I share your grief! In fact, as you said, it isn't a contest, but it sounds like your last week or so is worse than mine. I only have one bike frame to replace. And, well, let's not talk about the girlfriend, but, whatever.
But a whole bag full of stuff? OUCH! You win. <vbg> regards, frank "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" wrote: > Bad weekend here -- last weekend. Bad enough that I've spent > the whole week in denial, not wanting to say it, hoping that > I've imagined the whole thing and miraculously all will be > right again when I next open my eyes. > > Migraine on Sunday with the worst pain I've ever experienced > (I was actually wondering if I had a means of suicide at hand > that would take less time than waiting for the medicine to > take effect -- it was that bad) wasn't enough: > > My camera bag got stolen. > > Doesn't compare to some things that can go wrong -- and I > don't want to accidentally get into the "whose pain is > worse" game -- but it's got me pretty low. > > A bunch of tools I had come to count on. A bunch of nifty > things I'd gotten attached to. At least one borrowed item > and at least one gift -- and I haven't wanted to deal with > telling the folks those came from. (There's a shame > factor involved -- gee, I couldn't even manage to hang on > to what I was given... probably not reasonable for me to > think that way, but since when do emotions reliably conform > to reason?) A whole mess of gear I was lucky to have gotten > ahold of in the first place and can't afford to replace. > > I'm not sure yet whether my homeowner's insurance covers it > or not. (Technically renter's insurance.) It was taken > out of the trunk of my car. > > Fortunately it didn't have all four K-mount bodies in it -- > two were in a separate, smaller bag. Nor any of the screwmount > gear (except the screw-to-K adaptor). Unfortunately, well > I already wrote the bad-news part. > > I've been compiling a list, with serial numbers, and plan > on making the rounds of nearby pawn shops. The police are > supposed to distribute a list to pawn shops and check up on > them, but I don't think they actually bother. > > So between one thing and another, I haven't been feeling > extra talkative lately. > > Anyhow, that's the news. Probably talk more when I start > getting over this latest setback. Right now, I'm thinking > that maybe I should never take my cameras out of the house, > lest someone steal the rest of them. But they won't do me > a Hell of a lot of good if I keep them in a vault and never > use them, will they? > > -- Glenn -- "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer
