And to think I had joked about Paul's jeep having the Detroit option (a
missing externally mounted spare tire). Who woulda thunk it?
Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Sawyer" <[email protected]>
Subject: RE: Detroit PDML, It Began Nicely
Ouch, Paul!!
I'm glad it wasn't worse, and that it was daylight. Junk in the roadway -
also normal for Detroit.
Fun day otherwise, thanks for bringing the Leica. They should be reopening
the standing photography exhibit in the fall, no idea yet what they have
planned. Maybe we can do it again, this time in your new Bradley Fighting
Vehicle...
Bill Sawyer
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
paul
stenquist
Sent: Sunday, June 06, 2010 5:04 PM
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
Subject: Detroit PDML, It Began Nicely
Bill Sawyer, Ken Waller, and I had a good time at the Detroit Institute of
Art. The Robert Frank exhibit consisted of his shots of Detroit, many of
which are not in his book, "The Americans." Some of the images are superb,
with plenty of storytelling and nice rendering. A few are borderline in
regard to the rendering and exposures. Not everything that's out of focus
and poorly exposed is art:-). But overall, the work is interesting and
revealing.
That was good. Then we went to lunch at Traffic Jam and Snug, which is one
of the few places near the museum that's open on Sunday. Good as always.
We
all refrained from sampling their excellent home brews since it was just
barely noon.
Left for home at about 1PM. Could have taken Woodward all the way as I
usually due, but we had some serious flooding, and I was afraid some of
the
underpasses might be closed. So I took the Interstate. I was motoring
along
in the left lane at about 80, which is normal for Detroit, when the guy in
front of me swerved hard to the left. Right there about two car lengths
ahead was what appeared to be a tire in the land. Since I was driving my
Jeep, I figured that if I did a slalom move to avoid it, I'd end up on my
head with the greasy side showing. So I moved over as far as I could
without
doing a violent move, and I hit the tire. Turned out it was a tire and
wheel. Blew out both right side tires, but managed to get things under
control and pulled off to the shoulder on the left side of the lane. No
way
I could make it to the right shoulder through heavy traffic. Sat for two
hours before I could get a flatbed out there. Paid him $175 to haul the
Jeep
25 miles to my place and drop it in the driveway. Figure I'll still come
out
ahead by beating the wheels off myself and buying two tires at a discount
tire store. If he had taken it to a Detroit shop, they would have raped
me,
and each employee would probably have taken a turn.
Anyway, I'm home now, enjoying an adult beverage.
Good PDML Detroit. Bad trip home.
Paul
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