All kidding aside ...

[P3D Erlys Jedlicka <erlys@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

George,

I have been taking such delight in the cameraderie of this forum, the 
discussions of technology, of discovery, of invention, of opinion, that 
it didn't matter to me what someone's gender was. When you mentioned that 
you thought I was a man from my name, it just made me stop for a minute 
and wonder whether you thought it made a difference, that's all. No big 
deal.

On another topic:  I agree with you completely that a slide should be 
judged not only for its content but also for its quality of mounting. I 
have been a projectionist from time to time, and in our club we had the 
rule that if it was out of focus, the projectionist should try to 
compensate, but the horizontal and vertical adjustments should be set 
once and continue throughout the showing. And you are absolutely right 
that a quality slide should be mounted correctly, and if not, it 
shouldn't be given special treatment. Occasionally an outstanding slide 
was mounted incorrectely (would you believe pseudo?), and we then went 
into our "teaching" mode and gave the maker a place anyway. (We all put 
our glasses on upside down and loved the slide!) We had a small informal 
club, lots of fun; I miss it....

Erlys in Mill Valley


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