RE: PUG's up

2010-03-12 Thread Bob W
Thanks for a job well done, Scott. Nice pictures everyone. I enjoyed the entire gallery. I have no idea what a *Kakeudiscioe* is though :-). Cheers, Christine It's an ancient Greek word which can be loosely translated as 'crap disco playing mainly Eurotrash pop of the early

RE: PUG's up

2010-03-12 Thread Bob W
I only get hits on _our_ mail list mentioning it . I expect we'll win an international prize for Homeric studies for having re-discovered the word. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please

RE: PUG's up

2010-03-12 Thread Bob W
[...] Not really - I get these tumid spasms of logorrhea from time to time. I found a video of my brain: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJV4ws1pZQQfeature=related -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML,

OT: Big bang

2010-03-12 Thread Bob W
Good job they found this before 2012, when the Olympic sailing events take place here - could have made for some interesting regattas: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/dorset/8562935.stm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: Look Who Woke Up Salivating

2010-03-12 Thread mike wilson
P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: Back before I became truly disgusted with Kennyboy, Mark! -- 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

RE: PUG's up

2010-03-12 Thread mike wilson
Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: [...] Not really - I get these tumid spasms of logorrhea from time to time. I found a video of my brain: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJV4ws1pZQQfeature=related Heading towards planet-sized, there. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: Fw: Look Who Woke Up Salivating

2010-03-12 Thread eckinator
2010/3/12 William Robb war...@gmail.com: That would explain Ken Rockwells appearance. One of his parents fucked a monkey. LOL... William, you always hit the baboon on the ass... uhm, I mean nail... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: PESO 2010 - 034 - GDG

2010-03-12 Thread eckinator
Vera well seen and turned into an image - something for my eyes to get lost in Thanks for sharing Ecke 2010/3/12 Godfrey DiGiorgi ramar...@mac.com: A flow, a rythym begins to surface ... Another photo to enjoy, other stuff in the news  http://godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com/tear-42 comments

Re: PESO 2010 - 034 - GDG

2010-03-12 Thread eckinator
Oh and can I get a file in 1440x1050 (or close) please? =) 2010/3/12 eckinator eckina...@gmail.com: Vera well seen and turned into an image - something for my eyes to get lost in Thanks for sharing Ecke 2010/3/12 Godfrey DiGiorgi ramar...@mac.com: A flow, a rythym begins to surface ...

Re: Look Who Woke Up Salivating

2010-03-12 Thread Scott Loveless
On 3/12/10, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: Back before I became truly disgusted with Kennyboy, I read somewhere on his site that he was a devote of Velvia, Aparently he tries to replicate it's worst effects in everything. You're thinking of this little jewel from

Re: Look Who Woke Up Salivating

2010-03-12 Thread P N Stenquist
I particularly enjoyed the phrase black and white again is even more different. The passage raises metaphysical and philosophical questions. Was black and white more different in a previous existence? And from what is it more different? LIfe itself? Kenny is deep. You guys are just

Re: Look Who Woke Up Salivating

2010-03-12 Thread Jack Davis
I gather he thinks Velvia is more better? Jack --- On Fri, 3/12/10, Scott Loveless sdlovel...@gmail.com wrote: From: Scott Loveless sdlovel...@gmail.com Subject: Re: Look Who Woke Up Salivating To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Friday, March 12, 2010, 5:53 AM On 3/12/10, P.

Re: PESO 2010 - 033 - GDG

2010-03-12 Thread Christine Aguila
This picture is excellent, Godfrey. Great fun! cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Godfrey DiGiorgi ramar...@mac.com To: SeePhoto Talk seeph...@micapeak.com; PAW Picture-A-Week project p...@micapeak.com; DUG digitalusersgr...@yahoogroups.com; PDML List PDML@pdml.net;

Re: PESO 2010 - 034 - GDG

2010-03-12 Thread Christine Aguila
Good luck with the gallery stuff, Godfrey. I took a look at the articles and will do a closer read later. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Godfrey DiGiorgi ramar...@mac.com To: SeePhoto Talk seeph...@micapeak.com; PAW Picture-A-Week project p...@micapeak.com;

Re: Look Who Woke Up Salivating

2010-03-12 Thread eckinator
dang... I was gonna write that, too... you beat me to it 2010/3/12 P N Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net: I particularly enjoyed the phrase black and white again is even more different. The passage raises metaphysical and philosophical questions. Was black and white more different in a

OT - UPS schizophrenia

2010-03-12 Thread Igor Roshchin
I thought some PDMLer may enjoy this clinical case. I didn't know UPS gets frequent flier miles I don't see any other reason why the package passed through Houston twice within less than 24 hours. I suspect they forgot to parachute it on the way from Houston to Dallas, but the plane/track

Re: PUG's up

2010-03-12 Thread Christine Aguila
- Original Message - From: Bob W p...@web-options.com . Anyway, Bob, do I have your permission to print out this nonsense word and your definition so that I can post it on my office door at work? I shall attribute it to you, of course. And I'm not just joshing-joking here; I

Re: PUG's up

2010-03-12 Thread Christine Aguila
- Original Message - From: paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 9:11 PM Subject: Re: PUG's up On Mar 11, 2010, at 9:30 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: - Original Message - From: ann sanfedele

Re: IRS to Track Online Sellers' Payment Transactions Beginning Next Year

2010-03-12 Thread Miserere
On 12 March 2010 00:11, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: But the politicians involved don't understand cause and effect.  They have just caused a drop in state revenues.  Without collecting one penny in additional taxes. Not only that, but it's the *4th* state this has happened

Need a small favor from UK PDMLers

2010-03-12 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! I need someone from UK to help to acquire some items from Amazon.co.uk. If you're willing to engage in such a affair ;-), please reply off list - I sure will appreciate that. Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: Fwd: IRS to Track Online Sellers' Payment Transactions Beginning Next Year

2010-03-12 Thread Boris Liberman
On 3/10/2010 7:56 AM, 27...@comcast.net wrote: IRS to Track Online Sellers' Payment Transactions Beginning Next Year http://www.auctionbytes.com/cab/abu/y210/m03/abu0258/s03 By Barbara Weltman www.AuctionBytes.com March 07, 2010 Internet sellers who don't report their sales will no longer be

Re: OT - UPS schizophrenia

2010-03-12 Thread Boris Liberman
Holy cow... On 3/12/2010 4:54 PM, Igor Roshchin wrote: I thought some PDMLer may enjoy this clinical case. I didn't know UPS gets frequent flier miles I don't see any other reason why the package passed through Houston twice within less than 24 hours. I suspect they forgot to parachute

Re: Look Who Woke Up Salivating

2010-03-12 Thread Boris Liberman
On 3/11/2010 6:13 PM, Jack Davis wrote: kenrockwell.com/pentax/645d/index.htm Another item to the Ken Rockwell jerk (pronounced as joke) list... Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the

Re: OT - UPS schizophrenia

2010-03-12 Thread CheekyGeek
Impressive that they still managed to get it delivered in two days, even with the apparent screw-up. -- 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.

Re: 645D Exists (Or Will Soon)

2010-03-12 Thread Boris Liberman
On 3/10/2010 3:43 AM, jtainter wrote: http://www.dpreview.com/news/1003/10031002pentax645d.asp Joe Looks totally cool to me... May be instead of Leica as per my wife's suggestion I will buy this one for my 40th birthday... ;-) Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: OT - UPS schizophrenia

2010-03-12 Thread Charles Robinson
On Mar 12, 2010, at 8:54, Igor Roshchin wrote: I thought some PDMLer may enjoy this clinical case. I didn't know UPS gets frequent flier miles I don't see any other reason why the package passed through Houston twice within less than 24 hours. I suspect they forgot to parachute it on

Re: 645D Exists (Or Will Soon)

2010-03-12 Thread Jaume Lahuerta
- Mensaje original De: Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com On 3/10/2010 3:43 AM, jtainter wrote: href=http://www.dpreview.com/news/1003/10031002pentax645d.asp; target=_blank http://www.dpreview.com/news/1003/10031002pentax645d.asp Joe Looks totally cool to me... May be

Re: PUG's up

2010-03-12 Thread Scott Loveless
On 3/12/10, Christine Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net wrote: - Original Message - From: paul stenquist On Mar 11, 2010, at 9:30 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: I gave the photo the name *Saturday Night Kaleidoscope* and have no idea what so ever how it ended up with *Kakeudiscioe*.

Re: PUG's up

2010-03-12 Thread ann sanfedele
Christine Aguila wrote: - Original Message - From: ann sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com I only get hits on _our_ mail list mentioning it . One so wants to say kaka-doodoo except when I looked to see what the to-do was about I see it as a title of Chirstine's complex photo and she

Re: OT - UPS schizophrenia

2010-03-12 Thread David J Brooks
On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 10:28 AM, CheekyGeek cheekyg...@gmail.com wrote: Impressive that they still managed to get it delivered in two days, even with the apparent screw-up. No screw up, normal practices. I have had to forgo internet sales as the seller only ships UPS, and i thanks them for

Re: Look Who Woke Up Salivating

2010-03-12 Thread David J Brooks
On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 12:21 AM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: Back before I became truly disgusted with Kennyboy, I read somewhere on his site that he was a devote of Velvia,  Aparently he tries to replicate it's worst effects in everything. What does cheese have to do with

Re: Look Who Woke Up Salivating

2010-03-12 Thread P. J. Alling
On 3/12/2010 8:53 AM, Scott Loveless wrote: On 3/12/10, P. J. Allingwebstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: Back before I became truly disgusted with Kennyboy, I read somewhere on his site that he was a devote of Velvia, Aparently he tries to replicate it's worst effects in everything.

Re: PUG's up

2010-03-12 Thread David J Brooks
On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 10:50 AM, ann sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: ah - so you are trying to steal the typo crowns from moi and brooksie! Way ahead of you. Dave I can see your spell check now no suggestions . I strongly suspect some of the lines in posts about this will end up

Re: PESO 2010 - 034 - GDG

2010-03-12 Thread David J Brooks
Good eye and well composed Dave On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 8:28 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi ramar...@mac.com wrote: A flow, a rythym begins to surface ... Another photo to enjoy, other stuff in the news  http://godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com/tear-42 comments always appreciated, thanks for looking!

Re: Look Who Woke Up Salivating

2010-03-12 Thread P. J. Alling
Much like the Crack of Doom... On 3/12/2010 9:20 AM, P N Stenquist wrote: I particularly enjoyed the phrase black and white again is even more different. The passage raises metaphysical and philosophical questions. Was black and white more different in a previous existence? And from what is

Re: Look Who Woke Up Salivating

2010-03-12 Thread P. J. Alling
On 3/12/2010 10:49 AM, David J Brooks wrote: On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 12:21 AM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: Back before I became truly disgusted with Kennyboy, I read somewhere on his site that he was a devote of Velvia, Aparently he tries to replicate it's worst effects

Re: OT - UPS schizophrenia

2010-03-12 Thread P. J. Alling
On 3/12/2010 9:54 AM, Igor Roshchin wrote: I thought some PDMLer may enjoy this clinical case. I didn't know UPS gets frequent flier miles I don't see any other reason why the package passed through Houston twice within less than 24 hours. I suspect they forgot to parachute it on the way

Re: OT - UPS schizophrenia

2010-03-12 Thread Miserere
Wow... :-\ I hope the lens was worth it. --M. -- http://EnticingTheLight.com A Quest for Photographic Enlightenment On 12 March 2010 09:54, Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org wrote: I thought some PDMLer may enjoy this clinical case. I didn't know UPS gets frequent flier

Re: Fwd: IRS to Track Online Sellers' Payment Transactions Beginning Next Year

2010-03-12 Thread Miserere
On 12 March 2010 10:22, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: I am not American and never have been... MARK! -- http://EnticingTheLight.com A Quest for Photographic Enlightenment -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: OT - UPS schizophrenia

2010-03-12 Thread Paul Sorenson
When an item is scanned the tracking gives you an estimated delivery date. Obviously it got to Houston ahead of schedule so they had to do something to keep it moving around in order to meet that estimated date. God help them if they delivered a day earlier. After all, you didn't pay for

Re: Fwd: IRS to Track Online Sellers' Payment Transactions Beginning Next Year

2010-03-12 Thread Thomas Bohn
Why don't the US get an VAT like the rest of us? I mean I pay 19 % VAT no matter if I buy on or offline, well sometimes it is just 7 % but who cares about those details? 2010/3/12 Miserere miser...@gmail.com: On 12 March 2010 10:22, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: I am not American and

Re: Look Who Woke Up Salivating

2010-03-12 Thread Miserere
On 12 March 2010 08:53, Scott Loveless sdlovel...@gmail.com wrote: On 3/12/10, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: Back before I became truly disgusted with Kennyboy, I read somewhere on his site that he was a devote of Velvia,  Aparently he tries to replicate it's worst effects in

Re: OT - UPS schizophrenia

2010-03-12 Thread Miserere
On 12 March 2010 11:07, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: and remember, these guys are /more/ efficient than the US Postal Service... I'm not so sure. Whenever I ship to California (I live in Boston) I use USPS Priority and stuff gets there in 3 working days (with Saturday counting

Re: 645D Exists (Or Will Soon)

2010-03-12 Thread Miserere
On 12 March 2010 10:30, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: Looks totally cool to me... May be instead of Leica as per my wife's suggestion I will buy this one for my 40th birthday... ;-) Boris If Boris should ever pass away, I call first dibs on his widow! --M. PS: Shhh,

Re: 645D Exists (Or Will Soon)

2010-03-12 Thread Larry Colen
On Mar 12, 2010, at 8:27 AM, Miserere wrote: On 12 March 2010 10:30, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: Looks totally cool to me... May be instead of Leica as per my wife's suggestion I will buy this one for my 40th birthday... ;-) Boris If Boris should ever pass away, I

question for the brits American to English translation

2010-03-12 Thread Larry Colen
I know that what we call cookies, you call biscuits. What do you call what we call biscuits? American biscuits? -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML,

Re: Fwd: IRS to Track Online Sellers' Payment Transactions Beginning Next Year

2010-03-12 Thread P. J. Alling
The US started as a tax revolt. The pols are still worried, but not quite worried enough. On 3/12/2010 11:20 AM, Thomas Bohn wrote: Why don't the US get an VAT like the rest of us? I mean I pay 19 % VAT no matter if I buy on or offline, well sometimes it is just 7 % but who cares about those

Re: Look Who Woke Up Salivating

2010-03-12 Thread Jack Davis
If Kenny boy had a brain cell he'd take it out and play with it. Jack --- On Fri, 3/12/10, Miserere miser...@gmail.com wrote: From: Miserere miser...@gmail.com Subject: Re: Look Who Woke Up Salivating To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Friday, March 12, 2010, 8:20 AM On 12

Re: question for the brits American to English translation

2010-03-12 Thread David Savage
On 13 March 2010 00:32, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: I know that what we call cookies, you call biscuits. What  do you call what we call biscuits? American biscuits? They aren't exactly the same but the closest thing would be a scone. Also here in .au a biscuit is sometimes what

Re: OT - UPS schizophrenia

2010-03-12 Thread Christian
My new PC came via FedEx. It sat in Winchester, VA for 2 days with a status of Not due for delivery. Christian -Original Message- From: Paul Sorenson allarou...@earthlink.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Fri, Mar 12, 2010 11:18 am Subject: Re: OT - UPS

Re: question for the brits American to English translation

2010-03-12 Thread ann sanfedele
The closest thing to our biscuit , I think, would be a scone. (at least from a cooks point of view) ann (brit on her father's side) Larry Colen wrote: I know that what we call cookies, you call biscuits. What do you call what we call biscuits? American biscuits? -- Larry Colen

Re: Look Who Woke Up Salivating

2010-03-12 Thread Christian
If Kenny boy had a brain cell he'd get it sun-tanned and then take an oversaturated picture of it. Christian -Original Message- From: Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Fri, Mar 12, 2010 11:37 am Subject: Re: Look Who Woke Up Salivating If

Re: question for the brits American to English translation

2010-03-12 Thread Miserere
On 12 March 2010 11:44, ann sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: The closest thing to our biscuit , I think, would be a scone. (at least from a cooks point of view) ann (brit on her father's side) Yep, that would be my answer too. --M. (Brit on his birth's side) --

Re: OT - UPS schizophrenia

2010-03-12 Thread Miserere
On 12 March 2010 11:40, Christian pterali...@aim.com wrote: My new PC came via FedEx.  It sat in Winchester, VA for 2 days with a status of  Not due for delivery. Christian I can only imagine it made fun of the Mac during their flight together, so it was given a 2-day time-out to think about

Re: OT - UPS schizophrenia

2010-03-12 Thread P. J. Alling
I ordered my *ist-Ds From Henry's in Canada, when I bought it with the favorable exchange rate I couldn't get a better deal anywhere else. It was shipped by some bizare combination of Canada Post and UPS ground, IIRC. Tracking had it clearing customs in two days and then sitting in a UPS

Re: question for the brits American to English translation

2010-03-12 Thread P. J. Alling
On 3/12/2010 11:40 AM, David Savage wrote: On 13 March 2010 00:32, Larry Colenl...@red4est.com wrote: I know that what we call cookies, you call biscuits. What do you call what we call biscuits? American biscuits? They aren't exactly the same but the closest thing would be a

Re: question for the brits American to English translation

2010-03-12 Thread David Savage
On 13 March 2010 00:58, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: On 3/12/2010 11:40 AM, David Savage wrote: Also here in .au a biscuit is sometimes what you'd call a cracker. You mean that an middle aged white guy living in the Georgia hills, (who still has an outhouse), is a Biscuit?

Re: Fwd: IRS to Track Online Sellers' Payment Transactions Beginning Next Year

2010-03-12 Thread Cotty
On 12/3/10, Thomas Bohn, discombobulated, unleashed: Why don't the US get an VAT like the rest of us? I mean I pay 19 % VAT no matter if I buy on or offline, well sometimes it is just 7 % but who cares about those details? Americans do pay a sales tax at the point of purchase, but only within

Re: question for the brits American to English translation

2010-03-12 Thread Cotty
On 12/3/10, Larry Colen, discombobulated, unleashed: I know that what we call cookies, you call biscuits. What do you call what we call biscuits? American biscuits? Angina. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com

Re: Fwd: IRS to Track Online Sellers' Payment Transactions Beginning Next Year

2010-03-12 Thread P. J. Alling
Depending on the State you're responsible for the Tax, (I think that's all States that have Sales Taxes, they've redefined them to be Use Taxes), but they have almost no way of enforcing their will. Especially as those States without Sales Taxes have no particular incentive to help those that

RE: Completely and Totally OT: Vent my spleen!

2010-03-12 Thread John Sessoms
From: Bob W If you should ever have reason to finance the purchase of an automobile and the sales person suggests: Citizens Automobile Finance of Providence Rhode Island; a wholly owned subsidiary of Citizens Bank of RI; a wholly owned subsidiary of the Royal Bank of Scotland ... -

RE: 645D (more details)

2010-03-12 Thread John Sessoms
From: Dario Bonazza http://dc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/20100310_353556.html Dario Really cool site. Probably be even better if I wasn't such a dolt I can't even read Japanese. ;-D -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: Completely and Totally OT: Vent my spleen!

2010-03-12 Thread Cotty
On 12/3/10, John Sessoms, discombobulated, unleashed: I have an elderly relative, in very poor health, who can no longer drive and I have been tasked to dispose of her automobile pay the off the loan. I have power of attorney for that transaction. Citizens holds the lien. I found a buyer and

Re: question for the brits American to English translation

2010-03-12 Thread John Francis
On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 12:40:10AM +0800, David Savage wrote: On 13 March 2010 00:32, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: I know that what we call cookies, you call biscuits. What ?do you call what we call biscuits? American biscuits? They aren't exactly the same but the closest

Re: Fwd: IRS to Track Online Sellers' Payment Transactions Beginning Next Year

2010-03-12 Thread steve harley
On 2010-03-12 10:11 , P. J. Alling wrote: Personally I think it's actually not Constitutionally valid, a violation of the Interstate Commerce clause for one State to try to enforce it's tax laws within another State. But hell who pays attention to that musty old document these days. well,

RE: Look Who Woke Up Salivating

2010-03-12 Thread John Sessoms
Best line: I support my growing family through this website, as crazy as it might seem. -- 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.

Re: question for the brits American to English translation

2010-03-12 Thread David Savage
On 13 March 2010 01:26, John Francis jo...@panix.com wrote: On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 12:40:10AM +0800, David Savage wrote: On 13 March 2010 00:32, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: I know that what we call cookies, you call biscuits. What ?do you call what we call biscuits? American

Re: Completely and Totally OT: Vent my spleen!

2010-03-12 Thread P. J. Alling
On 3/12/2010 12:23 PM, Cotty wrote: On 12/3/10, John Sessoms, discombobulated, unleashed: I have an elderly relative, in very poor health, who can no longer drive and I have been tasked to dispose of her automobile pay the off the loan. I have power of attorney for that transaction.

Re: Look Who Woke Up Salivating

2010-03-12 Thread John Sessoms
From: David J Brooks If it does not have Nikon or Canon on it, Ken has no clue how to work it. I looked at a couple of his galleries ... having the Canon/Nikon logo on the camera doesn't help him a bit. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Fwd: IRS to Track Online Sellers' Payment Transactions Beginning Next Year

2010-03-12 Thread P. J. Alling
On 3/12/2010 12:29 PM, steve harley wrote: On 2010-03-12 10:11 , P. J. Alling wrote: Personally I think it's actually not Constitutionally valid, a violation of the Interstate Commerce clause for one State to try to enforce it's tax laws within another State. But hell who pays attention to that

Re: Look Who Woke Up Salivating

2010-03-12 Thread P. J. Alling
On 3/12/2010 12:31 PM, John Sessoms wrote: Best line: I support my growing family through this website, as crazy as it might seem. Well he certainly doesn't support them through his photography. -- {\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 Courier New;}}

RE: question for the brits American to English translation

2010-03-12 Thread Chris Mitchell
John Francis wrote: Note, too, that how you pronounce the word is significant. The educated and cultured of us pronounce it to rhyme with gone. The peasantry mis-pronounce it to rhyme with shown. (It's actually a regional thing. The scots use the short o. As you move down the isles

Re: WTF new D-FA 645 lens is this!?

2010-03-12 Thread John Sessoms
From: Miserere On 11 March 2010 15:33, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: It's a lens with a internal removable/interchangeable filter. The knob is how you secure it once it's in place. The Front marking just shows which way the filter drawer goes in. Most commonly found on big

Re: question for the brits American to English translation

2010-03-12 Thread Scott Loveless
On 3/12/10, John Francis jo...@panix.com wrote: On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 12:40:10AM +0800, David Savage wrote: On 13 March 2010 00:32, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: I know that what we call cookies, you call biscuits. What ?do you call what we call biscuits? American

The March PUG...

2010-03-12 Thread Scott Loveless
...could still use a few more photos. The theme is Bewildering and you can submit yours here: http://pdmlpug.org/?page_id=46 256k file size limit. -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: 645D (more details)

2010-03-12 Thread Dario Bonazza
John Sessoms wrote: From: Dario Bonazza http://dc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/20100310_353556.html Dario Really cool site. Probably be even better if I wasn't such a dolt I can't even read Japanese. ;-D Just look at the pictures, as I do ;-) Dario -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: WTF new D-FA 645 lens is this!?

2010-03-12 Thread John Sessoms
From: Dario Bonazza Miserere wrote: On 11 March 2010 17:34, Dario Bonazza dario.bona...@virgilio.it wrote: Mark MARK!! re-Mark! cynical remark -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit

PESO -- Carl

2010-03-12 Thread P. J. Alling
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20carl.html Equipment: Pentax K20D/ w smc Pentax M 85mm f2.0 As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. Apparently I managed to focus on his eyeglasses frame rather than his eye. Oh, well. --

Re: Fw: Look Who Woke Up Salivating

2010-03-12 Thread John Sessoms
From: William Robb From: eckinator same with baboons but they need no prior training... they always scream, flash their asses and hurl feces... That would explain Ken Rockwells appearance. One of his parents fucked a my. Keep it clean now. I thought we weren't supposed to use the

Re: The March PUG...

2010-03-12 Thread P. J. Alling
On 3/12/2010 1:00 PM, Scott Loveless wrote: ...could still use a few more photos. The theme is Bewildering and you can submit yours here: http://pdmlpug.org/?page_id=46 256k file size limit. I'm not at all sure how to cover this topic. I have a lot of images that are bewildering, in

Re: question for the brits American to English translation

2010-03-12 Thread Igor Roshchin
Fri Mar 12 11:52:34 CST 2010 Scott Loveless wrote: Once upon a time I was a carpenter. The company I worked for had a field supervisor named Richard. It was his job to make sure the foremen were doing their jobs. We all called him Dick. One day Dick shows up on the site with some sort of

Re: question for the brits American to English translation

2010-03-12 Thread Larry Colen
On 3/12/2010 8:58 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: On 3/12/2010 11:40 AM, David Savage wrote: On 13 March 2010 00:32, Larry Colenl...@red4est.com wrote: I know that what we call cookies, you call biscuits. What do you call what we call biscuits? American biscuits? They aren't exactly the same but

Re: question for the brits American to English translation

2010-03-12 Thread David J Brooks
On a side bar, thanks to Ann for clearing up for me and Frank, at GFM 2005,, what American cheese is. Just plain ol plastic cheese. We have that here to.:-0 Dave -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada

RE: OT - UPS schizophrenia

2010-03-12 Thread John Sessoms
From: Igor Roshchin I thought some PDMLer may enjoy this clinical case. I didn't know UPS gets frequent flier miles I don't see any other reason why the package passed through Houston twice within less than 24 hours. I suspect they forgot to parachute it on the way from Houston to Dallas,

Re: question for the brits American to English translation

2010-03-12 Thread Scott Loveless
On 3/12/10, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: On a side bar, thanks to Ann for clearing up for me and Frank, at GFM 2005,, what American cheese is. Just plain ol plastic cheese. We have that here to.:-0 It's not cheese. -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/

Re: Look Who Woke Up Salivating

2010-03-12 Thread David J Brooks
On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 11:20 AM, Miserere miser...@gmail.com wrote: I'm beginning to understand why my website doesn't have the cult following Kenny's does. It would appear my readers all have more than 2 brain cells. Many more. And that type of reader gets scarcer by the day. My blog seems

Re: question for the brits American to English translation

2010-03-12 Thread David J Brooks
On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 1:21 PM, Scott Loveless sdlovel...@gmail.com wrote: On 3/12/10, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: On a side bar, thanks to Ann for clearing up for me and Frank, at GFM  2005,, what American cheese is.  Just plain ol plastic cheese.  We have that here to.:-0

Re: IRS to Track Online Sellers' Payment Transactions, Beginning Next Year

2010-03-12 Thread John Sessoms
From: Miserere On 12 March 2010 00:11, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: But the politicians involved don't understand cause and effect. ?They have just caused a drop in state revenues. ?Without collecting one penny in additional taxes. Not only that, but it's the *4th* state

Gonna have to work harder for those GFM bear shots now

2010-03-12 Thread David J Brooks
http://www.citizen-times.com/article/20100312/NEWS/303120069/Grandfather-Mountain-closes-Bear-Hut-June-1-people-can-no-longer-feed-bears Bring the long tele's now folks. Dave -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region

Re: Look Who Woke Up Salivating

2010-03-12 Thread Bruce Dayton
Last summer I actually met a guy who was a Kennyboy follower. I was totally shocked. We were at a soccer game of my daughter and he was one of the other fathers. I was shooting and he started asking some questions...of course he had a 'Nikon' - Kenny recommended it. We were talking for a bit

Re: Look Who Woke Up Salivating

2010-03-12 Thread Cotty
My blog seems to attract Viagra spam. I'm still up in the air on those. This kind of thing is on the rise. -- 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

Re: Fwd: IRS to Track Online Sellers' Payment Transactions Beginning Next Year

2010-03-12 Thread steve harley
On 2010-03-12 10:48 , P. J. Alling wrote: On 3/12/2010 12:29 PM, steve harley wrote: On 2010-03-12 10:11 , P. J. Alling wrote: [...] But hell who pays attention to that musty old document these days. well, since the focus in the law is on whether Amazon (or whichever other corpse) does or

Re: question for the brits American to English translation

2010-03-12 Thread John Sessoms
From: ann sanfedele The closest thing to our biscuit , I think, would be a scone. (at least from a cooks point of view) ann (brit on her father's side) Ok, I'll bite. What's their name for an English Muffin? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: IRS to Track Online Sellers' Payment Transactions, Beginning Next Year

2010-03-12 Thread P. J. Alling
On 3/12/2010 1:25 PM, John Sessoms wrote: From: Miserere On 12 March 2010 00:11, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: But the politicians involved don't understand cause and effect. ?They have just caused a drop in state revenues. ?Without collecting one penny in additional

Re: Gonna have to work harder for those GFM bear shots now

2010-03-12 Thread P. J. Alling
On 3/12/2010 1:29 PM, David J Brooks wrote: http://www.citizen-times.com/article/20100312/NEWS/303120069/Grandfather-Mountain-closes-Bear-Hut-June-1-people-can-no-longer-feed-bears Bring the long tele's now folks. Dave Well the State is now in control of GFM did you really expect them

Re: question for the brits American to English translation

2010-03-12 Thread Cotty
On 12/3/10, John Sessoms, discombobulated, unleashed: Ok, I'll bite. What's their name for an English Muffin? Don't talk about my sister like that... -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _

Re: question for the brits American to English translation

2010-03-12 Thread David J Brooks
On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 1:34 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: From: ann sanfedele The closest thing to our biscuit , I think, would be a scone. (at least from a cooks point of view) ann (brit on her father's side) Ok, I'll bite. What's their name for an English Muffin? Sally

Re: Fwd: IRS to Track Online Sellers' Payment Transactions Beginning Next Year

2010-03-12 Thread P. J. Alling
On 3/12/2010 1:33 PM, steve harley wrote: On 2010-03-12 10:48 , P. J. Alling wrote: On 3/12/2010 12:29 PM, steve harley wrote: On 2010-03-12 10:11 , P. J. Alling wrote: [...] But hell who pays attention to that musty old document these days. well, since the focus in the law is on whether

Re: Fwd: IRS to Track Online Sellers' Payment Transactions, Beginning Next Year

2010-03-12 Thread John Sessoms
From: P. J. Alling Depending on the State you're responsible for the Tax, (I think that's all States that have Sales Taxes, they've redefined them to be Use Taxes), but they have almost no way of enforcing their will. Especially as those States without Sales Taxes have no particular incentive

Re: question for the brits American to English translation

2010-03-12 Thread P. J. Alling
On 3/12/2010 1:54 PM, David J Brooks wrote: On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 1:34 PM, John Sessomsjsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: From: ann sanfedele The closest thing to our biscuit , I think, would be a scone. (at least from a cooks point of view) ann (brit on her father's side) Ok,

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