Re: PESO - Race Prep
On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 1:57 AM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: What about your lungs? /ducks for cover/ For the record, I quit smoking about 7 or 8 years ago. When I stopped smoking, I noticed that I breathed easier on my bike - not as big a difference as I expected, but it was noticeable. I'm not a zealot about it: if one wishes to smoke, that's up to them. I'm glad for myself that I quit. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Race Prep
On 10/7/2010 12:58 PM, frank theriault wrote: For the record, I quit smoking about 7 or 8 years ago. When I stopped smoking, I noticed that I breathed easier on my bike - not as big a difference as I expected, but it was noticeable. I'm not a zealot about it: if one wishes to smoke, that's up to them. I'm glad for myself that I quit. I am glad for you that you quit ;-). Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: PESO - Race Prep
nice shot - that's not a fag in his mouth though or is it? I always find the combination of bicycling and smoking to be a bit of a cognitive dissonance, as out here in the boonies where bikes aren't very practical transportation they seem to be mostly a toy used by people trying to get in shape. Exactly the sort of people who don't smoke. over here in Yurp a lot of people still use bikes because it's the only practical transport they can afford. They'd dump the bikes as soon as they could afford to. I often see people pedalling slowly along the road enjoying a nice fag. I agree about the cognitive dissonance - I always find it surprising. A lot of them are surprisingly fast cyclists though. They remind me of the old grandmother in Belleville Rendezvous. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHB_dzJOk4U B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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No big whoop, just a slice of messenger life: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2010/10/race-prep.html that's a lovely atmospheric shot. B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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I like this one. The smoke in his mouth, the concentration, and the strewn about bike wheels make for an interesting shot. Dave On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 6:35 PM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: So in another thread I talked a bit about Alleycat races, messenger races through city streets through regular traffic. Basically you pay a couple of bucks (usually $10) and that goes into a kitty for the winner along with donated prizes from courier-friendly businesses. There are a series of checkpoints which are disclosed just prior to the race. Usually the finish point is kept secret until the last minute, too. You go to the checkpoints in any order you want, route yourself any way you want. As long as you get to the final checkpoint with signatures for each one on your manifest, you've finished. Most races are between 15 and 30 miles long. So here's Brian, moments after having received his manifest, figuring out which order he'll do them in. Routing is usually determined on the fly according to traffic flow, etc. No big whoop, just a slice of messenger life: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2010/10/race-prep.html Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. Leica CL, 40mm f2.0 Summicron, TriX, low-rez scan. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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On 10/6/2010 12:35 AM, frank theriault wrote: No big whoop, just a slice of messenger life: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2010/10/race-prep.html Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. Leica CL, 40mm f2.0 Summicron, TriX, low-rez scan. Frank, just the other day I was standing by the reception desk of our company and a man walked in - evidently he was a bike messenger. I immediately though of you... If you hiccuped at that moment, I am not guilty :-). Is this guy holding a cigarette in his mouth??? Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Race Prep
On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 10:36 AM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: Frank, just the other day I was standing by the reception desk of our company and a man walked in - evidently he was a bike messenger. I immediately though of you... If you hiccuped at that moment, I am not guilty :-). Is this guy holding a cigarette in his mouth??? Oddly, lots of messengers smoke. I used to smoke. It's quite an art smoking whilst riding fast. You've kind of got to keep your head up, tilt a bit to the right and hang the cigarette just so out the corner of your mouth. That way smoke and ashes get blown over your shoulder and not into your face. A significant number of messengers also smoke vast quantities of pot. They smoke it during the day while they work. It's thought that smoking cigarettes gets rid of the pot smell. Of course they're wrong. I suppose that they also figure that since they're polluting the hell out of their lungs with weed, a few ciggies won't do much more damage. BTW, I didn't know they had bike messengers in Jerusalem. Cool! Thanks for the kind words from everyone. Glad you enjoyed. BTW, smoking on bikes is nothing new; witness this old Tour de France photo: http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploads17/tour_de_france_old_passing_cigarette_smoke1279743847.jpg cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: PESO - Race Prep
BTW, smoking on bikes is nothing new; witness this old Tour de France photo: http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploads17/tour_de_france_old_passing_cig arette_smoke1279743847.jpg cheers, frank I love that photo. It's cheap wine in their bidons, too. Back in those days they'd have been disqualified for effeminacy if they'd drunk water. B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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2010/10/6 Bob W p...@web-options.com: BTW, smoking on bikes is nothing new; witness this old Tour de France photo: http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploads17/tour_de_france_old_passing_cig arette_smoke1279743847.jpg cheers, frank I love that photo. It's cheap wine in their bidons, too. Back in those days they'd have been disqualified for effeminacy if they'd drunk water. brilliant... In those days spirits were brave, the stakes were high, men were real men, women were real women and small furry creatures from Alpha Centuari were real small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri. And all dared to brave unknown terrors, to do mighty deeds, to boldly split infinitives that no man had split before -- and thus was the Empire forged. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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On 10/6/2010 10:51 PM, frank theriault wrote: Oddly, lots of messengers smoke. I used to smoke. It's quite an art smoking whilst riding fast. You've kind of got to keep your head up, tilt a bit to the right and hang the cigarette just so out the corner of your mouth. That way smoke and ashes get blown over your shoulder and not into your face. What about your lungs? /ducks for cover/ A significant number of messengers also smoke vast quantities of pot. They smoke it during the day while they work. It's thought that smoking cigarettes gets rid of the pot smell. Of course they're wrong. Hmmm I suppose that they also figure that since they're polluting the hell out of their lungs with weed, a few ciggies won't do much more damage. Given the lung mode of operation when one is riding... BTW, I didn't know they had bike messengers in Jerusalem. Cool! It is actually Tel Aviv ;-). I did not know that either, until a few days ago. Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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nice shot - that's not a fag in his mouth though or is it? thanks for sharing ecke 2010/10/6 frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com: So in another thread I talked a bit about Alleycat races, messenger races through city streets through regular traffic. Basically you pay a couple of bucks (usually $10) and that goes into a kitty for the winner along with donated prizes from courier-friendly businesses. There are a series of checkpoints which are disclosed just prior to the race. Usually the finish point is kept secret until the last minute, too. You go to the checkpoints in any order you want, route yourself any way you want. As long as you get to the final checkpoint with signatures for each one on your manifest, you've finished. Most races are between 15 and 30 miles long. So here's Brian, moments after having received his manifest, figuring out which order he'll do them in. Routing is usually determined on the fly according to traffic flow, etc. No big whoop, just a slice of messenger life: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2010/10/race-prep.html Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. Leica CL, 40mm f2.0 Summicron, TriX, low-rez scan. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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On Oct 5, 2010, at 5:32 PM, eckinator wrote: nice shot - that's not a fag in his mouth though or is it? I always find the combination of bicycling and smoking to be a bit of a cognitive dissonance, as out here in the boonies where bikes aren't very practical transportation they seem to be mostly a toy used by people trying to get in shape. Exactly the sort of people who don't smoke. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
