Re: [silk] Books to be given away
On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 8:47 AM, Deepak Misra dee...@deepakmisra.com wrote: With a heavy heart I have started compressing my library with a ruthless purging of books. Well, I hope the NatGeo collection stays, Deepak! :) The ruthlessness of my purging...did not last very long! Deepa.
Re: [silk] Books to be given away
On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 2:07 PM, Deepa Mohan mohande...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 8:47 AM, Deepak Misra dee...@deepakmisra.comwrote: With a heavy heart I have started compressing my library with a ruthless purging of books. Well, I hope the NatGeo collection stays, Deepak! :) The ruthlessness of my purging...did not last very long! Deepa. Hi Deepa Nice to hear from you. Nat Geos are going to stay for this and many future generations of Misras. No way they are going to leave my house :-) There is a guarantee provided by me, that you can ask for them whenever you want them back if you miss them so much. People still dont believe my luck to get such a collection so easily. I have not got around yet to making a dedicated bookshelf exclusively for this collection, but I will get around to it one of these days. btw: I have a Cannon SLR EOS 1000F with a 35-50mm lens purchased in 1992 . This was in the days when digital was not invented as yet and this took real excellent photos. There is some small problem in the shutter assembly which needs looking at and possibly fungus in the lens. If you are interested in the old fashioned photography with old fashioned film, I would like to offer it to you. Let me know if you think you could and would use it. Are you in Bangalore right now ? I remember that you were on a long visit to USA. btw: i assume that you are aware of this group freecycleblr? This is a real nice way to dispose of things you dont need though I suspect that it is not fully used in India in the spirit for which ti was intended. You can check out this group at yahoogroups if you have not heard of it. Deepak
Re: [silk] Books to be given away
Hi Deepak! Oh, no, when you feel that your baby is in good hands, you don't worry :) I was in the US from April to October, came back to Blr for a short 3-month break, and am back in St.Louis now. Hope to finish up and be back home in 6 months' time! We have our own Canon A1 to dispose of...using film is well-nigh impossible for us now, with no one willing to process our pictures! I am still planning to get rid of more stuff when I return, and that's not just books...let's see how it goes. my husband is a Grade A pack rat and rarely gives permission! (He only agreed to the NatGeo because you were taking it home with you.) Cheers, and I have NO regrets about giving you the magazines! Deepa. On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 2:25 PM, Deepak Misra yahoogro...@deepakmisra.comwrote:
Re: [silk] Books to be given away
On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 2:52 PM, Deepa Mohan mohande...@gmail.com wrote: I am still planning to get rid of more stuff when I return, and that's not just books...let's see how it goes. my husband is a Grade A pack rat and rarely gives permission! (He only agreed to the NatGeo because you were taking it home with you.) Cheers, and I have NO regrets about giving you the magazines! Deepa. I also have the hoarder mentality and tried to keep everything. I have all electricity, telephone, credit card bills from the last 10-15 years. I finally scanned everything (even though I really did not need them) and threw them out. We have now started with things in the loft (like the thermos flask we got 10 years back, 2 geysers, ...) The books were overflowing all over the place and I took the decision to get rid of everything I had not read and was not planning to read in the next 6 months. It was real tough at the begining It gives you a very good feeling once you remove everything you dont need. Some amount of inspiration from http://mnmlist.com/minimalist-books/ and http://zenhabits.net/ Deepak
Re: [silk] Books to be given away
On Monday 01 Feb 2010 2:25:19 pm Deepak Misra wrote: btw: I have a Cannon SLR EOS 1000F with a 35-50mm lens purchased in 1992 . This was in the days when digital was not invented as yet and this took real excellent photos. There is some small problem in the shutter assembly which needs looking at and possibly fungus in the lens. If you are interested in the old fashioned photography with old fashioned film, I would li With respect Sir - in 2010 this is junk. As is the stuff I have in this genre 1) A Nikon F 301 35 mm film camera bought in 1986 when the only fancy feature was auto wind, with Sigma and Tamron lenses 28-80 mm, and 75-200 mm 2) A Canon autofocus idiot proof 35mm film camera 3) Panasonic camera as above 4) An Olympus Pen half frame compact camera with a built in exposure meter bought in 1977 5) A Box camera for 120 mm film bought in 1962 6) An 8 mm film Camera and projector I am keeping some of this stuff hoping they will become collectors items. shiv
Re: [silk] Books to be given away
On Monday 01 Feb 2010 3:13:22 pm Deepak Misra wrote: . I finally scanned everything Am currently scaning all the transparencies (slides) that I took in my early enthu-cutlet photographer days. I threw away 10 years worth of National Geographic recently - telling myself I would buy the CD set sometime. shiv
Re: [silk] Books to be given away
On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 1:42 PM, ss cybers...@gmail.com wrote: On Monday 01 Feb 2010 2:25:19 pm Deepak Misra wrote: btw: I have a Cannon SLR EOS 1000F with a 35-50mm lens purchased in 1992 . This was in the days when digital was not invented as yet and this took real excellent photos. There is some small problem in the shutter assembly which needs looking at and possibly fungus in the lens. If you are interested in the old fashioned photography with old fashioned film, I would li With respect Sir - in 2010 this is junk. As is the stuff I have in this genre 1) A Nikon F 301 35 mm film camera bought in 1986 when the only fancy feature was auto wind, with Sigma and Tamron lenses 28-80 mm, and 75-200 mm Hold on to this till Dec 2010, please! I want! 5) A Box camera for 120 mm film bought in 1962 Don't ever sell this. Pretty soon, it might be very important. http://holykaw.alltop.com/most-expensive-and-oldest-camera-in-the-world? C -- http://www.uk.linkedin.com/in/chandrachoodan http://www.flickr.com/photos/ravages http://www.selectiveamnesia.org/ +447940289855
Re: [silk] Books to be given away
On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 7:15 PM, ss cybers...@gmail.com wrote: I threw away 10 years worth of National Geographic recently - telling myself I would buy the CD set sometime. shiv WHAT! Shiv...there is at least one member of this list who gladly takes old issues of NG, and keeps them carefully in the ancestral home! Deepa.
Re: [silk] Books to be given away
ss cybers...@gmail.com wrote: 4) An Olympus Pen half frame compact camera with a built in exposure meter bought in 1977 I might break into your house just for this. How tempting...
Re: [silk] Books to be given away
On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 4:42 PM, ss cybers...@gmail.com wrote: 4) An Olympus Pen half frame compact camera with a built in exposure meter bought in 1977 These ones are getting pretty rare ... Since not too many used examples work. A good example still fetches good money 5) A Box camera for 120 mm film bought in 1962 Not this one though ... a few people still use Kodak brownies ... but they sell for $5
[silk] Books to be given away
With a heavy heart I have started compressing my library with a ruthless purging of books. The first list of books up for grabs is here: http://www.librarything.com/catalog/deepak_bookstobegive In case Bangalore silk-listers would like any of the books send me a mail offlist. Note that most of the books are in good condition while others are in bad shape. please mention in the mail that you are from silk-list. Thanks Deepak Misra
Re: [silk] Books to be given away
Deepak Misra [01/02/10 08:47 +0530]: With a heavy heart I have started compressing my library with a ruthless purging of books. In madras - I have a bunch (but too many to catalog and scan covers) Mostly picked up from 2nd hand bookstores like the abids sunday market in hyderabad. so has all the pages is the most I can say for quite a lot of them. assorted novels - well known authors (james michener, elizabeth george, james clavell, etc). some classics. several hundred books. Someone wants stuff like these, email me. Willing to give away books (or maybe swap for them). Typically will swap fiction for fiction, I dont have too much of a taste (or the time and inclination) for non fiction at all
Re: [silk] Books to be given away
Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote, [on 2/1/2010 10:08 AM]: Someone wants stuff like these, email me. Willing to give away books (or maybe swap for them). Typically will swap fiction for fiction, I dont have too much of a taste (or the time and inclination) for non fiction at all Come by to Bangalore on 13th with a bag full of books. :) Udhay -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))
Re: [silk] Books to be given away
Udhay Shankar N [01/02/10 10:19 +0530]: Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote, [on 2/1/2010 10:08 AM]: Someone wants stuff like these, email me. Willing to give away books (or maybe swap for them). Typically will swap fiction for fiction, I dont have too much of a taste (or the time and inclination) for non fiction at all Come by to Bangalore on 13th with a bag full of books. :) Given I'm flying out to san fran on the 13th night, no can do
