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2001-07-27 Thread Bob Walkden
Hi, I was taking photos in Ethiopia once with 3 LXs. A German woman came up to me and asked if I was working for National Geographic, then asked if I had any spare batteries. She said they'd be bound to fit her camera because it was the same brand as mine, but she'd run out. She had an MZ- someth

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2001-07-27 Thread Bob Walkden
Hi, > A well worn Domke bag is essential, and one's cameras > must be black and show a reasonable degree of wear, including > brassing. Black painted metal film cans taped to the neck strap are > very helpful, too. One must carry at least two cameras, preferably > three, each with a well-used p

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2001-07-27 Thread Bob Walkden
Hi, how about this for dumb then: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_1456000/1456831.stm --- Bob mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Friday, July 27, 2001, 9:29:19 PM, you wrote: > The single silliest thing I saw was at Long Beach. This is a > temporary street circuit, so

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2001-07-27 Thread Jon Hope
At 05:12 28/07/01, you wrote: >Hi, > >how about this for dumb then: > >http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_1456000/1456831.stm I think I should go back to my old tag line, "Danger is nature's way of eliminating stupid people". I suppose one could always say "Only in Austr

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2001-07-27 Thread Mark D.
From: Bob Walkden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > yea, you're right. That John Francis, he'd run backwards in front of > Schumacher's car if he was a real photographer. Boy, that sure gave me a visual... Mark - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.ne

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2001-07-27 Thread Juan J. Buhler
On Sat, 28 Jul 2001, Jon Hope wrote: [...] > So the next time you hear of legislation being passed that makes it illegal > to pat your head whilst rubbing your stomach, or something equally as > absurd, think "It could only happen in Australia". :-) It could happen in the US too. This might a

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2001-07-27 Thread Frits J. Wüthrich
> I was taking photos in Ethiopia once with 3 LXs. A German woman came up > to me and asked if I was working for National Geographic, then asked if > I had any spare batteries. I was taking photos in Kenya with two MXs. A Kenyan man approached me and asked me to give one to him, since I had two, s