Damien Demolder
Tharg the Mighty
Reged: 22/08/2001
Posts: 1022
Loc: Essex born and badly-bred
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My dear Members of the Forum
As Santa makes his way towards the virtual chimney above this imaginary establishment we should all sit for a moment to consider what he might be bringing us this year. Of course there will be some who, due to their bad behaviour, will find that Santa doesn’t call at all, but those members that have played by the rules all year, and who have bought AP at least once a week can sleep tonight with the certainty that their conduct will be rewarded.
If I were Father Christmas you’d all get a sparkling new camera this year, except for those who prefer old ones of course. I’d have a sleigh filled with DSLRs, field cameras and TLRs, plus film, chemicals and memory cards for your stockings. You haven’t all been good all year, but you have all been a lot of fun.
Luckily, I’m not Santa, as that would cost me a bleeding fortune, but from here at least I can send my sincerest thanks to you all for your contribution to AP life during the last year. This forum has been a constant inspiration to me and the AP team, as well as a place of great companionship and cheer. Thanks to all who have posted messages, pictures, help, jokes and information here, and special thanks to the moderators for keeping the ship on-track and in good order.
Please accept my best wishes to you all this Christmas, and I hope you and your families have a most enjoyable day.
Damien Demolder
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See my photographs at www.wordsonpictures.com
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huwevans
Old Hand
Reged: 05/08/2000
Posts: 15464
Loc: Dorset, UK
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Darn - I'm wondering just how close I came to a shiny new Nikon D3 there! :-)
But anyway, thanks Damien, and my very best wishes to you and all yours, and the rest of the team. I genuinely think 2007 has been the best year for AP in the 34 years that I've been reading it. I look forward to more of the same in 2008! :-)
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Huw Evans.
  
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Footloose
Carpal \'Tunnel
Reged: 11/08/2005
Posts: 3188
Loc: Berkshire based.
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Well Damian, maybe you can do something like this ... Either the New Year issue or in 3 month's time (!), you could provide cardboard cut-out of a selection of cameras in the AP ...
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Trainee reprobate with a pronounced limp (spelt L .. I .. M .. P.)
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Fen
BAD WOLF
Reged: 12/03/2002
Posts: 20929
Loc: Currently Unknown!
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Darn - I'm wondering just how close I came to a shiny new Nikon D3 there!
I think you fell into the "You haven’t all been good all year" category Huw (of the Heavy Hand)
Many thanks Damo. Happy Xmas to all the AP Staff and have an excellent new yar. Hopefully get to see some of you in the new year.
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Fen .......... My Galleries - My Blog - My Flickr
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Dave_Cox
old'n'grumpy
Reged: 12/07/2006
Posts: 3107
Loc: somewhere in Sussex
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Happy Christmas to all the staff and thanks for a great mag, and more of the same in the new year please!(I promise to renew our subs in 2008)
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Growing old disgracefully!
http://snapper56.deviantart.com/gallery/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dave2006/
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IvorETower
Little Buttercup
Reged: 15/11/2006
Posts: 1760
Loc: Camberley, Surrey
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My dear Members of the Forum
(snip) and who have bought AP at least once a week can sleep tonight with the certainty that their conduct will be rewarded.
(snip)
Oh dear, I only bought the mag once per week, not more often.
Guess that means I won't get a visit tonight 
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Too many cameras, too many lenses.......
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Seven..
...or maybe Eight
Reged: 03/02/2003
Posts: 5102
Loc: Havant, UK
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Same to you Damien, Merry Christmas and thanks to you and your team for the continued support of the forum. I can't begin to tell you how the members here have helped me and not just with my photography. I was more than sceptical when IPC took over and things changed around here but soon realised there is still the same level of camaraderie.
Damn you'd make a great Santa and can pop down my chimney anytime, just as long as you dropped off a D300 
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Tanya(BSRIPN)
CastVision
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RichardT
newbie
Reged: 15/12/2007
Posts: 11
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Thanks i love this magasine and have it hear next to me and will be reading it soon.Merry christmas to all th AP team and hope they all have good christmas's and they get what they wabted.Also merry christmas to all the AP readers
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john_g
Pooh-bah Hoo-ha
Reged: 09/05/2007
Posts: 2536
Loc: Surrey
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Damien, a very happy Christmas to you and your team, but especially to Garry and Angela for all that they've brought to the forums. It's a fun, vibrant place and long may it reign.
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John
Who could suppose that angels move the stars, or be so superstitious as to suppose that because one cannot see one's soul at the end of a microscope, it does not exist?
R.D.Laing The Politics Of Experience
http://www.flickr.com/photos/john_gass
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Ellie527
addict
Reged: 09/01/2007
Posts: 558
Loc: near the Hampshire coast
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Happy Christmas to you too.
Hmm, looks as if I won't be getting my long lens then Are you sure you aren't Father Christmas?
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Ellie's pictures
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Mr_Geoff
tog with no title
Reged: 11/01/2005
Posts: 2063
Loc: Essex
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^^^ What they said ^^^
Long may the fun continue....
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Geoff - My Flickr Page
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john_g
Pooh-bah Hoo-ha
Reged: 09/05/2007
Posts: 2536
Loc: Surrey
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Happy Christmas to you too.
Hmm, looks as if I won't be getting my long lens then Are you sure you aren't Father Christmas?
He still pretends he's Father Christmas and he boasts about the focal length of his lens but he is notorious for 'forgetting' to remind people to allow for the multiplier factor. Divide anything he says by 1.5
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John
Who could suppose that angels move the stars, or be so superstitious as to suppose that because one cannot see one's soul at the end of a microscope, it does not exist?
R.D.Laing The Politics Of Experience
http://www.flickr.com/photos/john_gass
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BigWill
Gorgeous oversensitive Nikon-loving cream puff
Reged: 08/09/2000
Posts: 33777
Loc: Northern Ireland
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Damien...................you da man....................and from all of the members of the AP forum, happy crimbo to you! 
Big(Is he da man or what! )Will
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I'm sailing like a driftwood on a windy bay.
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fabs
Carpal \'Tunnel
Reged: 10/04/2007
Posts: 2880
Loc: Beds/Bucks
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A very merry Christmas to you, your team and your family. May Santa bring you everything you wished for!
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Done&rundleCams
Senior Member
Reged: 20/12/2001
Posts: 16752
Loc: Vancouver, BC
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And a very happy christmas -- now --and a happy, safe, healthy and prosperous 2008 to you, your family and all the AP / IPC folks and their familes
Cheers,
Jack Simspon
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Life is a Photo-op
MY BLOG: www.nakedmanonawire.blogspot.com
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OneTen
'Two Breakfasts'
Reged: 23/06/2003
Posts: 2540
Loc: Devon
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Merry Christmas Damien to you and the AP team. Thanks for all your hard work bringing such an excellent magazine to us. The cover of the Christmas issue says 'Be inspired' and it's inspiration that I've found again thanks to the mag and the forum.
Cheers and all the best.
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Richard .......... My Website - My Blog - My Flickr
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Badgerman
Nocturnal Non-Scaredy Cat In A Deep Pit
Reged: 05/01/2006
Posts: 2353
Loc: Devon.
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Best wishes to all of the AP team, looking forward to 2008.
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Regards
Colin.
If I could, I probably would.
www.colinsargent.co.uk
Wildlife Photographer.
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sey
nag picker
Reged: 22/12/2004
Posts: 2847
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From a far away reader of over 40 years standing, and always a couple of weeks late, except when I've been in London and managed to get it 'hot off the press' so to speak.........Wishing you and all the team a Very Merry Christmas and a an increased distributional New Year! 
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sey
"sometimes a brain is more important than a fancy camera" - Philip Greenspun
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Scphoto
Little Fruitbat
Reged: 13/11/2005
Posts: 2571
Loc: Birmingham, UK
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All the best to the team (and I promise to buy a few more issues next year).
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Happiness is a Kebab call donor - Pictures/Blog
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APchris
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 06/05/2006
Posts: 1601
Loc: Lincolnshire
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Thanks Damien and the whole team at AP towers.
Have a merry christmas and an editorially happy new year
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Chris
Better a bad day on the water than a good day at the office 
My Flickr sets
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