URGENT REQUEST FOR HURRICANE CHARLEY PHOTO HELP

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photonhero - 20 Aug 2004 01:45 GMT

Photo Friends

I am the photo instructor for the City of Cape Coral Parks and Recreation
Photography Programs - Last year I managed to open up a 5 station darkroom
to teach the darkroom arts; Last Friday Hurricane Charley brought this
to an end with our Arts builing severely damaged and the darkroom equipment
ruined.

Now, this is not as bad as some of the folks in our area who lost homes (
mine kept its roof but lost soffet and facia, trees, and power damage - just
getting back on line today) But this lab took two years of my efforts
to build and was one of the more popular photo programs we have.

I am asking for your help - Any donations of darkroom eqquipment -
Enlargers, lenses, easels , tanks , trays reels, dryers etc, are
desperateley needed to get our program going again. ALL DONATIONS ARE TAX
DEDUCTABLE! --
and out director will supply you with an official receipt for the IRS

THIS IS NOT A SCAM - CONTACT ME BY EMAIL AND I WILL PROVIDE ALL THE
NECESSARRY INFO TO PROVE THIS IS A TRUE AND HONEST REQUEST -- YOU
GENEROSITY TO THE CHILDREN AND ADULTS OF THESE PHOTO PROGRAMS IS GREATLY
APPRECIATED - PLEASE HELP - FOR ANY FURTHER INFO PLEASE EMAIL ME
DIRECTLY

photonhero at hotmail dot com

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John - 20 Aug 2004 07:14 GMT

>THIS IS NOT A SCAM - CONTACT ME BY EMAIL AND I WILL PROVIDE ALL THE
>NECESSARRY INFO TO PROVE THIS IS A TRUE AND HONEST REQUEST -- YOU
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> photonhero at hotmail dot com

If it's not a scam, why are you using a hotmail account ?

Regards,

John S. Douglas, Photographer - http://www.darkroompro.com
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jjs - 20 Aug 2004 07:33 GMT

> If it's not a scam, why are you using a hotmail account ?

I believe the man. He's had that address for some time and he also is
Markbretschneider@swfla.rr.com. He apparently started the Parks and
Recreation (phone: (239) 573-3128) darkroom around this time last year.

More info:
Mark Bretschneider
Cape Coral Art Studio
Cape Coral Parks and Recreation Dept

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photonhero - 20 Aug 2004 10:21 GMT

I am using a hotmail account which I have had for over 5 years to filter out
junk mail , spammers and idiots.

Many legitimate people use hotmail, its not just for con artists

another post gives out the phone #, please refreain from calling as it will
tie up the line that they are using for all of the art dept releif
efforts.And as the building is not habitable at this time the phones might
not yet be fowarded to another location. Rest assured that any "legitimate"
inquiries will be responded to and all proper information provided to the
donators satisfaction

Thanks again for any assistance given

Photonhero

> >THIS IS NOT A SCAM - CONTACT ME BY EMAIL AND I WILL PROVIDE ALL THE
> >NECESSARRY INFO TO PROVE THIS IS A TRUE AND HONEST REQUEST -- YOU
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> John S. Douglas, Photographer - http://www.darkroompro.com
> Please remove the "_" when replying via email

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John - 20 Aug 2004 13:16 GMT

>I am using a hotmail account which I have had for over 5 years to filter out
>junk mail , spammers and idiots.

Just get a domain with good filtering and use a munged eddress
for USENET posts. I simply setup an account for each type of usage and
now have a total of 8 email accounts. Should one become the target of
spammers I simply delete the account and add a replacement.

>Many legitimate people use hotmail, its not just for con artists

Perhaps but most that know anything about security won't use
it.

>another post gives out the phone #, please refreain from calling as it will
>tie up the line that they are using for all of the art dept releif
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>Photonhero

    Just asked the wife and she says I might actually be able to
use a tax credit this year. Being the sole provider

;>)

    Almost hate to give away the 23CII Dichro (w/condenser head as
well) and all those negative carriers.

    Here's a link to the page on my site with a little more
complete description. How much of a credit would something like this
return ?

http://www.darkroompro.com/equipment/forsale/23c2.html

    BTW, it's good to see that someone is keeping film-based
photography alive.

Regards,

John S. Douglas, Photographer - http://www.darkroompro.com
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