I think BobW and I are soul mates. When I was getting deeper into photography in High School, I was studying Latin, German, Old English, Physics, Calculus, and reading S.I. Hayakawa's treatise on general semantics, "Language in Thought and Action." I'd already signed off on the French as savages.
G — "We all get to be young and foolish in our lives. If we survive that, we get to be old and foolish." > On Mar 8, 2018, at 10:50 AM, mike wilson <m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com> wrote: > > Your masochism knows no bounds. > >> On 08 March 2018 at 16:36 Bob W-PDML <p...@web-options.com> wrote: >> >> >> At the same time I was learning photography I was also starting to read >> French literature... >> >>> On 8 Mar 2018, at 15:57, Godfrey DiGiorgi <godd...@me.com> wrote: >>> >>> You crack me up, Bob! That's a great line ...! :-) >>> ... >>> >>>> On Mar 8, 2018, at 7:22 AM, Bob W-PDML <p...@web-options.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Sounds like he needs an adult real-life lesson that will leave him feeling >>>> inadequate, unloved and in despair at the pointlessness of existence, so >>>> anything by Pentax will do. >>>> >>>> ... >>>> >>>>> On 8 Mar 2018, at 14:31, Eric Weir <eew...@bellsouth.net> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> A sister has asked me for advice on a beginning camera for her grandson. >>>>> He’s 12, intelligent, creative, self-disciplined—all-in-all pretty >>>>> precocious about many things. I have my own thoughts, which may not be >>>>> best, but wondered what y’all might recommend. >>>>> -- 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 directions.
