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Ben Stein's Letter to the Folks at the Pointy End of the Spear

By Ben Stein 4/5/2006 Tuesday

Dear Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines, National Guard, Reservists,
in Iraq, in the Middle East theater, in Afghanistan, in the area near
Afghanistan, in any base anywhere in the world, and your families: Let
me tell you about why you guys own about 90 percent of the cojones in
the whole world right now and should be damned happy with yourselves
and damned proud of who you are.

It was a dazzlingly hot day here in Rancho Mirage today. I did small
errands like going to the bank to pay my mortgage, finding a new bed
at a price I can afford, practicing driving with my new 5 wood, paying
bills for about two hours.

I spoke for a long time to a woman who is going through a nasty child
custody fight. I got e-mails from a woman who was fired today from
her job for not paying attention. I read about multi-billion-dollar
mergers in Europe, Asia, and the Mideast.

I noticed how overweight I am, for the millionth time. In other
words, I did a lot of nothing. Like every other American who is not
in the armed forces family, I basically just rearranged the deck
chairs on the Titanic in my trivial, self-important, meaningless way.
Above all, I talked to a friend of more than forty-three years who
told me he thought his life had no meaning because all he did was
count his money.

And, friends in the armed forces, this is the story of all of America
today. We are doing nothing but treading water while you guys carry
on the life or death struggle against worldwide militant Islamic
terrorism.

Our lives are about nothing: paying bills, going to humdrum jobs,
waiting until we can go to sleep and then do it all again. Our most
vivid issues are trivia compared with what you do every day, every
minute, every second.

Oprah Winfrey talks a lot about "meaning" in life. For her, "meaning"
is dieting and then having her photo on the cover of her magazine
every single month (surely a new world record for egomania ).

This is not "meaning." Meaning is doing for others.

Meaning is risking your life for others. Meaning is putting your
bodies and families' peace of mind on the line to defeat some of the
most evil, sick killers the world has ever known.
Meaning is leaving the comfort of home to fight to make sure that
there still will be a home for your family and for your nation and for
free men and women everywhere.

Look, soldiers and Marines and sailors and airmen and Coast Guardsmen,
there are eight billion people in this world. The whole fate of this
world turns on what you people, 1.4 million, more or less, do every
day. The fate of mankind depends on what about 2/100 of one percent
of the people in this world do every day -- and you are those people.
And joining you is every policeman, fireman, and EMT in the country,
also holding back the tide of chaos.

Do you know how important you are?

Do you know how indispensable you are?

Do you know how humbly grateful any of us who has a head on his
shoulders is to you?

Do you know that if you never do another thing in your lives, you will
always still be heroes?

That we could live without Hollywood or Wall Street or the NFL, but we
cannot live for a week without you?

We are on our knees to you and we bless and pray for you every moment.
And Oprah Winfrey, if she were a size two, would not have one
millionth of your importance, and all of the Wall Street billionaires
will never mean what the least of you do, and if Barry Bonds hit
ninety home runs it would not mean as much as you going on one patrol
or driving one truck to the Baghdad airport.

You are everything to us, as we go through our little days, and you
are in the prayers of the nation and of every decent man and woman on
the planet.

That's who you are and what you mean.

I hope you know that.

Love, Ben Stein
--

Scott in Florida

In article <a9tu42pgijhmbjjoi7mnap85n105s8ml2p@4ax.com>,
Scott in Florida <MoveOn@outa.here> wrote:
[color=blue]
> Ben Stein's Letter to the Folks at the Pointy End of the Spear
>
> By Ben Stein 4/5/2006 Tuesday
>
> Dear Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines, National Guard, Reservists,
> in Iraq, in the Middle East theater, in Afghanistan, in the area near
> Afghanistan, in any base anywhere in the world, and your families: Let
> me tell you about why you guys own about 90 percent of the cojones in
> the whole world right now and should be damned happy with yourselves
> and damned proud of who you are.
>
> It was a dazzlingly hot day here in Rancho Mirage today. I did small
> errands like going to the bank to pay my mortgage, finding a new bed
> at a price I can afford, practicing driving with my new 5 wood, paying
> bills for about two hours.
>
> I spoke for a long time to a woman who is going through a nasty child
> custody fight. I got e-mails from a woman who was fired today from
> her job for not paying attention. I read about multi-billion-dollar
> mergers in Europe, Asia, and the Mideast.
>
> I noticed how overweight I am, for the millionth time. In other
> words, I did a lot of nothing. Like every other American who is not
> in the armed forces family, I basically just rearranged the deck
> chairs on the Titanic in my trivial, self-important, meaningless way.
> Above all, I talked to a friend of more than forty-three years who
> told me he thought his life had no meaning because all he did was
> count his money.
>
> And, friends in the armed forces, this is the story of all of America
> today. We are doing nothing but treading water while you guys carry
> on the life or death struggle against worldwide militant Islamic
> terrorism.
>
> Our lives are about nothing: paying bills, going to humdrum jobs,
> waiting until we can go to sleep and then do it all again. Our most
> vivid issues are trivia compared with what you do every day, every
> minute, every second.
>
> Oprah Winfrey talks a lot about "meaning" in life. For her, "meaning"
> is dieting and then having her photo on the cover of her magazine
> every single month (surely a new world record for egomania ).
>
> This is not "meaning." Meaning is doing for others.
>
> Meaning is risking your life for others. Meaning is putting your
> bodies and families' peace of mind on the line to defeat some of the
> most evil, sick killers the world has ever known.
> Meaning is leaving the comfort of home to fight to make sure that
> there still will be a home for your family and for your nation and for
> free men and women everywhere.
>
> Look, soldiers and Marines and sailors and airmen and Coast Guardsmen,
> there are eight billion people in this world. The whole fate of this
> world turns on what you people, 1.4 million, more or less, do every
> day. The fate of mankind depends on what about 2/100 of one percent
> of the people in this world do every day -- and you are those people.
> And joining you is every policeman, fireman, and EMT in the country,
> also holding back the tide of chaos.
>
> Do you know how important you are?
>
> Do you know how indispensable you are?
>
> Do you know how humbly grateful any of us who has a head on his
> shoulders is to you?
>
> Do you know that if you never do another thing in your lives, you will
> always still be heroes?
>
> That we could live without Hollywood or Wall Street or the NFL, but we
> cannot live for a week without you?
>
> We are on our knees to you and we bless and pray for you every moment.
> And Oprah Winfrey, if she were a size two, would not have one
> millionth of your importance, and all of the Wall Street billionaires
> will never mean what the least of you do, and if Barry Bonds hit
> ninety home runs it would not mean as much as you going on one patrol
> or driving one truck to the Baghdad airport.
>
> You are everything to us, as we go through our little days, and you
> are in the prayers of the nation and of every decent man and woman on
> the planet.
>
> That's who you are and what you mean.
>
> I hope you know that.
>
> Love, Ben Stein[/color]

Hey man , where in hell have you been. The wagons are circled and we're
taking arrows left and right, hell they're so thick we could climb on
em. My trusty 45-70 is getting burned out and the fart machine is
malfunctioning.
--
"[It's] time for the human race to enter the solar system."

-- Vice President Al Gore

"The BENevolent dbu" <Relaxand@smelthe.rose.comm> wrote in message
news:Relaxand-876ABE.08494626042006@news-rdr-03.rdc-kc.rr.com...[color=blue]
> In article <a9tu42pgijhmbjjoi7mnap85n105s8ml2p@4ax.com>,
> Scott in Florida <MoveOn@outa.here> wrote:
>[color=green]
>> Ben Stein's Letter to the Folks at the Pointy End of the Spear
>>
>> By Ben Stein 4/5/2006 Tuesday
>>
>> Dear Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines, National Guard, Reservists,
>> in Iraq, in the Middle East theater, in Afghanistan, in the area near
>> Afghanistan, in any base anywhere in the world, and your families: Let
>> me tell you about why you guys own about 90 percent of the cojones in
>> the whole world right now and should be damned happy with yourselves
>> and damned proud of who you are.
>>
>> It was a dazzlingly hot day here in Rancho Mirage today. I did small
>> errands like going to the bank to pay my mortgage, finding a new bed
>> at a price I can afford, practicing driving with my new 5 wood, paying
>> bills for about two hours.
>>
>> I spoke for a long time to a woman who is going through a nasty child
>> custody fight. I got e-mails from a woman who was fired today from
>> her job for not paying attention. I read about multi-billion-dollar
>> mergers in Europe, Asia, and the Mideast.
>>
>> I noticed how overweight I am, for the millionth time. In other
>> words, I did a lot of nothing. Like every other American who is not
>> in the armed forces family, I basically just rearranged the deck
>> chairs on the Titanic in my trivial, self-important, meaningless way.
>> Above all, I talked to a friend of more than forty-three years who
>> told me he thought his life had no meaning because all he did was
>> count his money.
>>
>> And, friends in the armed forces, this is the story of all of America
>> today. We are doing nothing but treading water while you guys carry
>> on the life or death struggle against worldwide militant Islamic
>> terrorism.
>>
>> Our lives are about nothing: paying bills, going to humdrum jobs,
>> waiting until we can go to sleep and then do it all again. Our most
>> vivid issues are trivia compared with what you do every day, every
>> minute, every second.
>>
>> Oprah Winfrey talks a lot about "meaning" in life. For her, "meaning"
>> is dieting and then having her photo on the cover of her magazine
>> every single month (surely a new world record for egomania ).
>>
>> This is not "meaning." Meaning is doing for others.
>>
>> Meaning is risking your life for others. Meaning is putting your
>> bodies and families' peace of mind on the line to defeat some of the
>> most evil, sick killers the world has ever known.
>> Meaning is leaving the comfort of home to fight to make sure that
>> there still will be a home for your family and for your nation and for
>> free men and women everywhere.
>>
>> Look, soldiers and Marines and sailors and airmen and Coast Guardsmen,
>> there are eight billion people in this world. The whole fate of this
>> world turns on what you people, 1.4 million, more or less, do every
>> day. The fate of mankind depends on what about 2/100 of one percent
>> of the people in this world do every day -- and you are those people.
>> And joining you is every policeman, fireman, and EMT in the country,
>> also holding back the tide of chaos.
>>
>> Do you know how important you are?
>>
>> Do you know how indispensable you are?
>>
>> Do you know how humbly grateful any of us who has a head on his
>> shoulders is to you?
>>
>> Do you know that if you never do another thing in your lives, you will
>> always still be heroes?
>>
>> That we could live without Hollywood or Wall Street or the NFL, but we
>> cannot live for a week without you?
>>
>> We are on our knees to you and we bless and pray for you every moment.
>> And Oprah Winfrey, if she were a size two, would not have one
>> millionth of your importance, and all of the Wall Street billionaires
>> will never mean what the least of you do, and if Barry Bonds hit
>> ninety home runs it would not mean as much as you going on one patrol
>> or driving one truck to the Baghdad airport.
>>
>> You are everything to us, as we go through our little days, and you
>> are in the prayers of the nation and of every decent man and woman on
>> the planet.
>>
>> That's who you are and what you mean.
>>
>> I hope you know that.
>>
>> Love, Ben Stein[/color]
>
> Hey man , where in hell have you been. The wagons are circled and we're
> taking arrows left and right, hell they're so thick we could climb on
> em. My trusty 45-70 is getting burned out and the fart machine is
> malfunctioning.
> --
> "[It's] time for the human race to enter the solar system."
>
> -- Vice President Dan Quayle[/color]

"Taking arrows left and right"? This NG is asleep as compared to what OT
posts could be. We have quieted down substantially because it would be like
picking on a handicapped kid. There is no honor in kicking someone when
they are down.

In article <PlM3g.8343$q%6.5835@trnddc01>,
"Truckdude" <unrealemail@cox.net> wrote:
[color=blue]
> "The BENevolent dbu" <Relaxand@smelthe.rose.comm> wrote in message
> news:Relaxand-876ABE.08494626042006@news-rdr-03.rdc-kc.rr.com...[color=green]
> > In article <a9tu42pgijhmbjjoi7mnap85n105s8ml2p@4ax.com>,
> > Scott in Florida <MoveOn@outa.here> wrote:
> >[color=darkred]
> >> Ben Stein's Letter to the Folks at the Pointy End of the Spear
> >>
> >> By Ben Stein 4/5/2006 Tuesday
> >>
> >> Dear Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines, National Guard, Reservists,
> >> in Iraq, in the Middle East theater, in Afghanistan, in the area near
> >> Afghanistan, in any base anywhere in the world, and your families: Let
> >> me tell you about why you guys own about 90 percent of the cojones in
> >> the whole world right now and should be damned happy with yourselves
> >> and damned proud of who you are.
> >>
> >> It was a dazzlingly hot day here in Rancho Mirage today. I did small
> >> errands like going to the bank to pay my mortgage, finding a new bed
> >> at a price I can afford, practicing driving with my new 5 wood, paying
> >> bills for about two hours.
> >>
> >> I spoke for a long time to a woman who is going through a nasty child
> >> custody fight. I got e-mails from a woman who was fired today from
> >> her job for not paying attention. I read about multi-billion-dollar
> >> mergers in Europe, Asia, and the Mideast.
> >>
> >> I noticed how overweight I am, for the millionth time. In other
> >> words, I did a lot of nothing. Like every other American who is not
> >> in the armed forces family, I basically just rearranged the deck
> >> chairs on the Titanic in my trivial, self-important, meaningless way.
> >> Above all, I talked to a friend of more than forty-three years who
> >> told me he thought his life had no meaning because all he did was
> >> count his money.
> >>
> >> And, friends in the armed forces, this is the story of all of America
> >> today. We are doing nothing but treading water while you guys carry
> >> on the life or death struggle against worldwide militant Islamic
> >> terrorism.
> >>
> >> Our lives are about nothing: paying bills, going to humdrum jobs,
> >> waiting until we can go to sleep and then do it all again. Our most
> >> vivid issues are trivia compared with what you do every day, every
> >> minute, every second.
> >>
> >> Oprah Winfrey talks a lot about "meaning" in life. For her, "meaning"
> >> is dieting and then having her photo on the cover of her magazine
> >> every single month (surely a new world record for egomania ).
> >>
> >> This is not "meaning." Meaning is doing for others.
> >>
> >> Meaning is risking your life for others. Meaning is putting your
> >> bodies and families' peace of mind on the line to defeat some of the
> >> most evil, sick killers the world has ever known.
> >> Meaning is leaving the comfort of home to fight to make sure that
> >> there still will be a home for your family and for your nation and for
> >> free men and women everywhere.
> >>
> >> Look, soldiers and Marines and sailors and airmen and Coast Guardsmen,
> >> there are eight billion people in this world. The whole fate of this
> >> world turns on what you people, 1.4 million, more or less, do every
> >> day. The fate of mankind depends on what about 2/100 of one percent
> >> of the people in this world do every day -- and you are those people.
> >> And joining you is every policeman, fireman, and EMT in the country,
> >> also holding back the tide of chaos.
> >>
> >> Do you know how important you are?
> >>
> >> Do you know how indispensable you are?
> >>
> >> Do you know how humbly grateful any of us who has a head on his
> >> shoulders is to you?
> >>
> >> Do you know that if you never do another thing in your lives, you will
> >> always still be heroes?
> >>
> >> That we could live without Hollywood or Wall Street or the NFL, but we
> >> cannot live for a week without you?
> >>
> >> We are on our knees to you and we bless and pray for you every moment.
> >> And Oprah Winfrey, if she were a size two, would not have one
> >> millionth of your importance, and all of the Wall Street billionaires
> >> will never mean what the least of you do, and if Barry Bonds hit
> >> ninety home runs it would not mean as much as you going on one patrol
> >> or driving one truck to the Baghdad airport.
> >>
> >> You are everything to us, as we go through our little days, and you
> >> are in the prayers of the nation and of every decent man and woman on
> >> the planet.
> >>
> >> That's who you are and what you mean.
> >>
> >> I hope you know that.
> >>
> >> Love, Ben Stein[/color]
> >
> > Hey man , where in hell have you been. The wagons are circled and we're
> > taking arrows left and right, hell they're so thick we could climb on
> > em. My trusty 45-70 is getting burned out and the fart machine is
> > malfunctioning.
> > --
> > "[It's] time for the human race to enter the solar system."
> >
> > -- Vice President Dan Quayle[/color]
>
> "Taking arrows left and right"? This NG is asleep as compared to what OT
> posts could be. We have quieted down substantially because it would be like
> picking on a handicapped kid. There is no honor in kicking someone when
> they are down.[/color]

You are funny. Dude, all you do is repeat 5 year old garbage from the
moveon.org., Bush lied, no wmd ect ect. Nobody takes you or your
buddies seriously. Really you should go and find something else you can
do on your own like wash some windows or carry out the trash, mow the
lawn, you know, menial tasks
--
"[It's] time for the human race to enter the solar system."

-- Vice President Al Gore

"The BENevolent dbu" <Relaxand@smelthe.rose.comm> wrote in message
news:Relaxand-8D5547.10532326042006@news-rdr-03.rdc-kc.rr.com...[color=blue]
> In article <PlM3g.8343$q%6.5835@trnddc01>,
> "Truckdude" <unrealemail@cox.net> wrote:
>[color=green]
>> "The BENevolent dbu" <Relaxand@smelthe.rose.comm> wrote in message
>> news:Relaxand-876ABE.08494626042006@news-rdr-03.rdc-kc.rr.com...[color=darkred]
>> > In article <a9tu42pgijhmbjjoi7mnap85n105s8ml2p@4ax.com>,
>> > Scott in Florida <MoveOn@outa.here> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Ben Stein's Letter to the Folks at the Pointy End of the Spear
>> >>
>> >> By Ben Stein 4/5/2006 Tuesday
>> >>
>> >> Dear Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines, National Guard, Reservists,
>> >> in Iraq, in the Middle East theater, in Afghanistan, in the area near
>> >> Afghanistan, in any base anywhere in the world, and your families: Let
>> >> me tell you about why you guys own about 90 percent of the cojones in
>> >> the whole world right now and should be damned happy with yourselves
>> >> and damned proud of who you are.
>> >>
>> >> It was a dazzlingly hot day here in Rancho Mirage today. I did small
>> >> errands like going to the bank to pay my mortgage, finding a new bed
>> >> at a price I can afford, practicing driving with my new 5 wood, paying
>> >> bills for about two hours.
>> >>
>> >> I spoke for a long time to a woman who is going through a nasty child
>> >> custody fight. I got e-mails from a woman who was fired today from
>> >> her job for not paying attention. I read about multi-billion-dollar
>> >> mergers in Europe, Asia, and the Mideast.
>> >>
>> >> I noticed how overweight I am, for the millionth time. In other
>> >> words, I did a lot of nothing. Like every other American who is not
>> >> in the armed forces family, I basically just rearranged the deck
>> >> chairs on the Titanic in my trivial, self-important, meaningless way.
>> >> Above all, I talked to a friend of more than forty-three years who
>> >> told me he thought his life had no meaning because all he did was
>> >> count his money.
>> >>
>> >> And, friends in the armed forces, this is the story of all of America
>> >> today. We are doing nothing but treading water while you guys carry
>> >> on the life or death struggle against worldwide militant Islamic
>> >> terrorism.
>> >>
>> >> Our lives are about nothing: paying bills, going to humdrum jobs,
>> >> waiting until we can go to sleep and then do it all again. Our most
>> >> vivid issues are trivia compared with what you do every day, every
>> >> minute, every second.
>> >>
>> >> Oprah Winfrey talks a lot about "meaning" in life. For her, "meaning"
>> >> is dieting and then having her photo on the cover of her magazine
>> >> every single month (surely a new world record for egomania ).
>> >>
>> >> This is not "meaning." Meaning is doing for others.
>> >>
>> >> Meaning is risking your life for others. Meaning is putting your
>> >> bodies and families' peace of mind on the line to defeat some of the
>> >> most evil, sick killers the world has ever known.
>> >> Meaning is leaving the comfort of home to fight to make sure that
>> >> there still will be a home for your family and for your nation and for
>> >> free men and women everywhere.
>> >>
>> >> Look, soldiers and Marines and sailors and airmen and Coast Guardsmen,
>> >> there are eight billion people in this world. The whole fate of this
>> >> world turns on what you people, 1.4 million, more or less, do every
>> >> day. The fate of mankind depends on what about 2/100 of one percent
>> >> of the people in this world do every day -- and you are those people.
>> >> And joining you is every policeman, fireman, and EMT in the country,
>> >> also holding back the tide of chaos.
>> >>
>> >> Do you know how important you are?
>> >>
>> >> Do you know how indispensable you are?
>> >>
>> >> Do you know how humbly grateful any of us who has a head on his
>> >> shoulders is to you?
>> >>
>> >> Do you know that if you never do another thing in your lives, you will
>> >> always still be heroes?
>> >>
>> >> That we could live without Hollywood or Wall Street or the NFL, but we
>> >> cannot live for a week without you?
>> >>
>> >> We are on our knees to you and we bless and pray for you every moment.
>> >> And Oprah Winfrey, if she were a size two, would not have one
>> >> millionth of your importance, and all of the Wall Street billionaires
>> >> will never mean what the least of you do, and if Barry Bonds hit
>> >> ninety home runs it would not mean as much as you going on one patrol
>> >> or driving one truck to the Baghdad airport.
>> >>
>> >> You are everything to us, as we go through our little days, and you
>> >> are in the prayers of the nation and of every decent man and woman on
>> >> the planet.
>> >>
>> >> That's who you are and what you mean.
>> >>
>> >> I hope you know that.
>> >>
>> >> Love, Ben Stein
>> >
>> > Hey man , where in hell have you been. The wagons are circled and
>> > we're
>> > taking arrows left and right, hell they're so thick we could climb on
>> > em. My trusty 45-70 is getting burned out and the fart machine is
>> > malfunctioning.
>> > --
>> > "[It's] time for the human race to enter the solar system."
>> >
>> > -- Vice President Dan Quayle[/color]
>>
>> "Taking arrows left and right"? This NG is asleep as compared to what OT
>> posts could be. We have quieted down substantially because it would be
>> like
>> picking on a handicapped kid. There is no honor in kicking someone when
>> they are down.[/color]
>
> You are funny. Dude, all you do is repeat 5 year old garbage from the
> moveon.org., Bush lied, no wmd ect ect. Nobody takes you or your
> buddies seriously. Really you should go and find something else you can
> do on your own like wash some windows or carry out the trash, mow the
> lawn, you know, menial tasks
> --
> "[It's] time for the human race to enter the solar system."
>
> -- Vice President Dan Quayle[/color]

Keeping up the brave face, I see. I don't blame you.

On Wed, 26 Apr 2006 13:50:02 GMT, The BENevolent dbu
<Relaxand@smelthe.rose.comm> wrote:
[color=blue]
>Hey man , where in hell have you been. The wagons are circled and we're
>taking arrows left and right, hell they're so thick we could climb on
>em. My trusty 45-70 is getting burned out and the fart machine is
>malfunctioning.
>--
> "[It's] time for the human race to enter the solar system."
>
>-- Vice President Al Gore[/color]

I've been on a 'road' trip to provide some relief for my wife (she is
caring for her 90+ year old folks who are not all there....if ya know
what I mean)...

Took my new Canon 5D with me and got some fantastic pictures along
the Blue Ridge Parkway and in southern Maine.

Dropped by to see my son in southern Jersey. Ah the days of being
young, single!

Did all this without....

ABS

DRL's

Stability control

and survived.

--

Scott in Florida

In article <d69v425d9oh6on7itegrhlisu928q7dc7u@4ax.com>,
Scott in Florida <MoveOn@outa.here> wrote:
[color=blue]
> On Wed, 26 Apr 2006 13:50:02 GMT, The BENevolent dbu
> <Relaxand@smelthe.rose.comm> wrote:
>[color=green]
> >Hey man , where in hell have you been. The wagons are circled and we're
> >taking arrows left and right, hell they're so thick we could climb on
> >em. My trusty 45-70 is getting burned out and the fart machine is
> >malfunctioning.
> >--
> > "[It's] time for the human race to enter the solar system."
> >
> >-- Vice President Al Gore[/color]
>
> I've been on a 'road' trip to provide some relief for my wife (she is
> caring for her 90+ year old folks who are not all there....if ya know
> what I mean)...
>
> Took my new Canon 5D with me and got some fantastic pictures along
> the Blue Ridge Parkway and in southern Maine.
>
> Dropped by to see my son in southern Jersey. Ah the days of being
> young, single!
>
> Did all this without....
>
> ABS
>
> DRL's
>
> Stability control
>
> and survived.[/color]

Great drive the Bluer Rdge parkway, we did that several years ago in the
fall. I just picked up a Nikon D70s. I have about 150 pictures on it,
still learning the camera. How do you like the Cannon?
--
"[It's] time for the human race to enter the solar system."

-- Vice President Al Gore

In article <sqN3g.1295$Ci.1189@trnddc05>,
"Truckdude" <unrealemail@cox.net> wrote:
[color=blue]
> "The BENevolent dbu" <Relaxand@smelthe.rose.comm> wrote in message
> news:Relaxand-8D5547.10532326042006@news-rdr-03.rdc-kc.rr.com...[color=green]
> > In article <PlM3g.8343$q%6.5835@trnddc01>,
> > "Truckdude" <unrealemail@cox.net> wrote:
> >[color=darkred]
> >> "The BENevolent dbu" <Relaxand@smelthe.rose.comm> wrote in message
> >> news:Relaxand-876ABE.08494626042006@news-rdr-03.rdc-kc.rr.com...
> >> > In article <a9tu42pgijhmbjjoi7mnap85n105s8ml2p@4ax.com>,
> >> > Scott in Florida <MoveOn@outa.here> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Ben Stein's Letter to the Folks at the Pointy End of the Spear
> >> >>
> >> >> By Ben Stein 4/5/2006 Tuesday
> >> >>
> >> >> Dear Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines, National Guard, Reservists,
> >> >> in Iraq, in the Middle East theater, in Afghanistan, in the area near
> >> >> Afghanistan, in any base anywhere in the world, and your families: Let
> >> >> me tell you about why you guys own about 90 percent of the cojones in
> >> >> the whole world right now and should be damned happy with yourselves
> >> >> and damned proud of who you are.
> >> >>
> >> >> It was a dazzlingly hot day here in Rancho Mirage today. I did small
> >> >> errands like going to the bank to pay my mortgage, finding a new bed
> >> >> at a price I can afford, practicing driving with my new 5 wood, paying
> >> >> bills for about two hours.
> >> >>
> >> >> I spoke for a long time to a woman who is going through a nasty child
> >> >> custody fight. I got e-mails from a woman who was fired today from
> >> >> her job for not paying attention. I read about multi-billion-dollar
> >> >> mergers in Europe, Asia, and the Mideast.
> >> >>
> >> >> I noticed how overweight I am, for the millionth time. In other
> >> >> words, I did a lot of nothing. Like every other American who is not
> >> >> in the armed forces family, I basically just rearranged the deck
> >> >> chairs on the Titanic in my trivial, self-important, meaningless way.
> >> >> Above all, I talked to a friend of more than forty-three years who
> >> >> told me he thought his life had no meaning because all he did was
> >> >> count his money.
> >> >>
> >> >> And, friends in the armed forces, this is the story of all of America
> >> >> today. We are doing nothing but treading water while you guys carry
> >> >> on the life or death struggle against worldwide militant Islamic
> >> >> terrorism.
> >> >>
> >> >> Our lives are about nothing: paying bills, going to humdrum jobs,
> >> >> waiting until we can go to sleep and then do it all again. Our most
> >> >> vivid issues are trivia compared with what you do every day, every
> >> >> minute, every second.
> >> >>
> >> >> Oprah Winfrey talks a lot about "meaning" in life. For her, "meaning"
> >> >> is dieting and then having her photo on the cover of her magazine
> >> >> every single month (surely a new world record for egomania ).
> >> >>
> >> >> This is not "meaning." Meaning is doing for others.
> >> >>
> >> >> Meaning is risking your life for others. Meaning is putting your
> >> >> bodies and families' peace of mind on the line to defeat some of the
> >> >> most evil, sick killers the world has ever known.
> >> >> Meaning is leaving the comfort of home to fight to make sure that
> >> >> there still will be a home for your family and for your nation and for
> >> >> free men and women everywhere.
> >> >>
> >> >> Look, soldiers and Marines and sailors and airmen and Coast Guardsmen,
> >> >> there are eight billion people in this world. The whole fate of this
> >> >> world turns on what you people, 1.4 million, more or less, do every
> >> >> day. The fate of mankind depends on what about 2/100 of one percent
> >> >> of the people in this world do every day -- and you are those people.
> >> >> And joining you is every policeman, fireman, and EMT in the country,
> >> >> also holding back the tide of chaos.
> >> >>
> >> >> Do you know how important you are?
> >> >>
> >> >> Do you know how indispensable you are?
> >> >>
> >> >> Do you know how humbly grateful any of us who has a head on his
> >> >> shoulders is to you?
> >> >>
> >> >> Do you know that if you never do another thing in your lives, you will
> >> >> always still be heroes?
> >> >>
> >> >> That we could live without Hollywood or Wall Street or the NFL, but we
> >> >> cannot live for a week without you?
> >> >>
> >> >> We are on our knees to you and we bless and pray for you every moment.
> >> >> And Oprah Winfrey, if she were a size two, would not have one
> >> >> millionth of your importance, and all of the Wall Street billionaires
> >> >> will never mean what the least of you do, and if Barry Bonds hit
> >> >> ninety home runs it would not mean as much as you going on one patrol
> >> >> or driving one truck to the Baghdad airport.
> >> >>
> >> >> You are everything to us, as we go through our little days, and you
> >> >> are in the prayers of the nation and of every decent man and woman on
> >> >> the planet.
> >> >>
> >> >> That's who you are and what you mean.
> >> >>
> >> >> I hope you know that.
> >> >>
> >> >> Love, Ben Stein
> >> >
> >> > Hey man , where in hell have you been. The wagons are circled and
> >> > we're
> >> > taking arrows left and right, hell they're so thick we could climb on
> >> > em. My trusty 45-70 is getting burned out and the fart machine is
> >> > malfunctioning.
> >> > --
> >> > "[It's] time for the human race to enter the solar system."
> >> >
> >> > -- Vice President Dan Quayle
> >>
> >> "Taking arrows left and right"? This NG is asleep as compared to what OT
> >> posts could be. We have quieted down substantially because it would be
> >> like
> >> picking on a handicapped kid. There is no honor in kicking someone when
> >> they are down.[/color]
> >
> > You are funny. Dude, all you do is repeat 5 year old garbage from the
> > moveon.org., Bush lied, no wmd ect ect. Nobody takes you or your
> > buddies seriously. Really you should go and find something else you can
> > do on your own like wash some windows or carry out the trash, mow the
> > lawn, you know, menial tasks
> > --
> > "[It's] time for the human race to enter the solar system."
> >
> > -- Vice President Dan Quayle[/color]
>
> Keeping up the brave face, I see. I don't blame you.[/color]

still smarting from the al bore debacle huh. Then there is the great
debater kerry mowed down by that dumb george bush. You people are funny.
--
"[It's] time for the human race to enter the solar system."

-- Vice President Al Gore

In article <zvP3g.1453$Sh.1037@trnddc06>,
"Truckdude" <unrealemail@cox.net> wrote:
[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
> >> >> > Hey man , where in hell have you been. The wagons are circled and
> >> >> > we're
> >> >> > taking arrows left and right, hell they're so thick we could climb
> >> >> > on
> >> >> > em. My trusty 45-70 is getting burned out and the fart machine is
> >> >> > malfunctioning.
> >> >> > --
> >> >> > "[It's] time for the human race to enter the solar system."
> >> >> >
> >> >> > -- Vice President Dan Quayle
> >> >>
> >> >> "Taking arrows left and right"? This NG is asleep as compared to what
> >> >> OT
> >> >> posts could be. We have quieted down substantially because it would
> >> >> be
> >> >> like
> >> >> picking on a handicapped kid. There is no honor in kicking someone
> >> >> when
> >> >> they are down.
> >> >
> >> > You are funny. Dude, all you do is repeat 5 year old garbage from the
> >> > moveon.org., Bush lied, no wmd ect ect. Nobody takes you or your
> >> > buddies seriously. Really you should go and find something else you
> >> > can
> >> > do on your own like wash some windows or carry out the trash, mow the
> >> > lawn, you know, menial tasks
> >> > --
> >> > "[It's] time for the human race to enter the solar system."
> >> >
> >> > -- Vice President Dan Quayle
> >>
> >> Keeping up the brave face, I see. I don't blame you.[/color]
> >
> > still smarting from the al bore debacle huh. Then there is the great
> > debater kerry mowed down by that dumb george bush. You people are funny.
> > --
> > "[It's] time for the human race to enter the solar system."
> >
> > -- Vice President Dan Quayle[/color]
>
> You wanna know what I find funny? A few years ago you guys were beating
> your chests and I was on the defensive. Now I am happily smug and you guys
> are in "Yeah, but..." mode these days. It must suck to be you.[/color]

That's what you think. Wait til November, we'll be taking you all to
the woodshed one more time.
--
"[It's] time for the human race to enter the solar system."

-- Vice President Al Gore

"The BENevolent dbu" <Relaxand@smelthe.rose.comm> wrote in message
news:Relaxand-F61C1A.14543426042006@news-rdr-03.rdc-kc.rr.com...[color=blue]
> In article <zvP3g.1453$Sh.1037@trnddc06>,
> "Truckdude" <unrealemail@cox.net> wrote:
>[color=green][color=darkred]
>> >> >> > Hey man , where in hell have you been. The wagons are circled
>> >> >> > and
>> >> >> > we're
>> >> >> > taking arrows left and right, hell they're so thick we could
>> >> >> > climb
>> >> >> > on
>> >> >> > em. My trusty 45-70 is getting burned out and the fart machine
>> >> >> > is
>> >> >> > malfunctioning.
>> >> >> > --
>> >> >> > "[It's] time for the human race to enter the solar system."
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > -- Vice President Dan Quayle
>> >> >>
>> >> >> "Taking arrows left and right"? This NG is asleep as compared to
>> >> >> what
>> >> >> OT
>> >> >> posts could be. We have quieted down substantially because it
>> >> >> would
>> >> >> be
>> >> >> like
>> >> >> picking on a handicapped kid. There is no honor in kicking someone
>> >> >> when
>> >> >> they are down.
>> >> >
>> >> > You are funny. Dude, all you do is repeat 5 year old garbage from
>> >> > the
>> >> > moveon.org., Bush lied, no wmd ect ect. Nobody takes you or your
>> >> > buddies seriously. Really you should go and find something else you
>> >> > can
>> >> > do on your own like wash some windows or carry out the trash, mow
>> >> > the
>> >> > lawn, you know, menial tasks
>> >> > --
>> >> > "[It's] time for the human race to enter the solar system."
>> >> >
>> >> > -- Vice President Dan Quayle
>> >>
>> >> Keeping up the brave face, I see. I don't blame you.
>> >
>> > still smarting from the al bore debacle huh. Then there is the great
>> > debater kerry mowed down by that dumb george bush. You people are
>> > funny.
>> > --
>> > "[It's] time for the human race to enter the solar system."
>> >
>> > -- Vice President Dan Quayle[/color]
>>
>> You wanna know what I find funny? A few years ago you guys were beating
>> your chests and I was on the defensive. Now I am happily smug and you
>> guys
>> are in "Yeah, but..." mode these days. It must suck to be you.[/color]
>
> That's what you think. Wait til November, we'll be taking you all to
> the woodshed one more time.
> --
> "[It's] time for the human race to enter the solar system."
>
> -- Vice President Dan Quayle[/color]

I wouldn't bet against you. As they say, no one ever went broke
underestimating the intelligence of the American people.

In article <nMQ3g.1481$Sh.1233@trnddc06>,
"Truckdude" <unrealemail@cox.net> wrote:
[color=blue]
> "The BENevolent dbu" <Relaxand@smelthe.rose.comm> wrote in message
> news:Relaxand-F61C1A.14543426042006@news-rdr-03.rdc-kc.rr.com...[color=green]
> > In article <zvP3g.1453$Sh.1037@trnddc06>,
> > "Truckdude" <unrealemail@cox.net> wrote:
> >[color=darkred]
> >> >> >> > Hey man , where in hell have you been. The wagons are circled
> >> >> >> > and
> >> >> >> > we're
> >> >> >> > taking arrows left and right, hell they're so thick we could
> >> >> >> > climb
> >> >> >> > on
> >> >> >> > em. My trusty 45-70 is getting burned out and the fart machine
> >> >> >> > is
> >> >> >> > malfunctioning.
> >> >> >> > --
> >> >> >> > "[It's] time for the human race to enter the solar system."
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > -- Vice President Dan Quayle
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> "Taking arrows left and right"? This NG is asleep as compared to
> >> >> >> what
> >> >> >> OT
> >> >> >> posts could be. We have quieted down substantially because it
> >> >> >> would
> >> >> >> be
> >> >> >> like
> >> >> >> picking on a handicapped kid. There is no honor in kicking someone
> >> >> >> when
> >> >> >> they are down.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > You are funny. Dude, all you do is repeat 5 year old garbage from
> >> >> > the
> >> >> > moveon.org., Bush lied, no wmd ect ect. Nobody takes you or your
> >> >> > buddies seriously. Really you should go and find something else you
> >> >> > can
> >> >> > do on your own like wash some windows or carry out the trash, mow
> >> >> > the
> >> >> > lawn, you know, menial tasks
> >> >> > --
> >> >> > "[It's] time for the human race to enter the solar system."
> >> >> >
> >> >> > -- Vice President Dan Quayle
> >> >>
> >> >> Keeping up the brave face, I see. I don't blame you.
> >> >
> >> > still smarting from the al bore debacle huh. Then there is the great
> >> > debater kerry mowed down by that dumb george bush. You people are
> >> > funny.
> >> > --
> >> > "[It's] time for the human race to enter the solar system."
> >> >
> >> > -- Vice President Dan Quayle
> >>
> >> You wanna know what I find funny? A few years ago you guys were beating
> >> your chests and I was on the defensive. Now I am happily smug and you
> >> guys
> >> are in "Yeah, but..." mode these days. It must suck to be you.[/color]
> >
> > That's what you think. Wait til November, we'll be taking you all to
> > the woodshed one more time.
> > --
> > "[It's] time for the human race to enter the solar system."
> >
> > -- Vice President Dan Quayle[/color]
>
> I wouldn't bet against you. As they say, no one ever went broke
> underestimating the intelligence of the American people.[/color]

It's not the intelligence, it's the attentiveness blinky. The attention
span is very short and listening to B.S. from the media and believing it.
--
"[It's] time for the human race to enter the solar system."

-- Vice President Al Gore

"The BENevolent dbu" <Relaxand@smelthe.rose.comm> wrote in message
news:Relaxand-886884.15364026042006@news-rdr-03.rdc-kc.rr.com...[color=blue]
> In article <nMQ3g.1481$Sh.1233@trnddc06>,
> "Truckdude" <unrealemail@cox.net> wrote:
>[color=green]
>> "The BENevolent dbu" <Relaxand@smelthe.rose.comm> wrote in message
>> news:Relaxand-F61C1A.14543426042006@news-rdr-03.rdc-kc.rr.com...[color=darkred]
>> > In article <zvP3g.1453$Sh.1037@trnddc06>,
>> > "Truckdude" <unrealemail@cox.net> wrote:
>> >
>> >> >> >> > Hey man , where in hell have you been. The wagons are circled
>> >> >> >> > and
>> >> >> >> > we're
>> >> >> >> > taking arrows left and right, hell they're so thick we could
>> >> >> >> > climb
>> >> >> >> > on
>> >> >> >> > em. My trusty 45-70 is getting burned out and the fart
>> >> >> >> > machine
>> >> >> >> > is
>> >> >> >> > malfunctioning.
>> >> >> >> > --
>> >> >> >> > "[It's] time for the human race to enter the solar system."
>> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> > -- Vice President Dan Quayle
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> "Taking arrows left and right"? This NG is asleep as compared
>> >> >> >> to
>> >> >> >> what
>> >> >> >> OT
>> >> >> >> posts could be. We have quieted down substantially because it
>> >> >> >> would
>> >> >> >> be
>> >> >> >> like
>> >> >> >> picking on a handicapped kid. There is no honor in kicking
>> >> >> >> someone
>> >> >> >> when
>> >> >> >> they are down.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > You are funny. Dude, all you do is repeat 5 year old garbage
>> >> >> > from
>> >> >> > the
>> >> >> > moveon.org., Bush lied, no wmd ect ect. Nobody takes you or your
>> >> >> > buddies seriously. Really you should go and find something else
>> >> >> > you
>> >> >> > can
>> >> >> > do on your own like wash some windows or carry out the trash, mow
>> >> >> > the
>> >> >> > lawn, you know, menial tasks
>> >> >> > --
>> >> >> > "[It's] time for the human race to enter the solar system."
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > -- Vice President Dan Quayle
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Keeping up the brave face, I see. I don't blame you.
>> >> >
>> >> > still smarting from the al bore debacle huh. Then there is the
>> >> > great
>> >> > debater kerry mowed down by that dumb george bush. You people are
>> >> > funny.
>> >> > --
>> >> > "[It's] time for the human race to enter the solar system."
>> >> >
>> >> > -- Vice President Dan Quayle
>> >>
>> >> You wanna know what I find funny? A few years ago you guys were
>> >> beating
>> >> your chests and I was on the defensive. Now I am happily smug and you
>> >> guys
>> >> are in "Yeah, but..." mode these days. It must suck to be you.
>> >
>> > That's what you think. Wait til November, we'll be taking you all to
>> > the woodshed one more time.
>> > --
>> > "[It's] time for the human race to enter the solar system."
>> >
>> > -- Vice President Dan Quayle[/color]
>>
>> I wouldn't bet against you. As they say, no one ever went broke
>> underestimating the intelligence of the American people.[/color]
>
> It's not the intelligence, it's the attentiveness blinky. The attention
> span is very short and listening to B.S. from the media and believing it.
> --
> "[It's] time for the human race to enter the solar system."
>
> -- Vice President Dan Quayle[/color]

Waaaayy back when it was favorable for Bush you didn't complain. Now it's
just BS from the media.....got it. lol

In article <u4S3g.11502$q%6.4023@trnddc01>,
"Truckdude" <unrealemail@cox.net> wrote:
[color=blue]
> "The BENevolent dbu" <Relaxand@smelthe.rose.comm> wrote in message
> news:Relaxand-886884.15364026042006@news-rdr-03.rdc-kc.rr.com...[color=green]
> > In article <nMQ3g.1481$Sh.1233@trnddc06>,
> > "Truckdude" <unrealemail@cox.net> wrote:
> >[color=darkred]
> >> "The BENevolent dbu" <Relaxand@smelthe.rose.comm> wrote in message
> >> news:Relaxand-F61C1A.14543426042006@news-rdr-03.rdc-kc.rr.com...
> >> > In article <zvP3g.1453$Sh.1037@trnddc06>,
> >> > "Truckdude" <unrealemail@cox.net> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> >> >> > Hey man , where in hell have you been. The wagons are circled
> >> >> >> >> > and
> >> >> >> >> > we're
> >> >> >> >> > taking arrows left and right, hell they're so thick we could
> >> >> >> >> > climb
> >> >> >> >> > on
> >> >> >> >> > em. My trusty 45-70 is getting burned out and the fart
> >> >> >> >> > machine
> >> >> >> >> > is
> >> >> >> >> > malfunctioning.
> >> >> >> >> > --
> >> >> >> >> > "[It's] time for the human race to enter the solar system."
> >> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >> > -- Vice President Dan Quayle
> >> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> >> "Taking arrows left and right"? This NG is asleep as compared
> >> >> >> >> to
> >> >> >> >> what
> >> >> >> >> OT
> >> >> >> >> posts could be. We have quieted down substantially because it
> >> >> >> >> would
> >> >> >> >> be
> >> >> >> >> like
> >> >> >> >> picking on a handicapped kid. There is no honor in kicking
> >> >> >> >> someone
> >> >> >> >> when
> >> >> >> >> they are down.
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > You are funny. Dude, all you do is repeat 5 year old garbage
> >> >> >> > from
> >> >> >> > the
> >> >> >> > moveon.org., Bush lied, no wmd ect ect. Nobody takes you or your
> >> >> >> > buddies seriously. Really you should go and find something else
> >> >> >> > you
> >> >> >> > can
> >> >> >> > do on your own like wash some windows or carry out the trash, mow
> >> >> >> > the
> >> >> >> > lawn, you know, menial tasks
> >> >> >> > --
> >> >> >> > "[It's] time for the human race to enter the solar system."
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > -- Vice President Dan Quayle
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Keeping up the brave face, I see. I don't blame you.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > still smarting from the al bore debacle huh. Then there is the
> >> >> > great
> >> >> > debater kerry mowed down by that dumb george bush. You people are
> >> >> > funny.
> >> >> > --
> >> >> > "[It's] time for the human race to enter the solar system."
> >> >> >
> >> >> > -- Vice President Dan Quayle
> >> >>
> >> >> You wanna know what I find funny? A few years ago you guys were
> >> >> beating
> >> >> your chests and I was on the defensive. Now I am happily smug and you
> >> >> guys
> >> >> are in "Yeah, but..." mode these days. It must suck to be you.
> >> >
> >> > That's what you think. Wait til November, we'll be taking you all to
> >> > the woodshed one more time.
> >> > --
> >> > "[It's] time for the human race to enter the solar system."
> >> >
> >> > -- Vice President Dan Quayle
> >>
> >> I wouldn't bet against you. As they say, no one ever went broke
> >> underestimating the intelligence of the American people.[/color]
> >
> > It's not the intelligence, it's the attentiveness blinky. The attention
> > span is very short and listening to B.S. from the media and believing it.
> > --
> > "[It's] time for the human race to enter the solar system."
> >
> > -- Vice President Dan Quayle[/color]
>
> Waaaayy back when it was favorable for Bush you didn't complain. Now it's
> just BS from the media.....got it. lol[/color]

I have always been skeptical of the media, going back to the Vietnam
era. I never knew the media was favorable to Bush...?? That's a
surprise.
--
"[It's] time for the human race to enter the solar system."

-- Vice President Al Gore

On Wed, 26 Apr 2006 17:37:44 GMT, The BENevolent dbu
<Relaxand@smelthe.rose.comm> wrote:
[color=blue]
>In article <d69v425d9oh6on7itegrhlisu928q7dc7u@4ax.com>,
> Scott in Florida <MoveOn@outa.here> wrote:
>[color=green]
>> On Wed, 26 Apr 2006 13:50:02 GMT, The BENevolent dbu
>> <Relaxand@smelthe.rose.comm> wrote:
>>[color=darkred]
>> >Hey man , where in hell have you been. The wagons are circled and we're
>> >taking arrows left and right, hell they're so thick we could climb on
>> >em. My trusty 45-70 is getting burned out and the fart machine is
>> >malfunctioning.
>> >--
>> > "[It's] time for the human race to enter the solar system."
>> >
>> >-- Vice President Al Gore[/color]
>>
>> I've been on a 'road' trip to provide some relief for my wife (she is
>> caring for her 90+ year old folks who are not all there....if ya know
>> what I mean)...
>>
>> Took my new Canon 5D with me and got some fantastic pictures along
>> the Blue Ridge Parkway and in southern Maine.
>>
>> Dropped by to see my son in southern Jersey. Ah the days of being
>> young, single!
>>
>> Did all this without....
>>
>> ABS
>>
>> DRL's
>>
>> Stability control
>>
>> and survived.[/color]
>
>Great drive the Bluer Rdge parkway, we did that several years ago in the
>fall. I just picked up a Nikon D70s. I have about 150 pictures on it,
>still learning the camera. How do you like the Cannon?[/color]

It is simply an amazing camera.

I've been into digital for a long time, but this one is just about
perfect.

The Nikon/Canon war will never end.

You can't go wrong with either.

--

Scott in Florida

In article <s57052l175e8274bgljpfsepot7o1bcsto@4ax.com>,
Scott in Florida <MoveOn@outa.here> wrote:
[color=blue]
> On Wed, 26 Apr 2006 17:37:44 GMT, The BENevolent dbu
> <Relaxand@smelthe.rose.comm> wrote:
>[color=green]
> >In article <d69v425d9oh6on7itegrhlisu928q7dc7u@4ax.com>,
> > Scott in Florida <MoveOn@outa.here> wrote:
> >[color=darkred]
> >> On Wed, 26 Apr 2006 13:50:02 GMT, The BENevolent dbu
> >> <Relaxand@smelthe.rose.comm> wrote:
> >>
> >> >Hey man , where in hell have you been. The wagons are circled and we're
> >> >taking arrows left and right, hell they're so thick we could climb on
> >> >em. My trusty 45-70 is getting burned out and the fart machine is
> >> >malfunctioning.
> >> >--
> >> > "[It's] time for the human race to enter the solar system."
> >> >
> >> >-- Vice President Al Gore
> >>
> >> I've been on a 'road' trip to provide some relief for my wife (she is
> >> caring for her 90+ year old folks who are not all there....if ya know
> >> what I mean)...
> >>
> >> Took my new Canon 5D with me and got some fantastic pictures along
> >> the Blue Ridge Parkway and in southern Maine.
> >>
> >> Dropped by to see my son in southern Jersey. Ah the days of being
> >> young, single!
> >>
> >> Did all this without....
> >>
> >> ABS
> >>
> >> DRL's
> >>
> >> Stability control
> >>
> >> and survived.[/color]
> >
> >Great drive the Bluer Rdge parkway, we did that several years ago in the
> >fall. I just picked up a Nikon D70s. I have about 150 pictures on it,
> >still learning the camera. How do you like the Cannon?[/color]
>
> It is simply an amazing camera.
>
> I've been into digital for a long time, but this one is just about
> perfect.
>
> The Nikon/Canon war will never end.
>
> You can't go wrong with either.[/color]

For sure. Here is a web site you might find useful.

[url]http://kenrockwell.com/tech.htm[/url]

Maybe I'll start a new project, taking pictures of Toyotas.
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