Fantastic!
On 7 Feb 2014, at 20:40, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote:
Doh. She uses an iPod and MADE one where the animals moved without being
touched.
On Feb 7, 2014, at 3:33 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote:
Grace collects Littlest Pet Shop animals, which
Thanks. Actually everything is fine. I've just moved the mail hosting from the
previous provider to outlook, using my web-options domain, and was just
testing that the transfer worked ok. At one point I thought I'd lost my main
mail address, but that turned out to be ok, just my stupidity.
Hi,
that would not be a very clever argument. It would imply that the
camera makers such as Pentax also had to be film makers. Or that
kitchen equipment makers also had to be food retailers; printer
manufacturers would have to be paper makers. Law-makers would have to
be Fagins. Cup makers would
Hi,
no serious business is going to hang large parts of their future
income on that kind of fragile dependency or by sheltering under some
other company's umbrella. It would be impossible to plan for longer
than the very shortest term if they had to keep looking up to see if
Kodak Fuji were
Hi,
Wednesday, December 24, 2003, 1:01:36 PM, you wrote:
More importantly to serious photography enthusiasts like ourselves is
the matter of *what* film remains available. As high-end photography
goes almost exclusively digital, I'd expect the film emulsions that
remain in production to be
Hi,
Bulgaria??? Do me a favour!
there are some honest Bulgarians, Cotty. I know some; in fact, I don't
know any dishonest Bulgarians. Can't say that about all nationalities.
Cheers,
Bob
Hi,
you could make life a whole lot easier for yourself by selling the
flashes you currently have and buying a Metz system. This uses
interface modules to make the flash heads interchangeable between
different camera systems. It's very good.
Hi,
on wearing antlers:
Plus, the receptionists love it (that's mostly why I
do it g).
all sounds very Darwinian. If another courier turns up with bigger
antlers do they all start following him? Do you feel an urge to lower
your head, and charge?
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Cheers,
Monarch of the Glen (no, not
Hi,
with reference to Picasso's 'Tete de Taureau' that he shows, I spent a
few hours earlier this year in the Musee de Picasso, and one of the
things I really wanted to see was this sculpture. The entire museum is
superb and well worth a visit for anybody going to Paris. Not just for
the
Hi,
Compliments of the season to everybody. I expect you all to follow the
example of this woman:
http://www.web-options.com/Zanzibar.jpg
When all the work's behind you, take it easy, put your feet up and relax!
--
Cheers,
Bob
Hi,
why not email him and ask about the postage costs? g
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Cheers,
Bob
Saturday, December 20, 2003, 12:03:36 PM, you wrote:
Cotty wrote:
For fans of comedy and motorcycles, this eBay auction is a must read:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=2442354423
That is a
Hi,
Couple of nice scratches on that, Bob.
indeed. That's another lab that won't be seeing any more of my
business.
Technical details: switch on flash; point; focus; shoot. Probably
about f8.
--
Cheers,
Bob
Saturday, December 20, 2003, 12:24:02 PM, you wrote:
Couple of nice scratches on
Hi,
let's hope for his sake there were no candiru fish in that part of the
river.
--
Cheers,
Bob
Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere,
diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies
Marx (G.)
Saturday, December 20, 2003, 6:21:10 PM, you wrote:
Hi,
This sort of rationalism can only lead to trouble. Look what happened
last year:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2562109.stm
But never mind. Santa says it's all mince pie in the sky:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2565041.stm
--
Ho, ho, ho,
Bob
Saturday, December 20, 2003, 10:16:30 PM,
Hi,
there is an exhibition at the Victoria Albert Museum, London,
called Alfred Stieglitz: Georgia O'Keefe until 19 March which
sounds very well worth seeing. To quote The Independent This is a
tiny show, but classy and memorable. When you have finished you can
stroll through a
Hi,
ah, what the ff...
--
Cheers,
Bob
Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere,
diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies
Marx (G.)
Saturday, December 20, 2003, 11:52:38 PM, you wrote:
Hi,
there are 2 versions of this lens. One is an SMC version, and the
other is not SMC. This is marked on the lens, and the rubber grips on
the focus/zoom ring are different - the non-SMC version has longer
gnurls (or are they knurls?).
The non-SMC version has an enormous amount of slip in it -
Hi,
could be - I can't remember what was on mine. I have neither of them
now, but I seem to remember them both being 70-210. Kilpatrick's book
describes a Takumar A 70-210/4, which is not what I had, as well as
the SMC A 70-210/4. In the description of the SMC lens he writes 'A
previous Pentax-A
Hi,
people often say that the PDML is like a bar that a group of friends
drop into regularly to chat about photography and other things. Here
is that bar:
www.web-options.com/PUG.jpg
It's in Chiswick, London.
(For a clue as to the correct explanation of the bar's name see this
self-portrait of
Hi,
some minutes it's rather more than one, apparently.
--
Cheers,
Bob
Friday, December 19, 2003, 7:32:18 PM, you wrote:
P. T. Barnum was right.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=2973510727category=48539
William Robb
Hi,
I am trying to change my web- and email-host at the moment. The domain
name transfer may take up to 72 hours, apparently, so I am unsubscribing
for the duration because I'm not sure what the effect on my email will be
or when the change will actually happen.
If anybody desperately needs to
Hi,
I think it depends on the type of sleeves you use. If you get archival
sleeves you shouldn't have a problem. Even non-archival, but good
quality, sleeves should be ok for a few years.
Bob
Thursday, December 11, 2003, 7:34:00 AM, you wrote:
I have a question. I just recently found a
Hi,
Thursday, December 11, 2003, 11:47:10 PM, you wrote:
Did anyone else see the Press Release that Photographer James Nachtway was
injured by a hand grenade in Iraq today? He and a reporter were both hurt,
one seriously, but the article I read did not indicate which one that was.
Let's
Hi,
Tuesday, December 9, 2003, 11:36:51 PM, you wrote:
Oooo, Oooo, Oo:
So now we're on to revolting place names, are we?
On a different type of revolting, there's a place in Northern Ontario called
Swastika. It's had it's name for something like a hundred years, and
they've refused
Hi,
Sunday, December 7, 2003, 2:21:31 AM, you wrote:
The one that I last remember
encountering was Sylvia Plath writing about her experience in Benidorm,
Spain and was something like what is an aubergine?
thought it was one of the people who was in Australia before the
English got there.
I
Hi,
Sunday, December 7, 2003, 8:56:01 PM, you wrote:
It says so on my passport! :-P
erm, Stan, no WAY would I be driving over there - my town has about 1500
people and exactly 4 (yes FOUR!) stop signs! The largest place i have
driven is Brisbane and THAT scares the heck outta me..
Hi,
Friday, December 5, 2003, 2:36:31 AM, you wrote:
I'm getting ready to email Santa with this year's wish list, which has at
the top, a new Incident Meter. My historic Sekonic L-28, while reliable,
simple to use, and as solid as an Abrams Tank, is also heavy, clumsy and as
old as Paul
Hi,
Friday, December 5, 2003, 8:40:53 AM, you wrote:
BTW, what about arranging Europen PDML meeting? That would be something
really special (althought difficult to choose one place that would suit all
;-)
Paris in the springtime? Meet at the Fondation Cartier-Bresson, or the
Maison Europeene
Hi,
Friday, December 5, 2003, 8:12:31 PM, you wrote:
Be careful!
Germans are eating people!
...but still they can't resist frying a sausage first...
--
Cheers,
Bobmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi,
Thursday, December 4, 2003, 9:49:07 AM, you wrote:
On 4/12/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged:
http://www.bigdayphoto.com/tom/images/ohyeah.jpg
Thanks mate - I needed that.
ROTFL!
A good portrait is a window on the sole...
--
Cheers,
Bobmailto:[EMAIL
Hi,
perhaps it's short for pizzle.
--
Cheers,
Bobmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thursday, December 4, 2003, 8:22:56 PM, you wrote:
Pizz? Should that be phiz? Short for physiognomy
There are too many pics of my ugly pizz on my webpages for anyone who wants
to look.
Hi,
there is a documentary at 10:35 on BBC 1 tonight about the controversial
British photographer Martin Parr.
http://www.ephotozine.co.uk/news/fullnews.cfm?NewsID=1433
--
Cheers,
Bob
Hi,
Mark Roberts - Charlton Heston
And if my mom had a say
Tom Van Veen - Donny Osmond
I lived up North many years ago when I was thin and fit, and I used to
go over to play Scrabble once a week with my mother. It was on the night
when the Bruce Willis TV programme 'Moonlighting' was
Hi,
Tuesday, December 2, 2003, 5:40:28 PM, you wrote:
I'll try that, but I am going to have a go at something else first. A few
miles from me is one of the worlds longest markets (Walthamstow High Street)
and an absolute delight for the street photographer. What I have noticed is
that people
Hi,
Monday, December 1, 2003, 6:32:51 PM, you wrote:
Have you ever bought a supermarket's own brand baked beans?
The supermarket is making a profit on both the sale and manufacture of the
beans, whereas if you buy a brand name, the profits are split between the
two companies.
But does
Hi,
Monday, December 1, 2003, 8:43:57 PM, you wrote:
Rumsfield speak deleted, because Rumsfield doesn't understand it eitherg.
Oh, no! the Rumsfeld speak has come back again - must be something
wrong with my computer.
As a matter of fact, I understand it (I think), and I'm sure he does. I
Hi,
Monday, December 1, 2003, 9:52:47 PM, you wrote:
Hi,
Cotty wrote:
However, the most undrinkable concoction by several lengths of chalk is
the utterly murderous Crimean Red.
Tried it; don't agree. Not a nice drink at all but Ukranian wine beats
it by a long head. Chinese wine
Hi,
Tuesday, December 2, 2003, 12:04:10 AM, you wrote:
Who's John Holmes? (he asks innocently)
Sherlock Holmes's longer brother...
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Cheers,
Bobmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi,
Sunday, November 30, 2003, 1:50:05 PM, you wrote:
Actually I have this nifty little desk top app that shows me where it is
night and where it is day across the world, so I know which good little
boys and girls are in bed, and which bad ones are still up at 4 am here!
You know who you are
Hi,
Sunday, November 30, 2003, 9:22:10 PM, you wrote:
On 30/11/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged:
Actually I have this nifty little desk top app that shows me where it is
night and where it is day across the world, so I know which good little
boys and girls are in bed, and which bad ones are
Hi,
Sunday, November 30, 2003, 9:46:17 PM, you wrote:
I am not a musician by any stretch of imagination, but I do play the
Appalachian Dulcimer. One or both of my instruments will accompany me to GFM
where I will pay for my travel by accepting bribes to not play...
You're coming to GFM with a
Hi,
Sunday, November 30, 2003, 10:07:06 PM, you wrote:
Hi,
Bob Walkden wrote:
Bob, you're so'analogue' !
I know. I'm a bit worried in case I turn into Shel. Or worse: Mike
Wilson :o)
Do you mean physically, mentally (I hesitate to use the word
intellectually in my case
Hi,
Friday, November 28, 2003, 12:00:59 PM, you wrote:
Ha, ha, ha!
Over here (USA) Spar is a tough marine varnish!
Tell me you don't go THAT far!
I wonder how those tough marines feel about being varnished.
Bob
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3246718.stm
Bob
Hi,
Friday, November 28, 2003, 6:38:41 PM, you wrote:
On 28/11/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged:
Good advice, Tanya.
Before flash, before photofloods, there was northlight. That is big
windows on
the north side of the room. Many still consider northlight to still be
the best
portrait
Hi,
Thursday, November 27, 2003, 3:52:35 AM, you wrote:
Haven't been there for a while?
My good man, I've ~never~ been there!
Well, when you do eventually get here we'd be delighted to offer you a
tour of the highlights of British eating. It will take a lot longer
than many people think!
Hi,
http://www.thefrontlineclub.com/
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Cheers,
Bob mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi,
Wednesday, November 26, 2003, 5:21:41 PM, you wrote:
Sounds cool.
Not that I fulfill the member criteria, but it looks like some place to hang
out when I'm in London. One of the cheap hotels at Norfolk Square is where I
usually stay anyway. :-)
You could hang around outside and take
Hi,
Wednesday, November 26, 2003, 11:01:49 PM, you wrote:
I can confirm the fact that the Egyptians were the first to brew a type of
beer. I don't know that it would have tasted like what we now call beer,
and I don't know that it was made from the 4 traditional ingrediants that we
brew
Hi,
Wednesday, November 26, 2003, 11:26:35 PM, you wrote:
Good British...food?
Isn't that a contradiction in terms?
vbg
I guess you haven't been here for a while, Frank. Why only today I had
lunch in a small eel pie shop nearby that's been in the same family
for 5 generations. Jellied
Hi,
Maybe, but you forget about those Neanderthals. Boy, are they inferior
- have you seen the state of their handaxes?!?! Sheesh! And have you
ever seen one trying to thread a fish-hook? Laugh? I nearly went
extinct.
Cheers,
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Tuesday, November 25, 2003, 10:56:02 PM, you wrote:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3232570.stm
Hi,
Monday, November 24, 2003, 8:04:19 AM, you wrote:
a great problem in today's first world societies.
or Life in the First World
Now two persons have said this...
but isn't the US considered the second world?
the Americas are the New World
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Cheers,
Bob
Hi,
Monday, November 24, 2003, 8:07:32 PM, you wrote:
Hi,
Anyone (preferably in the UK) know where I can get hold of a set of Jobo
roller block extension arms, to use 1500 series tanks in a CPE
processor?
Have you tried Silverprint?
http://www.silverprint.co.uk/indexA.html
--
Cheers,
Hi,
Sunday, November 23, 2003, 3:47:49 PM, you wrote:
She's a politically conservative commentator given to hyperbole with an
occasional comic twist.
http://www.talkingpresidents.com/products-af-coulter.shtml
or Yan to Michael Moore's Ying. Or is it Yin and Yang, or Chang and
Eng, or Chi
Hi,
Sunday, November 23, 2003, 4:19:29 PM, you wrote:
http://www.zonezero.com/magazine/indexen.html
Try http://zonezero.com/magazine/articles/jacobson/magnum1.html
The essay is by Colin Jacobson, who is one of the UK's leading photo editors.
He discusses Martin Parr's work used for very
Hi,
Sunday, November 23, 2003, 5:29:05 PM, you wrote:
I see this all the time at work: poor, deluded students taking Alevel
photography, producing (very low quality, technically) work that is
obviously meant to be photojournalism but is nothing more than a cracked
mirror held up to their
Hi,
Saturday, November 22, 2003, 7:33:15 PM, you wrote:
Exactly how many countries participate in the Rugby World Cup?
Twenty.
Ireland, Romania, Argentina, Namibia, Australia
USA, Scotland, France, Fiji, Japan
England, Georgia, Samoa, Uruguay, S. Africa
Canada, Wales, Italy, Tonga, New
Hi,
Saturday, November 22, 2003, 10:25:56 PM, you wrote:
This too, will pass, and we'll gravitate back to the regular topics.
Should we even be discussing this shot? Was it taken with Pentax equipment?
I don't see a problem about discussing it. The ethical aspects of
photography are seldom
Hi,
Friday, November 21, 2003, 4:41:29 AM, you wrote:
[...]
A friend of mine is a Dr of Music.
According to him, anyone over the age of 50 who figures they can still
appreciate the joys of an expensive sound system are fooling themselves. We
lose much ability to discern subtle tonal
Hi,
Wednesday, November 19, 2003, 5:52:15 PM, you wrote:
I knew I would get at least one person who still
loves their vinyl.
Vic
I still have quite a few, including the Beatles. The hard thing was finding a
turn table about ten years ago when I bought an all-in-one stereo system
Hi,
This is surely a moot point. It is well nigh impossible to buy new LP
records and the equipment needed to play them. The reason is because the
marketplace has spoken, and the LP is out.
At the moment, the marketplace is talking about film vs. digital. As soon as
film loses, it's gone.
I
Hi,
Wednesday, November 19, 2003, 10:46:30 PM, you wrote:
Hi,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I still have quite a few, including the Beatles. The hard thing was finding a
turn table about ten years ago when I bought an all-in-one stereo system
(turn table, mini-tape deck, radio). It's low-end
Hi,
There was a Brit called Bob,
Nice bloke, he was no slob,
But things turned hard,
Started quoting the Bard,
And that is no easy job!
They say that the secret of great writing is rewriting. So having
improved on Shalespeare's paltry effort I have even (mirabile dictu!)
improved on mine:
Hi,
Sunday, November 16, 2003, 10:51:52 PM, you wrote:
If it's publicly visible then it's published, like a written note about a
missing dog taped to a telegraph pole.
or pigeon:
http://tube.tfl.gov.uk/content/platformforart/images/shrigley/5.jpg
--
Cheers,
Bob
Hi,
Monday, November 17, 2003, 10:37:12 PM, you wrote:
Spider web, fragile? It was used to produce excellent bullet-proof vests
and body armor.
By whom? When? Where?
there was a turf war in Pixieland recently, fighting for control of
the mushroom supply. The redcaps wrapped themselves in
Hi,
Saturday, November 15, 2003, 8:16:51 PM, you wrote:
Hi All,
Its summer right now and it rains every second day or so. Today I saw the
most perfect rainbow, didn't have my camera with me as I was driving, and it
was gone in a few minutes anyway. But it will come again.
Any tips for
Hi,
Saturday, November 15, 2003, 7:28:07 PM, I wrote:
3.You are cretans and don't know how to change the subject line?
People from Crete have this problem? Jeez, no wonder the Minoans are all
dead...
of course, I remembered immediately after I sent this that all Cretans
are liars, so of
Hi,
Saturday, November 15, 2003, 10:48:11 PM, you wrote:
[...]
Now, I can't remember the last time a salesman brought slides. It has to
be at least ten years since I've seen one. Presentations have been
composed in Microsoft's Powerpoint and projected from laptop computers for
many
Hi,
Saturday, November 15, 2003, 8:22:23 PM, you wrote:
Did you compare it to the D100, as you suggested you might. If so,
any comparison comments you care to share?
Shall I compare thee to a Nikon D?
Thou art more cheapskate and more plasticky.
Rough winds do shake the tripod legs in
Hi,
Saturday, November 15, 2003, 10:24:40 PM, you wrote:
It's all this digital messaging that's to blame. If we'd stuck with
the old pen-and-ink methods this would never have happened.
yes - we could have Abyssinian runners carrying our messages around the
world in cleft sticks! That would
Hi,
I think the first page should show a picture from each category. This
should persuade us that it's worth the effort to click on the links
and look at the next page. Content, now should be your motto.
The pictures on the index pages look quite nice, but the thumbnails
are far too big. People
Hi,
I was going to suggest you join Magnum, and let them look after this
sort of thing g.
But then I remembered that they have similar problems. Philip Jones
Griffiths told a story about it at a talk I went to once.
After Francis Ford Coppola had eventually finished 'Apocalypse Now!'
it was
Hi,
Friday, November 14, 2003, 10:13:47 PM, you wrote:
tom [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Here's a report in english:
http://pacific.bizjournals.com/pacific/stories/2003/11/10/daily44.html
I guess you *can* make a few bucks with digital.
As a side note, I learned something interesting from that
Hi,
Thursday, November 13, 2003, 6:00:35 PM, you wrote:
P.S. As a Ziess Ikon and Rolleicord owner, I will concede to your comment
about the finer German optics. You'll notice that I said 'dollar for
dollar'. I wish I could get Leica gear for the cost of my Pentax.
over the years I've met
Hi,
Sunday, November 9, 2003, 9:11:34 PM, you wrote:
With full frame 35mm, even a 1000mm lens wont fill the frame so
300mm is definately too short for lunar photography.
JCO
here is a table from the Cambridge Eclipse Photography Guide which
gives the size of the sun's or moon's disk in
Hi,
Saturday, November 8, 2003, 11:33:00 AM, you wrote:
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED],
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Stenquist) wrote:
Go with the Spotmatic F. It will give you open aperture metering with
Super Multi Coated lenses. I have a gaggle of them and love them all.
Some will whine
Hi,
Saturday, November 8, 2003, 2:25:25 PM, you wrote:
But, who else but Leica could command the sort of price it does for the MP?
Nikon resurrected their old rangefinder a few years ago and it commanded
similar prices if I remember correctly.
And who else but Leica Buyers would pay that
Hi,
Sunday, November 9, 2003, 12:20:33 AM, you wrote:
So who else is shooting the eclipse tonight? It's going on right now. I
just tried some shots from my balcony.
I can see it from my house - it's quite a clear night in London. I'm
not shooting it because a 300/4 with 2X converter is not
Hi,
Thursday, November 6, 2003, 11:10:00 PM, you wrote:
I'd imagine a hood for the M 85/2 would do the job. Try Jessops
Classic - you never know.
Surely it's going to intrude at the corners?
Not necessarily. These things are 'generously cut', as tailors say.
Hi,
Friday, November 7, 2003, 11:34:56 PM, you wrote:
Problem with plastic is that it doesn't brass. First thing I do with a
black camera is judiicously apply a bit o' sandpaper to the edges for that
been to Vietnam and back look (I guess we should say, been to the Gulf
and back look).
Hi,
Thursday, November 6, 2003, 2:24:49 PM, you wrote:
It's an interesting thought, but what I perceive to be blue might actually
what you perceive to be green. Imagine people around you who go thru life
seeing 'blue' vegetables (though it seems perfectly normal to them *because*
that's what
Hi,
Thursday, November 6, 2003, 3:18:52 PM, you wrote:
Weather permitting, on the night of November 8 in the U.S. and very early
in the morning on November 9 in other parts of the world, there will a lunar
eclipse that is visible over most of North America, Europe and Africa. In
the U.S.
Hi,
Thursday, November 6, 2003, 9:42:35 PM, you wrote:
I don't think it's empirically testable. If two people attach the same
label to the same experience then that is all we can know, or need to
know. (...)
Bob
Among some amazonian groups, there is a single word for both green or
blue, But
Hi,
Wednesday, November 5, 2003, 1:28:13 PM, you wrote:
As I recall, the comment provoking much of that was that HCB could eyeball
perfect exposure, and then someone said with bw film experienced photographers
could get close enough to make printable images.
I'm nowhere near the age,
Hi,
Wednesday, November 5, 2003, 10:18:04 PM, you wrote:
Yeah, that's the jobbie. Its not that it is amazingly expensive, just expensive for
something that you only use once in a while. Also, I have an LCD at home and want
the version which works with
that, plus I want to calibrate the
Hi,
Tuesday, November 4, 2003, 9:55:06 AM, you wrote:
Yes, I order from Peter is Sunny Brighton, he told me he can't get hold
of the *ist D. So I ordered from TechnikDirekt in Germany, it would take
two weeks. That was 15 days ago, yesterday I received an email from
TechnikDirekt that the
Hi,
Tuesday, November 4, 2003, 3:30:58 PM, you wrote:
Hi,
Thinking (dreaming, more like) about how to become fabulously wealthy, I
wondered if there is a potential market for new lens hoods for DSLRs.
I assume that the original, 35mm coverage, lenshoods could now be
significantly extended
Hi,
Monday, November 3, 2003, 7:18:39 AM, you wrote:
Had a look at your gallery David. Did you know Big Ben has a crack? To start
with someone (interfering with the design) increased the weight of the
hammer and that cracked the bell quite soon. A lighter hammer was installed
and the bell
Hi,
Friday, October 31, 2003, 12:35:59 AM, you wrote:
I think I am the one who started using MXen as the plural for MX, based on
German usage, in response to all the English grammer critics on rec.phot.* who
claimed that it was improper to use MX's. I have since discovered they are full
Hi,
Two nations divided by a common language, I think.
I'm certainly aware of the use of the apostrophe to indicate
contractions. What we are taught is that there are 2 main uses for the
apostrophe: to indicate possession, and to replace missing letters in
contractions. There are one or 2
Hi,
Friday, October 31, 2003, 5:50:23 PM, you wrote:
I'm sadder than you. I am intrigued to find fedex in that list. Only
comes out as a company name on Google.
I saw that too. It's ok because people use fedex as a verb (Fedex it
over to me for tomorrow) just as people use hoover (and
Hi,
Friday, October 31, 2003, 7:18:44 PM, you wrote:
Paraphrased (plagiarized) from another source...
Rare plural forms like oxen are left over from that period, with -en used
for a very few words that fought off the encroachment of -s. The only other
common plural in -en that survives in
Hi,
Thursday, October 30, 2003, 7:15:21 PM, you wrote:
TV remains the standard that the public compares images to. How many
times have
you been in someones house where the TV showed green faces and purple
grass and
it did not bother the viewer at all?
That's NTSC for you ;-)
Naah. Some of
Hi,
Wednesday, October 29, 2003, 4:40:11 AM, you wrote:
Ok I finally have to ask why everyone here uses the term LXen when referring
to their LX in plural. I must be slow but I can't for the life of me figure it
out. LXes yes, it sounds right but LXen throws me every time.
vic
I've
Hi,
Wednesday, October 29, 2003, 2:37:52 PM, you wrote:
This is archived somewhere. We actually had a fairly lengthy thread on
what name we wanted to use for plural LX.
We just liked the way LXen sounded.
Cesar, do you remember this?
shouldn't that be
Hoc meminis, Caesar? g
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Cheers,
Hi,
Wednesday, October 29, 2003, 1:32:29 PM, you wrote:
Roman numerals are not abbreviations. V is not short for anything in
Latin.
You must have missed the following sentence from my post: I think of LX as
an abbreviation, not as a word, even though it is really the Latin numeral for
60.
Hi,
Wednesday, October 29, 2003, 7:06:44 PM, you wrote:
Will Robb wrote:
'Plural of LX is LXs.
As in, I have three LXs.'
So, Wheatfield, do you have:
A flock of LXs?
A herd of LXs?
A gaggle of LXs?
An exaltation of LXs?
Grammarians on the list, please help.
3 of them must be a
Hi,
Sunday, October 26, 2003, 7:45:50 AM, you wrote:
Does anyone know where Kodak process Kodachrome sent to their UK lab?
I can remember a good few years ago that they closed down processing in
Wimbledon and moved it somewhere else, (France?).
I'm not a regular Kodachrome user, but fired
Hi,
Sunday, October 26, 2003, 6:20:33 AM, you wrote:
This is a really useful tip. I'm downloading 'The Bat' as I write this, but
would appreciate your comments when you have evaluated it.
A lot of people on this list use The Bat!, including me. It's very
good.
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Cheers,
Bob
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