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Christmas message
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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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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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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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Fen
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(BAD WOLF)
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24/12/2007 18:17
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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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Dave_Cox
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(old'n'grumpy)
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24/12/2007 19:11
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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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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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Seven..
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(...or maybe Eight)
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24/12/2007 19:17
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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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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
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(Pooh-bah Hoo-ha)
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24/12/2007 23:27
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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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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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Mr_Geoff
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(tog with no title)
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24/12/2007 23:33
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^^^ What they said ^^^
Long may the fun continue....
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john_g
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(Pooh-bah Hoo-ha)
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24/12/2007 23:37
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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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BigWill
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(Gorgeous oversensitive Nikon-loving cream puff)
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25/12/2007 01:06
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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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fabs
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(Carpal \'Tunnel)
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25/12/2007 06:50
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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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Re: Christmas message Thanks Damien...
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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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OneTen
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('Two Breakfasts')
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25/12/2007 09:48
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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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Badgerman
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(Nocturnal Non-Scaredy Cat In A Deep Pit)
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25/12/2007 11:32
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Best wishes to all of the AP team, looking forward to 2008.
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sey
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(nag picker)
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25/12/2007 14:54
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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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Scphoto
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(Little Fruitbat)
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25/12/2007 20:07
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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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Thanks Damien and the whole team at AP towers.
Have a merry christmas and an editorially happy new year
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Fen
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(BAD WOLF)
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25/12/2007 21:14
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From a far away reader of over 40 years standing
Ain't they got you a chair yet Sey?
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All the best to the team (and I promise to buy a few more issues next year).
You see Damien, the Dale Carnegie stuff does work. . . . . .
I hope you all had a very happy Christmas
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sey
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(nag picker)
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26/12/2007 08:26
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no Fen, at this stage if I sit down, I probably won't get up! 
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Hotblack
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(Dead Horse Flogger)
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26/12/2007 15:09
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Thanks Damien, and a Merry Christmas, Happy New Year and many thanks to you and the team for producing such a good magazine week after week.
I expect my OBN to be in the post.
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bagpuss
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(Prolific Pam)
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27/12/2007 00:38
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Re: Christmas message
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Happy Easter to you all too!
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Bawbee
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(Out on a whim)
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27/12/2007 19:59
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Happy Easter to you all too!
Just recently another year older and already the brain cells are depleting 
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Badgerman
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(Nocturnal Non-Scaredy Cat In A Deep Pit)
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28/12/2007 19:35
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Happy Easter to you all too!
Just recently another year older and already the brain cells are depleting
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Happy Easter to you all too!
Hmm, might be truer than you think. We saw the first Easter Eggs for sale on Christmas Eve!
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BigWill
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(Gorgeous oversensitive Nikon-loving cream puff)
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29/12/2007 02:58
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For one moment.....................
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...............I thought he said "Christmas massage" and I was going to say "book me in for the "extra special" with the girl in the skimpy santa suit...........................oh well, there's always next year! 
BigWill
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...............I thought he said "Christmas massage" and I was going to say "book me in for the "extra special" with the girl in the skimpy santa suit...........................oh well, there's always next year!
I won't ask what you dreamt would be filling your Christmas stocking....
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