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On 21 Apr 2005 at 11:01, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Quoting mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > What he meant was that it was virtually an everlasting car. > > I don't think I have ever seen a '36 Chev or any other car of that era being > used as on or off-road transport, anywhere in

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Quoting mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > What he meant was that it was virtually an everlasting car. I don't think I have ever seen a '36 Chev or any other car of that era being used as on or off-road transport, anywhere in the parts of Australia I've visited or lived in. They are all e

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2005 7:05 AM > To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > Subject: Re: Hurrah for Shel Disrobing the Emperor > > Anthony Farr wrote: > > > Good bullsh*t is when the listener buys it. > > > > regards, > > Anthony Farr > > What he meant was that it was virtuall

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Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > About 20 years ago, I was at a presentation by an Aussie working here. It > was about his collection of old vehicles. One or two of the slides showed, > from the air, the rural part of Australia he came from. I always remember > the quote: "'36 Chevvie is car of the

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Rob Studdert wrote: On 20 Apr 2005 at 22:04, mike wilson wrote: Anthony Farr wrote: Good bullsh*t is when the listener buys it. regards, Anthony Farr What he meant was that it was virtually an everlasting car. No rust, just weld up the odd split every now and then and keep on keeping on

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On 20 Apr 2005 at 22:04, mike wilson wrote: > Anthony Farr wrote: > > > Good bullsh*t is when the listener buys it. > > > > regards, > > Anthony Farr > > What he meant was that it was virtually an everlasting car. No > rust, just weld up the odd split every now and then and keep on kee

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Anthony Farr wrote: Good bullsh*t is when the listener buys it. regards, Anthony Farr What he meant was that it was virtually an everlasting car. No rust, just weld up the odd split every now and then and keep on keeping on. Because it was/had been so ubiquitous, there was a large pool o

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ay, 21 April 2005 1:32 AM > To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > Subject: RE: Hurrah for Shel Disrobing the Emperor > > This at least has some GTO reference, unlike the Holden gumdrop car they're > trying to sell. And don't forget, this is a concept car. A production model would hav

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> To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > Subject: Re: Hurrah for Shel Disrobing the Emperor > > Anthony Farr mused: > > > > The damage to Pontiac had already been inflicted by the front-drivers, which > > muscle car purists apparently hated. > > Some GTOs ended up with rear wheel drive: > > <http://www.jfwaf.com/temp/GTO.jpg>

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Anthony Farr mused: > > The damage to Pontiac had already been inflicted by the front-drivers, which > muscle car purists apparently hated. Some GTOs ended up with rear wheel drive:

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This at least has some GTO reference, unlike the Holden gumdrop car they're trying to sell. And don't forget, this is a concept car. A production model would have been far less radical. In any case, they couldn't have failed any worse than they did. The current car is evocative of mid eighties c

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> -Original Message- > From: Paul Ewins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Actually, to be fair the reason that the GTO isn't selling well is that it > isn't flashy enough, hence the redundant bonnet scoop on the latest model. > It seems that US buyers want a car that makes a visual statement (

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Go-ggonot the Dart > > Chevvie is car of the year down there." > > > > He was serious. > > > > mike > > > > >

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Good bullsh*t is when the listener buys it. regards, Anthony Farr > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > About 20 years ago, I was at a presentation by an Aussie working here. It was > about his collection of old vehicles. One or two of the slides

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L PROTECTED]> > Sent: Apr 19, 2005 11:13 PM > To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > Subject: Re: Hurrah for Shel Disrobing the Emperor > > Then new Pontiac GTO is a re badged & Holden Monaro. > > Pontiac > > http://www.pontiac.com/gto/index.jsp > > Holden > >

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, 2005 11:13 PM To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Hurrah for Shel Disrobing the Emperor Then new Pontiac GTO is a re badged & Holden Monaro. Pontiac http://www.pontiac.com/gto/index.jsp Holden http://tinyurl.com/ytmx7 Not saying it's superior. It's just a locally made ca

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> -Original Message- > From: Paul Stenquist [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > It's not selling well in the US. In fact, there was an article in the > Wall Street Journal yesterday about how GM might pull the plug on the > entire Pontiac division. The Pontiac GTO was meant to be a nostalgia > c

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It's not selling well in the US. In fact, there was an article in the Wall Street Journal yesterday about how GM might pull the plug on the entire Pontiac division. The Pontiac GTO was meant to be a nostalgia car. It needed some reference to the original, but it had to be done in a stylish and

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> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: 2005/04/19 Tue PM 11:17:02 GMT > To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > Subject: Re: Hurrah for Shel Disrobing the Emperor > > Quoting Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > So which Australian engineered cars are super

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Actually, to be fair the reason that the GTO isn't selling well is that it isn't flashy enough, hence the redundant bonnet scoop on the latest model. It seems that US buyers want a car that makes a visual statement (like the new Mustang) rather than something that goes hard and handles well (for a

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GM's boss fell in love with the Holden Monaro a few years back, went home and told the boys in Pontiac to pull the plug on their new GTO, because they were going to rebadge the Monaro as GTO instead. Apparently the buyer reaction has been quite good, but the 'good ole boys' on Pontiac forums are p

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On 20 Apr 2005 at 11:13, David Savage wrote: > Then new Pontiac GTO is a re badged & Holden Monaro. > > Pontiac > > http://www.pontiac.com/gto/index.jsp > > Holden > > http://tinyurl.com/ytmx7 > > Not saying it's superior. It's just a locally made car that's being exported. Note that it's al

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Then new Pontiac GTO is a re badged & Holden Monaro. Pontiac http://www.pontiac.com/gto/index.jsp Holden http://tinyurl.com/ytmx7 Not saying it's superior. It's just a locally made car that's being exported. Dave S On 4/19/05, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> Which "badly en

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On 4/19/05, Mishka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > it is completely pointless to talk about "automotive marques": > is mercedes american or german? > how about nissan? bentley? jaguar? crysler? skoda? lamborghini? vw? > btw, mercedes m is being made in Hamilton, ON. does that count for > a canadian ca

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Quoting Kenneth Waller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Although I generally don't care for most of their styling. > Neither do I :-) Nor did many other Aussies for the unlamented AU series Falcon. This email was sent from Netspace Webmail:

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read editorials? to understand world finance and macroeconomy? you've made my day! why not read an editorial in NY Post? at least that's more fun. mishka On 4/19/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Read the editorial page in today's Wall Street Journal. Others far more > knowled

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it is completely pointless to talk about "automotive marques": is mercedes american or german? how about nissan? bentley? jaguar? crysler? skoda? lamborghini? vw? btw, mercedes m is being made in Hamilton, ON. does that count for a canadian car? mishka On 4/19/05, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTE

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No, sorry. I had a genuine newspaper version. I read it at lunch and then tossed it. The writer was an analyst from one of the top financial firms. > Do you have a link? > > John > > On Tue, 19 Apr 2005 21:02:34 +, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Read the editorial page in today's Wall

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f their styling. Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 7:17 PM Subject: Re: Hurrah for Shel Disrobing the Emperor > Quoting Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > So which Australian engineered cars are

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- Original Message - From: "Godfrey DiGiorgi" Subject: Re: Hurrah for Shel Disrobing the Emperor Godfrey ... "Blame Canada!" ... Blame yourself, it's more real that way William Robb

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- Original Message - From: "Godfrey DiGiorgi" Subject: Re: Hurrah for Shel Disrobing the Emperor Which "badly engineered automobiles" might you be referring to, eh? Italian and English cars. William Robb So which Australian engineered cars are superior? and in what

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- Original Message - From: "Tom Reese" Subject: Re: Hurrah for Shel Disrobing the Emperor >The US government will eventually run out of credit. The aftermath will not be pretty. You'll run out of "trading partners" first. The aftermath will still be pretty ugly. William Robb

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Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > What's more, a lot of automotive components are made in Canada. > Many of these components are used by automakers worldwide. Indeed the Ford "Windsor" V8 engines are well respected and in many ways a superior design to the now gone "Cleveland" series. --

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Quoting Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > So which Australian engineered cars are superior? and in what way? ;-) > The Giacottolo was a slight improvement on the original Alfa it was based on. The Repco/Brabham F1 cars of the sixties were quite successful. The current Ford Territory seem

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On 19/4/05, Tom C, discombobulated, unleashed: >Yeah... I'm thinking of trying a 20D out of idle curiousity. Joking aside, don't bother. For a little more, get an original 1D. Even at 4MP, it's still streets ahead in terms of performance and usability. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) |

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Do you have a link? John On Tue, 19 Apr 2005 21:02:34 +, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Read the editorial page in today's Wall Street Journal. Others far more knowledgable than I have already set Volcker straight. The poor chap has a lot of axes to grind. Paul, That's all right, then. Thank

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Read the editorial page in today's Wall Street Journal. Others far more knowledgable than I have already set Volcker straight. The poor chap has a lot of axes to grind. > Paul, > > That's all right, then. Thanks for the reassurance. Be a good fellow and > tell Paul Volcker, though. Poor

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Paul, That's all right, then. Thanks for the reassurance. Be a good fellow and tell Paul Volcker, though. Poor chap doesn't know very much about these things, and he'll be glad for you to put him right. John On Tue, 19 Apr 2005 20:41:18 +, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The US government wo

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The US government won't run out of credit. Japan and China will continue to buy dollars because their economies are dependent on US consumers. The dollar will eventually gain strength as interest rates rise. It's cyclical. It's not a big deal. But gnash your teeth and wring your hands if you mus

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John Forbes quoted and wrote: ' "Circumstances seem to me as dangerous and intractable as any I can remember, and I can remember a lot." And: "As a nation we are consuming and investing about 6 percent more than we are producing." That was Paul Volcker, former chairman of the Federal Reserve.' '

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I guess that's why we have so many excellent and highly respected Canadian automotive marques, like ___ ... ? Oh well ... returning to photo interests, my favorite Leica rangefinder body, the M4-P, was made in Canada. Godfrey ... "Blame Canada!" ... On Apr 19, 2005, at 8:40 AM, [EMAIL PROTE

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cuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Hurrah for Shel Disrobing the Emperor I know you're just having fun with this, but in truth a lot of Canadians commute to Detroit and work for the car companies. What's more, a lot of automotive components are made in Canada. Many of these components are used b

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The shine has kinda worn of the old istD William Robb Yeah... I'm thinking of trying a 20D out of idle curiousity.

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I know you're just having fun with this, but in truth a lot of Canadians commute to Detroit and work for the car companies. What's more, a lot of automotive components are made in Canada. Many of these components are used by automakers worldwide. Canadian goods are well respected and generally w

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Ah, my mistake. I should have asked which cars were engineered by Canadians then, rather than looking for just the superior ones. ]'-) Godfrey On Apr 19, 2005, at 7:49 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bill is Canadian. The Canadians drive a lot of Japanese cars as well as quite a few of those from

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Bill is Canadian. The Canadians drive a lot of Japanese cars as well as quite a few of those from just across the river. If memory serves me correctly, Wheatfield terrorizes Regina in a Nissan pickup, a rather well engineered vehicle by any standard. Paul > >>> Which "badly engineered automobi

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Which "badly engineered automobiles" might you be referring to, eh? Italian and English cars. William Robb So which Australian engineered cars are superior? and in what way? ;-) Godfrey

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William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: "Godfrey DiGiorgi" Subject: Re: Hurrah for Shel Disrobing the Emperor On Apr 18, 2005, at 5:01 PM, William Robb wrote: Thats because we talk about beer and Scotch and now, it seems, badly engineered automobiles as well. Wh

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On Apr 19, 2005, at 7:28 PM, Bob W wrote: Next time I get done for speeding I shall take that line with the court. "That was a long time ago", I shall say. "Now it's time to draw a line, and move on". Then they won't be able to fine me or put any more points on my license. After saying that you won

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Hi, > We just keep electing the same old bunch of crooked bums time after time. > The Liberals in Canada have it down to a fine science now. > They don't allow blame to enter into it. They just shrug their shoulders and > call it business as usual. Over here, when a politician uses lies to lead h

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On 18/4/05, Keith Whaley, discombobulated, unleashed: >I have a Tilly! Want the serial number? ;-) > >Model LT-6. >Size 7 3/8" (59.5 cm.) > >LOVE it! Best hat I've ever worn... I simply don't don't believe it. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|h

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Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: On Apr 18, 2005, at 5:01 PM, William Robb wrote: Thats because we talk about beer and Scotch and now, it seems, badly engineered automobiles as well. Which "badly engineered automobiles" might you be referring to, eh? Italian ones. Mostly, they are superb running and hand

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I figure I should chime in here... I am extremely happy with my processing lab. I am not in a metropolis. It has nothing to do with the fact that I am considered part of the family - they treat all their customers well. I have some wedding reprints that have a color shift that I am not happy w

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- Original Message - From: "Godfrey DiGiorgi" Subject: Re: Hurrah for Shel Disrobing the Emperor On Apr 18, 2005, at 5:01 PM, William Robb wrote: Thats because we talk about beer and Scotch and now, it seems, badly engineered automobiles as well. Which "badly enginee

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On 4/18/05, Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The truth is more interesting. No it's not. -frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson

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Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: On Apr 18, 2005, at 5:01 PM, William Robb wrote: Thats because we talk about beer and Scotch and now, it seems, badly engineered automobiles as well. Which "badly engineered automobiles" might you be referring to, eh? Saves us from having to talk about the lack of new gea

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On Apr 18, 2005, at 5:01 PM, William Robb wrote: Thats because we talk about beer and Scotch and now, it seems, badly engineered automobiles as well. Which "badly engineered automobiles" might you be referring to, eh? Saves us from having to talk about the lack of new gear, and saves us from the

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- Original Message - From: "Cotty" Subject: Re: Hurrah for Shel Disrobing the Emperor It's perhaps more pragmatic a list, but far less entertaining than this one. Thats because we talk about beer and Scotch and now, it seems, badly engineered automobiles as well

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- Original Message - From: "John Forbes" Subject: Re: Hurrah for Shel Disrobing the Emperor Yup. Not sure whether PM Brown will have the luxury of blaming his economic disasters on somebody else though. We just keep electing the same old bunch of crooked bums time after

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On 18/4/05, William Robb, discombobulated, unleashed: >Depends on the mailing list you hang out with. >We have it lucky here, there is nothing to upgrade to. >I bet the folks over at the Canon list are already poo-pooing last year's >digital Rebel as being insufficient for doing quality work. Th

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I don't know how they are marketed in Canada. Here the price is the same whether you buy a plan with the phone or just pay for it month by month, so you might as well get the new phone and sign up for another year or two. I have gone to a pre-pay plan, but it only saves me money because I am abl

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Yup. Not sure whether PM Brown will have the luxury of blaming his economic disasters on somebody else though. John On Mon, 18 Apr 2005 18:58:51 +0100, Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, We'll do nothing now, but we'll remember these words in about five years time. 1929 will seem like a mild

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- Original Message - From: "frank theriault" Subject: Re: Hurrah for Shel Disrobing the Emperor DSLR's are an awful lot more than a couple of hundred, especially if one is upgrading from entry-level. Plus, there simply aren't the social pressures to get the latest a

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Hi, > We'll do nothing now, but we'll remember these words in about five years > time. 1929 will seem like a mild hiccup. That's convenient timing. It'll be seen as Pres. H. Clinton's fault. -- Cheers, Bob

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John Forbes wrote: On Mon, 18 Apr 2005 08:13:28 +0100, mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Japan is a free market, and their economy hasn't grown for years. I haven't heard anyone say it has collapsed, though. No Japanese are starving, and they haven't declared war. Japan is a free mark

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That is not the Free Market model, it is the MBA mentality fomented by those nice Ivy League Colleges in the NE US. Send you kids to Yale, destroy your business in ten-twenty years; you know, the one you spent 50 building from nothing. Your stock will soar until suddenly your stock holders real

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On 4/18/05, Graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Since it is usually cheaper here in the US to get a new cel-phone than to buy > a new battery for it we do it about every two years. Tom, It's also the way they're marketed. Here, most plans extend over a year or two, and the base phone is often

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Since it is usually cheaper here in the US to get a new cel-phone than to buy a new battery for it we do it about every two years. graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" --- Rob Studdert wrote: I don't know, at the rate people around

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On Mon, 18 Apr 2005 08:56:33 -0400, frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: No social pressures? Maybe, but there's PDML peer pressure, and that's much worse! Having decided I must stop buying things off Ebay, I've just noticed an SMCP . I don't know how I'll live if I don't buy it

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On 4/17/05, Rob Studdert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I don't know, at the rate people around here upgrade mobile phones for little > perceived or actual value it makes me wonder if people now (with too much > disposable cash) don't expect to continuously "upgrade" be it advantageous or > not. T

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On Mon, 18 Apr 2005 08:13:28 +0100, mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Japan is a free market, and their economy hasn't grown for years. I haven't heard anyone say it has collapsed, though. No Japanese are starving, and they haven't declared war. If you want to see a free-market econo

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Rob Studdert wrote: On 17 Apr 2005 at 21:02, mike wilson wrote: You won't need to, because they just will not come back. Most of the people I know who have digital cameras print less than 1% of their pictures. Once the new model sales dry up - as they will, because most people are happy with

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On 17 Apr 2005 at 21:02, mike wilson wrote: > You won't need to, because they just will not come back. Most of the > people I know who have digital cameras print less than 1% of their > pictures. Once the new model sales dry up - as they will, because most > people are happy with their camera

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William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Re: Hurrah for Shel Disrobing the Emperor In mind, maybe. But when it gets to going to the shop with the card (do you have more than one?) and talking to the man about all that technical crap and th

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On 4/16/05, William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > We had a guy floating around town here who badmouthed every lab in the area > for giving crappy results. > It turned out he couldn't expose a negative properly to save his life. you've just made this up, haven't you? > William Robb mishka

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Heck, Mishka, you can get a set of lousy 4x6's for $5 (grin). However, I do understand your point. It is not a new problem, I had it 20+ years ago when I was trying to make a living off photography. However back then there was a few people (not commercial labs) who could produce superb prints for

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Thank you, Bob! I needed that laugh. graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" --- Bob Blakely wrote: or possibly Cole's Law (thinly sliced cabbage). -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0

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- Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Re: Hurrah for Shel Disrobing the Emperor In mind, maybe. But when it gets to going to the shop with the card (do you have more than one?) and talking to the man about all that technical crap and then the prints com

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On Apr 17, 2005, at 12:26 AM, Bob Blakely wrote: I feel your pain. Been there. Got the high blood pressure to prove it. I guess I am lucky. But then, someone, somewhere in the big cities does good work, or all the pros who use film would also be screaming. Both of them are complaining about the l

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True enough. So far, those who have expressed confidence in their film processing labs are in LA or San Francisco. We have at least one good pro lab here in Detroit, but, like they're pro clientele, they've gone pretty much over to digital and their film work is now very expensive. The mini lab

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- Original Message - From: "Bob Blakely" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or possibly Cole's Law (thinly sliced cabbage). LOL. Damn. My turn to spill coffee around the 'puter. :-) Jostein

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But it can be parsed! Regards, Bob... "A picture is worth a thousand words, but it uses up three thousand times the memory." From: "Norman Baugher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Somebody's done gone woke up Blakely Norm Bob Blakely wrote: Crap!

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I feel your pain. Been there. Got the high blood pressure to prove it. I guess I am lucky. But then, someone, somewhere in the big cities does good work, or all the pros who use film would also be screaming. Now, I don't get persnickety about my proof prints, they're just a starting point. Being

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Somebody's done gone woke up Blakely Norm Bob Blakely wrote: Crap!

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- Original Message - From: "Mishka" Subject: Re: Hurrah for Shel Disrobing the Emperor lucky you. i tried labs in boston (lots) and nyc (some). both, 1-hr type and "pro" labs. haven't seen one that would give me back a remotely reasonable set of prints. of c

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lucky you. i tried labs in boston (lots) and nyc (some). both, 1-hr type and "pro" labs. haven't seen one that would give me back a remotely reasonable set of prints. of course, if i were to order "custom" prints -- that's a different story. and a totally different price point. the way i see it, t

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Crap! Regards, Bob... "A picture is worth a thousand words, but it uses up three thousand times the memory." From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Original Message - From: "Mishka" Subject: Re: H

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From: "John Coyle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Haven't exactly dumped digital for film yet Rob, but this week I have been picking up the MZ-S loaded with B&W to go take some 'real' photos. Of course, Murphy's Law says I find myself totally uninspired so I haven't even finished one film yet! That's not

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Y'a know, I'm sure there's a plethora of, well, let's just say "ordinary" labs out there that are running 35mm through the machines and just robot-like punching the buttons to select the machine's suggestion for correction, if any, to be applied to prints. No doubt some labs are stretching a li

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Nonsense. > > "(That is) Nonsense!" is just as much a sentence as "Damn (you)" > > > Paul Stenquist mused: > > > > Bob wins. "Nonsense" isn't an English sentence. However, "Damn" is a > > complete sentence if the word "da,m" is used as a verb and the doer of > > the action is an understood

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Help? John On Sat, 16 Apr 2005 21:36:52 +, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Yes, that's the way the word "damn" is generally used. But any active verb that stands alone takes an understood "you" as the subject. Surely it's short for "May God damn you". The understood "you" is the object, whilst

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Yes, that's the way the word "damn" is generally used. But any active verb that stands alone takes an understood "you" as the subject. > Surely it's short for "May God damn you". The understood "you" is the > object, whilst the good Lord is the subject. > > John > > On Sat, 16 Apr 2005 10:

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Hi, Saturday, April 16, 2005, 8:27:16 PM, William wrote: > - Original Message - > From: "Bob W" Subject: Re: Hurrah for Shel Disrobing the Emperor >> Hi, >> >>>>> It's pretty hard to parse a one word sentence. >>>> >&g

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- Original Message - From: "Bob W" Subject: Re: Hurrah for Shel Disrobing the Emperor Hi, It's pretty hard to parse a one word sentence. Nonsense! At least you give more than one syllable to work with. Damn. At least you give more than two letters to work with. William Robb

Re: Hurrah for Shel Disrobing the Emperor

"(That is) Nonsense!" is just as much a sentence as "Damn (you)" Paul Stenquist mused: > > Bob wins. "Nonsense" isn't an English sentence. However, "Damn" is a > complete sentence if the word "da,m" is used as a verb and the doer of > the action is an understood "you." > On Apr 16, 2005, at 1

Re: Hurrah for Shel Disrobing the Emperor

Hi, Saturday, April 16, 2005, 3:33:39 PM, Paul wrote: > Bob wins. "Nonsense" isn't an English sentence. However, "Damn" is a > complete sentence if the word "da,m" is used as a verb and the doer of > the action is an understood "you." Actually, I wrote "Nonsense!" as well, so I win either way. I

Re: Hurrah for Shel Disrobing the Emperor

Surely it's short for "May God damn you". The understood "you" is the object, whilst the good Lord is the subject. John On Sat, 16 Apr 2005 10:33:39 -0400, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Bob wins. "Nonsense" isn't an English sentence. However, "Damn" is a complete sentence if th

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Former English teacher. On Apr 16, 2005, at 11:32 AM, Peter J. Alling wrote: Pedant. Paul Stenquist wrote: Bob wins. "Nonsense" isn't an English sentence. However, "Damn" is a complete sentence if the word "da,m" is used as a verb and the doer of the action is an understood "you." On Apr 16, 2005

Re: Hurrah for Shel Disrobing the Emperor

Pedant. Paul Stenquist wrote: Bob wins. "Nonsense" isn't an English sentence. However, "Damn" is a complete sentence if the word "da,m" is used as a verb and the doer of the action is an understood "you." On Apr 16, 2005, at 10:08 AM, Bob W wrote: Hi, It's pretty hard to parse a one word sentenc

Re: Hurrah for Shel Disrobing the Emperor

> > > > even more (by a huge margin) stuff that's produced from film > > > > in the labs stinks. > > > > so? > > > > > > So you are a bad printer. > > > Thats all. > > > > > > William Robb > > > > So you cannot parse a short english sentence. > > That's all. > > It's pretty hard to parse a one w

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