Re: Where's Cotty?

2005-04-19 Thread mike wilson
Keith Whaley wrote: Graywolf wrote: You, know what, you are very authoritive about everything. And mostly you do not know what you are talking about. I had made the decision not to reply to any of your posts in the past. I forgot. I will not do so in the future. Kids! For others who may be

Re: Where's Cotty?

2005-04-19 Thread mike wilson
Cesar wrote: mike wilson wrote: Cotty wrote: On 18/4/05, John Francis, discombobulated, unleashed: So, how do you like your Ford, Cotty (grin)? Ain't no damn Ford badge on my motor, tosh! The new ones have Jaguar motors, though. (The old ones use a Buick). You're talking about the V8s - I

Re: Hurrah for Shel Disrobing the Emperor

2005-04-19 Thread mike wilson
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: On Apr 18, 2005, at 5:01 PM, William Robb wrote: Thats because we talk about beer and Scotch and now, it seems, badly engineered automobiles as well. Which badly engineered automobiles might you be referring to, eh? Italian ones. Mostly, they are superb running and

Re: Hurrah for Shel Disrobing the Emperor

2005-04-19 Thread Cotty
On 18/4/05, Keith Whaley, discombobulated, unleashed: I have a Tilly! Want the serial number? ;-) Model LT-6. Size 7 3/8 (59.5 cm.) LOVE it! Best hat I've ever worn... I simply don't don't believe it. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|

Re: Where's Cotty?

2005-04-19 Thread Cotty
That's a chickenshit word, it isn't apt, it doesn't apply and is not appreciated. No call for using thqt sort of language at all! Oh goody - a neat little war brewing and I'm in the subject line. Can I just add that I think it's all a load a horse shit? (D'oh - I was saving that for Brooksy..)

Re: The ice cream lady cometh.

2005-04-19 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Apr 18, 2005, at 5:41 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We've had unseasonably warm weather in Michigan. It was close to 80 F today, and tonight the ice cream truck showed up. I was out in front of my house with the *iistD, the FA 35/2 and the Sigma flash. So I panned with the portentiously pink

Re: Adobe to Buy Macromedia

2005-04-19 Thread Bob W
Hi, Tuesday, April 19, 2005, 3:32:48 AM, John wrote: However, killing Flash might not be a bad thing... Ooh, don't get my hopes up! What's so bad about Flash? I've never used it, but I've seen a lot of Flash animations, games, and other things that I doubt would have been possible without

Re: The ice cream lady cometh.

2005-04-19 Thread Bob W
Hi, http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3291830size=lg Pure David Lynch! -- Cheers, Bob

Re: Hurrah for Shel Disrobing the Emperor

2005-04-19 Thread Bob W
Hi, We just keep electing the same old bunch of crooked bums time after time. The Liberals in Canada have it down to a fine science now. They don't allow blame to enter into it. They just shrug their shoulders and call it business as usual. Over here, when a politician uses lies to lead his

PESO: An attempt at product photography

2005-04-19 Thread Francis
Here are a few shots I took for my brother of some of his wood turning. I was trying to make them interesting, slightly artsy without getting too abstract. The top one (shot with M50 2.0 and Vivatar macro TC) was on a glass pie pan with a piece of paper on top and a 100 watt table lamp

Re: PESO Studio abstract

2005-04-19 Thread P. J. Alling
I thought Dreck was a male name used in the porn industry as in Dreck was long and lean and browned by the sun... frank theriault wrote: On 4/17/05, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip. do you know what dreck is? I do... g -frank Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson

Colour theory page

2005-04-19 Thread David Mann
Hi all, A number of times in the past I've mentioned a good webpage about colour theory (as it applies to colour management), which is part of the Barco website. Anyway I have finally managed to dig out an old bookmark, so here it is for your enjoyment. It's reasonably technical but I could

Re: A question for color film users

2005-04-19 Thread Steve Jolly
In the same situation I might be tempted to add light to the artwork with a flash, but that might not be the effect you want. S Shel Belinkoff wrote: I know how to control contrast and tonality with BW film, but how does one do it with color? For example, there's a piece of artwork that I'd

Re: OT: Little bit of politics...

2005-04-19 Thread David Mann
On Apr 19, 2005, at 3:24 AM, Cotty wrote: - from Yes, Minister Series 1, The Writing On The Wall (1980) ROTFL! It's true. I've been watching a few of those recently, it's so close to the truth. I have the whole lot on DVD. Just got the first Yes, Prime Minister DVD from Amazon UK the other day.

Re: Adobe to Buy Macromedia

2005-04-19 Thread David Mann
On Apr 19, 2005, at 9:57 AM, Bob W wrote: However, killing Flash might not be a bad thing... I wouldn't blame the tool for the application... I've seen some fantastic stuff done with Flash. Not much of it, but some. Heck, I've used it as a substitute for PowerPoint! Cheers, - Dave

Re: Hurrah for Shel Disrobing the Emperor

2005-04-19 Thread David Mann
On Apr 19, 2005, at 7:28 PM, Bob W wrote: Next time I get done for speeding I shall take that line with the court. That was a long time ago, I shall say. Now it's time to draw a line, and move on. Then they won't be able to fine me or put any more points on my license. After saying that you won't

Re: Adobe to Buy Macromedia

2005-04-19 Thread David Mann
On Apr 19, 2005, at 5:07 AM, Albano Garcia wrote: Adobe is maybe the only mega-corporation I like. Basically because they make excellent, top rate stuff. Macromedia products are excellent, so I suppose they'll become even better. Well I for one am a little worried. There is far too much overlap

Re: A day at tulip farm...

2005-04-19 Thread Frits Wüthrich
On Monday 18 April 2005 23:13, Alan Chan wrote: FJW I was driving 3 hours across the border to visit the tulip farms last Saturaday only FJW to find out most of the farms were out of business due to economic reasons. :-( I FJW was lucky to find two in late afternoon that day. FJW FJW

LONDON PDML - Shakespeare's Cafe

2005-04-19 Thread Cotty
Unless there's any better suggestion, I will book a table for us all at 6.30pm in the Globe Theatre Cafe just along from the London Eye. http://tinyurl.com/4r9w3 Looks out over the Thames, and the food is quite good at a reasonable cost. Comments please before I book. Cheers, Cotty

Re: A question for color film users

2005-04-19 Thread John Forbes
Bob, And what was America's mommy nation? John On Mon, 18 Apr 2005 21:38:22 -0700, Bob Blakely [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oh God! Not the old, British unnecessary u thing again. Next you'll be trying to get us infected with your mommy nation's national dyslexia, insisting that it's not

Re: A question for color film users

2005-04-19 Thread Collin R Brendemuehl
At 00:19 2005.04.19 -0400, you wrote: Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 20:37:37 -0700 From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII I know how to control contrast and tonality with BW film, but how does one do it

Re: Re: A question for color film users

2005-04-19 Thread m.9.wilson
On Mon, 18 Apr 2005 21:38:22 -0700, Bob Blakely [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: with lots of snips inbetween unnecessary mommy unnecessary! While wimmin! especially immigrants sorry pill You were saying?? - Email sent from www.ntlworld.com

New PAW site sneak preview

2005-04-19 Thread David Mann
Hi all, I'm getting close to being able to actually publish my new PAW site. From your point of view it won't be much different to my old one, but at my end it's tied into a proper database where I can keep all sorts of info and link into sales statistics and other cool stuff. Anyway I would

Re: A question for color film users

2005-04-19 Thread Paul Stenquist
Of course with BW you have the option of colored filters to selectively alter the light. With color, it's tough to exercise a lot of control in camera. More light on the rusted art with a reflector or diffused flash would help. With negative film a bit of overexposure might help as well. But

Re: OT: Little bit of politics...

2005-04-19 Thread John Forbes
The problem with ID cards is that they create a crime out of nothing - failure to carry an ID card. This can be used by police to harass otherwise law-abiding citizens, not to mention that it adds another tier of bureaucracy. One of the nice things about the UK (which will change if we get

Freight rip off from US

2005-04-19 Thread Kevin Waterson
I purchased some Manfrotto AutoPoles on eBay. They are currently sitting in a friends house in CA. I got them for $66.00 and though what a bargain. Then came the bit about shipping them to Australia. Air or cargo frieght all seem the same and the prices range from $500-$616 USD, thats nearly a

Re: New PAW site sneak preview

2005-04-19 Thread m.9.wilson
From: David Mann [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2005/04/19 Tue AM 10:12:40 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: New PAW site sneak preview Hi all, I'm getting close to being able to actually publish my new PAW site. From your point of view it won't be much different to my old one,

Re: The ice cream lady cometh.

2005-04-19 Thread Paul Stenquist
Thanks Bob. That's quite a complement. The lady is a classic character. I had spotted her earlier in the day when I was out walking the dog, so I got ready when I saw the pink thing approaching from down the street. I pushed the saturation up to just short of bloom to emphasize the surreal

Re: Re: OT: Little bit of politics...

2005-04-19 Thread m.9.wilson
From: John Forbes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2005/04/19 Tue AM 10:28:15 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: OT: Little bit of politics... Recently we had a man who walked stark naked from Land's End to John O'Groats. The police kept arresting him, and he would appear naked

Re: A question for color film users

2005-04-19 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Hi Paul, That's the thing ... it's easy to do in Photoshop, but I'd like to find a way to do it outside of Photoshop, ideally using natural light, and making it happen with film choice, exposure, processing, and so on. Thanks for your suggestion about exposure ... 'tween you and Bob and a

RE: Freight rip off from US

2005-04-19 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Kevin how large (dimensions) is the package and what's the approximate weight? The price seems exorbitant. Shel [Original Message] From: Kevin Waterson I purchased some Manfrotto AutoPoles on eBay. They are currently sitting in a friends house in CA. I got them for $66.00 and

RE: New PAW site sneak preview

2005-04-19 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Hi David, WinXP with IE 5 or 6 shows the pics with a grey border ... looks OK here. Shel [Original Message] From: David Mann Anyway I would like to do a quick test to make sure the archive page actually works as its look will depend a little on CSS support. I'm using a little bit

Re: Adobe to Buy Macromedia

2005-04-19 Thread Mark Roberts
John Celio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What's so bad about Flash? I've never used it, but I've seen a lot of Flash animations, games, and other things that I doubt would have been possible without Flash. You answered your own question there! ;-) -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing

Re: The K135/2.5 is here!

2005-04-19 Thread Henri Toivonen
Don Sanderson wrote: All the way from Sweden in only 10 days. This is a wonderful lens, thanks to all who recommended it! Easy to handle, very sharp and *beautiful* bokeh! I only had a few minutes to play with but it's already become a favorite. The flaws in the coating are very minor, I don't

Re: New PAW site sneak preview

2005-04-19 Thread John Forbes
Looks fine in Opera. The borders are about as wide as the capital P for Pentax in the text next to each picture. I think the width works well; it almost looks like a physical frame. John On Tue, 19 Apr 2005 22:12:40 +1200, David Mann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I'm getting close to

Re: GESO

2005-04-19 Thread John Forbes
There seems to be a recent tendency to replace the K with a Q or Qu when writing Arabic words in the Latin alphabet. Koran has become Quran or Q'ran or Qu'ran. We need an Academie Arabaise to sort it all out. John On Mon, 18 Apr 2005 22:59:37 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Quoting frank

Re: Re: OT: Little bit of politics...

2005-04-19 Thread John Forbes
My first version had pin anything on him! John On Tue, 19 Apr 2005 10:42:10 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: John Forbes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2005/04/19 Tue AM 10:28:15 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: OT: Little bit of politics... Recently we had a man who walked stark naked

Re: PESO: An attempt at product photography

2005-04-19 Thread John Forbes
Like it, especially the second one. The smoke seems to be forming a chain. Nicely captured. John On Tue, 19 Apr 2005 00:50:49 -0700, Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here are a few shots I took for my brother of some of his wood turning. I was trying to make them interesting, slightly artsy

Re: Where's Cotty?

2005-04-19 Thread John Forbes
As we are on the subject of inept use of language, I am surprised at you parrotting that American schoolboy howler: I could care less. What you mean is that you couldn't care less. Thus is language debased, even by those who would seek to criticise others. John On Mon, 18 Apr 2005 21:31:03

Re: A day at tulip farm...

2005-04-19 Thread Kenneth Waller
Nice selection of images. I too like the vibrant colors. Kenneth Waller -Original Message- From: Alan Chan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Apr 18, 2005 8:11 PM To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: A day at tulip farm... --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

RE: Adobe to Buy Macromedia

2005-04-19 Thread Amita Guha
I think they'll keep Dreamweaver - that has far too big an established market. Definitely. I don't know anyone who uses GoLive, but I know an awful lot of people who use DW. I've been using it professionally since version 1. As much as I like Fireworks, I fear that it'll be replaced

Re: A question for color film users

2005-04-19 Thread Tom Reese
Shel Belinkoff asked: I know how to control contrast and tonality with BW film, but how does one do it with color? For example, there's a piece of artwork that I'd like to photograph. It's rusted metal and the background is green grass. I'd like to photograph it in such a way that the

Re: A question for color film users

2005-04-19 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Tue, 19 Apr 2005, Shel Belinkoff wrote: going to approach this. After all, photographers did things like this for years without Photoshop. Can you keep us posted? I am very interested. I don't follow PAWs and PESOs; that's my problem, not yours, but thought to let you know in case you

Re: Freight rip off from US

2005-04-19 Thread Leon Altoff
On Tue, 19 Apr 2005 19:20:45 +1000, Kevin Waterson wrote: I purchased some Manfrotto AutoPoles on eBay. They are currently sitting in a friends house in CA. I got them for $66.00 and though what a bargain. Then came the bit about shipping them to Australia. Air or cargo frieght all seem the same

Re: A question for color film users

2005-04-19 Thread Paul Stenquist
Hi Shel, I thought about your shot while I was out for my morning walk on this lovely spring day. The classic way to accomplish this on film (or digital for that matter) is to shoot the scene when backlit using large reflectors to light the sculpture. The sun should be off to one side or the

Re: New PAW site sneak preview

2005-04-19 Thread David Savage
Ditto what John said, using Firefox Opera. Using IE 6 the images are right justified the left margin of the text is aligned down the centre of the page (In FF Opera both the left margin of the text the right margin of the images are aligned down the page's centre) I have no idea what any of

Re: A question for color film users

2005-04-19 Thread Shel Belinkoff
I'm going to be quite close to the sculpture this afternoon, and I may just bop over there and grab a couple of shots with the digi so I can show you the setup. It's probably not quite what you think it is, as the artwork lays on the ground, unlike most sculptures that are upright. The location

Re: A question for color film users

2005-04-19 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Tue, 19 Apr 2005, Shel Belinkoff wrote: Production assistants? LOL, I'd probably have to recruit some. Frantisek, any recommendations from your latest interview round? Kostas ;-)

Re: Where's Cotty?

2005-04-19 Thread Keith Whaley
frank theriault wrote: On 4/18/05, Keith Whaley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Just for that, you don't get to look at a scan of my '58 Guiletta roadster. keith whaley Oh sure, punish all of us because those two can't play nice together! LOL Oh, don't worry... I'll get that transparency scanned

Re: PAW Part II: Portrait of Leah (full frame version)

2005-04-19 Thread frank theriault
On 4/18/05, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oh, I wasn't trying to suggest you do anything differently. The photo and situation intrigued me enough to just want to know a little more about how/why you decided on a few things. Didn't mean to upset you, Frank. I'll go annoy someone

Re: A question for color film users

2005-04-19 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Shel Belinkoff Subject: Re: A question for color film users I've gotten several responses by private mail suggesting Photoshop sigh. That's easy enuf to do, and I can think of several ways to accomplish that. I guess with color film, unless when uses tricky

Re: Where's Cotty?

2005-04-19 Thread Keith Whaley
Cotty wrote: That's a chickenshit word, it isn't apt, it doesn't apply and is not appreciated. No call for using thqt sort of language at all! Oh goody - a neat little war brewing and I'm in the subject line. Can I just add that I think it's all a load a horse shit? (D'oh - I was saving that

Re: Hurrah for Shel Disrobing the Emperor

2005-04-19 Thread Keith Whaley
William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Godfrey DiGiorgi Subject: Re: Hurrah for Shel Disrobing the Emperor On Apr 18, 2005, at 5:01 PM, William Robb wrote: Thats because we talk about beer and Scotch and now, it seems, badly engineered automobiles as well. Which badly

Re: Where's Cotty?

2005-04-19 Thread frank theriault
On 4/19/05, Keith Whaley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip No, a spider is a body style. A lightweight convertible sporting vehicle. See Pinin Farina who designed the first one for Alfa in the Guilietta series startiing in 1955. Many others make one today, not the least of which is Ferrari...

Re: Where's Cotty?

2005-04-19 Thread frank theriault
On 4/19/05, Keith Whaley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I apologize for the language herewith. It was an ill-considered and stupid reaction by me, and I hereby declare a unilateral truce. Always ready to take the high road (in your Spider), eh Keith? lol -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept.

Re: A question for color film users

2005-04-19 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Wow! That is so cool ... Too bad they are so spendy. I'd hate to think what they's cost for a 49mm or 58mm size. Shel [Original Message] From: William Robb A notch filter is a narrow band rejection filter. They reject a certain frequency while passing all others. Sadly, they are

RE: The K135/2.5 is here!

2005-04-19 Thread Don Sanderson
Thanks Keith! It was too dim outside to do much more but I'm very pleased so far. Don -Original Message- From: Keith Whaley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 18, 2005 7:47 PM To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: The K135/2.5 is here! The bokeh is gorgeous!

Re: The ice cream lady cometh.

2005-04-19 Thread frank theriault
On 4/18/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We've had unseasonably warm weather in Michigan. It was close to 80 F today, and tonight the ice cream truck showed up. I was out in front of my house with the *iistD, the FA 35/2 and the Sigma flash. So I panned with the portentiously

Re: A question for color film users

2005-04-19 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Of course, there's a small problem, that being whatever is photographed on film would have to be scanned and posted here, which may negate or change that which was originally captured on film. Anyway, I'm heading over to the sculpture this afternoon to make some preliminary shots on the digi, and

Re: OT: Little bit of politics...

2005-04-19 Thread frank theriault
On 4/19/05, Cesar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I guess it all depends on the upbringing, but between where I have been and my line of work, carrying an ID card is second nature. Even in the USA you have ID cards issued by states that are just like their drivers license - they just state they

RE: The K135/2.5 is here!

2005-04-19 Thread Don Sanderson
I just dug out my old K tube set and was thinking the same thing. At 2-3 feet or so this could be very fun. ;-) I was thinking also of loading some Reala in one of the 5n's or the Super A and going for a walk in the woods. It's a very nice time of year for that, no bugs yet. Don -Original

Re: PESO: An attempt at product photography

2005-04-19 Thread frank theriault
On 4/19/05, Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here are a few shots I took for my brother of some of his wood turning. I was trying to make them interesting, slightly artsy without getting too abstract. The top one (shot with M50 2.0 and Vivatar macro TC) was on a glass pie pan with a piece of

RE: The K135/2.5 is here!

2005-04-19 Thread Don Sanderson
It's a shame it's broken Henri. It doesn't look as though it would be more difficult than any other Pentax prime to take this one apart and fix it. It would certainly be worth the effort, it's a very nice lens. Don -Original Message- From: Henri Toivonen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: The K135/2.5 is here!

2005-04-19 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Yeah ... my first experiments with that were in the three foot or so range. It will be VERY interesting to hear what you think and see any posted results. Shel [Original Message] From: Don Sanderson I just dug out my old K tube set and was thinking the same thing. At 2-3 feet or so this

Re: The K135/2.5 is here!

2005-04-19 Thread Henri Toivonen
Don Sanderson wrote: It's a shame it's broken Henri. It doesn't look as though it would be more difficult than any other Pentax prime to take this one apart and fix it. It would certainly be worth the effort, it's a very nice lens. Don The problem so far has been to get it open up back. The

Re: GESO

2005-04-19 Thread frank theriault
On 4/19/05, John Forbes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip We need an Academie Arabaise to sort it all out.snip Yes, because the world doesn't have enough layers of bureaucracy right now LOL. Back when I lived in Quebec, The Office de la Langue Francaise (the Quebec government department committed

Re: Where's Cotty?

2005-04-19 Thread Stephen Moore
Cotty wrote: Oh goody - a neat little war brewing and I'm in the subject line. Can I just add that I think it's all a load a horse shit? (D'oh - I was saving that for Brooksy..) Oh double goody -- one of my least favorite things (a PDML flame war) sparked by my favorite marque (Alfa-Romeo). Life

Re: New PAW site sneak preview

2005-04-19 Thread Paul Sorenson
Looks good in Firefox - nice grey borders - nice looking site design -P David Mann wrote: Hi all, I'm getting close to being able to actually publish my new PAW site. From your point of view it won't be much different to my old one, but at my end it's tied into a proper

Re: GESO: model search

2005-04-19 Thread frank theriault
On 4/17/05, Derby Chang [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I know this stuff isn't ultra hard to shoot, but boy, its enjoyable. http://homepages.ihug.com.au/~derbyc/Arenastyle/01.htm Quick! Get those poor waifs some food! vbg Seriously, some nice shots in there, Derby. And, pretty girls, too.

RE: The K135/2.5 is here!

2005-04-19 Thread Don Sanderson
Sounds silly Henri but try putting a TINY drop of alcohol or lacquer thinner on each screw and then *tightening* very firmly before trying to loosen it. This works so well that I ALWAYS tighten camera/lens screws before attempting to remove them. Of course the screwdriver has to fit properly. I

Re: A question for color film users

2005-04-19 Thread frank theriault
On 4/19/05, Bob Blakely [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oh God! Not the old, British unnecessary u thing again. No, it's that English Proper Spelling Thing. Next you'll be trying to get us infected with your mommy nation's national dyslexia, insisting that it's not theater, but theatre Correct. ,

Re: A day at tulip farm...

2005-04-19 Thread Stephen Moore
Alan, those are some beautiful shots. Last night I was reading John Shaw's _Landscape Photography_, specifically the section on how view camera movements can yield great gobs of DoF. You've done an impressive job with an SLR. I also really like the way you handled the focus in no.15, using the

Re: action finder for LX - who uses it?

2005-04-19 Thread Stephen Moore
It's my main finder for racing. Being an eyeglass wearer, I like the eye relief, and the higher viewpoint makes it much easier to shoot with both eyes open -- pretty necessary at the racetrack. The SE-60 bright matte screen makes it pretty nice for general- purpose work as well, indeed rather

Re: Where's Cotty?

2005-04-19 Thread Keith Whaley
frank theriault wrote: On 4/19/05, Keith Whaley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I apologize for the language herewith. It was an ill-considered and stupid reaction by me, and I hereby declare a unilateral truce. Always ready to take the high road (in your Spider), eh Keith? lol Age brings with it a

Re: The ice cream lady cometh.

2005-04-19 Thread pnstenquist
Thanks Frank. It's always fun when something like this pops up out of nowhere. On 4/18/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We've had unseasonably warm weather in Michigan. It was close to 80 F today, and tonight the ice cream truck showed up. I was out in front of my house

Re: LONDON PDML - Shakespeare's Cafe

2005-04-19 Thread Ryan Brooks
Cotty wrote: Unless there's any better suggestion, I will book a table for us all at 6.30pm in the Globe Theatre Cafe just along from the London Eye. http://tinyurl.com/4r9w3 I'd recommend against it. They'll let anyone in there. -Ryan

Re: OT: Little bit of politics...

2005-04-19 Thread pnstenquist
In effect, most of the world has to carry ID cards already. In the states it would be hard to get by without a driver's license. In fact, some states issue ID cards just for the convenience of those who don't have a driver's license. In many cases, those programs were initiated in response to

Re: Re: GESO

2005-04-19 Thread m.9.wilson
From: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2005/04/19 Tue PM 01:03:48 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: GESO Back when I lived in Quebec, The Office de la Langue Francaise (the Quebec government department committed to the promotion and purification of the French Language)

Re: Where's Cotty?

2005-04-19 Thread John Forbes
Actually, it's very selfish to apologise. It makes you feel good and the other guy bad. :-) John On Tue, 19 Apr 2005 06:45:23 -0700, Keith Whaley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: frank theriault wrote: On 4/19/05, Keith Whaley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I apologize for the language herewith. It was

Re: Re: Where's Cotty?

2005-04-19 Thread m.9.wilson
From: Stephen Moore [EMAIL PROTECTED] PS: Kudos to the list member who coined the term Pentaxalfisti ;-) Sounds like a particularly unpleasant sexual practice to me. - Email sent from www.ntlworld.com virus-checked by McAfee visit

Re: A day at tulip farm...

2005-04-19 Thread Rick Womer
Alan, 5 and 14 are my favorites, too. Very nice! What is that film you used? I haven't encountered it before. Rick --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Great stuff, Alan. I love five and fourteen, but there are numerous nice ones here. Good work. Paul --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: Re: GESO

2005-04-19 Thread m.9.wilson
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2005/04/19 Tue PM 01:59:43 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Re: GESO From: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2005/04/19 Tue PM 01:03:48 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: GESO Back when I lived in Quebec, The

Re: Re: OT: Little bit of politics...

2005-04-19 Thread m.9.wilson
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2005/04/19 Tue PM 01:56:55 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: OT: Little bit of politics... In effect, most of the world has to carry ID cards already. In the states it would be hard to get by without a driver's license. In fact, some states

Re: Re: Where's Cotty?

2005-04-19 Thread John Forbes
Actually, it's great fun. John On Tue, 19 Apr 2005 14:01:24 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Stephen Moore [EMAIL PROTECTED] PS: Kudos to the list member who coined the term Pentaxalfisti ;-) Sounds like a particularly unpleasant sexual practice to me.

Re: New PAW site sneak preview

2005-04-19 Thread Rick Womer
Looks good with IE 5.5 on a W2K-running machine. Rick --- David Mann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I'm getting close to being able to actually publish my new PAW site. From your point of view it won't be much different to my old one, but at my end it's tied into a proper database

OT: Spider (was: Where's Cotty?)

2005-04-19 Thread Dario Bonazza
Italian pronunciation for spider is something resembling the English one and not like speeder. Yes, we'd pronounce spider more or less like speeder, but since it was supposed to be an English word, it's pronounced like Englishmen are supposed to. Not sure if I'be been able to explain. I don't

Re: Re: OT: Little bit of politics...

2005-04-19 Thread pnstenquist
You're right of course. Guarantee is the wrong word. But requiring some fairly accurate identification affords at least some protection. Otherwise, you could just claim to be me and no one could dispute it. Even with phony IDs, you're probably not old and decrepit enough to be me g.

Re: A question for color film users

2005-04-19 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Tue, 19 Apr 2005, frank theriault wrote: Actually, I think we should abolish vowels. Try arabic, I am told there are no vowels there. Kostas

Re: If anyone wants to look at 261 horse pictures,there here.

2005-04-19 Thread wendy beard
--- Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is where having a second body is invaluable. Set it up with a different lens so you can swap easily between the bread and butter setup and the interest shots setup. While I normally only carry one camera/one-two lenses for the bulk of

Re: Hurrah for Shel Disrobing the Emperor

2005-04-19 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Which badly engineered automobiles might you be referring to, eh? Italian and English cars. William Robb So which Australian engineered cars are superior? and in what way? ;-) Godfrey

Re: Where's Cotty?

2005-04-19 Thread Michel Carrère-Gée
... PS: Kudos to the list member who coined the term Pentaxalfisti ;-) ... In French PentaxAlfiste !! Michel

Re: Hurrah for Shel Disrobing the Emperor

2005-04-19 Thread pnstenquist
Bill is Canadian. The Canadians drive a lot of Japanese cars as well as quite a few of those from just across the river. If memory serves me correctly, Wheatfield terrorizes Regina in a Nissan pickup, a rather well engineered vehicle by any standard. Paul Which badly engineered automobiles

Re: Where's Cotty?

2005-04-19 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Apr 19, 2005, at 4:29 AM, John Forbes wrote: As we are on the subject of inept use of language, I am surprised at you parrotting that American schoolboy howler: I could care less. What you mean is that you couldn't care less. Thus is language debased, even by those who would seek to criticise

Re: Freight rip off from US

2005-04-19 Thread Cotty
On 19/4/05, Leon Altoff, discombobulated, unleashed: The best way to get items from the US to Australia is via the US Postal service not UPS or any other courier. I'll second that. If you use a courier service, you might as well go collect it yourself in Calif. Plus, you can bet your bottom

Re: PESO: An attempt at product photography

2005-04-19 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED]: http://www.photosynth.ca/photo/f/bowls.html What do you think? I think they're kinda cool.

Re: LONDON PDML - Shakespeare's Cafe

2005-04-19 Thread Cotty
On 19/4/05, Ryan Brooks, discombobulated, unleashed: I'd recommend against it. They'll let anyone in there. LOL Hey buddy how's it goin? Did you manage to screw that adapter to the back of a Pentax lens? Pics? Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|

Re: Where's Cotty?

2005-04-19 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Apr 19, 2005, at 5:40 AM, frank theriault wrote: No, a spider is a body style. A lightweight convertible sporting vehicle. See Pinin Farina who designed the first one for Alfa in the Guilietta series startiing in 1955. Many others make one today, not the least of which is Ferrari... Yes.

Re: Hurrah for Shel Disrobing the Emperor

2005-04-19 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Ah, my mistake. I should have asked which cars were engineered by Canadians then, rather than looking for just the superior ones. ]'-) Godfrey On Apr 19, 2005, at 7:49 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bill is Canadian. The Canadians drive a lot of Japanese cars as well as quite a few of those from

Re: Where's Cotty?

2005-04-19 Thread Cotty
On 19/4/05, Keith Whaley, discombobulated, unleashed: I apologize for the language herewith. It was an ill-considered and stupid reaction by me, and I hereby declare a unilateral truce. deflating sound ;-) Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|

Re: Adobe to Buy Macromedia

2005-04-19 Thread Sylwiusz
on 18-04-2005 22:24, Mark Roberts at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oh. I guess you've never used Illustrator ;-) Exactly Mark. The last good and almost bug-free Illustrator was 6.0 ;-) -- Best regards Sylwek

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