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Hello from a non-skeptic

Okay, I contributed $6.00- $4.00 from me and I've contributed $2.00 on behalf of Senex... I have a soft spot in my head, uh, heart for him.

I'll PM the rest of you with the paypal for Big Les.

Merry Christmas King Charles!
 
Thanks to all. I'll keep an eye on the account.

Alice Shortcake said:
You do realize that this might well be the first copy he's actually sold? ;)
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Almost certainly, I'd have thought! If he's reading this he must have mixed feelings!

Olowkow said:
I'm in, but if Big Les becomes a believer, I want my money back.:)
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Don't worry, I have my antique tinfoil hat on. The crazy rays can't penetrate.
 
Though slightly off topic here, one of the posters at the Past Life Forum posted some color pictures by photographer Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii which date back to 1910. It is some unbelievable photography for the time, decades before color film was common.

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/08/russia_in_color_a_century_ago.html
He used a specialized camera to capture three black and white images in fairly quick succession, using red, green and blue filters, allowing them to later be recombined and projected with filtered lanterns to show near true color images. The high quality of the images, combined with the bright colors, make it difficult for viewers to believe that they are looking 100 years back in time - when these photographs were taken, neither the Russian Revolution nor World War I had yet begun.
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Those photos are amazing. There's something slightly uncanny about them, as if you're looking at colour photos taken before it was the "right" time for colour photos to exist. Listening to very early sound recordings (such as Florence Nightingale's voice) has the same effect on me.

Back on topic, I've made my little contribution to the Bonnie Prince Charlie Fund and await Big Les' review with bated breath!
 
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I liked the one group picture where a guy moved between pictures. He had two left arms, in two different colors.
 
Those pictures are amazing. Although I was shaken from my reverie by a couple of commenters talking of the damage done by the "Russian Umpire."
 
The embroidery on some of the clothes was amazing, although I don't know if it was done by machine or by hand.
 
Looks like it might be several weeks before the book turns up - I was assuming there'd be a download option. The only express option is ludicrously expensive.

I hope people don't mind waiting.
 
Big Les said:
Received with thanks. Once FSM's managed to sort his technical hitch, I'll be set.
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Paypal just confirmed me- so let me know if you don't see the money money money ya'll in a day or two.

And FSM is her, is she, is me. :) And I'm happy to wait as long as it takes... Thanks for doing the heavy lifting for me!
 
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