I'm a idiot

[anfield5]

Having disposed of Steve, it's my turn to confess to being an Idiot.

I've just spent two days on and off making a wooden box for a favourite game whose cardboard box has disintegrated. I finished it, screwed the knob onto the lid then went to try it.
The board would not fit in! . Somehow the outside dimensions match the board rather than the inside ones. Who's an idiot?

Tomorrow I'll have to start again. Working at normal pace, instead of 'pensioner's pottering pace' and without the learning curve I might get it done in a day.

Before you ask "Why not simply buy another?" They don't make this particular version any more.

Save time and trim the game board to fit the box

[Storm]

Steve, Is it insured? If not then you do deserve the idiot tag!

Is it common in the UK to insure stuff like cameras?


I am sorry to hear that steve.. Sh*t happens.
If there isn't a chance of getting it back, you should just chalk it up to a life experience!

see read D-Type' post for an example of that

Wait till you have some cash and get another one, don't give up on photography just because of this incident.
Christmas isn't too far away it it?

[odykas]

Is it common in the UK to insure stuff like cameras?

How can they insure something that you can easily hide and then claim it has been stolen?

[airshifter]

How can they insure something that you can easily hide and then claim it has been stolen?

Many homeowners insurance covers such things. My brother lost about $2000 worth of gear in a kayak incident and it was covered by his insurance.



Steve,

Life happens, and we all do something that makes us angry at ourselves at times. I do know the feeling but it's not worth losing sleep over either.

If you like photography, you'll get another camera sooner or later. If not you'll find something else to spend your money on.

One thing I've learned over the years is that no matter how little or how much money you have, there are always material things beyond our reach that we would like to have. But if we really want them, we make it happen somehow. And really there is no material thing that brings you happiness anyway, that comes for free.

[donKey jote]

Come on folks, let's all chip in for a new camera for Steve, one of the few really nice guys here

[gadjo_dilo]

Come on folks, let's all chip in for a new camera for Steve, one of the few really nice guys here

Count on me.
I also thought of this but I was too shy to write it in case he might feel offended.

[Storm]

He might say no but I don't think steve will get easily offended
One of the coolest heads around and a fellow cule too

[gadjo_dilo]

See Steve? You lost your camera but gained so many proofs of our consideration....

[Firstgear]

Steve, check the lost/found section of whatever internet buy & sell is popular where you are (over here it's kijiji).
If it's not in there, post a lost add in same and hopefully someone will contact you.

[Jag_Warrior]

Don't beat yourself over this, Steve. I know it pains one when you do something like that and you can't even remember how or what happened. But having driven off with everything from my coffee to my phone to my briefcase on top of my car (the brown liquid running down my windshield made me say, "Hey, where's my coffee???!!!), you get other things on our mind and you just forget what you're doing.

Use this an an opportunity to start saving for and then shopping for an even better camera.

Just remember, as long as nobody died, it's not so bad.