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-----Original Message-----
From: PotaDG@yahoogroups.com [PotaDG@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Michael & Sally Whitty
Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2009 6:58 AM
To: PotaDG@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [PotaDG] Is this the earliest POTA cash in song?!?

 

Dude – you are full of surprises (well, that and a few other things!).  J

I’d love to know more…..

Michael

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From: PotaDG@yahoogroups. com [ PotaDG@yahoogroups. com ] On Behalf Of Neil Foster
Sent: Wednesday, 2 December 2009 6:54 AM
To: PotaDG@yahoogroups. com
Subject: [PotaDG] Is this the earliest POTA cash in song?!?

 

I recently acquired a 45rpm record by a guy named Gary Knight called Planet of the Apes (B side: Greta Green Grass) on the Philips label which was released in 1968! The song is about the planet in the future run by Apes. I had never heard of this before but it does show, like with Michael's Mangas, that 'new' Apes stuff does still pop up occasionally!

Moxy if you are interested in scans of the label etc. (no picture cover for this one) for your Wiki page about POTA songs just let me know and I'll get something together. I am also working on making an MP3 version available as soon as I can if anyone would be interested.

Neil T. Foster

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An interesting find.

As to the desire to hear the track, I guess that would depend on
whether it is total crap, or has at least some artistic merit. I know
that music, like all art, is subjective, but if it's really just a
cash grab based on name alone, I would trust your judgement if you
say "it's just not worth it". Did you give it a spin?

Dario

----- Original Message -----
From: Neil Foster <ntfoster@...>
Date: Tuesday, December 1, 2009 3:54 pm
Subject: [PotaDG] Is this the earliest POTA cash in song?!?

> I recently acquired a 45rpm record by a guy named Gary Knight
> called Planet
> of the Apes (B side: Greta Green Grass) on the Philips label which
was
> released in 1968! The song is about the planet in the future run
> by Apes. I
> had never heard of this before but it does show, like with
> Michael's Mangas,
> that 'new' Apes stuff does still pop up occasionally!
>
> Moxy if you are interested in scans of the label etc. (no picture
> cover for
> this one) for your Wiki page about POTA songs just let me know and
> I'll get
> something together. I am also working on making an MP3 version
> available as
> soon as I can if anyone would be interested.
>
> Neil T. Foster
>
>

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-----Original Message-----
From: PotaDG@yahoogroups.com [PotaDG@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Dario Sciola
Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2009 7:12 AM
To: PotaDG@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [PotaDG] Is this the earliest POTA cash in song?!?

 

An interesting find.

As to the desire to hear the track, I guess that would depend on
whether it is total crap, or has at least some artistic merit. I know
that music, like all art, is subjective, but if it's really just a
cash grab based on name alone, I would trust your judgement if you
say "it's just not worth it". Did you give it a spin?

Dario

----- Original Message -----
From: Neil Foster <ntfoster@bigpond. com>
Date: Tuesday, December 1, 2009 3:54 pm
Subject: [PotaDG] Is this the earliest POTA cash in song?!?

> I recently acquired a 45rpm record by a guy named Gary Knight
> called Planet
> of the Apes (B side: Greta Green Grass) on the Philips label which
was
> released in 1968! The song is about the planet in the future run
> by Apes. I
> had never heard of this before but it does show, like with
> Michael's Mangas,
> that 'new' Apes stuff does still pop up occasionally!
>
> Moxy if you are interested in scans of the label etc. (no picture
> cover for
> this one) for your Wiki page about POTA songs just let me know and
> I'll get
> something together. I am also working on making an MP3 version
> available as
> soon as I can if anyone would be interested.
>
> Neil T. Foster
>
>

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-----Original Message-----
From: PotaDG@yahoogroups.com [PotaDG@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Michael & Sally Whitty
Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2009 7:12 AM
To: PotaDG@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [PotaDG] Is this the earliest POTA cash in song?!?

 

Do you have a program that converts from vinyl to digital?

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From: PotaDG@yahoogroups. com [ PotaDG@yahoogroups. com ] On Behalf Of Neil Foster
Sent: Wednesday, 2 December 2009 7:09 AM
To: PotaDG@yahoogroups. com
Subject: RE: [PotaDG] Is this the earliest POTA cash in song?!?

 

So would I but I have been able to find out very little about this potentially historically significant recording so far.

Neil T. Foster

-----Original Message-----
From: PotaDG@yahoogroups. com [ PotaDG@ yahoogroups. com ] On Behalf Of Michael & Sally Whitty
Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2009 6:58 AM
To: PotaDG@yahoogroups. com
Subject: RE: [PotaDG] Is this the earliest POTA cash in song?!?

 

Dude – you are full of surprises (well, that and a few other things!).  J

I’d love to know more…..

Michael

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From: PotaDG@yahoogroups. com [ PotaDG@yahoogroups. com ] On Behalf Of Neil Foster
Sent: Wednesday, 2 December 2009 6:54 AM
To: PotaDG@yahoogroups. com
Subject: [PotaDG] Is this the earliest POTA cash in song?!?

 

I recently acquired a 45rpm record by a guy named Gary Knight called Planet of the Apes (B side: Greta Green Grass) on the Philips label which was released in 1968! The song is about the planet in the future run by Apes. I had never heard of this before but it does show, like with Michael's Mangas, that 'new' Apes stuff does still pop up occasionally!

Moxy if you are interested in scans of the label etc. (no picture cover for this one) for your Wiki page about POTA songs just let me know and I'll get something together. I am also working on making an MP3 version available as soon as I can if anyone would be interested.

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-----Original Message-----
From: PotaDG@yahoogroups.com [PotaDG@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Neil Foster
Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2009 7:23 AM
To: PotaDG@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [PotaDG] Is this the earliest POTA cash in song?!?

 

Yes I have listened to it and it is actually okay. I would definitely say it is worth a listen.

 

Neil T. Foster

 

-----Original Message-----
From: PotaDG@yahoogroups. com [PotaDG@ yahoogroups. com] On Behalf Of Dario Sciola
Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2009 7:12 AM
To: PotaDG@yahoogroups. com
Subject: Re: [PotaDG] Is this the earliest POTA cash in song?!?

 

An interesting find.

As to the desire to hear the track, I guess that would depend on
whether it is total crap, or has at least some artistic merit. I know
that music, like all art, is subjective, but if it's really just a
cash grab based on name alone, I would trust your judgement if you
say "it's just not worth it". Did you give it a spin?

Dario

----- Original Message -----
From: Neil Foster <ntfoster@bigpond. com>
Date: Tuesday, December 1, 2009 3:54 pm
Subject: [PotaDG] Is this the earliest POTA cash in song?!?

> I recently acquired a 45rpm record by a guy named Gary Knight
> called Planet
> of the Apes (B side: Greta Green Grass) on the Philips label which
was
> released in 1968! The song is about the planet in the future run
> by Apes. I
> had never heard of this before but it does show, like with
> Michael's Mangas,
> that 'new' Apes stuff does still pop up occasionally!
>
> Moxy if you are interested in scans of the label etc. (no picture
> cover for
> this one) for your Wiki page about POTA songs just let me know and
> I'll get
> something together. I am also working on making an MP3 version
> available as
> soon as I can if anyone would be interested.
>
> Neil T. Foster
>
>

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And here's the song!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCW9hIGpQnc

It's....bizarre.

--- In PotaDG@yahoogroups.com, "Neil Foster" <ntfoster@...> wrote:
>
> I recently acquired a 45rpm record by a guy named Gary Knight called Planet
> of the Apes (B side: Greta Green Grass) on the Philips label which was
> released in 1968! The song is about the planet in the future run by Apes. I
> had never heard of this before but it does show, like with Michael's Mangas,
> that 'new' Apes stuff does still pop up occasionally!
>
> Moxy if you are interested in scans of the label etc. (no picture cover for
> this one) for your Wiki page about POTA songs just let me know and I'll get
> something together. I am also working on making an MP3 version available as
> soon as I can if anyone would be interested.
>
> Neil T. Foster
>

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-----Original Message-----
From: PotaDG@yahoogroups.com [PotaDG@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of rassmguy
Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2009 12:17 PM
To: PotaDG@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [PotaDG] Re: Is this the earliest POTA cash in song?!?

 

And here's the song!

http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=fCW9hIGpQnc

It's....bizarre.

--- In PotaDG@yahoogroups. com, "Neil Foster" <ntfoster@.. .> wrote:
>
> I recently acquired a 45rpm record by a guy named Gary Knight called Planet
> of the Apes (B side: Greta Green Grass) on the Philips label which was
> released in 1968! The song is about the planet in the future run by Apes. I
> had never heard of this before but it does show, like with Michael's Mangas,
> that 'new' Apes stuff does still pop up occasionally!
>
> Moxy if you are interested in scans of the label etc. (no picture cover for
> this one) for your Wiki page about POTA songs just let me know and I'll get
> something together. I am also working on making an MP3 version available as
> soon as I can if anyone would be interested.
>
> Neil T. Foster
>

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-----Original Message-----
From: PotaDG@yahoogroups.com [PotaDG@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of rassmguy
Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2009 12:17 PM
To: PotaDG@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [PotaDG] Re: Is this the earliest POTA cash in song?!?

 

And here's the song!

http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=fCW9hIGpQnc

It's....bizarre.

--- In PotaDG@yahoogroups. com, "Neil Foster" <ntfoster@.. .> wrote:
>
> I recently acquired a 45rpm record by a guy named Gary Knight called Planet
> of the Apes (B side: Greta Green Grass) on the Philips label which was
> released in 1968! The song is about the planet in the future run by Apes. I
> had never heard of this before but it does show, like with Michael's Mangas,
> that 'new' Apes stuff does still pop up occasionally!
>
> Moxy if you are interested in scans of the label etc. (no picture cover for
> this one) for your Wiki page about POTA songs just let me know and I'll get
> something together. I am also working on making an MP3 version available as
> soon as I can if anyone would be interested.
>
> Neil T. Foster
>

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Scans would be great, thanks a lot Neil!

Some of you may have done a search and found this page, and found that the link for the pota song doesn't work...

http://www.thecalicowall.com/45s/garyknight2.html"

...The address is wrong, I changed 'potp' to 'pota' and it worked, so here goes - hopefully this link will work and you might even be able to download the song through it:

http://www.thecalicowall.com/45s/gk_pota.mp3

--- In PotaDG@yahoogroups.com, "Neil Foster" <ntfoster@...> wrote:
>
> Cool, no need for me to bother with an MP3 of it now, thanks Rich!
>
> Neil T. Foster
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: PotaDG@yahoogroups.com [PotaDG@yahoogroups.com ] On Behalf Of
> rassmguy
> Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2009 12:17 PM
> To: PotaDG@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [PotaDG] Re: Is this the earliest POTA cash in song?!?
>
>
>
>
> And here's the song!
>
> http://www.youtube <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCW9hIGpQnc >
> com/watch?v=fCW9hIGpQnc
>
> It's....bizarre.
>
> --- In PotaDG@yahoogroups. <mailto:PotaDG%40yahoogroups.com> com, "Neil
> Foster" <ntfoster@> wrote:
> >
> > I recently acquired a 45rpm record by a guy named Gary Knight called
> Planet
> > of the Apes (B side: Greta Green Grass) on the Philips label which was
> > released in 1968! The song is about the planet in the future run by Apes.
> I
> > had never heard of this before but it does show, like with Michael's
> Mangas,
> > that 'new' Apes stuff does still pop up occasionally!
> >
> > Moxy if you are interested in scans of the label etc. (no picture cover
> for
> > this one) for your Wiki page about POTA songs just let me know and I'll
> get
> > something together. I am also working on making an MP3 version available
> as
> > soon as I can if anyone would be interested.
> >
> > Neil T. Foster
> >
>

I can't wait to hear this!!

--- In PotaDG@yahoogroups.com, "Neil Foster" <ntfoster@...> wrote:
>
> I recently acquired a 45rpm record by a guy named Gary Knight called Planet
> of the Apes (B side: Greta Green Grass) on the Philips label which was
> released in 1968! The song is about the planet in the future run by Apes. I
> had never heard of this before but it does show, like with Michael's Mangas,
> that 'new' Apes stuff does still pop up occasionally!
>
> Moxy if you are interested in scans of the label etc. (no picture cover for
> this one) for your Wiki page about POTA songs just let me know and I'll get
> something together. I am also working on making an MP3 version available as
> soon as I can if anyone would be interested.
>
> Neil T. Foster
>

I'd still like a mp3 of the song if you get around to it.

--- In PotaDG@yahoogroups.com, "Neil Foster" <ntfoster@...> wrote:
>
> Cool, no need for me to bother with an MP3 of it now, thanks Rich!
>
> Neil T. Foster
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: PotaDG@yahoogroups.com [PotaDG@yahoogroups.com ] On Behalf Of
> rassmguy
> Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2009 12:17 PM
> To: PotaDG@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [PotaDG] Re: Is this the earliest POTA cash in song?!?
>
>
>
>
> And here's the song!
>
> http://www.youtube <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCW9hIGpQnc >
> com/watch?v=fCW9hIGpQnc
>
> It's....bizarre.
>
> --- In PotaDG@yahoogroups. <mailto:PotaDG%40yahoogroups.com> com, "Neil
> Foster" <ntfoster@> wrote:
> >
> > I recently acquired a 45rpm record by a guy named Gary Knight called
> Planet
> > of the Apes (B side: Greta Green Grass) on the Philips label which was
> > released in 1968! The song is about the planet in the future run by Apes.
> I
> > had never heard of this before but it does show, like with Michael's
> Mangas,
> > that 'new' Apes stuff does still pop up occasionally!
> >
> > Moxy if you are interested in scans of the label etc. (no picture cover
> for
> > this one) for your Wiki page about POTA songs just let me know and I'll
> get
> > something together. I am also working on making an MP3 version available
> as
> > soon as I can if anyone would be interested.
> >
> > Neil T. Foster
> >
>

Hehehehe, That was pretty good. I dig the Al Jolsen thing he's doing. Like old vaudville.

--- In PotaDG@yahoogroups.com, "rassmguy" <handleyr@...> wrote:
>
> And here's the song!
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCW9hIGpQnc
>
> It's....bizarre.
>
>
>
>
> --- In PotaDG@yahoogroups.com, "Neil Foster" <ntfoster@> wrote:
> >
> > I recently acquired a 45rpm record by a guy named Gary Knight called Planet
> > of the Apes (B side: Greta Green Grass) on the Philips label which was
> > released in 1968! The song is about the planet in the future run by Apes. I
> > had never heard of this before but it does show, like with Michael's Mangas,
> > that 'new' Apes stuff does still pop up occasionally!
> >
> > Moxy if you are interested in scans of the label etc. (no picture cover for
> > this one) for your Wiki page about POTA songs just let me know and I'll get
> > something together. I am also working on making an MP3 version available as
> > soon as I can if anyone would be interested.
> >
> > Neil T. Foster
> >
>

Hey, that worked great. Thanks!

--- In PotaDG@yahoogroups.com, "Neil Moxham" <neilmoxham@...> wrote:
>
> Scans would be great, thanks a lot Neil!
>
> Some of you may have done a search and found this page, and found that the link for the pota song doesn't work...
>
> http://www.thecalicowall.com/45s/garyknight2.html"
>
> ...The address is wrong, I changed 'potp' to 'pota' and it worked, so here goes - hopefully this link will work and you might even be able to download the song through it:
>
> http://www.thecalicowall.com/45s/gk_pota.mp3
>
>
>
> --- In PotaDG@yahoogroups.com, "Neil Foster" <ntfoster@> wrote:
> >
> > Cool, no need for me to bother with an MP3 of it now, thanks Rich!
> >
> > Neil T. Foster
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: PotaDG@yahoogroups.com [PotaDG@yahoogroups.com ] On Behalf Of
> > rassmguy
> > Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2009 12:17 PM
> > To: PotaDG@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: [PotaDG] Re: Is this the earliest POTA cash in song?!?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > And here's the song!
> >
> > http://www.youtube < http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCW9hIGpQnc>
> > com/watch?v=fCW9hIGpQnc
> >
> > It's....bizarre.
> >
> > --- In PotaDG@yahoogroups. <mailto:PotaDG%40yahoogroups.com> com, "Neil
> > Foster" <ntfoster@> wrote:
> > >
> > > I recently acquired a 45rpm record by a guy named Gary Knight called
> > Planet
> > > of the Apes (B side: Greta Green Grass) on the Philips label which was
> > > released in 1968! The song is about the planet in the future run by Apes.
> > I
> > > had never heard of this before but it does show, like with Michael's
> > Mangas,
> > > that 'new' Apes stuff does still pop up occasionally!
> > >
> > > Moxy if you are interested in scans of the label etc. (no picture cover
> > for
> > > this one) for your Wiki page about POTA songs just let me know and I'll
> > get
> > > something together. I am also working on making an MP3 version available
> > as
> > > soon as I can if anyone would be interested.
> > >
> > > Neil T. Foster
> > >
> >
>

Thanks to Don Reitsam, I've added some more vintage advertisements for
the Mego figures and the Caesar and Lisa Halloween costumes to the
Merchandise Ads page on my Apes site.

https://pota.goatley.com/

Hunter

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-----Original Message-----
From: PotaDG@yahoogroups.com [PotaDG@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of jessica rotich
Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 8:09 AM
To: PotaDG@yahoogroups.com; POTA
Subject: [PotaDG] My Christmas Angel

 

 

http://img687. imageshack. us/i/dsc02261y. jpg/

 

Isn't she lovely?  I still have to cure and paint her, but it's sculpey on top of a Christmas angel.  Her face feels like ceramic.  I will probably just cure the sculpey with a blowdryer.  My family hasn't seen her yet--I'm sure they will freak out.  Oh well.  Whatever.  She still makes me happy.

 

 

Jess.

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On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 3:37 PM, Neil Foster <ntfoster@... > wrote:

Very nice but I wouldn't bother doing all that work on it if my family weren't going to appreciate it or like it.

Neil T. Foster

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From: PotaDG@yahoogroups.com [ PotaDG@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of jessica rotich
Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 8:09 AM
To: PotaDG@yahoogroups.com; POTA
Subject: [PotaDG] My Christmas Angel

http://img687.imageshack.us/i/dsc02261y.jpg/

Isn't she lovely? I still have to cure and paint her, but it's sculpey on top of a Christmas angel. Her face feels like ceramic. I will probably just cure the sculpey with a blowdryer. My family hasn't seen her yet--I'm sure they will freak out. Oh well. Whatever. She still makes me happy.

Jess.

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-----Original Message-----
From: PotaDG@yahoogroups.com [PotaDG@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of jessica rotich
Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 9:42 AM
To: PotaDG@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [PotaDG] My Christmas Angel

 

Well, they don't really appreciate any of my apes either...

 

:)

 

 

Jess.

 

But you know what?  I think I'll freak out my inlaws and post this on my facebook.  bwahahaha!!!

 

On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 3:37 PM, Neil Foster <ntfoster@bigpond. com> wrote:

 

Very nice but I wouldn't bother doing all that work on it if my family weren't going to appreciate it or like it.

 

Neil T. Foster

 

-----Original Message-----
From: PotaDG@yahoogroups. com [ PotaDG@yahoogroups. com] On Behalf Of jessica rotich
Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 8:09 AM
To: PotaDG@yahoogroups. com; POTA
Subject: [PotaDG] My Christmas Angel

 

 

http://img687. imageshack. us/i/dsc02261y. jpg/

 

Isn't she lovely?  I still have to cure and paint her, but it's sculpey on top of a Christmas angel.  Her face feels like ceramic.  I will probably just cure the sculpey with a blowdryer.  My family hasn't seen her yet--I'm sure they will freak out.  Oh well.  Whatever.  She still makes me happy.

 

 

Jess.

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I don't often chime in but I do appreciate you and WHitty. You contribute great things (not like the rubbish "the Cure" posters some fools do) and work hard but face it the people you are doing all the work for are unappreciative turds. They want this they want that but when they get things they dont even thank you.

I don't blame you and wHitty wanting to throw it all away but i hope people here do chime in and make it worth all your work.

--- In PotaDG@yahoogroups.com, "Neil Foster" <ntfoster@...> wrote:
>
> Good on you but don't you get to the stage where you just think f**k it why
> bother with it all?
> We here all have this love of Apes that isn't usually appreciated or
> understood by others and for me it is getting to the stage where it just
> isn't worth all the time and effort anymore. I know the indifference I
> regularly encounter is pushing me that bit closer to giving up on doing
> anymore POTA stuff.
>
> Neil T. Foster
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: PotaDG@yahoogroups.com [PotaDG@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
> jessica rotich
> Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 9:42 AM
> To: PotaDG@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [PotaDG] My Christmas Angel
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Well, they don't really appreciate any of my apes either...
>
> :)
>
>
> Jess.
>
> But you know what? I think I'll freak out my inlaws and post this on my
> facebook. bwahahaha!!!
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 3:37 PM, Neil Foster <ntfoster@bigpond.
> <mailto:ntfoster@...> com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Very nice but I wouldn't bother doing all that work on it if my family
> weren't going to appreciate it or like it.
>
> Neil T. Foster
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: PotaDG@yahoogroups. <mailto:PotaDG@yahoogroups.com> com
> [PotaDG@yahoogroups. <mailto:PotaDG@yahoogroups.com> com] On Behalf
> Of jessica rotich
> Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 8:09 AM
> To: PotaDG@yahoogroups. <mailto:PotaDG@yahoogroups.com> com; POTA
> Subject: [PotaDG] My Christmas Angel
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> http://img687. <http://img687.imageshack.us/i/dsc02261y.jpg/>
> imageshack.us/i/dsc02261y.jpg/
>
> Isn't she lovely? I still have to cure and paint her, but it's sculpey on
> top of a Christmas angel. Her face feels like ceramic. I will probably
> just cure the sculpey with a blowdryer. My family hasn't seen her yet--I'm
> sure they will freak out. Oh well. Whatever. She still makes me happy.
>
>
> Jess.
>

Why bother? Well for one thing, the time I put into POTA activities is
my own. I do it for MY enjoyment alone. If others like it, good for
them. If not, I don't let it bother me. If you don't enjoy doing these
things, then you owe it to yourself (and no one else) to stop or at
least take a breather. Doing too much (or trying) and making it a chore
instead of a joy is going to get to you sooner or later. Taking part in
fandom should not be something you do grudgingly. It's supposed to be
for your fun. I myself have taken a break now and then. I won't let it
become 'work' for me.

Having said that, I hope you do stick around as you are one of the
pleasant folks here.

On a happier note, POTA fandom does have the occasional new recruit. I
purposely never watched the POTA films with my son until I felt he had
reached an age that he could appreciate it more than just as a movie
with 'monkeys' in it. Well he just turned 10 recently, and I thought
that now would be a good time to see what he thinks about POTA. So for
the last 4 weeks, we've been watching each of the movies once a week
(we're watching Battle this coming weekend). To my delight, he has liked
them all so far and, like most of us, POTA is his favorite, so it's not
just the costumes. He's not 'ape crazy', but I think he enjoyed the
movies enough to want more in the future. So there is hope yet. (I hope!)

PS: We were watching the Blue Ray and I opted for the new cut of
Conquest forgetting that it had a lot graphic bloody scenes. Some of
those even caught me off guard being so used to the theatrical release
version.

Dario

----- Original Message -----
From: Neil Foster <ntfoster@...>
Date: Wednesday, December 2, 2009 6:59 pm
Subject: RE: [PotaDG] My Christmas Angel

> Good on you but don't you get to the stage where you just think
> f**k it why
> bother with it all?
> We here all have this love of Apes that isn't usually appreciated or
> understood by others and for me it is getting to the stage where it
> justisn't worth all the time and effort anymore. I know the
> indifference I
> regularly encounter is pushing me that bit closer to giving up on
> doinganymore POTA stuff.
>
> Neil T. Foster
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: PotaDG@yahoogroups.com [PotaDG@yahoogroups.com] On
> Behalf Of
> jessica rotich
> Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 9:42 AM
> To: PotaDG@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [PotaDG] My Christmas Angel
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Well, they don't really appreciate any of my apes either...
>
> :)
>
>
> Jess.
>
> But you know what? I think I'll freak out my inlaws and post this
> on my
> facebook. bwahahaha!!!
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 3:37 PM, Neil Foster <ntfoster@bigpond.
> <mailto:ntfoster@...> com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Very nice but I wouldn't bother doing all that work on it if my family
> weren't going to appreciate it or like it.
>
> Neil T. Foster
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: PotaDG@yahoogroups. <mailto:PotaDG@yahoogroups.com> com
> [PotaDG@yahoogroups. <mailto:PotaDG@yahoogroups.com> com] On
> BehalfOf jessica rotich
> Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 8:09 AM
> To: PotaDG@yahoogroups. <mailto:PotaDG@yahoogroups.com> com; POTA
> Subject: [PotaDG] My Christmas Angel
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> http://img687. <http://img687.imageshack.us/i/dsc02261y.jpg/>
> imageshack.us/i/dsc02261y.jpg/
>
> Isn't she lovely? I still have to cure and paint her, but it's
> sculpey on
> top of a Christmas angel. Her face feels like ceramic. I will
> probablyjust cure the sculpey with a blowdryer. My family hasn't
> seen her yet--I'm
> sure they will freak out. Oh well. Whatever. She still makes me
> happy.
>
> Jess.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 5:19 PM, Dario Sciola <darios@... > wrote:

Why bother? Well for one thing, the time I put into POTA activities is
my own. I do it for MY enjoyment alone. If others like it, good for
them. If not, I don't let it bother me. If you don't enjoy doing these
things, then you owe it to yourself (and no one else) to stop or at
least take a breather. Doing too much (or trying) and making it a chore
instead of a joy is going to get to you sooner or later. Taking part in
fandom should not be something you do grudgingly. It's supposed to be
for your fun. I myself have taken a break now and then. I won't let it
become 'work' for me.

Having said that, I hope you do stick around as you are one of the
pleasant folks here.

On a happier note, POTA fandom does have the occasional new recruit. I
purposely never watched the POTA films with my son until I felt he had
reached an age that he could appreciate it more than just as a movie
with 'monkeys' in it. Well he just turned 10 recently, and I thought
that now would be a good time to see what he thinks about POTA. So for
the last 4 weeks, we've been watching each of the movies once a week
(we're watching Battle this coming weekend). To my delight, he has liked
them all so far and, like most of us, POTA is his favorite, so it's not
just the costumes. He's not 'ape crazy', but I think he enjoyed the
movies enough to want more in the future. So there is hope yet. (I hope!)

PS: We were watching the Blue Ray and I opted for the new cut of
Conquest forgetting that it had a lot graphic bloody scenes. Some of
those even caught me off guard being so used to the theatrical release
version.

Dario

----- Original Message -----
From: Neil Foster < ntfoster@...>
Date: Wednesday, December 2, 2009 6:59 pm
Subject: RE: [PotaDG] My Christmas Angel

> Good on you but don't you get to the stage where you just think
> f**k it why
> bother with it all?
> We here all have this love of Apes that isn't usually appreciated or
> understood by others and for me it is getting to the stage where it
> justisn't worth all the time and effort anymore. I know the
> indifference I
> regularly encounter is pushing me that bit closer to giving up on
> doinganymore POTA stuff.
>
> Neil T. Foster
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: PotaDG@yahoogroups.com [PotaDG@yahoogroups.com] On
> Behalf Of
> jessica rotich
> Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 9:42 AM
> To: PotaDG@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [PotaDG] My Christmas Angel
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Well, they don't really appreciate any of my apes either...
>
> :)
>
>
> Jess.
>
> But you know what? I think I'll freak out my inlaws and post this
> on my
> facebook. bwahahaha!!!
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 3:37 PM, Neil Foster <ntfoster@bigpond.
> <mailto: ntfoster@...> com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Very nice but I wouldn't bother doing all that work on it if my family
> weren't going to appreciate it or like it.
>
> Neil T. Foster
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: PotaDG@yahoogroups. <mailto:PotaDG@yahoogroups.com> com
> [ PotaDG@yahoogroups. <mailto:PotaDG@yahoogroups.com> com] On
> BehalfOf jessica rotich
> Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 8:09 AM
> To: PotaDG@yahoogroups. <mailto:PotaDG@yahoogroups.com > com; POTA
> Subject: [PotaDG] My Christmas Angel
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> http://img687. < http://img687.imageshack.us/i/dsc02261y.jpg/>
> imageshack.us/i/dsc02261y.jpg/
>
> Isn't she lovely? I still have to cure and paint her, but it's
> sculpey on
> top of a Christmas angel. Her face feels like ceramic. I will
> probablyjust cure the sculpey with a blowdryer. My family hasn't
> seen her yet--I'm
> sure they will freak out. Oh well. Whatever. She still makes me
> happy.
>
> Jess.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

If you're referring to the posters for the episodes of the TV series posted over at the POTA group and on Hunter's page, I think they're great--not rubbish at all. Those posters show a lot of creativity, and represent labors of love by fellow fans.

--- In PotaDG@yahoogroups.com, "jamesmontague55" <jamesmontague55@...> wrote:
>
> I don't often chime in but I do appreciate you and WHitty. You contribute great things (not like the rubbish "the Cure" posters some fools do) and work hard but face it the people you are doing all the work for are unappreciative turds. They want this they want that but when they get things they dont even thank you.
>
> I don't blame you and wHitty wanting to throw it all away but i hope people here do chime in and make it worth all your work.
>
> --- In PotaDG@yahoogroups.com, "Neil Foster" <ntfoster@> wrote:
> >
> > Good on you but don't you get to the stage where you just think f**k it why
> > bother with it all?
> > We here all have this love of Apes that isn't usually appreciated or
> > understood by others and for me it is getting to the stage where it just
> > isn't worth all the time and effort anymore. I know the indifference I
> > regularly encounter is pushing me that bit closer to giving up on doing
> > anymore POTA stuff.
> >
> > Neil T. Foster
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: PotaDG@yahoogroups.com [PotaDG@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
> > jessica rotich
> > Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 9:42 AM
> > To: PotaDG@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: Re: [PotaDG] My Christmas Angel
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Well, they don't really appreciate any of my apes either...
> >
> > :)
> >
> >
> > Jess.
> >
> > But you know what? I think I'll freak out my inlaws and post this on my
> > facebook. bwahahaha!!!
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 3:37 PM, Neil Foster <ntfoster@bigpond.
> > <mailto:ntfoster@> com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Very nice but I wouldn't bother doing all that work on it if my family
> > weren't going to appreciate it or like it.
> >
> > Neil T. Foster
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: PotaDG@yahoogroups. <mailto:PotaDG@yahoogroups.com> com
> > [PotaDG@yahoogroups. <mailto:PotaDG@yahoogroups.com> com] On Behalf
> > Of jessica rotich
> > Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 8:09 AM
> > To: PotaDG@yahoogroups. <mailto:PotaDG@yahoogroups.com> com; POTA
> > Subject: [PotaDG] My Christmas Angel
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > http://img687. <http://img687.imageshack.us/i/dsc02261y.jpg/>
> > imageshack.us/i/dsc02261y.jpg/
> >
> > Isn't she lovely? I still have to cure and paint her, but it's sculpey on
> > top of a Christmas angel. Her face feels like ceramic. I will probably
> > just cure the sculpey with a blowdryer. My family hasn't seen her yet--I'm
> > sure they will freak out. Oh well. Whatever. She still makes me happy.
> >
> >
> > Jess.
> >
>

Whatever makes you happy, that what I say.  I wish I had that Xmas Angel on my tree.

-----Original Message-----
From: Neil Foster <ntfoster@...>
To: PotaDG@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wed, Dec 2, 2009 6:37 pm
Subject: RE: [PotaDG] My Christmas Angel

 

Very nice but I wouldn't bother doing all that work on it if my family weren't going to appreciate it or like it.

 

Neil T. Foster

 

-----Original Message-----
From: PotaDG@yahoogroups. com [mailto:PotaDG@ yahoogroups. com] On Behalf Of jessica rotich
Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 8:09 AM
To: PotaDG@yahoogroups. com; POTA
Subject: [PotaDG] My Christmas Angel

 

 

http://img687. imageshack. us/i/dsc02261y. jpg/

 

Isn't she lovely?  I still have to cure and paint her, but it's sculpey on top of a Christmas angel.  Her face feels like ceramic.  I will probably just cure the sculpey with a blowdryer.  My family hasn't seen her yet--I'm sure they will freak out.  Oh well.  Whatever.  She still makes me happy.

 

 

Jess.

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-----Original Message-----
From: PotaDG@yahoogroups.com [PotaDG@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of jamesmontague55
Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 10:55 AM
To: PotaDG@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [PotaDG] Re: My Christmas Angel

 

I don't often chime in but I do appreciate you and WHitty. You contribute great things (not like the rubbish "the Cure" posters some fools do) and work hard but face it the people you are doing all the work for are unappreciative turds. They want this they want that but when they get things they dont even thank you.

I don't blame you and wHitty wanting to throw it all away but i hope people here do chime in and make it worth all your work.

--- In PotaDG@yahoogroups. com, "Neil Foster" <ntfoster@.. .> wrote:
>
> Good on you but don't you get to the stage where you just think f**k it why
> bother with it all?
> We here all have this love of Apes that isn't usually appreciated or
> understood by others and for me it is getting to the stage where it just
> isn't worth all the time and effort anymore. I know the indifference I
> regularly encounter is pushing me that bit closer to giving up on doing
> anymore POTA stuff.
>
> Neil T. Foster
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: PotaDG@yahoogroups. com [PotaDG@yahoogroups. com] On Behalf Of
> jessica rotich
> Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 9:42 AM
> To: PotaDG@yahoogroups. com
> Subject: Re: [PotaDG] My Christmas Angel
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Well, they don't really appreciate any of my apes either...
>
> :)
>
>
> Jess.
>
> But you know what? I think I'll freak out my inlaws and post this on my
> facebook. bwahahaha!!!
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 3:37 PM, Neil Foster <ntfoster@bigpond.
> <mailto:ntfoster@ ...> com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Very nice but I wouldn't bother doing all that work on it if my family
> weren't going to appreciate it or like it.
>
> Neil T. Foster
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: PotaDG@yahoogroups. <mailto:PotaDG@yahoogroups. com> com
> [PotaDG@ yahoogroups. <mailto:PotaDG@yahoogroups. com> com] On Behalf
> Of jessica rotich
> Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 8:09 AM
> To: PotaDG@yahoogroups. <mailto:PotaDG@yahoogroups. com> com; POTA
> Subject: [PotaDG] My Christmas Angel
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> http://img687. < http://img687. imageshack. us/i/dsc02261y. jpg/>
> imageshack.us/ i/dsc02261y. jpg/
>
> Isn't she lovely? I still have to cure and paint her, but it's sculpey on
> top of a Christmas angel. Her face feels like ceramic. I will probably
> just cure the sculpey with a blowdryer. My family hasn't seen her yet--I'm
> sure they will freak out. Oh well. Whatever. She still makes me happy.
>
>
> Jess.
>

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-----Original Message-----
From: PotaDG@yahoogroups.com [PotaDG@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Dario Sciola
Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 11:19 AM
To: PotaDG@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [PotaDG] Why bother...

 

Why bother? Well for one thing, the time I put into POTA activities is
my own. I do it for MY enjoyment alone. If others like it, good for
them. If not, I don't let it bother me. If you don't enjoy doing these
things, then you owe it to yourself (and no one else) to stop or at
least take a breather. Doing too much (or trying) and making it a chore
instead of a joy is going to get to you sooner or later. Taking part in
fandom should not be something you do grudgingly. It's supposed to be
for your fun. I myself have taken a break now and then. I won't let it
become 'work' for me.

Having said that, I hope you do stick around as you are one of the
pleasant folks here.

On a happier note, POTA fandom does have the occasional new recruit. I
purposely never watched the POTA films with my son until I felt he had
reached an age that he could appreciate it more than just as a movie
with 'monkeys' in it. Well he just turned 10 recently, and I thought
that now would be a good time to see what he thinks about POTA. So for
the last 4 weeks, we've been watching each of the movies once a week
(we're watching Battle this coming weekend). To my delight, he has liked
them all so far and, like most of us, POTA is his favorite, so it's not
just the costumes. He's not 'ape crazy', but I think he enjoyed the
movies enough to want more in the future. So there is hope yet. (I hope!)

PS: We were watching the Blue Ray and I opted for the new cut of
Conquest forgetting that it had a lot graphic bloody scenes. Some of
those even caught me off guard being so used to the theatrical release
version.

Dario

----- Original Message -----
From: Neil Foster <ntfoster@bigpond. com>
Date: Wednesday, December 2, 2009 6:59 pm
Subject: RE: [PotaDG] My Christmas Angel

> Good on you but don't you get to the stage where you just think
> f**k it why
> bother with it all?
> We here all have this love of Apes that isn't usually appreciated or
> understood by others and for me it is getting to the stage where it
> justisn't worth all the time and effort anymore. I know the
> indifference I
> regularly encounter is pushing me that bit closer to giving up on
> doinganymore POTA stuff.
>
> Neil T. Foster
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: PotaDG@yahoogroups. com [PotaDG@yahoogroups. com] On
> Behalf Of
> jessica rotich
> Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 9:42 AM
> To: PotaDG@yahoogroups. com
> Subject: Re: [PotaDG] My Christmas Angel
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Well, they don't really appreciate any of my apes either...
>
> :)
>
>
> Jess.
>
> But you know what? I think I'll freak out my inlaws and post this
> on my
> facebook. bwahahaha!!!
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 3:37 PM, Neil Foster <ntfoster@bigpond.
> <mailto:ntfoster@bigpond. com> com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Very nice but I wouldn't bother doing all that work on it if my family
> weren't going to appreciate it or like it.
>
> Neil T. Foster
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: PotaDG@yahoogroups. <mailto:PotaDG@yahoogroups. com> com
> [PotaDG@ yahoogroups. <mailto:PotaDG@yahoogroups. com> com] On
> BehalfOf jessica rotich
> Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 8:09 AM
> To: PotaDG@yahoogroups. <mailto:PotaDG@yahoogroups. com> com; POTA
> Subject: [PotaDG] My Christmas Angel
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> http://img687. < http://img687. imageshack. us/i/dsc02261y. jpg/>
> imageshack.us/ i/dsc02261y. jpg/
>
> Isn't she lovely? I still have to cure and paint her, but it's
> sculpey on
> top of a Christmas angel. Her face feels like ceramic. I will
> probablyjust cure the sculpey with a blowdryer. My family hasn't
> seen her yet--I'm
> sure they will freak out. Oh well. Whatever. She still makes me
> happy.
>
> Jess.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

<.html

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-----Original Message-----
From: PotaDG@yahoogroups.com [PotaDG@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of jessica rotich
Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 11:38 AM
To: PotaDG@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [PotaDG] Why bother...

 

Dario congrats on a new recruit!  I do ape stuff for my own pleasure--its escapism in a way from the drudgery of the real world.  I also waited until my firstborn was 8 years old before I showed him the apes movies.  He would always ask me if that really was how the world would end. 

 

I wish I had started sooner...because my 2nd born just has NO interest in apes.  But my lastborn who was exposed to the apes at the tender of 2 still loves the apes movies.  And the kids don't mind the TV series at all.  In fact, they like it a lot.  They just don't pay attention to my crafts. 

 

Jess.

On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 5:19 PM, Dario Sciola <darios@...> wrote:

 

Why bother? Well for one thing, the time I put into POTA activities is
my own. I do it for MY enjoyment alone. If others like it, good for
them. If not, I don't let it bother me. If you don't enjoy doing these
things, then you owe it to yourself (and no one else) to stop or at
least take a breather. Doing too much (or trying) and making it a chore
instead of a joy is going to get to you sooner or later. Taking part in
fandom should not be something you do grudgingly. It's supposed to be
for your fun. I myself have taken a break now and then. I won't let it
become 'work' for me.

Having said that, I hope you do stick around as you are one of the
pleasant folks here.

On a happier note, POTA fandom does have the occasional new recruit. I
purposely never watched the POTA films with my son until I felt he had
reached an age that he could appreciate it more than just as a movie
with 'monkeys' in it. Well he just turned 10 recently, and I thought
that now would be a good time to see what he thinks about POTA. So for
the last 4 weeks, we've been watching each of the movies once a week
(we're watching Battle this coming weekend). To my delight, he has liked
them all so far and, like most of us, POTA is his favorite, so it's not
just the costumes. He's not 'ape crazy', but I think he enjoyed the
movies enough to want more in the future. So there is hope yet. (I hope!)

PS: We were watching the Blue Ray and I opted for the new cut of
Conquest forgetting that it had a lot graphic bloody scenes. Some of
those even caught me off guard being so used to the theatrical release
version.

Dario

----- Original Message -----
From: Neil Foster <ntfoster@bigpond. com>
Date: Wednesday, December 2, 2009 6:59 pm
Subject: RE: [PotaDG] My Christmas Angel

> Good on you but don't you get to the stage where you just think
> f**k it why
> bother with it all?
> We here all have this love of Apes that isn't usually appreciated or
> understood by others and for me it is getting to the stage where it
> justisn't worth all the time and effort anymore. I know the
> indifference I
> regularly encounter is pushing me that bit closer to giving up on
> doinganymore POTA stuff.
>
> Neil T. Foster
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: PotaDG@yahoogroups. com [ PotaDG@yahoogroups. com] On
> Behalf Of
> jessica rotich
> Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 9:42 AM
> To: PotaDG@yahoogroups. com
> Subject: Re: [PotaDG] My Christmas Angel
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Well, they don't really appreciate any of my apes either...
>
> :)
>
>
> Jess.
>
> But you know what? I think I'll freak out my inlaws and post this
> on my
> facebook. bwahahaha!!!
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 3:37 PM, Neil Foster <ntfoster@bigpond.
> <mailto:ntfoster@bigpond. com> com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Very nice but I wouldn't bother doing all that work on it if my family
> weren't going to appreciate it or like it.
>
> Neil T. Foster
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: PotaDG@yahoogroups. <mailto:PotaDG@yahoogroups. com> com
> [ PotaDG@yahoogroups. <mailto:PotaDG@yahoogroups. com> com] On
> BehalfOf jessica rotich
> Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 8:09 AM
> To: PotaDG@yahoogroups. <mailto:PotaDG@yahoogroups. com> com; POTA
> Subject: [PotaDG] My Christmas Angel
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> http://img687. < http://img687. imageshack. us/i/dsc02261y. jpg/>
> imageshack.us/ i/dsc02261y. jpg/
>
> Isn't she lovely? I still have to cure and paint her, but it's
> sculpey on
> top of a Christmas angel. Her face feels like ceramic. I will
> probablyjust cure the sculpey with a blowdryer. My family hasn't
> seen her yet--I'm
> sure they will freak out. Oh well. Whatever. She still makes me
> happy.
>
> Jess.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

<.html

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-----Original Message-----
From: PotaDG@yahoogroups.com [PotaDG@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of rassmguy
Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 12:19 PM
To: PotaDG@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [PotaDG] Re: My Christmas Angel

 

If you're referring to the posters for the episodes of the TV series posted over at the POTA group and on Hunter's page, I think they're great--not rubbish at all. Those posters show a lot of creativity, and represent labors of love by fellow fans.

--- In PotaDG@yahoogroups. com, "jamesmontague55" <jamesmontague55@ ...> wrote:
>
> I don't often chime in but I do appreciate you and WHitty. You contribute great things (not like the rubbish "the Cure" posters some fools do) and work hard but face it the people you are doing all the work for are unappreciative turds. They want this they want that but when they get things they dont even thank you.
>
> I don't blame you and wHitty wanting to throw it all away but i hope people here do chime in and make it worth all your work.
>
> --- In PotaDG@yahoogroups. com, "Neil Foster" <ntfoster@> wrote:
> >
> > Good on you but don't you get to the stage where you just think f**k it why
> > bother with it all?
> > We here all have this love of Apes that isn't usually appreciated or
> > understood by others and for me it is getting to the stage where it just
> > isn't worth all the time and effort anymore. I know the indifference I
> > regularly encounter is pushing me that bit closer to giving up on doing
> > anymore POTA stuff.
> >
> > Neil T. Foster
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: PotaDG@yahoogroups. com [PotaDG@yahoogroups. com] On Behalf Of
> > jessica rotich
> > Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 9:42 AM
> > To: PotaDG@yahoogroups. com
> > Subject: Re: [PotaDG] My Christmas Angel
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Well, they don't really appreciate any of my apes either...
> >
> > :)
> >
> >
> > Jess.
> >
> > But you know what? I think I'll freak out my inlaws and post this on my
> > facebook. bwahahaha!!!
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 3:37 PM, Neil Foster <ntfoster@bigpond.
> > <mailto:ntfoster@ > com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Very nice but I wouldn't bother doing all that work on it if my family
> > weren't going to appreciate it or like it.
> >
> > Neil T. Foster
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: PotaDG@yahoogroups. <mailto:PotaDG@yahoogroups. com> com
> > [PotaDG@ yahoogroups. <mailto:PotaDG@yahoogroups. com> com] On Behalf
> > Of jessica rotich
> > Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 8:09 AM
> > To: PotaDG@yahoogroups. <mailto:PotaDG@yahoogroups. com> com; POTA
> > Subject: [PotaDG] My Christmas Angel
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > http://img687. < http://img687. imageshack. us/i/dsc02261y. jpg/>
> > imageshack.us/ i/dsc02261y. jpg/
> >
> > Isn't she lovely? I still have to cure and paint her, but it's sculpey on
> > top of a Christmas angel. Her face feels like ceramic. I will probably
> > just cure the sculpey with a blowdryer. My family hasn't seen her yet--I'm
> > sure they will freak out. Oh well. Whatever. She still makes me happy.
> >
> >
> > Jess.
> >
>

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-----Original Message-----
From: PotaDG@yahoogroups.com [PotaDG@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of PofTAfan@...
Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 12:31 PM
To: PotaDG@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [PotaDG] My Christmas Angel

 

Whatever makes you happy, that what I say.  I wish I had that Xmas Angel on my tree.

-----Original Message-----
From: Neil Foster <ntfoster@bigpond. com>
To: PotaDG@yahoogroups. com
Sent: Wed, Dec 2, 2009 6:37 pm
Subject: RE: [PotaDG] My Christmas Angel

 

Very nice but I wouldn't bother doing all that work on it if my family weren't going to appreciate it or like it.

 

Neil T. Foster

 

-----Original Message-----
From: PotaDG@yahoogroups. com [mailto:PotaDG@ yahoogroups. com] On Behalf Of jessica rotich
Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 8:09 AM
To: PotaDG@yahoogroups. com; POTA
Subject: [PotaDG] My Christmas Angel

 

 

http://img687. imageshack. us/i/dsc02261y. jpg/

 

Isn't she lovely?  I still have to cure and paint her, but it's sculpey on top of a Christmas angel.  Her face feels like ceramic.  I will probably just cure the sculpey with a blowdryer.  My family hasn't seen her yet--I'm sure they will freak out.  Oh well.  Whatever.  She still makes me happy.

 

 

Jess.

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Guys, he's curing at the moment. It's all I can do to make him into Burke. I've uploaded his photos in Jessica's Stuff. Perhaps after another year or two, after I have had more experience in sculpting, I can try to resculpt him. I just want to see him painted up and clothed!!

Jess.

On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 6:46 PM, Neil Foster <ntfoster@... > wrote:

My boys all watched the Apes movies when they were younger and had absolutely no interest in them apart from having a laugh at the make-ups. Spoiled by CGI and more interested in video games I suppose!

Neil T. Foster

-----Original Message-----
From: PotaDG@yahoogroups.com [ PotaDG@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of jessica rotich

Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 11:38 AM
To: PotaDG@yahoogroups.com

Subject: Re: [PotaDG] Why bother...

Dario congrats on a new recruit! I do ape stuff for my own pleasure--its escapism in a way from the drudgery of the real world. I also waited until my firstborn was 8 years old before I showed him the apes movies. He would always ask me if that really was how the world would end.

I wish I had started sooner...because my 2nd born just has NO interest in apes. But my lastborn who was exposed to the apes at the tender of 2 still loves the apes movies. And the kids don't mind the TV series at all. In fact, they like it a lot. They just don't pay attention to my crafts.

Jess.

On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 5:19 PM, Dario Sciola <darios@...> wrote:

Why bother? Well for one thing, the time I put into POTA activities is
my own. I do it for MY enjoyment alone. If others like it, good for
them. If not, I don't let it bother me. If you don't enjoy doing these
things, then you owe it to yourself (and no one else) to stop or at
least take a breather. Doing too much (or trying) and making it a chore
instead of a joy is going to get to you sooner or later. Taking part in
fandom should not be something you do grudgingly. It's supposed to be
for your fun. I myself have taken a break now and then. I won't let it
become 'work' for me.

Having said that, I hope you do stick around as you are one of the
pleasant folks here.

On a happier note, POTA fandom does have the occasional new recruit. I
purposely never watched the POTA films with my son until I felt he had
reached an age that he could appreciate it more than just as a movie
with 'monkeys' in it. Well he just turned 10 recently, and I thought
that now would be a good time to see what he thinks about POTA. So for
the last 4 weeks, we've been watching each of the movies once a week
(we're watching Battle this coming weekend). To my delight, he has liked
them all so far and, like most of us, POTA is his favorite, so it's not
just the costumes. He's not 'ape crazy', but I think he enjoyed the
movies enough to want more in the future. So there is hope yet. (I hope!)

PS: We were watching the Blue Ray and I opted for the new cut of
Conquest forgetting that it had a lot graphic bloody scenes. Some of
those even caught me off guard being so used to the theatrical release
version.

Dario

----- Original Message -----
From: Neil Foster < ntfoster@...>
Date: Wednesday, December 2, 2009 6:59 pm
Subject: RE: [PotaDG] My Christmas Angel

> Good on you but don't you get to the stage where you just think
> f**k it why
> bother with it all?
> We here all have this love of Apes that isn't usually appreciated or
> understood by others and for me it is getting to the stage where it
> justisn't worth all the time and effort anymore. I know the
> indifference I
> regularly encounter is pushing me that bit closer to giving up on
> doinganymore POTA stuff.
>
> Neil T. Foster
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: PotaDG@yahoogroups.com [PotaDG@yahoogroups.com] On
> Behalf Of
> jessica rotich
> Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 9:42 AM
> To: PotaDG@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [PotaDG] My Christmas Angel
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Well, they don't really appreciate any of my apes either...
>
> :)
>
>
> Jess.
>
> But you know what? I think I'll freak out my inlaws and post this
> on my
> facebook. bwahahaha!!!
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 3:37 PM, Neil Foster <ntfoster@bigpond.
> <mailto: ntfoster@...> com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Very nice but I wouldn't bother doing all that work on it if my family
> weren't going to appreciate it or like it.
>
> Neil T. Foster
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: PotaDG@yahoogroups. <mailto:PotaDG@yahoogroups.com> com
> [ PotaDG@yahoogroups. <mailto:PotaDG@yahoogroups.com> com] On
> BehalfOf jessica rotich
> Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 8:09 AM
> To: PotaDG@yahoogroups. <mailto:PotaDG@yahoogroups.com > com; POTA
> Subject: [PotaDG] My Christmas Angel
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> http://img687. < http://img687.imageshack.us/i/dsc02261y.jpg/>
> imageshack.us/i/dsc02261y.jpg/
>
> Isn't she lovely? I still have to cure and paint her, but it's
> sculpey on
> top of a Christmas angel. Her face feels like ceramic. I will
> probablyjust cure the sculpey with a blowdryer. My family hasn't
> seen her yet--I'm
> sure they will freak out. Oh well. Whatever. She still makes me
> happy.
>
> Jess.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

That was the very reason why I did not watch POTA with my son earlier.
They can't avoid getting exposed to all the flash and FX of modern
movies, TV and even games. So there is no excitement or interest for
them at the creativity of having a ape-centric world, like there was for
us when we were kids. But there is a great story underlying POTA that I
believe could only be appreciated by some degree of maturity. Even so,
I'm sure my son did not appreciate some of the intricacies involved. But
there was enough of a story for him to enjoy, and more importantly, he
wasn't put off by what for him may be corny makeup.

I'm beginning to think that there is almost a window in age groups that
POTA should not be viewed so as not to give the wrong impression. Either
you get them young enough that they enjoy the 'funny monkeys' and
hopefully learn to appreciate it more as they mature, or wait until the
are mature enough to better grasp the story. Catch them in between and
they risk being turned off altogether. Of course there is no magic
number to determine what is a good age as all kids mature at different
rates and not all kids go for the flashy FX as other kids. Does that
make sense?

I wonder what a psychologist would make of all this?

All I know is that I think my patience has paid off and I was thrilled
when my son asked me how soon would he have to wait until we could watch
the second film. Sure brought a smile to my face.

58 inch plasma, HT AVR and 5.1 speakers: $6000
POTA Blue Ray set: $60
Son asking YOU to watch POTA: Priceless

Dario

----- Original Message -----
From: Neil Foster <ntfoster@...>
Date: Wednesday, December 2, 2009 9:46 pm
Subject: RE: [PotaDG] Why bother...

> My boys all watched the Apes movies when they were younger and had
> absolutely no interest in them apart from having a laugh at the
> make-ups.
> Spoiled by CGI and more interested in video games I suppose!
>
> Neil T. Foster
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: PotaDG@yahoogroups.com [PotaDG@yahoogroups.com] On
> Behalf Of
> jessica rotich
> Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 11:38 AM
> To: PotaDG@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [PotaDG] Why bother...
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Dario congrats on a new recruit! I do ape stuff for my own
> pleasure--its
> escapism in a way from the drudgery of the real world. I also
> waited until
> my firstborn was 8 years old before I showed him the apes movies.
> He would
> always ask me if that really was how the world would end.
>
> I wish I had started sooner...because my 2nd born just has NO
> interest in
> apes. But my lastborn who was exposed to the apes at the tender of
> 2 still
> loves the apes movies. And the kids don't mind the TV series at
> all. In
> fact, they like it a lot. They just don't pay attention to my
> crafts.
>
> Jess.
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 5:19 PM, Dario Sciola <darios@...> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> Why bother? Well for one thing, the time I put into POTA activities is
> my own. I do it for MY enjoyment alone. If others like it, good for
> them. If not, I don't let it bother me. If you don't enjoy doing these
> things, then you owe it to yourself (and no one else) to stop or at
> least take a breather. Doing too much (or trying) and making it a
> choreinstead of a joy is going to get to you sooner or later.
> Taking part in
> fandom should not be something you do grudgingly. It's supposed to be
> for your fun. I myself have taken a break now and then. I won't let it
> become 'work' for me.
>
> Having said that, I hope you do stick around as you are one of the
> pleasant folks here.
>
> On a happier note, POTA fandom does have the occasional new
> recruit. I
> purposely never watched the POTA films with my son until I felt he had
> reached an age that he could appreciate it more than just as a movie
> with 'monkeys' in it. Well he just turned 10 recently, and I thought
> that now would be a good time to see what he thinks about POTA. So for
> the last 4 weeks, we've been watching each of the movies once a week
> (we're watching Battle this coming weekend). To my delight, he has
> likedthem all so far and, like most of us, POTA is his favorite, so
> it's not
> just the costumes. He's not 'ape crazy', but I think he enjoyed the
> movies enough to want more in the future. So there is hope yet. (I
> hope!)
> PS: We were watching the Blue Ray and I opted for the new cut of
> Conquest forgetting that it had a lot graphic bloody scenes. Some of
> those even caught me off guard being so used to the theatrical release
> version.
>
> Dario
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Neil Foster <ntfoster@bigpond.
> <mailto:ntfoster%40bigpond.com> com>
> Date: Wednesday, December 2, 2009 6:59 pm
> Subject: RE: [PotaDG] My Christmas Angel
>
> > Good on you but don't you get to the stage where you just think
> > f**k it why
> > bother with it all?
> > We here all have this love of Apes that isn't usually appreciated or
> > understood by others and for me it is getting to the stage where
> it
> > justisn't worth all the time and effort anymore. I know the
> > indifference I
> > regularly encounter is pushing me that bit closer to giving up on
> > doinganymore POTA stuff.
> >
> > Neil T. Foster
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: PotaDG@yahoogroups. <mailto:PotaDG%40yahoogroups.com> com
> [PotaDG@yahoogroups. <mailto:PotaDG%40yahoogroups.com> com]
> On
> > Behalf Of
> > jessica rotich
> > Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 9:42 AM
> > To: PotaDG@yahoogroups. <mailto:PotaDG%40yahoogroups.com> com
> > Subject: Re: [PotaDG] My Christmas Angel
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Well, they don't really appreciate any of my apes either...
> >
> > :)
> >
> >
> > Jess.
> >
> > But you know what? I think I'll freak out my inlaws and post this
> > on my
> > facebook. bwahahaha!!!
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 3:37 PM, Neil Foster <ntfoster@bigpond.
> > <mailto:ntfoster@bigpond. <mailto:ntfoster%40bigpond.com> com>
> com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Very nice but I wouldn't bother doing all that work on it if my
> family> weren't going to appreciate it or like it.
> >
> > Neil T. Foster
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: PotaDG@yahoogroups. <mailto:PotaDG@yahoogroups.
> <mailto:PotaDG%40yahoogroups.com> com> com
> > [PotaDG@yahoogroups. <mailto:PotaDG@yahoogroups.
> <mailto:PotaDG%40yahoogroups.com> com> com] On
> > BehalfOf jessica rotich
> > Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 8:09 AM
> > To: PotaDG@yahoogroups. <mailto:PotaDG@yahoogroups.
> <mailto:PotaDG%40yahoogroups.com> com> com; POTA
> > Subject: [PotaDG] My Christmas Angel
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > http://img687. <http://img687./> <http://img687.
> <http://img687.imageshack.us/i/dsc02261y.jpg/>
> imageshack.us/i/dsc02261y.jpg/>
> > imageshack.us/ <http://imageshack.us/i/dsc02261y.jpg/>
> i/dsc02261y.jpg/>
> > Isn't she lovely? I still have to cure and paint her, but it's
> > sculpey on
> > top of a Christmas angel. Her face feels like ceramic. I will
> > probablyjust cure the sculpey with a blowdryer. My family hasn't
> > seen her yet--I'm
> > sure they will freak out. Oh well. Whatever. She still makes me
> > happy.
> >
> > Jess.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

How can they not like your crafts? POTA or otherwise, I think I speak
for everyone here when I say that your skills are on par with many
professionals out there. You're skills are way beyond those of the
average hobby modeller. I think they'll eventually come around to
appreciating the amazing stuff you create. They just don't know how hard
it is to do what you've done. I'm always impressed with your creations.
Don't let anyone stop you!

Dario

----- Original Message -----
From: jessica rotich <jessicarotich@...>
Date: Wednesday, December 2, 2009 8:38 pm
Subject: Re: [PotaDG] Why bother...

> Dario congrats on a new recruit! I do ape stuff for my own
> pleasure--its
> escapism in a way from the drudgery of the real world. I also
> waited until
> my firstborn was 8 years old before I showed him the apes movies.
> He would
> always ask me if that really was how the world would end.
>
> I wish I had started sooner...because my 2nd born just has NO
> interest in
> apes. But my lastborn who was exposed to the apes at the tender of
> 2 still
> loves the apes movies. And the kids don't mind the TV series at
> all. In
> fact, they like it a lot. They just don't pay attention to my crafts.
>
> Jess.
>
> On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 5:19 PM, Dario Sciola <darios@...> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >
> > Why bother? Well for one thing, the time I put into POTA
> activities is
> > my own. I do it for MY enjoyment alone. If others like it, good for
> > them. If not, I don't let it bother me. If you don't enjoy doing
> these> things, then you owe it to yourself (and no one else) to
> stop or at
> > least take a breather. Doing too much (or trying) and making it a
> chore> instead of a joy is going to get to you sooner or later.
> Taking part in
> > fandom should not be something you do grudgingly. It's supposed
> to be
> > for your fun. I myself have taken a break now and then. I won't
> let it
> > become 'work' for me.
> >
> > Having said that, I hope you do stick around as you are one of the
> > pleasant folks here.
> >
> > On a happier note, POTA fandom does have the occasional new
> recruit. I
> > purposely never watched the POTA films with my son until I felt
> he had
> > reached an age that he could appreciate it more than just as a movie
> > with 'monkeys' in it. Well he just turned 10 recently, and I thought
> > that now would be a good time to see what he thinks about POTA.
> So for
> > the last 4 weeks, we've been watching each of the movies once a week
> > (we're watching Battle this coming weekend). To my delight, he
> has liked
> > them all so far and, like most of us, POTA is his favorite, so
> it's not
> > just the costumes. He's not 'ape crazy', but I think he enjoyed the
> > movies enough to want more in the future. So there is hope yet.
> (I hope!)
> >
> > PS: We were watching the Blue Ray and I opted for the new cut of
> > Conquest forgetting that it had a lot graphic bloody scenes. Some of
> > those even caught me off guard being so used to the theatrical
> release> version.
> >
> > Dario
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Neil Foster <ntfoster@... <ntfoster%40bigpond.com>>
> > Date: Wednesday, December 2, 2009 6:59 pm
> > Subject: RE: [PotaDG] My Christmas Angel
> >
> > > Good on you but don't you get to the stage where you just think
> > > f**k it why
> > > bother with it all?
> > > We here all have this love of Apes that isn't usually
> appreciated or
> > > understood by others and for me it is getting to the stage
> where it
> > > justisn't worth all the time and effort anymore. I know the
> > > indifference I
> > > regularly encounter is pushing me that bit closer to giving up on
> > > doinganymore POTA stuff.
> > >
> > > Neil T. Foster
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: PotaDG@yahoogroups.com <PotaDG%40yahoogroups.com> [
> > PotaDG@yahoogroups.com <PotaDG%40yahoogroups.com>] On
> > > Behalf Of
> > > jessica rotich
> > > Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 9:42 AM
> > > To: PotaDG@yahoogroups.com <PotaDG%40yahoogroups.com>
> > > Subject: Re: [PotaDG] My Christmas Angel
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Well, they don't really appreciate any of my apes either...
> > >
> > > :)
> > >
> > >
> > > Jess.
> > >
> > > But you know what? I think I'll freak out my inlaws and post this
> > > on my
> > > facebook. bwahahaha!!!
> > >
> > >
> > > On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 3:37 PM, Neil Foster <ntfoster@bigpond.
> > > <mailto:ntfoster@... <ntfoster%40bigpond.com>> com> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Very nice but I wouldn't bother doing all that work on it if my
> family> > weren't going to appreciate it or like it.
> > >
> > > Neil T. Foster
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: PotaDG@yahoogroups.
> <mailto:PotaDG@yahoogroups.com<PotaDG%40yahoogroups.com>>> com
> > > [PotaDG@yahoogroups.
> <mailto:PotaDG@yahoogroups.com<PotaDG%40yahoogroups.com>>> com] On
> > > BehalfOf jessica rotich
> > > Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 8:09 AM
> > > To: PotaDG@yahoogroups.
> <mailto:PotaDG@yahoogroups.com<PotaDG%40yahoogroups.com>>> com; POTA
> > > Subject: [PotaDG] My Christmas Angel
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > http://img687. <http://img687.imageshack.us/i/dsc02261y.jpg/>
> > > imageshack.us/i/dsc02261y.jpg/
> > >
> > > Isn't she lovely? I still have to cure and paint her, but it's
> > > sculpey on
> > > top of a Christmas angel. Her face feels like ceramic. I will
> > > probablyjust cure the sculpey with a blowdryer. My family hasn't
> > > seen her yet--I'm
> > > sure they will freak out. Oh well. Whatever. She still makes me
> > > happy.
> > >
> > > Jess.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>

SO I can'T have an opinion hey? Those posters get more gay every week and thye represent someone who has no comprehension of artistic layout. They are stupid and lame and you can disagree if you have to.

The current one is a photoshop not even showing Alans real body it make me puke.

--- In PotaDG@yahoogroups.com, "rassmguy" <handleyr@...> wrote:
>
> If you're referring to the posters for the episodes of the TV series posted over at the POTA group and on Hunter's page, I think they're great--not rubbish at all. Those posters show a lot of creativity, and represent labors of love by fellow fans.
>
>
> --- In PotaDG@yahoogroups.com, "jamesmontague55" <jamesmontague55@> wrote:
> >
> > I don't often chime in but I do appreciate you and WHitty. You contribute great things (not like the rubbish "the Cure" posters some fools do) and work hard but face it the people you are doing all the work for are unappreciative turds. They want this they want that but when they get things they dont even thank you.
> >
> > I don't blame you and wHitty wanting to throw it all away but i hope people here do chime in and make it worth all your work.
> >
> > --- In PotaDG@yahoogroups.com, "Neil Foster" <ntfoster@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Good on you but don't you get to the stage where you just think f**k it why
> > > bother with it all?
> > > We here all have this love of Apes that isn't usually appreciated or
> > > understood by others and for me it is getting to the stage where it just
> > > isn't worth all the time and effort anymore. I know the indifference I
> > > regularly encounter is pushing me that bit closer to giving up on doing
> > > anymore POTA stuff.
> > >
> > > Neil T. Foster
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: PotaDG@yahoogroups.com [PotaDG@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
> > > jessica rotich
> > > Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 9:42 AM
> > > To: PotaDG@yahoogroups.com
> > > Subject: Re: [PotaDG] My Christmas Angel
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Well, they don't really appreciate any of my apes either...
> > >
> > > :)
> > >
> > >
> > > Jess.
> > >
> > > But you know what? I think I'll freak out my inlaws and post this on my
> > > facebook. bwahahaha!!!
> > >
> > >
> > > On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 3:37 PM, Neil Foster <ntfoster@bigpond.
> > > <mailto:ntfoster@> com> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Very nice but I wouldn't bother doing all that work on it if my family
> > > weren't going to appreciate it or like it.
> > >
> > > Neil T. Foster
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: PotaDG@yahoogroups. <mailto:PotaDG@yahoogroups.com> com
> > > [PotaDG@yahoogroups. <mailto:PotaDG@yahoogroups.com> com] On Behalf
> > > Of jessica rotich
> > > Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 8:09 AM
> > > To: PotaDG@yahoogroups. <mailto:PotaDG@yahoogroups.com> com; POTA
> > > Subject: [PotaDG] My Christmas Angel
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > http://img687. <http://img687.imageshack.us/i/dsc02261y.jpg/>
> > > imageshack.us/i/dsc02261y.jpg/
> > >
> > > Isn't she lovely? I still have to cure and paint her, but it's sculpey on
> > > top of a Christmas angel. Her face feels like ceramic. I will probably
> > > just cure the sculpey with a blowdryer. My family hasn't seen her yet--I'm
> > > sure they will freak out. Oh well. Whatever. She still makes me happy.
> > >
> > >
> > > Jess.
> > >
> >
>

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I forgot alot of people on the DG don't look at the group of morons too where Rory dominated every thread and scares off anyone with and opinion. There on the home page of the pota group is the most sickening "movie poster" of the cure from the TV series. Previous ones have been really artistically challenged but this in is vomit material.

--- In PotaDG@yahoogroups.com, "Neil Foster" <ntfoster@...> wrote:
>
> Thanks but I wasn't fishing for praise or compliments or anything, just me
> spouting off about the lack of interest for Apes stuff. And what are these
> "the Cure" posters you mentioned, I have no idea what you are talking about
> here James.
>
> Neil T. Foster
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: PotaDG@yahoogroups.com [PotaDG@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
> jamesmontague55
> Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 10:55 AM
> To: PotaDG@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [PotaDG] Re: My Christmas Angel
>
>
>
>
> I don't often chime in but I do appreciate you and WHitty. You contribute
> great things (not like the rubbish "the Cure" posters some fools do) and
> work hard but face it the people you are doing all the work for are
> unappreciative turds. They want this they want that but when they get things
> they dont even thank you.
>
> I don't blame you and wHitty wanting to throw it all away but i hope people
> here do chime in and make it worth all your work.
>
> --- In PotaDG@yahoogroups. <mailto:PotaDG%40yahoogroups.com> com, "Neil
> Foster" <ntfoster@> wrote:
> >
> > Good on you but don't you get to the stage where you just think f**k it
> why
> > bother with it all?
> > We here all have this love of Apes that isn't usually appreciated or
> > understood by others and for me it is getting to the stage where it just
> > isn't worth all the time and effort anymore. I know the indifference I
> > regularly encounter is pushing me that bit closer to giving up on doing
> > anymore POTA stuff.
> >
> > Neil T. Foster
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: PotaDG@yahoogroups. <mailto:PotaDG%40yahoogroups.com> com
> [PotaDG@yahoogroups. <mailto:PotaDG%40yahoogroups.com> com] On Behalf
> Of
> > jessica rotich
> > Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 9:42 AM
> > To: PotaDG@yahoogroups. <mailto:PotaDG%40yahoogroups.com> com
> > Subject: Re: [PotaDG] My Christmas Angel
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Well, they don't really appreciate any of my apes either...
> >
> > :)
> >
> >
> > Jess.
> >
> > But you know what? I think I'll freak out my inlaws and post this on my
> > facebook. bwahahaha!!!
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 3:37 PM, Neil Foster <ntfoster@bigpond.
> > <mailto:ntfoster@> com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Very nice but I wouldn't bother doing all that work on it if my family
> > weren't going to appreciate it or like it.
> >
> > Neil T. Foster
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: PotaDG@yahoogroups. <mailto:PotaDG@yahoogroups.
> <mailto:PotaDG%40yahoogroups.com> com> com
> > [PotaDG@yahoogroups. <mailto:PotaDG@yahoogroups.
> <mailto:PotaDG%40yahoogroups.com> com> com] On Behalf
> > Of jessica rotich
> > Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 8:09 AM
> > To: PotaDG@yahoogroups. <mailto:PotaDG@yahoogroups.
> <mailto:PotaDG%40yahoogroups.com> com> com; POTA
> > Subject: [PotaDG] My Christmas Angel
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > http://img687. <http://img687.
> <http://img687.imageshack.us/i/dsc02261y.jpg/>
> imageshack.us/i/dsc02261y.jpg/>
> > imageshack.us/i/dsc02261y.jpg/
> >
> > Isn't she lovely? I still have to cure and paint her, but it's sculpey on
> > top of a Christmas angel. Her face feels like ceramic. I will probably
> > just cure the sculpey with a blowdryer. My family hasn't seen her yet--I'm
> > sure they will freak out. Oh well. Whatever. She still makes me happy.
> >
> >
> > Jess.
> >
>

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----- Original Message -----

From: jessica rotich

To: PotaDG@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2009 7:16 PM

Subject: Re: [PotaDG] Why bother...

 

Well you would think it would be a treat to watch a female chimp cook your lunch, but no!!! My 2nd born preferred to stay hungry, the last time I was rushing to Wondercon. 

 

Jess.

On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 6:46 PM, Neil Foster <ntfoster@bigpond. com> wrote:

 

My boys all watched the Apes movies when they were younger and had absolutely no interest in them apart from having a laugh at the make-ups. Spoiled by CGI and more interested in video games I suppose!

 

Neil T. Foster

 

-----Original Message-----
From: PotaDG@yahoogroups. com [ PotaDG@yahoogroups. com] On Behalf Of jessica rotich

Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 11:38 AM
To: PotaDG@yahoogroups. com

Subject: Re: [PotaDG] Why bother...

 

Dario congrats on a new recruit!  I do ape stuff for my own pleasure--its escapism in a way from the drudgery of the real world.  I also waited until my firstborn was 8 years old before I showed him the apes movies.  He would always ask me if that really was how the world would end. 

 

I wish I had started sooner...because my 2nd born just has NO interest in apes.  But my lastborn who was exposed to the apes at the tender of 2 still loves the apes movies.  And the kids don't mind the TV series at all.  In fact, they like it a lot.  They just don't pay attention to my crafts. 

 

Jess.

On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 5:19 PM, Dario Sciola <darios@...> wrote:

 

Why bother? Well for one thing, the time I put into POTA activities is
my own. I do it for MY enjoyment alone. If others like it, good for
them. If not, I don't let it bother me. If you don't enjoy doing these
things, then you owe it to yourself (and no one else) to stop or at
least take a breather. Doing too much (or trying) and making it a chore
instead of a joy is going to get to you sooner or later. Taking part in
fandom should not be something you do grudgingly. It's supposed to be
for your fun. I myself have taken a break now and then. I won't let it
become 'work' for me.

Having said that, I hope you do stick around as you are one of the
pleasant folks here.

On a happier note, POTA fandom does have the occasional new recruit. I
purposely never watched the POTA films with my son until I felt he had
reached an age that he could appreciate it more than just as a movie
with 'monkeys' in it. Well he just turned 10 recently, and I thought
that now would be a good time to see what he thinks about POTA. So for
the last 4 weeks, we've been watching each of the movies once a week
(we're watching Battle this coming weekend). To my delight, he has liked
them all so far and, like most of us, POTA is his favorite, so it's not
just the costumes. He's not 'ape crazy', but I think he enjoyed the
movies enough to want more in the future. So there is hope yet. (I hope!)

PS: We were watching the Blue Ray and I opted for the new cut of
Conquest forgetting that it had a lot graphic bloody scenes. Some of
those even caught me off guard being so used to the theatrical release
version.

Dario

----- Original Message -----
From: Neil Foster <ntfoster@bigpond. com>
Date: Wednesday, December 2, 2009 6:59 pm
Subject: RE: [PotaDG] My Christmas Angel

> Good on you but don't you get to the stage where you just think
> f**k it why
> bother with it all?
> We here all have this love of Apes that isn't usually appreciated or
> understood by others and for me it is getting to the stage where it
> justisn't worth all the time and effort anymore. I know the
> indifference I
> regularly encounter is pushing me that bit closer to giving up on
> doinganymore POTA stuff.
>
> Neil T. Foster
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: PotaDG@yahoogroups. com [ PotaDG@yahoogroups. com] On
> Behalf Of
> jessica rotich
> Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 9:42 AM
> To: PotaDG@yahoogroups. com
> Subject: Re: [PotaDG] My Christmas Angel
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Well, they don't really appreciate any of my apes either...
>
> :)
>
>
> Jess.
>
> But you know what? I think I'll freak out my inlaws and post this
> on my
> facebook. bwahahaha!!!
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 3:37 PM, Neil Foster <ntfoster@bigpond.
> <mailto:ntfoster@bigpond. com> com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Very nice but I wouldn't bother doing all that work on it if my family
> weren't going to appreciate it or like it.
>
> Neil T. Foster
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: PotaDG@yahoogroups. <mailto:PotaDG@yahoogroups. com> com
> [ PotaDG@yahoogroups. <mailto:PotaDG@yahoogroups. com> com] On
> BehalfOf jessica rotich
> Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 8:09 AM
> To: PotaDG@yahoogroups. <mailto:PotaDG@yahoogroups. com> com; POTA
> Subject: [PotaDG] My Christmas Angel
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> http://img687. < http://img687. imageshack. us/i/dsc02261y. jpg/>
> imageshack.us/ i/dsc02261y. jpg/
>
> Isn't she lovely? I still have to cure and paint her, but it's
> sculpey on
> top of a Christmas angel. Her face feels like ceramic. I will
> probablyjust cure the sculpey with a blowdryer. My family hasn't
> seen her yet--I'm
> sure they will freak out. Oh well. Whatever. She still makes me
> happy.
>
> Jess.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

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--- In PotaDG@yahoogroups.com, jessica rotich <jessicarotich@...> wrote:
>
> Well you would think it would be a treat to watch a female chimp cook your
> lunch, but no!!! My 2nd born preferred to stay hungry, the last time I was
> rushing to Wondercon.
>
> Jess.
>
 I'd think it was a treat if anyone cooked my lunch the way things are going at the minute :)

Best,Graham.

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--- In PotaDG@yahoogroups.com, "jamesmontague55" <jamesmontague55@...> wrote:
>
> SO I can'T have an opinion hey? Those posters get more gay every week and thye represent someone who has no comprehension of artistic layout. They are stupid and lame and you can disagree if you have to.
>
> The current one is a photoshop not even showing Alans real body it make me puke.
>
 

Hi James,

I'm sure no one on the DG would say you can't have an opinion.

Michael and Neil have long "fought" to keep it as "open" as possible.

I, also can't say I disagree with your opinions particularly the view you express in your next post about people on the yahoo group bullying others and putting off posters, the only thing I'd say, putting on my "moderator head", is that the guys who do the posters are not here to defend themselves and it doesn't really seem fair to them and could be seen as an attack on James' group by the DG ...not some thing we want to get in to.

Best wishes, Graham.

--- In PotaDG@yahoogroups.com, "Michael & Sally Whitty" <mswhitty@...> wrote:
>

>
> And when we get to your place.....
>
> Michael
>
 Ahh... I could n't wait Michael ...So I've had a bit of cake

Best, Graham

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-----Original Message-----
From: PotaDG@yahoogroups.com [PotaDG@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Jeff
Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 3:28 PM
To: PotaDG@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [PotaDG] Why bother...

 

My son grew up with Apes and has no interest. Although, he can recite whole sections of POTA.  My ex wife's daughter is around me a lot.  Since she was 4, she would watch the make up documentary from POTA 01 at least once a week.  She would also make me fast forward to the make up section of Behind the POTA video.  At 11 yrs old, she borrows POTA 68 DVD all the time.  She also wears her Nova costumes, that I made for Comic Con, on a regular basis.  I think it's just something you're either gonna like or not.  No in between.

 

Jeff B

----- Original Message -----

From: jessica rotich

To: PotaDG@yahoogroups. com

Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2009 7:16 PM

Subject: Re: [PotaDG] Why bother...

 

Well you would think it would be a treat to watch a female chimp cook your lunch, but no!!! My 2nd born preferred to stay hungry, the last time I was rushing to Wondercon. 

 

Jess.

On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 6:46 PM, Neil Foster <ntfoster@bigpond. com> wrote:

 

My boys all watched the Apes movies when they were younger and had absolutely no interest in them apart from having a laugh at the make-ups. Spoiled by CGI and more interested in video games I suppose!

 

Neil T. Foster

 

-----Original Message-----
From: PotaDG@yahoogroups. com [ PotaDG@yahoogroups. com] On Behalf Of jessica rotich

Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 11:38 AM
To: PotaDG@yahoogroups. com

Subject: Re: [PotaDG] Why bother...

 

Dario congrats on a new recruit!  I do ape stuff for my own pleasure--its escapism in a way from the drudgery of the real world.  I also waited until my firstborn was 8 years old before I showed him the apes movies.  He would always ask me if that really was how the world would end. 

 

I wish I had started sooner...because my 2nd born just has NO interest in apes.  But my lastborn who was exposed to the apes at the tender of 2 still loves the apes movies.  And the kids don't mind the TV series at all.  In fact, they like it a lot.  They just don't pay attention to my crafts. 

 

Jess.

On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 5:19 PM, Dario Sciola <darios@...> wrote:

 

Why bother? Well for one thing, the time I put into POTA activities is
my own. I do it for MY enjoyment alone. If others like it, good for
them. If not, I don't let it bother me. If you don't enjoy doing these
things, then you owe it to yourself (and no one else) to stop or at
least take a breather. Doing too much (or trying) and making it a chore
instead of a joy is going to get to you sooner or later. Taking part in
fandom should not be something you do grudgingly. It's supposed to be
for your fun. I myself have taken a break now and then. I won't let it
become 'work' for me.

Having said that, I hope you do stick around as you are one of the
pleasant folks here.

On a happier note, POTA fandom does have the occasional new recruit. I
purposely never watched the POTA films with my son until I felt he had
reached an age that he could appreciate it more than just as a movie
with 'monkeys' in it. Well he just turned 10 recently, and I thought
that now would be a good time to see what he thinks about POTA. So for
the last 4 weeks, we've been watching each of the movies once a week
(we're watching Battle this coming weekend). To my delight, he has liked
them all so far and, like most of us, POTA is his favorite, so it's not
just the costumes. He's not 'ape crazy', but I think he enjoyed the
movies enough to want more in the future. So there is hope yet. (I hope!)

PS: We were watching the Blue Ray and I opted for the new cut of
Conquest forgetting that it had a lot graphic bloody scenes. Some of
those even caught me off guard being so used to the theatrical release
version.

Dario

----- Original Message -----
From: Neil Foster <ntfoster@bigpond. com>
Date: Wednesday, December 2, 2009 6:59 pm
Subject: RE: [PotaDG] My Christmas Angel

> Good on you but don't you get to the stage where you just think
> f**k it why
> bother with it all?
> We here all have this love of Apes that isn't usually appreciated or
> understood by others and for me it is getting to the stage where it
> justisn't worth all the time and effort anymore. I know the
> indifference I
> regularly encounter is pushing me that bit closer to giving up on
> doinganymore POTA stuff.
>
> Neil T. Foster
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: PotaDG@yahoogroups. com [ PotaDG@yahoogroups. com] On
> Behalf Of
> jessica rotich
> Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 9:42 AM
> To: PotaDG@yahoogroups. com
> Subject: Re: [PotaDG] My Christmas Angel
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Well, they don't really appreciate any of my apes either...
>
> :)
>
>
> Jess.
>
> But you know what? I think I'll freak out my inlaws and post this
> on my
> facebook. bwahahaha!!!
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 3:37 PM, Neil Foster <ntfoster@bigpond.
> <mailto:ntfoster@bigpond. com> com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Very nice but I wouldn't bother doing all that work on it if my family
> weren't going to appreciate it or like it.
>
> Neil T. Foster
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: PotaDG@yahoogroups. <mailto:PotaDG@yahoogroups. com> com
> [PotaDG@yahoogroups. <mailto:PotaDG@yahoogroups. com > com] On
> BehalfOf jessica rotich
> Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 8:09 AM
> To: PotaDG@yahoogroups. <mailto:PotaDG@yahoogroups. com> com; POTA
> Subject: [PotaDG] My Christmas Angel
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> http://img687. < http://img687. imageshack. us/i/dsc02261y. jpg/>
> imageshack.us/ i/dsc02261y. jpg/
>
> Isn't she lovely? I still have to cure and paint her, but it's
> sculpey on
> top of a Christmas angel. Her face feels like ceramic. I will
> probablyjust cure the sculpey with a blowdryer. My family hasn't
> seen her yet--I'm
> sure they will freak out. Oh well. Whatever. She still makes me
> happy.
>
> Jess.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

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-----Original Message-----
From: PotaDG@yahoogroups.com [PotaDG@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of jamesmontague55
Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 2:17 PM
To: PotaDG@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [PotaDG] Re: My Christmas Angel

 

I forgot alot of people on the DG don't look at the group of morons too where Rory dominated every thread and scares off anyone with and opinion. There on the home page of the pota group is the most sickening "movie poster" of the cure from the TV series. Previous ones have been really artistically challenged but this in is vomit material.

--- In PotaDG@yahoogroups. com, "Neil Foster" <ntfoster@.. .> wrote:
>
> Thanks but I wasn't fishing for praise or compliments or anything, just me
> spouting off about the lack of interest for Apes stuff. And what are these
> "the Cure" posters you mentioned, I have no idea what you are talking about
> here James.
>
> Neil T. Foster
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: PotaDG@yahoogroups. com [PotaDG@yahoogroups. com] On Behalf Of
> jamesmontague55
> Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 10:55 AM
> To: PotaDG@yahoogroups. com
> Subject: [PotaDG] Re: My Christmas Angel
>
>
>
>
> I don't often chime in but I do appreciate you and WHitty. You contribute
> great things (not like the rubbish "the Cure" posters some fools do) and
> work hard but face it the people you are doing all the work for are
> unappreciative turds. They want this they want that but when they get things
> they dont even thank you.
>
> I don't blame you and wHitty wanting to throw it all away but i hope people
> here do chime in and make it worth all your work.
>
> --- In PotaDG@yahoogroups. <mailto:PotaDG% 40yahoogroups. com> com, "Neil
> Foster" <ntfoster@> wrote:
> >
> > Good on you but don't you get to the stage where you just think f**k it
> why
> > bother with it all?
> > We here all have this love of Apes that isn't usually appreciated or
> > understood by others and for me it is getting to the stage where it just
> > isn't worth all the time and effort anymore. I know the indifference I
> > regularly encounter is pushing me that bit closer to giving up on doing
> > anymore POTA stuff.
> >
> > Neil T. Foster
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: PotaDG@yahoogroups. <mailto:PotaDG% 40yahoogroups. com> com
> [PotaDG@ yahoogroups. <mailto:PotaDG% 40yahoogroups. com> com] On Behalf
> Of
> > jessica rotich
> > Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 9:42 AM
> > To: PotaDG@yahoogroups. <mailto:PotaDG% 40yahoogroups. com> com
> > Subject: Re: [PotaDG] My Christmas Angel
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Well, they don't really appreciate any of my apes either...
> >
> > :)
> >
> >
> > Jess.
> >
> > But you know what? I think I'll freak out my inlaws and post this on my
> > facebook. bwahahaha!!!
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 3:37 PM, Neil Foster <ntfoster@bigpond.
> > <mailto:ntfoster@ > com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Very nice but I wouldn't bother doing all that work on it if my family
> > weren't going to appreciate it or like it.
> >
> > Neil T. Foster
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: PotaDG@yahoogroups. <mailto:PotaDG@ yahoogroups.
> <mailto:PotaDG% 40yahoogroups. com> com> com
> > [PotaDG@ yahoogroups. <mailto:PotaDG@ yahoogroups.
> <mailto:PotaDG% 40yahoogroups. com> com> com] On Behalf
> > Of jessica rotich
> > Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 8:09 AM
> > To: PotaDG@yahoogroups. <mailto:PotaDG@ yahoogroups.
> <mailto:PotaDG% 40yahoogroups. com> com> com; POTA
> > Subject: [PotaDG] My Christmas Angel
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > http://img687. < http://img687.
> <http://img687. imageshack. us/i/dsc02261y. jpg/ >
> imageshack.us/ i/dsc02261y. jpg/>
> > imageshack.us/ i/dsc02261y. jpg/
> >
> > Isn't she lovely? I still have to cure and paint her, but it's sculpey on
> > top of a Christmas angel. Her face feels like ceramic. I will probably
> > just cure the sculpey with a blowdryer. My family hasn't seen her yet--I'm
> > sure they will freak out. Oh well. Whatever. She still makes me happy.
> >
> >
> > Jess.
> >
>

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-----Original Message-----
From: PotaDG@yahoogroups.com [PotaDG@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Michael & Sally Whitty
Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 11:25 PM
To: PotaDG@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [PotaDG] Re: Why bother...

 

Hilly, if you like pasta the ask Mr Foster who the best "Spaghetti Alla Matriciana" cook in the world is....

 

And when we get to your place.....

 

Michael

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From: PotaDG@yahoogroups. com [PotaDG@ yahoogroups. com] On Behalf Of hill19652000
Sent: Thursday, 3 December 2009 11:14 PM
To: PotaDG@yahoogroups. com
Subject: [PotaDG] Re: Why bother...

 

--- In PotaDG@yahoogroups. com, jessica rotich <jessicarotich@ ...> wrote:
>
> Well you would think it would be a treat to watch a female chimp cook your
> lunch, but no!!! My 2nd born preferred to stay hungry, the last time I was
> rushing to Wondercon.
>
> Jess.
>
 I'd think it was a treat if anyone cooked my lunch the way things are going at the minute :)

Best,Graham.

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From: PotaDG@yahoogroups.com [PotaDG@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of hill19652000
Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 11:36 PM
To: PotaDG@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [PotaDG] Re: My Christmas Angel

 

--- In PotaDG@yahoogroups. com, "jamesmontague55" <jamesmontague55@ ...> wrote:
>
> SO I can'T have an opinion hey? Those posters get more gay every week and thye represent someone who has no comprehension of artistic layout. They are stupid and lame and you can disagree if you have to.
>
> The current one is a photoshop not even showing Alans real body it make me puke.
>
 

Hi James,

I'm sure no one on the DG would say you can't have an opinion.

Michael and Neil have long "fought" to keep it as "open" as possible.

I, also can't say I disagree with your opinions particularly the view you express in your next post about people on the yahoo group bullying others and putting off posters, the only thing I'd say, putting on my "moderator head", is that the guys who do the posters are not here to defend themselves and it doesn't really seem fair to them and could be seen as an attack on James' group by the DG ...not some thing we want to get in to.

Best wishes, Graham.

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-----Original Message-----
From: PotaDG@yahoogroups.com [PotaDG@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Dario Sciola
Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 1:49 PM
To: PotaDG@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [PotaDG] Why bother...

 

How can they not like your crafts? POTA or otherwise, I think I speak
for everyone here when I say that your skills are on par with many
professionals out there. You're skills are way beyond those of the
average hobby modeller. I think they'll eventually come around to
appreciating the amazing stuff you create. They just don't know how hard
it is to do what you've done. I'm always impressed with your creations.
Don't let anyone stop you!

Dario

----- Original Message -----
From: jessica rotich <jessicarotich@ gmail.com>
Date: Wednesday, December 2, 2009 8:38 pm
Subject: Re: [PotaDG] Why bother...

> Dario congrats on a new recruit! I do ape stuff for my own
> pleasure--its
> escapism in a way from the drudgery of the real world. I also
> waited until
> my firstborn was 8 years old before I showed him the apes movies.
> He would
> always ask me if that really was how the world would end.
>
> I wish I had started sooner...because my 2nd born just has NO
> interest in
> apes. But my lastborn who was exposed to the apes at the tender of
> 2 still
> loves the apes movies. And the kids don't mind the TV series at
> all. In
> fact, they like it a lot. They just don't pay attention to my crafts.
>
> Jess.
>
> On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 5:19 PM, Dario Sciola <darios@...> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >
> > Why bother? Well for one thing, the time I put into POTA
> activities is
> > my own. I do it for MY enjoyment alone. If others like it, good for
> > them. If not, I don't let it bother me. If you don't enjoy doing
> these> things, then you owe it to yourself (and no one else) to
> stop or at
> > least take a breather. Doing too much (or trying) and making it a
> chore> instead of a joy is going to get to you sooner or later.
> Taking part in
> > fandom should not be something you do grudgingly. It's supposed
> to be
> > for your fun. I myself have taken a break now and then. I won't
> let it
> > become 'work' for me.
> >
> > Having said that, I hope you do stick around as you are one of the
> > pleasant folks here.
> >
> > On a happier note, POTA fandom does have the occasional new
> recruit. I
> > purposely never watched the POTA films with my son until I felt
> he had
> > reached an age that he could appreciate it more than just as a movie
> > with 'monkeys' in it. Well he just turned 10 recently, and I thought
> > that now would be a good time to see what he thinks about POTA.
> So for
> > the last 4 weeks, we've been watching each of the movies once a week
> > (we're watching Battle this coming weekend). To my delight, he
> has liked
> > them all so far and, like most of us, POTA is his favorite, so
> it's not
> > just the costumes. He's not 'ape crazy', but I think he enjoyed the
> > movies enough to want more in the future. So there is hope yet.
> (I hope!)
> >
> > PS: We were watching the Blue Ray and I opted for the new cut of
> > Conquest forgetting that it had a lot graphic bloody scenes. Some of
> > those even caught me off guard being so used to the theatrical
> release> version.
> >
> > Dario
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Neil Foster <ntfoster@bigpond. com <ntfoster%40bigpond .com>>
> > Date: Wednesday, December 2, 2009 6:59 pm
> > Subject: RE: [PotaDG] My Christmas Angel
> >
> > > Good on you but don't you get to the stage where you just think
> > > f**k it why
> > > bother with it all?
> > > We here all have this love of Apes that isn't usually
> appreciated or
> > > understood by others and for me it is getting to the stage
> where it
> > > justisn't worth all the time and effort anymore. I know the
> > > indifference I
> > > regularly encounter is pushing me that bit closer to giving up on
> > > doinganymore POTA stuff.
> > >
> > > Neil T. Foster
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: PotaDG@yahoogroups. com <PotaDG%40yahoogrou ps.com> [
> > PotaDG@yahoogroups. com <PotaDG%40yahoogrou ps.com>] On
> > > Behalf Of
> > > jessica rotich
> > > Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 9:42 AM
> > > To: PotaDG@yahoogroups. com <PotaDG%40yahoogrou ps.com>
> > > Subject: Re: [PotaDG] My Christmas Angel
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Well, they don't really appreciate any of my apes either...
> > >
> > > :)
> > >
> > >
> > > Jess.
> > >
> > > But you know what? I think I'll freak out my inlaws and post this
> > > on my
> > > facebook. bwahahaha!!!
> > >
> > >
> > > On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 3:37 PM, Neil Foster <ntfoster@bigpond.
> > > <mailto:ntfoster@bigpond. com <ntfoster%40bigpond .com>> com> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Very nice but I wouldn't bother doing all that work on it if my
> family> > weren't going to appreciate it or like it.
> > >
> > > Neil T. Foster
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: PotaDG@yahoogroups.
> <mailto:PotaDG@yahoogroups. com<PotaDG%40yahoogrou ps.com>>> com
> > > [PotaDG@ yahoogroups.
> <mailto:PotaDG@yahoogroups. com<PotaDG%40yahoogrou ps.com>>> com] On
> > > BehalfOf jessica rotich
> > > Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 8:09 AM
> > > To: PotaDG@yahoogroups.
> <mailto:PotaDG@yahoogroups. com<PotaDG%40yahoogrou ps.com>>> com; POTA
> > > Subject: [PotaDG] My Christmas Angel
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > http://img687. < http://img687. imageshack. us/i/dsc02261y. jpg/>
> > > imageshack.us/ i/dsc02261y. jpg/
> > >
> > > Isn't she lovely? I still have to cure and paint her, but it's
> > > sculpey on
> > > top of a Christmas angel. Her face feels like ceramic. I will
> > > probablyjust cure the sculpey with a blowdryer. My family hasn't
> > > seen her yet--I'm
> > > sure they will freak out. Oh well. Whatever. She still makes me
> > > happy.
> > >
> > > Jess.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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