From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V17 #182 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Monday, June 29 2009 Volume 17 : Number 182 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: 1-800-FEG-HELP (bird and book people division) [James Dignan ] long division, aload [lep ] farewell farewell [minister of misinformation ] Re: farewell farewell [lep ] Re: farewell farewell [kevin studyvin ] Re: farewell farewell ["Stewart C. Russell" ] Re: in a series of "huh?"... [lep ] REAP [Tom Clark ] Re: REAP [Marc ] Re: farewell farewell [Carrie Galbraith ] Re: reap ["craigie*" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 12:40:16 +1200 From: James Dignan Subject: Re: 1-800-FEG-HELP (bird and book people division) >(2) Also appreciated: any recommendations on recent or lesser-known >post-modern or 20th-century fiction (Dad likes Pynchon, old Cormac >McCarthy(sp?), Faulkner, Peter(?) Achroyd(sp?), biographies of >post-modern or 20th century fiction writers, French or German history >books (*especially* any new Hilter, Germany between between the wars, >or books about the Nazis) would be appreciated. Would he like Flann O"Brien? James - -- James Dignan, Dunedin, New Zealand -.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.- =-.-=-.-=-.- You talk to me as if from a distance .-=-.-=-.-=-. -=-. And I reply with impressions chosen from another time .-=- .-=-.-=-.-=-.-=- (Brian Eno - "By this River") -.-=-.-=-.-=-.-= ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 12:40:42 +1200 From: James Dignan Subject: Re: reap >it's been a bad week, i know. but *this* one hurts: > >kodachrome, 74: >http://tinyurl.com/exqys >- -or- >http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/23/technology/companies/23kodak.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&ref=technology&adxnnlx=1246097330-vYaslXcep8LtVetrePp1Cg > >wikipedia page: >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodachrome > >as ever, >lauren > >p.s. yes, i'm hypocrite (alert the fucking presses**): my nikon F2 >(along with with the F, mamiya 645, and canon AE-1) has been gathering >dust for 5 years. Mine too (also an AE-1, BTW). For me, cost finally overcame the love of film (more film than slide), and I've gone from thinking "can I afford to spend a reel on this suubject to just clicking off a couple of dozen shots without a second thought. Even sadder for me is the gathering-dust enlarger, tanks, and trays in the back room, with those wonderful old yellow Kodak, orange Agfa, and white and blue Ilford boxes of paper... James - -- James Dignan, Dunedin, New Zealand -.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.- =-.-=-.-=-.- You talk to me as if from a distance .-=-.-=-.-=-. -=-. And I reply with impressions chosen from another time .-=- .-=-.-=-.-=-.-=- (Brian Eno - "By this River") -.-=-.-=-.-=-.-= ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 23:50:28 -0400 From: lep Subject: long division, aload i've found the tenth circle of hell. don't say you weren't warned. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7106559846794044495 xo - -- "people with opinions just go around bothering one another." -- the buddha ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 11:11:13 +0930 From: minister of misinformation Subject: farewell farewell Fegs, I have to change my email addy ( a huge job as I have hundreds of pages on my leetle website www.ukrockfestivals.com which is now fucking huge and getting bigger daily ) and as theres so much info to read all in one day and I don't have time to properly consume even half of it , I am going to drop off the list. I know you wont miss me at all as I am now a lurker, ( as theres now no Eb to argue with or bait, I don't contribute much ) but just want to say thanks and good luck to you all , I'll miss the flame wars and the musical info and I guess I'll have to get my reap info somewhere else now, but them's the breaks. goodbyeeee der Commander ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 00:51:56 -0400 From: lep Subject: Re: farewell farewell der Commander says: > Fegs, I have to change my email addy ( a huge job as I have hundreds of > pages on my leetle website www.ukrockfestivals.com which is now fucking huge > and getting bigger daily ) and as theres so much info to read all in one > day and I don't have time to properly consume even half of it , I am going > to drop off the list. that's fucking crazy talk. just do what all the damn *normal* fegs do: stay on the list, and ignore everything said. xo p.s. if, however, you are evil, and resist my earnest plea, i'll take the high road and say fare thee well... - -- "people with opinions just go around bothering one another." -- the buddha ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 22:24:37 -0700 From: kevin studyvin Subject: Re: farewell farewell On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 6:41 PM, minister of misinformation < archive@bigpond.net.au> wrote: > Fegs, I have to change my email addy ( a huge job as I have hundreds of > pages on my leetle website www.ukrockfestivals.com which is now fucking > huge and getting bigger daily ) and as theres so much info to read all in > one day and I don't have time to properly consume even half of it , I am > going to drop off the list. > I know you wont miss me at all as I am now a lurker, ( as theres now no Eb > to argue with or bait, I don't contribute much ) but just want to say thanks > and good luck to you all , I'll miss the flame wars and the musical info > and I guess I'll have to get my reap info somewhere else now, but them's > the breaks. > goodbyeeee > der Commander > The loss of any feg diminishes me, because I am involved in fegkind. Something like that. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 07:46:14 -0400 From: "Stewart C. Russell" Subject: Re: farewell farewell kevin studyvin wrote: > > The loss of any feg diminishes me, because I am involved in fegkind. > Something like that. Send not for whom the fegbell tolls? Stewart ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 09:55:26 -0400 From: lep Subject: Re: in a series of "huh?"... jeff 2fs says: > I picked up the CD companion to the book _The Rose & the Briar_ - and I > noticed, looking in the track credits, that for many songs, the recording > and release date is listed as "prior to 1972" rather than a specific year huh? - -- "people with opinions just go around bothering one another." -- the buddha ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 09:05:47 -0700 From: Tom Clark Subject: REAP TV pitchman Billy Mays, 60 ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 13:01:12 -0400 From: Marc Subject: Re: REAP Tom Clark wrote: > TV pitchman Billy Mays, 60 > This REAP probably should have been in all-caps. Marc ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 13:56:39 -0700 From: Carrie Galbraith Subject: Re: farewell farewell On Jun 27, 2009, at 6:41 PM, minister of misinformation wrote: > Fegs, I have to change my email addy ( a huge job as I have > hundreds of pages on my leetle website www.ukrockfestivals.com > which is now fucking huge and getting bigger daily ) and as theres > so much info to read all in one day and I don't have time to > properly consume even half of it , I am going to drop off the list. > I know you wont miss me at all as I am now a lurker, ( as theres > now no Eb to argue with or bait, I don't contribute much ) but just > want to say thanks and good luck to you all , I'll miss the flame > wars and the musical info and I guess I'll have to get my reap > info somewhere else now, but them's the breaks. > goodbyeeee > der Commander Well this is a sad email. We loose another one (and we have so few Down Under)! Sorry to see you go but perhaps you can switch to the digest instead? You know, drop a line once a year or something?? Be Seeing You, - - c ************************************** Questions are a burden for others. Answers are a prison for oneself. ************************************** ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:01:40 +0100 From: "craigie*" Subject: Re: reap I've just invested in a photo scanner to transfer all my old negs and slides to digital. It won't do cut film though... bah. c* 2009/6/28 James Dignan : >> it's been a bad week, i know. but *this* one hurts: >> >> kodachrome, 74: >> http://tinyurl.com/exqys >> - -or- >> >> http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/23/technology/companies/23kodak.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&ref=technology&adxnnlx=1246097330-vYaslXcep8LtVetrePp1Cg >> >> wikipedia page: >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodachrome >> >> as ever, >> lauren >> >> p.s. yes, i'm hypocrite (alert the fucking presses**): my nikon F2 >> (along with with the F, mamiya 645, and canon AE-1) has been gathering >> dust for 5 years. > > Mine too (also an AE-1, BTW). For me, cost finally overcame the love of film > (more film than slide), and I've gone from thinking "can I afford to spend a > reel on this suubject to just clicking off a couple of dozen shots without a > second thought. Even sadder for me is the gathering-dust enlarger, tanks, > and trays in the back room, with those wonderful old yellow Kodak, orange > Agfa, and white and blue Ilford boxes of paper... > > James > -- > James Dignan, Dunedin, New Zealand > -.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.- > =-.-=-.-=-.- You talk to me as if from a distance .-=-.-=-.-=-. > -=-. And I reply with impressions chosen from another time .-=- > .-=-.-=-.-=-.-=- (Brian Eno - "By this River") -.-=-.-=-.-=-.-= > - -- first things first, but not necessarily in that order... I like my girls to be the same as my records - independent, attractively packaged and in black vinyl (if at all possible)... Sic gorgiamus allos subjectatos nunc (the motto of the Addams Family: "We gladly feast on those who would subdue us") ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V17 #182 ********************************