i am such a impulse buying sucker.
I love woot.
luckyvespa13 (11:53:54 AM): DUDEluckyvespa13 (11:53:55 AM): http://www.woot.com/luckyvespa13 (11:53:56 AM): NIGHT VISIONluckyvespa13 (11:53:58 AM): should i get it?andrewsyang (11:54:09 AM): yesandrewsyang (11:54:12 AM): get itluckyvespa13 (11:54:16 AM): buying.luckyvespa13 (11:54:17 AM): manandrewsyang (11:54:24 AM): what are you going to do with itandrewsyang (11:54:28 AM): don’t get itandrewsyang (11:54:33 AM): seriously?andrewsyang (11:54:43 AM): don’t get itluckyvespa13 (11:55:03 AM): no?luckyvespa13 (11:55:22 AM): it’s tinyandrewsyang (11:55:22 AM): noluckyvespa13 (11:55:23 AM): http://www.amazon.com/Yukon-Elf-1-Night-Vision-Monocular/dp/B000BOHCE2/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_topandrewsyang (11:55:32 AM): what are you going to do with it?luckyvespa13 (11:55:36 AM): i can look at baileyluckyvespa13 (11:55:37 AM): at nightluckyvespa13 (11:55:55 AM): ok youre right.andrewsyang (11:56:02 AM): wtfandrewsyang (11:56:05 AM): don’t get itluckyvespa13 (11:57:12 AM): phewluckyvespa13 (11:57:30 AM): NIGHT VISION!!!
Epilogue:
I didn’t end up getting it, thanks to my brother’s rational judgement. But c’mon.. NIGHT VISION! Who doesn’t want to be able to see at night? How cool is that? It’s like being an owl. And everyone knows owls are cool.
November 21st, 2008 at 12:07 am
Story time…
When I was in high school, I read an article in Time Magazine about how, following the collapse of the Soviet Union, old Soviet army equipment could be picked up on the cheap on the streets of Moscow. Specifically listed: $80 for night vision goggles. I went nuts. I wanted such a pair *badly*.
Then, man oh man, one of by high school buddies, Rob Madden, was taking a trip to Russia for winter break. Turned out that his cousin was NBC bureau chief in Moscow or something. I showed him the article, and begged him to get me a pair of NVGs for $80.
So he’s off in Russia, and these are the days before email, so I have no contact from him — though I do hear his voice on NBC once doing a “voice over” translation of what some Russian pol was saying.
Then, 2 days before he’s set to come home, he gives me a call from the NBC offices, and I ask:
“Did you get the night vision goggles for $80?”
“Well, they’re tougher to get these days, and I’ve been told that they don’t really encourage civilians — esp. Americans — to ask for old military equipment, BUT, I did find a guy selling some. But he didn’t have night vision GOGGLES. Only a night vision SCOPE. And it was $120 instead of $80. So I got it for myself, but thought you wouldn’t want that.”
“WHAT?!?? Of course I want that. $120 is fine! Please, please, please buy me one!”
“Oh, sorry… I don’t think I’m going back to where that guy was…”
And so, Rob came back from Moscow with a SWEET night vision scope, and I had nothing. In fact, I only got to try out his night vision scope once.
*sigh*
Man. It’s a good thing you didn’t IM ME about the NVGs. I would have totally gotten them.
November 24th, 2008 at 3:35 pm
I bought a night-vision monocular a while ago…it’s not really that cool. Now a thermal imager…_that’s_ cool.
November 25th, 2008 at 1:25 pm
dennis, haven’t you heard about The Economy!? You can’t be throwing your money away on senseless things like tiny-night vision. You need to save it for dog food and toilet paper. Sheesh! Seriously!
November 28th, 2008 at 8:51 am
Dude, there is nothing wrong with being a click happy Web shopper. Have you ever checked out http://www.somethingstore.com?
November 30th, 2008 at 7:17 pm
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December 2nd, 2008 at 2:13 pm
Dude! You should have bought them! Night Vision!! It’s what all master Pick-up Artists wear to night clubs.