Is there a cure for this flashlight addiction thing?

[Bort]

@Old-Lumens

Death usually stops the addiction. :bigsmile:

Other than that, it will last as long as your attantion span, then something else will consume you. Just tell your wife it’s a “guy thing” and changing/stopping it would turn you into a girl.

OH, welcome to the hotel california.

You can checkout any time you like,
But you can never leave!

I never imagined someone could bring Don Henley into a flashlight discussion, thats a real accomplishment

[Slewflash]

Maybe it has some relation to the stereotype that ‘women love shiny things’.

Do all men love luminous things?

[Langcjl]

No and welcome to BLF.

[MRsDNF]

I would suggest that your wife and cat are pretty normal. There are one or two people here that can relate to everything you have said. If you find that cure please dont tell me as I would go looney without out my dailey dose of reality .

[GottaZoom]

@darklion99

I mean, my wife thinks I’m totally nuts (“why do you need more than one flashlight, aren’t they all the same?”)

Walk to wife’s closet and take pictures of shoes, handbags, dresses, etc.

After that, what you do with the answer is up to you!

[Bort]

@GottaZoom

@darklion99

I mean, my wife thinks I’m totally nuts (“why do you need more than one flashlight, aren’t they all the same?”)

Walk to wife’s closet and take pictures of shoes, handbags, dresses, etc.

After that, what you do with the answer is up to you!

i surmise he will wake up with a smashed camera, flashlight, tv or all three

[trooplewis]

Asking that question here is like asking the bartender if there is a cure for alcoholism

[Bort]

@scaru

The best cure is to buy another flashlight. That will always solve it for a few hours. :P 

Whats this Kreisler gag that keeps coming up in various threads?

[Bort]

@trooplewis

_{Asking that question here is like asking the bartender if there is a cure for alcoholism}

Last time i ‘liked’ something was years ago, but we have a winner (if this could be liked)

[darklion99]

Wow, what wonderful responses, all of you! I am humbled and you have made me feel quite warm and welcome (maybe i need to beef up my heat sink?). So the real cure, I’m gathering, is to hang out with those who share the experience. That appeases the guilt and provides shelter from the unen-Light-ened ones (blind leading the blind?). And can 4,000 BLFers really be wrong?

Thanks for letting me in the door, everyone, and let there be light!

(Now I just have to take care of my computer, iPad-iPod-Android tablet, laptop, bicycle, telescope, musician, and audio-video addictions and I’l be in good shape!)

[scaru]

@Bort

@scaru

The best cure is to buy another flashlight. That will always solve it for a few hours. :P

Whats this Kreisler gag that keeps coming up in various threads?

Kreisler constantly deletes his posts and denies doing so. Hence the fact that I call him a troll. :P

[Bort]

@scaru

@Bort

@scaru

The best cure is to buy another flashlight. That will always solve it for a few hours. :P 

Whats this Kreisler gag that keeps coming up in various threads?

Kreisler constantly deletes his posts and denies doing so. Hence the fact that I call him a troll. :P 

I have never heard of anything so strange (i’m sure i have, but can’t think of an example at the moment)

[Bort]

@scaru

@Bort

@scaru

The best cure is to buy another flashlight. That will always solve it for a few hours. :P 

Whats this Kreisler gag that keeps coming up in various threads?

Kreisler constantly deletes his posts and denies doing so. Hence the fact that I call him a troll. :P 

I’m so tired it took me this long to realize why the troll doll is in the pic

[raccoon]

Welcome to the cool kids' club, darklion99!

[budynabuick]

@darklion99

So does anyone know how to cure this thing,

I hope not LOL

[DarkSide]

Simple ……Get another hobby stop cold turkey.

Rifles……Of all kinds…That i will never quite…Cars also never.

Gotta have a watch. How would i find it in the dark?

[harry25175]

i’ve stopped buying flashlight… i am back to my old interest… which is WACTHES…….

Wrist watches are more expensive than flashlights, however they are more valuable. CMIIW

[DarkSide]

Its a beautiful hobby…Expect a nice whack to the bank account every 3 or 4months…

[BanglaBob]

I reckon after you’ve bought your 40th flashlight or so the impulse to but the next greatest one is diminished somewhat .
Of course this figure will vary from one person to another. I know it’s true for me

[warmurf]

But who wants one?

This is one hobby that is useful above many others.

Compare it to miniature train collections, stamps, Micro machines, spoons, cards- the list goes on.

We are usually surfing the cutting edge of new technology for our hobby, using a useful medium (light at night) and stretching the boundaries of performance and function.

There are few hobbies where you can participate at the leading edge and still afford it.

Don’t fight, give in, and enjoy.

All we addicts can’t be wrong!

That said, helps to know of a good Divorce Lawyer in town……