write a well ordered leisurely email to Yangdu about the item I'm interested in. If she writes back "Done deal will ship tomorrow and thanks," then I know it was meant for me. If not, well, I gave it (fate?) a chance and it's just as well anyway for my budget.

N.
 
Svashtar said:
My wife thinks I'm obsessed just because I keep a spreadsheet of all my HI knives with fields for weight, length, handle material and construction, fittings, Kami, bolster type, scabbard/sheath composition and color, and original cost. (I had to take off the SUM on the last field for fear she would see it and go buy a new kitchen in retaliation. :eek: )

I keep this up to reference against the DOTD to make sure I don't buy dupes and to check weight and length changes on the new stuff. Each entry has an alpha-numeric designation (A-1, S-9, Y-3, etc.), and each scabbard has a corresponding sticker so that I can cross-reference it to the spreadsheet. (I hate looking at a kinfe and not remembering off hand what it is!)

I don't think that's very obsessive. Just being careful, right? (-:

Excuse me, gotta go take my meds...

N.
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Sounds like your collection is outgrowing your spreadsheet....... :eek:

You need a database program.......... :p
 
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