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In a message dated 12/30/99 3:42:20 AM Central Standard Time, 
indepth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

<< Subj:     Re: 6x17 on 4x5
 Date:  12/30/99 3:42:20 AM Central Standard Time
 From:  indepth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Mitchell P. Warner)
 Reply-to:  panorama-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
 To:    panorama-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
 
 Waiting and watching Simon became a challenge.  I read his first post with
 some dismay at his total lack of internet decorum.  I attempted tutoring
 him a bit in CAPITALS, til I knew of his vision problems such that only a
 few words of a whole msg appear on a 17 inch screen.  The 'tutoring' fell
 through again when I found that his dominant side had been hit by a stroke
 and that his abrupt, seemingly rude, telegraphic style resulted from typing
 with one finger on his left side.  Imagine not being able to do something
 as simple as Ctrl/Alt/Del if you want to close out some problems on a PC.
 Imagine learning allthe basics of a computer at 76 years: word-processors,
 with all their problems, the typical computer problems with ISP's, e-mail
 problems, everything of a technical world.  Simon never complained.  He
 never took advantage of it by running of the flag of his age or problems,
 unless it was required by someone jumping to conclusions. 
 
    Some famous person said:  "If it's the truth, it ain't bragging!"   
 
        It took awhile to understand the apparent single-mindness regarding
 equipment and it's use.  Simon made no excuses for the very commercial type
 of photography he does and the need for special cameras to do the work, to
 the exclusion of many other fine panoramic cameras.  I own one of the
 camera's that Simon has said he would not take money to use, yet he gives
 advice unstintingly over how to use this specific camera.  When Simon takes
 a piece of equipment to task he is asking the user to consider it in all
 it's aspects, pro's and con's, not to be a mindless lemming running with
 the flock.  Simon has never been embarassed to use any piece of equipment,
 as long as it fit his specific need.  His apparent equipment 'ranting' is
 intended to make us think, not just do.
 
 Another 'famous' saying butchered: 
    Those who will not learn from history are condemned to repeat it.
 
 Simon isn't addressing individuals. There are probably not enough years
 left to take each of us in his grandfatherly hands and teach us in the way
 best for our individual egos. So he draws his life with broad strokes,
 history, technical, creative, travel, people; it is all a canvas of his
 life, and who would be so bold as to say which colors should be removed
 just for the benifit of the viewer.  
 
 There are solutions to Simon irritation.  The most immediate is usually
 located at the botton left or right of a keyboard:  'Del'
 
 mpwarner
  >>


THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL MITCH.  THE PROBLEM HERE IS, I BELIEVE, 
SELF-CONCIOUSNESS.  at this point you could call me a bitch, a whore
trash, stupid, whatever, and as long as you were willing to talk i would 
listen to you.  ego....it gets in the way.  why are we so attached to our 
ideas?  we can always get new ones.  they're everywhere.