GEAR FETISHES ;o)

I've found that I can continue to justify my habit by purchasing the item with "it's for my husband." He now has 2 down coats, a down vest, and uses my down quilt. Which I never got a chance to use. So I need to buy one for myself, right? I can resist….

Edit, vest not jacket.

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Mark,
I'm not sure I like you talking about my bags…

next you'll be fantasizing over MY bags…

and then you'll want to come over and meet me and my bags…

and then…. you'll want to try one on…

and then…

and then…

Mark… keep you thoughts OFF of my bags… understand!!!!???

Bill D.

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Mark,

I swing both ways… synthetic and down…
I really dig the firmness of those synthetic mounds..
On the other hand (pun intended)… I love the fluff…
But I'm keeping them all locked up with the likes of you lurking out there….
sheesh…

Bill D

"Once you've had quack you never go back"

It's honk. You never want to get strung out on honk. Eric Chan is rumored to be head of the Canada down cartel. They run the cheap stuff out of Cananda you know. They even put pictures of it on their coins and stamps:

How could I forgotten to mention hammocks? Some sort of Freudian defense mechanism? The horror! Tree straps, toggles, carabiners, WHOOPIE SLINGS!!! Top quilts, underquilts, undercovers, bishop bags, snake skins and adjustable structural ridgelines {{{{{{{{{{shudder}}}}}}}. And the hammocks! Double layer, asymmetrical, bridge HELP ME!!!!! I lust for a catenary cut Cuben tarp (whimper).

I have a ridge line organizer hidden in a box in the closet. Shhhhhh!

Got to say, Mark R's post was disturbing. (Mark, there ARE inflatable dolls out there, and they've come a long way since the '60s – so I've heard.;o)

Max, I like your "One Gun" theory. I do try it myself.
To wit:
>I try to stretch the use of my down WM Megalite bag into winter using insulated jacket and pants and it has worked very well to 15 F..
>Now I'm getting a TT Moment DW (ripstop inner) to use year 'round.
>My TD Sidewinder stove is great in 3 seasons with ESBIT and truly amazing in winter with wood in the Inferno insert. Bless those clever guys at Trail Designs.
>My Merrill GTX Moab mid boots work down to 15 F. if I wear gaiters.

But "One Gun" for firearms? NAAAAA! I have 7 rifles, 2 pistols and one shotgun with 2 barrels and 2 stocks.

The stern, unsmiling, unflinching eagle-eyed guardian of morality and purity at BPL is watching you guys very closely. And you girls too!

Uuuummmm

Cheers

Roger,
It seems odd to me that you should be such a 'stick in the mud'…

I mean… Didn't OZ land initially get populated with the 'undesirables' and fringe types??? :)

Bill D

"The stern, unsmiling, unflinching eagle-eyed guardian of morality and purity at BPL is watching you guys very closely. And you girls too!"

This from a man with a half-naked savage from the Dutch Alps for an avatar? Hypocrite I say! Good lord man, get dressed! There are children about! :)

"I mean… Didn't OZ land initially get populated with the 'undesirables' and fringe types??? :)"

The native folk might want that line edited a bit :) Imagine having a trailer park built next door!

"I mean… Didn't OZ land initially get populated with the 'undesirables' and fringe types??? :) "

You mean, it isn't _still_?

–B.G.–

Mostly, Bob.

The one glaring exception is Nicole Kidman… some might consider her desirable… :)

B

"This from a man with a half-naked savage from the Dutch Alps for an avatar? Hypocrite I say! Good lord man, get dressed! There are children about! :)"

You don't tug on Superman's cape..you don't spit into the wind..you don't pull the mask off the old Lone Ranger..and you don't mess around with, uh,…Roger??

;o)

"I mean… Didn't OZ land initially get populated with the 'undesirables' and fringe types??? :)"

That requirement was dropped several weeks ago.
Not having had a criminal record (or CD) myself I had to bribe my way in.
Kind of ironic isn't it ?

Anyway I got over my fetish accumulations this very morning.
The problem now is that they are in the way between me and the toilet and I really need to go.

Of course there were no malcontents or ne'er do wells sent to America. And we were a bit more troublesome once we got there :)

Now, the people in the right side of the photo below can trace their roots to two Lord Mayors of London and a Lord Admiral, but it was probably other family members who "sent" them to the colonies. Please note that they ARE fully dressed!

You have to realise that in Australia's case we only got unsuccessful criminals. The UK is still full of the successful ones that didn't get caught.

"You have to realise that in Australia's case we only got unsuccessful criminals. The UK is still full of the successful ones that didn't get caught."

LOL! I like fresh viewpoints. Bankers loom large in that assessment, do they? Maybe we can find an uninhabited island for ours. Hmmm, New Wall Street. There must be something in the Aleutians.

I spent some time in OZ once… Byron Bay.

It seemed to be filled with what they called, "Ferals", and other naked savages.

So again, it seems strange that Roger being from a place such as OZ would be such a stick in the mud when it comes to his heavy handed sensoring… eh?

Bill D

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OK Roger,

Don't give us that "holier-than-thou" 'tude. We know for a fact about your stove and tent fetishes. THAT'S been well documented by you on these very pages.

And Mark,

Seems you've scared even some "manly and masculine" men here. I told you it was a disturbing fetish. Who'd a thunk mild-mannered Mark was a "prevert"? (i.e. you're sorta like a pervert with pre-existing conditions – aka "prevert".)

To everyone:

Thanks for making me feel ever so much better about my own gear fetishes. I'm printing out the entire thread and pinning it on my wife's shoe closet door. Talk about fetishes…

Suprisingly nobody on BPL confessed to a photography fetish which requires them to carrry over 5 lbs. of cameras and lenses. Now THAT is a d@mn fetish!

Fly fishing, not so much. Fly tying, VERY much a fetish.

"I'm printing out the entire thread and pinning it on my wife's shoe closet door."

My guess is that she'll find this part the most interesting….

"Also, I like telling my wife, with a totally straight face, "This? Ha! I've had that since 1990." when she spots a new eVent garment, stove, pair of boots, etc."

Nice knowing you.