At 22/06/02  10:49 +0800, Bjorn wrote:

>And by me, as I recall. Strong word, "cheating". Under normal
>circumstances one that would elicit a very angry reply, from someone who
>takes his photography as seriously as I do. But you qualify for the
>low-impact reaction, because you are such a nice guy :-)

I hope that there was something else that called for more moderate
reaction.  After all, English is not my native language and I didn't mean
to use a strong word but I learned that it was.  Anyway, thanks for the
compliment :-)


>Remember, that you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. If it
>wasn't there in the first place, no amount of PhotoShop trickery is going
>to place it there afterwards,

That is exactly what Don explained to me about the actual meaning of the
word "cheating", and then I knew that I shouldn't have used it.

>  at least not convicingly unless you work for the Mossad or some such
> agency ;-).

Mossad?  ... Hmmmm, never heard the word.  Can you elaborate a bit?   :-)

> > I think that it was Bjorn who was the first to say that every diver had
>some kind of a Peter Pan syndrome.
>
>And the first to admit to having one - if Soyong doesn't beat me to it
>(admitting that _I_ have one, that is)   :-)

And I thought that you were going to beat her (if she paid more than 150$
on a certain item in that shop)  :-)


Regards

                       Kuty