Your success in "rescuing" your grand daughter for your daughter as well as yourself is priceless. I completely get that the cost/funds imbalance was extremely unfair and difficult to understand.
Jack --- On Fri, 12/10/10, paul stenquist <pnstenqu...@comcast.net> wrote: > From: paul stenquist <pnstenqu...@comcast.net> > Subject: Re: I Wish > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> > Date: Friday, December 10, 2010, 5:12 PM > It was certainly the best possible > outcome. But the British government's mindless funding of > any citizen who wants to take legal action is indefensible. > And having to compete with the UK > s financial resources makes it less than a bargain. > Paul > On Dec 10, 2010, at 7:08 PM, Jack Davis wrote: > > > I know you agree that you got a real bargain and > certainly the best possible outcome. > > > > Jack > > > > --- On Fri, 12/10/10, paul stenquist <pnstenqu...@comcast.net> > wrote: > > > >> From: paul stenquist <pnstenqu...@comcast.net> > >> Subject: Re: I Wish > >> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> > >> Date: Friday, December 10, 2010, 3:37 PM > >> I could have had six 645Ds for what > >> it cost me to save Grace from her drunken > wife-beating > >> father and the British legal aid idiocy. > >> Paul > >> > >> On Dec 10, 2010, at 6:34 PM, John Francis wrote: > >> > >>> > >>> Well, if we're going to one-up each other: > >>> > >>> I could have got four 645Ds (with lenses) fow > what we > >> spent > >>> on the kitchen remodel. Then there was a > problem with > >> the > >>> heating which meant it was time to do the > re-ducting > >> that > >>> we'd been putting off for years, and a small > number of > >> old > >>> windows to be replaced before the tax credit > ran out. > >> That > >>> would have covered a couple of K-5s with grips > & > >> DA* zooms. > >>> > >>> This would have been a bit less of an issue if > my wife > >> hadn't > >>> been rather unexpectedly laid off from the job > she's > >> had for > >>> the last 12 years (the day after we'd bought > her the > >> E-PL1). > >>> No cause for panic, but it does mean > discretionary > >> spending > >>> doesn't run to four-figure toys at the > moment. > >>> > >>> > >>> . > >>> > >>> On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 04:56:02PM -0600, > Paul > >> Sorenson wrote: > >>>> I feel your pain. Some time before > the end > >> of the year we're > >>>> supposed to be getting new windows. > That's > >> *four* K-5s that could > >>>> have been under the tree. :-( > >>>> > >>>> -p > >>>> > >>>> On 12/10/2010 1:51 PM, Bruce Walker > wrote: > >>>>> Good gawd, man! How much more evidence > of pure > >> studliness do you > >>>>> need? The K-5 is near-perfect and > everyone > >> should have one. Put > >>>>> the reviews down and get out your > wallet. > >>>>> > >>>>> The only reason there won't be one > under my > >> Xmas tree this year is > >>>>> that "we" are getting a new floor for > the > >> house. I could have > >>>>> bought a 645D for what that's setting > us > >> back. > >>>>> > >>>>> -bmw > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> On 10-12-10 12:11 PM, Jack Davis > wrote: > >>>>>> Not in the K20 manual.;) I hope to > be > >> reading the K-5 manual in > >>>>>> not too long. > >>>>>> Awaiting a couple more reviews > and > >> additional feed back from the PDML. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Jack > >>>>>> > >>>>>> --- On Fri, 12/10/10, Steven > >> Desjardins<drd1...@gmail.com> > > >> wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>>> From: Steven Desjardins<drd1...@gmail.com> > >>>>>>> Subject: Re: I Wish > >>>>>>> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail > List"<pdml@pdml.net> > >>>>>>> Date: Friday, December 10, > 2010, 9:08 > >> AM > >>>>>>> Isn't there a custom setting > for > >>>>>>> something like that? > >>>>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >>>> PDML@pdml.net > >>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit > the > >> link directly above and follow the directions. > >>> > >>> -- > >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >>> PDML@pdml.net > >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the > link > >> directly above and follow the directions. > >> > >> > >> -- > >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >> PDML@pdml.net > >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the > link > >> directly above and follow the directions. > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > PDML@pdml.net > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
