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Re: Eclair Cameras: OT: Weapons of Mass Distraction
hello :)
you indicate that there are 130 members here. perhaps this has been covered, but i was not able to find it in the older messages ... how many acl users, or acl cameras are out there? i have no clue ... is the number in the thousands? i ws able to dig up alot of info on another make of camera, but these acl and npr cameras have very little historical info avaiable online. perhaps i'm looking or searching incorrectly, but i've used altavista using all the main keywords, and even some not so obvious ones and lots of general ones. one that is even worse is the GSMO(sorry, did not mean to say that 4 letter word in this thread). did aaton archeive all of the old schematics, molds, technical drawings and paperwork, manuals, documentation, etc? they lend no helpful history as it relates to eclair on their own website. all roads see to be dead ends for useful statistical information for inquiring minds like me.
eric
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From: RT <cinesota@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: EclairACL@topica.com
Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2003 02:45:36 +0000
In the immortal words of Fred Willard "Whaaa happened?" (Those of you
who have seen "A Mighty Wind" should appreciate this.)
I logged off the List last night and I get on today and there are like
38 new messages to read (I access the Eclair List via the Topica
website). I'm always happy to see lots of activity on the List, that
was until I saw what had been posted. Those of you who have been on the
Eclair List for some time know I am pretty hands off when it comes to
administering things. I feel that we are all adults and we can show
restraint so there is no need for me to babysit the List everyday. But
a 20 plus message thread on PUNCTUATION. Maybe you guys have settled
this already as I stopped reading after about message 15. Raymond you
made your point, Eric you replied, and everything after that was
redundant and unneccessary. All this business about people living in
grass huts and what not has to stop. It has absolutely no place here.
Making assumptions about people you don't know is wrong and also has no
place on this List. We have 130 members who subscribe to the Eclair
List and about a third of them hail from countries where English is not
the first language. Are we going to correct their English everytime
they try to post? No. What if someone posts in Russian? Spanish?
German? If someone doesn't want to use a spell checker then so be it.
Nobody is forcing you to read their postings. Just bin it and move on.
If you read something a fellow listee has written and don't understand a
portion of it then email them a polite note requesting clarification.
But if you want to wrap up jabs and insults with thinly veiled
politeness, take it somewhere else.
I don't use a spell checker myself so if you spot any spelling or
grammatical errors keep it to yourself. If you've got a beef with what
I have said here feel free to send me a message off-list as I don't want
to waste anyone elses time with this nonsense. My email is
cinesota@yahoo dot com.
This is the Eclair Cameras List so keep things on that topic.
'Nuff said,
Ray the List Mum
ps. For those of you who are wondering I stole the title List Mum from
another list that I belonged to. I liked the sound of it better than
List Administrator. Unfortunately, List Mum takes on a rather literal
meaning from time to time.
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eric martin jarvies sr
cabo san lucas, bcs mexico cp 23410
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