On Oct 19, 2010, at 8:01 PM, Bill Sawyer wrote: > Drive - I think your soul will thank you... > > BTW, have you thought about an article on McLaren Engines, on 8 Mile? Bruce > has been gone for about 35-40 years, but they are still around, just bought > the building next store.
I read the company history on the web, and it reignited some dead neurons. I had completely forgotten that I wrote about McLaren's Buick Indy engine about 30 years ago. I was working in NY at the time, and I travelled to Detroit to see their engine and shoot some pics. That whole episode had long ago faded into the abyss. Paul > > Bill Sawyer > > > -----Original Message----- > From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of paul > stenquist > Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2010 7:51 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: OT: To drive -- or not > > I have a shoot in Martinsville, Virginia at a race car engine building shop. > I'll be shooting engine assembly procedures, parts and equipment indoors. > It will probably take me the better part of a day. > > My travel expenses will be reimbursed whether I drive or fly. My first > thought was fly. For sure. But looking at flights, I'd have to fly into > Greensboro, NC and I'd have to change planes, perhaps twice. The shortest > flight would be 4 1/2 hours. To that add the two hours prior to flight time > that I'd need to travel from home to the airport and deal with airport crap. > Then another hour at the other end. So Im at 7+ hours. And that's if all the > flights are on time. > > Martinsville is 600 miles from my front door. I can drive there in about ten > hours. If I drive, I can take more equipment -- perhaps even my studio > strobes. I'm thinking now that I should drive. But I don't like to drive for > ten hours, twice in three days. If I fly. I can work on some of my writing > on the plane, so that's a big plus. > > Can't decide. It's a dilemna. > > Paul > -- > 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. -- 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.
