Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/04/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yea yea yea, but you probably also worked in a company that happened to reward you financially and that you happened to escape the financial crisis unscathed. Chris Crawford would work more than 20 hours day if he could. Phil Forrest went to Iraq to fight for our asses. The homeless person who wants to go to MacDonald may not have a home. I can go on.. The system is game against the poor. Some people got lucky and win lotteries and than think it's all their hard work. And so it goes. On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 2:11 PM, Kay Yang <liangjiyang at gmail.com> wrote: > When I grew up, my family was probably poorer than most people's here. But > I learned early to work my ass off in order to fare well financially. If I > had to work 20 hours a day to get by, I would just do that. > > > > On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 2:04 PM, Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com > >wrote: > > > Yes, but I bet that you have never been in the situations that of the > > people you denigrated. > > > > On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 2:02 PM, Kay Yang <liangjiyang at gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > Well, the world is much bigger than the profiles you have in your mind. > > > > > > On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 1:57 PM, Richard Man < > richard at richardmanphoto.com > > > >wrote: > > > > > > > I'm just profiling. You know, live in Seattle, own high end expensive > > > > medium format and Leica cameras. Denigrate people for being poor. > Use a > > > > Japanese photog as online nickname... :-) > > > > > > > > On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 1:54 PM, Kay Yang <liangjiyang at gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Why not? Yes, medium format film is expensive but it's cheaper than > > the > > > > > price of a pack of cigarettes in new york. Do you ask smokers on > the > > > > street > > > > > if they used to work for MSFT? > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 1:48 PM, Richard Man < > > > richard at richardmanphoto.com > > > > > >wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > So let me guess, did you use to work for MSFT or something? I > > mean, > > > > why > > > > > > else would someone shoot cosplay pictures with medium format film > > > and I > > > > > bet > > > > > > those are Hasselblad and not a cheapie Yashica, > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 1:41 PM, Kay Yang <liangjiyang at > > > > > > gmail.com> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > I totally second on the health problem point. But that does not > > > > > > contradict > > > > > > > the example I was giving. In my example, the beggar wanted $4 > to > > > > buy a > > > > > > > McDonald's meal, which is far worse to your health than a loaf > of > > > > > > > wonderbread for $1.50 or $2. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Actually I am not involved in the comics world. I was just > > > practicing > > > > > my > > > > > > > portrait skills there. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 12:27 PM, Tina Manley < > > images at comporium.net > > > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I bake all of my own bread and the rye is wonderful (if I do > > say > > > so > > > > > > > > myself). It might be cheaper to buy Wonderbread but you will > > pay > > > > for > > > > > > it > > > > > > > > later with health problems. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Tina > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 1:52 PM, Mark Rabiner < > > > > mark at rabinergroup.com> > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I met a guy the other day who bakes his own rye bread. > > > > > > > > > I'm going to do the same. I don't care if my oven melts my > > > > > > > refrigerator. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > - - from my iRabs. > > > > > > > > > Mark Rabiner > > > > > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/springdays/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > Tina Manley, ASMP > > > > > > > > www.tinamanley.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > > > Leica Users Group. > > > > > > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more > > > > information > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > > Leica Users Group. > > > > > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more > > > information > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > Leica Users Group. > > > > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more > > information > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > Leica Users Group. > > > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more > information > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Leica Users Group. > > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Leica Users Group. > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>