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marketin 2001andwere
probablyphasedoutabout
fiveyearslater.It worked
‘straightoutof thebox’in
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a box)despitethevast
changesin operatingsoftwarein
almost 20 years.Forcolour,forgetit,
butblack& whitehasbeena
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‘oneblackplusonecombinedcolour
cartridge’systemit is moreneutral
witha bitof tweakingthanmyA
Canon.Originalcartridgesarenow
hardtoobtainandeye-wateringly
expensive(£34fortheblack& white)
buttherearestillmuchcheaper
compatibles available, which workwellenough.It teachesyou
patiencebecauseyoucango
offandhaveyourlunchwhileit
slowlyproducesoneA3print.No
oneappearstoproduceA3albums
butsinceI cannotaffordan
extensiongallerytoputtheprintson
thewall,I putthemin sleevesin A
artportfolios.
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Thelyricaltonesof David
Richards(Inbox, 1
February)stirthoughtsof
thepastin a goodway.
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ontomorecurrenttimes:Digitalhaze?Walletrage?
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Agreetodisagree
Whyis theworldin a tizz
aboutanargumentthat
hasbeengoingonforat
leastthe 75 yearsI have
beenreadingAP?Whyare
yourletterspagessmoking
intoconflagrationat the
verythoughtof a Golden
Mean,a Thirdandthat
daringdevice,the
S-shapedcurve?I don’t
thinkTimClinch’s
assessmentof theworkof
NatelaGrigalashviliis
correct(FinalAnalysis,
25 January),in fact,I
disagreevehemently
However,thatdoesnot
make me right and himwrong.It’sjusttwo
conflictingpointsof view.
LyricistLorenzHartwas
nearerthe‘truth’whenhe
saidthat,‘Themeaning
doesn’tmatterif the
manneris expressionist.’
AndI certainlydothink
thatAaronScharfwas
wrongwhenhewrotethat
HenryPeachRobinson’s
writinghaddone
incalculableharm.Much
haschangedin
photographysincethe
19thcentury.If Henry
Peachhadbeensuccessful
in promotinghisprescriptive
pointof view,things
couldn’t have changed.So,takeit easyDrLow
(seeInbox 11 Januaryand
25 Jan),don’toverstate
yourcaseandlet’salllive
togetherandagreeto
disagreebecausethat
waywemightlearnfrom
eachother.
MalcolmTalbotIndefenceof
thePostOffice
Inyourpiece‘Daysaved
foryoungcamerascam
victim’(7days, 15
February)youdescribethe
PostOffice’sunwillingness
tohandovera parcelas
‘Kafka-esque’.ThePost
Officehandlessecureand
valuableitemsandis
contractuallyboundto
retaintheintegrityof the
mail,so,handingparcels
overis notsomethingit
generallydoes.
RegardingJay’s
experience,PostOffices
handovertheirmailto
RoyalMailtowardstheend
of theday.WhenJay
returnedthefollowingday
hisparcelwasquite
possiblyhundredsof miles
awayandthecounter
clerk’sprocedural
commentwaspurelyfor
futurereference.
Camerasoranyitem
valuedat morethan£
shouldalwaysbesent
specialdelivery.Thisallows
fortheitemtobetracked
toitsdestination.If anyone
findsthemselvesin Jay’s
position,realisinglatein
thedaytheyhavebeen
scammed,I would
recommendfirstcallingthe
policetogetanincident
number,thencontacting
theRoyalMailofficefrom
whichtheitemis duetobe
delivered.In ordertoavoid
beinganunwittingpartof a
fraudulenttransaction,
theymayagreetowithhold
theitempendingan
investigation.Onethingto
remember,youdonotget
a trackingnumberuntilthe
itemis posted.If thebuyer
is insistingona tracking
number‘inordertorelease
thefunds’,nomatterhow
convincingit mayseem, it’s
probablya scam.
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