You KNOW You're a Mod-a-holic If...

You KNOW You\'re a Mod-a-holic If...

...you buy Luxeons by the gross.

...your family has to pry you off your solder bench daily.

...the term "Arctic Silver" doesn't only describe a lining on some Alaskan cloud.

...timing is everything when people access your website.

Re: You KNOW You\'re a Mod-a-holic If...

... you ogle at aluminium tube sections everywhere you go.

... anything that remotely looks like a luxeon will fit will be your next acquisition.

... the top question on your mind is: will it work with 2AAs?

... the next question on your mind is: ok then, but will it work with 2Cs?

... finally you relent and think: drat! fine 1AA and 2Ns it shall be

... you cry with surprised disappointment when the sun comes up and you haven't yet tested your just-completed mod.

... you smell of solder fumes more than cigarette smoke - and you're a chain smoker!!!!

Re: You KNOW You\'re a Mod-a-holic If...

You name your kids Wayne, Kevin and Wayne...and you don't have sons.

Re: You KNOW You\'re a Mod-a-holic If...

...you never leave a store without visiting the "flashlight isle".

...you buy flashlights that you never even power on before modding them.

...your fingers stay sore and epoxy stained.

...you pony up the cash for a nice light meter.

...you participate in group buys for parts with your mod-o-holic buds.

...The Bulk of your posts are in the "Mod" forum.

...you no longer participate in "you know you're a FLASH-a-holic" threads because you're too over-qualified.

Re: You KNOW You\'re a Mod-a-holic If...

Who among us COULD be overqualified?
I wish we had those darn smilies like we used to.

Re: You KNOW You\'re a Mod-a-holic If...

.... you respond and post to messages about being a nod-a-holic!

Re: You KNOW You\'re a Mod-a-holic If...

Har-dy har, har! You guys crack me up! Especially about ponying up for them light meters (of which I know there are at least two new members) and, by cruising around on here at this late hour (for me anyway), truly becoming a NOD-a-holic (sic) indeed...

HAR-dy har, har!

Re: You KNOW You\'re a Mod-a-holic If...

I'd edit that, but you wouldn't make much sense!

Re: You KNOW You\'re a Mod-a-holic If...

...you worry that your latest flashlight might not get hot enough (no AS), and are relieved to find that indeed it's a hand scorcher

...you spend $80 on a rotary tool that you have no use for whatsoever other than in mod'ing an $8 flashlight

...you want to forcibly take apart your expensive Arc SLS to upgrade the optics in it and while you're there, does it look like there is any way to update the circuitry too

...your Mag Solitaire has a different number/size/color of LED's every week

...you think the dummy AA cell is the greatest invention since the lithium AA cell

...you always keep two resistor values handy: 2ohm, 0.1ohm

Re: You KNOW You\'re a Mod-a-holic If...

........... You can't leave well enough alone and often, in a PeeWee Herman voice, are heard to say........" I meant to do that!"

Re: You KNOW You\'re a Mod-a-holic If...

...any time one of your friends asks where they can get a light like yours you proudly reply "They don't sell them like this"

...any time one of your friends asks how much your home made light costs you reply..."don't ask"

Re: You KNOW You\'re a Mod-a-holic If...

...you go to every car boot sale and buy every torch you can find.
...you get called "Torchy" by your friends
...You're out walking with a different torch every night (or the same torch modded several times!!)
...your kitchen table becomes a dumping-ground for dismembered torches and bulbs.
...You take at least 5 torches on your holidays, each with slightly different mod's.
...your car's boot becomes a graveyard for dead bulbs, batteries and general bits of old torch.
...your portfolio of shares includes Nichia, Lumileds and Maglica Instrument, Inc.
...Your soldering iron spends more time on the ironing board than does your laundry iron.
...You search he contents of your hoover's dustbag for that LED you thought you lost 10 days ago!

Re: You KNOW You\'re a Mod-a-holic If...

Originally posted by lambda:
I'd edit that, but you wouldn't make much sense!

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">I know what you meant, but I saw the opportunity and just couldn't resist.

Re: You KNOW You\'re a Mod-a-holic If...

...you're on a first name basis with your local hardware store -- and you're not even in the construction business.

Re: You KNOW You\'re a Mod-a-holic If...

Ok this really happened to me...

...you open a fortuine cookie and it reads "You have a deep interest in all that is artistic" and the first thing that springs to mind is the art of flashlight creation/modification.