Re: OT: England shaken to its foundations

2009-03-03 Thread Mme RD
my goodness ! it was brought over by immigrants ? ... ROTFL Bob W a écrit : Terrible news: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7919429.stm Thank God we still have the Pythons: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19fcN3VaXs4 Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: OT - website video test

2009-01-29 Thread Mme RD
works fine on my Imac with Leopard (OSX version 10.5.6)and his Firefox (2.0.0.11)... ... ; dom Cotty a écrit : Hi gang, I'm testing some video on my website - if you'd like to try it on your computer and connection, please feel free. it's a 3 minute test and is currently too small, and

Re: A bit of Nikon bashing

2008-12-17 Thread Mme RD
now I know what the video is about, i saw it on a TV program questionning the taste of it all ... dom it's true were a bit touchy when it comes to the Nazis ... but then we have good reasons for that ... and a lot of them are still alive if not kicking .. dom Adam Maas a écrit : German

Re: A bit of Nikon bashing

2008-12-14 Thread Mme RD
AlunFoto a écrit : Hi gang, This one is a week old already, so maybe it's been posted here before. It gave me a good laugh anyway, so to those who haven't seen it; behold the Nikonian with the moustache. :-) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnwf2RShNV0 cheers, Jostein not available in my

Re: PESO 2008 - 165 - GDG

2008-11-02 Thread Mme RD
how strange ! this pics is all about my feelings when it comes to going to the dentist's : stepping into Hell's mouth ..lol... love it ! Dom from rainy Paris, france. Godfrey DiGiorgi a écrit : My early morning walks have been pulling me farther and farther into the night before dawn

Re: Grace does Velma, a Halloween Gallery

2008-11-01 Thread Mme RD
I had forgotten this character was called Velma though i love Scoubidou (french spelling .. ;-) ) cartoons this little girl is getting prettier every minute ... dom Christine Aguila a écrit : Paul: Those are great fun, Paul. Grace looks great. Enjoyed seeing those. Cheers, Christine

Re: PESO: That Look!

2008-11-01 Thread Mme RD
aren't we seeing you shooting the picture in the eyes of the cat my cat feels he has to come and sniff the camera when i try to do this ... argh! ... dom Walter Hamler a écrit : LOL!!! I remember that Twilight Zone episode! Walt On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 6:33 PM, David J

Re: PESO: Crossroads

2008-10-26 Thread Mme RD
love it ! colours and all the clouds definitely add something to the atmosphere .. dom from sunny Paris, france. .timbercode a écrit : http://flickr.com/photos/timbah/2971531681/ A tram crossing near to my home. I walk there day by day but just take this picture today... :) Cheers, t

Re: PESO: Sir Spencer, Dragon Slayer

2008-10-26 Thread Mme RD
nice one ! .. e ... looks like the lizard' took the picture ... :D dom David J Brooks a écrit : Very crisp shot. The bits of grass cover on the face works. Dave On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 7:28 PM, Walter Hamler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: the nanny state continues to grow ...

2008-10-26 Thread Mme RD
Oh well, don't know about the US but over here your life expectancy is 10mn on the emergency lane on a highway ... and we still wouldn't be wearing seatbelts if it weren't for the nanny ... since july 1st any driver must have this kind of flashy yellow vest in the car . Hence the ad

Re: OT: Black Silicone Could Change Digital Photography Forever

2008-10-14 Thread Mme RD
Pity .. i just imagined girlies with very black silicon boobs sensitive to infra-red ! .rotfl. dom DagT a écrit : Please note that there´s a significant difference between silicon, used in microprocessors, sensors etc , and silicone, used in film stars etc. DagT Den 13. okt..

Re: PESO: solitary commuter

2008-10-12 Thread Mme RD
lol ...I wish Paris underground were that empty at 9 am.. and wish it were that wide too it's impressive and the small human silhouette gives the scale of things ... dom Subash a écrit : hi, in my city, about three years back they built what is called the Metropolitan Mass Rapid

Re: PESO 2008 - 150 - GDG

2008-10-11 Thread Mme RD
frank theriault a écrit : On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 1:06 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Back from the workshop in Anacortes, Washington ... I found the boatyard across the street was building a rig tender. http://homepage.mac.com/godders/150-assemblingbow.jpg Beautiful!

Re: The beginning of the end for street photography?

2008-10-11 Thread Mme RD
that guy was from Poland where drunk people are so numerous you find them on youtube more often than not . I don't think he realized but , honestly would _you_ go and shoot anybody being sick with your mobile phone and a flash and right under her nose ?? it's not the photo that's shocking

Re: Daily life in Fez

2008-10-11 Thread Mme RD
that was sweet ! the caption says it all : English table ! Bovril is unknown here and every french person I know wonders how anybody in his /her right mind can eat Marmite on slices of bread ! especially when you have to find some for a poor Australian guy lost in an unforgiving

Re: Would you like to see some kittens?

2008-10-06 Thread Mme RD
Bob W a écrit : While looking through the 1,000+ photos I took in Fez last week I noticed quite a few that probably would not appeal to Mike Johnston, and are not normally my cup of tea either, come to that. Fez has quite a large population of feral cats, living off scraps and presumably also

Re: Cruel Contemplations

2008-10-05 Thread Mme RD
Joseph McAllister a écrit : A thought that disturbs me more than the loss of this gear, i.e.: enters my mind more often, is some crack heads realizing it's either nothing they can use, or is too easily identifiable, and just chucking it in a dumpster, or worse, playing smash it against the

Re: Off Topic: Question of literature

2008-10-05 Thread Mme RD
Bob W a écrit : Paul, try reading Dickens's journalism - it is of the very highest quality, with far greater immediacy than his literature. As for Boris's question, I would recommend H G Wells. it's not science fiction but i quite enjoyed reading Christopher Isherwood and Jean Rhys

Re: OT: Wonders of Ebay :)

2008-10-01 Thread Mme RD
[EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : Only in England...: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article1749217.ece You can never know... -- 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

Re: Happy Birthday, David!

2008-09-29 Thread Mme RD
Bon anniversaire !! i think i'll use that 29+ trick from now on lol ... dom Bob Sullivan a écrit : Happy birthday Dave. If it's 30, it's a high milage 30... ;-) Regards, Bob S. On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 5:05 PM, Ken Waller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yeah, by all means Dave, you

Re: OT: North By Northwest

2008-09-25 Thread Mme RD
David Mann a écrit : On Sep 25, 2008, at 9:29 AM, frank theriault wrote: I know it's counter-intuitive, but helmets actually increase risk-taking behaviour. Since they were wearing helmets they thought they were invincible, and so considered copulating on a railroad track before an oncoming

Re: PESO: Sára (it's Sarah in hunga rian)

2008-09-11 Thread Mme RD
Ps.: She likes cookies very much :) that's how the pictures were made :) I was putting a cookie next to the lens and she got seduced by it :P so that's why she looks like Einstein calculating his famous formula ! lol . lovely colours too ... dom -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

Re: Porcupine Quills and Skinny Jeans

2008-08-01 Thread Mme RD
lol... so you read Ma Ramotswe too ? .. lol .. i'm afraid they'd be part of the girls who didn't study hard enough and relied on their charms to get a job ... dom Bob W a écrit : I wonder how Mma Ramotswe feels about these girls. And Mma Makutse - how many of them do you think

Re: Pentax pro service in Europe?

2008-07-20 Thread Mme RD
I'm not a professional but i know it 's possible to take your cameras to Pentax France or send it through the post (in a Paris suburb) for repairs and they send it back. Not the same in the Netherlands ? dom AlunFoto a écrit : I've never heard of any dedicated pro-service challel in Europe.

Re: PESO: In the Garden

2008-07-14 Thread Mme RD
Remember that song I'm a Barbie girl in a Barbie world by Aqua ?... she's a lovely Barbie in a colourful world ... must be grandfatherly love transmitting itself to the camera ... she'salways sooo pretty .. [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7556834

Re: Street Studio

2008-05-25 Thread Mme RD
did you notice the slideshow of Annie Leibowitz photographs for Disney ? weird .. dom Paul Stenquist a écrit : Good stuff. The emperor disrobed. Paul On May 25, 2008, at 5:33 AM, Bob W wrote: al_arts/article3979526.ece -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Peso Fist Cardinal

2008-05-08 Thread Mme RD
Ken Waller a écrit : true i'd never have guessed the Jays were a base ball team That's a cardinal sin around Toronto... Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f ROTFL .. dom http://www.flickr.com/photos/romdomi/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO: Bleeding Heart

2008-05-08 Thread Mme RD
Paul Stenquist a écrit : http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7234010size=lg I just love those flowers , called Mary's hearts (coeurs de Marie ) over here and i've got some in a container . One of the signs Spring is coming ... great photo ! dom http://www.flickr.com/photos/romdomi/

Re: PESO: McJunkyard

2008-05-08 Thread Mme RD
Brian Walters a écrit : Given that the world economy is on a downturn, is this the time for McDonalds to be diversifying?. http://www.blognow.com.au/PESO/87764/McJunkyard.html Cheers Brian (PS: In case anyone is wondering, the sign reads Reward: Lost dog, black and white, one eye,

Re: Peso Fist Cardinal

2008-05-06 Thread Mme RD
lol . true i'd never have guessed the Jays were a base ball team dom Jack Davis a écrit : David, appears that, for some readers, your play on major league baseball (Jays/Cardinals) went pretty much un-'gotten'. Guess, for the benefit of some, you should explain it. ;) Jack ---

Re: PESO: reed in spring

2008-05-04 Thread Mme RD
Toine a écrit : Desaturated all colors except green. Flash version: http://www.repiuk.nl/peso Only the jpg: http://www.repiuk.nl/images/PESO/riet.jpg A400/5.6, K10D Comments are welcome. strange ... but nice. could well be used by a textile editor dom -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: GESO: New Nephew

2008-05-03 Thread Mme RD
lol... Grace will have company then if he is half as photogenic , there are lots of great photos coming dom John Celio a écrit : Thanks Dom, Bob, Godders and Christine. I can't wait till his mom lets me use a flash around him, so I can try some shots with greater depth of field. I'm

PESO

2008-05-03 Thread Mme RD
no nephew at hand nor grand daughter so cat and orchids ... one raises what one can .. ;-) lol .. my favorite orchid in bloom now : psychopsis mariposa . http://www.flickr.com/photos/romdomi/2459229642/in/set-72157604838935760/ dom -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Enabled

2008-05-03 Thread Mme RD
Margus Männik a écrit : Sometimes home and sick isn't that bad at all. At least I had time for my DA*300 I got few days ago. When I handled it first (in January) I wasn't sure to get it - DA*60-250 sounded better for me. Now it seems that I have to get 'em both. Yes, it will be expensive

Re: GESO: New Nephew

2008-05-02 Thread Mme RD
John Celio a écrit : My sister-in-law had her first baby early this morning (May 1st). Little Anthony Joseph Celio is my first nephew, and will eventually be my godson, too. E well done ! the little boy is really cute and there's so much love showing from everybody .. dom -- PDML

Re: Traveling issues ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

2008-05-01 Thread Mme RD
mike wilson a écrit : From: Gaetan Beauchamp [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2008/05/01 Thu PM 12:27:06 GMT To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Traveling issues ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Hello everyone! Need advices on a travelling issues. I expect to go in Pragua for 10 days one thing is certain : you will

Re: Camera Bag for Travel Kit

2008-04-23 Thread Mme RD
Bob W a écrit : [snipped: totally biased and 1100% totally and utterly untrue and totally unjust rant against the pearl of Australian cities and its gentle folk obviously by some total drongo who knows totally stuff all and nothing about culchah or totally fine places and people culchah

Re: Camera Bag for Travel Kit

2008-04-23 Thread Mme RD
Can't see the sharks :-\ How disappointing ! dom from Paris, France Anthony Farr a écrit : Here's Melbourne's most famous beach: http://tinyurl.com/5dk3x7 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please

Re: PESO -- Friendly Advice

2008-04-22 Thread Mme RD
errrand that's when the chihuahas come into the picture ! :-D :-D . P. J. Alling a écrit : Submitted for your inspection without commentary. http://www.mindspring.com/~distilfink/PESO%20--%20friendlyadvice.html Equipment: Pentax *ist-Ds/smc Pentax F 70-210mm f4.0~5.6 As usual

Re: Camera Bag for Travel Kit

2008-04-21 Thread Mme RD
Mark Roberts a écrit : Annoying doesn't do it justice. I'm going to show that site in class today as an example of How NOT To Design A Web Page. Agreed . it's whacky and i did enjoy clicking around but it's useless when it comes to getting useful information ... for ex I couldn't find

Re: Local Photographer

2008-04-20 Thread Mme RD
the most graphic photos are wonderful. but the shot with a nude woman leisurely standing under a tree in the midst of nowhere is a source of unending glee for me grin Probably because i am a sarcastic woman grin dom Bob W a écrit : Nice work if you can get it. Bob -Original

Re: Local Photographer

2008-04-20 Thread Mme RD
Had a look at the site though i don't usually like nude shots. i enjoyed the most graphic ones that are marvels . but the shot with a nude woman leisurely standing under a tree in the midst of nowhere is a source of unending glee for me . Probably because i am a sarcastic woman grin...