What if he your friend had gone on and on about how he thought there
were probably pieces of insects in the burgers? And the tomatoes the
cook sliced were full of worms? And that mold was scraped from the buns
before they were served-- if you were lucky? Suppose he kept harping on
this all over the neighborhood until others believed him and started
repeating the same things? Of course all this information was based on
conjecture, rather than any real knowledge of how the hamburger stand
operated. But because it had become accepted as truth, the hamburger
stand eventually went out of business.
On Oct 26, 2005, at 12:57 AM, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
Many years ago I lived in North Beach, in San Francisco. Across the
street
from my apartment was a pretty good hamburger joint. One night a
friend,
Rick, was visiting, and at one point started moaning how much he
wanted a
hamburger. He kept this up for a while, getting more and more graphic
as
the evening progressed (he wanted a big, rare, juicy, burger, with
onions
and cheese on a toasted bun and a side of fries and a big, frothy
milkshake
... you get the picture). Anyway, he kept telling me what he wanted
for
more than an hour. Finally I asked him if he really wanted a
hamburger, or
did he just want to fantasize and talk about. He was quiet for a
moment,
and then replied, "I guess I just want to talk about it."
Shel
[Original Message]
From: Paul Stenquist
I just don't understand why those who have decided Pentax is not for
them continue to whine about it day after day. It's particularly self
defeating for those who must have full frame. All indications seem to
say that we won't see that from Pentax or, for that matter, Nikon. I
don't hear Cotty complaining about Pentax. He knew what he wanted and
went out and got it. I didn't mean to imply that users of other
digital
brands should leave the list. I meant that they should act on their
beliefs and quit complaining.
