In a message dated 11/24/2004 9:53:00 AM Central Standard Time,
jason.gidden@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
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and I wouldn't have carried my camera with film in it through the x-ray
equipment. This is just one example of how digital expands ones
possibilities
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Interesting point Bill. Still, I had enough trouble getting the purchase
of the £250 scanner signed-off ;-)
I don't mean to take too lightly the resources needed to get ones digital
toe wet, however hope to encourage those who can make the finances work to go
ahead and do it. For those who are on a tighter budget, I would still
encourage you to get the Olympus digital system on your radar screen. One
nice
thing about the e system is your ability to build it while using many of you
OM
lenses.
I will take the liberty of sharing a couple of "Bill's tips" on creating the
money to do things you want to do. Some years ago I set up, at the bank, a
separate savings account for my travel funds, as travel is something my wife
and I enjoy. We began a habit of not ever paying for anything with the exact
change. Rather than do this, we always break a bill and then at the end of
the day, we always put the change we have collected in a coin roller. When
we have accumulated $75 to $100 we carry it down to the bank and deposit it in
the "travel" account. This may sound silly, however this silly idea has
taken us on many exciting trips around the world over the years. The nice
part
about it is when we decide to go someplace, we know where the money is going
to come from and we don't have to try to work the trip into our budget. Not
having done this would have many of the wonderful places we have been still
on our "One day, someday" list.
When I decided I really wanted to get a digital camera and the new computer
that went along with it, guess what I did? Set up a separate savings account
for computer and camera gear. I didn't use my change to fund this one
because it was already going to the travel account, however I was buying,
selling
and trading a bit of camera gear and the proceeds from that activity went into
this account.
This separation of funds for specific purposes is something which can work
for anything (retirement, vacation, home, education, etc.) and I would
encourage any who have not done it or are having trouble getting the required
funds
for something they want, to give it a try. One additional bit of advice to
make this work. Once you have decided what it is you want and have "labeled"
you separate account, make those funds sacred only to be used for that
purpose. If you start dipping into them for whatever "emergency" you happen
to
have, you will likely never get what you want. Oh, yes you do need an
"emergency" fund and it should be the first one you fund. Having it allows
you to
have the others, which means you can have the things you want. Bill Barber
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