[LargeFormat] Critique

[philip.lambert]

Rugby's a real game
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Kirwan" <mkirwan@pacbell.net>
To: <largeformat@f32.net>
Sent: Tuesday, December 24, 2002 8:43 PM
Subject: RE: [LargeFormat] Critique


> The England cricket IX no wonder they are not doing so well. Maybe someone
> should tell them they can add (pun) a couple more players. Look at  their
> rugby colleagues you can count on them to get the numbers right.
>
> Mike
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: largeformat-admin@f32.net [mailto:largeformat-admin@f32.net]On
> Behalf Of rstein
> Sent: Tuesday, December 24, 2002 1:22 AM
> To: largeformat@f32.net
> Subject: Re: [LargeFormat] Critique
>
>
> Dear Mr. Hird,
>
>     I think I need to tell you a few things. These may come as a bit of a
> shock. Brace yourself.
>
>      A great many of the members of this list are not Australian.
> They...WHOA...GEEZ...Somebody pick Graeme up and put him back on the
chair.
> Get him a beer. Pour it into him. If he won't open up pour it over him.
> That's better.
>
>     Now, as I was saying, a number of these invisible typists are
quartered
> in Canada, the USA, France, Switzerland, Norway, and....brace
> yourself....England.
>
>      Oh, pick him up again, someone. Geez.
>
>      Now, make this easy for yourself and others. Remember the rules of
the
> list. Large format cameras are the go. Large is anything bigger than 2
1/4"
> x 2 3/4" negative size. In the future as they shrink the equipment these
> sizes will qualify for LF status, but for now 4 x5 and largr are safe.
> Discount all tales of films larger than 10" x 12" as these are either
> historic memories or the photographic equivalent of teenagers in the
locker
> room comparing their dimensions - " Mine is bigger than yours and mine is
> panchromatic".
>
>     Try to avoid any talk of Digital. Until someone comes out with a
digital
> back that slips into a DD holder and costs $ 18 this is a taboo subject.
>
>     Try to avoid all talk of the English cricket IX. Or if you do mention
> them try not to Bwahahahahahaha
> HOO HOO HOO....Oh, God, I'm sorry. It just overwhelmed me. I'm better now.
>
>     Be honest with your fellow list members. If you are taking pictures of
> cold fried eggs with cigarette butts stubbed out in them and selling the
> platinum prnts for $ 4000, you can lie about it, but make the lies
> convincing. Introduce us to your buyers....
>
>     If you are into belly dancers, welcome to the club.
>
>      Uncle Dick
>
>
>
>
>
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