----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Talbot" <BobTalbot@st-abbs.fsnet.co.uk> To: "List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students" <photoforum@listserver.isc.rit.edu> Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 12:11 AM Subject: Re:Re:manfrotto extension > > >>>, even if I was in the States, thankfully I'm not<<<< > > Why the gratuitous slur on the country that hosts this list and its > citizens ? That is just rude. > > Why a slur? > Excuse me.....it is not a slur to say one is grateful NOT to be in the country of the person he is addressing or the country of the List Host where he choses to shoot off his mouth? > Equipment costs a LOT less over there in actual dollars (that's even > before you consider yoearn more too) > > In "real" terms a tripod could cost Kostas 4x what it costs the > "equivalent" US phototgrapher. > > > Not a slur: a fact of life. ......and I believe you missed the point, Bob. The slur had nothing to do with the $$$ or the exchange rate. Colette
