Mark, my donation to Fox Valley still stands, Go get umm.
Ed

Thanks Ed.......I am winning.......

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Ya gotta read Pyramids.

There is a camel called "You Bastard"

Brilliant......

Link?

Maybe try this one?
Terry Pratchett: Pyramids

[Minor correction on the camel name.]

Hey, isn't Camels a brand of f... Oooops!


Meanwhile going metaphysically quantum-discs:

That is quite an intelligent review without giving too much away. There's lots of very clever, and very funny detail in there. All the more so if you know anything of Egypt and quantum physics. It's still thoughtfully funny even if you know nothing of that stuff. The scary bit for me was how the examiner for Teppic's viva was so like one of my old lecturers... I quite liked the gargoyles bit also. There's also good parodies of scenes out of well known films of about that time. All very good fun. My only negative comment is that the story is rather bipolar/disjoint for the very different scenes set contrasting the 'progressive' Ank-Morpork and the other world lost in time in the desert.

A very good read and the first book where the author gets more serious for both the humour and the story.

I rather liked the physics involved as the pyramids spectacularly showed their true purpose...

I also liked... And...

Err... Better not give any more of the story away!


Have fun!
Martin

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Couple days have passed, how ya doin Mark? Hope all is well in the land of the kitties!

Jeremy

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Couple days have passed, how ya doin Mark? Hope all is well in the land of the kitties!

Jeremy

Well, after falling on me bum, I am back at it, and taking another run at the task of quitting.....
The kitties are all fat and sassy, and happy to have Dad around the house more whilst on vacation.....

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"Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster

Couple days have passed, how ya doin Mark? Hope all is well in the land of the kitties!

Jeremy

Well, after falling on me bum, I am back at it, and taking another run at the task of quitting.....
The kitties are all fat and sassy, and happy to have Dad around the house more whilst on vacation.....

Good deal buddy. I still have faith that you can do it. We all have our ups and downs, we just keep picking ourselves back up. You'll do it my friend.

Speaking of fat and sassy, my cat, Suzie Q, sure has been loving life. My wife works at one of those pet store chain market places, and has been bringing home treats. Well, lately, she has decided my wife is her new favorite friend, always following her around, loving on her, its funny! My wife, on the other hand, is waiting for Suzie to "bite the hand that feeds her" so to say. LOL

Jeremy

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Well I know you asked about cameras earlier and so I decided to throw my two cents in... The Nikon D40 can be had at around your price mark it is a GREAT digital camera you can use different lenses on it and one benefit of NIKON DSLR cameras the others don't have is they all can use the same lenses... My step father is a camera nut. He has taken pictures that have graced the covers of MANY a popular magazine and won lots of competitions. He swears by NIKON. He bought me a cheap digital for Christmas and it works perfect for my needs, he also got my mother one (I will try to see what the numbers are for it as it has a HUGE lcd display takes up almost the entire back of the camera. It was about half of your budget). The D40 or D40x is not the newest or most expensive by any stretch but is rated by a number of the photo mags as the best basic DSLR and still can be used by professional photographers. As far as I know all the other brands out there every different model the lenses cannot be used, they change something on them to force you to buy new ones. I guess there probably are some kind of adapters made I am not certain. My step father has been drooling over the newest one just not willing to spend the money they want for it at this time (I think it was over 2K) I hope this has in some way helped and will find out any more you want to know about it.
I know this is a long week for you...but keep up the FIGHT and don't be tempted...

Mark

Nice to see the grit continuing.

Keep it up and it will have to abandon you!

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It's good to be back amongst friends and colleagues

Well I know you asked about cameras earlier and so I decided to throw my two cents in... The Nikon D40 can be had at around your price mark it is a GREAT digital camera you can use different lenses on it and one benefit of NIKON DSLR cameras the others don't have is they all can use the same lenses... My step father is a camera nut. He has taken pictures that have graced the covers of MANY a popular magazine and won lots of competitions. He swears by NIKON. He bought me a cheap digital for Christmas and it works perfect for my needs, he also got my mother one (I will try to see what the numbers are for it as it has a HUGE lcd display takes up almost the entire back of the camera. It was about half of your budget). The D40 or D40x is not the newest or most expensive by any stretch but is rated by a number of the photo mags as the best basic DSLR and still can be used by professional photographers. As far as I know all the other brands out there every different model the lenses cannot be used, they change something on them to force you to buy new ones. I guess there probably are some kind of adapters made I am not certain. My step father has been drooling over the newest one just not willing to spend the money they want for it at this time (I think it was over 2K) I hope this has in some way helped and will find out any more you want to know about it.
I know this is a long week for you...but keep up the FIGHT and don't be tempted...

The Nikon is probably a great camera, but I think not for me.....I will never be enough of an enthusiast to want interchangeable lenses....just a good quality self contained camera....
I am leaning towards the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ18....a large zoom range, seems to get pretty good reviews, the Leica lens gets high marks, and is in the $300.00 range.....
What ya' think?

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"Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster

Well I know you asked about cameras earlier and so I decided to throw my two cents in... The Nikon D40 can be had at around your price mark it is a GREAT digital camera you can use different lenses on it and one benefit of NIKON DSLR cameras the others don't have is they all can use the same lenses... My step father is a camera nut. He has taken pictures that have graced the covers of MANY a popular magazine and won lots of competitions. He swears by NIKON. He bought me a cheap digital for Christmas and it works perfect for my needs, he also got my mother one (I will try to see what the numbers are for it as it has a HUGE lcd display takes up almost the entire back of the camera. It was about half of your budget). The D40 or D40x is not the newest or most expensive by any stretch but is rated by a number of the photo mags as the best basic DSLR and still can be used by professional photographers. As far as I know all the other brands out there every different model the lenses cannot be used, they change something on them to force you to buy new ones. I guess there probably are some kind of adapters made I am not certain. My step father has been drooling over the newest one just not willing to spend the money they want for it at this time (I think it was over 2K) I hope this has in some way helped and will find out any more you want to know about it.
I know this is a long week for you...but keep up the FIGHT and don't be tempted...

The Nikon is probably a great camera, but I think not for me.....I will never be enough of an enthusiast to want interchangeable lenses....just a good quality self contained camera....
I am leaning towards the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ18....a large zoom range, seems to get pretty good reviews, the Leica lens gets high marks, and is in the $300.00 range.....
What ya' think?

Interesting. The UK Consumers Association (largest independent testing organisation for consumer goods in the UK) recommends this very model as a "Best Buy" in terms of value for money and reliability. Sounds like a very good choice for what you require.

F.

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I recently bought the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FS3. I chose it for it's Leica lense and it's dinky size. Here is a picture i took of the stairs up to the tree walk in Key Gardens. I also filmed maggots with it. (see Rocky's..but those files have been converted to Flash so aren't the same quality as i filmed)

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Interesting. The UK Consumers Association (largest independent testing organisation for consumer goods in the UK) recommends this very model as a "Best Buy" in terms of value for money and reliability. Sounds like a very good choice for what you require.

F.

Thank you Fred....doesn't seem like I could go too wrong with that model then....
I think I'll get one on order, even though I don't have any maggot races scheduled at the moment....(LOL, Es).

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Keep up the effort Mark! Can't wait to see the kitty pictures!!! Mebbe' you could get all four together at once, like in your avatar!

Luke.

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- Luke.

Mark, great to see your back on board again and "doing your best to stay on the straight and narrow" as my dad used to say to me when I was growing up...

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No..........that's NOT the point..........the point is that every arsehole on the planet thinks they have the ultimate solution to life.......and that everbody else should abide by it............

And yet, you had some swell plans for using the gov't to force other people to abide by your neat little idea.

Ain't that grand.

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Cordially,
Rush

elrushbo2@theobviousgmail.com
Remove the obvious...

Well, after falling on me bum, I am back at it, and taking another run at the task of quitting.....

What did you do with the pack you bought?

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Cordially,
Rush

elrushbo2@theobviousgmail.com
Remove the obvious...

No..........that's NOT the point..........the point is that every arsehole on the planet thinks they have the ultimate solution to life.......and that everbody else should abide by it............

And yet, you had some swell plans for using the gov't to force other people to abide by your neat little idea.

Ain't that grand.

And which neat lil' idea are you referring to?

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"Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster

Well, after falling on me bum, I am back at it, and taking another run at the task of quitting.....

What did you do with the pack you bought?

Smoked 'em all up, of course....
I haven't the willpower yet not to smoke 'em if I got 'em.....
The success I did have was sustaining the willpower not to run in a buy a pack....and I shall continue that fight in earnest, on behalf of myself, my kitties, and all those here who are looking up to me to bolster their resolve to do the same.....

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"Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster

Well, after falling on me bum, I am back at it, and taking another run at the task of quitting.....

What did you do with the pack you bought?

Smoked 'em all up, of course....
I haven't the willpower yet not to smoke 'em if I got 'em.....
The success I did have was sustaining the willpower not to run in a buy a pack....and I shall continue that fight in earnest, on behalf of myself, my kitties, and all those here who are looking up to me to bolster their resolve to do the same.....

Never smoked A cigarette and never will. My mother smoked since she was in her twenties now she uses Liquid Oxygen to get around. She will be 80 next year.

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LETS BEGIN IN 2010

Well, after falling on me bum, I am back at it, and taking another run at the task of quitting.....

What did you do with the pack you bought?

Smoked 'em all up, of course....
I haven't the willpower yet not to smoke 'em if I got 'em.....
The success I did have was sustaining the willpower not to run in a buy a pack....and I shall continue that fight in earnest, on behalf of myself, my kitties, and all those here who are looking up to me to bolster their resolve to do the same.....

Never smoked A cigarette and never will. My mother smoked since she was in her twenties now she uses Liquid Oxygen to get around. She will be 80 next year.

. . . mi mum smoked 'Pall Mall' - non-filter for twenty years - she & mi pop quit to the day AND never looked back

just up & quit - no withdrawls etc - just quit and haven't smoked since back in the early '60's . . . they're both great people btw ;)

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Well, after falling on me bum, I am back at it, and taking another run at the task of quitting.....

What did you do with the pack you bought?

Smoked 'em all up, of course....
I haven't the willpower yet not to smoke 'em if I got 'em.....
The success I did have was sustaining the willpower not to run in a buy a pack....and I shall continue that fight in earnest, on behalf of myself, my kitties, and all those here who are looking up to me to bolster their resolve to do the same.....

Never smoked A cigarette and never will. My mother smoked since she was in her twenties now she uses Liquid Oxygen to get around. She will be 80 next year.

Smart fella ya be!!

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"Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster