It was quite strange. At first I wondered what Rigamarole was on about, because I didn’t see any real issue. Then I went from this 
to this :eek: in about one second.
BarnFAIL?
This thread isn’t about you, and I for one would like to see how it pans out. I, like the OP, want to know what the fuck that was all about. I hope this thread isn’t “discontinued” as I and many others want to discuss it.
Leave it in. I apologized in another thread Quasi.
Did you find my emails?
I promised I would stay out of the pit on this issue. so I’m only going to add my well wishes to Quasimodem, for a good vacation, and no more drama!
Ya RLY.
It isn’t about you either. :dubious: It involved him, in that it was he BarnOwl went nuts at. I say we should respect his wishes, and leave the topic the fuck alone, but that is just me.
Dude, what happened? You always struck me as one of the more level-headed Dopers.
I don’t know why, but if you read this in the voice of Stewie, it’s much more entertaining.
And, if nothing else, I’ve learned more about camera obscuras than I thought possible, so that’s pretty cool I guess.
I really think we should just let those two settle it privately, between themselves. (And apparently olive branches etc. have been offered.) The injured party doesn’t want us taking up publicly for them. We should respect that.
Since the thread is closed, I’ll post this here and apologize for being OTT:
I believe the devise originally sought after might have been a lucigraph (AKA “a lucy”) – that’s the thing that illuminates a painting or drawing and projects it downwards (and upside down), like an overhead projector in reverse, for tracing & re-drawing. It sounds like an updated version of the camera lucida, but it doesn’t depend of POV, and there’s an actual image, not a virtual one.
Like I said, it’s not just about one victim/target, it’s a community issue. For the same reason the state prosecutes crimes regardless of the victim’s opinion (the whole pop-culture notion of asking a victim if they want to “press charges” is largely mythical - the state decides to press charges. That only happens in minor cases where the officer has discretion on whether to arrest or not and leaves it up to the victim).
I’d still like to hear what BarnOwl has to say.
Uh oh…
This isn’t a state, you’re not a prosecutor and Barn Owl doesn’t owe you or anyone else shit.
There are a few posts that I, too, wish I could retract.
BarnOwl, hope you’re doing okay. That was a major overreaction which leads me to believe something else is going on. I don’t need details as it’s none of my business, but hope you’re doing okay.
Quasi, sorry to hear about your recent diagnoses. Have a wonderful vacation.
True enough. But I pit him for his insane behavior and he could at least have the decency to own up to it.
It was indeed an overreaction. It seems that he has apologized too.
For those of us who don’t understand, I urge you to at least try to understand this: The medicines that are given to try to help cure us often impact our personalities pretty heavily. It has been stated that BarnOwl is being treated for Cancer. I have not had to endure that - thank whatever gods there are - so I can’t know what it is like. But I have had some treatments this past year and I know that there have been plenty of days when I wasn’t acting like myself, sometimes from medicine, sometimes just from the fact that chronic pain is very debilitating. I am thankful that the people who interacted with me cared about me enough to recognize it was a fluke of my condition.
It was an odd thing, but perhaps it was something from his treatment speaking and not him. Perhaps we can give him a pass on this one.
At least, that is how I’m going to view it until I have evidence to the contrary.
The comment came out of left field. By now,I’ll bet Quasi has probably found my emails.
The first celebrated his bubbling over of cheer that the C. lucida would enable him to rejoin
the world of art. His post was so touching, so poignant, I got a lump in my throat.
I followed that first email later when I got a nice deal from the C. Lucida vendor,
that Quasi and I had been “talking” about. I asked the guy if Quasi could get in on the deal, too,
because he was thinking seriously of buying the very same model. The vendor said yes.
So, I emailed Quasi a second time, explained the whole deal and even left my phone number if
he needed any help.
Never a word back until the viagra thing.
Okay, so I’m senile, PMS-ing, rabid, and so on.
I apologize again, Quasi. If you want to get that deal, just call the man. The number’s in the email and at the web address.
Quasi from the airport. Don’t have much time, but please tell BarnOwl I am VERY happy that we’re buds again. I’ll write more when I get to Rothenburg…
WHOOOO-HOOOOO
BarnOwl!!! LOVE YA BUDDY!!! GOTTA RUN> Ple ase re-send e-mails. Newver got themQ