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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Gunslinger on May 26, 2005, 04:02:21 PM
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Does anyone else have a problem with the wife that they INSIST on letting the kids use/play with expesive stuff that you own.
My wife just let our daughter (5 years old) take pictures with my digital camera near the pool (she's grounded from the pool today cause she dumped sand in it yesturday) and she dropped it in.
WHY?
I'm not mad at my daughter cause it was a total accident and her mom gave her permission.....WTF though. Why does she need to let kids that have a huge track record of breaking things (kids will be kids) use an expensive (yes expensive/valuable to ME) camera
She lets them play with her cell phone among other things and I ask her ALL the time not to. It's never HER that has to pay for this stuff ITS ME :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:
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Devorce her... plenty more fish in the sea.
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Originally posted by VWE
Devorce her... plenty more fish in the sea.
Thanks for at least making me laugh:lol
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I lost my digital camera that way a few weeks back.
R.I.P. Canon Powershot.
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maybe your wife wanted you to spend more time with her than the camera?
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Originally posted by Nilsen
I lost my digital camera that way a few weeks back.
R.I.P. Canon Powershot.
this was a cannon A70. I hope the flash card is OK too. I got pics on there that I havnt transferred yet.
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dock the wife's allowance until it is paid off
-or- make the wife "work" off the debt ; )
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Originally posted by vorticon
maybe your wife wanted you to spend more time with her than the camera?
maybe the wife needs to spend more time with the child instead of providing distractions instead of the attention the child needs
or learn to tell the child no when she asks to play with something a 5 year old has no biz using as a toy
yep, dump the wife :)
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maybe your wife wanted you to spend more time with her than the camera?
no currently I'm on 6 days of "use or lose" leave. We spend plenty of time together. Ruining the camer only pisses me off to the point of I don't want to be around her or the kids because I'm angry and don't want to take it out on them.
dock the wife's allowance until it is paid off
-or- make the wife "work" off the debt ; )
This might work!
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Originally posted by vorticon
maybe your wife wanted you to spend more time with her than the camera?
OR....
maybe the winfe wants you to spend time with HER AND the camera.... ;)
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Originally posted by Bodhi
OR....
maybe the winfe wants you to spend time with HER AND the camera.... ;)
BTDT and no I'm not sharing ;)
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Originally posted by Gunslinger
this was a cannon A70. I hope the flash card is OK too. I got pics on there that I havnt transferred yet.
Ah.. the father of my A510 think. I belive the camera had a very strudy design, but it was the way it landed that killed it. The lens was out and the fall forced it in just enough to ruin it.
Sad, but the good thing is that I wont get static from the missus for forgetting the cam if we go somewere anymore ;)
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Never met a woman yet that didn't understand a kick in the bellybutton or a slug from a .45
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I'd go pull her jewlrey box off her dresser and hand it to the kid to play with.
Mommy will get the message. If not, see paragraph 1.
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Originally posted by Nilsen
Ah.. the father of my A510 think. I belive the camera had a very strudy design, but it was the way it landed that killed it. The lens was out and the fall forced it in just enough to ruin it.
Sad, but the good thing is that I wont get static from the missus for forgetting the cam if we go somewere anymore ;)
yes but when you don't have a camera at the ready and currently can't afford to replace it you tend to miss some really good pictures of your kids :(
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Make a dollar limit on what the kids can play with. Anything over it gets broken and she has to pay for it out of her dough. Yeah, it's gonna come out of your pocket in the long run, but maybe it will make her start to value your side of the deal and cut down on the breakage.
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Gunny,
I had a similar incident believe it or not. Your CF is pretty robust and should've survived the water immersion without an issue. Your Camera....well...what I did was call Canon USA and they made me an offer I basically couldn't refuse. Upgrade for $175.00 or spent between $150 and 300 to get it fixed. It worked, it is a refurb but it might as well be new - works great. Sucks to have to go through it again but thats how life is sometimes. Buzz me if you need NFO on how to do that if that is the route u wanna go.
Wolf
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Got a call on my cell the other day... silence.. then gibberish... then silence..
My 18 month old granddaughter had taken mommy's phone and called me by accident. Her Mom lets her play with that stuff all the time. Glad I'm the Grandpa so I don't have to care too much.
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Originally posted by midnight Target
Got a call on my cell the other day... silence.. then gibberish... then silence..
My 18 month old granddaughter had taken mommy's phone and called me by accident. Her Mom lets her play with that stuff all the time. Glad I'm the Grandpa so I don't have to care too much.
what is it with woman and apeasing children???
When my son was about 6-10 months he was chewing on alot of things and they would just give him somthing to chew on to shut him up.
One time they gave thim this little plastic container that looked like a candy dispenser. I went to change his diaper and didn't think anything of it untill I heard this blood curlding scream come from him.
Turns out it was a thing of lime salt that my mother in law was putting in her beer at the time. My son had used his tooth (singular) to open it and it spilled all over his left eye. I was the only one to stay calm at first and rush him to the bath and run cold water over his face for a few minutes. After that I was asofudginglutly furious.
wolf shoot me that contact info if could:
cstimmons@sbcglobal.net
I can get a used replacement on ebay for about $115 - 160 but If I can upgrade why not.
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Originally posted by Gunslinger
yes but when you don't have a camera at the ready and currently can't afford to replace it you tend to miss some really good pictures of your kids :(
Thats what grandparents are for. :D
Yeah.... you have a point, but now im back to disposable cameras and they are not my problem. got one in the car and i belive the missus carries one at all times. Im out of the loop and thats just fine by me.. If there is an "emergency" shot that needs to be taken I use my cellphone that i have to carry around anyway.
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Women think lifes toys are just that, material things that make them happy. It is passed on to the children and then they do not take care of or treat others property with respect. They teach them (Kids) to young to be handling valuables.
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Originally posted by Gunslinger
I hope the flash card is OK too.
The flash cards are proven to be child proof.
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Hang has the right idea. Show kid how toliet works. Get Mom's jewelry box. Encourage her to fill n flush. :)
Dont get mad. Get even
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1 (800) 828-4040 Ask for the Canon upgrade program.
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Gunslinger my buddy bought his daughter her own camera so she'd leave theirs alone. Cheap and inexpensive. Everytime they got theirs out she wanted hers too. She never asked to take pictures with theirs again since she had her own.
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I let my 5 year old use our very old HP digital camera, but she has to use the neck strap. She knows not to touch the new Canon.
eskimo
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Great thing about Canon is their CS is top notch. Entire process from the claim to when they sent out the new refurb was 20 minutes.
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Originally posted by LePaul
Hang has the right idea. Show kid how toliet works. Get Mom's jewelry box. Encourage her to fill n flush. :)
Dont get mad. Get even
Hehe....good one LePaul.:)
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Hey if you want to have things you shouldn't have made people :)
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drunks and children shouldn't be allowed to play with expensive or dangerous equipment.
lazs
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Try taking the camera apart and letting it air dry
Now for the kids, best thing to do is get a box that says "dont touch", and wire one of those large capacitors to it. Now when you tell them to dont touch or open it and they try, POW! A couple of times will make them not do it anymore.
Just like putting a penny in a lightsocket, do it few times and you know better. (its a true story, dont ask)
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Just another reason my wife has her own business and pays for her play things like cameras and jewelry with those paychecks. I pay for my computers and guns with my side business paychecks. It all works out in the end somehow.