Re: Mags,Cameras and ethics

[P3D Lonnie Whelan <lwhelan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 11:54 AM 10/18/96 -0500, you wrote:
>>If I hadn't done this, the owner would simply sent them to the local
>>landfill.... >Perhaps Dr.T, one of the other 3D surgeons has more to add...
>
>Well stated Hacker Sam.  Dr. T agrees entirely with your observations and
>conclusions... Now, what's that heat about destroying old magazines?   You
>know how much space do these magazines take in my basement?  My wife is
>begging me to get rid of them or she is going to do it herself in my
>absense.  Do I need to keep Popular and Modern Photography from the 70s?
>If no, why not?  They are not old enough?  One day they will be old.  These
>are MY magazines and MY house and I'll do whatever I want.  If I want to 
>chop them down or burn them in a big fire, that's my business.  Donate
>them?  Maybe... but libraries are thowing that stuff away... There is too
>much printed material in the USA.
>
>I do appreciate old magazines.  Just spent $200 to get all the PSA Journals
>from 1958 to 1995 (that drove my wife crazy!)  I plan to copy all the
>stereo photography in them and then try and find a sucker to pay $200 to
>buy them from me.
>
>Sam is doing a great service by taking 2 useless 2D cameras and making one
>useful 3D camera.  Keep it up Sam!!!
>
>George
>
>
   George, I'm very new to this group, and I just caught the comment above
about Sam taking 2 useless 2d cameras and making one useful 3d camera.  Can
you or anyone clue me in to this...sounds like fun.  By the way, I own and
use a Realist 3.5 and red dot viewer.  Grand Canyon looks GREAT!...Lonnie


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