Re: PESO - City Gates

2009-12-05 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Dec 4, 2009, at 07:05 , Rick Womer wrote: He made it without mishap. The streets of Europe have many tram tracks and are thronged with bicycles. Had a track-mediated unplanned percussive dismount here in Philly once. No permanent damage to man or machine, but not much fun. That's

Re: PESO - City Gates

2009-12-05 Thread David J Brooks
I like the first shot Rick. I'm the same Joseph, i made the switch to mountain bike and big tires, but Stoufffville does not have track to worry about, just loose cows, horses and cats. I can ride around cows, under the horses, but cats are faster than i am, so i'm good. Dave On Thu, Dec 3,

RE: PESO - City Gates

2009-12-04 Thread Bob W
The Spalentor, one of three surviving medieval city gates in Basel. From the city side: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10204553size=lg Inside the Tor: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10204554 The doorway is about 3m tall; none of the shots that included a

Re: PESO - City Gates

2009-12-04 Thread frank theriault
On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 3:15 AM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: snip I can't help thinking that cyclist is about to have a contretemps with the rail. As a cyclist who deal with Toronto's streetcar tracks on a daily basis, I thought the same thing! Both nice pix btw, Rick. cheers, frank

Re: PESO - City Gates

2009-12-04 Thread Thomas Bohn
2009/12/4 frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com: As a cyclist who deal with Toronto's streetcar tracks on a daily basis, I thought the same thing! I had an accident once, came with my bike into the streetcar tracks and fell. Of course an expensive car was standing in my way. Thomas --

RE: PESO - City Gates

2009-12-04 Thread Rick Womer
, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: From: Bob W p...@web-options.com Subject: RE: PESO - City Gates To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' pdml@pdml.net Date: Friday, December 4, 2009, 3:15 AM The Spalentor, one of three surviving medieval city gates in Basel. From the city side: http

Re: PESO - City Gates

2009-12-04 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 12/3/2009 7:27:23 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, rwomer1...@yahoo.com writes: The Spalentor, one of three surviving medieval city gates in Basel. From the city side: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10204553size=lg Inside the Tor:

Re: PESO - City Gates

2009-12-04 Thread frank theriault
On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 10:05 AM, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: snip Had a track-mediated unplanned percussive dismount here in Philly once.   snip MARK!!! (not for the pithiness of it, rather for use of the language - I'll have to remember that line next time I fall!) BTW, those

Re: PESO - City Gates

2009-12-04 Thread Jim King
Rick Womer wrote on Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:27:12 -0800 The Spalentor, one of three surviving medieval city gates in Basel. From the city side: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10204553size=lg Inside the Tor: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10204554 The doorway is about 3m tall;

PESO - City Gates

2009-12-03 Thread Rick Womer
The Spalentor, one of three surviving medieval city gates in Basel. From the city side: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10204553size=lg Inside the Tor: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10204554 The doorway is about 3m tall; none of the shots that included a person for scale

Re: PESO - City Gates

2009-12-03 Thread 272yb
Rick, I like this one, http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10204553size=lg Joe - Original Message - From: Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com To: Pentax List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, December 3, 2009 10:27:04 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: PESO - City Gates The Spalentor