Well on that line I bent a perfectly good Paul Buff monolight tripping on the extension cord. At least it still works but one side is somewhat flattened. LOL Michael Healy wrote: >On 19 Dec 2004 at 23:20, Mark Blackwell wrote: > > > >>Well from the stupid photographer tricks file >> >> > >I sympathize, Mark, but listen, it wasn't all THAT stupid. You really could >afford to raise >your bar. How about this one. Did you ever set your 4x5 down, and turn to walk >away - >hurriedly, of course - only to realize that the loose neck strap of your light >meter >(holstered at your belt) had snagged one of the standards? That was the only >time I've >ever had the pleasure of hearing the crinkling sound that's peculiar to ground >glass >when it shatters. If only I had had one of Uncle D's Shin H's. I probably >would have >broken my foot instead, or even hanged myself; but that damned ground glass, >it would >have stayed in one piece. SOMEONE still would have been able to use it, on >that same >day if necessary, on that very same camera. > >Mike > > > > >============================================================================================================= >To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your >account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) >and unsubscribe from there. > > > > ============================================================================================================= To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there.