Re: Life Update:

2023-05-14 Thread Bill
I've been living in the same location for almost 41 years now. Twenty years ago, we decided that rather than moving, we would do a major renovation which involved parking a storage trailer on the driveway and moving out of the house for the summer while we added a second level to our bungalow. That

Re: Life Update:

2023-05-13 Thread ann sanfedele
48 pretty long time.. yeah, I know that song! wish you all the best getting through it ann On 5/13/2023 10:12 PM, John Sessoms wrote: That sure beats my 48 years here. Wish I could have stayed, but ... There's a song that goes "You can't always get what you want, but ... sometimes you get wh

Re: Life Update:

2023-05-13 Thread John Sessoms
That sure beats my 48 years here. Wish I could have stayed, but ... There's a song that goes "You can't always get what you want, but ... sometimes you get what you need." I think this new situation might be that. I hope it will. That's what I'm gonna' try to do anyway. On 5/13/2023 8:10 AM

Re: Life Update:

2023-05-13 Thread Stanley Halpin
Good news John! Moving can be a pain, but also a good forcing function to rethink what you own, to think about what you really need. In my early 40’s I was joining a group, the get-to-know-one-another topic was “how many places have you lived?” I came up with 37 different addresses where I ha

Re: Life Update:

2023-05-13 Thread ann sanfedele
54 years in my low rent lovely apartment in a great neighborhood .. thanks to a landlord who is not trying to push me out of my rent controlled walk-up and the laws protecting me from same if he were to try. Hoping no assholes charge their motorbike lithium ion battries in the vicinity and the g

Re: Life Update:

2023-05-13 Thread Ralf R Radermacher
Am 13.05.23 um 02:44 schrieb Rick Womer: Moving is agony. We’ve been fortunate in not doing it in 37 years. 38 here. I'd love to go somewhere else but the idea of moving gives me the creeps. Or as they say here: three moves equal one house fire. Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - Köln/Cologne,

Re: Life Update:

2023-05-13 Thread Bob W PDML
That’s good news - good luck! > On 12 May 2023, at 22:33, John Sessoms wrote: > > Things are looking up. I've found a house, made an offer & it has been > accepted. > > My closing date for this house (the day I get the money from my buyer) is May > 31. > > My closing date for the new house

Re: Life Update:

2023-05-12 Thread mike wilson
I moved one house along last year. Utter, utter purgatory. Good luck, John. You're going to need it. > On 13/05/2023 05:55 Alan C wrote: > > > You know, it doesn't have to be. A good friend of mine in Phalaborwa has > recently retired from Palabora Mining Company with 40 years service.  H

Re: Life Update:

2023-05-12 Thread Alan C
You know, it doesn't have to be. A good friend of mine in Phalaborwa has recently retired from Palabora Mining Company with 40 years service.  He & his wife decided to move to the Eastern Cape. They did their homework & planned to sell everything apart from personal & special items & buy new at

Re: Life Update:

2023-05-12 Thread John Sessoms
Have to move. Get out while the getting is good. On 5/12/2023 5:44 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote: Good luck John. Are you moving because you *want* to move? Moving is such a chore…. Cot On 12 May 2023, at 22:33, John Sessoms wrote: I think I may actually make my deadlines. Wish me luck. -- %(

Re: Life Update:

2023-05-12 Thread Rick Womer
Moving is agony. We’ve been fortunate in not doing it in 37 years. May the Force be with you! Rick On Fri, May 12, 2023 at 20:05 Comcast wrote: > Sounds good. Your work will pay off. I’ve been there. Congratulations!. > > Paul > > > On May 12, 2023, at 5:33 PM, John Sessoms wrote: > > > >

Re: Life Update:

2023-05-12 Thread Comcast
Sounds good. Your work will pay off. I’ve been there. Congratulations!. Paul > On May 12, 2023, at 5:33 PM, John Sessoms wrote: > > Things are looking up. I've found a house, made an offer & it has been > accepted. > > My closing date for this house (the day I get the money from my buyer) i

Re: Life Update:

2023-05-12 Thread Steve Cottrell
Good luck John. Are you moving because you *want* to move? Moving is such a chore…. Cot On 12 May 2023, at 22:33, John Sessoms wrote: I think I may actually make my deadlines. Wish me luck. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSU

Life Update:

2023-05-12 Thread John Sessoms
Things are looking up. I've found a house, made an offer & it has been accepted. My closing date for this house (the day I get the money from my buyer) is May 31. My closing date for the new house (the day I have to give THEM the money) is June 1. If I can get my buyer to agree I will stay

Re: OT: Life Changes

2023-04-30 Thread Stan Halpin
I asked my nomadic friend for suggestions. Her first response was that you could check escapees.com which they use for Mail Drop, etc etc. She provided several other links that might be useful and I could forward if you want to pursue this… Stan Sent from my iPad > On Apr 26, 2023, at 10:42 AM

Re: OT: Life Changes

2023-04-26 Thread Stan Halpin
I have an acquaintance (I met in a photo workshop), she and her husband sold every, bought an RV, roamed, and then two years later bought a double-wide in FL for winter, they still roam in summer, mostly back in Mich. I think they kept Mich. residency. I can ask… Sent from my iPad > On Apr 26,

Re: OT: Life Changes

2023-04-26 Thread ann sanfedele
really made the life appealing - but she was a bit younger than you. On 4/26/2023 10:42 AM, John Sessoms wrote: Is that like living in an RV or converted School Bus? I've thought about it a lot and talked to some people who do it, but there are a couple of drawbacks I haven't figu

Re: OT: Life Changes

2023-04-26 Thread Bob W PDML
> On 25 Apr 2023, at 14:49, John Sessoms wrote: > > I think I've sold my house. I've got a contract, but I won't be certain > until I actually see the cash in my bank account. > > Don't know where I'm going. That's also awaiting the cash in the bank account. > > But I have to be out of here o

Re: OT: Life Changes

2023-04-26 Thread John Sessoms
Is that like living in an RV or converted School Bus? I've thought about it a lot and talked to some people who do it, but there are a couple of drawbacks I haven't figured how to overcome ... How to arrange my doctor's appointments with the VA (& get my prescriptions) and where I'd register

Re: OT: Life Changes

2023-04-25 Thread ann sanfedele
That sound drastic!  have you considered a "Nomad land " existence? On 4/25/2023 9:48 AM, John Sessoms wrote: I think I've sold my house. I've got a contract, but I won't be certain until I actually see the cash in my bank account. Don't know where I'm going. That's also awaiting the cash in t

OT: Life Changes

2023-04-25 Thread John Sessoms
I think I've sold my house. I've got a contract, but I won't be certain until I actually see the cash in my bank account. Don't know where I'm going. That's also awaiting the cash in the bank account. But I have to be out of here on May 10. -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This ema

OT: American life through the eyes of a color photography pioneer

2023-02-16 Thread John Sessoms
American life through the eyes of a color photography pioneer - https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/joel-meyerowitz-color-berlin/index.html Nothing in the article to suggest he used Pentax, but also nothing to suggest he didn't. But I find it interesting that "color"

Re: PESO - Still Life in the Park

2022-07-15 Thread Larry Colen
> On Jul 15, 2022, at 6:11 AM, Rick Womer wrote: > > Ah! > > Now I understand! By red shirt, I thought he meant that someone was going to die. On Jul 14, 2022, at 11:58 AM, Daniel J. Matyola >>> wrote: A variation on the "red shirt" technique? Dan Matyola *h

Re: PESO - Still Life in the Park

2022-07-15 Thread Rick Womer
Ah! Now I understand! > On Jul 14, 2022, at 3:33 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > I wasn't suggesting it was "manufactured." When photographing a scene, > however, I have sometimes waited for a passerby in a colorful outfit to > enter the scene to add a tiny spark of interest off to one side

Re: PESO - Still Life in the Park

2022-07-14 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
I wasn't suggesting it was "manufactured." When photographing a scene, however, I have sometimes waited for a passerby in a colorful outfit to enter the scene to add a tiny spark of interest off to one side of the main subject. Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery

Re: PESO - Still Life in the Park

2022-07-14 Thread Rick Womer
Not really. This was an existing scene, not a manufactured one. Rick > On Jul 14, 2022, at 11:58 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > A variation on the "red shirt" technique? > > Dan Matyola > *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery > * > > > > On Thu,

Re: PESO - Still Life in the Park

2022-07-14 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
A variation on the "red shirt" technique? Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery * On Thu, Jul 14, 2022 at 11:38 AM Rick Womer wrote: > …on a quiet afternoon last week: > > > https://rickwomer.smugmug.com/2022/July-2022/July-2022-Miscellany

PESO - Still Life in the Park

2022-07-14 Thread Rick Womer
…on a quiet afternoon last week: https://rickwomer.smugmug.com/2022/July-2022/July-2022-Miscellany/i-Bx5rnD7/A (K-5, DA 17-70) Comments always appreciated. Rick -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please vis

Re: Peso.: Still Life with Herbs

2021-05-22 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Nice image. Almost everything tastes good with feta cheese. Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery * On Sat, May 22, 2021 at 2:06 PM Bill wrote: > It's cold, rainy and grey outside. > We picked up a several lifetimes supply of a very nice "

Peso.: Still Life with Herbs

2021-05-22 Thread Bill
It's cold, rainy and grey outside. We picked up a several lifetimes supply of a very nice "Greek" seasoning. I have no idea if it is any sort of authentic, but we like it, as has everyone we have fed it to. It's really nice on chicken baked with feta cheese. Anyway, enough about me, it's suppos

OT: Life According to Elliott Erwitt

2021-04-19 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
https://www.magnumphotos.com/shop/collections/elliott-erwitt-collection Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery * -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please v

Re: PESOs still live s/live/life/ in redwood grove

2021-01-18 Thread Larry Colen
damn, that should have been still life not still live > On Jan 18, 2021, at 10:19 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > > Once I started paying attention I realized that mushrooms had been sprouting > all over my yard like, well they were popping up like something. > Unfortunately I didn

PESO -- I am the Resurrection and the Life

2020-12-26 Thread P. J. Alling
Another image from yesterday.  I find these Victorian era Cemetery gates quite interesting, and the mood fits both the previous image and Christmas as well when you think about it. http://webster26.epizy.com/peso/PESO--iAmTheReserectionAndTheLife.html Equipment: Pentax K-3 w/Sigma EX 10-20mm f

Re: dos PESOS - Covid life in the east village

2020-11-20 Thread Ralf R Radermacher
Am 20.11.20 um 22:45 schrieb Bob Pdml: Even without the pestilence patio heaters are popping up everywhere because people can’t smoke indoors. So winter outdoor dining is here to stay. They were about to ban them, here. Now, they'll be subsidised. :-/ Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - Köln/Col

Re: dos PESOS - Covid life in the east village

2020-11-20 Thread Ralf R Radermacher
Am 20.11.20 um 21:48 schrieb Bob Pdml: It’s happening everywhere unfortunately. Here, they're even thinking about subsidising those propane mushrooms, as we call them. Executive summary: wrap up warm, keep your feet warm, if unavoidable use infrared heaters under the tables. On Mallorca,

Re: dos PESOS - Covid life in the east village

2020-11-20 Thread Bob Pdml
Even without the pestilence patio heaters are popping up everywhere because people can’t smoke indoors. So winter outdoor dining is here to stay. > On 20 Nov 2020, at 21:02, ann sanfedele wrote: > > I have a better idea - stay home and cook your own meals.. really - it is > time for another l

Re: dos PESOS - Covid life in the east village

2020-11-20 Thread ann sanfedele
I have a better idea - stay home and cook your own meals.. really - it is time for another lockdown here ann On 11/20/2020 3:48 PM, Bob Pdml wrote: On 20 Nov 2020, at 20:43, ann sanfedele wrote: Yes we saw the same news and I see it all the time.. these things are open on the other side..

Re: dos PESOS - Covid life in the east village

2020-11-20 Thread Bob Pdml
> On 20 Nov 2020, at 20:43, ann sanfedele wrote: > > Yes we saw the same news and I see it all the time.. these things are open > on the other side.. but now they are introducing even more stupid ideas > like using propane heaters outside.. ugh. It’s happening everywhere unfortunately. Here’s

Re: dos PESOS - Covid life in the east village

2020-11-20 Thread ann sanfedele
Thanks, Larry.. wish I had a better mood to capture.. Oh wait , I may have.. stay tuned... ann On 11/20/2020 1:30 PM, Larry Colen wrote: On Nov 20, 2020, at 5:42 AM, ann sanfedele wrote: Don't take my K-5 out anymore too heavy - here are a couple of snaps from yesterday in the neighborho

Re: dos PESOS - Covid life in the east village

2020-11-20 Thread ann sanfedele
Yes we saw the same news and I see it all the time.. these things are open on the other side.. but now they are introducing even more stupid ideas like using propane heaters outside.. ugh. ann On 11/20/2020 12:59 PM, Igor PDML-StR wrote: "Outdoors" dining with the fully-enclosed "outdoors" d

Re: dos PESOS - Covid life in the east village

2020-11-20 Thread Larry Colen
> On Nov 20, 2020, at 5:42 AM, ann sanfedele wrote: > > Don't take my K-5 out anymore too heavy - here are a couple of snaps from > yesterday in the neighborhood with my P&S Canon > > https://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/2020-New-York-at-home-and-on-silent-streets/i-WhSbZ68/A

Re: dos PESOS - Covid life in the east village

2020-11-20 Thread ann sanfedele
Toine , Thanks.. Those fine dining tents were errected all over the city (some quite a bit more appealing) because indoor dining was and will be again soon, forbidden. The posers were supposed to be truly quarantining themselves and were not.. much mask disobedience by returning college stud

Re: dos PESOS - Covid life in the east village

2020-11-20 Thread Igor PDML-StR
"Outdoors" dining with the fully-enclosed "outdoors" defeats the purpose and it is ridiculous. There was even a news segment about that on one of the major TV networks last week. (And, IMHO, in some cases, it might be even worse than a properly done "indoors", - because such "outdoors" lacks

Re: dos PESOS - Covid life in the east village

2020-11-20 Thread Toine
I would prefer not to dine nice. The third one (quarantined posers) is interesting. On Fri, 20 Nov 2020 at 15:16, ann sanfedele wrote: > > Thanks, PAul not so -nice_ though.. alas7th street pretty much > looks like that too . > > ann > > On 11/20/2020 8:50 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > > Nice.

Re: dos PESOS - Covid life in the east village

2020-11-20 Thread ann sanfedele
Thanks, PAul  not so -nice_ though.. alas    7th street pretty much looks like that too . ann On 11/20/2020 8:50 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: Nice. “Fine Dining...” is classic! Paul On Nov 20, 2020, at 8:43 AM, ann sanfedele wrote: Don't take my K-5 out anymore too heavy - here are a coup

Re: dos PESOS - Covid life in the east village

2020-11-20 Thread Paul Stenquist
Nice. “Fine Dining...” is classic! Paul > On Nov 20, 2020, at 8:43 AM, ann sanfedele wrote: > > Don't take my K-5 out anymore too heavy - here are a couple of snaps from > yesterday in the neighborhood with my P&S Canon > > https://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/2020-New-York-at

dos PESOS - Covid life in the east village

2020-11-20 Thread ann sanfedele
Don't take my K-5 out anymore  too heavy  - here are a couple of snaps from yesterday in the neighborhood with my P&S Canon https://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/2020-New-York-at-home-and-on-silent-streets/i-WhSbZ68/A https://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/2020-New-York-a

Re: PESO: Life on Mars

2020-09-16 Thread Igor PDML-StR
That's an interesting image! So, the next time, you should point to Venus: They've just found possible traces of life there: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/venus-life-phosiphine-gas-scientists/ Cheers! Igor On Wed, Sep 16, 2020 at 7:59 AM wrote: Maybe I pointed the telescope l

Re: PESO: Life on Mars

2020-09-16 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Great image and title. Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery * On Wed, Sep 16, 2020 at 7:59 AM Toine wrote: > Maybe I pointed the telescope lens in the wrong direction: > > https://www.repiuk.nl/albums/new/#&gid=1&pid=005-875-20200916-imgp

Re: PESO: Life on Mars

2020-09-16 Thread Paul Stenquist
Well done! Paul > On Sep 16, 2020, at 8:08 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: > > That's pretty damned cool, Toine. > > >> On Wed, Sep 16, 2020 at 7:59 AM Toine wrote: >> >> Maybe I pointed the telescope lens in the wrong direction: >> >> https://www.repiuk.nl/albums/new/#&gid=1&pid=005-875-20200916

Re: PESO: Life on Mars

2020-09-16 Thread Bruce Walker
That's pretty damned cool, Toine. On Wed, Sep 16, 2020 at 7:59 AM Toine wrote: > > Maybe I pointed the telescope lens in the wrong direction: > > https://www.repiuk.nl/albums/new/#&gid=1&pid=005-875-20200916-imgp2753 > > Toine > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.

PESO: Life on Mars

2020-09-16 Thread Toine
Maybe I pointed the telescope lens in the wrong direction: https://www.repiuk.nl/albums/new/#&gid=1&pid=005-875-20200916-imgp2753 Toine -- 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 abov

Re: OT - Covid life in NYC

2020-05-08 Thread Bulent Celasun
Good to know that you and Ms. Ashley are doing fine. And, please let me MARK! this: > I shall return - in fact, I just did return for a favor. :) Bulent - http://patoloji.gen.tr http://celasun.wordpress.com/ http://www.flickr.c

Re: OT - Covid life in NYC

2020-05-08 Thread ann sanfedele
Great to hear from you too, Jan..  I also have been mainly 'off list"  there seems to be less time than usual in these circumstances.. ann On 5/8/2020 8:24 AM, Jan van Wijk wrote: Hi Ann! Great to hear you are doing fine in these troublesome times! I'm not even lurking the PDML often enough

Re: OT - Covid life in NYC

2020-05-08 Thread Jan van Wijk
Hi Ann! Great to hear you are doing fine in these troublesome times! I'm not even lurking the PDML often enough now to keep up waith all tghe messages ;-) On Mon, 20 Apr 2020 19:36:03 -0400 ann sanfedele wrote: > >Ashley and I are fine - well fed and comfortable.  neighborhood quiet and >prett

Re: OT - Covid life in NYC

2020-04-22 Thread ann sanfedele
Thanks for worrying about me :-) all of youse  .. I shall return - in fact, I jsut did return for a favor.. Ralf - eventually you'll see the office :-) ann On 4/21/2020 12:30 PM, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: Am 21.04.20 um 01:36 schrieb ann sanfedele: Ashley and I are fine - well fed and comfo

Re: OT - Covid life in NYC

2020-04-21 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Good to hear from you Ann. We all miss you when you are not active here. Stay safe and healthy. Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery * On Mon, Apr 20, 2020 at 7:36 PM ann sanfedele wrote: > Guys and girls, forgive me for being in lurk mo

Re: OT - Covid life in NYC

2020-04-21 Thread lrc
On April 20, 2020 4:36:03 PM PDT, ann sanfedele wrote: >Guys and girls, forgive me for being in lurk mode - I am looking at >Peso;s and reading bits and pieces but not up to comments or sending >PEso;s right now >Kinda feel the need to do more AFK stuff.. occasional appearances on Fb > >ecause

Re: OT - Covid life in NYC

2020-04-21 Thread Ralf R Radermacher
Am 21.04.20 um 01:36 schrieb ann sanfedele: Ashley and I are fine - well fed and comfortable. Thank heavens for that. I was just about to start an enquiry as to your well-being. Zenobe and Leopold are sending their best wishes to you and Ashley. Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - Köln/Cologne,

Re: OT - Covid life in NYC

2020-04-21 Thread John
Well, Hello yourself. Glad to hear that you're (so far) successfully weathering the storm. Tell Ashley I said hello too. On 4/20/2020 19:36:03, ann sanfedele wrote: Guys and girls, forgive me for being in lurk mode - I am looking at Peso;s and reading bits and pieces but not up to comments or

Re: OT - Covid life in NYC

2020-04-21 Thread David J Brooks
st > 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. > -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Regi

Re: OT - Covid life in NYC

2020-04-20 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Hi Ann! I was thinking of you today, didn't get to making a call yet. I'm glad to hear you and Ashley are doing okay! Will try to call and chat soon. :-) Be well, stay sane, keep on going… G — No matter where you go, there you are. > On Apr 20, 2020, at 4:36 PM, ann sanfedele wrote: > > G

OT - Covid life in NYC

2020-04-20 Thread ann sanfedele
Guys and girls, forgive me for being in lurk mode - I am looking at Peso;s and reading bits and pieces but not up to comments or sending PEso;s right now Kinda feel the need to do more AFK stuff.. occasional appearances on Fb ecause I have two friends I play WORDS With FRIENDS with I need to cli

Re: Lockdown life

2020-04-15 Thread mike wilson
> On 15 April 2020 at 13:37 John wrote: > > > On 4/14/2020 16:44:46, mike wilson wrote: > > > > Is paranoia a national trait over there? > > > > Oh yes. It's a classic. > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Paranoid_Style_in_American_Politics > Which gave birth to: https://youtu.be/GEbd

Re: Lockdown life

2020-04-15 Thread John
On 4/14/2020 16:44:46, mike wilson wrote: Is paranoia a national trait over there? Oh yes. It's a classic. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Paranoid_Style_in_American_Politics -- Science - Questions we may never find answers for. Religion - Answers we must never question. -- PDML Pentax

Re: Lockdown life

2020-04-14 Thread mike wilson
Funny how the land of the free seems to be suffering in exactly the same way as other places. Maybe even worse. That might be something to do with you having as close to a monarchy as you've had in 250 years. I know whose queen I would rather have. I always thought Orwell's novels were about

Re: Lockdown life

2020-04-14 Thread P. J. Alling
We have a tradition of not trusting our "bettors", usually with good reason.   One should never forget Orwell, describing socialism, in Animal Farm, "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." Orwell wrote 1984, Animal Farm and a fair number of essays  as cautionary

Re: Lockdown life

2020-04-14 Thread mike wilson
> On 14 April 2020 at 19:49 "P. J. Alling" wrote: > > > Everyone seems to forget the initial intent of these measures. It was to > slow the spread of the virus so as to not overwhelm the medical > infrastructure.  Well weather it was the lock down or simply the fact > that the US isn't as de

Re: Lockdown life

2020-04-14 Thread P. J. Alling
so why not just close the big box stores entirely? Also fishing is very popular here what’s the issue with fishing? It’s the inconsistancy in the rulings that’s bothers a lot of people. -Original Message- From: Bill Sent: Apr 13, 2020 9:16 PM Subject: Re: Lockdown life On 4/11/2020 11:08

Re: Lockdown life

2020-04-14 Thread Steve Cottrell
learning of this, my wife promptly burst into tears :-) The point is that there's a lot more to isolating than just trying to keep busy in one's home as is. Doing things around the house might mean buying some things to accomplish that - and we try and use delivery services mostly - but being

Re: Lockdown life

2020-04-14 Thread Stanley Halpin
that’s bothers a lot of people. > > > > -Original Message- >> From: Bill >> Sent: Apr 13, 2020 9:16 PM >> Subject: Re: Lockdown life >> >> On 4/11/2020 11:08 AM, Ken Waller wrote: >>> There’s a lot of similar stupidity going on in my

Re: Lockdown life

2020-04-14 Thread Bill
opping his vote in the Florida election into the mail box. bill -Original Message- From: Bill Sent: Apr 13, 2020 9:16 PM Subject: Re: Lockdown life On 4/11/2020 11:08 AM, Ken Waller wrote: There’s a lot of similar stupidity going on in my state re the virus. While big box hard

Re: Lockdown life

2020-04-14 Thread Ken Waller
:16 PM >Subject: Re: Lockdown life > >On 4/11/2020 11:08 AM, Ken Waller wrote: >> There’s a lot of similar stupidity going on in my state re the virus. >> While big box hardware stores are open to the public, some items are off >> limits for purchase like planting materi

Re: Lockdown life

2020-04-13 Thread Bill
On 4/12/2020 11:25 AM, John wrote: Interesting that they'd shut down gardening and landscaping. Those seem like occupations that were already inherently social distancing? You've never been in a garden center in the spring, have you. There is no physical distancing in them. It's almost always

Re: Lockdown life

2020-04-13 Thread Bill
On 4/11/2020 11:08 AM, Ken Waller wrote: There’s a lot of similar stupidity going on in my state re the virus. While big box hardware stores are open to the public, some items are off limits for purchase like planting material and plants. Also power boating has just been put off limits and land

Re: Lockdown life

2020-04-12 Thread Stanley Halpin
There is another set of issues with gardening and other apparently socially-distant solitary ventures. Take a carpenter, doing finishing work working alone inside a vacant house. He/she isn’t living in that house. So they go to and from their own house. They stop at the gas station. Maybe to the

Re: Lockdown life

2020-04-12 Thread John
Hadn't thought of that. I compost all of my yard waste myself here at home. On 4/12/2020 14:00:51, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: Am 12.04.20 um 19:25 schrieb John: What would they do if they couldn't buy planting materials. It's not so much the planting that causes problems. At the beginning of t

Re: Lockdown life

2020-04-12 Thread Ralf R Radermacher
Am 12.04.20 um 19:25 schrieb John: What would they do if they couldn't buy planting materials. It's not so much the planting that causes problems. At the beginning of the crisis when it was just recommended that people stay at home, Belgian and German recycling yards were run over by people wan

Re: Lockdown life

2020-04-12 Thread John
and plants. Also power boating has just been put off limits and landscaping firms are not allowed to operate ie, grass cutting outfits are prevented from cutting grass. The craziness continues. -Original Message- From: David Mann Sent: Apr 11, 2020 1:43 AM Subject: Re: Lockdown life On A

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2020-04-11 Thread John Francis
On Sat, Apr 11, 2020 at 05:54:09PM +0200, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: > Am 11.04.20 um 17:02 schrieb Bob Pdml: > > > I saw two aeroplanes on the approach to Heathrow - imagine that! > > There's still a fair amount of cargo in the air but next to no passenger > traffic. This link should show you all

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2020-04-11 Thread Bob Pdml
t if I had to decide I'd go for the second one. In my next > life, I'll be stinking rich and have a beautiful house somewhere on a > waterfront. Thanks. Oddly enough, Strand-otg is not that bad compared to other parts of London. It is a very nice little spot, but the traffic around

Re: Lockdown life

2020-04-11 Thread Mark Roberts
Rick Womer wrote: >Our son is an internal medicine resident/registrar in NYC, and is seeing >almost >nothing but COVID these days. He came down with it himself a couple of weeks >ago; he felt horrible for a while (and had his parents rather anxious), but is >now recovered and planning to retur

Re: Lockdown life

2020-04-11 Thread Ken Waller
ie, grass cutting outfits are prevented from cutting grass. The craziness continues. -Original Message- >From: David Mann >Sent: Apr 11, 2020 1:43 AM >Subject: Re: Lockdown life > >On Apr 11, 2020, at 10:05 AM, Brian W wrote: > >> Of course, over this Easter wee

Re: Lockdown life #2

2020-04-11 Thread Ralf R Radermacher
Am 11.04.20 um 17:02 schrieb Bob Pdml: Two more, from today’s ride to Kew Bridge and back. One says “Thank you bus drivers”, the other is s view of Strand-on-the-Green at low tide. Both great but if I had to decide I'd go for the second one. In my next life, I'll be stinking rich

Lockdown life #2

2020-04-11 Thread Bob Pdml
Two more, from today’s ride to Kew Bridge and back. One says “Thank you bus drivers”, the other is s view of Strand-on-the-Green at low tide. https://adobe.ly/3eaMdSE I saw two aeroplanes on the approach to Heathrow - imagine that! Even rarer, while eating lunch by the river I saw two red kites

Re: Lockdown life

2020-04-11 Thread Bob Pdml
8 Alan C wrote: >>> >>> You guys are still fortunate. We are now in Total lockdown (Stay at >>> home) except for essential services until the end of April. Gardening it >>> will be. >>> >>> https://www.cnbcafrica.com/coronavirus/2020/04

Re: Lockdown life

2020-04-10 Thread David Mann
On Apr 11, 2020, at 10:05 AM, Brian W wrote: > Of course, over this Easter weekend, the self indulgent feel they still have a > right to drive to their favourite holiday spots - the police are turning back > as > many as they can and issuing substantial fines. That's happened here as well. Som

RE: Lockdown life

2020-04-10 Thread jcoyle
was posted some while ago, but my ISP killed the site and all the files on it!) -Original Message- From: PDML On Behalf Of Alan C Sent: Friday, 10 April 2020 3:08 PM To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Lockdown life You guys are still fortunate. We are now in Total lockdown (Stay at home)

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2020-04-10 Thread jcoyle
What an absolutely archetypal village, but unfortunately probably not now typical. That seems to me to be what England's way of life was all about once, and something I once experienced in a village in Shropshire. John in Brisbane -Original Message- From: PDML On Behalf O

Re: Lockdown life

2020-04-10 Thread Rick Womer
t;> will be. >> >> https://www.cnbcafrica.com/coronavirus/2020/04/09/sa-extends-lockdown-by-two-weeks-until-end-april/ >> >> Alan C >> >> On 10-Apr-20 01:23 AM, Brian W wrote: >>> Looks like a pleasant area to walk around. A very good compilation of &

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2020-04-10 Thread Brian W
; Alan C > > On 10-Apr-20 01:23 AM, Brian W wrote: > > Looks like a pleasant area to walk around. A very good compilation of > > lockdown > > life. > > > > Unfortunately nothing quite as attractive with walking distance around here. > > I'v

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2020-04-10 Thread Bob Pdml
Thanks. And thanks to everyone who looked. It is a beautiful place. Normally filled with tourists so it's quite a pleasant change to be able to stroll around with so few people there. > On 9 Apr 2020, at 19:42, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: > > Am 09.04.20 um 20:11 schrieb Bob Pdml: >> Some snap

Re: Lockdown life

2020-04-10 Thread Bob Pdml
That’s a fine-looking dinner, hope you enjoyed it. Life, good as it is, would be immeasurably better if they sold that wine in this village: https://www.wetwang.org.uk/wetwang-history/ > On 10 Apr 2020, at 00:23, Brian W wrote: > > Looks like a pleasant area to walk around. A

Re: Lockdown life

2020-04-10 Thread Bob Pdml
by-two-weeks-until-end-april/ > > Alan C > >> On 10-Apr-20 01:23 AM, Brian W wrote: >> Looks like a pleasant area to walk around. A very good compilation of >> lockdown >> life. >> >> Unfortunately nothing quite as attractive with walking distanc

Re: Lockdown life

2020-04-09 Thread Alan C
wrote: Looks like a pleasant area to walk around. A very good compilation of lockdown life. Unfortunately nothing quite as attractive with walking distance around here. I've been reduced to photographing my dinner https://www.dropbox.com/s/cd3zuseh8v8z4td/_IGO7606-EM10-1x.jpg?dl=0 C

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2020-04-09 Thread Subash Jeyan
On Thu, 9 Apr 2020 19:11:19 +0100 Bob Pdml wrote: > Some snaps from today’s state-endorsed early evening lockdown walk: > > https://adobe.ly/3eaMdSE enjoyed the gallery. TFS. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the

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2020-04-09 Thread Brian W
Looks like a pleasant area to walk around. A very good compilation of lockdown life. Unfortunately nothing quite as attractive with walking distance around here. I've been reduced to photographing my dinner https://www.dropbox.com/s/cd3zuseh8v8z4td/_IGO7606-EM10-1x.jpg?dl=0 Cheers

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2020-04-09 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
The Cutty Sark -- I believe I stopped by there many years past. Nice images. Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery * On Thu, Apr 9, 2020 at 2:12 PM Bob Pdml wrote: > Some snaps from today’s state-endorsed early evening lockdown walk: > > h

Re: Lockdown life

2020-04-09 Thread Ralf R Radermacher
Am 09.04.20 um 20:11 schrieb Bob Pdml: Some snaps from today’s state-endorsed early evening lockdown walk: What a nice gallery from what appears to be a very beautiful place. Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - Köln/Cologne, Germany Blog : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com Audio : http://apo

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2020-04-09 Thread Bob Pdml
Some snaps from today’s state-endorsed early evening lockdown walk: https://adobe.ly/3eaMdSE -- 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.

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