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Re: [OM] OT (sort of): They Finally Did It!!

Subject: Re: [OM] OT (sort of): They Finally Did It!!
From: "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 20:07:27 -0600
Chris,

I have a Hanimex 135 lens that I tested and found it to resemble a Coke 
bottle.  I have caniballized it for useful parts.  However, I have a Hanimex 
meter that I have used for years, and it just keeps on truckin'.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Trask" <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2011 8:00 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] OT (sort of): They Finally Did It!!


> >
>>
>> >      eBay has completely disabled the advanced search page.  They have
> an
>> > announcement to that effect if you try to access it.  They have also
>> > disabled any Buy It Now options, according to the announcement.  Great.
>> >
>> >      I knew they would do it if I waited long enough.  I was hoping,
> however,
>> > that it would not happen.
>> >
>> >      <<SIGH!!>>
>>
>> Are we using the same ebay?  My old ebay advanced search page link
>> disappeared the other day but it was simply different, not done away
>> with.  I just used this link a few seconds ago and it works fine.
>> <http://www.ebay.com/sch/ebayadvsearch/?rt=nc>
>>
>
>    That one works.  I'm using http://www.ebay.com/sch/ebayadvsearch/
>
> which just came back to life.  I checked the My Watch List page which had
> also turned into a pumpkin, and now it's working as well.  Guess they got
> everything repaired in the last 30 minutes.  At least I had a few minutes 
> to
> see them shoot themselves in the kneecaps.
>
>    Yesterday, all of the photo viewing options (zoom and enlarge) were
> gone, as was the Add to Watch List button.  I was trying to get a closer
> look at a Hanimex lens.  Shortly after that, I found a blog about those 
> and
> one reviewer said it was like using the bottom of a coke bottle.  That's 
> as
> good as the review I once read about "The Curse of Lono" by Hunter S.
> Thompson.  One reviewer said "I don't know how many trees were sacrificed 
> to
> print this book, but one would have been too many".
>
> Chris
>
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