What are they paying to use the darkroom? Nothing? The hole's blocked up so send em in. Boy you aussies sure are a fussy lot. greg > -----Original Message----- > From: Karl Shah-Jenner [mailto:shahjen@iinet.net.au] > Sent: Monday, November 10, 2003 5:00 AM > To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students > Subject: darkroom interloper > > > Like I need it at this time of year! > > Sunday morning saw us loose 1 of our 2 twenty enlarger communal B&W > darkrooms when a car driven by two rather inebriated young > ladies took on a > brick wall at the college. A foot to the right and they'd > have severed both > the electrical and water supply, two feet to the left and they'd have > brought down a major load bearing pylon in the three story building. > > I guess it's good that they survived but to loose a darkroom > when we have > 240 photo students and 120 non photo students accessing them > at this time of > the year is a major headache! The film developing darkrrom wall also > suffered structural damage and will need replacing. > > from the outside (neatly planked up) it looks fine, but from > the inside... > > http://members.iinet.com.au/~shahjen/DSC00145s.jpg > > k > >