Re: Ridiculous!


"Pete A" <pete3.attkins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On 2011-12-14 14:33:41 +0000, David Kerber said:

In article <1s%Fq.93489$Rz.31617@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
gjthsjthfk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx says...
What I might be 'bitching' about is the fact that that 10D didn't come
into
my life easily. Nope! It represents many weeks of extra hard work to
come up
with the then price of £1,600. So, letting it go for buttons makes my
life
so meaningless in a way.

Granted there are people who can just put it down to excperience, pick
up
the pieces and get on with it, unfortunately I was never brought up with
that kinda attitude. If something was important and worth something
'then',
to me it's still worth something 'now'. Maybe it's sentimentatlity, I
dunno,
but I feel like I'm dumping an old friend! That's not on, friends don't
come
cheap.

That's kind of how I felt when I finally unloaded my long-suffering
Canon A-1 film camera. It was a really tough decision when I considered
all the places I took that camera, and all the pictures it took. But
when it had sat unused for something like 5 years, I decided it would
rather by used than sit unused, and let it go to somebody who really
wanted one.

Yep, I put together a really nice kit consisting of film camera, zoom
lens, flash, remote release, camera bag, and accessories for college
student. I knew it would help that person along their pathway just as it
had done for me. The "thank you" e-mail I received was priceless.

And an email like that would mean more to me than any amount of cash ever
could. Well done.

J



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