Re: The Wacky K-x tester is at it again!

2010-04-17 Thread Derby Chang
Miserere wrote: Can any of the Australians here get in touch with Pentax Oz and tell them not to loan anymore gear to this guy? It's making Pentax look really bad. And him too, of course--but I have no investment in his reputation. Just catching up...that's priceless, Miserere. CR Kennedy

Re: The Wacky K-x tester is at it again!

2010-04-14 Thread eckinator
2010/4/14 John Sessoms : > From: eckinator >> >> NR as in NO ROCKWELL? > > As in NOrman ROCKWELL. I would have never thought of Norman. Kennyboy and him are universes apart. To put them on the same scale is an injustice to both. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mail

Re: The Wacky K-x tester is at it again!

2010-04-14 Thread John Sessoms
From: eckinator 2010/4/14 John Sessoms : > From: eckinator >> >> 2010/4/13 mike wilson : >>> >>> > >>> > I need some Rockwell to bring a note of sanity into my evening. >> >> Mark! >> >> I suggest ? Rockwell as a scale to measure/rate such wackiness... > > > KR ... 2 ... 3 ... 4 ... 5 ... 6

Re: The Wacky K-x tester is at it again!

2010-04-14 Thread eckinator
2010/4/14 John Sessoms : > From: eckinator >> >> 2010/4/13 mike wilson : >>> >>> > >>> > I need some Rockwell to bring a note of sanity into my evening. >> >> Mark! >> >> I suggest ? Rockwell as a scale to measure/rate such wackiness... > > > KR ... 2 ... 3 ... 4 ... 5 ... 6 ... 7 ... 8 ... 9 ... N

Re: The Wacky K-x tester is at it again!

2010-04-14 Thread John Sessoms
From: eckinator 2010/4/13 mike wilson : > > I need some Rockwell to bring a note of sanity into my evening. Mark! I suggest ? Rockwell as a scale to measure/rate such wackiness... KR ... 2 ... 3 ... 4 ... 5 ... 6 ... 7 ... 8 ... 9 ... NR -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http

Re: The Wacky K-x tester is at it again!

2010-04-14 Thread Cotty
On 13/4/10, Doug Franklin, discombobulated, unleashed: >That's /exactly/ why I won't put his name, or even recognizable >"nicknames" of him into a post. I don't want to contribute to his >"Google Cred". You mean Ken Rockwell? D'oh. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places,

Re: The Wacky K-x tester is at it again!

2010-04-13 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2010-04-13 19:02, Rob Studdert wrote: I'm arguing about a stuffed up repair. The guy's a knob but unfortunately he is gaining site hits and therefore Internet cred That's /exactly/ why I won't put his name, or even recognizable "nicknames" of him into a post. I don't want to contribute to

Re: The Wacky K-x tester is at it again!

2010-04-13 Thread paul stenquist
On Apr 13, 2010, at 7:02 PM, Rob Studdert wrote: > On 14/04/2010, David J Brooks wrote: >> Oh that was pricless. Thanks >> >> Is that Rob S our Rob.?? > > I only talk to CRK when I absolutely have to and that's generally when > I'm arguing about a stuffed up repair. The guy's a knob but > unfo

Re: The Wacky K-x tester is at it again!

2010-04-13 Thread Rob Studdert
On 14/04/2010, David J Brooks wrote: > Oh that was pricless. Thanks > > Is that Rob S our Rob.?? I only talk to CRK when I absolutely have to and that's generally when I'm arguing about a stuffed up repair. The guy's a knob but unfortunately he is gaining site hits and therefore Internet cred bec

Re: The Wacky K-x tester is at it again!

2010-04-13 Thread David J Brooks
Oh that was pricless. Thanks Is that Rob S our Rob.?? Dave On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 3:26 PM, Miserere wrote: > I use "wacky" with no intention to insult those who truly are wacky. I > just can't use the word I'd like to use. I'll stick with "wacky" and > "inept". > > So now he's got another K-x,

Re: The Wacky K-x tester is at it again!

2010-04-13 Thread eckinator
2010/4/13 mike wilson : > > _That_ is assigning entirely too much importance to them. wasn't that done already? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directi

Re: The Wacky K-x tester is at it again!

2010-04-13 Thread eckinator
2010/4/13 P. J. Alling : > > It would be a nice idea, but using a measure that starts at ∞ (One Rockwell > == Kennyboy)? it is an existing measure for hardness so it fits - the harder it hurts the more rockwell it is and you have to admit not all kenny hurts equally bad cheers ecke -- PDML Penta

Re: The Wacky K-x tester is at it again!

2010-04-13 Thread David Parsons
"Oh my" /Sulu On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 3:26 PM, Miserere wrote: > I use "wacky" with no intention to insult those who truly are wacky. I > just can't use the word I'd like to use. I'll stick with "wacky" and > "inept". > > So now he's got another K-x, which turns out to be the same unit he > had

Re: The Wacky K-x tester is at it again!

2010-04-13 Thread mike wilson
eckinator wrote: 2010/4/13 mike wilson : I need some Rockwell to bring a note of sanity into my evening. Mark! I suggest ° Rockwell as a scale to measure/rate such wackiness... _That_ is assigning entirely too much importance to them. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http:

Re: The Wacky K-x tester is at it again!

2010-04-13 Thread P. J. Alling
On 4/13/2010 4:44 PM, eckinator wrote: 2010/4/13 mike wilson: I need some Rockwell to bring a note of sanity into my evening. Mark! I suggest ° Rockwell as a scale to measure/rate such wackiness... It would be a nice idea, but using a measure that starts at ∞ (One Rockwell == K

Re: The Wacky K-x tester is at it again!

2010-04-13 Thread eckinator
2010/4/13 mike wilson : > > I need some Rockwell to bring a note of sanity into my evening. Mark! I suggest ° Rockwell as a scale to measure/rate such wackiness... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please

Re: The Wacky K-x tester is at it again!

2010-04-13 Thread mike wilson
Miserere wrote: Catch all the action here: http://briard.typepad.com/get_the_picture/2010/04/pentax-k-x-testing-round-2im-damned-if-i-do-and-im-damned-if-i-dont-you-see-the-vultures-on-the-forums-ha.html I need some Rockwell to bring a note of sanity into my evening. -- PDML Pentax-Discu

Re: The Wacky K-x tester is at it again!

2010-04-13 Thread eckinator
2010/4/13 AlunFoto : > > uhu. > Just one question left, after that > > Will it blend? The author's brain? Your question comes late, I'm afraid =) Cheers Ecke -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please vis

Re: The Wacky K-x tester is at it again!

2010-04-13 Thread AlunFoto
2010/4/13 Miserere : > I use "wacky" with no intention to insult those who truly are wacky. I > just can't use the word I'd like to use. I'll stick with "wacky" and > "inept". [...] > Catch all the action here: > > http://briard.typepad.com/get_the_picture/2010/04/pentax-k-x-testing-round-2im-d

Re: The Wacky K-x tester is at it again!

2010-04-13 Thread P. J. Alling
I read about 20 of the comments and then my head exploded. On 4/13/2010 3:26 PM, Miserere wrote: I use "wacky" with no intention to insult those who truly are wacky. I just can't use the word I'd like to use. I'll stick with "wacky" and "inept". So now he's got another K-x, which turns out to b

Re: The Wacky K-x tester is at it again!

2010-04-13 Thread eckinator
That hurts so bad... I'm going blind... have you no mercy? 2010/4/13 Miserere : > I use "wacky" with no intention to insult those who truly are wacky. I > just can't use the word I'd like to use. I'll stick with "wacky" and > "inept". > > So now he's got another K-x, which turns out to be the same

The Wacky K-x tester is at it again!

2010-04-13 Thread Miserere
I use "wacky" with no intention to insult those who truly are wacky. I just can't use the word I'd like to use. I'll stick with "wacky" and "inept". So now he's got another K-x, which turns out to be the same unit he had tested previously, but thise time they gave him a 43mm Ltd to test it with be