Thanks for your explication, Ken.
And express my thanks to Rod too, of course.
(BAG Schnozz would be a good alter ego for him)
Frank.
Tue, 16 Dec 2008 15:38:14 -0600, "Ken Norton" <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> I am just wondering when Ken Norton got rid of the nose part of his OM
>> alias. I thought he was proud of it... or am I wrong here assuming
>> things?
>>
>
>
>Identity crisis. Actually, the deal is that I had setup a yahoo mail account
>"agschnozz" just for list communications. Unfortunately, yahoo mail has
>been less than the most impressive in list response as of late. Since
>switching to gmail, I decided to just subscribe as myself, but attempt to
>remember to place my moniker at the end of the posts. However, I've gotten
>lazy and have been shortening my sigs to "AG" instead of "AG Schnozz" or "AG
>(insert pithy comment) Schnozz".
>
>Which leads to the question of whether or not AG Schnozz has fallen off the
>wagon and poisened the camera bag with non-AG lenses. To address this
>question, I will have ask Rod-Blago the Tokina AT-X 100-300 Zoom lens to
>comment. For those who don't know, Rod has been the "Governor" of the camera
>bag, but his position is quite precarious. I have heavily edited his
>comments due to vulgarity.
>
>Rod writes:
>
>(beginning of quote)
>
>"Yo list. There was an opening in the bag. I saw this as an opportunity
>to get some sparkle for myself. Wasn't going to be cheap, though. This was
>one valuable thing. Here I am, surrounded by these lapdog silvernosed
>lenses. What cowards and pushovers. One little visit from my
>father-in-law, and they all went running for cover."
>
>"So, a couple months ago, this fancy camera arrives. This dude is all for
>'change'. Ok, an opportunity for me to make some more money, right? Man,
>what an opportunity! So, with change, I'm thinking 'Yo, Rod, here's your
>chance to get rid of these moron chrome-nosed guys' and I put my plan in
>place. However, the new camera seems to have made good friends with the
>black-nosed 24/2.8 and the silver-nosed 50/3.5. Since he's obviously a
>moderate, I'll have to tread a little carefully, but too carefully and this
>whole thing will backfire. My people will need to talk with his people,
>but, yo, my union toughs will help me out and maybe bust a few kneecaps if
>necessary"
>
>"Well, the plan was coming along nicely, but then comes TWO new lenses into
>MY TURF! First of all, there is this black-nosed 35-80/2.8 zoom. A friend
>or foe? Turns out, this guy may be black-nosed, but he's obviously one of
>those silver-nosed republicans. And the other lens (Pat The Fitz) was his
>'heavy' and was a direct opponant to me. How can I compete with this
>street-smart, 300/4.5 silver-nosed thug? That's supposed to be MY game.
>The dude ain't even from Chicago!"
>
>"In one day, the gig was up and I'm paraded down to the station in
>hand-cuffs. There's a new sherif in the bag and I'm on the outs. The
>35-80, even though he ain't no silver-nose, is a friend of them and in my
>book there is no greater crime. But what can I do, his 300/4.5 thug has
>more chrome on his nose than all the rest combined!"
>
>(end of quote)
>
>So, there you have it folks. Rod-Blago has spoken, but you can see that the
>silver-nosed lenses appear to be safe since the new administration is
>apparently chrome-friendly. "Pat The Fitz", the 300/4.5, has knocked
>"Rod-Blago", the Tokina 100-300, from the all-powerful governor position in
>the camera bag.
>
>AG (political news junky) Schnozz
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