Ian
Notorious member
I have this compulsion to stock up on things I really like. Part if it is growing up too poor to have an extra anything, some of it is....I don't know? As a kid I remember my mother buying out the last few tubes of the only shade of lipstick she ever found that she liked, and seeing her cry when she found out it was discontinued when looking at other stores for more. Maybe that left an impression on me.
There are certain things I just LIKE, period. Marlin leverguns, Saucony running shoes, Ardbeg scotch, old Chevy trucks, the 1911 pistol, cinnamon, my wife, the Swiss Army Fisherman knife, Zippo lighters, Irish Second briar pipes, Latakia tobacco, Noga test indicator bases, Matco ratchet wrenches, housecats, Clic reading glasses, Forster Benchrest seating dies, honey, a finely-tuned audio system, double-prong leather belts, Conair hair brushes, Pilot Precise V5 rolling ball pens, and many other things.
Thing is, when I find something I really like, just one won't do. What if it breaks or I lose it or wear it out and can't find another? Must have at least two of certain things. For example, I bought several extra JM Marlin 30-30s just to have in case I wear out the one my Grandfather gave me when I was ten. Saucony running shoes...I've run and raced many thousands of miles in them and even though I can't run much anymore and they're made in China instead of New York, they're still the only shoe that really feels right on my feet. So I keep a few extra pairs stashed, a "clean" pair, and a "working" pair. If they ever go out of business I WILL probably weep for weeks and buy every pair I can find. And so on.
What sort of things do you guys find yourselves buying multiple spares..."just in case"?
PS someone on the boolits site had a signature line that read "Personality type: Compulsive-Excessive, I don't know what that means but if I like something I want a lot of it!" I definitely identify with that!
There are certain things I just LIKE, period. Marlin leverguns, Saucony running shoes, Ardbeg scotch, old Chevy trucks, the 1911 pistol, cinnamon, my wife, the Swiss Army Fisherman knife, Zippo lighters, Irish Second briar pipes, Latakia tobacco, Noga test indicator bases, Matco ratchet wrenches, housecats, Clic reading glasses, Forster Benchrest seating dies, honey, a finely-tuned audio system, double-prong leather belts, Conair hair brushes, Pilot Precise V5 rolling ball pens, and many other things.
Thing is, when I find something I really like, just one won't do. What if it breaks or I lose it or wear it out and can't find another? Must have at least two of certain things. For example, I bought several extra JM Marlin 30-30s just to have in case I wear out the one my Grandfather gave me when I was ten. Saucony running shoes...I've run and raced many thousands of miles in them and even though I can't run much anymore and they're made in China instead of New York, they're still the only shoe that really feels right on my feet. So I keep a few extra pairs stashed, a "clean" pair, and a "working" pair. If they ever go out of business I WILL probably weep for weeks and buy every pair I can find. And so on.
What sort of things do you guys find yourselves buying multiple spares..."just in case"?
PS someone on the boolits site had a signature line that read "Personality type: Compulsive-Excessive, I don't know what that means but if I like something I want a lot of it!" I definitely identify with that!