Anyone think you're weird?

[Malamute]

Yes, I get the weird looks and comments now and then. but most people that know me comment that they know I always have a light on me when one is needed. Many thought I was crazy to spend the money on an E2E, but I really realy like it, and feel it was money well spent.

Same with a knife, everyone knows I always have one. And a gun.


I also think it's weird that most people dont carry a light of some sort, or a knife of any kind.

 

[Tomcat!]

At work, all the time. Soon as I get in each morning I strap on my belt kit - Leatherman Juice S2, E2e+Veleno drop-in, a flat roll of gaffer and a large bunch of master keys on a retractable Kevlar line with an Inka pen and a small pry bar. I get laughed at or snide comments all the time from the other staff when they see these on my belt, even though they've seen me 'packing' for the last 18 years. Between these simple tools I can get in anywhere, fix anything, see into any place and leave anyone a note. I can sort out 90% of all my daily repairs on the spot without the need to go all the way back to my office for my well stocked tool cart. But does anyone appreciate the fast response to their problems through my foresight and preparedness? No of course not, and yet it's always the geek with the gear they'll call on when their failure to anticipate, technical knowledge or ability to cope let's them down. Sometimes it's hard being right.
:shakehead

 

[Batou00159]

Bump😈 lovecpf

 

[markr6]

Nice bump! Well, definitely some think spending $100 on a flashlight is weird. But to me, that's now the going price for a slightly-more-than-decent flashlight. But other people go and spend that same money on items that don't even do anything...collectables, figurines, whatever. At least there's a lot of utility in a flashlight.

 

[StarHalo]

We're your friends. We're not like the others, man, really.

 

[aginthelaw]

I used to walk my ferret in the park by my house and my friends and neighbors thought I was weird. then one day a woman that runs a ferret rescue was driving by & I heard her yell to her husband to pull the car over and stop. she comes running at me and says oh my god you're walking your ferret!!! that's so adorable. I felt so bad for him when he told me she does that all the time. What a weirdo. And I have so many flashlights now, flashaholics look at me weird.

In 1989 I plunked down over $100 for a rechargeable maglite & streamlight & people thought I was weird. & I was a cop. So with inflation & such why do people think it crazy when we spend that on ONE light?

 

[Ozythemandias]

I used to walk my ferret in the park by my house and my friends and neighbors thought I was weird. then one day a woman that runs a ferret rescue was driving by & I heard her yell to her husband to pull the car over and stop. she comes running at me and says oh my god you're walking your ferret!!! that's so adorable. I felt so bad for him when he told me she does that all the time. What a weirdo. And I have so many flashlights now, flashaholics look at me weird.

In 1989 I plunked down over $100 for a rechargeable maglite & streamlight & people thought I was weird. & I was a cop. So with inflation & such why do people think it crazy when we spend that on ONE light?

I had a ferret I would take in a cat carrier backpack on public transportation....

 

[bykfixer]

To me the kids at work who wear hi-water pants to show off their expensive socks are weird.

They think I'm weird because I don't.

Works for me...

 

[zulumoose]

I don't think it is weird to carry a small portable light and power source on my belt or in my pocket, or bag or car, other people don't think it is weird to carry a packet of weeds and chemicals that they use to draw poison and tar into their lungs on a regular basis, against the warnings of every credible medical authority.

 

[Chauncey Gardiner]

To me the kids at work who wear hi-water pants to show off their expensive socks are weird.

They think I'm weird because I don't.

Works for me...

Expensive socks? That's a thing, now? Who knew? :laughing:

~ Chance

 

[bykfixer]

Oh man, a couple of them have matching designer hankys hanging out of their back pocket.

It's like the Beverly Hillbillies meets Sachs 5th Ave...

 

[peter yetman]

So glad I don't get out much.
P

 

[Lex Icon]

Does anyone think I'm weird?
Gee, I hope not,
that's why I only use my flashlights when I'm in a closet.

 

[DRAWs]

people may says we are weird for carrying a flashlight or two. but, they'll know the reason when disaster happens

 

[zulumoose]

people may says we are weird for carrying a flashlight or two. but, they'll know the reason when disaster happens

But you have to admit, if you find yourself looking forward to the disaster, that you have a problem.

 

[Chauncey Gardiner]

People have told me, "I'm weird cuz I like to mow grass." I tell them I don't necessarily like mowing grass, I just like doing a good job and L@@King at the results.

~ Chance

 

[markr6]

People have told me, "I'm weird cuz I like to mow grass." I tell them I don't necessarily like mowing grass, I just like doing a good job and L@@King at the results.

~ Chance

HA! I just did it for the first time this season. I'm to the point of hating it, but man it looks good! And you're allowed a Beer:30 after doing so no matter what time of the day.

 

[bykfixer]

My coworkers have thought I was weird for decades.

I think outside the box, so I don't act like they do nor dress like they do. So when they come in wearing a sling from dislocating their shoulder sliding into 3rd base in a game of softball that's ok. But when I wear one from sliding into 3rd in a game of adult kickball I'm the weird guy.

When I look around the room and see 4 fellows with the exact same color blue shirt and tan pants, I'm the weird guy for not.

Nowadays when the guy with his designer hanky that matches his purple silk socks with decorations that look like Easter eggs see I have 2 flashlights on my desk... I'm the weird guy.

I sit back and smile knowing...
Chicks dig the weird guy. lol

 

[dhunley1]

If being prepared means I'm weird, that's a label I'll gladly accept.

 

[wjv]

My wife
my kids
my in-laws
my dog