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From: Savageduck on 21 Jan 2010 14:42 On 2010-01-21 11:35:53 -0800, John McWilliams <jpmcw(a)comcast.net> said: > On 1/21/10 PDT 10:04 AM, Chris H wrote: >> In message<_3W5n.70073$Q63.13649(a)newsfe23.ams2>, RustY � >> <No.Mail(a)All.Thanks> writes >>> But where can I buy a trendy Fez like that ? >> >> I think you will find you have to join the shriners to get a fez like >> that. > > Nah; you can roll a Shriner pretty easily. Only in Philadelphia on parade day. -- Regards, Savageduck
From: John McWilliams on 21 Jan 2010 14:55 On 1/21/10 PDT 11:41 AM, Savageduck wrote: > On 2010-01-21 11:34:46 -0800, John McWilliams <jpmcw(a)comcast.net> said: > >> On 1/21/10 PDT 9:03 AM, Savageduck wrote: >>> On 2010-01-21 08:27:43 -0800, Robert Spanjaard <spamtrap(a)arumes.com> >>> said: >>> >>>> On Wed, 20 Jan 2010 23:57:32 -0500, tony cooper wrote: >>>> >>>>> On Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:49:10 -0800, John McWilliams >>>>> <jpmcw(a)comcast.net> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> On 1/20/10 PDT 7:49 PM, tony cooper wrote: >>>>>>> As a Nikon shooter, I've always thought Canon shooters are a bit >>>>>>> dorky. This photograph, taken at the practice field for the >>>>>>> East-West >>>>>>> Shrine Game to be held in Orlando, seems to prove my point. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> http://tonycooper.smugmug.com/photos/769666832_Z2Svd-XL.jpg >>>>>> >>>>>> Shoot, tony, you must be really bored to try to start with the C v N >>>>>> bits....but just to help out: I've always thought many Nikon owners >>>>>> were >>>>>> supercilious, insecure and pedantic! >>>>>> >>>>>> And look at the dork in the bg of the pic: long lens, but mono >>>>>> mounted >>>>>> on camera body..... >>>>> >>>>> Yeah, but the Nikon guy is the one in the cool hat. We pedantic types >>>>> notice details like this. >>>> >>>> I don't see a Nikon guy. The one with the green hat has a Canon as >>>> well, >>>> with a Sigma lens. (And, as noted, without the tripod ring around the >>>> lens.) >>> >>> Agreed, that's what they looked like to me. >>> To be fair, Tony never claimed he was showing a Canon & a Nikon shooter >>> in his OP, just submitting the shot to support his assertion of the >>> "dorkiness" of Canon shooters. >>> ....and they both appear somewhat "dorky." >> >> Here: Hear, hear! I was the one that assumed the black lens guy was >> Nikon, so my bad, but my only reason for posting was light hearted >> gibberish, unlike all my other posts.... >> >> Canon rulz!!!!!!!!!!!! > > OK. Now we need a shot of your dorky hat. :-) > > Which one? I do have a (now) vintage San Jose Stealth cap, an Apple Cap, and so on. Apple is around, of course, but the indoor lacrosse team has stolen away- i believe to Seattle or Portland. -- john mcwilliams
From: John McWilliams on 21 Jan 2010 14:57 On 1/21/10 PDT 7:45 AM, ray wrote: > On Wed, 20 Jan 2010 22:49:42 -0500, tony cooper wrote: > >> As a Nikon shooter, I've always thought Canon shooters are a bit dorky. >> This photograph, taken at the practice field for the East-West Shrine >> Game to be held in Orlando, seems to prove my point. >> >> http://tonycooper.smugmug.com/photos/769666832_Z2Svd-XL.jpg > > Looks like a decent photo to me - what IS the point? Whooshing is the point. The photo is, uh, passable over all; technically perfect, but a bit saturated for my screen. -- john mcwilliams
From: John McWilliams on 21 Jan 2010 14:59 On 1/21/10 PDT 10:43 AM, Charles E Hardwidge wrote: > "tony cooper" <tony_cooper213(a)earthlink.net> wrote in message > news:khjfl5l7t642u0r1sau261q9iv04mi2a71(a)4ax.com... >> As a Nikon shooter, I've always thought Canon shooters are a bit >> dorky. This photograph, taken at the practice field for the East-West >> Shrine Game to be held in Orlando, seems to prove my point. >> >> http://tonycooper.smugmug.com/photos/769666832_Z2Svd-XL.jpg > > Obvious attention seeking trollish cross-posting havoc. > > A wholly avoidable low. > > FU trimmed to alt.photography > Obvious overweening prat. I'll try to remind my boys here to not post to *your* group, or you could just KF a thread or two. fu set -- lsmft
From: Savageduck on 21 Jan 2010 15:15
On 2010-01-21 11:55:48 -0800, John McWilliams <jpmcw(a)comcast.net> said: > On 1/21/10 PDT 11:41 AM, Savageduck wrote: >> On 2010-01-21 11:34:46 -0800, John McWilliams <jpmcw(a)comcast.net> said: >> >>> On 1/21/10 PDT 9:03 AM, Savageduck wrote: >>>> On 2010-01-21 08:27:43 -0800, Robert Spanjaard <spamtrap(a)arumes.com> >>>> said: >>>> >>>>> On Wed, 20 Jan 2010 23:57:32 -0500, tony cooper wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> On Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:49:10 -0800, John McWilliams >>>>>> <jpmcw(a)comcast.net> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> On 1/20/10 PDT 7:49 PM, tony cooper wrote: >>>>>>>> As a Nikon shooter, I've always thought Canon shooters are a bit >>>>>>>> dorky. This photograph, taken at the practice field for the >>>>>>>> East-West >>>>>>>> Shrine Game to be held in Orlando, seems to prove my point. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> http://tonycooper.smugmug.com/photos/769666832_Z2Svd-XL.jpg >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Shoot, tony, you must be really bored to try to start with the C v N >>>>>>> bits....but just to help out: I've always thought many Nikon owners >>>>>>> were >>>>>>> supercilious, insecure and pedantic! >>>>>>> >>>>>>> And look at the dork in the bg of the pic: long lens, but mono >>>>>>> mounted >>>>>>> on camera body..... >>>>>> >>>>>> Yeah, but the Nikon guy is the one in the cool hat. We pedantic types >>>>>> notice details like this. >>>>> >>>>> I don't see a Nikon guy. The one with the green hat has a Canon as >>>>> well, >>>>> with a Sigma lens. (And, as noted, without the tripod ring around the >>>>> lens.) >>>> >>>> Agreed, that's what they looked like to me. >>>> To be fair, Tony never claimed he was showing a Canon & a Nikon shooter >>>> in his OP, just submitting the shot to support his assertion of the >>>> "dorkiness" of Canon shooters. >>>> ....and they both appear somewhat "dorky." >>> >>> Here: Hear, hear! I was the one that assumed the black lens guy was >>> Nikon, so my bad, but my only reason for posting was light hearted >>> gibberish, unlike all my other posts.... >>> >>> Canon rulz!!!!!!!!!!!! >> >> OK. Now we need a shot of your dorky hat. :-) >> >> > Which one? I do have a (now) vintage San Jose Stealth cap, an Apple > Cap, and so on. Apple is around, of course, but the indoor lacrosse > team has stolen away- i believe to Seattle or Portland. OK. Indoor lacrosse, if you have that hat. That is obscure enough, with the touch of brutality needed for sports photography. -- Regards, Savageduck |