On Apr 18, 2011, at 9:43 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote:
And Paris, Texas is in downtown Christ Church, New Zealand. Or at least it
was there ten years ago.
I thought it was too, but not according to their website. I wonder if they
closed their shop(s) here. I'm not in their target market so I
On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 1:13 AM, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote:
Turns out the photo was of the replica Statue of Liberty in Las Vegas,
not the real thing. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13101814
:-)
It strikes me as an entirely non-trivial matter - which of the two -
the
2011/4/17 Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com:
The U.S. Postal Service wanted to make a Statue of Liberty stamp. So
they bought a photo of the Statue of Liberty from a stock photo
agency, made it into a stamp and printed three billion of them.
Wonder if the agency/photographer had been entirely
On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 1:18 PM, AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com wrote:
Wonder if the agency/photographer had been entirely accurate in their
keywording of that image... :-)
Jostein
They might have allowed themselves quite a few liberties on the matter...
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Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote:
Turns out the photo was of the replica Statue of Liberty in Las Vegas.
That's what you get for cheapskating.
When Apple ran their first ads announcing the next generation of OS X
(Lion) they used a stock photo of a lion's head. Too bad the same
picture
Our government at work, (don't bother I know it's a semi-private
enterprise. It's still working under bureaucratic rules),
On 4/16/2011 6:13 PM, Mark Roberts wrote:
The U.S. Postal Service wanted to make a Statue of Liberty stamp. So
they bought a photo of the Statue of Liberty from a stock
Sadly there's probably more actual liberty in Vegas than in all of New York.
On 4/16/2011 7:26 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote:
I thought the Statue of Liberty was in Vegas . . .
On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 7:09 PM, William Robb
anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote:
On 16/04/2011 4:13 PM, Mark Roberts
On Apr 16, 2011, at 17:44 , Paul Stenquist wrote:
In the end, it probably doesn't matter. The Vegas statue is a replica and the
image on the stamp is tiny.
Paul
On Apr 16, 2011, at 6:13 PM, Mark Roberts wrote:
Not true. The real one (New York Version) has black snot running out of her
Don't believe the propaganda; the Statue of Liberty is in New Jersey,
not New York.
Dan
On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 9:43 AM, P. J. Alling
webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote:
Sadly there's probably more actual liberty in Vegas than in all of New York.
On 4/16/2011 7:26 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote:
Sat Apr 16 18:09:28 CDT 2011
William Robb wrote:
On 16/04/2011 4:13 PM, Mark Roberts wrote:
The U.S. Postal Service wanted to make a Statue of Liberty stamp. So
they bought a photo of the Statue of Liberty from a stock photo
agency, made it into a stamp and printed three billion of them.
From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of
Boris Liberman
Turns out the photo was of the replica Statue of Liberty in Las
Vegas,
not the real thing. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-
13101814
:-)
It strikes me as an entirely non-trivial matter -
On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 4:33 PM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote:
that's very philosophical. But the real one is still in Paris.
But Paris is also in Las Vegas.
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On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 4:33 PM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote:
that's very philosophical. But the real one is still in Paris.
But Paris is also in Las Vegas.
Las
2011/4/17 Matthew Hunt m...@pobox.com:
On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 4:33 PM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote:
that's very philosophical. But the real one is still in Paris.
But Paris is also in Las Vegas.
I thought it was in Texas.
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2011/4/17 Matthew Hunt m...@pobox.com:
On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 4:33 PM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote:
that's very philosophical. But the real one is still in Paris.
But Paris is also in Las Vegas.
I thought it
What's more bothersome here is that the folks chosen to find the image never
took the time to verify what it was.
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From: Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com
Subject: Re: Another reason not to buy photos
On Apr 17, 2011, at 5:33 PM, Brian Walters wrote:
On Sun, 17 Apr 2011 22:43 +0200, AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com wrote:
2011/4/17 Matthew Hunt m...@pobox.com:
On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 4:33 PM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote:
that's very philosophical. But the real one is still in Paris.
When I lived in Jersey, growing up I could see it from my bedroom window. It
took moving to Michigan before I ever went to the Statue.
Kenneth Waller
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From: Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com
Don't believe the
Ken Waller wrote:
When I lived in Jersey, growing up I could see it from my bedroom window. It
took moving to Michigan before I ever went to the Statue.
When I immigrated to the U.S. in 1967 my family came by ship (the
Queen Elizabeth I). I guess that, aside from refugees on rafts and
such, we
On Sun, 17 Apr 2011 12:52:48 +0300
Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote:
It strikes me as an entirely non-trivial matter - which of the two -
the real one or the Vegas replica has been seen by more people. It
very well may be that the replica is the genuine article, so to say.
Seems odd
On Apr 17, 2011, at 17:31, Mark Roberts wrote:
Anyway, all good immigrants are supposed to view the Statue of Liberty
as they sail into New Your harbor, but as luck would have it we
arrives in the wee hours of the morning and missed it. I've still
never visited it, though I'd rather like to
The U.S. Postal Service wanted to make a Statue of Liberty stamp. So
they bought a photo of the Statue of Liberty from a stock photo
agency, made it into a stamp and printed three billion of them.
Turns out the photo was of the replica Statue of Liberty in Las Vegas,
not the real thing.
awesome. nice job =)
2011/4/17 Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com:
The U.S. Postal Service wanted to make a Statue of Liberty stamp. So
they bought a photo of the Statue of Liberty from a stock photo
agency, made it into a stamp and printed three billion of them.
Turns out the photo was of
that is both funny and sad.
G
On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 3:56 PM, eckinator eckina...@gmail.com wrote:
awesome. nice job =)
2011/4/17 Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com:
The U.S. Postal Service wanted to make a Statue of Liberty stamp. So
they bought a photo of the Statue of Liberty from a
On 16/04/2011 4:13 PM, Mark Roberts wrote:
The U.S. Postal Service wanted to make a Statue of Liberty stamp. So
they bought a photo of the Statue of Liberty from a stock photo
agency, made it into a stamp and printed three billion of them.
Turns out the photo was of the replica Statue of
I thought the Statue of Liberty was in Vegas . . .
On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 7:09 PM, William Robb
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On 16/04/2011 4:13 PM, Mark Roberts wrote:
The U.S. Postal Service wanted to make a Statue of Liberty stamp. So
they bought a photo of the Statue of Liberty from
Steven Desjardins wrote:
I thought the Statue of Liberty was in Vegas . . .
You're thinking of the Planet of the Apes movie, I think.
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On 16/04/2011 5:26 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote:
I thought the Statue of Liberty was in Vegas . . .
You are thinking of the Statuesque of Liberty.
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From: Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com
Subject: Re: Another reason not to buy photos from stock agencies
I thought the Statue of Liberty was in Vegas . . .
And I thought it was Polish
That's right! Damn you! God damn you all to hell . . .
On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 7:36 PM, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote:
Steven Desjardins wrote:
I thought the Statue of Liberty was in Vegas . . .
You're thinking of the Planet of the Apes movie, I think.
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In the end, it probably doesn't matter. The Vegas statue is a replica and the
image on the stamp is tiny.
Paul
On Apr 16, 2011, at 6:13 PM, Mark Roberts wrote:
The U.S. Postal Service wanted to make a Statue of Liberty stamp. So
they bought a photo of the Statue of Liberty from a stock photo
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