Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/12/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]They don't offend me, but I cannot help being bemused that I struggle trying to get one acceptable PAW posted each week, and each Friday I see a volume of photographic work for sale that is larger than that of photographers that do nothing but shoot pictures for a living. And announcements of equal volumes in preparation on the horizon. Perhaps it's time for a PAH (picture-an-hour). ;-) At 12:34 PM 12/7/2002 -0500, you wrote: >Sorry they bore you, Sal - I find Alfie's posts offensive to anyone who >really works at photography - as either a serious "amateur," whatever >that means, or as a professional - thus my response. By the way, are >you his editor, as he claims, and would you care to tell us all what you >think of the quality of his work - as he incorporates mention of you as >a kind of endorsement in his ads? > >As to my spelling and my career as a copy editor - I was never a copy >editor and could never have survived employment as one for two days. In >fact, I often used to joke that either paper for which I worked could >have fired me for cause any time it wanted to by simply assigning me to >the copy desk, where I would have failed miserably. Can't spell. Never >could spell. Have a "learning disability." And find that people who are >anal about spelling tend to be people who can spell but can't do much >else with words. But I'm sure there are exceptions to that rule. ;-) > >Happy snaps to you, >B. D. > >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Sal >DiMarco,Jr. >Sent: Saturday, December 07, 2002 10:26 AM >To: LUG >for posts >Subject: BD & RE: [Leica] FS: Photo books and prints. New book coming >out! > > >BD, > As a retired copy editor, you know the importance of correct >spelling.... especially names.... It's BURROWS and WINOGRAND, not >Burroughs and Winnogrand as you originally wrote. > Secondly, why don't you just leave Afie alone? > Your recent remarks can not be called constructive criticism. They >are just boring. Happy Snaps, Sal > >Sal DiMarco, Jr. >Philadelphia, PA >Web Site: http://members.fcc.net/sal.dimarcojr > >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html