Hi all !
> There are some French "bon-bon" hard candies that come in a round can,
> although some have switched to plastic cans.
That's true and it becomes really difficult to find metal cans and when you
find some, most of the time they seem to become more and more expensive !
the manufacturers consider using metal cans as a sign of "produit de Luxe"
compared to ugly plastic or cardboard boxes and they are decided to make the
customer pay for this elitist behaviour !
It's why I spend some time in junk shops searching for old tins, metal
boxes, drug boxes, etc.
Unfortunately, the problem is that, very often, these old decorated metal
boxes have some charm and finally I am reluctant to cut them and transform
them in pinhole cameras...
To conclude , it seems that being a pinholist may have some -un
(?)-pleasant consequences :
- becoming fat by never ending eating all kinds of candies, cakes, oat
meal, and drinking beer cans to get the boxes for pinhole cams,
- becoming poor by buying all kinds of objects ( and even ...anything)
not for the merchandise itself but just for the container,
- having the place you live in changed in a genuine "souk" where no room
is left because you never stop to accumulate strange and absolutely unuseful
( for non-pinhole persons !) things in all kinds of matters (from steel to
fruits), all kind of sizes (from tiny matchbox to a caravan) and all kind of
shapes
You know what : "I'm a happy pinholist" :-)
Cheers from France, with my special support for US people
Jean+
- Original Message -
From: "Uptown Gallery & Frame Shop, LLC"
To:
Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 4:20 AM
Subject: [pinhole-discussion] Pintoid and Celestial Seasonings Teas
> I'm hoarding an Altoid's tin and a Celestial Seasonings tea tin too.
>
> There are some French "bon-bon" hard candies that come in a round can,
> although some have switched to plastic cans.
>
> I was too busy lately to read the digests - I saw a message about "Who
> we Are", and later "Pintoid"...
>
> I assumed Pintoid was a nickname for Pinhold enthusiasts until I took
> the time to read the messages.
>
> Murray
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