OT On the road

2007-09-11 Thread David J Brooks
Leaving soon for my James Bay adventure. I have a truck with cool flashing lights that i will abuse hourly.LOL Traveling light, K10D, 16-45 and 50-200. Hope the wildlife co operates. Dave -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada --

Re: OT On the road

2007-09-11 Thread Tim Øsleby
My sympathie to the wildlife. Have fun. Tim Typo Mostly Harmless - Original Message - From: David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax Discuss pdml@pdml.net Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 1:45 AM Subject: OT On the road Leaving soon for my James Bay adventure. I have a truck

Re: OT On the road

2007-09-11 Thread Kenneth Waller
May the light be with you. Don't forget to write.. Kenneth Waller http://tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: OT On the road Leaving soon for my James Bay adventure. I have a truck with cool flashing lights that i will abuse

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2007-09-11 Thread Bob Sullivan
Dave, Do you have a driving team? We can't go more than 10 or 12 hours without relief here. Regards, Bob S. On 9/11/07, David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Leaving soon for my James Bay adventure. I have a truck with cool flashing lights that i will abuse hourly.LOL Traveling light,

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2007-09-11 Thread Paul Stenquist
Woo hoo! Have fun. Looking forward to your pics. Paul On Sep 11, 2007, at 7:45 PM, David J Brooks wrote: Leaving soon for my James Bay adventure. I have a truck with cool flashing lights that i will abuse hourly.LOL Traveling light, K10D, 16-45 and 50-200. Hope the wildlife co operates.

Re: OT Down the road, kicking stones

2007-04-06 Thread David J Brooks
On Apr 5, 2007, at 6:54 PM, Adam Maas wrote: William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: John Sessoms Subject: Re: OT Down the road, kicking stones Here in the states, he'll be lucky to get any severance package unless he's a CEO bailing out on his golden parachute

Re: OT Down the road, kicking stones

2007-04-05 Thread David J Brooks
On 4/4/07, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Good luck, Dave! In this day and age, no 'job' lasts forever. Sorry gang but i;ll be shooting more Nikon now, since Pentax is not a Pro camera, i have to be a pro, i cannot afford to wait for metering linkage. LOL Harumph. Don't

Re: OT Down the road, kicking stones

2007-04-05 Thread Paul Stenquist
Hi Dave, Welcome to the ranks of the gainfully unemployed:-). Seriously, I hope this all works out for the best. Sometimes change has a way of making things better. Paul Wednesday, April 4, 2007, 5:24:31 PM, you wrote: DJB Well, the chat with the big boss finally happened today. I may

Re: OT Down the road, kicking stones

2007-04-05 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi Dave. That sucks methinks. I cannot say how it is in US of A, but in Israel your severance package (right term?) would be enormous. The law has it that if a worker is fired he is to get a full (I repeat - full), monthly payment for each year he worked for the company. That's why they cannot

Re: OT Down the road, kicking stones

2007-04-05 Thread Cotty
On 4/4/07, David J Brooks, discombobulated, unleashed: Well, the chat with the big boss finally happened today. Good luck for the future Dave. Will chat at GFM. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com

Re: OT Down the road, kicking stones

2007-04-05 Thread David J Brooks
On 4/5/07, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 4/4/07, David J Brooks, discombobulated, unleashed: Well, the chat with the big boss finally happened today. Good luck for the future Dave. Will chat at GFM. Would it be better if i called you late at night then.:-) Dave -- Cheers, Cotty

Re: OT Down the road, kicking stones

2007-04-05 Thread John Sessoms
From: Boris Liberman Hi Dave. That sucks methinks. I cannot say how it is in US of A, but in Israel your severance package (right term?) would be enormous. I got the impression he was in Canada, not the USofA. Here in the states, he'll be lucky to get any severance package unless he's a

Re: OT Down the road, kicking stones

2007-04-05 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: John Sessoms Subject: Re: OT Down the road, kicking stones Here in the states, he'll be lucky to get any severance package unless he's a CEO bailing out on his golden parachute. Thankfully, Canada has resisted becoming part of your glorious republic

Re: OT Down the road, kicking stones

2007-04-05 Thread P. J. Alling
So for the longest time Canada was safe from democracy... William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: John Sessoms Subject: Re: OT Down the road, kicking stones Here in the states, he'll be lucky to get any severance package unless he's a CEO bailing out on his golden

Re: OT Down the road, kicking stones

2007-04-05 Thread Cotty
On 5/4/07, David J Brooks, discombobulated, unleashed: Would it be better if i called you late at night then.:-) Only if Norm dials -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML

Re: OT Down the road, kicking stones

2007-04-05 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: P. J. Alling Subject: Re: OT Down the road, kicking stones So for the longest time Canada was safe from democracy... I'm thinking glass houses and thrown stones Peter. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net

Re: OT Down the road, kicking stones

2007-04-05 Thread Adam Maas
William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: John Sessoms Subject: Re: OT Down the road, kicking stones Here in the states, he'll be lucky to get any severance package unless he's a CEO bailing out on his golden parachute. Thankfully, Canada has resisted becoming part

Re: OT Down the road, kicking stones

2007-04-05 Thread Adam Maas
You have a Republic not a Democracy, we've got a Parliamentary Democracy. -Adam P. J. Alling wrote: We have democracy, no one ever said we'd always like the results. William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: P. J. Alling Subject: Re: OT Down the road, kicking stones

Re: OT Down the road, kicking stones

2007-04-05 Thread P. J. Alling
We have democracy, no one ever said we'd always like the results. William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: P. J. Alling Subject: Re: OT Down the road, kicking stones So for the longest time Canada was safe from democracy... I'm thinking glass houses and thrown

Re: OT Down the road, kicking stones

2007-04-05 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: P. J. Alling Subject: Re: OT Down the road, kicking stones We have democracy, no one ever said we'd always like the results. We have a thing called a Parliamentary Democracy. How it differs from Democratic Republic, I don't know. What's with you and your

Re: OT Down the road, kicking stones

2007-04-05 Thread Paul Stenquist
. Paul On Apr 5, 2007, at 6:54 PM, Adam Maas wrote: William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: John Sessoms Subject: Re: OT Down the road, kicking stones Here in the states, he'll be lucky to get any severance package unless he's a CEO bailing out on his golden parachute

Re: OT Down the road, kicking stones

2007-04-05 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist Subject: Re: OT Down the road, kicking stones I received 40 weeks severance from BBDO after working there for ten years. (I did have to threaten them with a lawyer.) I got six weeks severance from my last employer. I worked there 18 months

Re: OT Down the road, kicking stones

2007-04-05 Thread P. J. Alling
: - Original Message - From: P. J. Alling Subject: Re: OT Down the road, kicking stones So for the longest time Canada was safe from democracy... I'm thinking glass houses and thrown stones Peter. William Robb -- Entropy Seminar

Re: OT Down the road, kicking stones

2007-04-05 Thread P. J. Alling
I don't know. I kind of thought that last statement of mine was damming the US government. William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: P. J. Alling Subject: Re: OT Down the road, kicking stones We have democracy, no one ever said we'd always like the results. We

Re: OT Down the road, kicking stones

2007-04-05 Thread P. J. Alling
That's pretty much true here too. William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist Subject: Re: OT Down the road, kicking stones I received 40 weeks severance from BBDO after working there for ten years. (I did have to threaten them with a lawyer.) I got six weeks

OT Down the road, kicking stones

2007-04-04 Thread David J Brooks
Well, the chat with the big boss finally happened today. I may have mentioned that since we have the new(April 2006) CEO, the cowboy from Calgary, that my old survey department here in Ontario was up for major resturcture. The old CEO was happy to get jobs that as long as we broke even and kept

Re: OT Down the road, kicking stones

2007-04-04 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Good luck, Dave! In this day and age, no 'job' lasts forever. Sorry gang but i;ll be shooting more Nikon now, since Pentax is not a Pro camera, i have to be a pro, i cannot afford to wait for metering linkage. LOL Harumph. Don't need no stinkin' metering linkage. Or was that for the

Re: OT Down the road, kicking stones

2007-04-04 Thread Bruce Dayton
Sorry to hear that. Hope things work out for the better! -- Best regards, Bruce Wednesday, April 4, 2007, 5:24:31 PM, you wrote: DJB Well, the chat with the big boss finally happened today. I may have DJB mentioned that since we have the new(April 2006) CEO, the cowboy from DJB Calgary, that

OT: The Narrow Road to the Deep North

2006-08-07 Thread Bob W
Ave! I'm setting off in a couple of hours to cycle Hadrian's Wall, so I will be away for a few days. See you anon. Vale! Robertus Maximus Quadriceps Reg: They've bled us white, the bastards. They've taken everything we had, and not just from us, from our fathers, and from our fathers' fathers.

Re: OT: The Narrow Road to the Deep North

2006-08-07 Thread mike wilson
We heard you were coming, so I'm off to Norway for a week. Safer with Vikings than Southerners on bicycles 8-))) From: Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2006/08/07 Mon AM 08:10:19 GMT To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' pdml@pdml.net Subject: OT: The Narrow Road to the Deep North Ave! I'm

Re: OT: The Narrow Road to the Deep North

2006-08-07 Thread Cotty
On 7/8/06, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: I'm setting off in a couple of hours to cycle Hadrian's Wall, so I will be away for a few days. See you anon. Vale! Robertus Maximus Quadriceps Have fun. Off to see my parents in Wales for a week by the seaside. Cyfateb! -- Cheers, Cotty

OT: On the Road Again

2004-07-13 Thread jtainter
In lovely old Montreal encore. This time without camera, in a combination internet cafe and employment bureau, trying to type on a keyboard that is actually in French but has English characters. Glad to see Fairygirl back on the list. She still owes me Cottys autograph (cannot locate the