Re: PESO 2017 - Godfrey On Travel - GDG

[Bob W-PDML]

Anybody who wishes to share the experience could try putting their knee in a 
vice and tightening it to just short of destruction, then leave it there for 
two weeks while sawing at it.

> On 30 Nov 2017, at 05:49, Brian Walters  wrote:
> 
> 
>> On 30 November 2017 at 10:33 David J Brooks  wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> Bob I feel for you. I too get gout on occasion not as much any more. It's a
>> pain difficult to describe
> 
> 
> Excruciating is close.
> 

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Re: PESO 2017 - Godfrey On Travel - GDG

[Brian Walters]

> On 30 November 2017 at 10:33 David J Brooks  wrote:
> 
> 
> Bob I feel for you. I too get gout on occasion not as much any more. It's a
> pain difficult to describe


Excruciating is close.


Cheers

Brian

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> 
> Davr
> 
> On Nov 29, 2017 3:32 PM, "Godfrey DiGiorgi"  wrote:
> 
> > LOL! Thank you both.
> >
> > I must have been the most oblivious person back then. I never thought I
> > was that attractive, didn't realize that I was gay until fifteen years
> > later. I just always wondered why my relationships, such as they were,
> > never went anywhere. My buddy Harvey saw this photo shortly after I bought
> > the new motorcycle and said, "Damn, you were one hell of a cutie then!" I
> > turned to him and said, "If someone, ANYone, had told me that back then, it
> > would have saved me from fifteen years more confusion."
> >
> > Ach, such it is.
> >
> > Anyway, it was such a joy to be out on the road again and feeling great.
> > Can't wait for next season when I can do some traveling on the motorcycle
> > too.
> >
> > The trip was not without its costs: I just dropped the car off at the
> > detailed for a thorough cleaning, polish, and wax to get rid of the last of
> > the calicchi mud on the undercarriage from New Mexico, and to repair the
> > damage to the finish (and blow the half ton of dirt out from under the
> > hood) caused by the wind/sand storm at the Nevada/California border. And I
> > just ordered replacement rear tires—burned them down to the carcass with
> > all the high speed, coarse road surfaces.
> >
> > I'll get to more photos after I get back home this afternoon. I noticed a
> > few more that I liked when I did a quick review yesterday. :-)
> >
> > G
> > —
> > No matter where you go, Texas remains Texas.
> >
> > > On Nov 29, 2017, at 8:52 AM, ann sanfedele  wrote:
> > >
> > > Whoa! ...  my earworm, seeing this, is the music track from Easy Rider...
> > > Also, what Cotty said
> > >
> > > ann
> > >
> > >> On 11/29/2017 11:08 AM, Steve Cottrell wrote:
> > >> On 29/11/17, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed:
> > >>
> > >>> https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4561/38006673304_8cddcfbdcb_o.jpg
> > >>>
> > >>> 33 years ago ... yes, that's me on the left, my buddy George on the
> > right...
> > >>> It seems like both yesterday and forever ago. I'd love to get back to
> > >>> that Godfrey although I doubt it's really possible. It's not the years,
> > >>> it's the mileage... never mind the hair!
> > >> Hunk-o-rama !!
> > >>
> > >> :-)
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Re: Peso-Ringed-Bill Gull

[P. J. Alling]

The most annoying thing about photo.net, is that they've noticed I run 
an adblocker.  Pages load so much slower without it.   Plus they don't 
police the adverts they serve particularly well, pretty much no sites do 
that, some of which have actually hung my browser.  I don't mind adverts 
as such, but when I'm forced to restart the browser after killing the 
process it puts me off.  I doubt they've changed their procedures, I'll 
be damned if I change mine.



On 11/29/2017 5:09 PM, Jack Davis wrote:


This AM at the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge.
We had a strong easterly wind that held the bird traffic
to a virtual standstill if heading directly into it.
The attached is one of those suspended just past our car.

C?
Thanks!

D FA/K3

J

https://www.photo.net/photo/18440514



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Re: If you're shopping for a new digital

[P. J. Alling]

That's what I was thinking.

Craig's list the favorite listing site of thieves and pimps everywhere.


On 11/29/2017 11:12 AM, Stanley Halpin wrote:

On Nov 29, 2017, at 10:22 AM, Collin Brendemuehl  
wrote:

https://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/pho/d/pentax-645d-digital-med-format/64007
92484.html


Interesting. Not sure I trust the listing though. He says that he is selling 
because his needs have changed, he is good with his Nikons. OK.
But then later he says he replaced this set with a Hassleblad digital. Can’t 
get his story straight?
If it is real, it does look like a good deal.

stan


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Re: OT: I thought geothermal energy would be safe

[P. J. Alling]

Nothing is safe if one doesn't know what forces might be unleashed.   It 
would seem that the drilling company didn't have even one competent 
geologist, and one high school chemist on staff.  But then at least they 
didn't decided to stress test an operating graphite nuclear reactor, to 
destruction,  though I doubt the technicians at Chernobyl realized that 
they were stressing it to destruction, and if anyone did, it was 
probably realized too late...



On 11/29/2017 10:16 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOgle88sKro

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Re: KX motor drive

[P. J. Alling]

Not as much as they should be.



On 11/29/2017 10:15 AM, Collin Brendemuehl wrote:

I've come across (but haven't purchased yet) one of these rare bodies, with
the drive.
Certainly rare, especially as a combo.
How much are they worth?




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Re: 500px

[Subash Jeyan]

I used to post most of my photos on picasaweb. after its
demise/transformation into Google photos, took a basic paid account with
500px and like it so far...

~subash

On 30-Nov-2017 8:24 AM, "Rick Womer"  wrote:

> What is the experience of the group with 500px?
>
> I remain fed up with the new photo.net, and am finding the user interface
> of SmugMug annoying.
>
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Re: 500px

[P. J. Alling]

Got a free account a few years ago, never actually used it for 
anything.  Maybe it's gotten better.  Based on current trends that's not 
the way to bet.



On 11/29/2017 9:53 PM, Rick Womer wrote:

What is the experience of the group with 500px?

I remain fed up with the new photo.net, and am finding the user interface of 
SmugMug annoying.

Rick


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500px

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What is the experience of the group with 500px?

I remain fed up with the new photo.net, and am finding the user interface of 
SmugMug annoying.

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Re: PESO 2017 - Godfrey On Travel - GDG

[David J Brooks]

Bob I feel for you. I too get gout on occasion not as much any more. It's a
pain difficult to describe

Davr

On Nov 29, 2017 3:32 PM, "Godfrey DiGiorgi"  wrote:

> LOL! Thank you both.
>
> I must have been the most oblivious person back then. I never thought I
> was that attractive, didn't realize that I was gay until fifteen years
> later. I just always wondered why my relationships, such as they were,
> never went anywhere. My buddy Harvey saw this photo shortly after I bought
> the new motorcycle and said, "Damn, you were one hell of a cutie then!" I
> turned to him and said, "If someone, ANYone, had told me that back then, it
> would have saved me from fifteen years more confusion."
>
> Ach, such it is.
>
> Anyway, it was such a joy to be out on the road again and feeling great.
> Can't wait for next season when I can do some traveling on the motorcycle
> too.
>
> The trip was not without its costs: I just dropped the car off at the
> detailed for a thorough cleaning, polish, and wax to get rid of the last of
> the calicchi mud on the undercarriage from New Mexico, and to repair the
> damage to the finish (and blow the half ton of dirt out from under the
> hood) caused by the wind/sand storm at the Nevada/California border. And I
> just ordered replacement rear tires—burned them down to the carcass with
> all the high speed, coarse road surfaces.
>
> I'll get to more photos after I get back home this afternoon. I noticed a
> few more that I liked when I did a quick review yesterday. :-)
>
> G
> —
> No matter where you go, Texas remains Texas.
>
> > On Nov 29, 2017, at 8:52 AM, ann sanfedele  wrote:
> >
> > Whoa! ...  my earworm, seeing this, is the music track from Easy Rider...
> > Also, what Cotty said
> >
> > ann
> >
> >> On 11/29/2017 11:08 AM, Steve Cottrell wrote:
> >> On 29/11/17, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed:
> >>
> >>> https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4561/38006673304_8cddcfbdcb_o.jpg
> >>>
> >>> 33 years ago ... yes, that's me on the left, my buddy George on the
> right...
> >>> It seems like both yesterday and forever ago. I'd love to get back to
> >>> that Godfrey although I doubt it's really possible. It's not the years,
> >>> it's the mileage... never mind the hair!
> >> Hunk-o-rama !!
> >>
> >> :-)
>
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Peso-Ringed-Bill Gull

[Jack Davis]

This AM at the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge.
We had a strong easterly wind that held the bird traffic
to a virtual standstill if heading directly into it. 
The attached is one of those suspended just past our car.

C?
Thanks!

D FA/K3

J

https://www.photo.net/photo/18440514

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Re: Adapting Nikon lens for K-mount?

[lrc]

You could also buy a roll of film and a scanner.

On November 29, 2017 8:01:42 AM PST, Stanley Halpin 
 wrote:
>Larry & Godfrey - thanks for the notion of buying a used Nikon. Not
>sure if I will pursue that option, but I will keep that thought in
>mind.
>
>P.J. - thanks for the link to the leitax site. As I read it, their
>Nikon-to-Pentax conversion is just for older manual lenses. I may
>reconsider which if any of the Nikon lenses to hold onto. 
>The second site you mentioned involves a modification to the camera
>itself, and I would be leery of that, to say the least. Even without
>their side comments about the reduction in WR and that, once done, the
>Nikon lens won’t “click” into place.
>
>stan
>
>> On Nov 26, 2017, at 1:40 PM, l...@red4est.com wrote:
>> 
>> I think that your most cost effective solution would be a used D7300
>> 
>> On November 26, 2017 8:23:24 AM PST, Stanley Halpin
> wrote:
>>> My father-in-law, who passed away in 2010, was an avid photographer.
>>> He, I am sure, drove the local pros crazy because he worked for
>>> practically nothing as the photographer for theater groups, choirs,
>>> corporate executive portraits etc. I have his old Leica and a couple
>of
>>> lenses; sister-in-law has the newer Leica gear. I recently borrowed
>>> back (from my brother-in-law) a couple of his Hassleblad lenses and
>>> will do a few trials of those connected to my K-1 via H-to-K645-to-K
>>> adapters. First impressions, ho hum. But then there is his Nikon
>gear…
>>> 
>>> I thought my sister-in-law also had all the Nikon items. But my
>>> mother-in-law recently passed away, we have been cleaning out all
>the
>>> closets, distributing family memorabilia, and getting rid of excess
>>> stuff. I found boxes on Nikon gear. F3 body and motor drive,
>multiple
>>> flash guns, filter sets, etc. The lenses are mostly early 1970
>>> acquisitions: 20/4.0, 28/2.0, 55/2.8, 85/2.0, 105/1.8. Ho hum.
>>> Hopefully I can find a home for these.
>>> 
>>> What I think is the prize in this collection is a Nikon ED AF Nikkor
>>> 180/2.8 . I have an inexpensive adapter to K-mount, with a lens
>insert
>>> to allow for infinity focus. I have on order an adapter which does
>not
>>> have any glass, so no image degradation but no infinity focus. I
>look
>>> forward to playing with this a bit!
>>> 
>>> So, to the question. Is it feasible to permanently replace the Nikon
>>> mount with a K-mount? Maintaining infinity focus without added lens
>>> element(s)? 
>>> 
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Re: PESO 2017 - Godfrey On Travel - GDG

[Godfrey DiGiorgi]

LOL! Thank you both. 

I must have been the most oblivious person back then. I never thought I was 
that attractive, didn't realize that I was gay until fifteen years later. I 
just always wondered why my relationships, such as they were, never went 
anywhere. My buddy Harvey saw this photo shortly after I bought the new 
motorcycle and said, "Damn, you were one hell of a cutie then!" I turned to him 
and said, "If someone, ANYone, had told me that back then, it would have saved 
me from fifteen years more confusion." 

Ach, such it is. 

Anyway, it was such a joy to be out on the road again and feeling great. Can't 
wait for next season when I can do some traveling on the motorcycle too. 

The trip was not without its costs: I just dropped the car off at the detailed 
for a thorough cleaning, polish, and wax to get rid of the last of the calicchi 
mud on the undercarriage from New Mexico, and to repair the damage to the 
finish (and blow the half ton of dirt out from under the hood) caused by the 
wind/sand storm at the Nevada/California border. And I just ordered replacement 
rear tires—burned them down to the carcass with all the high speed, coarse road 
surfaces. 

I'll get to more photos after I get back home this afternoon. I noticed a few 
more that I liked when I did a quick review yesterday. :-)

G
—
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> On Nov 29, 2017, at 8:52 AM, ann sanfedele  wrote:
> 
> Whoa! ...  my earworm, seeing this, is the music track from Easy Rider...
> Also, what Cotty said
> 
> ann
> 
>> On 11/29/2017 11:08 AM, Steve Cottrell wrote:
>> On 29/11/17, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed:
>> 
>>> https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4561/38006673304_8cddcfbdcb_o.jpg
>>> 
>>> 33 years ago ... yes, that's me on the left, my buddy George on the right...
>>> It seems like both yesterday and forever ago. I'd love to get back to
>>> that Godfrey although I doubt it's really possible. It's not the years,
>>> it's the mileage... never mind the hair!
>> Hunk-o-rama !!
>> 
>> :-)

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Re: PESO 2017 - Godfrey On Travel - GDG

[Godfrey DiGiorgi]

I should hope so! (I was a Nikon guy too for many, many years ...!)

Thx,
G

> On Nov 29, 2017, at 7:15 AM, David J Brooks  wrote:
> 
> nice photo, some of us Nikon guys do know what we are doing.LOL

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OT: Everything that's trying to kill you

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Just in case you need a sick note for work:
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Re: PESO 2017 - Godfrey On Travel - GDG

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> On 29 Nov 2017, at 14:59, Godfrey DiGiorgi  wrote:
> 
> Bob, 
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Ugh, you've been busy with medical horror. Sorry to hear of the gout … I get 
> that occasionally too, it really and truly sucks. It's been a while since a 
> flare-up hit—I take great pains to avoid them. Hopefully it will pass quickly 
> and you can get back to "life as it ought to be."

Thanks, yes it's extraordinary how painful it is. My present bout has almost 
cleared up, thank God. I take allopurinol daily to keep the uric acid levels 
down. During this flare-up I was given a course of colchicine, and also have a 
course to keep on standby. 

> 
> [...]
> It would be great to go for a bike ride over there … or for you to head over 
> here for a ride. I know the local bicycle shop does rentals. We have to think 
> about that for some time in the future when you're fit again … and I'm more 
> fit so I can keep up with you! :-)
> 

I'm not very fast!

> (I'll be over to Ireland and the Isle of Man for the X-day/New Years 
> festivities, but I had to defer travel to your locale until the next trip. So 
> the opportunity might arise later in 2018.)

I'll be in France over Christmas, and again at New Year. But later in the year 
would be nice if possible. I may retire to France next year, so you could even 
come over there.

> 
> Feel better, 

Thanks

> G
> —
> The trouble with being punctual is that nobody's there to appreciate it.
> 
>> On Nov 29, 2017, at 12:13 AM, Bob W-PDML  wrote:
>> 
>> That's great to hear; it really shows.
>> 
>> I've been going in the opposite direction, with no cycling since September 
>> because of surgery, which was immediately followed by a heavy cold, and I'm 
>> now still in the throes of a gout attack which has lasted over two weeks and 
>> which was indescribably brutal at its height. 
>> 
>> Hopefully I can soon start to rebuild some fitness, and  we can ride 
>> together sometime. Health is everything.
> 
> 

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Re: PESO 2017 - Godfrey On Travel - GDG

[ann sanfedele]

Whoa! ...  my earworm, seeing this, is the music track from Easy Rider...
Also, what Cotty said

ann

On 11/29/2017 11:08 AM, Steve Cottrell wrote:

On 29/11/17, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed:


https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4561/38006673304_8cddcfbdcb_o.jpg

33 years ago ... yes, that's me on the left, my buddy George on the right...
It seems like both yesterday and forever ago. I'd love to get back to
that Godfrey although I doubt it's really possible. It's not the years,
it's the mileage... never mind the hair!

Hunk-o-rama !!

:-)




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Re: If you're shopping for a new digital

[Stanley Halpin]

> On Nov 29, 2017, at 10:22 AM, Collin Brendemuehl  
> wrote:
> 
> https://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/pho/d/pentax-645d-digital-med-format/64007
> 92484.html
> 

Interesting. Not sure I trust the listing though. He says that he is selling 
because his needs have changed, he is good with his Nikons. OK. 
But then later he says he replaced this set with a Hassleblad digital. Can’t 
get his story straight?
If it is real, it does look like a good deal.

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Re: PESO 2017 - Godfrey On Travel - GDG

[Steve Cottrell]

On 29/11/17, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed:

>https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4561/38006673304_8cddcfbdcb_o.jpg
>
>33 years ago ... yes, that's me on the left, my buddy George on the right...
>It seems like both yesterday and forever ago. I'd love to get back to
>that Godfrey although I doubt it's really possible. It's not the years,
>it's the mileage... never mind the hair!

Hunk-o-rama !!

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Re: If you're shopping for a new digital

[Daniel J. Matyola]

That is one hell of a kit!

Too bad I don't have an extra $3700 around.  :(

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On Wed, Nov 29, 2017 at 10:22 AM, Collin Brendemuehl <
coll...@brendemuehl.net> wrote:

> https://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/pho/d/pentax-645d-digital-
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Re: Adapting Nikon lens for K-mount?

[Stanley Halpin]

Larry & Godfrey - thanks for the notion of buying a used Nikon. Not sure if I 
will pursue that option, but I will keep that thought in mind.

P.J. - thanks for the link to the leitax site. As I read it, their 
Nikon-to-Pentax conversion is just for older manual lenses. I may reconsider 
which if any of the Nikon lenses to hold onto. 
The second site you mentioned involves a modification to the camera itself, and 
I would be leery of that, to say the least. Even without their side comments 
about the reduction in WR and that, once done, the Nikon lens won’t “click” 
into place.

stan

> On Nov 26, 2017, at 1:40 PM, l...@red4est.com wrote:
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> I think that your most cost effective solution would be a used D7300
> 
> On November 26, 2017 8:23:24 AM PST, Stanley Halpin 
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>> My father-in-law, who passed away in 2010, was an avid photographer.
>> He, I am sure, drove the local pros crazy because he worked for
>> practically nothing as the photographer for theater groups, choirs,
>> corporate executive portraits etc. I have his old Leica and a couple of
>> lenses; sister-in-law has the newer Leica gear. I recently borrowed
>> back (from my brother-in-law) a couple of his Hassleblad lenses and
>> will do a few trials of those connected to my K-1 via H-to-K645-to-K
>> adapters. First impressions, ho hum. But then there is his Nikon gear…
>> 
>> I thought my sister-in-law also had all the Nikon items. But my
>> mother-in-law recently passed away, we have been cleaning out all the
>> closets, distributing family memorabilia, and getting rid of excess
>> stuff. I found boxes on Nikon gear. F3 body and motor drive, multiple
>> flash guns, filter sets, etc. The lenses are mostly early 1970
>> acquisitions: 20/4.0, 28/2.0, 55/2.8, 85/2.0, 105/1.8. Ho hum.
>> Hopefully I can find a home for these.
>> 
>> What I think is the prize in this collection is a Nikon ED AF Nikkor
>> 180/2.8 . I have an inexpensive adapter to K-mount, with a lens insert
>> to allow for infinity focus. I have on order an adapter which does not
>> have any glass, so no image degradation but no infinity focus. I look
>> forward to playing with this a bit!
>> 
>> So, to the question. Is it feasible to permanently replace the Nikon
>> mount with a K-mount? Maintaining infinity focus without added lens
>> element(s)? 
>> 
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Re: PESO 2017 - Godfrey On Travel - GDG

[David J Brooks]

nice photo, some of us Nikon guys do know what we are doing.LOL

Dave

On Tue, Nov 28, 2017 at 2:03 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi
 wrote:
> While driving back from Houston, I stopped to see Meteor Crater in Arizona. 
> While there, I saw a guy who had a nice Nikon camera and looked like he knew 
> what he was doing with it. So I set up my camera for focus and exposure and 
> asked him to snap my picture. It worked! I thought this was one of the better 
> portraits of me made in recent years … and, stupidly, I forgot to get his 
> name and address so I could send him a thank you note. Doh! :-)
>
> Godfrey On Travel - Meteor Crater 2017 : https://flic.kr/p/ZBKuXx
>
> enjoy!
> G
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> - William Least Heat Moon
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KX motor drive

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I've come across (but haven't purchased yet) one of these rare bodies, with
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Re: PESO 2017 - Godfrey On Travel - GDG

[Godfrey DiGiorgi]

> On Nov 29, 2017, at 4:06 AM, Steve Cottrell  wrote:
> 
> On 28/11/17, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed:
> 
>> While driving back from Houston, I stopped to see Meteor Crater in
>> Arizona. While there, I saw a guy who had a nice Nikon camera and looked
>> like he knew what he was doing with it. So I set up my camera for focus
>> and exposure and asked him to snap my picture. It worked! I thought this
>> was one of the better portraits of me made in recent years ... and,
>> stupidly, I forgot to get his name and address so I could send him a
>> thank you note. Doh! :-)
>> 
>> Godfrey On Travel - Meteor Crater 2017 : https://flic.kr/p/ZBKuXx
> 
> Yep, good portrait mate, looking well :-)
> 
> Why am I reminded of this...
> 

Um, because you have a sinister streak in you? ]'-)

LOL! Thanks sir! 
What I keep in mind as I work through all this physical stuff is the Godfrey I 
recall from seeing this photograph:

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4561/38006673304_8cddcfbdcb_o.jpg

33 years ago … yes, that's me on the left, my buddy George on the right… It 
seems like both yesterday and forever ago. I'd love to get back to that Godfrey 
although I doubt it's really possible. It's not the years, it's the mileage… 
never mind the hair!

It's good to have a goal… :D

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Re: PESO 2017 - Godfrey On Travel - GDG

[Godfrey DiGiorgi]

Bob, 

Thanks!

Ugh, you've been busy with medical horror. Sorry to hear of the gout … I get 
that occasionally too, it really and truly sucks. It's been a while since a 
flare-up hit—I take great pains to avoid them. Hopefully it will pass quickly 
and you can get back to "life as it ought to be."

Getting home again consumed most of yesterday, but I did get out on the 
motorcycle for a few errands and then for dinner with my moto friends. Damn, I 
just love to ride two wheelers, whether powered or not! Racer is just such a 
happy machine, he loves to rev and rev. Today I have a 15-20 mile bicycle ride 
planned, depending on how late it is when I drag my butt away from my desk; 
there's still a bunch of stuff to manage preparatory to the holiday trip coming 
up. 

It would be great to go for a bike ride over there … or for you to head over 
here for a ride. I know the local bicycle shop does rentals. We have to think 
about that for some time in the future when you're fit again … and I'm more fit 
so I can keep up with you! :-)

(I'll be over to Ireland and the Isle of Man for the X-day/New Years 
festivities, but I had to defer travel to your locale until the next trip. So 
the opportunity might arise later in 2018.)

Feel better, 
G
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> On Nov 29, 2017, at 12:13 AM, Bob W-PDML  wrote:
> 
> That's great to hear; it really shows.
> 
> I've been going in the opposite direction, with no cycling since September 
> because of surgery, which was immediately followed by a heavy cold, and I'm 
> now still in the throes of a gout attack which has lasted over two weeks and 
> which was indescribably brutal at its height. 
> 
> Hopefully I can soon start to rebuild some fitness, and  we can ride together 
> sometime. Health is everything.


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Re: Peso-Unsettled Weather

[Jack Davis]

Having a hot dry spring thus far, I gather, Alan? 
Hope it turns for all animal and plant
life soon.

J
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> On Nov 28, 2017, at 8:49 PM, Alan C  wrote:
> 
> We could do with some of that.
> 
> Alan C
> 
> -Original Message- From: Jack Davis
> Sent: 28 November, 2017 8:55 PM
> To: PDML
> Subject: Peso-Unsettled Weather
> 
> 
> 
> This AM at CA Gray Lodge Wildlife Area.
> Thick fog for awhile that finally broke up.
> 
> This shot with back-up K5/DA16x45.
> 
> C?
> Thanks!
> 
> https://www.photo.net/photo/18440170
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Re: PESO 2017 - Godfrey On Travel - GDG

[Steve Cottrell]

On 28/11/17, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed:

>While driving back from Houston, I stopped to see Meteor Crater in
>Arizona. While there, I saw a guy who had a nice Nikon camera and looked
>like he knew what he was doing with it. So I set up my camera for focus
>and exposure and asked him to snap my picture. It worked! I thought this
>was one of the better portraits of me made in recent years ... and,
>stupidly, I forgot to get his name and address so I could send him a
>thank you note. Doh! :-)
>
>Godfrey On Travel - Meteor Crater 2017 : https://flic.kr/p/ZBKuXx

Yep, good portrait mate, looking well :-)

Why am I reminded of this...




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Re: PESO - Tommy

[Steve Cottrell]

On 28/11/17, Bob W-PDML, discombobulated, unleashed:

>Especially when he does that. Whenever I've seen him I just completely
>fail to see anything funny in anything he does. I know what the joke is
>supposed to be, but it's just not funny.

Yep he's a bit like Marmite.

He doesn't even have to say a thing and I'm giggling.

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Re: PESO - Tommy

[Steve Cottrell]

On 27/11/17, ann sanfedele, discombobulated, unleashed:

>I have one little nit pick... lower right hand corner - piece of 
>something light and rectangular draws my eye to it...right on the very 
>corner.  Narrow crop bottom or right would get rid of it.. (If you, like 
>me, would rather do that than clone it out)
>Whaddaya think?

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Re: PESO 2017 - Godfrey On Travel - GDG

[Bob W-PDML]

That's great to hear; it really shows.

I've been going in the opposite direction, with no cycling since September 
because of surgery, which was immediately followed by a heavy cold, and I'm now 
still in the throes of a gout attack which has lasted over two weeks and which 
was indescribably brutal at its height. 

Hopefully I can soon start to rebuild some fitness, and  we can ride together 
sometime. Health is everything.

> On 29 Nov 2017, at 00:56, Godfrey DiGiorgi  wrote:
> 
> Thanks everyone! :-)
> 
>> On Nov 28, 2017, at 11:43 AM, Bob W-PDML  wrote:
>> 
>> Nice shot. Would like to have seen more crater. You're shrinking.
> 
> Thank you for noticing! 
> 
> I've gained about 10-15 lbs of muscle mass while losing 40+ lbs on the scale, 
> according to my physician. The ebike I bought in April shows 1000 miles on 
> the odometer now. When I got it, I needed the electrics to be able to ride at 
> all. Now I often go out for a 10-15 mile ride and forget to turn the 
> electrics on… :-) 
> 
> My goal is to let go of another 60 lbs weight while continuing to increase 
> muscle mass, stamina, and flexibility. It's going at the rate of about 1 to 
> 1.5 lbs per week; by next August I'll be near where I want at this rate. 
> 
> I have a nice stitched panorama across the entire crater coming up. I should 
> be posting it in a day or so … 
> 
> G
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> - William Least Heat Moon
> 
> 
>> 
>>> On 28 Nov 2017, at 19:04, Godfrey DiGiorgi  wrote:
>>> 
>>> While driving back from Houston, I stopped to see Meteor Crater in Arizona. 
>>> While there, I saw a guy who had a nice Nikon camera and looked like he 
>>> knew what he was doing with it. So I set up my camera for focus and 
>>> exposure and asked him to snap my picture. It worked! I thought this was 
>>> one of the better portraits of me made in recent years … and, stupidly, I 
>>> forgot to get his name and address so I could send him a thank you note. 
>>> Doh! :-)
>>> 
>>> Godfrey On Travel - Meteor Crater 2017 : https://flic.kr/p/ZBKuXx
> 
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