#201091 - 04/27/10 11:31 PM
What makes us collect gear???
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Journeyman
Registered: 11/18/09
Posts: 51
Loc: Peoria, AZ ,USA
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I need an answer to this one burning question. "What drives us to collect just that one more knife, firestarting device exc.?" Adventureboy
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#201092 - 04/27/10 11:50 PM
Re: What makes us collect gear???
[Re: Adventureboy]
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Pooh-Bah
Registered: 11/25/08
Posts: 1918
Loc: Washington, DC
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I'm American, therefore I shop.
I'm a consumer-patriot and our 70% consumer-driven economy needs me.
Plus, shopping for gear is the next best thing to being in the field using it.
I think there's a 12-step program for this.
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#201096 - 04/28/10 12:58 AM
Re: What makes us collect gear???
[Re: Adventureboy]
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Member
Registered: 04/24/05
Posts: 122
Loc: Upstate NewYork
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The new item might be beter than the previous one.
Maybe it will be the answer to the best/ideal/ perfect answer to survive and thrive.
Could this new find substitute for the knowledge/practice I haven't acquired yet?
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#201098 - 04/28/10 02:26 AM
Re: What makes us collect gear???
[Re: Dagny]
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INTERCEPTOR
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 07/15/02
Posts: 3760
Loc: TX
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Plus, shopping for gear is the next best thing to being in the field using it. You speak the truth, m'lady!! -Blast
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#201113 - 04/28/10 12:01 PM
Re: What makes us collect gear???
[Re: CANOEDOGS]
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Old Hand
Registered: 01/28/10
Posts: 1174
Loc: MN, Land O' Lakes & Rivers ...
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here's something from an outdoor book written in 1908,the quote is from an source that was old even then.on the chapter heading about two fellows going off on a fishing trip to Nova Scotia.
And let us buy for the days of spring, While yet the north winds blow! For half the joy of the trip,my boy Is getting your traps to go. Excellent quote! Says it all.
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#201115 - 04/28/10 01:04 PM
Re: What makes us collect gear???
[Re: Byrd_Huntr]
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Old Hand
Registered: 03/03/09
Posts: 745
Loc: NC
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Somewhere, someplace, out there is the perfect (insert choice of gear here) that will never (go dull, fade, break, fray, fail to function) and will always (cut cleanly, start a fire in a hurricane, carry more gear with no effort. weight nothing).
The only problem is, I have yet to find the "perfect" in all categories. Getting there tho. Got a lot of imperfect stuff that works really well.
And what amazes me is sometimes the DW makes suggestions for stuff to get.
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#201116 - 04/28/10 01:28 PM
Re: What makes us collect gear???
[Re: JBMat]
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Old Hand
Registered: 11/25/06
Posts: 742
Loc: MA
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Its shiny!!!
I have more gear than I know what to do with. Some of it has seen the field once-some gets used on a regular basis. Some was bought, never used. Its a quest, I think...and, like most quests-will likely never end.
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#201117 - 04/28/10 02:30 PM
Re: What makes us collect gear???
[Re: Adventureboy]
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Enthusiast
Registered: 09/13/07
Posts: 378
Loc: SE PA
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Two reasons:
1. I keep forgetting where I put all the darned stuff
and
2. er, I can't remember the other one...
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#201122 - 04/28/10 05:00 PM
Re: What makes us collect gear???
[Re: Andy]
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Enthusiast
Registered: 08/10/07
Posts: 315
Loc: Somewhere in my own little wor...
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because you can never have too many backups.
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Camping teaches us what things we can live without. ...Shopping appeals to the soul of the hunter-gatherer.
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