Thanks for the sympathy, folks. (One thing I knew was that
folks here would understand how I'm feeling.)
Cotty wrote:
> Saddened to read of your loss. Nothing one can say except chin up old
> boy, it could have been worse. Really.
Yes, it could've been. In a great many different ways.
And eventually I'll get to where I'm looking at it in
that sort of perspective. Right now I'm still pretty
mopey about it. The rational part of me knows that
since I'm not dead, I'll get past this, and hey, "it's
only _stuff_". The emotional part hasn't quite caught
up yet.
> Besides, once you get past the shit (which you will), and pop out the
> other side (which you will), you'll have the best excuse ever for us
> giving you more than a little enabling ;-)
:-) Yeah ... if my insurance covers any of it -- otherwise
I don't have any money to spend on replacing or upgrading
the lost gear. :-(
> Have a drink from me.
As soon as I stop having these migraines, there's a bottle
of Mackesson Triple Stout and a bottle of Yuengling Porter
in my fridge.
Frank Theriault wrote:
> 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.
I've had breakups that felt worse than this, so I wasn't about
to directly compare who had the worst week. (In fact, I share
experiences others have described about "irreplacable" lovers.
*sigh* If I hadn't been so scared of moving to a country where
I didn't speak the language yet, around 1986, I'd be in Austria
now, and probably married.)
> But a whole bag full of stuff? OUCH!
Yah. Nearly full. The KX and K2 plus a couple of lenses and
one flash were elsewhere. (And the screwmount gear and some
of the longest lenses live in other bags.)
Gonna go try to distract myself with other things for a while.
Like the Mac a friend gave me (the weekend wasn't _all_ bad;
it just had this overwhelmingly bad chunk in the middle).
-- Glenn
