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[OM] Re: Trafalgar Pigeons (Mostly OT), was #091

Subject: [OM] Re: Trafalgar Pigeons (Mostly OT), was #091
From: Andrew Fildes <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 14 May 2006 09:00:56 +1000
Trouble that when you've got about 5kg of camera teetering on top of  
the stick (5D, grip, 70-200mm) and a thumping great big Lowepro over  
the shoulder, it seems just a tad unconvincing to claim that you're  
just a poor, old cripple.
Andrew Fildes
afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx



On 14/05/2006, at 3:41 AM, Walt Wayman wrote:

> Question: When is a monopod not a monopod?
> Answer: When it's a walking stick.
>
> My monopod is a Stoney Point hiking stick, and surely even the most  
> heartless and by-the-book policing officer wouldn't deny a poor,  
> feeble pedestrian the use of a perambulatory aid.  After all,  
> surely it would be considered unseemly to have tourists wandering  
> about unsteadily and teetering over in the street unbidden and  
> without cause.  Whether or not there might be a camera attached to  
> the top of the pole shouldn't make any difference.  :-)
>
> Don't forget to limp and look frail if you see them coming.   
> Pretending to not understand English might help, too.



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