Re: May I have some online resource to train my Scottish Accent listening?

On Fri, 24 Nov 2006 22:14:44 -0400, Anen <amagee@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>Quoth Alan Brand:
>
>>I took advantage of a sale today and got my birthday present a few
>>weeks early  ... a bright ****ny Canon S3 IS ... at my advanced age you
>>can't depend on being around for the next bidet.
>
>That's my camera!!! I've been lusting over them on ebay for months!!!

I'm wary of buying a camera on eBay - I've heard horror stories about
the fake US camera "specialists" on there. I went to my friendly,
local camera shop and had a chat about prices ... according to the
flyer in the newspaper, Sears have the camera for $449 this week, and
took this and the print-outs of the buy-it-now Canadian eBay listings
ranging from $375 ("Like New Condition") to $465 including ****pping
with me ... and got the camera + 512MB SD card + batteries + a big box
of photo paper for $449 - and we're both happy. Plus I have someone
useful to take the camera to if I have any problems.

>Well, OK, I've actually been lusting over the S2 IS because I'm scared
>to look at the S3 IS because I'll want it even more and there's no way
>I can afford it whereas there is a slim possibility I can scrape up
>the money for the S2 IS in a few months especially if the price keeps
>coming down.

I had a base requirement of 5MP and 10x optical zoom (and a
viewfinder, regular batteries and storage) as a guideline, and spent a
fair amount of time on researching the whole thing. The S2 is a nice
camera, but showed me another base requirement - I much prefer dark
gun-metal to ****ny silver! I also like the bigger screen, the ability
to take widescreen piccies, and I *really* like the dedicated ISO
button too - which leads me to why the Canon ... apart from producing
nice pictures, it has a plethora of buttons which means I don't have
to futz around with an on-screen menu designed by someone whose brain
works in Japanese.

>Anne, camera-wanting girl

-- 
AlanB, camera-wielding girl