Son got my camera

My son got a hold of my camera strap that was hanging off the table. Technically my fault but it fell and hit the floor hard right on the lens. It's a digital SLR so the body was fine, but the lens broke. I had to buy a new one. I'm pissed that it broke but happy that I finally got to buy a new lens!

Anyone else have a pissed that it broke but happy I got to get a better one story?

Anytime my computer breaks lol...When something goes wrong with it I'm just like "Dammit...I get to buy a new (insert part here)!" Which means I get to drive into Tiger and have a look at all the neat stuff while I'm spending all my money.

never, i don't have enough money to replace anything so i'm screwed if stuff breaks (although my parents are covering my car expenses as long as i'm in university so that covers most of the stuff that breaks)

I can't recall ever being happy with stuff breaking. I've had dreams of upgrade but then I look in my pocket and reality sets in.

But when a light went out in the house I did get to upgrade to the cool new 10 year bulbs if that counts :thumbsup:

when my first mp3 player (archos i think) broke and then i bought my ipod

Car.

i once dropped my dad's Minolta SLR, but it's pretty solid and only the UV filter broke.

Dropped one of my digital cameras into a bucket of water once. Stuck it by the radiator and it worked fine again.

Dropped one of my digital cameras into a bucket of water once. Stuck it by the radiator and it worked fine again.

Ha. I've never been that lucky with electronics. I dropped a heart rate monitor in a hot tub once, and it never recovered....


I think I'm on my 7th cell phone and 4th palm pilot. And I don't even use palm pilots. I'm still on my first laptop though, oddly enough....

I dropped my cell in the toilet the Friday before the Bears played in the superbowl. Sat it in the florida sun for a day and a half and it worked again... it was a bad omen for my Bears though :(

I got bodily fluid on my phone once, but it still worked. Don't ask. Bad weekend.

I seem to kill out my phones via water incidents but everytime I send it int hey don't seem to find that out. I guess there's a dot that changes colors when wet. Yeah, they get soaked, but it doesn't change. First time was nice, got a better phone.

Second time, I got a crappier phone. I hate it so much...

So what lens broke and whatcha replace it with? Something real nice I hope.

I got bodily fluid on my phone once, but it still worked. Don't ask. Bad weekend.
:nono:

It doesn't sound that bad.

I seem to kill out my phones via water incidents but everytime I send it int hey don't seem to find that out. I guess there's a dot that changes colors when wet. Yeah, they get soaked, but it doesn't change. First time was nice, got a better phone.

Second time, I got a crappier phone. I hate it so much...

So what lens broke and whatcha replace it with? Something real nice I hope.

I had the stock lens that came with my Nikon d50 the AF 18-55 wide. But it seemed really flimsy and cheap. I went to best buy to buy a new one only to find one lens avalible for 150. The AF 55-200. I shrugged my sholders and said I had to take pictures. I only had a best buy card, other cash was very limited. Well turns out I cant take any good pictures with it because it starts at 55. I'm going to sell it on ebay and pick up the AF 18-70. Looks like an amazing lens and I can sell and buy for the same price, unless you have any other ideas?

NIkon's 18-70? Yes, very nice lens indeed. Too bad they took it off their cameras. Sigma came out with a 55-200 and 18-50 HSM now. Nikon's 55-200 VR is suppose to be real nice for $250 or less. Um...Sigma's 17-70 is a great lens starting from F2.8-4.5. Great overall lens and versatile obviously.

You can see if Best Buy has any of that online or use the money from when you sell the lens or whatnot.

Bought a car after several weeks of looking for something suitable, drove it for 2 weeks, decided that I didn't much like it. Accidentally parked it at high speed into the back of a stationary SUV a week or so later,walked away with minor injuries and claimed on my insurance.
Took the money out the next day to buy a 'temporary' car while I continued to search for the right one, second yard that I went to had exactly what I was looking for.

my cars broken enough for me to buy a new one. :icon16:

All of mine have been "power equipment". Within the past 2 years I've had to replace with newer/better:
1) Brush hog. My old '80s era brushhog finally had too many things needing replacement/attention so I went and bought a new D R Brush and Field Mower, BIG IMPROVEMENT!
2) My old chainsaw's coil went bad. New coil costs as much as new saw. Bought a new Craftsman with a longer bar, bigger motor.
3) My old Homelite string trimmer's recoil went bad. Again repair costs as much as new, so I went out and bought a new Craftsman string trimmer which was an upgrade.
With 6 1/2 acres to maintain it's important to have good running equipment all the time.

Killing my twin and getting a dog was pretty sweet.

i crashed my old ninja and totaled it, but I got an almost brand new one for less than what the insurance company gave me for the old one. so i got to start again with 12,000 less miles on my bike and some extra cash in my pocket. All i had to do was break my elbow.

I used an '87 Mustang as my daily driver/beater. It was miserable to drive (cramped, slow,uncomfortable, worn out, wobbly handling, pink paint, no heat and no A/C) but I was too CHEAP to replace it until mechanical failure forced me to do so.
I was grateful a piston slap started to make really bad noises (after 10,000 km).

Finally, I replaced it with a low mileage '97 DeVille and a nice '84 Supra.
Much, much better now.

One of my buddies dropped his Nikon D2X with a 300 f2.8 on it, and totalled both. Look those up and see what it cost!!! :runaround:

^^^ Trust Me I know! OUCH! Thats all I have to say about that. YOu can buy a new project car for that price.

a woman.