What would I do with a "metric ton" of aluminum alloy? 8-0 Jack
--- On Sat, 5/3/08, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: PESO: Why, why, why? > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Date: Saturday, May 3, 2008, 8:15 AM > Dave you didn't know it but you must have been > channeling Ronald > McDonald. A charity group I'm associated with collects > those for the > metal value. If you have a hundred thousand people > collecting and > dropping them off you get a metric ton of high quality > aluminum alloy in > a commercially recoverable quantity for very little > individual effort. > You can probably find a group running a "Tabs for > Tots" program who'd be > happy for the "contribution". Then you don't > have OCD, you're a > philanthropist. > > David Savage wrote: > > G'day All, > > > > Have you ever gone through a time in your life when > you collected > > something really, really stupid for no sensible > reason? > > > > I have. > > > > Small (500x427 pixels, ~210 kb): > > > <http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3084/2461437462_f296bdaa87.jpg> > > > > Large (950x896 pixels, ~350kb): > > > <http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3084/2461437462_40be4913af_o.jpg> > > > > K20D, DA* 16-50mm f2.8 @ 50mm, 1/60 @ f4.5, ISO 100, > AF-540 FGZ > > > > If you have shots of an OCD fuelled obsession, lets > see it. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Dave :-) > > > > PS I've been cured of this particular obsession > for over 8 years. Now > > I just shake my head. > > > > > > > -- > Vote for Cthulhu. Why settle for a lesser evil... > -- Dr. Jerry Pournelle > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

