From: Thor Bols (thorbols@hotmail.com)
Date: 05/06/01-10:35:18 AM Z
Nice, Mike! You chose THIS particular topic to make your debut on this
list, and, quite frankly you look pretty silly! You think your post is
"on-topic"? You think there is only one Judy in this world?
PS. Those of us who have read Judy Siegel's posts for years here are
chuckling over the very idea that she would ever even visit a desert, much
less move there!
>From: Michael Mutmansky Reply-To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca To:
>alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca Subject: Re: Bostick & Sullivan Circle
>Date: Sun, 06 May 2001 12:06:47 -0400
>
>Since we're on the topic of 'off topic', let me repost a recent off-topic
>post of yours, Judy, to remind you that nobody is immune to making a
>mistake on occasion. At least, in Dick's case, he apologized for the
>erroneous post.
>
>
>"Hi Dave, I moved to the DESERT! In August, no less. But it's high desert
>and the winter has been great...good to hear from you! Judy"
>
>Enough has been said about this, it seems that we get more volume from the
>self-righteous complainers than from the occasional off topic discussions.
>The egos and the soapboxes that are on this discussion forum are almost
>intolerable. I think I may go off line, and check in the archives from time
>to time to read through the worthwhile discussions (of which there are
>precious few). It's a much better way to go than having to scan and delete
>a few dozen posts in a day when somebody's ego has been bruised.
>
>---Michael Mutmansky
>
>Judy Seigel wrote:
>
> > On Sun, 6 May 2001, Sandy King wrote: > > > Why should he not post here,
>assuming he is a list member? > > > > Sandy King > > The issue, Sandy,
>isn't *posting*, it's starting an unrelated operation > that is waaaaay off
>topic. What if we all made up fun and games quizzes -- > What was your
>worst photo experience. When did you photograph your first > nude... We're
>list members, too. You wouldn't stand for that for a minute > -- and the
>list would be a shambles. > > True, "conversations" wander, sometimes
>interestingly, sometimes > annoyingly, as asides or associations take on
>little lives of their own, > but this was a whole other operation -- no
>doubt appropriate for the > "Circle," but not, "literary quality" of the
>questions aside, for the alt > photo list. > > For instance, > > > >> >5.
>Most embarrassing time with a camera in your hand. And don't say > >
> >you've > > >> >never had one! > > >> > > > >> >6. Worst disaster in the
>darkroom. You can't say you never had one here > > >> either! > > >> > > >
> >> >7. Your first time shooting a nude, if ever? > > >> > > > >> >8. What
>photographer, living or dead, you'd like to live a week in the > > >life >
> > >> >of? (David Hamilton does not count!) > > >> > > > >> >9. Your dream
>camera? If you were Bill Gates, what would you buy? > > >> > > > >> >10. If
>you could have any person in the world as a model for a day, who? > > >>
> >Portrait, nude, whatever? > > Really, how can you even ask? > > Judy
>
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