Re: Anti-stress link

2007-04-08 Thread John Sessoms
From: P. J. Alling No; nor when I worked there either. It's a very sensitive issue with the USPS brass, and it's a very anal, uptight work environment. Mentioning going postal would get you a reprimand. I worked the computer help desk, where everything ran on WindozeNT. You weren't

Re: Anti-stress link

2007-04-05 Thread graywolf
John Celio wrote: It's not so much what they think, as it is the constant heckling. I've been in situations where Canon/Nikon snobs are shooting nearby and kept making rude comments or laughing when I pulled out my Pentax. It rolls off my back for a little while, but it gets old

Re: Anti-stress link

2007-04-05 Thread Cotty
On 4/4/07, John Celio, discombobulated, unleashed: It's not so much what they think, as it is the constant heckling. I've been in situations where Canon/Nikon snobs are shooting nearby and kept making rude comments or laughing when I pulled out my Pentax. It rolls off my back for a little

Re: Anti-stress link

2007-04-05 Thread graywolf
That is because you are dealing with pro's. To them a tool is a tool, it is the amateurs with their so called pro cameras that are usually the snobs. It is a matter of oneupmanship and has nothing whatsoever to do with reality. I imagine there is a lot of it amongst amateur video folks with

Re: Anti-stress link

2007-04-05 Thread John Sessoms
From: John Celio It'd be nice to see a pro using Pentax equipment in some of those shots, but I imagine he'd be the laughing stock in those Canon-crowds. In the words of Dick Feynmann: Why do you care what anybody else thinks? It's not so much what they think, as it is the constant

Re: Anti-stress link

2007-04-05 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Sometimes just the opposite happens, at least for me it has. I've been out shooting with a Pentax and someone approaches me with positive comments on the gear. Some time ago I was using the LX in Berkeley and a small group of Japanese tourists saw me. A couple of them gave me some very strong

Re: Anti-stress link

2007-04-05 Thread P. J. Alling
Does the USPS give you an ammunition allowance? John Sessoms wrote: From: John Celio It'd be nice to see a pro using Pentax equipment in some of those shots, but I imagine he'd be the laughing stock in those Canon-crowds. In the words of Dick Feynmann: Why do you care what

RE: Anti-stress link

2007-04-05 Thread Bob W
How else could so many people afford to go postal? -- Bob Does the USPS give you an ammunition allowance? John Sessoms wrote: From: John Celio It'd be nice to see a pro using Pentax equipment in some of those shots, but I imagine he'd be the laughing stock in those

Anti-stress link

2007-04-04 Thread Minelli Flavio
Hello Everybody, In an attempt to ease the built-up tension I suggest that you adjourn to the provided link and have some fun and a laugh about ourselves, as both human being and photographers. Disclaimer: I beg Ann's (and any other lady in the list) pardon for some of the images...nothing

Re: Anti-stress link

2007-04-04 Thread John Celio
In an attempt to ease the built-up tension I suggest that you adjourn to the provided link and have some fun and a laugh about ourselves, as both human being and photographers. Disclaimer: I beg Ann's (and any other lady in the list) pardon for some of the images...nothing really serious but

Re: Anti-stress link

2007-04-04 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Apr 4, 2007, at 6:37 PM, John Celio wrote: It'd be nice to see a pro using Pentax equipment in some of those shots, but I imagine he'd be the laughing stock in those Canon-crowds. In the words of Dick Feynmann: Why do you care what anybody else thinks? Godfrey -- PDML

Re: Anti-stress link

2007-04-04 Thread David Savage
At 09:51 AM 5/04/2007, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: On Apr 4, 2007, at 6:37 PM, John Celio wrote: It'd be nice to see a pro using Pentax equipment in some of those shots, but I imagine he'd be the laughing stock in those Canon-crowds. In the words of Dick Feynmann: Why do you care what anybody

Re: Anti-stress link

2007-04-04 Thread John Celio
It'd be nice to see a pro using Pentax equipment in some of those shots, but I imagine he'd be the laughing stock in those Canon-crowds. In the words of Dick Feynmann: Why do you care what anybody else thinks? It's not so much what they think, as it is the constant heckling. I've been in

Re: Anti-stress link

2007-04-04 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Apr 4, 2007, at 8:07 PM, John Celio wrote: It'd be nice to see a pro using Pentax equipment in some of those shots, but I imagine he'd be the laughing stock in those Canon-crowds. In the words of Dick Feynmann: Why do you care what anybody else thinks? It's not so much what they think,