Sound like a true explanation. I gues it wasn't your first evening at
Zuikoholic Anonymous? ;-))
Thanks for the insight Ken.
Wiliam
> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: Ken Norton [mailto:ken@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> Verzonden: dinsdag 16 december 2008 22:38
> Aan: Olympus Camera Discussion
> Onderwerp: Re: [OM] Ken's Silver Nose
>
>
> >
> > I am just wondering when Ken Norton got rid of the nose
> part of his OM
> > alias. I thought he was proud of it... or am I wrong here assuming
> > things?
> >
>
>
> Identity crisis. Actually, the deal is that I had setup a
> yahoo mail account "agschnozz" just for list communications.
> Unfortunately, yahoo mail has been less than the most
> impressive in list response as of late. Since switching to
> gmail, I decided to just subscribe as myself, but attempt to
> remember to place my moniker at the end of the posts.
> However, I've gotten lazy and have been shortening my sigs to
> "AG" instead of "AG Schnozz" or "AG (insert pithy comment) Schnozz".
>
> Which leads to the question of whether or not AG Schnozz has
> fallen off the wagon and poisened the camera bag with non-AG
> lenses. To address this question, I will have ask Rod-Blago
> the Tokina AT-X 100-300 Zoom lens to comment. For those who
> don't know, Rod has been the "Governor" of the camera bag,
> but his position is quite precarious. I have heavily edited
> his comments due to vulgarity.
>
> Rod writes:
>
> (beginning of quote)
>
> "Yo list. There was an opening in the bag. I saw this as
> an opportunity
> to get some sparkle for myself. Wasn't going to be cheap,
> though. This was one valuable thing. Here I am, surrounded
> by these lapdog silvernosed lenses. What cowards and
> pushovers. One little visit from my father-in-law, and they
> all went running for cover."
>
> "So, a couple months ago, this fancy camera arrives. This
> dude is all for 'change'. Ok, an opportunity for me to make
> some more money, right? Man, what an opportunity! So, with
> change, I'm thinking 'Yo, Rod, here's your chance to get rid
> of these moron chrome-nosed guys' and I put my plan in place.
> However, the new camera seems to have made good friends with
> the black-nosed 24/2.8 and the silver-nosed 50/3.5. Since
> he's obviously a moderate, I'll have to tread a little
> carefully, but too carefully and this whole thing will
> backfire. My people will need to talk with his people, but,
> yo, my union toughs will help me out and maybe bust a few
> kneecaps if necessary"
>
> "Well, the plan was coming along nicely, but then comes TWO
> new lenses into MY TURF! First of all, there is this
> black-nosed 35-80/2.8 zoom. A friend or foe? Turns out,
> this guy may be black-nosed, but he's obviously one of those
> silver-nosed republicans. And the other lens (Pat The Fitz)
> was his 'heavy' and was a direct opponant to me. How can I
> compete with this street-smart, 300/4.5 silver-nosed thug?
> That's supposed to be MY game. The dude ain't even from Chicago!"
>
> "In one day, the gig was up and I'm paraded down to the
> station in hand-cuffs. There's a new sherif in the bag and
> I'm on the outs. The 35-80, even though he ain't no
> silver-nose, is a friend of them and in my book there is no
> greater crime. But what can I do, his 300/4.5 thug has more
> chrome on his nose than all the rest combined!"
>
> (end of quote)
>
> So, there you have it folks. Rod-Blago has spoken, but you
> can see that the silver-nosed lenses appear to be safe since
> the new administration is apparently chrome-friendly. "Pat
> The Fitz", the 300/4.5, has knocked "Rod-Blago", the Tokina
> 100-300, from the all-powerful governor position in the camera bag.
>
> AG (political news junky) Schnozz
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