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If you must respond to off-topic posts, PLEASE REMOVE CROSSPOSTS TO REC.PHOTO.DIGITAL. Thank you for your help.

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If you must respond to off-topic posts, PLEASE REMOVE CROSSPOSTS TO REC.PHOTO.DIGITAL. Thank you for your help.

But, I don’t want to respond to off-topic posts!  I’ve heard that’s a bad thing to do!  Oh, wait, I get it.  You’re just kidding, aren’t you?

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Yeah, and I’d really love it if you REMOVE CROSSPOSTS TO REC.PHOTO.EQUIPMENT.35MM.. Oh wait, I haven’t even followed my own instructions. Crossposts are the worst things ever. The only things even more disgusting are hypocritical posts such as mine right here, you get it ? Chris.

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Yeah, and I’d really love it if you REMOVE CROSSPOSTS TO REC.PHOTO.EQUIPMENT.35MM.. Oh wait, I haven’t even followed my own instructions. Crossposts are the worst things ever. The only things even more disgusting are hypocritical posts such as mine right here, you get it ?

We here in alt.fan.idi.amin tend to agree with that. mike —     __    __    __    __    __    __    __    __    / /  / /  / /  / /  / /  / /  / /  / / /_/  /_/  /_/  /_/  /_/  /_/  /_/  /_/          ..let the cat out to reply..

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 Sod off, troll

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 Sod off, troll

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Yeah, and I’d really love it if you REMOVE CROSSPOSTS TO REC.PHOTO.EQUIPMENT.35MM.. Oh wait, I haven’t even followed my own instructions. Crossposts are the worst things ever. The only things even more disgusting are hypocritical posts such as mine right here, you get it ?

We here in alt.fan.idi.amin tend to agree with that. mike —     __    __    __    __    __    __    __    __    / /  / /  / /  / /  / /  / /  / /  / / /_/  /_/  /_/  /_/  /_/  /_/  /_/  /_/          ..let the cat out to reply..

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If you must respond to off-topic posts, PLEASE REMOVE CROSSPOSTS TO REC.PHOTO.DIGITAL. Thank you for your help.

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If you must respond to off-topic posts, PLEASE REMOVE CROSSPOSTS TO REC.PHOTO.DIGITAL. Thank you for your help.

But, I don’t want to respond to off-topic posts!  I’ve heard that’s a bad thing to do!  Oh, wait, I get it.  You’re just kidding, aren’t you?

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Yeah, and I’d really love it if you REMOVE CROSSPOSTS TO REC.PHOTO.EQUIPMENT.35MM.. Oh wait, I haven’t even followed my own instructions. Crossposts are the worst things ever. The only things even more disgusting are hypocritical posts such as mine right here, you get it ? Chris.

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Quite true.  Esp. on the Jewish groups.  Caiaphas has changed from troll to cowardly liar.  Notice he now has to post from a system that has stupidly failed to block anonymous remailers.

He was always a cowardly liar and a moron to boot. Here, let me change his e-mail address to one which is more truthful: Oh, BTW, here’s a great website: www.jewsforjudaism.org Best regards, —Cindy S.

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Damn, if you read the book (The Bible) his dad killed him. But that would also require proof he ever existed. I have read quite a few other fictional works and I don’t believe the Sherlock Holmes, Captain Ahab et al lived either…

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Damn, if you read the book (The Bible) his dad killed him. But that would also require proof he ever existed. I have read quite a few other fictional works and I don’t believe the Sherlock Holmes, Captain Ahab et al lived either…

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That is insanity. Your theory is almost identical to the proposition of predestination, favoured by the likes of staunch Calvinists. Knowing *what* will happen in an observed situation doesn’t *make* it happen. All right – let us take your example and examine it closely:

That was insightful, but I kept getting inexplicably Nietzsche-esque (eat your heart out, Kafka) flashbacks through it all. <g mike —      __    __    __    __    __    __    __    __     / /  / /  / /  / /  / /  / /  / /  / /   /_/  /_/  /_/  /_/  /_/  /_/  /_/  /_/           ..let the cat out to reply..

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Damn, if you read the book (The Bible) his dad killed him. But that would also require proof he ever existed. I have read quite a few other fictional works and I don’t believe the Sherlock Holmes, Captain Ahab et al lived either…

Then how do you explain THIS? Doubting Thomas! Editorial Page, New York Sun, 1897 We take pleasure in answering thus prominently the communication below, expressing at the same time our great gratification that its faithful author is numbered among the friends of The Sun: I am 8 years old. Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus. Papa says, "If you see it in The Sun, it’s so." Please tell me the truth, is there a Santa Claus? Virginia O’Hanlon Virginia, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a sceptical age. They do not believe except what they see. They think that nothing can be which is not comprehensible by their little minds. All minds, Virginia, whether they be men’s or children’s, are little. In this great universe of ours, man is a mere insect, an ant, in his intellect as compared with the boundless world about him, as measured by the intelligence capable of grasping the whole of truth and knowledge. Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy. Alas! how dreary would be the world if there were no Santa Claus! It would be as dreary as if there were no Virginias. There would be no childlike faith then, no poetry, no romance to make tolerable this existence. We should have no enjoyment, except in sense and sight. The external light with which childhood fills the world would be extinguished. Not believe in Santa Claus! You might as well not believe in fairies. You might get your papa to hire men to watch in all the chimneys on Christmas eve to catch Santa Claus, but even if you did not see Santa Claus coming down, what would that prove? Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that is no sign that there is no Santa Claus. The most real things in the world are those that neither children nor men can see. Did you ever see fairies dancing on the lawn? Of course not, but that’s no proof that they are not there. Nobody can conceive or imagine all the wonders there are unseen and unseeable in the world. You tear apart the baby’s rattle and see what makes the noise inside, but there is a veil covering the unseen world which not the strongest man, nor even the united strength of all the strongest men that ever lived could tear apart. Only faith, poetry, love, romance, can push aside that curtain and view and picture the supernal beauty and glory beyond. Is it all real? Ah, Virginia, in all this world there is nothing else real and abiding. No Santa Claus?Thank God he lives and lives forever. A thousand years from now, Virginia, nay 10 times 10,000 years from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!! mike —      __    __    __    __    __    __    __    __     / /  / /  / /  / /  / /  / /  / /  / /   /_/  /_/  /_/  /_/  /_/  /_/  /_/  /_/           ..let the cat out to reply..

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Who wants Jesus and the missionizing crap off their newsgroups?

1. soc.culture.jewish? 2. soc.culture.israel? 3. rec.photo.digital? 4. rec.photo.equipment.35mm? I pick answer #5 – all of the above. Best regards, —Cindy S.

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Who killed Christ? Romans. Go pick on the Italians, for a change. Deborah

***Um…er…who exactly shouted "Barabbas" when Pilate offered to free Jesus or someone else in keeping with a Passover tradition? (Maybe they were liberal Democrats!! <G) Al

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None of the above.  Anyone of them was the instrument of God the Father to accomplish the ultimate sacrifice of his incarnation in human body.  Simply put, God put to death the body which he took in Jesus. So he was a suicide?

You don’t know about the two natures, human and divine.  He clearly said "Pass this cup away from me…but not my will but yours." A little insight is helpful for those who don’t know the facts before their run their mouth. Shan

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At last all is revealed. Is being a Messianic Jew a new development for you Caiaphas? Tilly — — Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).

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  Nobody with half a brain gives damn. — http://www.chapelhillnoir.com home of The Camera-ist’s Manifesto The Improved Links Pages are at http://www.chapelhillnoir.com/links/mlinks00.html A sample chapter from my novel "Haight-Ashbury" is at http://www.chapelhillnoir.com/writ/hait/hatitl.html

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Who killed Christ? Pontius Pilate? The Jewish High Priest? Judas Iscariot?

Some claim the money changers have long memories. Jesus was bad for business. mike

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Good Morning! Who killed Christ?

Each And EveryOne Of Us!!!!!!!         New Testament Gospel writers teach that the Gospel is for the Jew First (Romans_1.16); this is echoed by other New Testament writers.         New Testament writers believe that Christ  – A  JEW  –  is the fulfillment of the promise to Abraham, Father of the Jews, in Genesis_12.3b where it says:         """and all peoples on earth                 will be blessed through you."""         It seems that people are rallying concerning the messenger and are ignoring the message.                 The message is Forgiveness  –         This Is What The Work Of Christ  –  A  JEW  –                 Accomplished At The Cross! And this is why Each and Every One of us sent         Christ to the Cross    —-                 Each And Every One of us is in need of                         Forgiveness in the Eyes of God! And a good example of this need is our penchant to point         fingers of blame for Who Crucified Christ! *Who*  is forgiven and not our concern now    —-         but receiving and applying the Forgiveness Personally         is the matter at hand! <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Jim <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

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Who killed Christ?

Who cares

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Who killed Christ? Pontius Pilate? The Jewish High Priest? Judas Iscariot?

"Alright, I’ll clear the air once and for all, and confess. Yes, we did it. I did it, my family. I found a note in my basement. It said: ‘We killed him . . . signed, Morty.’"                                          

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Not sure I know what you mean, hon. I figure "someone" simply likes me. Hah! With my luck, it’s gonna be some gawddamn ugly cat with one eye, one tooth, and mangy fur! hehehe Excuuuuuse me! For your information, I *do* have both eyes, thankyewverramuch. I can’t help the teef, that was an accident. And my fur is not mangy!! It’s merely "troubled". Hehehehehee

Ahhhh, but…. but…. my dear Auntie! You be married! You can’t be crawlin’ into me bed just when you feel like it! Okay, okay, you can. hehehehe – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Even more interesting, Garg.  You must know the background on this one, right? Pip Sweetie, I don’t care if they’re made from diamonds, if they’re guys, they better not get too friendly! They want to live that badly, they can go visit Parse. And, yes, no matter which bed I sleep in. I can tell. It’s always the same "footprint" – if you know what I mean. I don’t mind, though. hehehe You don’t want to send those guys away in ectoplasmic tears do you?  They’re just trying to "live" a little!    But seriously….they climb into bed with you no matter where you are….most interesting. Pip Damn, babette! Send some of em here! The only thing I ever get is someone climbing into bed with me! And, it doesn’t matter which bed I’m in, either – meaning whether I sleep at home or somewhere else. I’m not complaining mind you, but… come on, if someone’s gonna climb into my bed, I expect a guy, in which case, he better not be getting too friendly, if he knows what’s good for him! Or, unless it happens to be an animal like a cat. I jus’ ain’t into bestiality, ya know. hehehe Some Polaroid’s taken a while back, without flash, have balls of light on black backgrounds, and jets of light on black backgrounds.  The doors are knocked on very loudly periodically. The TV will turn itself off, even though its on the same surge protector as the computer and nothing happens to the computer. Music plays from another room, even though no one is in there, and nothing is on.  And once quarters were thrown in from the hallway…nobody there of course.    We get a lot of visitors….the youngest saw one in the hall, last week someone woke her up by shaking her….none of this bothers us, we barely notice it…the shame is that the youngest is afraid of these things, and afraid of magic. Pip message message message in message Not last night, but the night before, Tommyknockers, Tommyknockers knocking at my door,  I want to go out, don’t know if I can, ’cause I’m so afraid of the Tommyknockers man. Anyone else experiencing a huge increase in paranormal activity this full moon? Hard to say, Aunty.. our gigantic dog house is pretty well jumping all the time.. Hel!  we even get what looks like mounted cavalry passing through the house at times, heading in a Northerly direction. Not to mention things that sit on the bed, hard enough to depress the mattress, and sometimes feel the need to climb in with us.  You tend to ignore that kinda thing here, so I’ll have to pay a bit more attention and get back to you on that one.. :-) P That’s so totally cool! Have you guys’ tried to photograph anything? Never tried… doncha need special equipment for that? P Nope. I prefer using a 35mm camera with 400 to 600 speed film. I found it works best. Digital cameras are great, but sometimes the photo can turn out too pixelated. There are really good recorders out there, with attached microphones and stuff, but half the time I just use a hand held mini cassette recorder I got at Radio Shack for $20. You wouldn’t believe all the voices I’ve gotten on tape. I found that just taking random pics whenever activity is occuring will often result in anomalies caught on film. :) Heh… I’ll have to give it a try.. do you use flash in poor light? P I always have. It doesn’t seem to do any harm. :) Love, Aunty   xxx cry "Open Sesame!" the curtains draw apart: beyond them fair and free the realms of magick art. Gargoyle, The Evil Mr. Peanut – ;) _~~~~~ The One. The Only. The Original. Have a salted peanut, dearie. I promise, it won’t hurt me one little bit. Hehehehe Gargoyle, The Evil Mr. Peanut – ;) _~~~~~ // (oo) "… hehehee… cawe fow a pickled eye?" "Nah. Some things I just prefer fresh. hehehe" Gargoyle, The Evil Mr. Peanut – ;) _~~~~~ // (oo) "… hehehee… cawe fow a pickled eye?" "Nah. Some things I just prefer fresh. hehehe" Love, Aunty   xxx cry "Open Sesame!" the curtains draw apart: beyond them fair and free the realms of magick art.

Gargoyle, The Evil Mr. Peanut – ;) _~~~~~ // (oo) "… hehehee… cawe fow a pickled eye?" "Nah. Some things I just prefer fresh. hehehe"

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Not sure I know what you mean, hon. I figure "someone" simply likes me. Hah! With my luck, it’s gonna be some gawddamn ugly cat with one eye, one tooth, and mangy fur! hehehe

Excuuuuuse me! For your information, I *do* have both eyes, thankyewverramuch. I can’t help the teef, that was an accident. And my fur is not mangy!! It’s merely "troubled". Hehehehehee – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Even more interesting, Garg.  You must know the background on this one, right? Pip Sweetie, I don’t care if they’re made from diamonds, if they’re guys, they better not get too friendly! They want to live that badly, they can go visit Parse. And, yes, no matter which bed I sleep in. I can tell. It’s always the same "footprint" – if you know what I mean. I don’t mind, though. hehehe You don’t want to send those guys away in ectoplasmic tears do you?  They’re just trying to "live" a little!    But seriously….they climb into bed with you no matter where you are….most interesting. Pip Damn, babette! Send some of em here! The only thing I ever get is someone climbing into bed with me! And, it doesn’t matter which bed I’m in, either – meaning whether I sleep at home or somewhere else. I’m not complaining mind you, but… come on, if someone’s gonna climb into my bed, I expect a guy, in which case, he better not be getting too friendly, if he knows what’s good for him! Or, unless it happens to be an animal like a cat. I jus’ ain’t into bestiality, ya know. hehehe Some Polaroid’s taken a while back, without flash, have balls of light on black backgrounds, and jets of light on black backgrounds.  The doors are knocked on very loudly periodically. The TV will turn itself off, even though its on the same surge protector as the computer and nothing happens to the computer. Music plays from another room, even though no one is in there, and nothing is on.  And once quarters were thrown in from the hallway…nobody there of course.    We get a lot of visitors….the youngest saw one in the hall, last week someone woke her up by shaking her….none of this bothers us, we barely notice it…the shame is that the youngest is afraid of these things, and afraid of magic. Pip message message message in message Not last night, but the night before, Tommyknockers, Tommyknockers knocking at my door,  I want to go out, don’t know if I can, ’cause I’m so afraid of the Tommyknockers man. Anyone else experiencing a huge increase in paranormal activity this full moon? Hard to say, Aunty.. our gigantic dog house is pretty well jumping all the time.. Hel!  we even get what looks like mounted cavalry passing through the house at times, heading in a Northerly direction. Not to mention things that sit on the bed, hard enough to depress the mattress, and sometimes feel the need to climb in with us.  You tend to ignore that kinda thing here, so I’ll have to pay a bit more attention and get back to you on that one.. :-) P That’s so totally cool! Have you guys’ tried to photograph anything? Never tried… doncha need special equipment for that? P Nope. I prefer using a 35mm camera with 400 to 600 speed film. I found it works best. Digital cameras are great, but sometimes the photo can turn out too pixelated. There are really good recorders out there, with attached microphones and stuff, but half the time I just use a hand held mini cassette recorder I got at Radio Shack for $20. You wouldn’t believe all the voices I’ve gotten on tape. I found that just taking random pics whenever activity is occuring will often result in anomalies caught on film. :) Heh… I’ll have to give it a try.. do you use flash in poor light? P I always have. It doesn’t seem to do any harm. :) Love, Aunty   xxx cry "Open Sesame!" the curtains draw apart: beyond them fair and free the realms of magick art. Gargoyle, The Evil Mr. Peanut – ;) _~~~~~ The One. The Only. The Original. Have a salted peanut, dearie. I promise, it won’t hurt me one little bit. Hehehehe Gargoyle, The Evil Mr. Peanut – ;) _~~~~~ // (oo) "… hehehee… cawe fow a pickled eye?" "Nah. Some things I just prefer fresh. hehehe" Gargoyle, The Evil Mr. Peanut – ;) _~~~~~ // (oo) "… hehehee… cawe fow a pickled eye?" "Nah. Some things I just prefer fresh. hehehe"

Love, Aunty   xxx cry "Open Sesame!" the curtains draw apart: beyond them fair and free the realms of magick art.

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Not sure I know what you mean, hon. I figure "someone" simply likes me. Hah! With my luck, it’s gonna be some gawddamn ugly cat with one eye, one tooth, and mangy fur! hehehe – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Even more interesting, Garg.  You must know the background on this one, right? Pip Sweetie, I don’t care if they’re made from diamonds, if they’re guys, they better not get too friendly! They want to live that badly, they can go visit Parse. And, yes, no matter which bed I sleep in. I can tell. It’s always the same "footprint" – if you know what I mean. I don’t mind, though. hehehe You don’t want to send those guys away in ectoplasmic tears do you?  They’re just trying to "live" a little!    But seriously….they climb into bed with you no matter where you are….most interesting. Pip Damn, babette! Send some of em here! The only thing I ever get is someone climbing into bed with me! And, it doesn’t matter which bed I’m in, either – meaning whether I sleep at home or somewhere else. I’m not complaining mind you, but… come on, if someone’s gonna climb into my bed, I expect a guy, in which case, he better not be getting too friendly, if he knows what’s good for him! Or, unless it happens to be an animal like a cat. I jus’ ain’t into bestiality, ya know. hehehe Some Polaroid’s taken a while back, without flash, have balls of light on black backgrounds, and jets of light on black backgrounds.  The doors are knocked on very loudly periodically. The TV will turn itself off, even though its on the same surge protector as the computer and nothing happens to the computer. Music plays from another room, even though no one is in there, and nothing is on.  And once quarters were thrown in from the hallway…nobody there of course.    We get a lot of visitors….the youngest saw one in the hall, last week someone woke her up by shaking her….none of this bothers us, we barely notice it…the shame is that the youngest is afraid of these things, and afraid of magic. Pip message message message in message Not last night, but the night before, Tommyknockers, Tommyknockers knocking at my door,  I want to go out, don’t know if I can, ’cause I’m so afraid of the Tommyknockers man. Anyone else experiencing a huge increase in paranormal activity this full moon? Hard to say, Aunty.. our gigantic dog house is pretty well jumping all the time.. Hel!  we even get what looks like mounted cavalry passing through the house at times, heading in a Northerly direction. Not to mention things that sit on the bed, hard enough to depress the mattress, and sometimes feel the need to climb in with us.  You tend to ignore that kinda thing here, so I’ll have to pay a bit more attention and get back to you on that one.. :-) P That’s so totally cool! Have you guys’ tried to photograph anything? Never tried… doncha need special equipment for that? P Nope. I prefer using a 35mm camera with 400 to 600 speed film. I found it works best. Digital cameras are great, but sometimes the photo can turn out too pixelated. There are really good recorders out there, with attached microphones and stuff, but half the time I just use a hand held mini cassette recorder I got at Radio Shack for $20. You wouldn’t believe all the voices I’ve gotten on tape. I found that just taking random pics whenever activity is occuring will often result in anomalies caught on film. :) Heh… I’ll have to give it a try.. do you use flash in poor light? P I always have. It doesn’t seem to do any harm. :) Love, Aunty   xxx cry "Open Sesame!" the curtains draw apart: beyond them fair and free the realms of magick art. Gargoyle, The Evil Mr. Peanut – ;) _~~~~~ The One. The Only. The Original. Have a salted peanut, dearie. I promise, it won’t hurt me one little bit. Hehehehe Gargoyle, The Evil Mr. Peanut – ;) _~~~~~ // (oo) "… hehehee… cawe fow a pickled eye?" "Nah. Some things I just prefer fresh. hehehe"

Gargoyle, The Evil Mr. Peanut – ;) _~~~~~ // (oo) "… hehehee… cawe fow a pickled eye?" "Nah. Some things I just prefer fresh. hehehe"

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Some Polaroid’s taken a while back, without flash, have balls of light on black backgrounds, and jets of light on black backgrounds.  The doors are knocked on very loudly periodically. The TV will turn itself off, even though its on the same surge protector as the computer and nothing happens to the computer. Music plays from another room, even though no one is in there, and nothing is on.  And once quarters were thrown in from the hallway…nobody there of course.    We get a lot of visitors….the youngest saw one in the hall, last week someone woke her up by shaking her….none of this bothers us, we barely notice it…the shame is that the youngest is afraid of these things, and afraid of magic. Pip I find this sort of thing fascinating. That’s what drew me to Paganism and Magic in the first place- the thought that there is an unseen world around us. :) Maybe your child would be less afraid if you explained that the "visitors" are there because they care about you guys? Good thoughts Aunty, but in every family, there are just some people who are afraid.  Maybe they will get over it, maybe they won’t. And in our case, these visitors aren’t all relatives.  We reopened the doorway that closed after Dad died. Its part of our job.  There is also something else going on, that can’t be spoken of, which is not part of the doorway, but it tends to collect a lot of visitors.  This is also part of our job.  When thinking about who will take over these jobs after we are gone, it looks like the elder daughter will be the one, not the younger, who is afraid. Pip

I’m glad you have at least one child who’s willing to take over. Who knows? She may find other’s like herself when she gets older- like you found Phoenix. :) Love, Aunty   xxx cry "Open Sesame!" the curtains draw apart: beyond them fair and free the realms of magick art.

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Damn, babette! Send some of em here! The only thing I ever get is someone climbing into bed with me! And, it doesn’t matter which bed I’m in, either – meaning whether I sleep at home or somewhere else. I’m not complaining mind you, but… come on, if someone’s gonna climb into my bed, I expect a case, he better not be getting too friendly, if he knows what’s good for him! Or, unless it happens to be an animal like a cat. I jus’ ain’t into bestiality, ya know. hehehe – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Some Polaroid’s taken a while back, without flash, have balls of light on black backgrounds, and jets of light on black backgrounds.  The doors are knocked on very loudly periodically. The TV will turn itself off, even though its on the same surge protector as the computer and nothing happens to the computer. Music plays from another room, even though no one is in there, and nothing is on.  And once quarters were thrown in from the hallway…nobody there of course.    We get a lot of visitors….the youngest saw one in the hall, last week someone woke her up by shaking her….none of this bothers us, we barely notice it…the shame is that the youngest is afraid of these things, and afraid of magic. Pip message message Not last night, but the night before, Tommyknockers, Tommyknockers knocking at my door,  I want to go out, don’t know if I can, ’cause I’m so afraid of the Tommyknockers man. Anyone else experiencing a huge increase in paranormal activity this full moon? Hard to say, Aunty.. our gigantic dog house is pretty well jumping all the time.. Hel!  we even get what looks like mounted cavalry passing through the house at times, heading in a Northerly direction. Not to mention things that sit on the bed, hard enough to depress the mattress, and sometimes feel the need to climb in with us.  You tend to ignore that kinda thing here, so I’ll have to pay a bit more attention and get back to you on that one.. :-) P That’s so totally cool! Have you guys’ tried to photograph anything? Never tried… doncha need special equipment for that? P Nope. I prefer using a 35mm camera with 400 to 600 speed film. I found it works best. Digital cameras are great, but sometimes the photo can turn out too pixelated. There are really good recorders out there, with attached microphones and stuff, but half the time I just use a hand held mini cassette recorder I got at Radio Shack for $20. You wouldn’t believe all the voices I’ve gotten on tape. I found that just taking random pics whenever activity is occuring will often result in anomalies caught on film. :) Heh… I’ll have to give it a try.. do you use flash in poor light? P I always have. It doesn’t seem to do any harm. :) Love, Aunty   xxx cry "Open Sesame!" the curtains draw apart: beyond them fair and free the realms of magick art.

Gargoyle, The Evil Mr. Peanut – ;) _~~~~~ The One. The Only. The Original. Have a salted peanut, dearie. I promise, it won’t hurt me one little bit. Hehehehe

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Even more interesting, Garg.  You must know the background on this one, right? Pip

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Sweetie, I don’t care if they’re made from diamonds, if they’re guys, they better not get too friendly! They want to live that badly, they can go visit Parse. And, yes, no matter which bed I sleep in. I can tell. It’s always the same "footprint" – if you know what I mean. I don’t mind, though. hehehe You don’t want to send those guys away in ectoplasmic tears do you?  They’re just trying to "live" a little!    But seriously….they climb into bed with you no matter where you are….most interesting. Pip Damn, babette! Send some of em here! The only thing I ever get is someone climbing into bed with me! And, it doesn’t matter which bed I’m in, either – meaning whether I sleep at home or somewhere else. I’m not complaining mind you, but… come on, if someone’s gonna climb into my bed, I expect a guy, in which case, he better not be getting too friendly, if he knows what’s good for him! Or, unless it happens to be an animal like a cat. I jus’ ain’t into bestiality, ya know. hehehe Some Polaroid’s taken a while back, without flash, have balls of light on black backgrounds, and jets of light on black backgrounds.  The doors are knocked on very loudly periodically. The TV will turn itself off, even though its on the same surge protector as the computer and nothing happens to the computer. Music plays from another room, even though no one is in there, and nothing is on.  And once quarters were thrown in from the hallway…nobody there of course.    We get a lot of visitors….the youngest saw one in the hall, last week someone woke her up by shaking her….none of this bothers us, we barely notice it…the shame is that the youngest is afraid of these things, and afraid of magic. Pip message message message in message Not last night, but the night before, Tommyknockers, Tommyknockers knocking at my door,  I want to go out, don’t know if I can, ’cause I’m so afraid of the Tommyknockers man. Anyone else experiencing a huge increase in paranormal activity this full moon? Hard to say, Aunty.. our gigantic dog house is pretty well jumping all the time.. Hel!  we even get what looks like mounted cavalry passing through the house at times, heading in a Northerly direction. Not to mention things that sit on the bed, hard enough to depress the mattress, and sometimes feel the need to climb in with us.  You tend to ignore that kinda thing here, so I’ll have to pay a bit more attention and get back to you on that one.. :-) P That’s so totally cool! Have you guys’ tried to photograph anything? Never tried… doncha need special equipment for that? P Nope. I prefer using a 35mm camera with 400 to 600 speed film. I found it works best. Digital cameras are great, but sometimes the photo can turn out too pixelated. There are really good recorders out there, with attached microphones and stuff, but half the time I just use a hand held mini cassette recorder I got at Radio Shack for $20. You wouldn’t believe all the voices I’ve gotten on tape. I found that just taking random pics whenever activity is occuring will often result in anomalies caught on film. :) Heh… I’ll have to give it a try.. do you use flash in poor light? P I always have. It doesn’t seem to do any harm. :) Love, Aunty   xxx cry "Open Sesame!" the curtains draw apart: beyond them fair and free the realms of magick art. Gargoyle, The Evil Mr. Peanut – ;) _~~~~~ The One. The Only. The Original. Have a salted peanut, dearie. I promise, it won’t hurt me one little bit. Hehehehe Gargoyle, The Evil Mr. Peanut – ;) _~~~~~ // (oo) "… hehehee… cawe fow a pickled eye?" "Nah. Some things I just prefer fresh. hehehe"

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Sweetie, I don’t care if they’re made from diamonds, if they’re guys, they better not get too friendly! They want to live that badly, they can go visit Parse. And, yes, no matter which bed I sleep in. I can tell. It’s always the same "footprint" – if you know what I mean. I don’t mind, though. hehehe – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – You don’t want to send those guys away in ectoplasmic tears do you?  They’re just trying to "live" a little!    But seriously….they climb into bed with you no matter where you are….most interesting. Pip Damn, babette! Send some of em here! The only thing I ever get is someone climbing into bed with me! And, it doesn’t matter which bed I’m in, either – meaning whether I sleep at home or somewhere else. I’m not complaining mind you, but… come on, if someone’s gonna climb into my bed, I expect a guy, in which case, he better not be getting too friendly, if he knows what’s good for him! Or, unless it happens to be an animal like a cat. I jus’ ain’t into bestiality, ya know. hehehe Some Polaroid’s taken a while back, without flash, have balls of light on black backgrounds, and jets of light on black backgrounds.  The doors are knocked on very loudly periodically. The TV will turn itself off, even though its on the same surge protector as the computer and nothing happens to the computer. Music plays from another room, even though no one is in there, and nothing is on.  And once quarters were thrown in from the hallway…nobody there of course.    We get a lot of visitors….the youngest saw one in the hall, last week someone woke her up by shaking her….none of this bothers us, we barely notice it…the shame is that the youngest is afraid of these things, and afraid of magic. Pip message message message Not last night, but the night before, Tommyknockers, Tommyknockers knocking at my door,  I want to go out, don’t know if I can, ’cause I’m so afraid of the Tommyknockers man. Anyone else experiencing a huge increase in paranormal activity this full moon? Hard to say, Aunty.. our gigantic dog house is pretty well jumping all the time.. Hel!  we even get what looks like mounted cavalry passing through the house at times, heading in a Northerly direction. Not to mention things that sit on the bed, hard enough to depress the mattress, and sometimes feel the need to climb in with us.  You tend to ignore that kinda thing here, so I’ll have to pay a bit more attention and get back to you on that one.. :-) P That’s so totally cool! Have you guys’ tried to photograph anything? Never tried… doncha need special equipment for that? P Nope. I prefer using a 35mm camera with 400 to 600 speed film. I found it works best. Digital cameras are great, but sometimes the photo can turn out too pixelated. There are really good recorders out there, with attached microphones and stuff, but half the time I just use a hand held mini cassette recorder I got at Radio Shack for $20. You wouldn’t believe all the voices I’ve gotten on tape. I found that just taking random pics whenever activity is occuring will often result in anomalies caught on film. :) Heh… I’ll have to give it a try.. do you use flash in poor light? P I always have. It doesn’t seem to do any harm. :) Love, Aunty   xxx cry "Open Sesame!" the curtains draw apart: beyond them fair and free the realms of magick art. Gargoyle, The Evil Mr. Peanut – ;) _~~~~~ The One. The Only. The Original. Have a salted peanut, dearie. I promise, it won’t hurt me one little bit. Hehehehe

Gargoyle, The Evil Mr. Peanut – ;) _~~~~~ // (oo) "… hehehee… cawe fow a pickled eye?" "Nah. Some things I just prefer fresh. hehehe"

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I’m glad you have at least one child who’s willing to take

over. Who knows? She may find other’s like herself when she gets older- like you found Phoenix. :)

Thanks Aunty….I would hope so.  It depends on what she has preplanned though. Pip

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You don’t want to send those guys away in ectoplasmic tears do you?  They’re just trying to "live" a little!    But seriously….they climb into bed with you no matter where you are….most interesting. Pip

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Damn, babette! Send some of em here! The only thing I ever get is someone climbing into bed with me! And, it doesn’t matter which bed I’m in, either – meaning whether I sleep at home or somewhere else. I’m not complaining mind you, but… come on, if someone’s gonna climb into my bed, I expect a guy, in which case, he better not be getting too friendly, if he knows what’s good for him! Or, unless it happens to be an animal like a cat. I jus’ ain’t into bestiality, ya know. hehehe Some Polaroid’s taken a while back, without flash, have balls of light on black backgrounds, and jets of light on black backgrounds.  The doors are knocked on very loudly periodically. The TV will turn itself off, even though its on the same surge protector as the computer and nothing happens to the computer. Music plays from another room, even though no one is in there, and nothing is on.  And once quarters were thrown in from the hallway…nobody there of course.    We get a lot of visitors….the youngest saw one in the hall, last week someone woke her up by shaking her….none of this bothers us, we barely notice it…the shame is that the youngest is afraid of these things, and afraid of magic. Pip

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – message message message Not last night, but the night before, Tommyknockers, Tommyknockers knocking at my door,  I want to go out, don’t know if I can, ’cause I’m so afraid of the Tommyknockers man. Anyone else experiencing a huge increase in paranormal activity this full moon? Hard to say, Aunty.. our gigantic dog house is pretty well jumping all the time.. Hel!  we even get what looks like mounted cavalry passing through the house at times, heading in a Northerly direction. Not to mention things that sit on the bed, hard enough to depress the mattress, and sometimes feel the need to climb in with us.  You tend to ignore that kinda thing here, so I’ll have to pay a bit more attention and get back to you on that one.. :-) P That’s so totally cool! Have you guys’ tried to photograph anything? Never tried… doncha need special equipment for that? P Nope. I prefer using a 35mm camera with 400 to 600 speed film. I found it works best. Digital cameras are great, but sometimes the photo can turn out too pixelated. There are really good recorders out there, with attached microphones and stuff, but half the time I just use a hand held mini cassette recorder I got at Radio Shack for $20. You wouldn’t believe all the voices I’ve gotten on tape. I found that just taking random pics whenever activity is occuring will often result in anomalies caught on film. :) Heh… I’ll have to give it a try.. do you use flash in poor light? P I always have. It doesn’t seem to do any harm. :) Love, Aunty   xxx cry "Open Sesame!" the curtains draw apart: beyond them fair and free the realms of magick art. Gargoyle, The Evil Mr. Peanut – ;) _~~~~~ The One. The Only. The Original. Have a salted peanut, dearie. I promise, it won’t hurt me one little bit. Hehehehe

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Some Polaroid’s taken a while back, without flash, have balls of light on black backgrounds, and jets of light on black backgrounds.  The doors are knocked on very loudly periodically. The TV will turn itself off, even though its on the same surge protector as the computer and nothing happens to the computer. Music plays from another room, even though no one is in there, and nothing is on.  And once quarters were thrown in from the hallway…nobody there of course.    We get a lot of visitors….the youngest saw one in the hall, last week someone woke her up by shaking her….none of this bothers us, we barely notice it…the shame is that the youngest is afraid of these things, and afraid of magic. Pip I find this sort of thing fascinating. That’s what drew me to Paganism and Magic in the first place- the thought that there is an unseen world around us. :) Maybe your child would be less afraid if you explained that the "visitors" are there because they care about you guys?

Good thoughts Aunty, but in every family, there are just some people who are afraid.  Maybe they will get over it, maybe they won’t. And in our case, these visitors aren’t all relatives.  We reopened the doorway that closed after Dad died. Its part of our job.  There is also something else going on, that can’t be spoken of, which is not part of the doorway, but it tends to collect a lot of visitors.  This is also part of our job.  When thinking about who will take over these jobs after we are gone, it looks like the elder daughter will be the one, not the younger, who is afraid. Pip

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Some Polaroid’s taken a while back, without flash, have balls of light on black backgrounds, and jets of light on black backgrounds.  The doors are knocked on very loudly periodically. The TV will turn itself off, even though its on the same surge protector as the computer and nothing happens to the computer. Music plays from another room, even though no one is in there, and nothing is on.  And once quarters were thrown in from the hallway…nobody there of course.    We get a lot of visitors….the youngest saw one in the hall, last week someone woke her up by shaking her….none of this bothers us, we barely notice it…the shame is that the youngest is afraid of these things, and afraid of magic. Pip

I find this sort of thing fascinating. That’s what drew me to Paganism and Magic in the first place- the thought that there is an unseen world around us. :) Maybe your child would be less afraid if you explained that the "visitors" are there because they care about you guys? – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – message message Not last night, but the night before, Tommyknockers, Tommyknockers knocking at my door,  I want to go out, don’t know if I can, ’cause I’m so afraid of the Tommyknockers man. Anyone else experiencing a huge increase in paranormal activity this full moon? Hard to say, Aunty.. our gigantic dog house is pretty well jumping all the time.. Hel!  we even get what looks like mounted cavalry passing through the house at times, heading in a Northerly direction. Not to mention things that sit on the bed, hard enough to depress the mattress, and sometimes feel the need to climb in with us.  You tend to ignore that kinda thing here, so I’ll have to pay a bit more attention and get back to you on that one.. :-) P That’s so totally cool! Have you guys’ tried to photograph anything? Never tried… doncha need special equipment for that? P Nope. I prefer using a 35mm camera with 400 to 600 speed film. I found it works best. Digital cameras are great, but sometimes the photo can turn out too pixelated. There are really good recorders out there, with attached microphones and stuff, but half the time I just use a hand held mini cassette recorder I got at Radio Shack for $20. You wouldn’t believe all the voices I’ve gotten on tape. I found that just taking random pics whenever activity is occuring will often result in anomalies caught on film. :) Heh… I’ll have to give it a try.. do you use flash in poor light? P I always have. It doesn’t seem to do any harm. :) Love, Aunty   xxx cry "Open Sesame!" the curtains draw apart: beyond them fair and free the realms of magick art.

Love, Aunty   xxx cry "Open Sesame!" the curtains draw apart: beyond them fair and free the realms of magick art.

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Not last night, but the night before, Tommyknockers, Tommyknockers knocking at my door,  I want to go out, don’t know if I can, ’cause I’m so afraid of the Tommyknockers man.

Most women name them "The Girls".

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Some Polaroid’s taken a while back, without flash, have balls of light on black backgrounds, and jets of light on black backgrounds.  The doors are knocked on very loudly periodically. The TV will turn itself off, even though its on the same surge protector as the computer and nothing happens to the computer. Music plays from another room, even though no one is in there, and nothing is on.  And once quarters were thrown in from the hallway…nobody there of course.    We get a lot of visitors….the youngest saw one in the hall, last week someone woke her up by shaking her….none of this bothers us, we barely notice it…the shame is that the youngest is afraid of these things, and afraid of magic. Pip

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – message Not last night, but the night before, Tommyknockers, Tommyknockers knocking at my door,  I want to go out, don’t know if I can, ’cause I’m so afraid of the Tommyknockers man. Anyone else experiencing a huge increase in paranormal activity this full moon? Hard to say, Aunty.. our gigantic dog house is pretty well jumping all the time.. Hel!  we even get what looks like mounted cavalry passing through the house at times, heading in a Northerly direction. Not to mention things that sit on the bed, hard enough to depress the mattress, and sometimes feel the need to climb in with us.  You tend to ignore that kinda thing here, so I’ll have to pay a bit more attention and get back to you on that one.. :-) P That’s so totally cool! Have you guys’ tried to photograph anything? Never tried… doncha need special equipment for that? P Nope. I prefer using a 35mm camera with 400 to 600 speed film. I found it works best. Digital cameras are great, but sometimes the photo can turn out too pixelated. There are really good recorders out there, with attached microphones and stuff, but half the time I just use a hand held mini cassette recorder I got at Radio Shack for $20. You wouldn’t believe all the voices I’ve gotten on tape. I found that just taking random pics whenever activity is occuring will often result in anomalies caught on film. :) Heh… I’ll have to give it a try.. do you use flash in poor light? P I always have. It doesn’t seem to do any harm. :) Love, Aunty   xxx cry "Open Sesame!" the curtains draw apart: beyond them fair and free the realms of magick art.

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Not last night, but the night before, Tommyknockers, Tommyknockers knocking at my door,  I want to go out, don’t know if I can, ’cause I’m so afraid of the Tommyknockers man. Anyone else experiencing a huge increase in paranormal activity this full moon? Hard to say, Aunty.. our gigantic dog house is pretty well jumping all the time.. Hel!  we even get what looks like mounted cavalry passing through the house at times, heading in a Northerly direction. Not to mention things that sit on the bed, hard enough to depress the mattress, and sometimes feel the need to climb in with us.  You tend to ignore that kinda thing here, so I’ll have to pay a bit more attention and get back to you on that one.. :-) P That’s so totally cool! Have you guys’ tried to photograph anything? Never tried… doncha need special equipment for that? P Nope. I prefer using a 35mm camera with 400 to 600 speed film. I found it works best. Digital cameras are great, but sometimes the photo can turn out too pixelated. There are really good recorders out there, with attached microphones and stuff, but half the time I just use a hand held mini cassette recorder I got at Radio Shack for $20. You wouldn’t believe all the voices I’ve gotten on tape. I found that just taking random pics whenever activity is occuring will often result in anomalies caught on film. :) Heh… I’ll have to give it a try.. do you use flash in poor light? P

I always have. It doesn’t seem to do any harm. :) Love, Aunty   xxx cry "Open Sesame!" the curtains draw apart: beyond them fair and free the realms of magick art.

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Not last night, but the night before, Tommyknockers, Tommyknockers knocking at my door,  I want to go out, don’t know if I can, ’cause I’m so afraid of the Tommyknockers man. Anyone else experiencing a huge increase in paranormal activity this full moon? Hard to say, Aunty.. our gigantic dog house is pretty well jumping all the time.. Hel!  we even get what looks like mounted cavalry passing through the house at times, heading in a Northerly direction. Not to mention things that sit on the bed, hard enough to depress the mattress, and sometimes feel the need to climb in with us.  You tend to ignore that kinda thing here, so I’ll have to pay a bit more attention and get back to you on that one.. :-) P That’s so totally cool! Have you guys’ tried to photograph anything? Never tried… doncha need special equipment for that? P Nope. I prefer using a 35mm camera with 400 to 600 speed film. I found it works best. Digital cameras are great, but sometimes the photo can turn out too pixelated. There are really good recorders out there, with attached microphones and stuff, but half the time I just use a hand held mini cassette recorder I got at Radio Shack for $20. You wouldn’t believe all the voices I’ve gotten on tape. I found that just taking random pics whenever activity is occuring will often result in anomalies caught on film. :)

Heh… I’ll have to give it a try.. do you use flash in poor light? P

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Not last night, but the night before, Tommyknockers, Tommyknockers knocking at my door,  I want to go out, don’t know if I can, ’cause I’m so afraid of the Tommyknockers man. Anyone else experiencing a huge increase in paranormal activity this full moon? Hard to say, Aunty.. our gigantic dog house is pretty well jumping all the time.. Hel!  we even get what looks like mounted cavalry passing through the house at times, heading in a Northerly direction.  Not to mention things that sit on the bed, hard enough to depress the mattress, and sometimes feel the need to climb in with us.  You tend to ignore that kinda thing here, so I’ll have to pay a bit more attention and get back to you on that one.. :-) P That’s so totally cool! Have you guys’ tried to photograph anything?

Never tried… doncha need special equipment for that? P

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Not last night, but the night before, Tommyknockers, Tommyknockers knocking at my door,  I want to go out, don’t know if I can, ’cause I’m so afraid of the Tommyknockers man. Anyone else experiencing a huge increase in paranormal activity this full moon? Hard to say, Aunty.. our gigantic dog house is pretty well jumping all the time.. Hel!  we even get what looks like mounted cavalry passing through the house at times, heading in a Northerly direction.  Not to mention things that sit on the bed, hard enough to depress the mattress, and sometimes feel the need to climb in with us.  You tend to ignore that kinda thing here, so I’ll have to pay a bit more attention and get back to you on that one.. :-) P That’s so totally cool! Have you guys’ tried to photograph anything? Never tried… doncha need special equipment for that? P

Nope. I prefer using a 35mm camera with 400 to 600 speed film. I found it works best. Digital cameras are great, but sometimes the photo can turn out too pixelated. There are really good recorders out there, with attached microphones and stuff, but half the time I just use a hand held mini cassette recorder I got at Radio Shack for $20. You wouldn’t believe all the voices I’ve gotten on tape. I found that just taking random pics whenever activity is occuring will often result in anomalies caught on film. :) Love, Aunty   xxx cry "Open Sesame!" the curtains draw apart: beyond them fair and free the realms of magick art.

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Not last night, but the night before, Tommyknockers, Tommyknockers knocking at my door,  I want to go out, don’t know if I can, ’cause I’m so afraid of the Tommyknockers man. Anyone else experiencing a huge increase in paranormal activity this full moon? Hard to say, Aunty.. our gigantic dog house is pretty well jumping all the time.. Hel!  we even get what looks like mounted cavalry passing through the house at times, heading in a Northerly direction.  Not to mention things that sit on the bed, hard enough to depress the mattress, and sometimes feel the need to climb in with us.  You tend to ignore that kinda thing here, so I’ll have to pay a bit more attention and get back to you on that one.. :-) P

That’s so totally cool! Have you guys’ tried to photograph anything? It’s been busier than usual. Our resident ghost, "AL" has been a bad boy this week. Kicked one of the litterboxes clear across the cellar, threw a dish off the shelf, locked my husband out, turned the knob on the stove twice, and now we’re having plumbing problems- I’m waiting to see what goody they pull up out of the pipe. The activity is much stronger this full moon, for some reason. I’ve been trying to take EVP recordings in the cellar, but all I keep getting is a humming noise. Sigh…

Love, Aunty   xxx cry "Open Sesame!" the curtains draw apart: beyond them fair and free the realms of magick art.

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Not last night, but the night before, Tommyknockers, Tommyknockers knocking at my door,  I want to go out, don’t know if I can, ’cause I’m so afraid of the Tommyknockers man. Anyone else experiencing a huge increase in paranormal activity this full moon? It’s been busier than usual. Our resident ghost, "AL" has been a bad boy this week. Kicked one of the litterboxes clear across the cellar, threw a dish off the shelf, locked my husband out, turned the knob on the stove twice, and now we’re having plumbing problems- I’m waiting to see what goody they pull up out of the pipe. The activity is much stronger this full moon, for some reason. I’ve been trying to take EVP recordings in the cellar, but all I keep getting is a humming noise. Sigh… Love, Aunty   xxx cry "Open Sesame!" the curtains draw apart: beyond them fair and free the realms of magick art.

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Not last night, but the night before, Tommyknockers, Tommyknockers knocking at my door,  I want to go out, don’t know if I can, ’cause I’m so afraid of the Tommyknockers man. Anyone else experiencing a huge increase in paranormal activity this

full moon? Hard to say, Aunty.. our gigantic dog house is pretty well jumping all the time.. Hel!  we even get what looks like mounted cavalry passing through the house at times, heading in a Northerly direction.  Not to mention things that sit on the bed, hard enough to depress the mattress, and sometimes feel the need to climb in with us.  You tend to ignore that kinda thing here, so I’ll have to pay a bit more attention and get back to you on that one.. :-) P – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – It’s been busier than usual. Our resident ghost, "AL" has been a bad boy this week. Kicked one of the litterboxes clear across the cellar, threw a dish off the shelf, locked my husband out, turned the knob on the stove twice, and now we’re having plumbing problems- I’m waiting to see what goody they pull up out of the pipe. The activity is much stronger this full moon, for some reason. I’ve been trying to take EVP recordings in the cellar, but all I keep getting is a humming noise. Sigh… Love, Aunty   xxx cry "Open Sesame!" the curtains draw apart: beyond them fair and free the realms of magick art.

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It’s really a well designed site. I like the layout and found myself ‘homesick’ at times!

Thanks for the compliments ! :) Did you have a laptop or some such to download the photos, or did you use a memory stick/card (not familiar with digital cameras, but I hope to be!).

I had 4 128Mb Memory Sticks with me, which can hold on average approximately 100 photos (at the highest resolution) per Stick.  I filled about 2 of these Sticks per day while I was there.  And I had my laptop with me which I used to store the images I downloaded from the Memory Sticks each night.  With a digital camera, you really need a laptop or one of those stand-along "image tanks" otherwise you’ll run out of space on your Memory Sticks. Having said that, as you will probably know, there were a few places in Japan where you can just walk and burn your photos on to a CD straight from a Memory Stick. cheers, Chris

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Didn’t cck it out, but if you want a more authentic look at Living and working in Japan, check out Http://Yongfook.com (not my site, and I don’t get any response for passing the addy along, but I am a fan of the site)

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Good site. One thing I’d suggest is to organize by city/region as well. Makes it easier for those looking to go to a particular region (though the way you have is probably good for folks who have been to Japan a few times). This might be on the site someplace, but did you use a digital camera or 35mm? John W. Hi John, Thanks for checking out my site. That’s a good suggestion and it was one that I had considered as well. I was thinking of implementing a search function, such that a visitor can search for say "Hakone" and the site will produce a listing of all the themed pages containing photos of Hakone. I had deliberately gone with the themed approach to mix up the photos a bit, such that a user is not viewing all the photos of Tokyo, before moving on to the next place. I thought this would break up the monotony a bit. And a themed approach allows the visitor to see the contracts (and similarities) between the towns.

It’s really a well designed site. I like the layout and found myself ‘homesick’ at times! I used a Sony F717 digital camera to take all the photos. This is a 5 megapixel camera and I recommend it highly.

Did you have a laptop or some such to download the photos, or did you use a memory stick/card (not familiar with digital cameras, but I hope to be!). John W.

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Good site. One thing I’d suggest is to organize by city/region as well. Makes it easier for those looking to go to a particular region (though the way you have is probably good for folks who have been to Japan a few times). This might be on the site someplace, but did you use a digital camera or 35mm? John W.

Hi John, Thanks for checking out my site. That’s a good suggestion and it was one that I had considered as well. I was thinking of implementing a search function, such that a visitor can search for say "Hakone" and the site will produce a listing of all the themed pages containing photos of Hakone. I had deliberately gone with the themed approach to mix up the photos a bit, such that a user is not viewing all the photos of Tokyo, before moving on to the next place. I thought this would break up the monotony a bit. And a themed approach allows the visitor to see the contracts (and similarities) between the towns. I used a Sony F717 digital camera to take all the photos. This is a 5 megapixel camera and I recommend it highly. regards, Chris

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Hi everyone, I’ve just returned not long ago from a two week trip to Japan. We covered many places using the JR pass and the Shinkansen was an absolute joy to travel on. The towns we visited included Nikko, Tokyo, Hakone, Nara, Osaka, Kyoto, Himeji, Hiroshima and Miyajima. If you are interested, please drop by and have a look at my travelogue and photo gallery website : http://www.employees.org/~senhwei/japan/travelogue/ regards, Chris —— New Zealand Photo Gallery (http://www.employees.org/~senhwei/nz/) Japan Photo Gallery (http://www.employees.org/~senhwei/japan/travelogue/) San Francisco Photo Gallery (http://www.employees.org/~senhwei/sf/travelogue/)

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Hi everyone, I’ve just returned not long ago from a two week trip to Japan. We covered many places using the JR pass and the Shinkansen was an absolute joy to travel on. The towns we visited included Nikko, Tokyo, Hakone, Nara, Osaka, Kyoto, Himeji, Hiroshima and Miyajima. If you are interested, please drop by and have a look at my travelogue and photo gallery website : http://www.employees.org/~senhwei/japan/travelogue/

Good site. One thing I’d suggest is to organize by city/region as well. Makes it easier for those looking to go to a particular region (though the way you have is probably good for folks who have been to Japan a few times). This might be on the site someplace, but did you use a digital camera or 35mm? John W.

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Hi Karrie, I did a stupid thing!  I ordered a Winsor Pilates DVD off of Ebay.  I saved maybe $5 by doing it his way because the shipping and handling was cheaper than off of winsorpilates.com.  Well, I got the DVD today.  It’s obviously a burned DVD…..and it didn’t come with all the things the one I would have ordered from winsor.  I didn’t get the pilates 100 book or the sculpting journal.  I am MAD!  I have written to the person and asked him to remedy the problem by refunding my money or I’ll have to give him poor feedback. I also contacted Ebay and even Winsorpilates.com to describe the DVD I got to double check that it’s a burned CD.  I know that it is though! So….don’t buy these off of Ebay!  Pay the extra $5 for the security of knowing what you’re getting!

May I ask what you’re angry about?  The auction is for the DVD, and you got one.  It doesn’t state that it’s an original (although it’s illegal and *uncool* to pirate DVDs), nor does it state that it comes with anything else.  Looking at the seller’s feedback for the same DVD sold to others it’s clear they were happy with it, and must have either asked questions prior to bidding or just understood what the deal was.  My daughter looks for Japanese anime DVDs and CDs all the time, and she’s gotten *very* good at spotting the pirated ones.  It seems to be pretty common where these sorts of media are concerned. Not saying you shouldn’t ask questions of Ebay and the Winsor folks, just that it seems you might be directing some of that anger at the seller when it stems from embarassment at being "taken".  Is that possible? Takecare, Carmen

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Carmen Of course I’m angry.  And yes, I am angry at myself too.  It’s illegal…..and I am not for anything illegal.  Not only that, but the DVD is not good quality and I paid almost as much for it as a new and perfect one.  It was wrong for this seller to copy the DVD and I would have never knowingly purchased  a pirated DVD. — -Karrie 167/153/120 http://groups.msn.com/Karensweightlossjourney/shoebox.msnw

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Hi Karrie, I did a stupid thing!  I ordered a Winsor Pilates DVD off of Ebay.  I saved maybe $5 by doing it his way because the shipping and handling was cheaper than off of winsorpilates.com.  Well, I got the DVD today.  It’s obviously a burned DVD…..and it didn’t come with all the things the one I would have ordered from winsor.  I didn’t get the pilates 100 book or the sculpting journal.  I am MAD!  I have written to the person and asked him to remedy the problem by refunding my money or I’ll have to give him poor feedback. I also contacted Ebay and even Winsorpilates.com to describe the DVD I got to double check that it’s a burned CD.  I know that it is though! So….don’t buy these off of Ebay!  Pay the extra $5 for the security of knowing what you’re getting! May I ask what you’re angry about?  The auction is for the DVD, and you got one.  It doesn’t state that it’s an original (although it’s illegal and *uncool* to pirate DVDs), nor does it state that it comes with anything else.  Looking at the seller’s feedback for the same DVD sold to others it’s clear they were happy with it, and must have either asked questions prior to bidding or just understood what the deal was.  My daughter looks for Japanese anime DVDs and CDs all the time, and she’s gotten *very* good at spotting the pirated ones.  It seems to be pretty common where these sorts of media are concerned. Not saying you shouldn’t ask questions of Ebay and the Winsor folks, just that it seems you might be directing some of that anger at the seller when it stems from embarassment at being "taken".  Is that possible? Takecare, Carmen

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<big snip The bottom line is you can get some good deals on Ebay, but you have to be very careful, not overpay, and stay away from anything over about $200 unless you can pay for it with a credit card directly not thru pay pal.  If you use paypal, the credit card company won’t do anything for you because the paypal transaction was legitimate.

I’ve used Ebay quite a bit, and only once had a problem. Paypal will investigate, and refund the money if there’s a problem. They did for me after some jerk wouldn’t send the DVD I had won. I bought the set of Winsor Pilates DVD’s from a wonderful lady in Canada, they were not badly priced–about $40US for 4 DVD’s all originals. You have to read each auction carefully. I can usually spot a bootleg depending on where the seller is from, the description, the price, and feedback. ~Carrie

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Carmen Of course I’m angry.  And yes, I am angry at myself too.  It’s illegal…..and I am not for anything illegal.  Not only that, but the DVD is not good quality and I paid almost as much for it as a new and perfect one.  It was wrong for this seller to copy the DVD and I would have never knowingly purchased  a pirated DVD.

I use EBay to make my living and believe me, it is illegal to sell pirated DVDs on EBay. If you report the seller you should be refunded,probably through PayPal though, plus EBay will cancel all of their auctions and suspend them if they continue to try to sell these. If you don’t report them though, they will probably continue to sell them. Chris

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May I ask what you’re angry about?  The auction is for the DVD, and you got one.  It doesn’t state that it’s an original (although it’s illegal and *uncool* to pirate DVDs), nor does it state that it comes with anything else.

Hmm – I missed that in the earlier post. Of course, if the OP is REALLY pissed, she could report the piracy to Guthy-Renker (makers of the Windsor Pilates tapes) and to the appropriate Federal authorities (not sure, but I think copyright infringement falls under the FBI’s jurisdiction). Also, a report to Ebay that the seller is selling ILLEGAL merchandise would be a good start, too, as the seller would be booted pretty fast for that. Just a couple thoughts from a video professional, FWIW…

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Hello, – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I did a stupid thing!  I ordered a Winsor Pilates DVD off of Ebay.  I saved maybe $5 by doing it his way because the shipping and handling was cheaper than off of winsorpilates.com.  Well, I got the DVD today.  It’s obviously a burned DVD…..and it didn’t come with all the things the one I would have ordered from winsor.  I didn’t get the pilates 100 book or the sculpting journal.  I am MAD!  I have written to the person and asked him to remedy the problem by refunding my money or I’ll have to give him poor feedback. I also contacted Ebay and even Winsorpilates.com to describe the DVD I got to double check that it’s a burned CD.  I know that it is though! So….don’t buy these off of Ebay!  Pay the extra $5 for the security of knowing what you’re getting!

Carmen replied: – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – May I ask what you’re angry about?  The auction is for the DVD, and you got one.  It doesn’t state that it’s an original (although it’s illegal and *uncool* to pirate DVDs), nor does it state that it comes with anything else.  Looking at the seller’s feedback for the same DVD sold to others it’s clear they were happy with it, and must have either asked questions prior to bidding or just understood what the deal was.  My daughter looks for Japanese anime DVDs and CDs all the time, and she’s gotten *very* good at spotting the pirated ones.  It seems to be pretty common where these sorts of media are concerned. Not saying you shouldn’t ask questions of Ebay and the Winsor folks, just that it seems you might be directing some of that anger at the seller when it stems from embarassment at being "taken".  Is that possible? Of course I’m angry.  And yes, I am angry at myself too.  It’s illegal…..and I am not for anything illegal.  Not only that, but the DVD is not good quality and I paid almost as much for it as a new and perfect one.  It was wrong for this seller to copy the DVD and I would have never knowingly purchased  a pirated DVD.

Thanks for the clarification.  In your original post it seemed as if your main beef was that you didn’t get the "add ons" – the Pilates 100 book and the sculpting journal were specifically mentioned. Ebay is a great place to shop, but there are categories of things I won’t buy.  Computer software and hardware, CDs, DVDs, video tapes, jewelry (unless it’s handmade by an artist), food products and art and other collectibles (other than my oil lamps) are all things that are easily misrepresented, so Idon’t buy them.  "Caveat emptor" is the best route.  I can’t tell you how many "too good to pass up" deals I let go because the seller had unacceptable feedback, or the thing just didn’t feel right.  I ask questions if I have any doubts, and don’t bid if Idon’t like (or trust) the answer.  I’ve never had a bad deal, and have about three times as many transactions as you’ve had.  Just some pointers from a fellow Ebay junkie. :-) Take care, Carmen

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I agree.  I have purchased many things off of Ebay and this is the first bit of bad luck that I’ve had.  I’m still waiting to hear from the jerk…….guess he’ll get some bad feedback from me! Remember, you can also file a grievance with eBay (it’s fraud if he didn’t deliver what was promised) and you can have the transaction reversed – assuming you paid by credit card or PayPal.

If they sent it to you via US Postal Service, you can also report them for mail fraud – that does tend to make a seller sit up and take notice real fast. Stargazer

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I did a stupid thing!  I ordered a Winsor Pilates DVD off of Ebay.  I saved maybe $5 by doing it his way because the shipping and handling was cheaper than off of winsorpilates.com.  Well, I got the DVD today.  It’s obviously a burned DVD…..and it didn’t come with all the things the one I would have ordered from winsor.  I didn’t get the pilates 100 book or the sculpting journal.  I am MAD!  I have written to the person and asked him to remedy the problem by refunding my money or I’ll have to give him poor feedback.  I also contacted Ebay and even Winsorpilates.com to describe the DVD I got to double check that it’s a burned CD.  I know that it is though!  So….don’t buy these off of Ebay!  Pay the extra $5 for the security of knowing what you’re getting!

If you paid with paypal you can use there dispute/complaint process. Tricia

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be sure to check the sellers feedback, most people committing fraud won’t have very much.     I have been buying (and selling) stuff on ebay for about 4 years now and have never had a problem.   Also you should watch shipping costs on ebay,   keep in mind what the total price is, so    if you’re willing to pay $20 for an item and one has $5 shipping, you can bid up to $15, if one has $10 shipping only bid $10. You are still only paying $20 total. If you ever sell things on ebay, you really should state the shipping charges upfront.  I always do and get more bids because of it.  if it is something heavier and will have a variable rate I’ll state it’s postage  + what ever handling charge I am adding on top (I usually add $1-$2 to cover fees and packing supplies) most people don’t have a problem with that if it’s stated upfront. Tricia

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I use EBay to make my living and believe me, it is illegal to sell pirated DVDs on EBay. If you report the seller you should be refunded,probably through PayPal though, plus EBay will cancel all of their auctions and suspend them if they continue to try to sell these. If you don’t report them though, they will probably continue to sell them. Chris

Ebay can be funny about these kind of complaints, I was once told in a response from ebay that only the copyright holder could make the complaint of copyright infringement. Tricia

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Thanks for all the replies I got on this!  I did report it to both Ebay and Paypal.  I also called Winsor on the phone and described the DVD.  Mine has 3 programs all on one DVD.  Winsor doesn’t sell any like this.  Also the jewel case doesn’t have the picture that should come with the DVD.  The DVD I’ll get my money back……but more than that maybe this guy will be forced not to sell burned DVD’s. — -Karrie 167/153/120 http://groups.msn.com/Karensweightlossjourney/shoebox.msnw

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I use EBay to make my living and believe me, it is illegal to sell pirated DVDs on EBay. If you report the seller you should be refunded,probably through PayPal though, plus EBay will cancel all of their auctions and suspend them if they continue to try to sell these. If you don’t report them though, they will probably continue to sell them. Chris Ebay can be funny about these kind of complaints, I was once told in a response from ebay that only the copyright holder could make the complaint of copyright infringement. Tricia

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Hi Karrie, I checked into the seller a bit because I was wondering something, and discovered that one of the other people who bought the Winsor DVD turned around and sold it on Ebay about a week or two later.  Guess it was too tough!  <G Take care, Carmen

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You ought to be a detective!  Thanks — -Karrie 167/153/120 http://groups.msn.com/Karensweightlossjourney/shoebox.msnw

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Hi Karrie, I checked into the seller a bit because I was wondering something, and discovered that one of the other people who bought the Winsor DVD turned around and sold it on Ebay about a week or two later.  Guess it was too tough!  <G Take care, Carmen

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I did a stupid thing!  I ordered a Winsor Pilates DVD off of Ebay.  I saved maybe $5 by doing it his way because the shipping and handling was cheaper than off of winsorpilates.com.  Well, I got the DVD today.  It’s obviously a burned DVD…..and it didn’t come with all the things the one I would have ordered from winsor.  I didn’t get the pilates 100 book or the sculpting journal.  I am MAD!  I have written to the person and asked him to remedy the problem by refunding my money or I’ll have to give him poor feedback.  I also contacted Ebay and even Winsorpilates.com to describe the DVD I got to double check that it’s a burned CD.  I know that it is though!  So….don’t buy these off of Ebay!  Pay the extra $5 for the security of knowing what you’re getting! — -Karrie 167/153/120 http://groups.msn.com/Karensweightlossjourney/shoebox.msnw

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One fine day: Karrie picked up the keyboard and pecked out: :: I did a stupid thing!  I ordered a Winsor Pilates DVD off of Ebay. :: I saved maybe $5 by doing it his way because the shipping and :: handling was cheaper than off of winsorpilates.com. Buying anything at these auctions is risky.  I’d rather pay MORE and know what I’m getting – preferably at a local store. — Wysong – age 58  5′6" tall. Sex – Female. Started WW again on 4/21/03 at 170 lbs. 170/165/130   165 as of this morning.

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One fine day: Karrie picked up the keyboard and pecked out: :: I did a stupid thing!  I ordered a Winsor Pilates DVD off of Ebay. :: I saved maybe $5 by doing it his way because the shipping and :: handling was cheaper than off of winsorpilates.com. Buying anything at these auctions is risky.  I’d rather pay MORE and know what I’m getting – preferably at a local store.

on the contrary, i’ve bought several things on ebay (including the computer i’m typing on right this minute) and have yet to have bad luck. it depends on what you’re buying – something like 35mm slides or shoes or a computer aren’t easily faked in the way a video or a dvd can be.   you do still have to exercise some caution, but on the whole i think ebay is a great resource.    

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I agree.  I have purchased many things off of Ebay and this is the first bit of bad luck that I’ve had.  I’m still waiting to hear from the jerk…….guess he’ll get some bad feedback from me! — -Karrie 167/153/120 http://groups.msn.com/Karensweightlossjourney/shoebox.msnw – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – One fine day: Karrie picked up the keyboard and pecked out: :: I did a stupid thing!  I ordered a Winsor Pilates DVD off of Ebay. :: I saved maybe $5 by doing it his way because the shipping and :: handling was cheaper than off of winsorpilates.com. Buying anything at these auctions is risky.  I’d rather pay MORE and know what I’m getting – preferably at a local store. on the contrary, i’ve bought several things on ebay (including the computer i’m typing on right this minute) and have yet to have bad luck. it depends on what you’re buying – something like 35mm slides or shoes or a computer aren’t easily faked in the way a video or a dvd can be. you do still have to exercise some caution, but on the whole i think ebay is a great resource.

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I agree.  I have purchased many things off of Ebay and this is the first bit of bad luck that I’ve had.  I’m still waiting to hear from the jerk…….guess he’ll get some bad feedback from me!

Remember, you can also file a grievance with eBay (it’s fraud if he didn’t deliver what was promised) and you can have the transaction reversed – assuming you paid by credit card or PayPal.

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From my experiences and from talking to friends who use Ebay, your experience is not uncommon.  In the past year, from my experiences, it has gotten much worse. Some examples: Bought a set of mercedes wheels, described in the listing as "like new", complete with a photo.  After I promptly pay the seller, he tells me he can’t ship them until he gets new wheels.  They finally show up over a month later in boxes with no packing material and the boxes are literally falling apart.  I couldn believe UPS would even accept them for shipment.  Wheels turn out to be what any reasonable person would describe as fair condition at best.  Many curb scrapes, dings, dirt that won’t readily come off, etc.  Seller now tells me that with some elbow grease they will look like new.  From careful analysis, I determined the pic was not even of one of the wheels. Later saw someone else using the same pic.  Eventually after going thru square trade, ebay, etc. wound up getting most of my money, minus $40 back. Bought a used bicycle seat, described as in good condition, complete with wool cover, cover has a small blue mark from his pants.   Turns out one side of the seat is 1/2 lower than the other due to the cushioning material having failed.  Pic in listing was taken from angles that didnt show it. Bought a brand new snowboard, it arrives poorly packed and has a damaged edge.  The damaged was one small very localized edge spot. Very hard to understand how that could happen in shipping, the box looked fine.  Did it happen in shipping or did the guy know this and try to pull a fast one? Eventually got all my money back on that one. Bought another snowboard described as having been used 10 times, few scratches on top sheet, complete with pics.  Turns out in addition to the scratches, it also has one good size ding where it was hit hard enough to chip off a piece of the top sheet about 3/4 of an inch X 1/8 inch.  It still is a good deal, as I got a really good price on it. But the description was dishonest.  If I were selling it, I would have included a pic of the ding and disclosed it. All of these sellers had excellent feedback. Peoples Court this week had a case where a lady bought a $1400 Sony notebook described as like new with manuf. warranty.  Why anybody would do that on ebay is beyond me.  4 months later, it dies, needs a whole new MB and service tells here inside it’s marked remanufactured and it has no Sony warranty. And you really have little protection.  Ebay only covers $200, minus a $25 service chg for fraud.  Many items are going for a lot more than that and the least they could do is offer some real insurance. According to NBC news, the FBI has started a major investigation into ebay fraud because its become so extensive.  They had a lady on that bought 3 HP printers and never received anything. Most ebay sellers are charging a lot more for shipping than it really costs. Why?  One reason is if anything goes wrong, they won’t refund your shipping.  And the Ebay insurance doesn’t cover shipping. Another common practice is to charge $7 to insure a $200 item.  People dont realize that UPS covers the first $100 and its maybe a buck for the additional. Here’s a classic one.  A girl sells a snowboard to a guy a few hundred miles away.  Listing says buyer pays shipping cost.  So, she takes it to Mail Boxes etc, no box, etc and says "Here ship this board"  Then the buyer is supposed to pay the $35, when it really should have been $15.  Who’s right on that one?  I won’t buy anything without having the shipping charges fixed upfront.  Most people think they’re just going to pay the UPS bill, but as in this case, God only knows what charges you’ll wind up arguing over. The remarkable thing is that people bid stuff up to crazy levels.  I see people buying products all the time, where if you figure in the shipping, etc. you could buy it at the local store or a reputable internet vendor for the same price.  I’ve seen people pay more for LC products for example, than you can get them for at Wal Mart!  The all time classic was when I was looking for a digital camera.  People were bidding these up close to the retail price! Most of them are gray market, with no mauf warranty. The bottom line is you can get some good deals on Ebay, but you have to be very careful, not overpay, and stay away from anything over about $200 unless you can pay for it with a credit card directly not thru pay pal.  If you use paypal, the credit card company won’t do anything for you because the paypal transaction was legitimate. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I agree.  I have purchased many things off of Ebay and this is the first bit of bad luck that I’ve had.  I’m still waiting to hear from the jerk…….guess he’ll get some bad feedback from me! — -Karrie 167/153/120 http://groups.msn.com/Karensweightlossjourney/shoebox.msnw One fine day: Karrie picked up the keyboard and pecked out: :: I did a stupid thing!  I ordered a Winsor Pilates DVD off of Ebay. :: I saved maybe $5 by doing it his way because the shipping and :: handling was cheaper than off of winsorpilates.com. Buying anything at these auctions is risky.  I’d rather pay MORE and  know what I’m getting – preferably at a local store. on the contrary, i’ve bought several things on ebay (including the computer i’m typing on right this minute) and have yet to have bad luck. it depends on what you’re buying – something like 35mm slides or shoes or a computer aren’t easily faked in the way a video or a dvd can be. you do still have to exercise some caution, but on the whole i think ebay is a great resource.

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jayjay’s food: breakfast:  1/2cup cottage cheese, 1/2 cup fiber one cereal diet coke lunch:  4 peppermint paddies and 1 lifesaver mint.   (don’t ask… :-)  I got over a foot of my hair cut off) diet coke Dinner: 1/2 cup cottage cheese, 1/4 cup fiber one cereal 64oz water I can’t remember if I ate anything else. Exercise:   (return to weights – super light day after a month break) Ab crunches on swiss ball – 2 X 20 no weights Squats w/ tricep/bicep curls and kickbacks – 20lbs of dumbells, 3 X 20 Calves 40lbs of dumbells, 3 X 20 for each leg Stepups – 20lbs of weights 1 X 20 Stepups – 40lbs of weights 2 X 15

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jj, why are you eating like this? have you gotten on the scale or something? do you like your new haircut? — read and post daily, it works! rosie

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Food: jayjay’s food: breakfast:  1/2cup cottage cheese, 1/2 cup fiber one cereal diet coke lunch:  4 peppermint paddies and 1 lifesaver mint.   (don’t ask… :-)  I got over a foot of my hair cut off) diet coke Dinner: 1/2 cup cottage cheese, 1/4 cup fiber one cereal 64oz water I can’t remember if I ate anything else. Exercise:   (return to weights – super light day after a month break) Ab crunches on swiss ball – 2 X 20 no weights Squats w/ tricep/bicep curls and kickbacks – 20lbs of dumbells, 3 X 20 Calves 40lbs of dumbells, 3 X 20 for each leg Stepups – 20lbs of weights 1 X 20 Stepups – 40lbs of weights 2 X 15

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meal#1  yogurt with cottage cheese (waiting for delivery of my NUTLETTES) meal #2  meatloaf/pecans/olives meal #3  grilled pork chop and salad with blue cheese, tomatoes and spinach/romaine. water, and diet soda. rosie

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Food: Breakfast: Kashi GoLean cereal, protein powder, skim milk Lunch: 1/2 egg salad sandwich (w/ about 1 1/2 eggs, 1 slice whole wheat bread), mini carrots Snack: 2 clementines, peanuts Dinner: Japanese restaurant: miso soup, salad, some sushi, chicken teriyaki w/ rice (only ate half the chicken & rice; the rest will be tomorrow’s lunch) Guesstimate: 1499 calories, 36g fat, 177g carbs, 130g protein Exercise: 1 hour Olympic Lifting: jerks in the cage, hang cleans, snatch pulls, good mornings 35 minutes cardio: intervals on the treadmill — 6 3-minute high-intensity intervals with 2 1/2 minutes rests between (Because I can’t yet run enough to run for the intervals, I did them with fast walking and an 8-degree incline — was enough to get my heart rate where it should be for the intervals.) Chris

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lunch:  4 peppermint paddies and 1 lifesaver mint.   (don’t ask… :-)  I got over a foot of my hair cut off) jpepgs please…

took my weekly measurement photos last night – but haven’t downloaded from camare – when I do I weill send

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And so far I like the new hair cut.   Going from long hair (full length was down to the lower back area) to a chin length bob is a big change.   Its gonna take time to get used to the new styling efforts.   But its cute and fun.

That’s so funny.  Remember how long my hair was?  Not super long, but definitely longer than shoulder length…  Got all my hair cut off a couple months ago myself.  I love it! determined – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text –

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lunch:  4 peppermint paddies and 1 lifesaver mint.   (don’t ask… :-)  I got over a foot of my hair cut off)

jpepgs please…

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jj, why are you eating like this? have you gotten on the scale or something? do you like your new haircut?

Busy day yesterday – that’s why I said don’t ask.    That’s another reason why I didn’t do a real big workout either yesterday.   We all have those days where things get busy and we don’t eat. Monday I’d eaten alot more – including almost 1/4 of large pep/saus pizza at lunch (with a salad) and 1/4 rack of baby back ribs (and salad) for dinner and 1/4 of a key lime pie w/ whipped cream. And so far I like the new hair cut.   Going from long hair (full length was down to the lower back area) to a chin length bob is a big change.   Its gonna take time to get used to the new styling efforts.   But its cute and fun.

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took my weekly measurement photos last night – but haven’t downloaded from camare – when I do I weill send

promises, promises! :)

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Breakfast: "sweet" cottage cheese (1 cup cottage cheese, 1/ ts cinnamon, 1 ts lemon juice, Splenda); multivitamin Lunch: tuna, fresh red pepper, 1 tbs cream, 1/2 ts Tamari soy sauce Snack: 1.5 litres of green tea Dinner: melted mozzarella with yellow pepper and tomato Exercise: still with some stiffness in the neck (from the pulled muscle), so decided to do a light workout tomorrow. Elly – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Food: Breakfast: Kashi GoLean cereal, protein powder, skim milk Lunch: 1/2 egg salad sandwich (w/ about 1 1/2 eggs, 1 slice whole wheat bread), mini carrots Snack: 2 clementines, peanuts Dinner: Japanese restaurant: miso soup, salad, some sushi, chicken teriyaki w/ rice (only ate half the chicken & rice; the rest will be tomorrow’s lunch) Guesstimate: 1499 calories, 36g fat, 177g carbs, 130g protein Exercise: 1 hour Olympic Lifting: jerks in the cage, hang cleans, snatch pulls, good mornings 35 minutes cardio: intervals on the treadmill — 6 3-minute high-intensity intervals with 2 1/2 minutes rests between (Because I can’t yet run enough to run for the intervals, I did them with fast walking and an 8-degree incline — was enough to get my heart rate where it should be for the intervals.) Chris

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Beverly’s menu for today: breakfast:    1 serving oatmeal                     tangerine mid-morning:    another tangerine lunch:    veggie burger with lettuce, tomato and mustard             mixed veggies – broccoli, cauliflower and carrots mid-afternoon:    mini microwave popcorn and diet caffeine free Coke dinner:    chicken breast             broccoli             crust from garlic toast I wonder how many calories are in the crust of bread? No exercise yet…but I plan on hitting the treadmill before shower and bed

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no – I sent both of you the ring – didn’t I?   I still havnen’t gotten a good digital photo of that – but will have better 35mm ones this weekend.  (if they came out ok).

I was just kidding about the secret society thing…  but we could start one.  I just don’t know what we’d do about the secret handshake…

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no – I sent both of you the ring – didn’t I?   I still havnen’t gotten a good digital photo of that – but will have better 35mm ones this weekend.  (if they came out ok).

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – ;( — read and post daily, it works! rosie Without deviation, progress is not possible.      — Frank Zappa message took my weekly measurement photos last night – but haven’t downloaded from camare – when I do I weill send promises, promises! Uh, she only sends them to me – it’s a secret society… :)

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;( — read and post daily, it works! rosie Without deviation, progress is not possible.      — Frank Zappa

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – took my weekly measurement photos last night – but haven’t downloaded from camare – when I do I weill send promises, promises! Uh, she only sends them to me – it’s a secret society… :)

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took my weekly measurement photos last night – but haven’t downloaded from camare – when I do I weill send promises, promises!

Uh, she only sends them to me – it’s a secret society… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – :)

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I was just kidding about the secret society thing…  but we could start one.  I just don’t know what we’d do about the secret handshake… It would involve a squat. Wendy (can I be in on it, please?) Squats rool Andrew. 265/222/180

Yeah – especially on the days you do them….  I love my lowerbody days – I sleep so well that night and have alot more energy the next day from the great rest.

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I was just kidding about the secret society thing…  but we could start one.  I just don’t know what we’d do about the secret handshake… It would involve a squat. Wendy (can I be in on it, please?)

Squats rool Andrew. 265/222/180

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I was just kidding about the secret society thing…  but we could start one.  I just don’t know what we’d do about the secret handshake… It would involve a squat. Wendy (can I be in on it, please?)

email me to get involved.   :-) as for the secret handshake – there is always "digital signatures"…  they require a "handshake"… We could do a secret signature…   ;-)  .. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -<

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I was just kidding about the secret society thing…  but we could start one.  I just don’t know what we’d do about the secret handshake…

It would involve a squat. Wendy (can I be in on it, please?)

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yes, i got the shot of the ring, with a promise for a better one! ;) — read and post daily, it works! rosie "We need an energy bill that encourages consumption." Trenton, N.J., Sept. 23, 2002 http://thunderbay.indymedia.org/news/2002/12/2599.php

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – no – I sent both of you the ring – didn’t I?   I still havnen’t gotten a good digital photo of that – but will have better 35mm ones this weekend.  (if they came out ok). ;( — read and post daily, it works! rosie Without deviation, progress is not possible.      — Frank Zappa message took my weekly measurement photos last night – but haven’t downloaded from camare – when I do I weill send promises, promises! Uh, she only sends them to me – it’s a secret society… :)

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and – as you saw this morning – there is a reason why I hadn’t sent a better one….  I have to wait for the 35mm film to get developed.

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – yes, i got the shot of the ring, with a promise for a better one! ;) — read and post daily, it works! rosie "We need an energy bill that encourages consumption." Trenton, N.J., Sept. 23, 2002 http://thunderbay.indymedia.org/news/2002/12/2599.php no – I sent both of you the ring – didn’t I?   I still havnen’t gotten a good digital photo of that – but will have better 35mm ones this weekend.  (if they came out ok). message ;( — read and post daily, it works! rosie Without deviation, progress is not possible.      — Frank Zappa message took my weekly measurement photos last night – but haven’t downloaded from camare – when I do I weill send promises, promises! Uh, she only sends them to me – it’s a secret society… :)

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I also like his rhythm guitar playing quite a bit, and his primitive lead playing is fun, too.

He was a great fingerstylist in his early days- circa Freewheelin’. It was rumoured that Bruce Langhorne had really played those parts on the early albums-I believed it for a while but I’ve since accumulated a ton of  archive material (early radio shows such as Studs Terkel’s Wax Museum,Cynthia Gooding,etc.) to know it was really him. But I’d have to strongly disagree about his current lead guitar style- quite frankly ,it sucks. He’s been in the game long enough to know that his leads are terrible,and long enough to spend some time learning how to play decent lead guitar.I find his current fretboard ramblings shameful, but I guess one of the perks of of being the boss is that no one can stop him from doing it.

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On the Bill Graham bio that was on A&E a few weeks ago they talked about how Dylan’s manager tried to stop the filming of the performance because Dylan broke into a song he hadn’t performed in a while. Graham told him to "shut the fuck up." Actually, the deal was that Dylan could be be filmed for one song only. Dylan, being Dylan, sort of made that impossible, and the cameras kept rolling. Lucky for us. It’s one of the best parts of the movie, as we watch Robertson and Danko strain to see what Dylan will do next. At one point you can clearly see Dylan tell them, "…G7…" and they both sort of grin and get ready for it to come around, as they segue into the next tune. You won’t see Britney doing anything like that anytime soon.

I just went to the videotape…man,that was a great moment… You see,that’s the value of having a real RELATIONSHIP where everybody knows each other so well they can just work on a whole ‘nother level.I mean,these guys were together since ‘late ‘65 toured the world in ‘66, dropped out of the counterculture in ‘67 to smoke pot,hang out, and create music for themselves in an unpressured environment for their own pleasure down at Big Pink. It shows itself by the look on Danko’s face as soon as it becomes apparent they’re gonna do "Baby, Let Me Follow You Down". Everybody just KNOWS what to do and where to go, and Bob was definitely more energized (confident) singing that song than "Forever Young".I interpreted his shrug of the shoulders during FY to mean ‘Hey, I can’t find the groove for this song and I know it, so what – let’s go somewhere else". (Although I must say RR’s guitar solo on FY was fantastic) Another obsevation I had watching "Baby,…" was incredulousness at how Dylan can rework a tune.I mean, compare that version to the solo acoustic one he did for his first album  in ‘62,  or the live version from Royal Albert Hall ‘66 .Three completely different interpretations,each completely valid on it’s own terms,and yet it’s still  the same song. D.A. Pennebaker told a story about how while he was filming the ‘66 tour (for "Eat the Document" – never released)- after each show Dylan and Robertson would get together, get blasted,and write together through the night.The next morning neither of them could remember any of it – they’d try to get it back, but those songs were just GONE. Pennebaker said it was the most incredible music he ever heard in his life – lost to the wind. Grossman was the Band’s manager too, interestingly enough. At the time, Dylan was getting ready to release his "Renaldo & Clara", and had a live album "Hard Rain" and a TV concert show

I have the TV concert on tape – aside from a few decent moments with Joan Baez, it pretty much sucks. The Band is one of my favorite bands of all time, period. It’s a good movie, too.

 I’d give anything to work with a drummer who plays like Levon, if only I could find one.Seems like everyone I come across just wants to slam-bang and Rokk out,and/or impress me with their chops. Levon’s style and influence come from a different place and mindset. I guess it’s a generational thing, maybe. But man, I could do so much with a guy who plays like that. Curiousity – is Levon left-handed? Does anyone know? I don’t know why, but it seems there is something different about his physical approach.I think Ringo is left-handed,too.I wonder if that makes some kind of diff? (I really don’t expect you to answer any of this  - I’m really just rambling cause I just enjoyed the movie. But feel free if you like;-))

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I think that Dylan was great as a wandering minstrel folk singer, sounding amazingly like Woody Guthrie and singers from that era, but he should never have been on pop radio. It’s just sad when there are those of us who work really hard and put our whole life into learning to play/sing in tune and with some sense of melody, and this guy makes foolish amounts of money doing the opposite.

You’re obviously not open to this kind of thinking, but I must point out that there is as much to be said for having a unique and unmistakeable style as there is to being technically proficient. I happen to like Dylan as a performer a lot for this reason, among others. He sounds like nobody else, despite his many imitators. He’s got a great, snarling, sarcastic rock and roll attitude – and only Dylan’s own voice seems to be able to fully convey it. I also like his rhythm guitar playing quite a bit, and his primitive lead playing is fun, too. I’m not a huge Dylan fan, but he’s made some great records over the course of a very long, influential career. I’ve seen him play live a couple of times, and they were excellent concerts. He’s a stylist, not a technician, but the guy knows exactly what he’s doing.

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I really don’t. I think he’s written some great songs, but other people’s versions have always done better, popularity-wise, and to my ears, always been done better musically. I think that Dylan was great as a wandering minstrel folk singer, sounding amazingly like Woody Guthrie and singers from that era, but he should never have been on pop radio. It’s just sad when there are those of us who work really hard and put our whole life into learning to play/sing in tune and with some sense of melody, and this guy makes foolish amounts of money doing the opposite. I’m not a big fan of the Grateful Dead for the same reason.

Man, you really don’t like dylan do you? :)

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – At one point you can clearly see Dylan tell them, "…G7…" and they both sort of grin  and get ready for it to come around, as they segue into the next tune. You  won’t see Britney doing anything like that anytime soon. she cant help it if she doesnt know what G7 is. on the other hand, Dylan has really ugly tits. Dylan might know what a G7 is, but he certainly can’t figure out what notes to sing over it.

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At one point you can clearly see Dylan tell them, "…G7…" and they both sort of grin and get ready for it to come around, as they segue into the next tune. You won’t see Britney doing anything like that anytime soon. she cant help it if she doesnt know what G7 is. on the other hand, Dylan has really ugly tits.

Dylan might know what a G7 is, but he certainly can’t figure out what notes to sing over it.

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Man, you really don’t like dylan do you? :) – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – At one point you can clearly see Dylan tell them, "…G7…" and they both sort of grin  and get ready for it to come around, as they segue into the next tune. You  won’t see Britney doing anything like that anytime soon. she cant help it if she doesnt know what G7 is. on the other hand, Dylan has really ugly tits. Dylan might know what a G7 is, but he certainly can’t figure out what notes to sing over it.

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At one point you can clearly see Dylan tell them, "…G7…" and they both sort of grin and get ready for it to come around, as they segue into the next tune. You won’t see Britney doing anything like that anytime soon.

she cant help it if she doesnt know what G7 is. on the other hand, Dylan has really ugly tits.

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On the Bill Graham bio that was on A&E a few weeks ago they talked about how Dylan’s manager tried to stop the filming of the performance because Dylan broke into a song he hadn’t performed in a while. Graham told him to "shut the fuck up." I want to get the DVD. Hopefully they have more stories like that on it. Anyway, that’s probably my favorite concert movie off all time. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -A who’s who of artist just winging it

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On the Bill Graham bio that was on A&E a few weeks ago they talked about how Dylan’s manager tried to stop the filming of the performance because Dylan broke into a song he hadn’t performed in a while. Graham told him to "shut the fuck up."

Actually, the deal was that Dylan could be be filmed for one song only. Dylan, being Dylan, sort of made that impossible, and the cameras kept rolling. Lucky for us. It’s one of the best parts of the movie, as we watch Robertson and Danko strain to see what Dylan will do next. At one point you can clearly see Dylan tell them, "…G7…" and they both sort of grin and get ready for it to come around, as they segue into the next tune. You won’t see Britney doing anything like that anytime soon. Grossman was the Band’s manager too, interestingly enough. At the time, Dylan was getting ready to release his "Renaldo & Clara", and had a live album "Hard Rain" and a TV concert show in the works…there was some concern about over-exposure, if "The Last Waltz" was released around the same time. Dylan and Grossman weren’t on good terms at that point, anyway. I want to get the DVD. Hopefully they have more stories like that on it. Anyway, that’s probably my favorite concert movie off all time.

The Band is one of my favorite bands of all time, period. It’s a good movie, too. Dan

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Before "The Last Waltz," a concert movie had been nothing more than a concert being filmed…usually in 16mm. When Martin Scorsese stepped in to direct it, "concert movies" changed.  It was shot in full 35mm.  Each shot for each song was previewed via a storyboard, just like most major motion pictures.  (This is why you saw Robbie Robertson maintaining control…he had helped plan the show and knew every shot…he also edited the sound.) Yes, the Dylan portion was a bit unplanned, but that, and a few other ‘errors’ were left in. This is the same Scorsese that directed ground-breaking movies like "Raging Bull," "Casino," "Taxi Driver,""Cape Fear," "Goodfellas," "The Color of Money," "Mean Streets," and many more. I just wanted to mention the DVD.  It is called "Special Edition, The Last Waltz."  It offers Dolby 5.1 digital sound, wide-screen, commentary by both Robertson and Scorsese, a 20-minute documentary, and even selected still photos. It is rated, on a scale of 1 to 4, as a 3-1/2.  If you liked the TV presentation, the DVD looks and sounds much, much better.  Enjoy! ~Jim~

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Just watched it again on A&E last night. Haven’t seen the movie for a long while. What a refreshing and inspiring tribute to music this film documentary is. A who’s who of artist just winging it (for the most part) up on stage playing every genre of music imaginable: country, jazz, bluegrass, rock, ragtime, blues, folk, you name it. Robbie jumping in for Clapton on Further Up The Road and tearing it up had me smiling like the Cheshire Cat. Emmylou’s voice was as beautiful as she was. Muddy Waters Manish Boy had me going for my guitar. Van Morrison singing Caravan and watching Robbie grinning from ear to ear and having such great fun.  Paul Butterfield’s harmonica work had me wondering why I even bother. This was much needed medication for my musical soul after trying to make some sense out of  that musical mess on MTV the other night. Thanks A&E. Mustard

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Still think I’d take that over Eminem man. Mustard – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Of course, a few hours later "Gimme shelter" was on…bad vibes man… Just watched it again on A&E last night. Haven’t seen the movie for a long while. What a refreshing and inspiring tribute to music this film documentary is. A who’s who of artist just winging it (for the most part) up on stage playing every genre of music imaginable: country, jazz, bluegrass, rock, ragtime, blues, folk, you name it. Robbie jumping in for Clapton on Further Up The Road and tearing it up had me smiling like the Cheshire Cat. Emmylou’s voice was as beautiful as she was. Muddy Waters Manish Boy had me going for my guitar. Van Morrison singing Caravan and watching Robbie grinning from ear to ear and having such great fun.  Paul Butterfield’s harmonica work had me wondering why I even bother. This was much needed medication for my musical soul after trying to make some sense out of  that musical mess on MTV the other night. Thanks A&E. Mustard

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Just watched it again on A&E last night. Haven’t seen the movie for a long while. What a refreshing and inspiring tribute to music this film documentary is. A who’s who of artist just winging it (for the most part) up on stage playing every genre of music imaginable: country, jazz, bluegrass, rock, ragtime, blues, folk, you name it. Robbie jumping in for Clapton on Further Up The Road and tearing it up had me smiling like the Cheshire Cat. Emmylou’s voice was as beautiful as she was. Muddy Waters Manish Boy had me going for my guitar. Van Morrison singing Caravan and watching Robbie grinning from ear to ear and having such great fun.  Paul Butterfield’s harmonica work had me wondering why I even bother. This was much needed medication for my musical soul after trying to make some sense out of  that musical mess on MTV the other night. Thanks A&E. Mustard

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Of course, a few hours later "Gimme shelter" was on…bad vibes man…

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Just watched it again on A&E last night. Haven’t seen the movie for a long while. What a refreshing and inspiring tribute to music this film documentary is. A who’s who of artist just winging it (for the most part) up on stage playing every genre of music imaginable: country, jazz, bluegrass, rock, ragtime, blues, folk, you name it. Robbie jumping in for Clapton on Further Up The Road and tearing it up had me smiling like the Cheshire Cat. Emmylou’s voice was as beautiful as she was. Muddy Waters Manish Boy had me going for my guitar. Van Morrison singing Caravan and watching Robbie grinning from ear to ear and having such great fun.  Paul Butterfield’s harmonica work had me wondering why I even bother. This was much needed medication for my musical soul after trying to make some sense out of  that musical mess on MTV the other night. Thanks A&E. Mustard

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On Tue, 02 Apr 2002 18:06:07 GMT, FranL <franl…@hotmail.comcanyourspam> wrote: >Once again, this post is OT… so those of you who are >offended by OT, you know what to do.

Why don’t you take your OT crap over to one of the photography NGs where it wouldn’t be OT? Are they too sophisticated over there for you?

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>From: Top Spin >Why don’t you take your OT crap over to one of the photography NGs >where it wouldn’t be OT? Are they too sophisticated over there for >you?

Wrong side of the bed Top Spin?  

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news:ccujau8ocsn9jscm1a60mroks2ba6jik74@4ax.com… > On Tue, 02 Apr 2002 18:06:07 GMT, FranL > <franl…@hotmail.comcanyourspam> wrote: > >Once again, this post is OT… so those of you who are > >offended by OT, you know what to do. > Why don’t you take your OT crap over to one of the photography NGs > where it wouldn’t be OT? Are they too sophisticated over there for > you?

why don’t you take your OT replies to OT topics over to alt.support.idiots, where they’ll be on topic. JWB

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: Once again, this post is OT… so those of you who are : offended by OT, you know what to do. : Anyway, I need an inexpensive set up (something I can put : together myself with regular household stuff… you know, : like McGyver) for photographing small (beads) and shiny : (jewelry) objects indoors.   <sad tale of wasted efforts snipped> In one of my previous incarnations (work-wise I mean) I was made responsible for photographing such objects on a semi-regular basis. I encountered all the same problems you described. Seems most of digital cameras has very low quality optics as default and while good for general use they aren’t worth the damn for this one purpose. Consider getting some decent film camera with rings for increasing the focus distance and use scanner for images. I assume diapositives and diapositive scanning kit for medium quality scanner would produce best results. Timo — Chamber-pot is spamtrap. Contact me tiwoll at gmx dot net.

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -FranL franl…@hotmail.com wrote: >Once again, this post is OT… so those of you who are >offended by OT, you know what to do. >Anyway, I need an inexpensive set up (something I can put >together myself with regular household stuff… you know, >like McGyver) for photographing small (beads) and shiny >(jewelry) objects indoors.   >I’ve tried every combination/gadget I can think of and the >end result still looks off, both in color and focus. >I’ve tried all kinds of lighting… incandescent, >fluorescent, halogen, candle, sunlight-through-window…. >even the sparkle in my eyes.  I’ve also tried the Reveal >light bulbs.  All bulbs are on clamps, mounted on 3 >tripods. >I’ve tried gray, black and white backgrounds… opaque. >(Gray seems to work best.  Black and white seem to set off >the flash and then I get hot spots. I’m using a digital >cam) >I’ve tried putting a cone around the items using double >thick paper to diffuse the light.  Everything looks yellow.   >I even tried making a cone out of tracing paper… not good >either.  If I use the color adjust on the software (Corel >Photopaint), the items take on a bluish hue. >I’ve tried extreme close-ups, and far-away shots with >camera on tripod… more often than not the shots will be >fuzzy. >I figure it can’t be the camera, since regular >people/landscape shots look great.  In fact, the pictures >show up great on the tiny screen on the camera.  The >problems seem to start after I upload. >What am I doing wrong??

What are you doing wrong? Shooting indoors.  :-) But more seriously, shooting shiny jewellery is one of the most challenging things to photograph. The idea of using a cone or a tent is certainly a good one. But perhaps the material one uses is equally important. My first studio still life images consisted of getting some opaque mylar material from an art supply store, stapling this on to a 1×2 inch wooden frame (also bought at the art supply store — the kind of frames painters typically use to stetch their canvas on) and then suspending this over the area where I was going to shoot. I would then bounce my tungsten lights off the white ceilings to diffuse the light source, and then as the light came down, it would be further softly diffused as it went through the suspended mylar frame. Then, right on the table below (where my camera was pointed), just out of camera view I would set up little bounce reflectors made of white foamcore to further push some of this overhead light into the shadow areas of whatever I was shooting. For shooting jewelery or very shiny objects, I might perhaps change my approach and make a cone tent out of the mylar material. Here again, I would not point the light source directly at the mylar surface, but rather first bounce it off a ceiling or a wall so that by the time it reached the mylar, it was already somewhat diffuse. All this, however, became quite cumbersome (and sometimes a frustration if I was trying to get good color balance), until I finally decided to start working with stobe flashes and photographic softboxes, such as can be seen here: http://www.vistek.ca/photo/phodetail.asp?SKU=108043 but the essence of it is pretty much the same — something which nicely diffuses the light source. In the alternative, particularly in earlier days, sometimes the easiest solution was indeed just to go outdoors and set things up on an overcast day (which itself is a diffuse light source, and a pretty bright one at that). Here again, I’d either set up my mylar frame over what I was shooting to further diffuse the light nice and evenly, or else again make a cone tent of the mylar material to get an extremely even surrounding of lighting. In photography, lighting is everything, and "good lighting" (however one wants to define that) can make even the ordinary look extraordinary. As far as colors and color tint goes, I’ve always found it a bit of a bitch to work with any other lighting besides daylight or flash. Tungstens and florescents, for example, can be hellish to work with in terms of getting good accurate color balance, and so I personally try to avoid these light sources if color and color tint are critical to the work. If I want good color, I either work with diffused daylight, or else with a bounced flash. And that is about the best I can say about that. ********* Beyond that, to get input from others on how they might handle this challenge you have, consider posting just what you posted here to some of the other newsgroups like: rec.photo.digital rec.photo.equipment.35mm rec.photo.technique.misc Hope that’s of some help, CJ

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On 02 Apr 2002 19:00:22 GMT, jadelee111…@aol.com (Jadelee111512) wrote: >Wrong side of the bed Top Spin?  

Nope. I just can’t understand why anyone would post a completely irrelevant topic with the disclaimer that it is completely irrelevant when there are several perfectly relevant forums available. It’s at least inconsiderate.

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JWB <jwb3333removethesefourwo…@excite.com> wrote:

: why don’t you take your OT replies to OT topics over to alt.support.idiots, : where they’ll be on topic. Thanks, JWB, tea is gone. I was lucky, missed the keyboard. Timo, laughing hystericaly — Chamber-pot is spamtrap. Contact me tiwoll at gmx dot net.

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>From: Top Spin > just can’t understand why anyone would post a completely >irrelevant topic with the disclaimer that it is completely irrelevant >when there are several perfectly relevant forums available. >It’s at least inconsiderate.

Excuse me if I’m wrong, but the OT generally means OFF TOPIC so DON"T READ IF YOU ARE NOT INTERESTED.  That’s my interpretation anyway.   There are tons of topics in here…some are marriage related, some aren’t.  The beauty of a computer is that you can use the DELETE button and ignore any posts that you don’t like.  Or posters if you choose.   Fran is well liked here.  She is smart, funny and caring.  If you spent some time around here you’d know that.  Many of us in here who have been posting for years have become friends.  Some of us have met in person just from this little old newsgroup.   To ask a non relationship question in here is appropriate in my opinion.  I can’t understand why it would create a problem. Just as you can’t understand why someone would post an "irrelevant topic with a disclaimer" I can’t understand why on earth it bugs you so much.  I’d take an irrelevant questions over some of the beaten to death topics in here. Lighten up on Fran…she’s my bud.  And in your opinion it’s inconsiderate. You’re just one person in here who thinks so.   Anyone else think is rude?  For God’s sake…if this is considered a problem, heaven help the real stuff!!!!

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Sorry to have ruined your day

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"Top Spin" <ToppS…@hotmail.com> wrote in message

news:4i1kaukl4pmh0037nccb1gfq0cgpndj4qs@4ax.com… > On 02 Apr 2002 19:00:22 GMT, jadelee111…@aol.com (Jadelee111512) > wrote: > >Wrong side of the bed Top Spin? > Nope. I just can’t understand why anyone would post a completely > irrelevant topic with the disclaimer that it is completely irrelevant > when there are several perfectly relevant forums available. > It’s at least inconsiderate.

Not in the least. She has friends here, and is wondering if one of her friends (one of whom for certain is a photographer) can help her out. Maybe if she doesn’t get an answer, she’ll go somewhere else, but for now, she’ll ask the people in ASM, because she likes and trusts many of them. Deal with the fact that Usenet is a social thing, and not here to serve people by being totally on topic all the time. If you wish to have that, start your own chatroom and moderate it. JWB

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>From: Top Spin >Sorry to have ruined your day

If you’re talking to me, you’re a day late and dollar short.  You’re giving yourself way too much credit for having ruined my day.  But I hope that you’re having a great one!

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On 02 Apr 2002 21:05:03 GMT, jadelee111…@aol.com (Jadelee111512) wrote: >If you’re talking to me, you’re a day late and dollar short.  You’re giving >yourself way too much credit for having ruined my day.  But I hope that you’re >having a great one!

Zounds. We have non sequiturs and insincerity in the same paragraph. I was just judging from the tone of your previous message, but perhaps you always sound like that. ;-)

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On Tue, 02 Apr 2002 20:53:36 GMT, FranL <franl…@hotmail.comcanyourspam> wrote: >That’s why it’s called OT.  But since you seem so miffed >about it, I’ll ’splain it to you, k?

K! (This should be good!) >I posted here, because I’ve been posting in this ng for >almost 4 years.  I’ve gotten to know many of the folks in >here, and I like them and respect them.  I feel comfortable >with them.  If I took my query to another, more appropriate >newsgroup, I’d like to lurk before posting just to get a >feel.  But the thing is, I don’t feel like wasting my time >doing that (I have this problem with instant >gratification).

Oh, well, that explain it completely. I forgot that the main purpose of usenet was to make you feel comfortable and not have to deal with scary people on scary strange newsroups. >What’s more, If you were to do a search on this newsgroup, >you’d find tons of OT posts, dealing with all kinds of >stuff, from songs to food.  And that’s not even counting >the bazillion crossposted OT messages that pop up in here >almost on a daily basis.  I’ll take Semi-OT, OT, and Way OT >posts, over crossposted, poorly snipped, moronic one-liner >messages ANY day… but that’s me.    

Atta girl, now you’re really rolling! >I put in my little disclaimer as a courtesy, actually, and >further added that if you were offended by OT then you >should do what you thought was right (read that as: MOVE ON >or IGNORE)

Good, good…more CAPS. >Maybe next time I’ll interject the words "husband," >"wife," and "sex" throughout the body of my post, just to >make it relevant.  I won’t make any promises, though.

Aw, you seem to have run out of steam… >So there ya have it.  Now run along, and stop cluttering my >newsgroup with your silly whining.

Sorry, I forgot that it was *your* newsgroup.

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>From: Top Spin >I was just judging from the tone of your previous message, but perhaps >you always sound like that. ;-)

Well you judgeth wrongeth.   Disagreeing with a post does not equate to a ruined day.  ;-)

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>From: orpheus >Tip: She’s a vegetarian.

You’re in rare form today Orph.  Did you take your laxative yet?  :-)))

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>From: orpheus >P.s. for Top Spin: The subject has "OT" in it so I’m safe, see?

But Orpheus..it’s a marriage support newsgroup.  Why the hell are you talking about vitamins.  That pisses me off to no end.  You ruined my day.  wahwahwah

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On Tue, 02 Apr 2002 15:17:17 -0600, orpheus <noem…@nowhere.com> wrote: >Tip: She’s a vegetarian.

Must’ve gotten a bad batch of sprouts. Bummer.

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On Tue, 02 Apr 2002 15:26:50 -0600, orpheus <noem…@nowhere.com> wrote: >P.s. for Top Spin: The subject has "OT" in it so I’m safe, see?

I seriously doubt that you are ever safe.

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On 02 Apr 2002 21:19:57 GMT, jadelee111…@aol.com (Jadelee111512) wrote: >Well you judgeth wrongeth.

Wouldn’t be te first time. >Disagreeing with a post does not equate to a ruined day.  ;-)

I’ll drink to that (carrot juice, of course).

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FranL franl…@hotmail.comcanyourspam wrote: >Once again, this post is OT…

Loophole solution: Begin with "My husband/wife said…."  and end the post with, "…. this problem could ruining our marriage if it doesn’t get solved. Please help."

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FranL franl…@hotmail.comcanyourspam wrote: >I hadn’t thought about that.  I started taking pics >outdoors, but ended up with too many hot spots.  So yeah, >maybe the tent on an overcast day, might work.

Yeah, an opaque mylar cone tent set up outdoors on an overcast day might just be the simplest and least expensive solution. Certainly more cost effective than investing in a lot of studio equipment. ********* >Thanks, CJ!

You’re welcome. CJ

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"orpheus" <noem…@nowhere.com> wrote in message

news:q67kausrl2dq13f83dt99sqe9mjuc310nl@4ax.com… > You should also know regulars are generally defensive and supportive > of each other…and that’s just the way it is. > (Me? I like to think of myself as an "irregular")

more fiber might help. JWB

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"Top Spin" <ToppS…@hotmail.com> wrote in message

news:cr7kauccke5f3v0ktoq3j3qqcgost5rs05@4ax.com… > Sorry, I forgot that it was *your* newsgroup.

actually, by you bitching about OT, you’re acting like it’s *your* newsgroup. JWB

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On Tue, 02 Apr 2002 22:20:55 GMT, "JWB" <jwb3333removethesefourwo…@excite.com> wrote: >actually, by you bitching about OT, you’re acting like it’s *your* >newsgroup.

Do you really think so?

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can you manipulate the fstops and shutter speeds on this camera? – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->Once again, this post is OT… so those of you who are >offended by OT, you know what to do. >Anyway, I need an inexpensive set up (something I can put >together myself with regular household stuff… you know, >like McGyver) for photographing small (beads) and shiny >(jewelry) objects indoors.   >I’ve tried every combination/gadget I can think of and the >end result still looks off, both in color and focus. >I’ve tried all kinds of lighting… incandescent, >fluorescent, halogen, candle, sunlight-through-window…. >even the sparkle in my eyes.  I’ve also tried the Reveal >light bulbs.  All bulbs are on clamps, mounted on 3 >tripods. >I’ve tried gray, black and white backgrounds… opaque. >(Gray seems to work best.  Black and white seem to set off >the flash and then I get hot spots. I’m using a digital >cam) >I’ve tried putting a cone around the items using double >thick paper to diffuse the light.  Everything looks yellow.   >I even tried making a cone out of tracing paper… not good >either.  If I use the color adjust on the software (Corel >Photopaint), the items take on a bluish hue. >I’ve tried extreme close-ups, and far-away shots with >camera on tripod… more often than not the shots will be >fuzzy. >I figure it can’t be the camera, since regular >people/landscape shots look great.  In fact, the pictures >show up great on the tiny screen on the camera.  The >problems seem to start after I upload. >What am I doing wrong??

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