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I do, I do!! Which is why I didn't comment on it... -frank gfen wrote: > The thing is, do you know what this song is actually about? > -- "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer
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On Saturday, October 19, 2002, at 10:42 AM, gfen wrote: Nah, its Saturday now. I'm supposed to be at home painting, but I'm not... I really don't want to paint, I don';t even know how.. (stalling) Dear stalling, We've found that the spilling paint technique works very wellprovided you use a ridiculously small and entirely unsuitable implement (expired credit card, portion of anatomy, etc.) to attempt the cleanup. Remember, you'll know when you're done painting once you find yourself quaffing a beverage of choice at a location far removed from the scene of the "painting". Dan Scott (home handy man)
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On Fri, 18 Oct 2002, CBWaters wrote: > I think he's turning Japanese I think he's turning Japanese I really think > so. The thing is, do you know what this song is actually about? > Well, it IS Friday isn't it? Nah, its Saturday now. I'm supposed to be at home painting, but I'm not... I really don't want to paint, I don';t even know how.. (stalling)
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Were they were manufacturing telecommunications equipment there? Maybe it's a warehouse now. BR - Original Message - From: "Frits Wüthrich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Isn't Toronto located in Canada? Celestica is there, a company specialised in > electronic manufacturing for all kind of companies around the globe. They > design it, Celestica buils it. > -- > Frits Wüthrich >
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- Original Message - From: "Brad Dobo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, October 19, 2002 1:24 PM Subject: Re: Pentax FA 80-320mm zoom DISCONTINUED > Oh, can't help but to reply to this! > > Feroze, > > > > From all the comments that I received about this lens 98% was positive. > > It was I think a economic decision more than anything as well as some > > bi-lateral investment agreement that I can't remember all the deatils of > > right now. > > Are you speaking to the FA 80-320mm? I may have to shop around quick for > one. I am only aware of one, is there others. From all the people I spoke theres in that range a 80-200, 100-300 (which I was warned to avoid) > > > To the best of my knowledge production of new Pentax lenses will be in > > Vietnam, but research and developement will take place in Japan. Its hard > to > > do research as the press releases are in Japanese. I speak 2 languages and > > understand about 16 others, this is not one of them > > Vietnam?!? No offense, but I hope you are wrong, when I've ordered my > stuff, I tell the guys to make sure that it is stamped 'Made in Japan'. If > you are right, no equipment will show up for me :) Can't find the link right now, but I think it was the popular photography review > > Am I reading that correctly you speak 2 languages and understand 16 others? > You are a language prodigy! That's great! I struggle with one language :) I read, write & speak English and Afrikaans, I pray in Arabic, I understand spoken Tamil, Urdu, Gujarati, Hindi, Telegu (all Indian Langauges) Zulu, Xhosa, Tswana, & Funigalo (all African) a bit of German, Dutch and some Sanskrit. South Africa has 11 offical langauges and most black people speak all of them fluently. This is very very common here. Oh and I understand American Canadian and Australian english :) English is not the most common langauge on earth sorry its Mandarin and no I don't speak that > > > A lot of microsoft's software for eg is written in India, of the 16 > "outside > > germany" BMW plants the 2 South African ones have the highest awards for > > quality. Most of your brand name clothing like Hugo Boss, purfume etc is > > made in the Far East. Sony is Japanese but isn't manufactured there. > Wadia, > > theta digital, and other American ultra high end audio components are > > sourced that side as well. > > Well well well, no wonder why Windoze sucks :) Do they hire child labour > for writing code now? I thought North America just exploited foreign > companies. Like Nike shoes made by children. Windows sucks cause there isn't an alternative Levi jeans, spalding basket balls, 89% of the worlds choclate is made by child slave labour the list is endless. Most of the code for Windows XP was wriiten in India, the rest by foreign nationals living in Silcon Valley specially imported by Gates Its cheaper to pay these people for the same work in their currency as only the british pound is higher than the dollar > > > How many products made in Canada have failed you? > > Uhhh...honestly, Canada has no production facilitiesor damn close :) We > get by selling wheat to Russian, wood and electricity to the US, other than > that, it's all igloos :) > > > No I don't have a problem > > What problem are you speaking of? I was talkin on the phone when i typed this, must have typed what I was saying damm didn't see that > > Brad Dobo > >
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- Original Message - From: "Herb Chong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, October 19, 2002 9:27 AM Subject: Re: Pentax FA 80-320mm zoom DISCONTINUED > but they do make you take a dogsled handling test at the border when you > enter. 8-) > > Herb Oh, I forgot the fact we were born with skates on and produce -- manufacture!, the best beer in the world! :) Don Cherry for Prime Minister!!! Brad Dobo ;-)
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- Original Message - From: Brad Dobo Subject: Re: Pentax FA 80-320mm zoom DISCONTINUED > I was going to reply when I started seeing the emails come up about it, I > was being very tongue-in-cheek and joking. I was just making fun of my own > country and trying to continue the image some have that Canada is simply all > ice and snow with Mounties is full uniform using snowshoes to go from igloo > to igloo :) You mean all of Canada isn't like that? I realy must try to see more of my own country in that case. William Robb
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I was going to reply when I started seeing the emails come up about it, I was being very tongue-in-cheek and joking. I was just making fun of my own country and trying to continue the image some have that Canada is simply all ice and snow with Mounties is full uniform using snowshoes to go from igloo to igloo :) I am glad however Frank, that you got to it first or I would just have added to the confusion. :-) Brad Dobo - Original Message - From: "frank theriault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, October 19, 2002 8:51 AM Subject: Re: Pentax FA 80-320mm zoom DISCONTINUED > Hi, Frits, > > I think Brad was being tongue-in-cheek.
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Message text written by INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Like I said, I know Brad was just joking, but it does rather feed into the stereotype that Canada has skiing in the summer, that we all live in Igloos and hunt seal meat, and that our largest export is hockey players. Not that these humourous things bother me, but knowing that this list is an international one, I wouldn't want anyone getting the wrong impression... cheers, frank< but they do make you take a dogsled handling test at the border when you enter. 8-) Herb
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Hi, Frits, I think Brad was being tongue-in-cheek. In fact, Canada has a very strong manufacturing base, especially here in Southern Ontario (which includes Toronto, where I live). The automotive industry is probably our largest, with parts factories and assembly plants by Toyota, Honda, Suzuki, GM, Ford, Chrysler. Throw in a few plants in Eastern Quebec (GM, Hyundai), and you have a thriving industry - albeit, all foreign owned. But many of the parts plants are Canadian owned, along with the steel mills, etc. And, as you mentioned, the high-tech biz is pretty big here (too bad about that whole Nortel thing though... ). I'm not up on all that stuff, but along with Celestica, we've got RIM, Corel, Hummingbird, Mitel, and of course, branch plants of all the US majors. Like I said, I know Brad was just joking, but it does rather feed into the stereotype that Canada has skiing in the summer, that we all live in Igloos and hunt seal meat, and that our largest export is hockey players. Not that these humourous things bother me, but knowing that this list is an international one, I wouldn't want anyone getting the wrong impression... cheers, frank Frits Wüthrich wrote: > Isn't Toronto located in Canada? Celestica is there, a company specialised in > electronic manufacturing for all kind of companies around the globe. They > design it, Celestica buils it. > > On Saturday 19 October 2002 12:37, Herb Chong wrote: > > Message text written by INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > >Uhhh...honestly, Canada has no production facilitiesor damn close :) > > > > We > > get by selling wheat to Russian, wood and electricity to the US, other than > > that, it's all igloos :) > > < > > > > cars to the US. > > > > Herb > > -- > Frits Wüthrich -- "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer
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Isn't Toronto located in Canada? Celestica is there, a company specialised in electronic manufacturing for all kind of companies around the globe. They design it, Celestica buils it. On Saturday 19 October 2002 12:37, Herb Chong wrote: > Message text written by INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >Uhhh...honestly, Canada has no production facilitiesor damn close :) > > We > get by selling wheat to Russian, wood and electricity to the US, other than > that, it's all igloos :) > < > > cars to the US. > > Herb -- Frits Wüthrich
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Message text written by INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Uhhh...honestly, Canada has no production facilitiesor damn close :) We get by selling wheat to Russian, wood and electricity to the US, other than that, it's all igloos :) < cars to the US. Herb
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William Robb wrote: > > Made in Germany is the only other way to go. > Sort of the optical axis. Well, actually, "Made in Switzerland" is even better. Think of Alpa, for example... Cheers, Boz
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I think he's turning Japanese I think he's turning Japanese I really think so. Well, it IS Friday isn't it? Cory Waters 4 bodies and only the non-Pentax one is several pounds over weight ;) - Original Message - From: "Dan Scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 18, 2002 10:14 PM Subject: Re: Pentax FA 80-320mm zoom DISCONTINUED > > On Friday, October 18, 2002, at 08:59 PM, Brad Dobo wrote: > > > Am I biased or ick(rascist) in wanting all my lenses to have 'Made in > > Japan' > > on them? I see it as a signature for quality. Any other like that or > > want > > to comment? > > > > I think it means you are Japanese... > > Dan Scott > >
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On Friday, October 18, 2002, at 08:59 PM, Brad Dobo wrote: Am I biased or ick(rascist) in wanting all my lenses to have 'Made in Japan' on them? I see it as a signature for quality. Any other like that or want to comment? I think it means you are Japanese... Dan Scott
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Am I biased or ick(rascist) in wanting all my lenses to have 'Made in Japan' on them? I see it as a signature for quality. Any other like that or want to comment? - Original Message - From: "Feroze Kistan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 18, 2002 1:57 PM Subject: Re: Pentax FA 80-320mm zoom DISCONTINUED > > - Original Message - > From: "Pål Jensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, October 18, 2002 5:55 PM > Subject: Re: Pentax FA 80-320mm zoom DISCONTINUED > > > > and moved that production to some low cost country in Asia. > > We will probably see another zoom in this range soon. > > > Its in vietnam, the latest 28-105 lens was the first to be produced there.. > > Feroze >
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I agree. The 80-320mm is a sharper lens and as a greater range of focal lengths IMHO. -Original Message- From: Brad Dobo [mailto:brad.dobo@;rogers.com] Sent: Friday, October 18, 2002 10:05 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Pentax FA 80-320mm zoom DISCONTINUED > I just got this email from B&H about a lens I was asking about. Could it be > true that they are discontinuing the FA 80-320mm and what implications does > this have in relation to the newest revelations in Pentax (possible) product > line changes? Not sure on possible product line changes but if they had to cut a zoom like that they should discontinue the FA 100-300mm, not the 80-320mm
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> I just got this email from B&H about a lens I was asking about. Could it be > true that they are discontinuing the FA 80-320mm and what implications does > this have in relation to the newest revelations in Pentax (possible) product > line changes? Not sure on possible product line changes but if they had to cut a zoom like that they should discontinue the FA 100-300mm, not the 80-320mm
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on 18.10.02 17:00, Glen O'Neal at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I just got this email from B&H about a lens I was asking about. Could it be > true that they are discontinuing the FA 80-320mm and what implications does > this have in relation to the newest revelations in Pentax (possible) product > line changes? > Yes that's true. We should expect soon successor with USM and IS :-P -- Best Regards Sylwek
Pentax FA 80-320mm zoom DISCONTINUED
I just got this email from B&H about a lens I was asking about. Could it be true that they are discontinuing the FA 80-320mm and what implications does this have in relation to the newest revelations in Pentax (possible) product line changes? Dear Customer Thank you for your inquiry. We would like to inform you that the Pentax - PE8032045FA REG - 80-320mm F4.0-5.6 Lens you previously registered for notification has been discontinued and will no longer be available from B&H. We look forward to your next visit to our site. Please feel free to let us know if there's any other way we may assist you. Thank you, The B&H Web Team www.bhphotovideo.com 420 Ninth Avenue New York, NY 10001, USA 800-606-6969 212-444-6615 _
