Re: OT: Meanwhile at TOP.

2016-01-05 Thread John
On 1/3/2016 10:31 AM, P.J. Alling wrote: I'll report so you don't have to actually visit. FUJI has a new 90mm lens. It's very sharp. Mike Johnston doesn't see any point to it. The rest is just dressing to justify his feelings. That is all. Should we send him cat photos to cheer him up?

Re: Another loss

2016-01-05 Thread John
Sorry for your loss. I hope the pain will ease with time. On 1/2/2016 10:28 PM, John Coyle wrote: For those who remember my earlier mentions of her, my daughter died this morning Australian time, after a comparatively short battle with cancer, at the age of 53. Fortunately, although we have

Re: Another loss

2016-01-05 Thread Bulent Celasun
I just can not imagine the magnitude of your pain. And, she was younger then many, if not most, members of our list. My condolences... Bulent - http://patoloji.gen.tr http://celasun.wordpress.com/

Re: PESO 2016 - copying Minox negatives - GDG

2016-01-05 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
I loved my old Minox! What a special camera that was. When I was in the Marine Corps, I carried it with me at all times, especially in the airplane. When I returned from my overseas deployment, the friends I left behind insisted that I leave them three of my precious possessions: my guitar, my

Re: PESO ~ Sinews

2016-01-05 Thread Jack Davis
Striking pose, Bruce! J Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 5, 2016, at 7:54 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: > > Another b of dancer Rachel Cornejo. > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/bruce_m_walker/24182314865/in/album-72157660648703824/lightbox/ > > 645z, DFA645 90mm f:2.8 Macro,

Re: PESO ~ Form and light #1

2016-01-05 Thread Bruce Walker
Thanks for commenting, Frank. Interesting how this image is polarizing opinion fairly strongly. I posted that rope shot just now; title Sinews. And thank you Ann, Jack, Igor and Paul. Appreciate the feedback! On Mon, Jan 4, 2016 at 10:44 PM, knarf wrote: > This just

Re: OT: Meanwhile at TOP.

2016-01-05 Thread David Parsons
No, he's saying that it's a focal length that not many people actually use despite being a fairly easy focal length to make really well. On Sun, Jan 3, 2016 at 10:31 AM, P.J. Alling wrote: > I'll report so you don't have to actually visit. > > FUJI has a new 90mm

Re: 2016 PDML PHOTO ANNUAL UPLOAD IS LIVE!

2016-01-05 Thread Jack Davis
Mark. Is the information as to Annual print offerings received to date, available...yet? Thanks...for so much! J - Original Message - From: "Mark Roberts" To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Sent: Thursday, December 31, 2015 4:18:31 PM Subject:

Re: PESO 2016 - 003 - GDG

2016-01-05 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
:-) Thanks, Jack. G > On Jan 5, 2016, at 7:22 AM, Jack Davis wrote: > > Well! I must say! Partially obscuring the American flag is pretty > unpatriotic! > OK...I'll allow this once. > > J > > > - Original Message - > From: "Godfrey DiGiorgi"

Re: Pentax marketing: Really crappy sample images of Limited lenses

2016-01-05 Thread Rick Womer
What is this word you say... marketing??? http://photo.net/photos/RickW On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 8:36 AM, P.J. Alling wrote: > So what you're saying is that Ricoh is following the fine tradition of > Pentax marketing. > > On 1/4/2016 11:59 PM, Darren Addy wrote: >> >>

Re: OT: Meanwhile at TOP.

2016-01-05 Thread P.J. Alling
No, he's saying he doesn't like that focal length so there's no real reason to make it. Everything else is window dressing. First off, Fuji is producing a very nice system of "retro" cameras. I expect that they will sell enough of that lens to justify manufacturing them. Secondly, well,

Re: OT - Q: how to link eBay account with Paypal?

2016-01-05 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
I've had a checking account linked to Paypal for 18 years and have never had any problems with it. For safety and security, it's an account separate from my main savings/checking repository, at a different bank, but that doesn't mean there isn't a sizable sum of money in it. It's my daily use

Re: PESO 2016 - 003 - GDG

2016-01-05 Thread Jack Davis
Well! I must say! Partially obscuring the American flag is pretty unpatriotic! OK...I'll allow this once. J - Original Message - From: "Godfrey DiGiorgi" To: "PAW Picture-A-Week project" , "PDML" , "SeePhoto Talk"

Re: OT: A great use for good Scotch

2016-01-05 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
BLASPHEMY! There is only one use for single malt Scotch whisky, and that is to be sipped slowly, neat or with a tiny splash of water. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, Jan 4, 2016 at 10:38 PM, Bill wrote: > My father used to make

Re: OT: Meanwhile at TOP.

2016-01-05 Thread Mark Roberts
David Parsons wrote: >No, he's saying that it's a focal length that not many people actually >use despite being a fairly easy focal length to make really well. And he's saying it on his own blog which no one is actually obligated to read if they don't want to. >On Sun, Jan 3, 2016 at 10:31 AM,

PESO 2016 - 003 - GDG

2016-01-05 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Back to the air museum. Hmm. I need to do some more air museum photos. Perhaps at Hiller next, up near San Mateo from me …? https://flic.kr/p/CPsndA enjoy! G The trouble with being punctual is that nobody's there to appreciate it. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: OT - Q: how to link eBay account with Paypal?

2016-01-05 Thread Bruce Walker
That's encouraging, Ann. From experience I generally assume that phone help is going to be pretty useless and a huge waste of time spent on hold, so I don't go there. Honestly though, based on having found hundreds of forum messages from folks in the same boat, I'm going to just buy the lens I

Re: OT: A great use for good Scotch

2016-01-05 Thread Larry Colen
Daniel J. Matyola wrote: BLASPHEMY! There is only one use for single malt Scotch whisky, and that is to be sipped slowly, neat or with a tiny splash of water. You have obviously never tried our homemade Lagavulin ice cream. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com (postbox on min4est) -- PDML

Looking back at very difficult year

2016-01-05 Thread Boris Liberman
Hello. It seems that the 2015 has been one of if not the most difficult year in my life so far. Back in March, just a few days after we signed a contract for our own apartment, my father passed away from cardiac arrest. It was unexpected, it was very quick, it wash shocking and very painful

Re: PESO - A Rainy Day's Walk

2016-01-05 Thread P.J. Alling
Looks like a nice condition late 60's vintage Volkswagen. On 1/5/2016 1:24 PM, Bulent Celasun wrote: In color. https://celasun.wordpress.com/2016/01/05/a-rainy-days-walk/ Ricoh GXR A12. Comments appreciated. Bulent -

Re: 2016 PDML PHOTO ANNUAL UPLOAD IS LIVE!

2016-01-05 Thread Jack Davis
Thanks again, Mark! J - Original Message - From: "Jack Davis" To: "PDML" Sent: Tuesday, January 5, 2016 7:28:08 AM Subject: Re: 2016 PDML PHOTO ANNUAL UPLOAD IS LIVE! Mark. Is the information as to Annual print offerings received to date,

PESO - A Rainy Day's Walk

2016-01-05 Thread Bulent Celasun
In color. https://celasun.wordpress.com/2016/01/05/a-rainy-days-walk/ Ricoh GXR A12. Comments appreciated. Bulent - http://patoloji.gen.tr http://celasun.wordpress.com/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/bc_the_path/

Re: OT: A great use for good Scotch

2016-01-05 Thread John Francis
On Tue, Jan 05, 2016 at 10:11:35AM -0800, Larry Colen wrote: > > > Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > >BLASPHEMY! > > > >There is only one use for single malt Scotch whisky, and that is to be > >sipped slowly, neat or with a tiny splash of water. > > You have obviously never tried our homemade

Re: OT: Meanwhile at TOP.

2016-01-05 Thread P.J. Alling
His reaction would certainly cheer me up. On 1/5/2016 1:53 AM, John wrote: On 1/3/2016 10:31 AM, P.J. Alling wrote: I'll report so you don't have to actually visit. FUJI has a new 90mm lens. It's very sharp. Mike Johnston doesn't see any point to it. The rest is just dressing to justify his

Re: Pentax marketing: Really crappy sample images of Limited lenses

2016-01-05 Thread P.J. Alling
So what you're saying is that Ricoh is following the fine tradition of Pentax marketing. On 1/4/2016 11:59 PM, Darren Addy wrote: I preface this by saying that if I had to choose between a company that had crappy marketing and superb engineering vs a company that had superb marketing and

Re: OT - Q: how to link eBay account with Paypal?

2016-01-05 Thread Bruce Walker
I spent some time on Paypal looking into that possibility. They don't even acknowledge eBay's existence. But I can link my personal bank account if I wanted to. Yeah, right! Like I'm going to trust these monkeys with unfettered access to my money. Heh. On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 2:07 AM, John

PESO ~ Sinews

2016-01-05 Thread Bruce Walker
Another b of dancer Rachel Cornejo. https://www.flickr.com/photos/bruce_m_walker/24182314865/in/album-72157660648703824/lightbox/ 645z, DFA645 90mm f:2.8 Macro, f:11, 1/125th sec, 100 ISO. Socked 22" beauty dish boomed on-axis with camera, above. Two tall strip softboxes left and right. Model,

Warning to the UKians (and possibly other Europeons)

2016-01-05 Thread Larry Colen
It looks like I might be taking a trip to the UK with Zab sometime in the next few months. If you would like the opportunity to see me in person, drop me a note off-list with time/space coordinates of your availability. It's all in the very rough planning stages right now. LRC -- Larry

Re: PESO 2016 - 003 - GDG

2016-01-05 Thread Bob W-PDML
Nice cockpit. B > On 5 Jan 2016, at 14:57, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > Back to the air museum. Hmm. I need to do some more air museum photos. > Perhaps at Hiller next, up near San Mateo from me …? > > https://flic.kr/p/CPsndA > > enjoy! > > G > > -- PDML

Re: Looking back at very difficult year

2016-01-05 Thread Bulent Celasun
Hi Boris, Just wanted to say that "time", more than anything else, helps healing our wounds. All of them. A little or totally... And 2016 is time. Some more time... Bulent - http://patoloji.gen.tr

OT: Top "Pictures of the Day" for 2015

2016-01-05 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
http://twistedsifter.com/2016/01/the-top-100-pictures-of-the-day-for-2015/?utm_source=feedburner_medium=feed_campaign=Feed%3A+Twistedsifter+%28TwistedSifter+%29 Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO - A Rainy Day's Walk

2016-01-05 Thread ann sanfedele
Fascinating tease of a photo - lots of stories hidden there .. maybe a bit of gallows humor and, um, nice geometry :-) Happy New Year, Bulent ann On 1/5/2016 1:24 PM, Bulent Celasun wrote: In color. https://celasun.wordpress.com/2016/01/05/a-rainy-days-walk/ Ricoh GXR A12. Comments

Re: Looking back at very difficult year

2016-01-05 Thread J.C. O'Connell
My dad passed in Nov of 2013 and I still haven't recovered, time does make it a little easier though. jco On 1/6/2016 12:23 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: Thank you, Paul. I am trying very hard not to dwell too much into misery and I may even have some minor "successes" every now and then, but

Re: A great use for good Scotch

2016-01-05 Thread Alan C
I was thinking more along the lines of whisky flavoured Coke rather than whisky drowned in Coke. Never tried "substances". They have a terrible concoction here in the townships called Nyope. Esssentailly dagga (cannabis) + tik (amphetamine) but a trace of coke (the white powder) is added for

Re: A great use for good Scotch

2016-01-05 Thread Alan C
Well, you taught me something there. I've seen people with a long nail on their pinkie (for whatever reason) but hadn't heard that terminology before. Alan C -Original Message- From: Darren Addy Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2016 6:48 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: A

Re: Warning to the UKians (and possibly other Europeons)

2016-01-05 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
LOL! That's not the way I've phrased it... "Yo! Cotty, Bob! I'll be there in five hours. Are you available for a pint? I'll buy!" Seems to work pretty well. :-) G > On Jan 5, 2016, at 5:20 PM, Rick Womer wrote: > > Try this, Larry: > > "Good evening, > > Mr Larry

Re: Looking back at very difficult year

2016-01-05 Thread Boris Liberman
Thank you, John. Yes, I hear you perfectly. This hasn't been an easy year, at all... On 1/6/2016 2:10, John Coyle wrote: Hi Boris - 2015 must have been one of the worst years of your life: please take comfort from your beautiful family being around you, as I have in the last few days. John

Re: Looking back at very difficult year

2016-01-05 Thread Boris Liberman
Thank you, Carlos. Almost a year passed since March, when it all happened, so I can feel the healing effects of time, to some extent... I need more time, that's for sure. On 1/6/2016 0:47, Carlos R. wrote: I am sorry for that, Boris. My father also died in the same way when I was very

Re: Warning to the UKians (and possibly other Europeons)

2016-01-05 Thread WILSON MICHAEL
> On 06 January 2016 at 01:20 Rick Womer wrote: > > > Try this, Larry: > > "Good evening, > > Mr Larry Colen humbly and obsequiously requests the honour* of meeting the > most honorable Messrs Robert Walden and Stephen Cottrell. He hopes to place > his unworthy colonial

Re: A great use for good Scotch

2016-01-05 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 11:15 PM, Alan C wrote: > > Have you tried Coke? Yes, quite often, especially Coke Zero, but never with Scotch! [Or did you mean the white powder, in which case, no, have you?] Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML

Re: PESO ~ Sinews

2016-01-05 Thread knarf
Wow! I love this. A great portrayal of sexy (without being sexist) , feminine strength. Quite enticing, the way the rope coils around her feet. Terrific! Cheers, frank On January 5, 2016 10:54:46 AM EST, Bruce Walker wrote: >Another b of dancer Rachel Cornejo. >

Boris 2016 #02 - Etude

2016-01-05 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Somehow the weather, the music and the photo fit together... http://pentax-ways.blogspot.co.il/2016/01/2016-02-etude.html In case you don't read the blogpost itself, but only look at the picture - I've decided to start a new kind of ongoing project. I would suggest a music to listen to

Re: OT: A great use for good Scotch

2016-01-05 Thread Bill
On 1/5/2016 6:08 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 6:41 PM, Bill wrote: That would involve buying a bottle of lesser whisky. As good little consumers we should not be enabling mediocrity. There are a few blendeds that are a bit above "mediocre."

Re: A great use for good Scotch

2016-01-05 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 11:48 PM, Darren Addy wrote: > Apparently you haven't noticed Daniel has a coke nail to rival Carrie > Fisher's. When I was brushing up on the guitar, I let the nails grow on my right hand, and cut them very short on my left hand. Thank produced

Re: Looking back at very difficult year

2016-01-05 Thread Boris Liberman
Thank you, Paul. I am trying very hard not to dwell too much into misery and I may even have some minor "successes" every now and then, but the wound is still quite fresh... /deep sigh/ On 1/6/2016 2:49, Paul Stenquist wrote: Hi Boris. So sorry to hear of your loss. Keep your family close

Re: Boris 2016 #02 - Etude

2016-01-05 Thread ann sanfedele
I would chose "the Hall of the Mountain King" :-) Nice shot, Boris and I hope this year is vastly better than last for you ann On 1/6/2016 12:16 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: Hi! Somehow the weather, the music and the photo fit together...

Re: Warning to the UKians (and possibly other Europeons)

2016-01-05 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 5/1/16, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed: > I'll buy!" Nailed it. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production -- _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: OT: A great use for good Scotch

2016-01-05 Thread Darren Addy
I have to agree with Daniel's sentiments (below). I thought that Lagavulin neat tasted pretty much like melted styrofoam smells. I didn't get the appeal/reputation. But while at an amateur astronomer acquaintances I had the same stuff with a splash of distilled water. WOW what a difference! I'm no

Re: PESOs - Deer Hunting in Michigan

2016-01-05 Thread knarf
Wonderful captures, Paul. A very successful outing. Cheers, frank On January 4, 2016 7:49:00 PM EST, Igor PDML-StR wrote: > >Paul, > >I especially like the interaction in the last one. That what makes it >different from many other photos of deers. > > >And in view of what

Re: OT: A great use for good Scotch

2016-01-05 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 8:05 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > I'm a fan of the peaty Islays. Laphroig 10 is my favorite. A man after my own heart -- and palate. For variety, I rotate among Laphroiag, Lagavulin and Ardbeg. Each is quite different but equally pleasing.

Re: Looking back at very difficult year

2016-01-05 Thread Boris Liberman
Thank you, Jack. Tough year indeed... On 1/5/2016 22:38, Jack Davis wrote: Tough year, Boris. Am honored you chose to share and extent my sincerest sympathies. Here's to a hopeful 2016! J Sent from my iPhone On Jan 5, 2016, at 11:20 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: Hello.

Re: Looking back at very difficult year

2016-01-05 Thread Boris Liberman
Bulent, thank you so much for your wise and soothing words... It is just that time goes on so slowly for me these days... On 1/5/2016 22:45, Bulent Celasun wrote: Hi Boris, Just wanted to say that "time", more than anything else, helps healing our wounds. All of them. A little or totally...

Re: Warning to the UKians (and possibly other Europeons)

2016-01-05 Thread Larry Colen
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: LOL! That's not the way I've phrased it... "Yo! Cotty, Bob! I'll be there in five hours. Are you available for a pint? I'll buy!" Seems to work pretty well. :-) I was thinking more along the lines of letting me know if they'd be off on holiday during a particular

Re: OT Computer stuff

2016-01-05 Thread WILSON MICHAEL
Thanks. Not without modification of the case and they are still more expensive than the present solution, which I have seen working. The narrower (1.8"?) drives will fit easily but are twice the price of the larger drives. > On 05 January 2016 at 22:38 "Carlos R." wrote: >

Re: OT: A great use for good Scotch

2016-01-05 Thread Bill
On 1/5/2016 6:20 PM, John Coyle wrote: And I thought I was alone in not liking very peaty malts! I find the really peaty ones smell like Dettol. I don't have a lot of use for the Islay whiskys. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: A great use for good Scotch

2016-01-05 Thread Alan C
Have you tried Coke? Alan C -Original Message- From: Daniel J. Matyola Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2016 2:12 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List ; William Robb Subject: Re: OT: A great use for good Scotch On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 6:38 PM, Bill wrote: Scotch

Re: A great use for good Scotch

2016-01-05 Thread Darren Addy
On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 10:15 PM, Alan C wrote: > Have you tried Coke? Apparently you haven't noticed Daniel has a coke nail to rival Carrie Fisher's. Or maybe that is just to scratch his inner ear. (I'm kidding of course. I have no idea what Daniel's hands look like). -- Life

Re: Looking back at very difficult year

2016-01-05 Thread Boris Liberman
Thanks, Stan. Yes, especially now that we finally moved in into our own apartment, it feels different too... The "glass half full" is an ever uphill battle for me... At least now, that I am aware of this trait of mine, I can deal with it, and not let it overcome me. On 1/6/2016 0:38,

Re: Looking back at very difficult year

2016-01-05 Thread Boris Liberman
Thank you, Dan. This is what I am trying to do, at least within myself... On 1/5/2016 23:31, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: My heart goes out to you and your family, Boris. Keeping his memory alive, through images and stories, will help a bit to ease the pain of the loss. Dan Matyola

Re: Canonite question/recommendation?

2016-01-05 Thread Dario Bonazza
Generally speaking, all Canon APS-C bodies suck, compared to Nikon, Pentax, Fujifilm, etc. However, the latest generation has improved enough not to feel ashamed as they did in the recent past. Get her a Canon EOS 750D (EOS Rebel T6i) or EOS 760D (EOS Rebel T6s) and she'll be happy enough.

Re: Looking back at very difficult year

2016-01-05 Thread Stanley Halpin
> On Jan 5, 2016, at 2:20 PM, Boris Liberman wrote: > > Hello. > > It seems that the 2015 has been one of if not the most difficult year in my > life so far. Back in March, just a few days after we signed a contract for > our own apartment, my father passed away from

Re: OT Computer stuff

2016-01-05 Thread Carlos R.
Can't you use a 2.5' standard SSD? They are much cheaper now than they used to be. Or a miniPCI express one? In case your present SSD uses such interface. Carlos El 05/01/2016 a las 4:41, WILSON MICHAEL escribió: I have an Acer Aspire One netbook with an 8Gig SSD. Apart from being terribly

Re: Looking back at very difficult year

2016-01-05 Thread Carlos R.
I am sorry for that, Boris. My father also died in the same way when I was very young (23) and living abroad at that time. Time will heal your wounds for sure, but it is a slow process. Be patient and strong, and enjoy your life as much as you can. Carlos El 05/01/2016 a las 20:20, Boris

Re: Looking back at very difficult year

2016-01-05 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
My heart goes out to you and your family, Boris. Keeping his memory alive, through images and stories, will help a bit to ease the pain of the loss. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 2:20 PM, Boris Liberman wrote: > Hello. >

Re: OT: A great use for good Scotch

2016-01-05 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 2:55 PM, John Francis wrote: > It's a mistake to assume there is a single thing - "single malt Scotch" - > that is uniformly excellent across the entire spectrum. That is quite true, but the subject of this thread is "A great use for good Scotch," and I

Re: Warning to the UKians (and possibly other Europeons)

2016-01-05 Thread Bob W-PDML
I think you'll have to let us know when your plans are a little more firmed up, Larry, otherwise we'll each have to supply a full daily schedule for the next few months. > On 5 Jan 2016, at 20:55, Larry Colen wrote: > > It looks like I might be taking a trip to the UK with

Re: PESO 2016 - 003 - GDG

2016-01-05 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 2:57 PM, Bob W-PDML wrote: > Nice cockpit. Nice pun! Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please

Canonite question/recommendation?

2016-01-05 Thread Larry Colen
I have a friend who is serious/knowledgeable about photography (knows her aperture from a hole in the ground), but who is also rather financially challenged. I recently realized that her camera (EOS 40D) is getting old enough that it should be possible to get here a fairly significant

Re: OT: A great use for good Scotch

2016-01-05 Thread Paul Stenquist
I'm a fan of the peaty Islays. Laphroig 10 is my favorite. Just for grins I tried a Speyside, a Macallan 12, last weekend -- my first single malt way back when. This time around I found It so sweet I could barely finish it. (However, I manned up and choked it down.) I do like Balvenie, another

Re: Warning to the UKians (and possibly other Europeons)

2016-01-05 Thread Rick Womer
Try this, Larry: "Good evening, Mr Larry Colen humbly and obsequiously requests the honour* of meeting the most honorable Messrs Robert Walden and Stephen Cottrell. He hopes to place his unworthy colonial boots on the sacred soil of the Mother Country in the coming few months, and dares to

Re: OT: A great use for good Scotch

2016-01-05 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 6:41 PM, Bill wrote: > That would involve buying a bottle of lesser whisky. As good little > consumers we should not be enabling mediocrity. There are a few blendeds that are a bit above "mediocre." Dan Matyola

RE: Looking back at very difficult year

2016-01-05 Thread John Coyle
Hi Boris - 2015 must have been one of the worst years of your life: please take comfort from your beautiful family being around you, as I have in the last few days. John in Brisbane -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Boris Liberman Sent:

Re: Warning to the UKians (and possibly other Europeons)

2016-01-05 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 5/1/16, Larry Colen, discombobulated, unleashed: >It looks like I might be taking a trip to the UK with Zab sometime in >the next few months. If you would like the opportunity to see me in >person, drop me a note off-list with time/space coordinates of your >availability. I don't think

Re: OT: A great use for good Scotch

2016-01-05 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 6:38 PM, Bill wrote: > Scotch should be diluted with water, Like many, I am convinced that a bit of water is needed to "open up" a fine single malt. I prefer just a "splash." I respect those who prefer it neat, and also those who prefer a lot

RE: OT: A great use for good Scotch

2016-01-05 Thread John Coyle
And I thought I was alone in not liking very peaty malts! John in Brisbane -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of John Francis Sent: Wednesday, 6 January 2016 05:56 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: OT: A great use for good

Re: Looking back at very difficult year

2016-01-05 Thread Paul Stenquist
Hi Boris. So sorry to hear of your loss. Keep your family close and remember the good times. The pain won't go away any time soon, but you can begin to fill the void with love and warmth. Paul > > > > -Original Message- > From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Boris

Re: Looking back at very difficult year

2016-01-05 Thread Jack Davis
Tough year, Boris. Am honored you chose to share and extent my sincerest sympathies. Here's to a hopeful 2016! J Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 5, 2016, at 11:20 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: > > Hello. > > It seems that the 2015 has been one of if not the most difficult year in

Re: OT: A great use for good Scotch

2016-01-05 Thread Bill
On 1/5/2016 3:21 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 2:55 PM, John Francis wrote: It's a mistake to assume there is a single thing - "single malt Scotch" - that is uniformly excellent across the entire spectrum. That is quite true, but the subject of this

Re: OT: A great use for good Scotch

2016-01-05 Thread Bill
On 1/5/2016 10:01 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: BLASPHEMY! There is only one use for single malt Scotch whisky, and that is to be sipped slowly, neat or with a tiny splash of water. Interesting you should bring that up. I was listening to a CBC program called Ideas one time on Robbie Burns

Re: PESO - A Rainy Day's Walk

2016-01-05 Thread Rick Womer
I like it--excellent colors, composition, textures, and sharpness. I wonder what the rope is all about... Rick On Jan 5, 2016, at 1:24 PM, Bulent Celasun wrote: > In color. > > https://celasun.wordpress.com/2016/01/05/a-rainy-days-walk/ > > Ricoh GXR A12. > > Comments appreciated. > > >