Re: Boris Johnson has tested positive

2020-03-29 Thread John
On 3/28/2020 04:04:59, Bob Pdml wrote: On 28 Mar 2020, at 02:37, John wrote: [...] What I don't have right now is opportunity to travel where I want to go to USE those lenses. Magnum photographers are posting their 'lockdown diaries' to Instagram. Very interesting to see how they deal

Re: OT: Boris Johnson has tested positive

2020-03-28 Thread Bill
On 3/28/2020 5:40 PM, Ken Waller wrote: Walks like a duck, quacks like a duck it must be a Well Ken, when it starts to quack and waddle -Original Message- From: Bill Subject: Re: OT: Boris Johnson has tested positive On 3/27/2020 8:53 PM, Ken Waller wrote: Bill, I get

Re: OT: Boris Johnson has tested positive

2020-03-28 Thread Ken Waller
Walks like a duck, quacks like a duck it must be a -Original Message- >From: Bill >Subject: Re: OT: Boris Johnson has tested positive > >On 3/27/2020 8:53 PM, Ken Waller wrote: >> Bill, I get that you don’t like the current President of the United Staes, I >&

Re: OT: Boris Johnson has tested positive

2020-03-28 Thread Bill
On 3/27/2020 10:32 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: I doubt trump was speaking to his base. He never speaks to anything but his base. best bill -- 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 direct

Re: OT: Boris Johnson has tested positive

2020-03-28 Thread Bill
On 3/27/2020 8:53 PM, Ken Waller wrote: Bill, I get that you don’t like the current President of the United Staes, I really do. What I don’t get is why you take every opportunity to inject that dislike into the PDML - its not a political discussion list. We all know where you stand politically

Re: Boris Johnson has tested positive

2020-03-28 Thread Bob Pdml
I love his work, and his brother’s. They’re photojournalists of the highest calibre and it’s in their job description that they put themselves (but not others...) in danger. I very much admire what he’s doing, but he is a bit close for others. > On 28 Mar 2020, at 13:02, ann sanfedele wrote: >

Re: Boris Johnson has tested positive

2020-03-28 Thread ann sanfedele
I think Bob was pointing out that he was too close to the subjects ann On 3/28/2020 8:42 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: As usual, those folks from Magnum know what they are doing. Turnley's style is not my cup of tea, but I see it as another viable approach to depicting the zeitgeist. Dan Matyol

Re: Boris Johnson has tested positive

2020-03-28 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
As usual, those folks from Magnum know what they are doing. Turnley's style is not my cup of tea, but I see it as another viable approach to depicting the zeitgeist. Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery * On Sat, Mar 28, 2020 at 4:05 AM Bo

Re: OT: Boris Johnson has tested positive

2020-03-28 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
At least 1o months. One of his potential opponents is a wimp, the other a crazy radical. I'm sure he is thankful he will not be running against Cuomo. Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery * On Sat, Mar 28, 2020 at 12:32 AM Paul Stenquist

Re: OT: Boris Johnson has tested positive

2020-03-28 Thread mike wilson
> On 28 March 2020 at 00:08 Paul Stenquist wrote: > > > I doubt that anything will keep the Republican faithful away from the polls. Not to speak for Bill but he may believe, as I do, that a significant portion of his easily led followers may not be around to vote at all. -- PDML Pentax-D

Re: Boris Johnson has tested positive

2020-03-28 Thread Ralf R Radermacher
Am 28.03.20 um 09:04 schrieb Bob Pdml: Magnum photographers are posting their 'lockdown diaries' to Instagram. Thanks for the link, Bob. You might want to put such contributions into a thread of their own. I'd almost missed it. Not everyone is still following the endless discussion if an idio

Re: Boris Johnson has tested positive

2020-03-28 Thread Bob Pdml
> On 28 Mar 2020, at 02:37, John wrote: > > [...] > What I don't have right now is opportunity to travel where I want to go to > USE those lenses. > >> Magnum photographers are posting their 'lockdown diaries' to Instagram. Very interesting to see how they deal with this. Emulate them. htt

Re: OT: Boris Johnson has tested positive

2020-03-27 Thread Paul Stenquist
I doubt trump was speaking to his base. That would have required thinking a step ahead, He was merely going tit for tat with China. Getting down in the dirt sometimes works for him. Whatever. Doesn’t matter. He’s ours for at least 10 months. Paul > On Mar 27, 2020, at 10:46 PM, John wrote: >

Re: OT: Boris Johnson has tested positive

2020-03-27 Thread Ken Waller
discussions to the approximate forum. Stay safe ! -Original Message- >From: Bill >Sent: Mar 27, 2020 7:48 PM >Subject: Re: OT: Boris Johnson has tested positive > >On 3/27/2020 4:57 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: >> Dumbo Don is not racist. It’s just juvenile and unnec

Re: OT: Boris Johnson has tested positive

2020-03-27 Thread John
Trump called it the "Chinese Virus" because he's a racist asshole and was dog-whistling to his "base". On 3/27/2020 19:57:54, Paul Stenquist wrote: “Asian” is a race BTW. And of course we have German Measles. Trump called it “Chinese Virus” because he was angered by China’s feeble attempt to

Re: OT: Boris Johnson has tested positive

2020-03-27 Thread John
I really like the way The New Yorker does its audio of their articles. One of the few "audio-book" type thing I can actually listen to & remember for more than a few minutes. On 3/27/2020 19:11:25, Bob Pdml wrote: On 27 Mar 2020, at 16:52, John Francis wrote: Here in the USA we get almost

Re: Boris Johnson has tested positive

2020-03-27 Thread John
On 3/27/2020 19:36:56, Bill wrote: On 3/27/2020 4:49 PM, John wrote: I think I mentioned the frequent-flyer friend who had symptoms a couple of weeks ago and was afraid he might have Strep ... and then the shit-storm started and he was afraid he might NOT have Strep. Turned out to be neither,

Re: Boris Johnson has tested positive

2020-03-27 Thread John
I wasn't clear. I didn't think you were suggesting that. But I have seen it suggested elsewhere. On 3/27/2020 20:13:00, P. J. Alling wrote: I didn't say it was, but it is a good start. On 3/27/2020 6:34 PM, John wrote: That came up on another forum. Apparently, current "State of the Art" in

Re: OT: Boris Johnson has tested positive

2020-03-27 Thread P. J. Alling
It could be that the experts are so often wrong.  I'm not saying that Trump is right, but it isn't too long ago that the experts, and the press quoting them were downplaying the effects of this disease, and now they're yelling from the rooftops that everything must be shut down.  Personally I'd

Re: Boris Johnson has tested positive

2020-03-27 Thread P. J. Alling
I didn't say it was, but it is a good start. On 3/27/2020 6:34 PM, John wrote: That came up on another forum. Apparently, current "State of the Art" in gene-engineering viruses leaves behind recognizable markers where the virus DNA (RNA? - I'm not a virologist) has been spliced. Scientists

Re: OT: Boris Johnson has tested positive

2020-03-27 Thread Paul Stenquist
“Asian” is a race BTW. And of course we have German Measles. Trump called it “Chinese Virus” because he was angered by China’s feeble attempt to blame the outbreak in the US military. He wasn’t pleased with the regime’s early attempt to pretend it wasn’t happening. He still should have behaved

Re: Boris Johnson has tested positive

2020-03-27 Thread P. J. Alling
Nothing racist about calling something by where it originates. I used to have an English Cocker Spaniel, is that racist against the English, or the Spanish.  F**k political correctness in all it's myriad forms. The virus originated in China therefor it's a Chinese Virus. On 3/27/2020 5:17 PM

Re: OT: Boris Johnson has tested positive

2020-03-27 Thread Paul Stenquist
I agree. Thanks for the smile. Paul > On Mar 27, 2020, at 8:09 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > > I’d like to suggest that this conversation has reached the point where it is > neither productive nor entertaining. > > Trust me on this, I’m an expert on both. > > -- > Larry Colen > l...@red4est.com

Re: OT: Boris Johnson has tested positive

2020-03-27 Thread Paul Stenquist
I doubt that anything will keep the Republican faithful away from the polls. I’m fiercely independent and haven’t voted Republican very often, but I’ll be watching the Trump/Biden debates carefully. It’s hard to believe that the best the Democrats could come up with was a confused 78 year old.

Re: OT: Boris Johnson has tested positive

2020-03-27 Thread Larry Colen
I’d like to suggest that this conversation has reached the point where it is neither productive nor entertaining. Trust me on this, I’m an expert on both. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSC

Re: OT: Boris Johnson has tested positive

2020-03-27 Thread Paul Stenquist
“Trump” would be much better. I didn’t vote for him, don’t like him, but I find any kind of name calling childish and distasteful. Paul > On Mar 27, 2020, at 7:49 PM, Bill wrote: > > On 3/27/2020 4:57 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: >> Dumbo Don is not racist. It’s just juvenile and unnecessary. Ch

Re: OT: Boris Johnson has tested positive

2020-03-27 Thread Bill
On 3/27/2020 5:11 PM, Bob Pdml wrote: On 27 Mar 2020, at 16:52, John Francis wrote: Here in the USA we get almost daily appearances by Trump in the briefing room at the White House, or in the Rose Garden. He (and the particular accompaniment of the day) are standing practically shoulder-to-s

Re: OT: Boris Johnson has tested positive

2020-03-27 Thread Bill
On 3/27/2020 4:57 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: Dumbo Don is not racist. It’s just juvenile and unnecessary. Chinese virus isn’t racist either, but it’s unkind. Just like Asian Flu and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome. We can all do better. Trashing an Indian man over a term that probably strikes

Re: Boris Johnson has tested positive

2020-03-27 Thread Bill
On 3/27/2020 4:49 PM, John wrote: I think I mentioned the frequent-flyer friend who had symptoms a couple of weeks ago and was afraid he might have Strep ... and then the shit-storm started and he was afraid he might NOT have Strep. Turned out to be neither, just a nasty version of the flu tha

Re: OT: Boris Johnson has tested positive

2020-03-27 Thread Paul Stenquist
Dumbo Don is not racist. It’s just juvenile and unnecessary. Chinese virus isn’t racist either, but it’s unkind. Just like Asian Flu and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome. We can all do better. Trashing an Indian man over a term that probably strikes him as correct is ridiculous. Paul > On Mar

Re: OT: Boris Johnson has tested positive

2020-03-27 Thread Bob Pdml
> On 27 Mar 2020, at 16:52, John Francis wrote: > > Here in the USA we get almost daily appearances by Trump in the briefing > room at the White House, or in the Rose Garden. He (and the particular > accompaniment of the day) are standing practically shoulder-to-shoulder > at the podium. > An

Re: Boris Johnson has tested positive

2020-03-27 Thread John
I think I mentioned the frequent-flyer friend who had symptoms a couple of weeks ago and was afraid he might have Strep ... and then the shit-storm started and he was afraid he might NOT have Strep. Turned out to be neither, just a nasty version of the flu that wasn't covered by this year's fl

Re: OT: Boris Johnson has tested positive

2020-03-27 Thread Bill
On 3/27/2020 4:21 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: Of course not. The 25th amendment remedy is almost impossible to enact. So “Chinese Virus” ( coming from an Indian who is probably not hyper sensitive to terminology) is intolerable but “dumbo don” is okay. How odd. Paul I'm not seeing anything ra

Re: OT: Boris Johnson has tested positive

2020-03-27 Thread Paul Stenquist
Of course not. The 25th amendment remedy is almost impossible to enact. So “Chinese Virus” ( coming from an Indian who is probably not hyper sensitive to terminology) is intolerable but “dumbo don” is okay. How odd. Paul > On Mar 27, 2020, at 5:07 PM, Bill wrote: > > On 3/27/2020 10:51 AM, J

Re: Boris Johnson has tested positive

2020-03-27 Thread John
That came up on another forum. Apparently, current "State of the Art" in gene-engineering viruses leaves behind recognizable markers where the virus DNA (RNA? - I'm not a virologist) has been spliced. Scientists studying the Corona virus say they have not found any of those markers. On 3/27

Re: OT: Boris Johnson has tested positive

2020-03-27 Thread John
Maybe ... unless Mikey gets it first. On 3/27/2020 17:03:00, Bill wrote: So if dumbo don gets it, does the 25th amendment kick in? bill -- Science - Questions we may never find answers for. Religion - Answers we must never question. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdm

Re: Boris Johnson has tested positive

2020-03-27 Thread ann sanfedele
I second the motion, Bill - ann On 3/27/2020 4:58 PM, Bill wrote: On 3/27/2020 1:34 PM, Bipin Gupta wrote: He may be the PM of Great Britain, but he is just as human and a fool to have put himself at risk in some way by contracting the Chinese Virus. For accuracy's sake, lets refer to it as

Re: Boris Johnson has tested positive

2020-03-27 Thread Rick Womer
A terminology problem is that “mild” is defined as not needing hospitalization. You can be incapacitated by fatigue, fever, and cough for a month, but your case is still “mild.” An epidemiologic problem is that not nearly enough people have been tested and followed to understand the spectrum of

Re: Boris Johnson has tested positive

2020-03-27 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 27/3/20, Bill, discombobulated, unleashed: >For accuracy's sake, lets refer to it as something that doesn't have the >racist dog whistle attached to it please. Seconded. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ UK Shoot / Edit || (O) | -- _ -- PD

Re: Boris Johnson has tested positive

2020-03-27 Thread Brian W
> On 28 March 2020 at 07:58 Bill wrote: > > > On 3/27/2020 1:34 PM, Bipin Gupta wrote: > > He may be the PM of Great Britain, but he is just as human and a fool > > to have put himself at risk in some way by contracting the Chinese > > Virus. > > For accuracy's sake, lets refer to it as some

Re: OT: Boris Johnson has tested positive

2020-03-27 Thread Bill
On 3/27/2020 10:51 AM, John Francis wrote: On Fri, Mar 27, 2020 at 10:26:19AM -0600, William R wrote: Interesting that the deniers are the ones getting sick. bill Not really - they're the ones who don't bother with "needless" precautions. Here in the USA we get almost daily appearances by Tr

Re: Boris Johnson has tested positive

2020-03-27 Thread Bill
On 3/27/2020 1:34 PM, Bipin Gupta wrote: He may be the PM of Great Britain, but he is just as human and a fool to have put himself at risk in some way by contracting the Chinese Virus. For accuracy's sake, lets refer to it as something that doesn't have the racist dog whistle attached to it

Re: Boris Johnson has tested positive

2020-03-27 Thread P. J. Alling
You don't have to be a fool to contract this virus, it appears to be airborne, is reported to be able to survive outside a living body for at least 8-12 hours and you can be infected and not have any symptoms, (as opposed to those who are infected and become deathly ill, and then die), and may

Boris Johnson has tested positive

2020-03-27 Thread Bipin Gupta
He may be the PM of Great Britain, but he is just as human and a fool to have put himself at risk in some way by contracting the Chinese Virus. It is like my sister asking us many years ago "does Marilyn Monroe pee or go to the loo"? She a

Re: OT: Boris Johnson has tested positive

2020-03-27 Thread Bob Pdml
On 27 Mar 2020, at 17:03, Steve Cottrell wrote: > > On 27/3/20, William R, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> Interesting that the deniers are the ones getting sick. > > I read somewhere that Boris was seen to be shaking hands in a hospital with > coronavirus patients. > > I don't know if this

Re: OT: Boris Johnson has tested positive

2020-03-27 Thread Bob Pdml
The ‘accompaniment of the day’ looks more and more like the North Korean generals taking notes of all the wisdom erupting from the mouth of Kim Jong Un > On 27 Mar 2020, at 16:52, John Francis wrote: > > On Fri, Mar 27, 2020 at 10:26:19AM -0600, William R wrote: >> Interesting that the denier

Re: OT: Boris Johnson has tested positive

2020-03-27 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 27/3/20, William R, discombobulated, unleashed: >Interesting that the deniers are the ones getting sick. I read somewhere that Boris was seen to be shaking hands in a hospital with coronavirus patients. I don't know if this is verified or not but would seriously not be surprised. -- Chee

Re: OT: Boris Johnson has tested positive

2020-03-27 Thread John Francis
On Fri, Mar 27, 2020 at 10:26:19AM -0600, William R wrote: > Interesting that the deniers are the ones getting sick. > > bill Not really - they're the ones who don't bother with "needless" precautions. Here in the USA we get almost daily appearances by Trump in the briefing room at the White Hou

Re: OT: Boris Johnson has tested positive

2020-03-27 Thread ann sanfedele
bill On Fri, 27 Mar 2020, 7:59 am Daniel J. Matyola, wrote: *Boris Johnson has tested positive* UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has tested positive for the coronavirus < https://link.buzzfeed.com/click/19850173.44629/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYnV6emZlZWQuY29tL2FsZXh3aWNraGFtL2JvcmlzLWpvaG5zb24tcG9z

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2020-03-27 Thread William R
Interesting that the deniers are the ones getting sick. bill On Fri, 27 Mar 2020, 7:59 am Daniel J. Matyola, wrote: > *Boris Johnson has tested positive* > > > > UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has tested positive for the coronavirus > < > https://link.buzzfeed.

OT: Boris Johnson has tested positive

2020-03-27 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
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