Are you a cheapskate.... (Page 4): My mother was Irish and my father was Scottish which means that I like to drink but I don't like to pay for it..!😊...

sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri

My mother was Irish and my father was Scottish which means that I like to drink but I don't like to pay for it..!😊

cascadejunkie

ingenious!! I had to laugh, though, as it is quite easy to do.

truckster Loc: Tampa Bay Area

DirtFarmer wrote:

I am not a cheapskate. I am thrifty.

I was going to say the same ... there is a BIG difference between the two, cheapskates usually pay more in the end because their cheapness causes them to buy inferior products, which in turn fail prematurely so they have to replace them.

truckster Loc: Tampa Bay Area

SuperflyTNT wrote:

Or if you have a kid with one arm you really save.

Oh, that is just wrong! Funny and true, but wrong ...

wdross Loc: Castle Rock, Colorado

Rusty Lens wrote:

...like I am? My Scottish nature I guess. If you shoot wildlife with a big white Canon L lens you really need to use a camo sleeve of some type. You can spend $70 or more(on Amazon) or you can go to a sporting goods store & buy a child's camouflage T-shirt for $10, cut the sleeve off & slip it over the lens.

Don't know about "cheapskate". Sounds more like someone using their head for more than a hat rack, seeing an idea, and going with it.

redlegfrog

edrobinsonjr wrote:

Well done. Only on the Hedgehog could such a topic stretch to 3 pages.

Ed

Make it 4.

Budgiehawk

Great idea!

DirtFarmer Loc: Escaped from the NYC area, back to MA

edrobinsonjr wrote:

Well done. Only on the Hedgehog could such a topic stretch to 3 pages.

Ed

I don't know if there's a page limit for UHH, but dpreview has a post limit. 150 posts maximum on a thread. Here's a thread that went to 150 in spite of having less substance than this one started with.

https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/34711469

Bertk Loc: NY

Country Boy wrote:

Have you ever seen a t-shirt with a sleeve that length? you can go to a material store and purchase camo material in what ever amount you need. I agree a t-shirt would be softer.

You can get it in stretch material too at any fabric store...

neco Loc: Western Colorado Mountains

Rusty Lens wrote:

...like I am? My Scottish nature I guess. If you shoot wildlife with a big white Canon L lens you really need to use a camo sleeve of some type. You can spend $70 or more(on Amazon) or you can go to a sporting goods store & buy a child's camouflage T-shirt for $10, cut the sleeve off & slip it over the lens.

That is not an example of cheapness, it is an example of creativity!

SuperflyTNT Loc: Manassas VA

R.G. wrote:

Wow! That out-frugals every suggestion so far (you don't have any Scottish ancestry by any chance?)

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And that person could then sell the t-shirt to the parents of a kid with no arms.

R.G. Loc: Scotland

SuperflyTNT wrote:

And that person could then sell the t-shirt to the parents of a kid with no arms.

I didn't realise that spotting new markets could be so much fun

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dwmoar Loc: Oregon, Willamette Valley

DirtFarmer wrote:

I am not a cheapskate. I am thrifty.

thank you

Appy Loc: Flint Hills (Ks)

Rusty Lens wrote:

...like I am? My Scottish nature I guess. If you shoot wildlife with a big white Canon L lens you really need to use a camo sleeve of some type. You can spend $70 or more(on Amazon) or you can go to a sporting goods store & buy a child's camouflage T-shirt for $10, cut the sleeve off & slip it over the lens.

I'm not cheap, I've just been running short ever since I retired, and someone keeps stealing my t-shirts!
LOL
Not all camo is created equal. It may hide you from humans, but a lot of fabrics and dyes reflect light is such a way it looks like a neon sign to animals. But I guess I'd rather be hidden from humans anyway, so maybe a moot point.

Urnst Loc: Brownsville, Texas

good idea