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Francois

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Keep an eye out for the mailman!
« on: April 01, 2016, 02:54:51 PM »
Yippy!
You won't believe what I just got in the mail this morning!
The mailman rang at the door to hand me a totally unexpected package that wouldn't fit in my tiny mailbox.
And yes, you guessed it, it has arrived!
Directly from Slovenia, a box containing a beautiful pinhole camera!
So, if you haven't guessed it yet, it's true. My new Ondu has finally arrived and I can't stop doing that crazy happy dance :)
The whole package was so well wrapped that there's absolutely nothing that could have happened to it in the mail.
And the guys even went out all the way to even include a small thank-you card with the camera.
Now that's what I call fantastic.

So, you better keep an eye out for the mail. Yours will probably arrive soon.
Francois

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Re: Keep an eye out for the mailman!
« Reply #1 on: April 01, 2016, 06:59:49 PM »
Sweet!

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Re: Keep an eye out for the mailman!
« Reply #2 on: April 01, 2016, 10:23:08 PM »
You betcha it's sweet!
And everything on it just clicks into place perfectly.
I was so excited I put some film into it and burned through an entire roll which I just processed.
If you want an idea of how good it really is, here's my first ever Ondu pinhole photo ;)
Francois

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Re: Keep an eye out for the mailman!
« Reply #3 on: April 01, 2016, 10:26:46 PM »
April's Fool          April's Fool          April's Fool
 :P :P :P :P :P 8) 8) 8) 8) ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Re: Keep an eye out for the mailman!
« Reply #4 on: April 02, 2016, 05:29:11 PM »
Doh! Well I guess I can stop sitting on my stoop awaiting the mailman's arrival.

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Re: Keep an eye out for the mailman!
« Reply #5 on: April 02, 2016, 08:16:09 PM »
I must admit that I'm surprised to see you're the only one who bit the bait!

I was expecting more people to either believe this one or just plain say that they've typed the content of the card in google translate and discovered the prank.
(Dan Norcev is in Slovenian and translates directly to Fool Day)

But I guess we're probably the only two who are anxiously waiting for the camera to arrive!
(I can't wait to play with everything magnetic on it :) )
Francois

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Re: Keep an eye out for the mailman!
« Reply #6 on: April 02, 2016, 08:48:05 PM »
Well, does it count that I actually typed out "I can't wait to do my own happy dance!", but then got distracted and didn't realize until the next day that I never posted it?  :o

Having limited but some knowledge of Slovenian, the note did actually give me a second-or-two pause. I know dan = day and "Thank you very much" is actually "Hvala lepa" but then I figured it might have been either a regional or alternative expression.
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Re: Keep an eye out for the mailman!
« Reply #7 on: April 02, 2016, 10:14:05 PM »
Thanks Leonore, you're making me feel much better ;)
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Re: Keep an eye out for the mailman!
« Reply #8 on: April 03, 2016, 05:13:04 AM »
Well Francois, you can take pride in the fact that yours was the only April Fool's day joke that I fell for. It was well timed too, since they seem to be on the verge of shipping. Well played!

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Re: Keep an eye out for the mailman!
« Reply #9 on: April 03, 2016, 02:47:59 PM »
Thank you, I've been planning this one for about a month!
And now, I know I've once again made my grandpa proud :)
(Playing sophisticated pranks runs on this side of the family)
Francois

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