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On 3/14/06, Ann Sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You have to know I would :) Great grab, Frank.. Xo, ann Thought of you when I saw it! LOL Thanks, Ann. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
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frank theriault wrote: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4212438size=lg Hope you get a chuckle out of this one, too. g Thanks or looking. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson You have to know I would :) Great grab, Frank.. Xo, ann
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On 3/12/06, keith_w [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That one is a genuine perplexer, Frank! Good catch! Question: How come no-one in any of your street pictures ever looks at you? Thanks for the nice words, Keith. As far as people not looking at me, you know, it's funny, but I was thinking about that on the weekend, at my photolab, looking at negs. The photo I chose for next week's PAW features a couple of typical Canadians (draw your own conclusions...g) watching an outdoor hockey game. I shot off about 4 or 5 of them, and for three of them, neither was looking at me. For 2 shots, one of them may have been looking at me (but it's hard to tell due to his mirrored sunglasses). I do know that neither of them said a thing to me, nor did they acknowledge my presence, even though I was standing about 5 feet from them, snapping away. They had to have known I was there... I know that most of my street photos the subject isn't looking at me - at least not when I snap. I think that if I have a choice of several frames taken of a scene, I'll often choose those frames that the subject's looking away - I have the feeling that it looks more natural that way. Sometimes I'm going out of my way to be stealthy, shooting from the hip or with camera on my knee, not looking through the viewfinder. Other times, I'm taking one quick shot (as with this one), and moving along, so I doubt I'm even noticed. But a surprising number of times I've got camera up to face, I'm doing nothing stealthy, and they just pretend I'm not there. I'm guessing that at least a couple of things come into play. First of all, the vast majority of my shooting is done with my Leica CL, and that's such an unobtrusive little thing, it doesn't intimidate people. It's much smaller than any DSLR, but it's not so small as a digi-ps, so I think most people know it's a film camera. It's obviously an older camera, looking much like a 10 or 15 year old 35mm ps, and who takes serious photos with those? So, I think that's part of the equation. Another part of the equation is that I act natural. I'm not making a big deal about shooting, I'm not going out of my way to look like I'm being secretive, I'm just there. While I wouldn't say that it puts people at ease, I'd say that it doesn't make them uneasy. And, as I said, I think that I choose to shoot when they're looking away, or perhaps choose the neg where they're looking away. Anyway, thanks for the nice words, and thanks to everyone else who commented. It was a one-time fun grab, but I was pleased with it. I even cropped it some! g cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
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http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4212438size=lg Hope you get a chuckle out of this one, too. g Thanks or looking. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
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A BIG chuckle! Good one Frank. Don -Original Message- From: frank theriault [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2006 8:44 AM To: PDML Subject: PAW - No Parking http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4212438size=lg Hope you get a chuckle out of this one, too. g Thanks or looking. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
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Heh. -Adam frank theriault wrote: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4212438size=lg Hope you get a chuckle out of this one, too. g Thanks or looking. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
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Frank, would LOL qualify? http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4212438size=lg Hope you get a chuckle out of this one, too. g -- Boris
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HAR! Good grab. Well done. Paul On Mar 12, 2006, at 9:44 AM, frank theriault wrote: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4212438size=lg Hope you get a chuckle out of this one, too. g Thanks or looking. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
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frank theriault wrote: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4212438size=lg Hope you get a chuckle out of this one, too. g Thanks or looking. cheers, frank That one is a genuine perplexer, Frank! Good catch! Question: How come no-one in any of your street pictures ever looks at you? keith
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- Original Message - From: keith_w Subject: Re: PAW - No Parking Question: How come no-one in any of your street pictures ever looks at you? It that don't look at the gimps, they make us uncomfortable thing. WW
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On 3/12/06, keith_w [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Question: How come no-one in any of your street pictures ever looks at you? They do look at him. But then Frank comes out from behind his camera and says with a snarl What the hell are YOU lookin' at? Everyone goes back to their business, or just looks away, and Frank gets his shot. BTW, wonderful photo Frank. Made me laugh. -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com -- You have to hold the button down -Arnold Newman
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Great shot! Godfrey On Mar 12, 2006, at 6:44 AM, frank theriault wrote: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4212438size=lg Hope you get a chuckle out of this one, too. g Thanks or looking. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
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Scott Loveless wrote: On 3/12/06, keith_w [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Question: How come no-one in any of your street pictures ever looks at you? They do look at him. But then Frank comes out from behind his camera and says with a snarl What the hell are YOU lookin' at? Everyone goes back to their business, or just looks away, and Frank gets his shot. BTW, wonderful photo Frank. Made me laugh. -- Scott Loveless I liked Bill's comment, but yours has merit too! I can see either one of them happening. Prior to these two answers, I figured Frank had just slipped on his bunny ears, and then Bill's idea would come into play. Oooops! Never make eye contact, Mildred! keith
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Good one! Shel [Original Message] From: frank theriault http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4212438size=lg
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On 12/3/06, frank theriault, discombobulated, unleashed: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4212438size=lg Hope you get a chuckle out of this one, too. g Thanks or looking. Curious! Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _
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CHUCKLE I got mine! Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PAW - No Parking http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4212438size=lg Hope you get a chuckle out of this one, too. g Thanks or looking. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
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Hi! While on my walk the other day, this sign grabbed my attention. It's just a simple sign you see everywhere, but something about the sky and the fence, and a thought I had for the final result made me grab the shot. Maybe it'll work for you http://home.earthlink.net/~scbelinkoff/noparking.html No, Shel, it does not work for me... It makes me certain that I am not going to park my car by such a strange fence. But otherwise, me and this shot go in each own separate way... Perhaps it would be more precise to say that this shot does not touch me in any way. As usual - brutal and honest - no offense meant! Boris
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Hi David ... thanks for commenting. I never thought about that do-dad. I'll have to look carefully at some other signs. Hmmm ... maybe a photo essay on sign do-dads is in order LOL Shel Am I paranoid or perceptive? [Original Message] From: David Savage Sorry Shel, technically a fine shot but it doesn't really work for me. I do find one thing very interesting though, the do-dad that holds the sign on the pipe. I've never seen anything that elaborate. Very flash :-) http://home.earthlink.net/~scbelinkoff/noparking.html
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While on my walk the other day, this sign grabbed my attention. It's just a simple sign you see everywhere, but something about the sky and the fence, and a thought I had for the final result made me grab the shot. Maybe it'll work for you http://home.earthlink.net/~scbelinkoff/noparking.html Shel
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This doesn't work for me, but I'm sorry to say I'm not sure why. I'm thinking (maybe I'm just a bit cliche'?) I would like to see a bit of the road, or more curb. Or maybe I'm just not a huge fan of urban/nature mixes. -- skye On 10/21/05, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: While on my walk the other day, this sign grabbed my attention. It's just a simple sign you see everywhere, but something about the sky and the fence, and a thought I had for the final result made me grab the shot. Maybe it'll work for you http://home.earthlink.net/~scbelinkoff/noparking.html Shel
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It does kind of work for me. I can't help but think that turning it to BW and darkening the foreground a bit might be even more intriguing. -- Bruce Friday, October 21, 2005, 12:00:37 PM, you wrote: SB While on my walk the other day, this sign grabbed my attention. It's just SB a simple sign you see everywhere, but something about the sky and the SB fence, and a thought I had for the final result made me grab the shot. SB Maybe it'll work for you SB http://home.earthlink.net/~scbelinkoff/noparking.html SB Shel
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On 10/21/05, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: While on my walk the other day, this sign grabbed my attention. It's just a simple sign you see everywhere, but something about the sky and the fence, and a thought I had for the final result made me grab the shot. Maybe it'll work for you http://home.earthlink.net/~scbelinkoff/noparking.html nope. it's not that it's a bad shot, but (for reasons i can't really articulate at this time) it just doesn't say much to me. -frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
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Were you expecting a talking sign, Frank? Shel [Original Message] From: frank theriault http://home.earthlink.net/~scbelinkoff/noparking.html nope. it's not that it's a bad shot, but (for reasons i can't really articulate at this time) it just doesn't say much to me.
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On 10/21/05, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Were you expecting a talking sign, Frank? LOL -frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
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Sorry Shel, technically a fine shot but it doesn't really work for me. I do find one thing very interesting though, the do-dad that holds the sign on the pipe. I've never seen anything that elaborate. Very flash :-) Dave On 10/22/05, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: While on my walk the other day, this sign grabbed my attention. It's just a simple sign you see everywhere, but something about the sky and the fence, and a thought I had for the final result made me grab the shot. Maybe it'll work for you http://home.earthlink.net/~scbelinkoff/noparking.html Shel
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Nice grab Paul. I'd say tolerance/fancy of the cold varies from dog to dog. My folks have two collie/spaniels, and while one of them would prefer to be running about all day/night in the snow (I was so concerned about frostbite getting their scrawny paws) to sitting around in a warm house, the other one goes outside for 10 minutes and retires to the stables/garage, unresponsive to my call. Go figure :) Cheers, Ryan - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 1:42 AM Subject: Re: PAW: Puppy Parking The dog was only outside for a few minutes. He (or she) seemed quite happy. Dogs with that kind of coast arte quite comfortable int he cold. My dogs love the cold. In fact, they're happier running in the yard during the winter than they are in the summer. If I left my dog tied out in that temperature I'd deserve to be arrested. I hope someone called the dog warden and the local police. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The high temperature in Michigan today hit about 15 Fahrenheit. That's something like minus ten to you C people. I drove into town and had a cup of coffee at the Starbuck's. This puppy was tied up outside. The meter indicates that he's legally parked. http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3044919 -- I can understand why mankind hasn't given up war. During a war you get to drive tanks through the sides of buildings and shoot foreigners - two things that are usually frowned on during peacetime. --P.J. O'Rourke
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frank theriault wrote: On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 21:56:48 -0500, Graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I guess that is because they no longer where wool uniforms. Since they now wear polyester, should we call them pills? Not that I want to hijack Paul's thread or anything, but is that why cops were called Fuzz? I could never figure that one out, because when I first heard the term as a kid in the 60's, I always thought of it as a Hippy term. I always thought it ironic (except that I didn't know what irony was back then), as it seemed to me that the Hippies were pretty fuzzy, but the police didn't seem especially so... I always took it to be derived from their very short (fuzzy) hair, compared to us cool types. 8-)
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Nah, fuzz antidates hippies by decades. I had hear that it came from the stuff that collected on the dark blue wool uniforms they used to wear, and the fact that when you didn't want them around they collected around you like the fuzz did to their uniforms. Somewhat like cops. Supposedly from the english police signing their reports COP for Constible On Patrol (but that is apparently a recent fabrication). Then there is the story that the early London police uniforms had copper buttons, hence copper and eventually shortened to cop. Note that they more likely had brass buttons, easy enough to corrupt that to copper. graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- mike wilson wrote: frank theriault wrote: On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 21:56:48 -0500, Graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I guess that is because they no longer where wool uniforms. Since they now wear polyester, should we call them pills? Not that I want to hijack Paul's thread or anything, but is that why cops were called Fuzz? I could never figure that one out, because when I first heard the term as a kid in the 60's, I always thought of it as a Hippy term. I always thought it ironic (except that I didn't know what irony was back then), as it seemed to me that the Hippies were pretty fuzzy, but the police didn't seem especially so... I always took it to be derived from their very short (fuzzy) hair, compared to us cool types. 8-) -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.7.0 - Release Date: 1/17/2005
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The high temperature in Michigan today hit about 15 Fahrenheit. That's something like minus ten to you C people. I drove into town and had a cup of coffee at the Starbuck's. This puppy was tied up outside. The meter indicates that he's legally parked. http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3044919
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Pretty thin, thread-bare coat for 15 Deg F... no? Might want to buy him a down vest, eh? keith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The high temperature in Michigan today hit about 15 Fahrenheit. That's something like minus ten to you C people. I drove into town and had a cup of coffee at the Starbuck's. This puppy was tied up outside. The meter indicates that he's legally parked. http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3044919
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On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 22:55:19 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The high temperature in Michigan today hit about 15 Fahrenheit. That's something like minus ten to you C people. I drove into town and had a cup of coffee at the Starbuck's. This puppy was tied up outside. The meter indicates that he's legally parked. http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3044919 Poor thing! It shouldn't be left tied up outside in those type of temps, IMHO. You guys are like us. All our snow melted (except a few ugly grey snowbanks), and until a little dusting last night, our streets were bare. We had the same temps as you today (high of -10C-ish), but tonight it's going down to -25C with windchill warnings. Now I know that Wheatfield is sitting out there laughing at us wusses from the East, as they've just had a cold snap of -40C temps. Still, when the windchill gets down below -35C, I feel it. But I digress. Your photo! I think it's wonderful, Paul. I'm glad there are no visual cues as to how cold it is, because it is actually a really cute shot. Very well framed, I like the way he's between the two cars, with the sidewalk framing him diagonally. Very nice! I also like the look of eager anticipation on pooch's face - he's obviously looking and waiting for master. Lovely shot! cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
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Thanks Frank. You're right. You can see that he's watching his master who is inside the coffee shop. I don't like to see dogs tied up, but he seems comfortable with his cold weather coat. Pal On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 22:55:19 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The high temperature in Michigan today hit about 15 Fahrenheit. That's something like minus ten to you C people. I drove into town and had a cup of coffee at the Starbuck's. This puppy was tied up outside. The meter indicates that he's legally parked. http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3044919 Poor thing! It shouldn't be left tied up outside in those type of temps, IMHO. You guys are like us. All our snow melted (except a few ugly grey snowbanks), and until a little dusting last night, our streets were bare. We had the same temps as you today (high of -10C-ish), but tonight it's going down to -25C with windchill warnings. Now I know that Wheatfield is sitting out there laughing at us wusses from the East, as they've just had a cold snap of -40C temps. Still, when the windchill gets down below -35C, I feel it. But I digress. Your photo! I think it's wonderful, Paul. I'm glad there are no visual cues as to how cold it is, because it is actually a really cute shot. Very well framed, I like the way he's between the two cars, with the sidewalk framing him diagonally. Very nice! I also like the look of eager anticipation on pooch's face - he's obviously looking and waiting for master. Lovely shot! cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
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On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 00:10:35 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks Frank. You're right. You can see that he's watching his master who is inside the coffee shop. I don't like to see dogs tied up, but he seems comfortable with his cold weather coat. You're right, he does seem pretty comfortable despite the cold. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
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Cute. Sometime I'll post a series I shot in Mali showing a guy parking a camel. Joe
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If I left my dog tied out in that temperature I'd deserve to be arrested. I hope someone called the dog warden and the local police. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The high temperature in Michigan today hit about 15 Fahrenheit. That's something like minus ten to you C people. I drove into town and had a cup of coffee at the Starbuck's. This puppy was tied up outside. The meter indicates that he's legally parked. http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3044919 -- I can understand why mankind hasn't given up war. During a war you get to drive tanks through the sides of buildings and shoot foreigners - two things that are usually frowned on during peacetime. --P.J. O'Rourke
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The dog was only outside for a few minutes. He (or she) seemed quite happy. Dogs with that kind of coast arte quite comfortable int he cold. My dogs love the cold. In fact, they're happier running in the yard during the winter than they are in the summer. If I left my dog tied out in that temperature I'd deserve to be arrested. I hope someone called the dog warden and the local police. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The high temperature in Michigan today hit about 15 Fahrenheit. That's something like minus ten to you C people. I drove into town and had a cup of coffee at the Starbuck's. This puppy was tied up outside. The meter indicates that he's legally parked. http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3044919 -- I can understand why mankind hasn't given up war. During a war you get to drive tanks through the sides of buildings and shoot foreigners - two things that are usually frowned on during peacetime. --P.J. O'Rourke
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Quoting Keith Whaley [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Pretty thin, thread-bare coat for 15 Deg F... no? Might want to buy him a down vest, eh? keith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The high temperature in Michigan today hit about 15 Fahrenheit. That's something like minus ten to you C people. I drove into town and had a cup of coffee at the Starbuck's. This puppy was tied up outside. The meter indicates that he's legally parked. http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3044919 Someone should've called the Fuzz!
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On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 19:51:09 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Someone should've called the Fuzz! Ouch! frank (who hasn't heard the police referred to as fuzz for several decades g) -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
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I guess that is because they no longer where wool uniforms. Since they now wear polyester, should we call them pills? graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- frank theriault wrote: On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 19:51:09 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Someone should've called the Fuzz! Ouch! frank (who hasn't heard the police referred to as fuzz for several decades g) -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.7.0 - Release Date: 1/17/2005
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On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 21:56:48 -0500, Graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I guess that is because they no longer where wool uniforms. Since they now wear polyester, should we call them pills? Not that I want to hijack Paul's thread or anything, but is that why cops were called Fuzz? I could never figure that one out, because when I first heard the term as a kid in the 60's, I always thought of it as a Hippy term. I always thought it ironic (except that I didn't know what irony was back then), as it seemed to me that the Hippies were pretty fuzzy, but the police didn't seem especially so... g cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
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Quoting Graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I guess that is because they no longer where wool uniforms. Since they now wear polyester, should we call them pills? Well, if you *need* a reason to call them that ... :-) ERNR
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On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 21:49:17 -0500, frank theriault wrote: frank (who hasn't heard the police referred to as fuzz for several decades g) Cheese it, the cops! g TTYL, DougF KG4LMZ
