Hmmmm!
Well!
There’s a
thing. I have saved hard throughout the year from my pension, to meet the
requirements of buying two season tickets for the Steelers. £690 needed this
year, to pay for a couple of seats for about 75 hours over the coming season.
It took me until about the middle of January to get enough twenty pence pieces
stashed away, which by a long shot coincidence is about the same time that I
had gotten fed up with seeing a few teams play ice hockey over and over and
over and over and over……
You get
the picture…..
(This is
what we call in the trade “A Link”, going from ice hockey to picture.)
Pictures
is one thing which always comes above ice hockey for me, and being able to take
these pictures is quite a priority, so when my rather old Olly E-3 started
having electrical problems, I was close to tears. Having to revert to the back-up
E-420 was not exactly a way of keeping up with technology. So a lot of thinking
went on. Eenie, meenie, miny, moe, season ticket or camera to go….
With “The
Photography Show” being staged once again at Brummyland NEC and me being in
proud possession of a ticket to allow me into the place, I decided to remove
the season ticket money (plus a bit extra) from the bank and to take it with
me. As far as I am concerned this was a masterly move. The day arrived, and off
I went, ticket and money clenched in my grubby fist. Once inside the place, a
quick bee-line to the Olympus stand and time to play with some shiny new toys.
40 minutes later, after sampling numerous pieces of equipment, I was now at the stage
commonly known as “DILEMMA”. Should I buy one, or should I take the cash back
home again and keep it for a couple of season tickets.
Nah, sod it!
Spend it now. So I did. The “exclusive” show price was £200 cheaper than the
shops, so money counted out, slapped on the counter and the nice guy behind the
counter hands over a box with my new machine in it.
I am
thrilled. The proud owner of an Olympus OM-D EM-1. With the adaptor, I will
still be able to use all my Olly lenses, so everything is now as it should be.
First class machine, and top quality glass.
I am not
overly disappointed at not being able to afford season tickets this year, as
most of you know my thoughts on the game at the moment. Being close to pissed
off with the Conference system, meant the camera was a fairly easy choice. It
won’t get any better, as all the teams can see is £ notes. A dozen games against
Nothingham brings in more money than a dozen games against 4 Scottish teams, so
for them, the Conference system works. All they have to hope is, that getting
new bums in, doesn’t stagnate otherwise the old timers like me, who have had
enough will outweigh the newbies and that just leads to decline.
Mart.
