It never takes too long for who and what you are to come out. Thanks for being true to form, Mafud. I'd advise you to find a good therapist, but "Narcissists have no faults", and the cure rate is abysmally low anyway.
<GROAN> Regards, Bob... -------------------- "Let us contemplate our forefathers, and posterity, and resolve to maintain the rights bequeathed to us from the former, for the sake of the latter. The necessity of the times, more than ever, calls for our utmost circumspection, deliberation, fortitude, and perseverance. Let us remember that 'if we suffer tamely a lawless attack upon our liberty, we encourage it, and involve others in our doom.' It is a very serious consideration that millions yet unborn may be the miserable sharers of the event." - Samuel Adams, 1771 From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > In a message dated 12/6/01 8:24:01 AM Eastern Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > Okay, Mafud made a comment about how expensive digital prints are to make. > > This was in error. > > Not a true representation of what has transpired at all. > Some disingenuous PDML members, proposing that such an event can happen where > ~they~ live, kept the harangue going, I merely responded. Turns out that what > I know as a "lab" is not what they (any of them) think of as a "lab." What I > meant by "lab" was a "pro lab" as opposed to what they meant, one of them > equating his Walmart to my "pro lab." > It appears I was correct in my assertions. No way would a "pro lab" (any) do > digital for the same price as film. > > ". All our resident lab technicians have jumped all over him repeatedly and > made sure the rest of us know he's wrong." > > As we now know, your "resident lab technicians" are either mini(lab) > technicians or they were referring to any place that develops film, ~not a > "pro lab," as labs are generally known by professional photographers. Since > I'm a (retired) professional with 37 years in the craft, my definition is far > more suitable to the topic than theirs. > **No way does an in-store Walmart minilab equate to "lab" in my professional > terminology. > > "Is it really necessary to continue to taunt him about it? Let's let it go, > huh? You guys are like snapping dogs around a wounded bear." > > I'm certain your condescension was meant as sarcasm Mike. You've failed to > make an impression as a conciliator, in that your own disingenuous nature > shows through. > As for my being "wounded:" ~NOT!~ > As for them being "snapping dogs"?.. you said it, not me. > > "And Mafud, you're *never* going to win an argument that digital is less > convenient than film, so maybe you'd better not go there any more!" > > Not against snapping dogs, eh Mike? > > "And now back to the facts. I went into my local camera store and had them > stick my SmartMedia card into their machine. It cost me $2.50 to have a very > nice 5x7 dye-sub print made on the spot. It took about 5 minutes, mainly > because the salesman who helped me wasn't very familiar with the machine's > controls. The print is pleasant to the point of seductive...makes me want a > dye-sub printer like the Olympus 400...<*sigh*>".... > > --Mike > > Hey Mike. You should have gone to...Walmart and done it yourself on their > little do-it-yourself machine! You could have made yourself some beautiful > wallet sized, 8 x 10 or any size you want and in far less time. ~That's~ > what Walmarts are for. - 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 Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
