On Tue, 11 Mar 2008 11:58:59 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

Went out side for the morning cigar and saw two huge Fisher Cats
squaring off at the tree line - very unusual - probably males as they
were easily in the 12/15 pound range.

Ran inside to get my new E-3 - dropped it off the deck right onto the
concrete patio.

Words I didn't even know I knew rang out over the land.

Even worse - I left it lying there and ran back inside to get the
movie camera.

Battery dead.

It's not going to be a good day.

Sorry to hear about the E-3.

Now you've got a good excuse to upgrade to a Nikon D40.
--
John

John H. wrote:
On Tue, 11 Mar 2008 11:58:59 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

Went out side for the morning cigar and saw two huge Fisher Cats
squaring off at the tree line - very unusual - probably males as they
were easily in the 12/15 pound range.

Ran inside to get my new E-3 - dropped it off the deck right onto the
concrete patio.

Words I didn't even know I knew rang out over the land.

Even worse - I left it lying there and ran back inside to get the
movie camera.

Battery dead.

It's not going to be a good day.

Sorry to hear about the E-3.

Now you've got a good excuse to upgrade to a Nikon D40.

Actually his Olympus is closer to the D200, just not as good.

On Mar 11, 6:58*am, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
Went out side for the morning cigar and saw two huge Fisher Cats
squaring off at the tree line - very unusual - probably males as they
were easily in the 12/15 pound range.

Ran inside to get my new E-3 - dropped it off the deck right onto the
concrete patio.

Words I didn't even know I knew rang out over the land.

Even worse - I left it lying there and ran back inside to get the
movie camera.

Battery dead.

It's not going to be a good day.

Tom,you should have used one of these:
http://www.dustygizmos.com/images/Wi...instamatic.jpg

At least if it busted in the drop, you wouldn't lose much.

Tim wrote:
On Mar 11, 6:58 am, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
Went out side for the morning cigar and saw two huge Fisher Cats
squaring off at the tree line - very unusual - probably males as they
were easily in the 12/15 pound range.

Ran inside to get my new E-3 - dropped it off the deck right onto the
concrete patio.

Words I didn't even know I knew rang out over the land.

Even worse - I left it lying there and ran back inside to get the
movie camera.

Battery dead.

It's not going to be a good day.

Tom,you should have used one of these:
http://www.dustygizmos.com/images/Wi...instamatic.jpg

At least if it busted in the drop, you wouldn't lose much.

Somebody has got to be selling the film cassettes and flash bulbs on ebay.

"BAR" wrote in message
. ..
Tim wrote:
On Mar 11, 6:58 am, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
Went out side for the morning cigar and saw two huge Fisher Cats
squaring off at the tree line - very unusual - probably males as they
were easily in the 12/15 pound range.

Ran inside to get my new E-3 - dropped it off the deck right onto the
concrete patio.

Words I didn't even know I knew rang out over the land.

Even worse - I left it lying there and ran back inside to get the
movie camera.

Battery dead.

It's not going to be a good day.

Tom,you should have used one of these:
http://www.dustygizmos.com/images/Wi...instamatic.jpg

At least if it busted in the drop, you wouldn't lose much.

Somebody has got to be selling the film cassettes and flash bulbs on ebay.



Didn't those use flash CUBES? Talk about the millionaire next door....who's
got the patent on those?

On Tue, 11 Mar 2008 19:11:17 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III" "Reggie is
Here wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Tue, 11 Mar 2008 11:58:59 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

Went out side for the morning cigar and saw two huge Fisher Cats
squaring off at the tree line - very unusual - probably males as they
were easily in the 12/15 pound range.

Ran inside to get my new E-3 - dropped it off the deck right onto the
concrete patio.

Words I didn't even know I knew rang out over the land.

Even worse - I left it lying there and ran back inside to get the
movie camera.

Battery dead.

It's not going to be a good day.

Sorry to hear about the E-3.

Now you've got a good excuse to upgrade to a Nikon D40.

Actually his Olympus is closer to the D200, just not as good.

I was being a touch sarcastic. Maybe I was *too* subtle.
--
John

JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
"BAR" wrote in message
. ..
Tim wrote:
On Mar 11, 6:58 am, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
Went out side for the morning cigar and saw two huge Fisher Cats
squaring off at the tree line - very unusual - probably males as they
were easily in the 12/15 pound range.

Ran inside to get my new E-3 - dropped it off the deck right onto the
concrete patio.

Words I didn't even know I knew rang out over the land.

Even worse - I left it lying there and ran back inside to get the
movie camera.

Battery dead.

It's not going to be a good day.
Tom,you should have used one of these:
http://www.dustygizmos.com/images/Wi...instamatic.jpg

At least if it busted in the drop, you wouldn't lose much.
Somebody has got to be selling the film cassettes and flash bulbs on ebay.



Didn't those use flash CUBES? Talk about the millionaire next door....who's
got the patent on those?

Yes, they did. When I was 8 I got a Kodak 110 Instamatic that used the
flash cubes. Why cubes when the bar flash worked without the overhead of
the mechanical 1/4 turn of the cube I'll never understand once I aged a
few more years.

John H. wrote:
On Tue, 11 Mar 2008 19:11:17 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III" "Reggie is
Here wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Tue, 11 Mar 2008 11:58:59 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

Went out side for the morning cigar and saw two huge Fisher Cats
squaring off at the tree line - very unusual - probably males as they
were easily in the 12/15 pound range.

Ran inside to get my new E-3 - dropped it off the deck right onto the
concrete patio.

Words I didn't even know I knew rang out over the land.

Even worse - I left it lying there and ran back inside to get the
movie camera.

Battery dead.

It's not going to be a good day.
Sorry to hear about the E-3.

Now you've got a good excuse to upgrade to a Nikon D40.
Actually his Olympus is closer to the D200, just not as good.

I was being a touch sarcastic. Maybe I was *too* subtle.

Or maybe my mind was on hold, who knows.

Whatever he does, he needs to use a camera strap.