Cursing a blue streak...
 

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.

Cursing a blue streak...
 

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.

Damn, I wonder if you could leave it in your car and have someone steal
it. You might become Olympus's number one customer if you keep this up.

I think you need to start using a camera strap. I think your hands
aren't working as good as they used to. ;)

Cursing a blue streak...
 

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...
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.


Did it land on the lens, or the body?

Cursing a blue streak...
 

On Mar 11, 7:58*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.

OH %&*! this $$%!@ is going to *^&( me off.. and further more. *&^%$
(% $&%& %*&&$&(#&())))%%
Really sorry to hear that. Is it broke?

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"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote
Ran inside to get my new E-3 - dropped it off the deck right onto the
concrete patio.

That's one of the reasons I own a cheesy $150 Canon. It'll do 70-80% of what
a hibux camera will do at 5-10% of the heartache if I lose it.

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"Reginald P. Smithers III" "Reggie is Here wrote in message
. ..
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.

Damn, I wonder if you could leave it in your car and have someone steal
it. You might become Olympus's number one customer if you keep this up.

I think you need to start using a camera strap. I think your hands aren't
working as good as they used to. ;)


I learned that lesson around 1969 when my Pentax Spotmatic took a one way
trip to the bottom of Peconic Bay. Now, no camera touches my hand unless the
strap's at least wrapped around my wrist.

Cursing a blue streak...
 

JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
"Reginald P. Smithers III" "Reggie is Here wrote in message
. ..
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.
Damn, I wonder if you could leave it in your car and have someone steal
it. You might become Olympus's number one customer if you keep this up.

I think you need to start using a camera strap. I think your hands aren't
working as good as they used to. ;)


I learned that lesson around 1969 when my Pentax Spotmatic took a one way
trip to the bottom of Peconic Bay. Now, no camera touches my hand unless the
strap's at least wrapped around my wrist.




I use "the grip of death," too, even with a good-quality neck strap. I
always have one paw tightly wrapped around the strap.

Did I tell you that the guy who bought that Beretta was a college
classmate *and* dorm-mate of mine who I haven't seen in 40+ years?
Amazing.

Cursing a blue streak...
 

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...
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.

Would this be a good time to recommend using the neck or wrist strap as soon
as you pick the camera up?

Cursing a blue streak...
 

On Mar 11, 8:43*am, HK wrote:
JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
"Reginald P. Smithers III" "Reggie is Here wrote in message
...
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.
Damn, I wonder if you could leave it in your car and have someone steal
it. * You might become Olympus's number one customer if you keep this up.

I think you need to start using a camera strap. *I think your hands aren't
working as good as they used to. *;)

I learned that lesson around 1969 when my Pentax Spotmatic took a one way
trip to the bottom of Peconic Bay. Now, no camera touches my hand unless the
strap's at least wrapped around my wrist.

I use "the grip of death," too, even with a good-quality neck strap. I
always have one paw tightly wrapped around the strap.

Did I tell you that the guy who bought that Beretta was a college
classmate *and* dorm-mate of mine who I haven't seen in 40+ years?
Amazing.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

What are you going to kill people's pet dogs with NOW?

Cursing a blue streak...
 

On Mar 11, 7:58*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.

Do you see martens fairly often there?

Cursing a blue streak...
 

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

Cursing a blue streak...
 

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. ;)

Cursing a blue streak...
 

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.

Cursing a blue streak...
 

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.

Cursing a blue streak...
 

"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?

Cursing a blue streak...
 

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

Cursing a blue streak...
 

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.

Cursing a blue streak...
 

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. ;)