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2004-01-08 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Wed, 7 Jan 2004, Cotty wrote: > Check this out: back in 1984 we had an assistant film editor who was > engaged but the marriage was called off a few days before as the groom > had decided he was gay and ran off with the best man. Beat that: wedding called off when the bride's father catches th

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2004-01-07 Thread graywolf
ch part of our fore should we bare? Len * There's no place like 127.0.0.1 -Original Message- From: graywolf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 3:27 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Getting way OT, Was: RE: Cheap bastards? -was: Down off my "h

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2004-01-07 Thread Paul Ewins
I've agreed to do the photography at a friends wedding this year. It still has no legal standing here, but the celebrant will still take their money and do a ceremony. I'm not sure at this stage how many of the traditional shots will still work without the girl in the white dress. Fortunately Micha

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2004-01-07 Thread frank theriault
ossible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: "Len Paris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: Cheap bastards? -was: Down off my "high-horse"... with a thump. Date: Wed, 7 Ja

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2004-01-07 Thread Len Paris
Frank, You don't have to be anyone that you aren't to do portrait photography. I really love shooting protraits of people I know. I try to capture an image that defines who they are, at least in my estimation. It's a very satisfying thing when you capture the essence of a friend. I never sell o

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2004-01-07 Thread Rob Studdert
On 7 Jan 2004 at 16:26, graywolf wrote: > Started to make a long comment to this then realized this definately is a > religous/political issue. Not discussing such is one of the conscenses of the > folks on this list. So I, and I hope everyone else, will forbare. I hope that we can get off weddi

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2004-01-07 Thread frank theriault
ist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: "tom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: Cheap bastards? -was: Down off my "high-horse"...

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2004-01-07 Thread frank theriault
anya Mayer Photography" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Cheap bastards? -was: Down off my "high-horse"... with a thump. Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2004 13:36:02 +1000 graywolf, I very rarely shoot the reception. I generally sho

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2004-01-07 Thread Len Paris
Which part of our fore should we bare? Len * There's no place like 127.0.0.1 > -Original Message- > From: graywolf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 3:27 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Getting way OT, Was: RE: Cheap bastard

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2004-01-07 Thread Mark Roberts
Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On 6/1/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: > >>Get yer money up front. I've had marriages end before the album is >>delivered. >>Hell, I had a marriage end just before the bride walks into the church. >>And that was one incredibly funny (to me, but I am a twited pig)

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2004-01-07 Thread graywolf
Started to make a long comment to this then realized this definately is a religous/political issue. Not discussing such is one of the conscenses of the folks on this list. So I, and I hope everyone else, will forbare. -- Jeff Jonsson wrote: The official LDS church based in Salt Lake City does

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2004-01-07 Thread Jeff Jonsson
k my brother. "Temple weddings" are what all of the faithful aspire to. Jeff Jonsson -Original Message- From: Bob W [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 1:52 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Cheap bastards? -was: Down off my "high-horse"... w

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2004-01-07 Thread Bob W
Hi, > Wow, must not be in Utah. France and England. When I was 14 I went with a school friend to stay with our pen-friends in Reims. We were looking forward to 2 weeks of binge-drinking and chasing French girls. Turned out our pen-friends' family was Mormon. We were very disappointed. They dragge

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2004-01-07 Thread graywolf
Yes it does. Did I ever tell about looking in the door of a Buddhist Church (temple if you can call a prefab metal building a temple) in Florida. Some of them came out an ran me off. And that was in the days when I was Buddhist myself. Various sects always have their own ways, you can not gener

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2004-01-07 Thread Jeff Jonsson
Connell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 1:15 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Cheap bastards? -was: Down off my "high-horse"... with a thump. Aren't the mormons the ones that engage in legal polygamy? jco --

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2004-01-07 Thread Jeff Jonsson
oint, my brother (athiest) married a Mormon and they had a short but sweet marriage in a Ward house. Jeff Jonsson -Original Message- From: Bob W [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 1:08 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Cheap bastards? -was: Down off my "hig

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2004-01-07 Thread J. C. O'Connell
onnell.com -Original Message- From: Bob W [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 3:08 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Cheap bastards? -was: Down off my "high-horse"... with a thump. Hi, I've been to Mormon weddings and inside Mormon temples, and I'

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2004-01-07 Thread Leonard Paris
I must admit you are more ascetic than I. Len --- * There's no place like 127.0.0.1 From: Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Cheap bastards? -was: Down off my "high-horse"... with a thump. Date: Wed, 07 Ja

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2004-01-07 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Yeah, I went to the site Tom mentioned. Never saw a "... Pockets" ad on the telly. Leonard Paris wrote: > Similar to "Lean Pockets", as advertised, ad nauseum, on the teli. >

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2004-01-07 Thread Leonard Paris
Similar to "Lean Pockets", as advertised, ad nauseum, on the teli. Len --- * There's no place like 127.0.0.1 From: Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Cheap bastards? -was: Down off my "high-horse"... w

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2004-01-07 Thread Leonard Paris
I told Rodney Dangerfield the story of my life many years ago and he made a fortune with it. Len --- * There's no place like 127.0.0.1 "Len Paris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >...divorces are expensive because they are worth it. ;-) Absolutely brilliant! (But it still ain't gonna make the PDML f

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2004-01-07 Thread Leonard Paris
I think a lot depends upon the environment in which the photographer meets to discuss the booking. If the prospective clients come to the photographer's studio, they are influenced by what they see there. Pictures on the walls, diplomas, degrees, memberships in professional societies, the fur

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2004-01-07 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Yuck! Probably loaded with chemicals and treated waste products. tom wrote: > Oh jeez, they have their own site - > > http://www.hotpockets.com/ > > Hot pocket dissection - > > http://www.cockeyed.com/science/hotpocket/hotpok1.html

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2004-01-07 Thread tom
IL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Cheap bastards? -was: Down off my > "high-horse"... with a > thump. > > > What are "Hot Pockets?" > > tom wrote: > > > Anyway, I shoot the wedding, reception is at the VFW > hall. Catered by > >

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2004-01-07 Thread Shel Belinkoff
What are "Hot Pockets?" tom wrote: > Anyway, I shoot the wedding, reception is at the VFW hall. Catered by > the VFW - frozen vegetables and those really nasty frozen chicken kiev > patties. Basically Hot Pockets, but not as good. Very inexpensive > wedding. >

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2004-01-07 Thread tom
dnesday, January 07, 2004 6:49 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Cheap bastards? -was: Down off my > "high-horse"... with a > thump. > > > In the local VFW hall? > > BR > > From: "tom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I'll do that. On a Tuesday. > > In February . > > tv > > >

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2004-01-07 Thread Mark Roberts
"Len Paris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >...divorces are expensive because they are worth it. ;-) Absolutely brilliant! (But it still ain't gonna make the PDML famous quotations list!) -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

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2004-01-07 Thread b_rubenstein
In the local VFW hall? BR From: "tom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I'll do that. On a Tuesday. In February . tv

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2004-01-07 Thread Len Paris
Yeah but divorces are expensive because they are worth it. ;-) Len * There's no place like 127.0.0.1 > -Original Message- > From: frank theriault [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 8:52 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Cheap bast

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2004-01-07 Thread John Coyle
; Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 11:13 AM Subject: Re: Cheap bastards? -was: Down off my "high-horse"... with a thump. > > Get yer money up front. I've had marriages end before the album is > delivered. > Hell, I had a marriage end just before the bride walks into

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2004-01-06 Thread graywolf
Back long ago when I sold real estate I had all these customers I showed around and very few sales. Then one day I woke up, and I did some figuring. I found that for someone to buy a house (and I mean the very cheapest house) in the area I was in they had to have an income of $50,000/year and $1

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2004-01-06 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
11:29 AM Subject: Re: Cheap bastards? -was: Down off my "high-horse"... with a thump. > > >Yeah, but the point is that in years to come, they will discover that it was > >their choice of photographer that enabled them to SHOW people what they > >looked like *when* they lo

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2004-01-06 Thread Ryan K. Brooks
Tanya Mayer Photography wrote: Bill said: "> On the heels of the AF revolution came the "PJ" style of wedding photography, which to me requires as much skill as squishing a wounded bug." Jeez Bill, hope tv doesn't read that... Yeah, as a "tv" customer, I'd have to say I hired him fo

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2004-01-06 Thread Bob W
Hi, > If the divorce statisitcs in Oz are anything like they are here, there is a > 50:50 chance that they won't want to be reminded of that particular day. > Get yer money up front. I've had marriages end before the album is > delivered. > Hell, I had a marriage end just before the bride walks i

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2004-01-06 Thread mapson
Yeah, but the point is that in years to come, they will discover that it was their choice of photographer that enabled them to SHOW people what they looked like *when* they looked great, everything matched etc... tan. That is it! Photographers are there to show what they spent their $200

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2004-01-06 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Tanya Mayer Photography" Subject: Re: Cheap bastards? -was: Down off my "high-horse"... with a thump. > Yeah, but the point is that in years to come, they will discover that it was > their choice of photographer that enabled the

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2004-01-06 Thread tom
> -Original Message- > From: Amita Guha [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > I wonder how many engaged couples (or their families) try to > > bargain down > > the limosine company? Or the reception hall? (HA! try > that one!) > > I think most brides are just ignorant, and they're getting >

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2004-01-06 Thread Amita Guha
> Yeah, but the point is that in years to come, they will > discover that it was their choice of photographer that > enabled them to SHOW people what they looked like *when* they > looked great, everything matched etc... I agree completely! I was simply trying to come up with an answer to Frank

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2004-01-06 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Amita said: "> I think most brides are just ignorant, and they're getting hit with so > much marketing and they have so many details to deal with that their > heads are spinning. They're mostly concerned about how they'll look and > with making sure everything and everyone matches. So something >