thanks all, i suppose i was in the right place at the right time - meaning i knew marginally more about camera's/photography than any of the other employees so got the job.  I think that is a story replicated many times throughout the world of jobs and more specifically photography jobs...

"In every colour, there's the light.
In every stone sleeps a crystal.
Remember the Shaman, when he used to say:
Man is the dream of the Dolphin"

Rich Meadows Photography