Re: OT: England in the Dark?

2019-08-23 Thread mike wilson
> On 23 August 2019 at 01:18 "Daniel J. Matyola" wrote: > > > By any standards, Iceland is in decent shape. Unemployment is less than3%, > and Gross domestic product is $70,000 per capita. > > Forbes: Iceland's economy combines a capitalist structure and free-market > principles with an

Re: OT: England in the Dark?

2019-08-23 Thread mike wilson
> On 22 August 2019 at 22:18 Postmaster wrote: > > > Larry Colen wrote: > > > > >> On Aug 22, 2019, at 12:47 PM, mike wilson wrote: > >> > >> We'd go for the Antonine wall, the Scots would go for Hadrian's and, > >> before you could

Re: OT: England in the Dark?

2019-08-22 Thread mike wilson
We'd go for the Antonine wall, the Scots would go for Hadrian's and, before you could say "Hadaway and shite, yer sassenach poltroon" we'd have naked gingers with big choppers running in the streets of Berwick-on-Tweed. > On 22 August 2019 at 14:56 John wrote: > > > Isn't Hadrian's wall

Re: OT: England in the Dark?

2019-08-22 Thread mike wilson
> On 22 August 2019 at 10:48 Steve Cottrell wrote: > > > On 21/8/19, Ralf R Radermacher, discombobulated, unleashed: > > >This man quite obviously can't wait to drive the country over the cliff > >edge and then blame it all on Europe. > > Interesting read by former Icelandic PM > >

Re: OT: The Life of Riley

2019-08-19 Thread mike wilson
Also https://www.grc.com/spinrite.htm > On 19 August 2019 at 00:03 Paul Sorenson wrote: > > > Knoppix has saved my bacon several times when Windows fails to recognize > a drive... > > https://www.knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html > > -p > > On 8/18/2019 4:24 PM, John wrote: > > ... or

Re: OT: England in the Dark?

2019-08-11 Thread mike wilson
> On 10 August 2019 at 22:19 Bob Pdml wrote: > > > > > On 10 Aug 2019, at 14:37, Alan C wrote: > > > > The Dark Ages were from the departure of the Romans in 410AD to the arrival > > of William the Conqueror in 1066AD. There was a heat wave in those times > > which enabled grapes to be

Re: OT: England in the Dark?

2019-08-10 Thread mike wilson
Bob forgot to put threepence in the meter. > On 10 August 2019 at 13:34 "Daniel J. Matyola" wrote: > > > So, what is going on in the UK? A million people in the dark? > Is this related to the Great European Heat Wave? > > Keep cool over there . . . . > > > Dan Matyola >

Re: More critters from Moss Landing

2019-08-09 Thread mike wilson
> On 09 August 2019 at 07:21 Bob Pdml wrote: > > > In case you're not familiar with the mendacious career of Lyin' Boris: > https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/06/21/482952581/bendy-bananas-and-barmaid-bosoms-the-u-k-s-crazy-anti-eu-food-myths Pity that the one rule never passed was the

Re: OT: possibly politics

2019-08-03 Thread mike wilson
> On 02 August 2019 at 22:05 Stanley Halpin wrote: > > > > > > On Aug 2, 2019, at 2:48 PM, Bob Pdml wrote: > > > >> > >> On 2 Aug 2019, at 18:53, Steve Cottrell wrote: > >> > >> On 2/8/19, Daniel J. Matyola, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> > >>> I fear the UK will now find itself in a

Re: OT: possibly politics

2019-08-02 Thread mike wilson
> On 02 August 2019 at 18:42 "Daniel J. Matyola" wrote: > > > American foreign policy under the current administration defies logic. > > I fear the UK will now find itself in a similar situation. Not for long. Even with the ~10 Northern Ireland MPs propping him up, PM Big Job has only one

Re: Free eBook (reg. 19.95) on Fine Art Printing

2019-08-02 Thread mike wilson
BTDT. I get a link, click on it and a new, pdf, tab opens. It spends a few minutes telling me that stuff is downloading but nothing appears on my activity monitor. Then the little spinning wheel stops. Nothing appears on the screen. Maybe it's a copyright issue, maybe it's to do with the

Re: OT: Otherworldly landscapes—created by whisky

2019-08-02 Thread mike wilson
More to the point, I'm astonished that none of our acutely observational and ever so slightly dipsomaniacal members have not already discovered this art form. > On 02 August 2019 at 00:03 "P. J. Alling" wrote: > > > And that's the most annoying thing.  I assumed since National Geographic >

Re: OT: PC cleanup software

2019-07-31 Thread mike wilson
> On 31 July 2019 at 02:29 John wrote: > > > Windoze has some kind of disk cleanup built in. It might do what you want > without having to install an external program. AFAIK, freeing up RAM is a > function of how many programs are in your startup folder or are set to > auto-start when you

Re: PESO: The Lion Sleeps Tonight

2019-07-29 Thread mike wilson
I did wonder > On 29 July 2019 at 06:38 Alan C wrote: > > > Whoops! Owl, not Cat. > > On 29-Jul-19 07:15 AM, Alan C wrote: > > Nice shots Dan. Those guys must spend a fortune on their hobby. Seldom > > get any in this part of the world but there are some in the big centres. > > > > Here

Re: PESO: migrant hawker in flight

2019-07-27 Thread mike wilson
> On 27 July 2019 at 08:28 Henk Terhell wrote: > > > Catched in flight yesterday what I think is a southern migrant hawker > (Aeshna affinis). > https://flic.kr/p/2gHiwSt > Buzzing around me on the trail close to a pool, so fairly easy to catch. > > Henk We must be having a "good" year.

Re: OT Geso, trail photos

2019-07-24 Thread mike wilson
> On 24 July 2019 at 13:52 David J Brooks wrote: > > > Went on a walk abouit with several other club memebers on the Countryside > Preservr trail in Uxbridge Ont Canada the other day > > http://www.caughtinmotion.com/2019-countryside/album/index.html > > D7200 70-200 f2.8 The butterfly is

Re: Paul's NYTimes piece

2019-07-17 Thread mike wilson
> On 16 July 2019 at 23:53 l...@red4est.com wrote: > > > I'd gladly pay you Tuesday für a freie Bürger today. I was in a Wimpy bar at Easter. Not particularly to buy anything but because I haven't seen one in decades. > > On July 16, 2019 2:45:53 PM PDT, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: > >Am

RE: Paul's NYTimes piece

2019-07-15 Thread mike wilson
Even odder, full-size Mustangs are selling like hot cakes here. > On 16 July 2019 at 00:35 jco...@iinet.net.au wrote: > > > Odd - years ago in Australia everyone had a big, American-style gas-guzzler: > even my mother had a Chrysler Charger as her daily drive. Now, the most > popular cars are

Re: Moss Landing Pelican taking off

2019-07-14 Thread mike wilson
> On 14 July 2019 at 18:14 Bob Pdml wrote: > > > We have them in London, on the Serpentine. They eat the pigeons and small > children. On a sunny day in the park, with a little imagination and a bottle > or two of Lambrini, you can easily picture yourself on the upper reaches of > the

Re: Paul's NYTimes piece

2019-07-14 Thread mike wilson
> On 13 July 2019 at 18:23 Ralf R Radermacher wrote: > > > Am 13.07.19 um 15:59 schrieb mike wilson: > > > This has been common sense for decades in urban environments. I used to > > use a motorcycle for normal transport and hire a car when I needed the >

Re: Paul's NYTimes piece

2019-07-13 Thread mike wilson
> On 13 July 2019 at 11:15 Ralf R Radermacher wrote: > > I'm afraid our future will be one without owning cars. This has been common sense for decades in urban environments. I used to use a motorcycle for normal transport and hire a car when I needed the capacity. It's only since becoming

Re: Paul's NYTimes piece

2019-07-12 Thread mike wilson
> On 12 July 2019 at 23:20 Steve Cottrell wrote: > > > On 12/7/19, mike wilson, discombobulated, unleashed: > > >The other big issue with batteries is the the electrickery has to be > >generated somehow and, at present, that means burning fossil fuels. >

Re: Paul's NYTimes piece

2019-07-12 Thread mike wilson
> On 12 July 2019 at 20:14 Bill wrote: > > > On 7/12/2019 12:13 PM, Alan C wrote: > > So owners will need two cars - one on charge & one on the road. Oh for a > > time machine! > > > > Nope, it's just going to take a while for battery technology to catch up > to the needs of long distance

Re: OT: Test Message

2019-07-11 Thread mike wilson
> On 10 July 2019 at 21:26 John wrote: > > > The chronic problem I've had with using Earthlink with PDML has been that the > server pool in Atlanta where my emails most often go through regularly > appears > on the black-hole SPAM blocking service that the PDML server uses. It's one > guy

Re: Sharper lenses

2019-07-07 Thread mike wilson
> On 06 July 2019 at 21:47 Doug Brewer wrote: > > > Typically, when this sort of situation arises, it's because some IT > Kludgemonkey has decided to tweak a system setting with nary a thought > about the consequences. Essentially, it closes a pipe and the flow of > shit has to find a new

Re: Sharper lenses

2019-07-06 Thread mike wilson
to succeed in writing to PDML. > > > > If he's really who he says he is, of course... ;-) > > > >> mike wilson wrote on 7/6/19 11:35 AM: > >>> I seem to be blocked from mailing to PDML by something called Barracuda. > >>> I can unblock myse

Re: Sharper lenses

2019-07-06 Thread mike wilson
Here's the message that keeps bombing. > On 06 July 2019 at 16:48 "P. J. Alling" wrote: > > > It's PetaPixel, two sentences in and I want to take an ax to the > author.  Read the first comment and I want to hunt down and slowly > torture the commenter to death.  What a great way to start my

Re: Sharper lenses

2019-07-06 Thread mike wilson
And the solo message bombed again. > On 06 July 2019 at 20:22 mike wilson wrote: > > > Bizarre. I did do a copy to Bob, which may have done something to their > algorithm. Or it may have been the extremely rude message I sent on their > website's chatline. >

Re: Sharper lenses

2019-07-06 Thread mike wilson
rry Colen wrote: > > > Interesting scam, because you did seem to succeed in writing to PDML. > > > mike wilson wrote on 7/6/19 11:35 AM: > > I seem to be blocked from mailing to PDML by something called Barracuda. I > > can unblock myself by sending a barra

Re: Sharper lenses

2019-07-06 Thread mike wilson
I seem to be blocked from mailing to PDML by something called Barracuda. I can unblock myself by sending a barrage of personal information, which isn't going to happen without further evidence. Anyone know if this is genuine or just a phishing exercise? > On 06 July 2019 at 17:21 Bob Pdml

Re: PESO 2019 - 070 - GDG

2019-07-05 Thread mike wilson
And _that_ reminds me of: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/photography/2016/12/02/XU6205940_79-19R6-2814846b_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqpJliwavx4coWFCaEkEsb3kvxIt-lGGWCWqwLa_RXJU8.jpg?imwidth=1400 Funny how the mind works, isn't it? > On 04 July 2019 at 22:36 Bob Pdml wrote: > > > Nice. Reminds

Re: Printer reccomendations

2019-06-30 Thread mike wilson
> On 30 June 2019 at 19:11 Ralf R Radermacher wrote: > > > Am 30.06.19 um 18:29 schrieb Igor PDML-StR: > > > 1. The ink cartridges are very small, only 11.4 ml, and considerable > > amount of that ink is consumed when you do "head cleaning" (through the > > internal [comes with the printer

Re: OT: Well that was interesting.

2019-06-29 Thread mike wilson
> On 29 June 2019 at 16:17 "P. J. Alling" wrote: > I used asterisks not because I had to, this is a private mailing list > after all, but because I wanted to. This is a subscription mailing list but is not private in any meaningful sense. All posts are publicly visible in archives. --

Re: Pentax Medium Format

2019-06-27 Thread mike wilson
> On 27 June 2019 at 15:59 Steve Cottrell wrote: > > > On 26/6/19, Larry Colen, discombobulated, unleashed: > > >The good news is that I remember 40+ years ago like it was yesterday. > >The bad news is that I remember yesterday like it was 40+ years ago. > > MARK > > hahaha It's not

Re: Pentax Medium Format

2019-06-26 Thread mike wilson
> On 26 June 2019 at 14:05 Steve Cottrell wrote: > > > Update. > > The Young Man has decided to keep it simple and despite your generous offers > has nabbed some kit from eekbay. > > A Bronica 645 body, waist level finder, 2 x 120 film backs, speedgrip and 2 > lenses - 75mm and 50mm. The

Re: PESO: Jupiter (and moons) with the Bigma

2019-06-21 Thread mike wilson
> On 20 June 2019 at 09:43 Steve Cottrell wrote: > > > On 19/6/19, Larry Colen, discombobulated, unleashed: > > >I think that I did actually manage to pull out enough detail to see that > >Jupiter has stripes, but then again, that could just be artifacts of > >processing. > > > >I think

Re: PESO - confluence of circumstances

2019-06-18 Thread mike wilson
There are two answers to this: 1 Band name, not brand name. or 2 Sailing Gear is not as resonant as Union Duck. Yes is already taken. > On 18 June 2019 at 17:59 "P. J. Alling" wrote: > > > Sailing Gear.  Yes. > > On 6/18/2019 7:08 AM, Doug Brewer wrote: > > "Union Duck" is a great band

Re: Black and White, color, or neither

2019-06-18 Thread mike wilson
> On 18 June 2019 at 07:33 John wrote: > > > On 6/16/2019 14:14:31, mike wilson wrote: > >> On 16 June 2019 at 18:56 John wrote: > >> > >> > >> On 6/16/2019 13:37:47, Larry Colen wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>

Re: Pentax Medium Format

2019-06-17 Thread mike wilson
He's in London, isn't he? Try Nicholas Camera Company, Camden high st, just north of Mornington Crescent Tube station on the left. What you can see in the window on Google maps is, at best, 1/100th of the stock. A real Alladin's cave. Or maybe Steptoe's yard > On 17 June 2019 at 17:48

Re: Black and White, color, or neither

2019-06-16 Thread mike wilson
> On 16 June 2019 at 18:56 John wrote: > > > On 6/16/2019 13:37:47, Larry Colen wrote: > > > > > > John wrote on 6/16/19 10:33 AM: > >> It's not a pigeon, and both of them look like cardboard cutouts. > > > > If not a pigeon, what is it? > > > > Looks like a Eurasian Collared-Dove. They're

Re: Pentax sighting

2019-06-06 Thread mike wilson
> On 06 June 2019 at 22:38 Bob Pdml wrote: > > > > > On 6 Jun 2019, at 17:32, mike wilson wrote: > > > > > >> On 06 June 2019 at 16:00 "Daniel J. Matyola" wrote: > >> > >> > >> I don't understand why people ar

Re: OT Geso Otter greenhouse

2019-06-06 Thread mike wilson
Odd. They otter be there. > On 06 June 2019 at 16:53 "P. J. Alling" wrote: > > > The flowers are pretty, but where are the Otters? > > On 6/5/2019 10:12 AM, David J Brooks wrote: > > A 50 odd shot photo gallery of flowers at a local greenhouse our photo club > > attend yesterday. Last flower

Re: Pentax sighting

2019-06-06 Thread mike wilson
> On 06 June 2019 at 16:00 "Daniel J. Matyola" wrote: > > > I don't understand why people are so enamored of Rolex, especially in the > US. "The name's Bond; James Bond." -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the

Re: Stupid camera tricks

2019-06-05 Thread mike wilson
> On 05 June 2019 at 18:22 Larry Colen wrote: > > > > > Ken Waller wrote on 6/5/19 10:16 AM: > > As an outside chance, have you tried another SD card ? > > Yes, I've tried multiple slots. > > > Does it work in the #2 slot? > > The #2 slot works just fine. > > I took a look inside, I saw

Re: OT: Transatlantic Political Humo(u)r

2019-06-02 Thread mike wilson
s named his children Peaches, Lettuce, Apple and Milo? > > Dan Matyola > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > > > On Sun, Jun 2, 2019 at 3:57 PM mike wilson wrote: > > > You do know that Boris was born in New York, don't you? Be careful what > &g

Re: OT: Transatlantic Political Humo(u)r

2019-06-02 Thread mike wilson
You do know that Boris was born in New York, don't you? Be careful what you wish for. > On 02 June 2019 at 20:25 "Daniel J. Matyola" wrote: > > > It seems the American President is going to England just as a job is > opening up there. Perhaps you can make him an offer he can't refuse? He

Re: Chitwood at night (intermediate processing)

2019-05-28 Thread mike wilson
> On 29 May 2019 at 05:35 Alan C wrote: > > > 65ºC bidet? Good gracious! Great balls of fire. > > My daughter reported the problem to the body corporate (of the block of > flats) yesterday pm and they immediately placed job card to have the TP > safety valve replaced today. Perhaps

Re: OT: La Crosse smart charger. (Also: Amazon Basics batteries)

2019-05-13 Thread mike wilson
In the 90s someone went so far as to create a Z1-p battery grip that was only that - a power source with no controls that allowed the use of AA rechargeables. It was only ever a prototype, though. > On 13 May 2019 at 19:15 John wrote: > > > It would have had to have been 4 AA batteries. >

Re: Eckythump!

2019-05-06 Thread mike wilson
le who > can't think in Geordie while they're reading it. > > > On 6 May 2019, at 17:06, mike wilson wrote: > > > > > >> On 06 May 2019 at 13:45 Mark Roberts wrote: > >> > >> > >> https://imgur.com/NjCpxLX > >>

Re: Eckythump!

2019-05-06 Thread mike wilson
> On 06 May 2019 at 13:45 Mark Roberts wrote: > > > https://imgur.com/NjCpxLX > ;-) I've been asking for faggots and gravy flavour for years but they seem reluctant, for some obscure reason. Courtesy of Viz (http://viz.co.uk/) I presume? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: My sister's ass

2019-05-04 Thread mike wilson
> On 04 May 2019 at 15:21 Steve Cottrell wrote: > > > On 4/5/19, Larry Colen, discombobulated, unleashed: > > >but it turns out that my sister has a really cute ass. > > Do not vovet your sister's ass. > Else the covfefe bites yours. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Grandfather Mountain Video Request

2019-05-01 Thread mike wilson
> On 02 May 2019 at 02:00 Postmaster wrote: > > > Stanley Halpin wrote: > > >> On May 1, 2019, at 7:32 PM, Bob Pdml wrote: > >> > >>> On 1 May 2019, at 14:45, Postmaster wrote: > >>> > >>> Alan C wrote: > >>> > Cotty > > Many thanks. An interesting bit of nostalgia. I'd

Re: PESO Keep out

2019-04-28 Thread mike wilson
I've been across worse in Siberia Does "Posted" have some legal significance? Seems rather tautological, otherwise. > On 28 April 2019 at 22:25 Larry Colen wrote: > > > Yesterday we explored Elk City Road, heading up the Yaquina river and > found this suspension bridge in a slight

Re: OT : annsan's diagnosis and a photo note too

2019-04-26 Thread mike wilson
> On 26 April 2019 at 19:24 ann sanfedele wrote: > > > Bottom line:  somewhere between the bone scan in 2013 and the one I had > last week, osteopenia turned into full fledged osteoporosis.. so it > isnt' arthritis that has been devling me.  My mother had it, I should > not have been

Re: Heading for Ireland & the UK

2019-04-25 Thread mike wilson
If you have an interest in medicine and pharmacy, the Wellcome Foundation, on Euston Road, has an excellent small museum. > On 24 April 2019 at 08:36 Bob Pdml wrote: > > > P.s. I forgot to mention the Royal Academy, which is superb. I would also > mention the Courtauld Gallery, which is my

Re: OT: For the English on this list

2019-04-23 Thread mike wilson
> On 23 April 2019 at 18:35 Steve Cottrell wrote: > > > On 23/4/19, Daniel J. Matyola, discombobulated, unleashed: > > >On this date, we all celebrate England's greatest gift to the world: > >https://www.theweek.co.uk/92984/william-shakespeares-best-poems > > Surely some mistake? > > Fish

Re: Heading for Ireland & the UK

2019-04-23 Thread mike wilson
> On 24 April 2019 at 00:28 Brian W wrote: > > > > > On 24 April 2019 at 02:39 mike wilson wrote: > > > > Missed this response at first. Depending on your choice of coast, your > > route > > south from Ediburgh will take you within about 300 yard

Re: Heading for Ireland & the UK

2019-04-23 Thread mike wilson
> On 21 April 2019 at 01:03 Brian W wrote: > > > > On 20 April 2019 at 16:37 mike wilson wrote: > > > > > > Do you have a more detailed itinerary - so we can tell you where you've gone > > wrong? > > OK > > Flying into Dublin on

Re: GESO Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris.

2019-04-21 Thread mike wilson
r that. > > In fact the demise of the Passenger Pigeon alone modified the > Northeastern forests so that they can no longer be returned to their > original state. > > Yet, the wood rotted in the forest none the less. > > On 4/21/2019 3:46 AM, mike wilson wrote: > > There's th

Re: OT Airport

2019-04-21 Thread mike wilson
It's telling you to open your wallet and say "Help yourself". It's the Apple way. Good Jobs! > On 21 April 2019 at 15:33 David J Brooks wrote: > > > My 11-12 years old Airport express needs to be reset 2-3 times a week. Its > telling me something isn't it. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: GESO Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris.

2019-04-21 Thread mike wilson
e the "wasn't done that way when ND was constructed" argument is > going > to apply to anything they might be able to do today, which means they're left > trying to find the least historically incorrect way of rebuilding. > > On 4/20/2019 02:28:20, mike wilson wrote

Re: Heading for Ireland & the UK

2019-04-20 Thread mike wilson
Do you have a more detailed itinerary - so we can tell you where you've gone wrong? > On 20 April 2019 at 00:36 Brian W wrote: > > > G'day all > > My wife and I will be travelling around Ireland & the UK during May/June, > starting in Dublin and ending in London where we'll be from 7 June

Re: GESO Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris.

2019-04-20 Thread mike wilson
Glulam falls down (possibly literally) in the jointing. The whole point of using green oak is that the joints tighten up as the wood seasons in the building, reducing to neglibility the need for joint maintenance. The system works, as can be seen in the large number of buildings that are

Re: GESO Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris.

2019-04-17 Thread mike wilson
> On 17 April 2019 at 18:52 Bob Pdml wrote: > > > French people are saying 'typical Macron, promising something when he has no > idea whether it is possible or not'. One article i read suggests that it will > take up to 40 years. The bishop has already said it will be closed for at > least 5

Re: OT, looking for some GB travel advice for a couple of friends

2019-04-16 Thread mike wilson
> On 16 April 2019 at 19:09 Steve Cottrell wrote: > > > On 16/4/19, Larry Colen, discombobulated, unleashed: > > >We are staying a few days in the Cotswolds - Painswick area right > >outside Gloucester. We are using it as a base to foray out to see the > >medieval. A time in Bath, over to

Re: OT, looking for some GB travel advice for a couple of friends

2019-04-16 Thread mike wilson
> On 16 April 2019 at 15:55 Larry Colen wrote: > > > I've got a couple of friends from the Oregon coast heading to GB in a > short while. There are quite a few folks on this list that live, or > visit that part of the world, though my memory and geographic knowledge > isn't good enough to

Re: OT: Buyer Beware

2019-04-14 Thread mike wilson
> On 14 April 2019 at 14:51 David J Brooks wrote: > > > On Sun, Apr 14, 2019 at 9:03 AM Alan C wrote: > > > > My younger daughter had the misfortune of cam belt failure on her 1995 > > Hyundai Accent 1.5 csi. to square > > > Thanks for listening. I feel much better now. > > I had a 79 GMC

Re: GESO (7) - Spring Walk

2019-04-09 Thread mike wilson
Odd. My camera whimpers when I pick it up. > On 09 April 2019 at 02:08 Rick Womer wrote: > > > My camera was whimpering in its bag Sunday afternoon, begging for a walk on a > lovely day. So, we went to Woodland Cemetery, where many things were in bloom. > >

Re: lbb ID help

2019-04-08 Thread mike wilson
When they wake you up in the morning, the last word is not bird. > On 08 April 2019 at 14:23 Alan C wrote: > > > lbb? little brown bird? We call them sbj's (small brown jobs) over here. > > Alan C > > On 08-Apr-19 07:23 AM, Larry Colen wrote: > > I was leaving a friend's house this afternoon

Re: lbb ID help

2019-04-07 Thread mike wilson
https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/black-phoebe > On 08 April 2019 at 06:23 Larry Colen wrote: > > > I was leaving a friend's house this afternoon and a lbb kept sitting on > the fence across the street from where I parked my car. > > > >

Re: April PUG is up

2019-04-07 Thread mike wilson
Some ingenious twists on the theme, as I hoped. I do have a picture of the interior of a cathedral organ, on the as-yet unrecovered duff drive, but had to go with a subsitute. > On 07 April 2019 at 08:40 Brian W wrote: > > > G'day all > > Probably not surprising - a small gallery this

Re: OT: This explains a lot

2019-04-02 Thread mike wilson
> On 02 April 2019 at 01:05 Bill wrote: > > > https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/apr/01/posh-boys-better-bullshitters-women-ucl > > enjoy Unfortunate choice of publication date for such a truthful article. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: OT - Another legit use beer

2019-03-25 Thread mike wilson
> On 25 March 2019 at 19:54 Postmaster wrote: > > > Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > >The article state: > > > >" As for the beer itself, SuperEIGHT has an alcohol content of 5.3% and 'is > >made with eight heroic ingredients including prickly pear, mango, > >boysenberry, blackberry, raspberry,

Re: PESO The joy of digital

2019-03-25 Thread mike wilson
> On 24 March 2019 at 20:10 Paul Stenquist wrote: > > > change the exposure in poet .. Pity it's so early in the morning. I'm sure there's a pun or two in there. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the

Re: OT: CAT

2019-03-23 Thread mike wilson
> On 23 March 2019 at 17:49 Alan C wrote: > > > What do you make of these? > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/47397077752/ No preflash on the top picture? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the

Re: OT strange noises

2019-03-23 Thread mike wilson
Heson Blumenthal would probably pay a substantial sum for a picture of an apple stuffed with a goose. > On 23 March 2019 at 07:43 Henk Terhell wrote: > > > First take a picture of it for coming PUG. > > Op 2019-03-22 om 22:09 schreef Bob Pdml: > > You've probably got some Canada geese stuck

Re: OT strange noises

2019-03-23 Thread mike wilson
Suggesting that any Apple product is big enough for even a single Canada goose to hide in probably warrants a visit from the Apple intafada to, er, adjust your attitude. I agre with your suggested cure for most Apple ills, however. I believe the technical term is dunking. > On 22 March 2019

Re: OT strange noises

2019-03-22 Thread mike wilson
> On 22 March 2019 at 14:54 David J Brooks wrote: > > > Just tossing this out there to see if there is any solutions to my > strange problem. > > A few months ago i started to hear noises in my computer room that at > first oi attributed to outside bird activity, upon closer > earzamination

Re: OT: Another stupid question ...

2019-03-10 Thread mike wilson
t; > lol!  MIke - that happens to me sooo often!    as with when Ken told me > about skunk's hind paws. > note to self and to you... SAVE THE LINK :-) > > ann > > On 3/10/2019 4:35 AM, mike wilson wrote: > > Now I'll have to go and find whatever it was that I read. >

Re: OT: Another stupid question ...

2019-03-10 Thread mike wilson
ns of > inflammation in some of his subjects’ colons, but no virus was recovered (or > even sought. > > Rick > > > On Mar 9, 2019, at 10:34 AM, mike wilson wrote: > > > > > >> On 09 March 2019 at 02:39 Rick Womer wrote: > >> > >> &

Re: OT: Another stupid question ...

2019-03-09 Thread mike wilson
> On 09 March 2019 at 02:39 Rick Womer wrote: > > > John, > > My professional opinion as a pediatrician: > > Having measles confers lifelong immunity. So does the measles vaccine. > > The current measles outbreaks are the result of growing numbers of > UNvaccinated children of “anti-vax”

Re: OT: Another stupid question ...

2019-03-07 Thread mike wilson
You could ask to be checked for measles antibodies. Presence will show you have been exposed and are still immune. > On 07 March 2019 at 17:08 John wrote: > > > ... but I know there are medical professionals on the list who might know the > answer. > > I'm almost 70 years old, and I'm

Re: OT: Thunderbird oddity?

2019-03-06 Thread mike wilson
> On 06 March 2019 at 19:40 Bob Pdml wrote: > > > > > On 6 Mar 2019, at 19:20, John wrote: > > > > On 3/5/2019 16:10:24, mike wilson wrote: > >>> On 05 March 2019 at 21:07 John wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>

Re: The Upsetting Real Story Behind The Afghan Girl National Geographic Cover

2019-03-06 Thread mike wilson
> On 05 March 2019 at 22:22 Bill wrote: > > > On 3/4/2019 1:17 PM, mike wilson wrote: > > You would think, if any of the below was true, that he would have been > > kicked out of Magnum. Yet there his page is... > > That's because none of it is true. &

Re: OT: Thunderbird oddity?

2019-03-05 Thread mike wilson
> On 05 March 2019 at 21:07 John wrote: > > > On the message pane for Thunderbird I have several buttons - "Reply List", > "Reply", "Forward", "Archive", "Junk" and "Delete". But, I've noticed that > whenever there's a message that Thunderbird thinks might be junk, the "Junk" > button is no

Re: The Upsetting Real Story Behind The Afghan Girl National Geographic Cover

2019-03-04 Thread mike wilson
You would think, if any of the below was true, that he would have been kicked out of Magnum. Yet there his page is... > On 03 March 2019 at 02:07 "Daniel J. Matyola" wrote: > > > In 1984, Steve McCurry took a photo that captured the hearts of readers > across the globe. Unfortunately,

Re: PESO: Happy St. David's Day! (March 1)

2019-03-01 Thread mike wilson
> On 01 March 2019 at 03:32 Postmaster wrote: > > > Back from 2005. Panorama made with the lowly ist-D, from the summit of > Snowdon. > > https://www.robertstech.com/temp/7d500819-20.jpg That brought back many happy memories, mainly of walking the Glyders to the left. It wasn't that sunny,

Re: L-bracket

2019-02-16 Thread mike wilson
I'm not sure whether to find that very offensive or to wonder which is which... > On 16 February 2019 at 19:48 Bob W-PDML wrote: > > > Alternatively you could compare them to two surgeons - Jack the Ripper and > Hannibal Lecter. > > > On 16 Feb 2019, at 16:54, Postmaster wrote: > > > >

Re: PESO - Flower

2019-02-07 Thread mike wilson
> On 06 February 2019 at 18:10 Bulent Celasun wrote: > > > At last a Pentax shot! > > https://tinyurl.com/ycvtwvrv > > Could anyone please tell the name of the flower? > I do not know it even in Turkish : ( You've been Schlumming again. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schlumbergera --

Re: Got 1 half-way decent shot of the eclipse

2019-01-22 Thread mike wilson
> On 21 January 2019 at 19:21 Bob W-PDML wrote: > > > > > > On 21 Jan 2019, at 18:30, John wrote: > > > >> On 1/21/2019 09:16:26, Postmaster wrote: > >> Visiting our friends in North Carolina and staying at their cabin in > >> the Blue Ridge. The skies were very clear but I was woefully

Re: Sorry about my absence

2019-01-15 Thread mike wilson
> On 15 January 2019 at 20:02 John wrote: > > > On 1/14/2019 18:23:47, mike wilson wrote: > >> On 14 January 2019 at 23:05 Postmaster wrote: > >> > >> > >> I've been unusually busy for a while (nothing bad) so I've been off > >> line mor

Re: Sorry about my absence

2019-01-14 Thread mike wilson
> On 14 January 2019 at 23:05 Postmaster wrote: > > > I've been unusually busy for a while (nothing bad) so I've been off > line more than usual and I've decided I can't do the Photo Annual this > year. Participation and, more critically, sales, has been declining > for some time and I can't

Re: OT, the brits on this list treat us Yanks with the greatest respect

2019-01-14 Thread mike wilson
> On 14 January 2019 at 21:07 Bob W-PDML wrote: > > > > > > On 14 Jan 2019, at 19:18, mike wilson wrote: > > > >> > >> That cuts both ways. Don't remember who said it, but ... > >> > >> "The U.K. and the U.S. are two cou

Re: Did I miss the PDML annual announcement?

2019-01-14 Thread mike wilson
> On 14 January 2019 at 17:26 Igor PDML-StR wrote: > > > > Hi All! > > I didn't find the announcement from Mark for the PDML Annual submission. > But then I didn't see anybody asking about it either (as it sometimes > happened before). I only saw the PDML quotation list. > > Did I miss some

Re: OT, the brits on this list treat us Yanks with the greatest respect

2019-01-14 Thread mike wilson
> On 14 January 2019 at 03:49 John wrote: > > > That cuts both ways. Don't remember who said it, but ... > > "The U.K. and the U.S. are two countries separated by a common language." If it wasn't Samuel Langhorne Clemens, it was Winston Spencer Churchill. Probably both. At the same time.

Re: OT: To our British Pentxians

2019-01-13 Thread mike wilson
y.com/danieljmatyola > > > On Sun, Jan 13, 2019 at 9:55 AM mike wilson wrote: > > > > On 13 January 2019 at 14:00 "Daniel J. Matyola" > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > I just want to sent my sympathies and good wishes to all of you in the

Re: OT: To our British Pentxians

2019-01-13 Thread mike wilson
> On 13 January 2019 at 14:00 "Daniel J. Matyola" wrote: > > > I just want to sent my sympathies and good wishes to all of you in the > tough week ahead. Take comfort in knowing that you are more likely to > survive this crisis than the US is to survive the one we are going > through. Hard to

Re: Tis the season (for the PDML Quotations List)

2019-01-12 Thread mike wilson
Anyone heard from Mark recently? > On 05 January 2019 at 23:06 mike wilson wrote: > > > No annual this year? > > > On 25 December 2018 at 03:13 Postmaster wrote: > > > > > > https://www.robertstech.com/quote.htm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail Lis

Re: A car park wall

2019-01-11 Thread mike wilson
> On 12 January 2019 at 07:28 Bob W-PDML wrote: > > > >> > >> If I'd thought a bit more I could have called it "A big, beautiful wall". > >> > >> Got any pictures of fences? > >> > >> Will this do? > >> > >> https://web-options.com/2018/09/08/caravanserai/ > > > > Excellent. Highlights

Re: A car park wall

2019-01-11 Thread mike wilson
> On 11 January 2019 at 23:18 Bob W-PDML wrote: > > > > On 11 Jan 2019, at 21:16, mike wilson > mailto:m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com>> wrote: > > On 11 January 2019 at 19:55 Bob W-PDML > mailto:p...@web-options.com>> wrote: > > > Thanks y'all. &g

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