Re: OT: This makes so much sense!

2016-10-08 Thread John
Good. Thanks. The weather.gov one is the one I need. Power has been off twice. Both times for less time than it takes to shut down the computers. I've shut down the rest of the computers anyway, but I'm keeping this one on to get weather updates. My leak is contained on the inside. I still have

Re: PESO - Morning Mist

2016-10-08 Thread Rick Womer
Thanks, Malcolm and Bruce. I wouldn't mind being there now. The fall colors are out. Rick On Oct 8, 2016, at 10:41 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: > On Sat, Oct 8, 2016 at 2:39 AM, Malcolm Smith wrote: >> Rick Womer wrote: >> >>> The last from August in New Hampshire: >>>

Re: Liver birds - very on topic

2016-10-08 Thread John Francis
On Sat, Oct 08, 2016 at 02:20:53PM +0100, Chris Mitchell wrote: > Those are the green things on top of the building. Pronounced lie-ver. Part > eagle and part - wait for it - cormorant. Carrying a sprig of seaweed; > liver apparantly being an Anglo Saxon word for seaweed. In the foreground > are

Re: OT: This makes so much sense!

2016-10-08 Thread Paul Sorenson
Here's an overview... http://radar.weather.gov/Conus/southeast_loop.php Here's another from Raleigh. These are usually updated every 10 minutes. http://radar.weather.gov/radar.php?rid=RAX=N0R=1110=yes -p On Oct 8, 2016, 8:41 AM -0500, John , wrote: > I will add

Re: OT: Tablets or Pads

2016-10-08 Thread Bruce Walker
I like my Apple iPad Air well enough. I share your distaste for touchscreens, but Apple has managed to make them tolerable. Touchscreens in general suffer from so many issues like failing to notice a touch (eg when typing on the virtual keyboard), reacting to a touch as if your finger was

Re: OT: This makes so much sense!

2016-10-08 Thread ann sanfedele
I was wondering if it was going to reach you... just saw some NC stuff on weather channel this am condolences on the whole mess - good thing you are handy :-) ann On 10/8/2016 11:53 AM, John wrote: Good. Thanks. The weather.gov one is the one I need. Power has been off twice. Both times

Re: OT: This makes so much sense!

2016-10-08 Thread Rick Womer
For computer: Www.intellicast.com. Very good, very versatile; has a learning curve but it's not steep. For iPhone: Storm. Rick On Saturday, October 8, 2016, John wrote: > I will add this about using the web to find weather information this > morning. > > Hurricane

PESO - Balboa Park Window

2016-10-08 Thread Rick Womer
We were in San Diego a week or so ago. I spent a morning wandering around Balboa Park, which hosts many of the city's museums and its zoo. This was one of my first shots on arriving: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18295149=lg (K-5, DA 50-200). Comments appreciated. Rick -- PDML

Re: PESO - Morning Mist

2016-10-08 Thread Bruce Walker
On Sat, Oct 8, 2016 at 2:39 AM, Malcolm Smith wrote: > Rick Womer wrote: > >> The last from August in New Hampshire: >> >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18286284=lg > > I can feel as if I'm there. Great image. > > Malcolm Ditto. I appreciate these colours and

Re: PESO - In Step

2016-10-08 Thread Rick Womer
180 degrees out of step, actually... but a really nice pic. A bit of cloning to remove the trash would improve it. Rick On Oct 7, 2016, at 5:47 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote: > 'In Step, Liverpool 2016' > Olympus Pen F + Pentax 24/2.8 > > > > > -- >

Re: OT: Tablets or Pads

2016-10-08 Thread ann sanfedele
I knew there was a reason we were friends :-) except for the drunk part... I don't do drunk ann On 10/8/2016 12:00 AM, Bill wrote: On 10/7/2016 4:21 PM, ann sanfedele wrote: John - You're going to hate I-pads... don't do it. Seconded. I bought an iPad specifically to run my quad copter.

Re: OT: Tablets or Pads

2016-10-08 Thread Bill
On 10/8/2016 11:23 AM, ann sanfedele wrote: I knew there was a reason we were friends :-) except for the drunk part... I don't do drunk How do you feel about 7 of 9? :) ann On 10/8/2016 12:00 AM, Bill wrote: On 10/7/2016 4:21 PM, ann sanfedele wrote: John - You're going to hate

Re: OT: Tablets or Pads

2016-10-08 Thread mike wilson
> On 08 October 2016 at 05:00 Bill wrote: > I'd have rather been assimilated by the Borg, At least then I could > boink 7 of 9. Does the Borg Boink? I thought that was verBoten. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: OT: This makes so much sense!

2016-10-08 Thread Paul in MKE
That's the trouble with leaks...when it's raining, you can't fix 'em and when it's not raining, you don't need to. :-) -p On 10/8/2016 10:53 AM, John wrote: Good. Thanks. The weather.gov one is the one I need. Power has been off twice. Both times for less time than it takes to shut down the

Re: Liver birds - very on topic

2016-10-08 Thread Chris Mitchell
On 8 Oct 2016 18:25, "John Francis" wrote: > > Those of us around in the 1970s would also think you might be referring > to the two female members of your party ... > > "The Liver Birds" was a very popular (and long-running) British sitcom > built around the premise of two young

Re: OT: Tablets or Pads

2016-10-08 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
And iPad is my most used computer nowadays. I use it for almost everything that isn't my main image processing system. I'm typing this note on it right now. - Screens inevitably get dirty; you clean them. - The iPad Pro's keyboard cover is an excellent keyboard. - There are many different

Re: PESO - In Step

2016-10-08 Thread ann sanfedele
Just cropping on a line above the fallen water bottle would be easier - When I looked at the photo the bottom edge of the shot was off the bottom of the screen, I had to scroll to see what you were talking about ann On 10/8/2016 11:59 AM, Rick Womer wrote: 180 degrees out of step,

Re: PESO: PDML Liverpool

2016-10-08 Thread Mark Roberts
On 10/7/2016 6:45 PM, ann sanfedele wrote: Hey , I know this lot in person too! Didn't know they were an exhibit though Halloween special. http://www.robertstech.com/temp/pdml-liverpool.jpg -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

RE: PESO - Selfie

2016-10-08 Thread Malcolm Smith
Steve Cottrell wrote: 'Selfie, Liverpool 2016 Olympus Pen F + Pentax 24/2.8 Great photos all, but this one is my favourite. Malcolm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from

RE: PESO - Morning Mist

2016-10-08 Thread Malcolm Smith
Rick Womer wrote: The last from August in New Hampshire: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18286284=lg I can feel as if I'm there. Great image. Malcolm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please

Liver birds - very on topic

2016-10-08 Thread Chris Mitchell
Those are the green things on top of the building. Pronounced lie-ver. Part eagle and part - wait for it - cormorant. Carrying a sprig of seaweed; liver apparantly being an Anglo Saxon word for seaweed. In the foreground are PDMLers Lisa, Mark, Karin and me.

Re: OT: This makes so much sense!

2016-10-08 Thread John
I will add this about using the web to find weather information this morning. Hurricane Matthew, or at least its fringes is HERE. It's raining hard as f**k. I've got another damn leak! I'd like to figure out how soon I'm going to be able to risk getting up there to rig a patch. I can't find a

Re: Liver birds - very on topic

2016-10-08 Thread Alan C
Interesting. I thought Liverbirds were something else. Presumably you tried to blast them with that bazooka thing in the background? Alan C -Original Message- From: Chris Mitchell Sent: Saturday, October 08, 2016 3:20 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Liver birds - very on