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Boerre Saethre
Junior
Posts: 6
From: Oslo, NORWAY
Registered: Aug 2005

posted August 17, 2005 01:20 PM

hi everyone!

My name is Boerre Saethre (..yup, I know we have strange names up here [Smile]

I´m a super-8 enthusiast. living in Oslo, Norway. I got into super-8 in my late teens while taking filmclasses in art school. Over the years I developed a passionate relationship with everything ELMO, and have ended up with a nice little family including five ST-1200´s in different versions, and two GS1200´s. A friend told me about you guys, and after dabbling around in here as a guest for some time now, I decided to try to join the club.. and - so, here I am! [Smile]

I have been getting a lot of useful information from you guys, and I hope to be able contribute to this community as well.

Thanks for taking me along!

all the best from Norway -

Boe.

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Douglas Meltzer
Moderator

Posts: 4554
From: New York, NY, USA
Registered: Jun 2003

posted August 17, 2005 01:24 PM

Boerre,

Welcome to the Forum! Five ST's and two GS's? You are definitely in the right place!

Doug

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Tom Photiou
Film God

Posts: 4837
From: Plymouth U.K
Registered: Dec 2003

posted August 17, 2005 01:25 PM

Hi Boerre, welcome, and great to have more new blood to the Hobby, and an Elmo boy to [Wink]

Do you have any idea how 8mm is in Norway, i.e are there any conventions or get togethers at all?

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Colin Robert Hunt
Expert Film Handler

Posts: 226
From: Milton Keynes Buckinghamshire
Registered: Aug 2005

posted August 17, 2005 01:48 PM

Hi Boerre and wellcome. Glad you like the Elmo's. Yes give us some information about 8mm in Norway. The wife and me visited Oslo for the day on a Baltic cruise. I must say that the transport system in Oslo was very good. We also went to the Viking Museum.

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Joe Taffis
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1592
From: United States
Registered: Jun 2003

posted August 17, 2005 07:32 PM

Welcome Boerre, to this international group of friends who all share a common interest! [Smile]

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Joe Taffis

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Jan Bister
Darth 8mm

Posts: 2629
From: Ohio, USA
Registered: Jan 2005

posted August 17, 2005 08:55 PM

Welcome, Boerre!

Have a seat - make yourself comfortable - and pay no attention to the loony folks that wander the halls of this forum. (Myself included) [Big Grin]

Above all, remember... SUPER 8 LIVES!!

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Call me Phoenix. *dusts off the ashes*

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Jean-Marc Toussaint
Film God

Posts: 2392
From: France
Registered: Oct 2004

posted August 18, 2005 04:44 AM

Welcome to this great forum, Boerre. You don't have to be crazy to join this "Fellowship of the Reels", but it sure does help. [Big Grin]

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Boerre Saethre
Junior
Posts: 6
From: Oslo, NORWAY
Registered: Aug 2005

posted August 18, 2005 01:03 PM

thanks a lot guys!

Norway is a pretty slow place for super-8 ( and for a lot of other things as well..), people are all into LCD and DLP stuff here, and words like ´ELMO´ doesn´t really wake any enthusiasm around [Frown]

I placed a post on a local site for vintage photo/film collectors, ending up getting ONE answer - from a guy wanting to swap vintage super-8 porn. I always suspected there were certain aspects of perversion to my super-8-obsession [Big Grin]

, but this particular person somehow seemed to have another agenda than me..

As for conventions, I haven´t come across anything like that over here. In other words, I´m happy to have found my gang [Smile]

!

Thanks again for the warm welcome!

Boe.

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Osi Osgood
Film God

Posts: 10204
From: Mountian Home, ID.
Registered: Jul 2005

posted August 18, 2005 02:49 PM

Yeah yeah yeah!! More GS's and ST's ....

LOVE LIVE THE EUMIG'S!!!!!

oh, and welcome!

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"All these moments will be lost in time, just like ... tears, in the rain. "

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Dan Lail
Film God

Posts: 2110
From: Loganville, Georgia, USA
Registered: Jun 2003

posted August 18, 2005 03:10 PM

Hi, Boerre, you're always welcome here. [Smile]

There is not much in the way of 8mm locally in the Southeastern US either. Thanks to the internet, Great Britain, Germany, France, Italy, Australia, and eBay(hope I didn't leave anyone out), super eight is still poppin'. [Cool]

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Mike Peckham
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1461
From: West Sussex, UK.
Registered: Jun 2003

posted August 18, 2005 05:57 PM

Boerre, welcome.

You've stumbled across one of the most helpful and friendly places on the internet. [Smile]

Mike

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David Pannell
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1072
From: Horsham, West Sussex, UK
Registered: Nov 2004

posted August 19, 2005 10:47 AM

Can't add much to what's already been said, except have fun, and laugh AT us as well as WITH us. [Roll Eyes]

We're all a bit crazy as you will have gathered by now. [Big Grin]

Enjoy!

Dave.

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Valves and celluloid - a great combination!
Early technology rules OK!

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James N. Savage 3
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1375
From: Washington, DC
Registered: Jul 2003

posted August 19, 2005 02:16 PM

Welcome Boerre!

Great Hobby! Great Forum! Great People!

Glad you've joined the family. [Cool]

Nick.

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