Re: Mat sizes in the US (Texas)
On Apr 20, 2004, at 01:59, William Robb wrote: Vegemite sandwiches are disgusting no matter what else you put into them. Agreed. I'm more of a Marmite fan. Marmite is best spread thin as the flavour is very strong. My personal favourite at the moment is banana, honey and roasted cashew nuts. Or if cashew nuts aren't available I add a light sprinkling of powdered cinnamon. Cheers, - Dave http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/
Re: Mat sizes in the US (Texas)
In a message dated 4/19/2004 11:37:59 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: My personal favourite at the moment is banana, honey and roasted cashew nuts. Or if cashew nuts aren't available I add a light sprinkling of powdered cinnamon. Cheers, - Dave Yum! That sounds delicious. Marnie aka Doe Wish I hadn't read that. It also sounds super fattening. (I will NOT try it, I will NOT try it, I will NOT...
Re: Mat sizes in the US (Texas)
On 19/4/04, VM BREATH discombobulated, offered: Har! You haven't lived until you've taken Cheese and Vegemite sandwiches to school for lunch every day of your schooling life! ...and I still eat them every day! hehe... tan. Bring them along in the van to GFM at your peril!! Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|www.macads.co.uk/snaps _
Re: Mat sizes in the US (Texas)
Not as common as 8x10 which is available in almost any department or discount store. Kodak used to, maybe even still does make a line of matting which includes 8x12 as a size. It's a bit harder to find an you have to nose about in better supplied stores Simon King wrote: Hi All I recently did a portrait session* with a family who has recent moved here (Perth, Western Australia) from Houston, Texas. We were arranging enlargement numbers and sizes, and on my list of options I had what I consider a normal size - 8 x 12. They'd never heard of it and were sure that you can't get 8x12 matts in America, only 8x10 I was a little shocked. Any US PDMLers care to comment - surely you have 8x12s Cheers, Simon PS When we were talking they also told me that no one uses butter in sandwiches - they though it was weird that we do. You live and learn... * All Pentax gear, so it's not that far OT
Re: Mat sizes in the US (Texas)
Here in Canada, every lab I've ever used (pro, 1-hour, department store) offers 8x12s as well as 8x10s. I used to crop my shots sort of tightly, but now I usually shoot with 8x10 proportions in mind. Even so, I often order an 8x12 print and cut it myself, so I get the exact cropping I want. 8x10 frames are a standard item, but 8x12s are pretty rare, which means that an 8x12 print usually needs an 11x14 frame, with an 8x12 mat Most camera shops sell 8x12 mats, but the selection of colors is more limited than with 8x10s. Another oddball size I've occasionally used is 13.5x20. It's full-frame 35mm, but usually calls for a custom frame. Looks good for landscapes. Here's an opinion from a portrait pro friend of mine: 8x10 is desk size, 16x20 is wall size, and 11x14 is an odd bastard size that works best as an accent print beside (or on either side of) a 16x20. Pat White
Re: Mat sizes in the US (Texas)
I get it! You use Vegamite because it is healthy. Then you add a lot of fat to make it taste good. I have a friend like that. Won't eat meat. Loves imitation hamburgers, hot dogs, etc. I figure that if I ate heathy I would live longer, longer than I would want to anyway (grin). -- Tanya Mayer Photography wrote: Simon Wrote: When we were talking they also told me that no one uses butter in sandwiches - they though it was weird that we do. You live and learn... Butch wrote: As far as sandwiches, we generally use mustard, mayonnaise, or catsup and seldom butter the bread if we're using one of the above. I vaguely remember them buttering sandwiches in my school lunches. A good roast beef sandwich with just butter and a little salt is great, but I've given up trying to order it, the weird looks are too much. Ok, so it finally all makes sense! I could never work out the whole peanut butter and jelly sandwich thing, cause to me, margarine/butter, peanut butter and jam (jelly) is just gross! My 4yo loves it on his toast, but with melted butter/marg, it ends up a big mess! So, now I get it - no butter/marg! lol. It is still gross, but it makes more sense. I promise you though, vegemite sandwiches would be disgusting without a very thick layer of marg! And vegemite on toast just wouldn't be vegemite on toast without a few little puddles of melted butter for it to sit in! lol. tan. -- graywolf http://graywolfphoto.com/graywolf.html
Re: Mat sizes in the US (Texas)
I have never had a real scone, but what they sell as a scone here in the US (usually in upscale coffee shops) is a sweet buscuit (shortcake) with fruit in it. -- Simon King wrote: As for the butter thing. Hmm it is a bit odd - they seem like really well educated, well travelled people*. I was offered an American Biscuit that was described as being just like a scone only less crumbly. It was just like a scone, and exactly as crumbly. Delicious! Cheers, Simon * Quite the opposite of the Ugly American Traveller - who I have met on a number of occasions. OTOH The US navy guys have always been polite to me, but then again they had automatic weapons and BFO weapons with them. Unfortunately we Australians have a pretty well earned reputation for being appalling travellers. -- graywolf http://graywolfphoto.com/graywolf.html
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Hey, melted butter and peanut butter on toast was one of my favorites as a kid. If the butter did not run down my chin I figured I didn't have enough butter on it. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tanja said: Ok, so it finally all makes sense! I could never work out the whole peanut butter and jelly sandwich thing, cause to me, margarine/butter, peanut butter and jam (jelly) is just gross! My 4yo loves it on his toast, but with melted butter/marg, it ends up a big mess! So, now I get it - no butter/marg! lol. It is still gross, but it makes more sense. Just to re-confuse you -- no way I'm making a PB sandwich (with or without jelly) without margarine on the bread first. The marg is necessary to stop the PB from sticking to the roof of the mouth, slowing the eating and possibly causing gagging. OTOH, yes, that combination on hot toast would make a big mess, but on room temperature or slightly warm bread, it works without making a big mess ... .. until, of course, the kid, in true kid fashion, opens up the bread to get at the filling ... But made with just a thin layer of jam and eaten in the adult manner, it's not at all messy. -- graywolf http://graywolfphoto.com/graywolf.html
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Cotty wrote: On 19/4/04, VM BREATH discombobulated, offered: Har! You haven't lived until you've taken Cheese and Vegemite sandwiches to school for lunch every day of your schooling life! ...and I still eat them every day! hehe... tan. Bring them along in the van to GFM at your peril!! I've heard that they make your nose grow and your bum shrink.
Re: Mat sizes in the US (Texas)
If I were you, I'd buy myself an anti-boomerang helmet. You might need it. John On Mon, 19 Apr 2004 22:58:35 +0100, mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Cotty wrote: On 19/4/04, VM BREATH discombobulated, offered: Har! You haven't lived until you've taken Cheese and Vegemite sandwiches to school for lunch every day of your schooling life! ...and I still eat them every day! hehe... tan. Bring them along in the van to GFM at your peril!! I've heard that they make your nose grow and your bum shrink. -- Using M2, Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/
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Simon me, but then again they had automatic weapons and BFO weapons with them. I know the first two letters, but O? Big Freaking Ordinance? -- http://www.infotainment.org - more fun than a poke in your eye. http://www.eighteenpercent.com- photography and portfolio.
Mat sizes in the US (Texas)
Hi All I recently did a portrait session* with a family who has recent moved here (Perth, Western Australia) from Houston, Texas. We were arranging enlargement numbers and sizes, and on my list of options I had what I consider a normal size - 8 x 12. They'd never heard of it and were sure that you can't get 8x12 matts in America, only 8x10 I was a little shocked. Any US PDMLers care to comment - surely you have 8x12s Cheers, Simon PS When we were talking they also told me that no one uses butter in sandwiches - they though it was weird that we do. You live and learn... * All Pentax gear, so it's not that far OT
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Simon King posted: I recently did a portrait session* with a family who has recent moved here (Perth, Western Australia) from Houston, Texas. We were arranging enlargement numbers and sizes, and on my list of options I had what I consider a normal size - 8 x 12. They'd never heard of it and were sure that you can't get 8x12 matts in America, only 8x10 I was a little shocked. Any US PDMLers care to comment - surely you have 8x12s I haven't actually looked for 8x12 matts, but fer darn shure you can get 8x12 PRINTS (8x10 IS more common, but 8x12 can be found) PS When we were talking they also told me that no one uses butter in sandwiches - they though it was weird that we do. You live and learn... Oh, please. I use butter in sandwiches. And I live 200 miles from Houston, which, relatively speaking, is not all that far. Some people have a way of applying their own limited experience to everybody else. These are probably the same kind of people who walk into a crowded room and say Nobody's here! when they mean nobody I know is here. ERN always a nobody
Re: Mat sizes in the US (Texas)
Hello Simon, I get 8X12's printed quite commonly. You have to go a lab that will do it - my local Sams Club will not print them. The lab I normally use will print them. As for frames/mats, 8X12 is not common but does exist. The family may not have ever looked in a full service lab or frame store. Again, the local Walmart/Sam's Club type place doesn't deal with 8X12 but bigger stores do. We even use butter on sandwiches sometimes! -- Best regards, Bruce Sunday, April 18, 2004, 5:35:49 PM, you wrote: SK Hi All SK I recently did a portrait session* with a family who has recent moved SK here (Perth, Western Australia) from Houston, Texas. SK We were arranging enlargement numbers and sizes, and on my list of SK options I had what I consider a normal size - 8 x 12. They'd never SK heard of it and were sure that you can't get 8x12 matts in America, SK only 8x10 SK I was a little shocked. Any US PDMLers care to comment - surely you have SK 8x12s SK Cheers, SK Simon SK PS SK When we were talking they also told me that no one uses butter in SK sandwiches - they though it was weird that we do. You live and learn... SK * All Pentax gear, so it's not that far OT
Re: Mat sizes in the US (Texas)
Simon King wrote: Hi All I recently did a portrait session* with a family who has recent moved here (Perth, Western Australia) from Houston, Texas. We were arranging enlargement numbers and sizes, and on my list of options I had what I consider a normal size - 8 x 12. They'd never heard of it and were sure that you can't get 8x12 matts in America, only 8x10 I was a little shocked. Any US PDMLers care to comment - surely you have 8x12s Cheers, Simon PS When we were talking they also told me that no one uses butter in sandwiches - they though it was weird that we do. You live and learn... Hah, they were wrong! My family, from Ohio, used butter for all the sandwichs... I was half grown, or more, before margarine replaced butter (mainly cost) and some time after that no butter on bread, except for toast. Which I still put butter on... keith whaley Calif., USA * All Pentax gear, so it's not that far OT
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8x12 precut mats are a little hard to find, but they're out there. I've found them at camera stores and at specialty framing stores. Paul On Apr 18, 2004, at 9:28 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Simon King posted: I recently did a portrait session* with a family who has recent moved here (Perth, Western Australia) from Houston, Texas. We were arranging enlargement numbers and sizes, and on my list of options I had what I consider a normal size - 8 x 12. They'd never heard of it and were sure that you can't get 8x12 matts in America, only 8x10 I was a little shocked. Any US PDMLers care to comment - surely you have 8x12s I haven't actually looked for 8x12 matts, but fer darn shure you can get 8x12 PRINTS (8x10 IS more common, but 8x12 can be found) PS When we were talking they also told me that no one uses butter in sandwiches - they though it was weird that we do. You live and learn... Oh, please. I use butter in sandwiches. And I live 200 miles from Houston, which, relatively speaking, is not all that far. Some people have a way of applying their own limited experience to everybody else. These are probably the same kind of people who walk into a crowded room and say Nobody's here! when they mean nobody I know is here. ERN always a nobody
Re: Mat sizes in the US (Texas)
Simon Wrote: When we were talking they also told me that no one uses butter in sandwiches - they though it was weird that we do. You live and learn... Butch wrote: As far as sandwiches, we generally use mustard, mayonnaise, or catsup and seldom butter the bread if we're using one of the above. I vaguely remember them buttering sandwiches in my school lunches. A good roast beef sandwich with just butter and a little salt is great, but I've given up trying to order it, the weird looks are too much. Ok, so it finally all makes sense! I could never work out the whole peanut butter and jelly sandwich thing, cause to me, margarine/butter, peanut butter and jam (jelly) is just gross! My 4yo loves it on his toast, but with melted butter/marg, it ends up a big mess! So, now I get it - no butter/marg! lol. It is still gross, but it makes more sense. I promise you though, vegemite sandwiches would be disgusting without a very thick layer of marg! And vegemite on toast just wouldn't be vegemite on toast without a few little puddles of melted butter for it to sit in! lol. tan.
