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     Kommentar till en text av MICHAEL LOO
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Aloha Michael!

->  -> Not a hot ticket, then. Perhaps I should use it
->  -> as a decoy - take it to poverty-stricken southeast
->  -> Asia and let someone steal it. Neh, that might get
->  -> me pounded.
->  HN> It's still useful if it's still 
->  HN> functional, the lenses make it even 
->  HN> more so..but not so useful that it
->  HN> will enhance your life if you try
->  HN> to sell it. There are those out 
-> 
-> I wasn't exactly expecting it to enhance my life, just
-> to reimbuse me the cost of getting rid of it.
->
you could probably get $100-$150 for
it to the right person.
 
->  HN> there now who are discovering
->  HN> "film" for the first time and 
->  HN> have great fun with film cameras.
-> 
-> Part nostalgia, but I am sure real benefit as well.
->
yes, and some are even going back to the
old "Fume room" days of doing their
own developing and printing too!
 
-> There are those who are discovering "vinyl records,"
-> which is heartening to some. For me the proper use of
-> computers in audio is to enhance distortion/scratch/pop
-> filters - all this digital reproduction stuff has turned
-> out to be not only more ephemeral than originally claimed,
-> but also less true to life than originally claimed.
->
I gots plenty of vinyl right here!!
 
-> ==
->  HN> I know the  bubble will burst at some
->  HN> point, but I'm enjoying the ride as long
->  HN> as it lasts!
-> 
-> Hope it lasts a while. The Red Sox, are, you know,
-> shrug, pretty much gone for the season, and it would
-> be nice to have someone to root for, however distant.
->
The "other sox" beat us three straight.
Tough hard fought games that we lost 
by slim margins. Darn it!
Yesterday we played the Twinks
in TwinkieTown...and Felix threw
a shutout, his 5th of the season
I think. 
-> ==
->  -> Next time I go there I'll check to see if it's one
->  -> of the rare ones with the trademark-infringing double x,
->  -> otherwise Goodwill time.
->  HN> You could put it on craigslist and 
->  HN> see if you got any takers for it. I hate
->  HN> to see anything go to waste!
-> 
-> I don't do craigslist, but Goodwill or the Salvation
-> Army aren't exactly waste.
->
Yeah, but they won't give you any $$ where
someone on C-list just might!
 
->  HN> And that IS how it is...still not finished.
-> 
-> Sigh. Flanders and Swann did a song about the problems
-> of home maintenance: look up "The Gas Man Cometh" for
-> a laugh or two.
->
Somewhere around here I have a collection of 
Flanders and Swan...and Tom Leher as well.

->  HN> for the ride!  They are on the road from the 
->  HN> 10th -16th of Sept if you managed to get a
->  HN> good flight west, hopefully hotel hap would
->  HN> be open for bi'niss!
-> 
-> I wouldn't be free until the 12th, but that might
-> be a possibility! I'm having difficulty logging on
-> to the fare sites but will get back to you when I
-> have my research done. The time for the best fares
-> has passed, though. Edited to add: the price is
-> $150 more than it was last week. I'll wait for the
-> window of opportunity to open again, but it's not
-> so likely.
->
Seventeen homegames left, ending on Oct 3...I am
of course working all of them, several as captain
as well. BoSox will be in town 3,4 &5 Sept and 
I'm hoping we can keep our streak going..as we
"mathematically" have a chance at a wild card 
berth..we are (tied with BoSox) at 9 games back
and all the teams ahead of us fall on their 
own swords and we keep winning (and porcine
aviation takes a big leap forward!!) it 
could just happen...or I could hit the big
lotto...the odds are pretty much the same!
Keep us posted and if you can make it you'd 
be welcome, if not, some other time will
have to do!
chat with you soon!
ha
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