On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 10:26 PM, frank theriault <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 7:57 PM, Rick Womer <[email protected]> wrote: >> The ferries across the river in Basel are interesting. They get their power >> from the current; a cable connects the vessel through a block (pulley) to >> another cable stretched across the river. Using a rudder to keep the hull >> at an angle to the currrent, the boat moves across the river. >> >> The vessel under way: >> >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10204533&size=lg >> >> And the grizzled old skipper guiding ours: >> >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10204543&size=lg > > Judging by the coloured balls strung along the cable it almost looks > like the "gay pride ferry". Interesting means of propulsion. > > I like the collection of characters looking at the camera in the second shot.
Same here. Notice they have a calm look on their faces, unlike those Frank pisses off.:-) Dave > > Both well done. > > cheers, > frank > > -- > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > 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 [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
