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Old 07-03-2007, 07:59 PM
k
 
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Just made note of the fact that the ads
for the iphone open with a picture of a
waterlily. May not be able to afford one
of those fancy phones but I do have the
real thing in my pond!

k :-)

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Old 07-03-2007, 10:19 PM
Kurt
 
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In article < .com>,
k <> wrote:

> Just made note of the fact that the ads
> for the iphone open with a picture of a
> waterlily. May not be able to afford one
> of those fancy phones but I do have the
> real thing in my pond!
>
> k :-)


More appropriate that it's a lotus flower, which thrives in a muddy
swamp. Great metaphor.

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Old 07-04-2007, 01:09 AM
k
 
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Lotus, says k, lotus?
(Someday I will tell you the sad story
of k and the pursuit of a lotus flower)
I'm thinking, are we sure it is a lotus?
You have started me on a mission...!
And I dragged youngest son in too.
We went and found the flower and by golly,
I think we have a conumdrum

http://tinyurl.com/39v5n3

It does look like a lotus.
But it is down on the water.
Just a bit raised, actually, which made
me think it might be a tropical lily.
But not a lotus as they always are way
above the water....? Like their leaves.

And then we started thinking - this is the
advertising world! Since when do they bother
with the truth? They might just have photo
shopped in a lotus close to the water as it
looks so pretty.

I did find a bunch of funny utube snippets
about iphone.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1i6xMHK4t50
This one is so on if you live surrounded by
teenage - 20ish males as I do from time to time.
Be warned it is rather raw.

k :-)

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Old 07-04-2007, 02:33 PM
Kurt
 
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In article < .com>,
k <> wrote:

> Lotus, says k, lotus?
> (Someday I will tell you the sad story
> of k and the pursuit of a lotus flower)
> I'm thinking, are we sure it is a lotus?
> You have started me on a mission...!
> And I dragged youngest son in too.
> We went and found the flower and by golly,
> I think we have a conumdrum
>
> http://tinyurl.com/39v5n3
>
> It does look like a lotus.
> But it is down on the water.
> Just a bit raised, actually, which made
> me think it might be a tropical lily.
> But not a lotus as they always are way
> above the water....? Like their leaves.
>
> And then we started thinking - this is the
> advertising world! Since when do they bother
> with the truth? They might just have photo
> shopped in a lotus close to the water as it
> looks so pretty.
>


Hard to say, but you are right, lotus would be more out of the water.



> I did find a bunch of funny utube snippets
> about iphone.
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1i6xMHK4t50
> This one is so on if you live surrounded by
> teenage - 20ish males as I do from time to time.
> Be warned it is rather raw.
>

That's okay - I never grew up.

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Old 07-04-2007, 03:11 PM
Derek Broughton
 
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k wrote:

> Lotus, says k, lotus?
> (Someday I will tell you the sad story
> of k and the pursuit of a lotus flower)
> I'm thinking, are we sure it is a lotus?
> You have started me on a mission...!
> And I dragged youngest son in too.
> We went and found the flower and by golly,
> I think we have a conumdrum
>
> http://tinyurl.com/39v5n3
>
> It does look like a lotus.
> But it is down on the water.
> Just a bit raised, actually, which made
> me think it might be a tropical lily.
> But not a lotus as they always are way
> above the water....? Like their leaves.


Looks like a lily to me, but not really enough context for a good ID. The
only visible leaves appear to be on the water surface, though.
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Old 07-04-2007, 04:14 PM
k
 
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I suppose one of us could scrape together
the $600+ and buy one and study it up
close but I'd rather spend that money on
a new deck - all the better to view the pond
with - where I have real lilies. (Lotus, much
to my chagrin, is a plant that will not cooperate
with me!)

k :-)

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Old 07-04-2007, 07:52 PM
~ jan
 
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On Wed, 4 Jul 2007 13:14:30 CST, k <> wrote:

>I suppose one of us could scrape together
>the $600+ and buy one and study it up
>close but I'd rather spend that money on
>a new deck - all the better to view the pond
>with - where I have real lilies. (Lotus, much
>to my chagrin, is a plant that will not cooperate
>with me!) k :-)


Just read in the paper today how many of the phones were purchased to tear
them apart and see what makes them tick. Who would have thought that the
child who takes everything apart, would grow up with a job to take
everything apart. ;-) ~ jan
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Old 07-04-2007, 07:53 PM
Bonnie
 
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On Jul 4, 3:14 pm, k <k...@aol.com> wrote:
> I suppose one of us could scrape together
> the $600+ and buy one and study it up
> close but I'd rather spend that money on
> a new deck - all the better to view the pond
> with - where I have real lilies. (Lotus, much
> to my chagrin, is a plant that will not cooperate
> with me!)
>
> k :-)


Go to Costco, the phones are $300+ Still to much
for me.
Bonnie
NJ

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Old 07-04-2007, 08:44 PM
k
 
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The twins are turning 22 this month :-))
Getting new cell phones but, alas, not
iphones. Youngest son is going with me
to be the consultant on which phones to
buy.

k :-)

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Old 07-04-2007, 10:32 PM
Kurt
 
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In article < m>,
k <> wrote:

> The twins are turning 22 this month :-))
> Getting new cell phones but, alas, not
> iphones. Youngest son is going with me
> to be the consultant on which phones to
> buy.
>
> k :-)


You save the money with the cheap $10 unlimited data plan that Apple
made ATT implement. PDA data plans run $40 a month, regular smart phone
data plans run $20. On a 2 year commitment, you do the math.

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