Re: This is at least somewhat amusing...

2018-10-25 Thread Igor PDML-StR
No, it was not Volvo... He was talking about the windshield of Bugatti Type 252: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugatti_Type_252 ;-) Not!.. Bob W-PDML Sun, 14 Oct 2018 14:02:06 -0700 wrote: On 14 Oct 2018, at 21:56, Larry Colen wrote: Bob W-PDML wrote on 10/14/18 1:52 PM: Thanks. I'

Re: This is at least somewhat amusing...

2018-10-18 Thread John
On 10/14/2018 17:00, Bob W-PDML wrote: On 14 Oct 2018, at 21:56, Larry Colen wrote: Bob W-PDML wrote on 10/14/18 1:52 PM: Thanks. I'll phone the insurance tomorrow, see what they say. Correction: typ 262. Aha, so you're not talking about the rear window in an old Volvo sedan. Indeed n

Re: This is at least somewhat amusing...

2018-10-14 Thread Bob W-PDML
> On 14 Oct 2018, at 21:56, Larry Colen wrote: > > > > Bob W-PDML wrote on 10/14/18 1:52 PM: >> Thanks. I'll phone the insurance tomorrow, see what they say. >> Correction: typ 262. > > Aha, so you're not talking about the rear window in an old Volvo sedan. > Indeed not. -- PDML Pentax-D

Re: This is at least somewhat amusing...

2018-10-14 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 14 Oct 2018, at 21:52, mike wilson wrote: >> On 14 October 2018 at 21:41 Steve Cottrell wrote: >> >> >> On 14/10/18, Bob W-PDML, discombobulated, unleashed: >> >>> Somebody Up There must have heard me mocking the devots because today I >>> managed to smash (not crack!) the screen on the

Re: This is at least somewhat amusing...

2018-10-14 Thread Larry Colen
Bob W-PDML wrote on 10/14/18 1:52 PM: Thanks. I'll phone the insurance tomorrow, see what they say. Correction: typ 262. Aha, so you're not talking about the rear window in an old Volvo sedan. -- Larry Colen       l...@red4est.com  http://red4est.com/lrc https://www.flickr.co

Re: This is at least somewhat amusing...

2018-10-14 Thread Bob W-PDML
Thanks. I'll phone the insurance tomorrow, see what they say. Correction: typ 262. > On 14 Oct 2018, at 21:42, Steve Cottrell wrote: > > On 14/10/18, Bob W-PDML, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> Somebody Up There must have heard me mocking the devots because today I >> managed to smash (not c

Re: This is at least somewhat amusing...

2018-10-14 Thread mike wilson
> On 14 October 2018 at 21:41 Steve Cottrell wrote: > > > On 14/10/18, Bob W-PDML, discombobulated, unleashed: > > >Somebody Up There must have heard me mocking the devots because today I > >managed to smash (not crack!) the screen on the back of my typ 242... :0( > > Oh my. Commiserations. >

Re: This is at least somewhat amusing...

2018-10-14 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 14/10/18, Bob W-PDML, discombobulated, unleashed: >Somebody Up There must have heard me mocking the devots because today I >managed to smash (not crack!) the screen on the back of my typ 242... :0( Oh my. Commiserations. Insurance repair? -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__UK Shoot / Edit

Re: This is at least somewhat amusing...

2018-10-14 Thread Bob W-PDML
Somebody Up There must have heard me mocking the devots because today I managed to smash (not crack!) the screen on the back of my typ 242... :0( > On 14 Oct 2018, at 19:25, P. J. Alling wrote: > > > >> On 10/14/2018 1:20 PM, Larry Colen wrote: >> >> >> P. J. Alling wrote on 10/14/18 9:48

Re: This is at least somewhat amusing...

2018-10-14 Thread P. J. Alling
On 10/14/2018 1:20 PM, Larry Colen wrote: P. J. Alling wrote on 10/14/18 9:48 AM: On 10/14/2018 5:38 AM, mike wilson wrote: On 14 October 2018 at 00:30 "P. J. Alling" At least the Russian versions of the FIATs did not have rust holes in the showroom - seen with my own eyes. So what y

Re: This is at least somewhat amusing...

2018-10-14 Thread Larry Colen
P. J. Alling wrote on 10/14/18 9:48 AM: On 10/14/2018 5:38 AM, mike wilson wrote: On 14 October 2018 at 00:30 "P. J. Alling" At least the Russian versions of the FIATs did not have rust holes in the showroom - seen with my own eyes. So what you're saying is that the Soviets made better

Re: This is at least somewhat amusing...

2018-10-14 Thread mike wilson
> On 14 October 2018 at 17:48 "P. J. Alling" wrote: > > > > > On 10/14/2018 5:38 AM, mike wilson wrote: > >> On 14 October 2018 at 00:30 "P. J. Alling" > >> wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> On 10/13/2018 9:31 AM, mike wilson wrote: > On 13 October 2018 at 13:43 Bob W-PDML wrote: > >

Re: This is at least somewhat amusing...

2018-10-14 Thread P. J. Alling
On 10/14/2018 5:38 AM, mike wilson wrote: On 14 October 2018 at 00:30 "P. J. Alling" wrote: On 10/13/2018 9:31 AM, mike wilson wrote: On 13 October 2018 at 13:43 Bob W-PDML wrote: It's a misprint of dévot. They were a kind of hard-right Catholic puritan cabal, most notably the Company

Re: This is at least somewhat amusing...

2018-10-14 Thread mike wilson
> On 14 October 2018 at 00:30 "P. J. Alling" wrote: > > > > > On 10/13/2018 9:31 AM, mike wilson wrote: > >> On 13 October 2018 at 13:43 Bob W-PDML wrote: > >> > >> > >> It's a misprint of dévot. They were a kind of hard-right Catholic puritan > >> cabal, most notably the Company of the Holy

Re: This is at least somewhat amusing...

2018-10-13 Thread P. J. Alling
On 10/13/2018 9:31 AM, mike wilson wrote: On 13 October 2018 at 13:43 Bob W-PDML wrote: It's a misprint of dévot. They were a kind of hard-right Catholic puritan cabal, most notably the Company of the Holy Sacrament, of 17th-century France, with a fanatical devotion to Pope, who took it up

Re: This is at least somewhat amusing...

2018-10-13 Thread John
Webster's Dictionary thinks it's an "alternative form of divot". I think it's hipster speak for "I'm too cool to use a spell checker." On 10/13/2018 05:01, mike wilson wrote: I'm confused by the term "divet". I presume this is a cross between divot and duvet. So there's a lump of insulating t

Re: This is at least somewhat amusing...

2018-10-13 Thread mike wilson
> On 13 October 2018 at 13:43 Bob W-PDML wrote: > > > It's a misprint of dévot. They were a kind of hard-right Catholic puritan > cabal, most notably the Company of the Holy Sacrament, of 17th-century > France, with a fanatical devotion to Pope, who took it upon themselves to > guarantee the

Re: This is at least somewhat amusing...

2018-10-13 Thread Bob W-PDML
It's a misprint of dévot. They were a kind of hard-right Catholic puritan cabal, most notably the Company of the Holy Sacrament, of 17th-century France, with a fanatical devotion to Pope, who took it upon themselves to guarantee the doctrinal purity of France in the face of Protestantism and Jan

Re: This is at least somewhat amusing...

2018-10-13 Thread mike wilson
I'm confused by the term "divet". I presume this is a cross between divot and duvet. So there's a lump of insulating turf on the back to give your thumb some comfort? Sounds typically Leica but very high maintenance to me. > On 13 October 2018 at 01:00 "P. J. Alling" wrote: > > > KEH photo

This is at least somewhat amusing...

2018-10-12 Thread P. J. Alling
KEH photo has me on one of their mailing lists, and today they dropped a missive with a link to this in my mailbox https://tinyurl.com/y6wrm8o4 The best is the discription of the author which I suppose makes him Mike Johnston Kryptonite. -- America wasn't founded so that we could all be bett

RE: Somewhat amusing....

2002-01-28 Thread John Coyle
Isn't that illegal, immoral or something? Is there no UN organisation for assistance to slightly discoloured lenses? John Coyle Brisbane, Australia On Tuesday, January 29, 2002 9:54 AM, gabriel bovino [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: > > > > But it gives an illustrated step-by-step procedure

Re: Somewhat amusing....

2002-01-28 Thread Dan Scott
The horror... That is one tough lens barrel. Dan Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] >I guess it would help if I told you what the page was.. > >http://www.hermes.net.au/bayling/repair.html - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the direct

Re: Somewhat amusing....

2002-01-28 Thread CBWaters
now, I've done this a few times and it feels bad but when you're NOT the one who forgot the link it IS somewhat amusing ;) Cory Waters No trees were killed in the sending of this message. However, a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced. - Original Message

Re: Somewhat amusing....

2002-01-28 Thread gabriel bovino
I guess it would help if I told you what the page was.. http://www.hermes.net.au/bayling/repair.html - Original Message - From: "gabriel bovino" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 5:36 PM Subject: Somewhat amusing

Re: Somewhat amusing....

2002-01-28 Thread Len Paris
And which page was that? Len --- - Original Message - From: "gabriel bovino" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 5:36 PM Subject: Somewhat amusing > I don't know how I found this page... > > But it gives a

Somewhat amusing....

2002-01-28 Thread gabriel bovino
I don't know how I found this page... But it gives an illustrated step-by-step procedure on how to repair you screwmount lens... Have fun! Gabe - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pe