Re: PESO Well, they ain't the Canadian Rookies . . .
I tend to forget that yesterday for me was a long time ago for some, especially when referring to computer games. It is not my kind of image, but it is certainly a valid kind of image if that was you intent. I could have also have said it looks like a 1950's postcard, but that may be going back too far. Interestingly, the Sim City game is all about growing your simulated city, so the cranes and stuff lend to that description. Composition is excellent, BTW. Graywolf (Tom Rittenhouse) Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- Christine Aguila wrote: Graywolf: At first I thought that was a typo you meant Sin City I thought to myself, yeah, well, lots of sin in Chicago. Nothing new there. Everybody knows that, but then I thought I better Google the term just in case, and, no, I don't take it too negatively. Thanks for looking. -- 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.
Re: PESO Well, they ain't the Canadian Rookies . . .
Over saturated colors, smoothed out detail, typical digital image taken to the extreme. Someone on the list a long while ago called it the cartoon effect, and that describes it perfectly. All digital images have it to some extent or another, but folks have gotten used to it and no longer notice if it is not as extreme as in your photo. Some actually think it looks better than a photographic image. Graywolf (Tom Rittenhouse) Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- Christine Aguila wrote: Doug: Sometimes when I look at this, I get the strong urge to reach my hand deep into photo move those cars around like one might on a child's train set. I can't really account for the effect. It's not a model. I shot this from the balcony on the 27th floor of a building across the river. So, I was really high up. The sidewalk would be where the darker green water is too the right out-of frame. I'm wondering if because I was so high up, it creates this effect. Maybe someone else can explain. Thanks for looking. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Doug Franklin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 6:26 PM Subject: Re: PESO Well, they ain't the Canadian Rookies . . . Christine Aguila wrote: or a South Pacific sunset, and certainly not majestic lighthouses, but-- (you'll have to supply your own bird) small http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6826229 large http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6827702 It looks like a photo of a model made for a movie or something. The deeper in to the field of view I get, the more model-like it seems. -- Thanks, DougF (KG4LMZ) -- 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. -- 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.
Re: PESO - one of my first with the 35
I do not understand about helmets. About the only good thing that I see about them is that they make some retailers a lot of money. About the only real study as opposed to Emotional Crap done on bicycle helments was in Britain, it basically said when you need a helmet (car bike crash) the bicycle helmet is inadequate, and the rest of the time it is unnecessary. However I would never tell you not to wear one, but that does not keep people from passing laws requiring me to wear one. I have not actually read the local ordinance, it it does not specifically say on the head I think I will get a bright yellow one and wear it as a jock strap. And before anyone posts that they had a crash and the helmet broke but they did not get hurt, the helmets are designed to break upon impact so you have to buy a new one. However, I do think that people who wear lycra shorts when riding a bicycle should be required to wear a full Snell Approved racing helmet. That's not because they need one, but because I do not like the snooty bastards GRIN. Graywolf (Tom Rittenhouse) Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- Bob Sullivan wrote: Scott, I understand about helmets. Never was too successful at getting the kids to wear them... Your picture is very appealing - the little girl, the bike, the training wheels and the schoolyard. I remember taking my kids over to the schoolyard to practice riding. Regards, Bob S. On Jan 11, 2008 11:13 PM, Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks, Bob. The whole building has a curve to it. I'm actually starting to like it. PA requires anyone under 12 to wear a helmet and I really don't remember ever letting her ride without one, but apparently I did. Were it not for you mentioning it I never would have noticed. Bob Sullivan wrote: Scott, Cute photo, utterly transparent as to what it is - your daughter at her school's play ground. It's a great slice of life. School on the right is a bit fuzzy and leaning. Have her put the helmet on. Regards, Bob S. On Jan 11, 2008 7:27 PM, Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is an early (for me) shot with the 35mm lens on the 645. It's apparent that this lens likes to be level, which it wasn't in this photograph. Anyway, P645, 35/3.5, E400X. I don't have a clue what the exposure was. http://picasaweb.google.com/sdloveless/MeganSNewBike/photo#5154394198121539746 Feedback is appreciated. Ego strokes are cherished. -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ -- 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. -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ -- 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. -- 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.
Re: Peso Game on
And hit one of grandma's biscuits with a stick instead of using a ball? Graywolf (Tom Rittenhouse) Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- David J Brooks wrote: We have. We just lower the baskets and place them on the ground, then flood the ground to make ice. -- 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.
Re: Attn: list-boss: Free speech vs yelling fire in a theatre
There is no doubt the guy deserves it. But that is the problem with censorship, it starts with those who deserve it and expands to those who the censors dislike, and soon becomes censorship of ideas rather than behavior. I find it somewhat amusing that many of those complaining loudly say they have him filtered out, but of course they do not have the self-discipline to not read the filtered out mail. So you, Doug, are supposed to do something about it. Since I understand why people act like Ben does, my feelings are more pity than anger. Just think what a life is like when you feel you have to act in such a manner to get any attention at all. And the sadder thing is you folks are all reinforcing his behavior, see all the attention he is getting by acting out? Graywolf (Tom Rittenhouse) Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- Doug Brewer wrote: On Jan 12, 2008, at 6:14 AM, Derby Chang wrote: Doug, I'm sorry, but even for a live and let live kind of guy I am, I have my limits. Should PDML have a charter against really offensive posts? I read a post from a PDMLer who has probably been blocked by most members. But I have been lazy and have been letting them through. In response to a rather lovely photo of a pretty child of one of the members, said poster wrote a post wrote a fairly ugly intimation of violence against this child. I am sure there are real-world laws against this. I will defend his right to free speech, but not to doing violence to innocents. Derby When I took over this list, one of the first things I wrote was that I reserved the right to ban people for crimes against the list, and there was such a strong negative reaction to it that I pretty much forgot about it. Ben's actions are the reason I wrote that in the first place, and I think we can all agree that yes, there are limits, even on the PDML. Stopping short of banning him entirely, Ben has been put on Moderated status, which, as you all know, does nothing to endear him to me, because it means I'll have to sort of pay attention. On the other hand, people have grown much older waiting for me to respond to list issues that I deem low priority, so it's entirely possible that Ben will get tired of waiting for me to approve/discard his messages and move on to a more suitable forum. Ben, you can consider this strikes one and two. Not only do you have nothing of particular value to contribute to the community, but you have committed what I consider to be a far more heinous crime: You're boring. Do yourself a favor and keep the profanities to yourself. You won't come up with anything original, and you certainly won't impress anyone, least of all me. Doug List God -- 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.
Re: Attn: list-boss: Free speech vs yelling fire in a theatre
I will accept that, Doug. Graywolf (Tom Rittenhouse) Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- Doug Brewer wrote: He can not, however, expect me to provide the outlet for his idiocy. -- 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.
Re: Samsung GX-20 first glimpse.. Is this the new K20D ?
Same answer, yes, it uses a stylus. However Tom-Tom Navigator (gps map software) managed to use it with just a finger. Until you use it that way you do not realize the pluses and minuses of using your finger. It is really convenient, but it leave fingerprint smudges all over the screen. However, I do not see what it matters, they have not been made for a long time, although with their 4 screen, square shape, and thin case they are one of the nicer PDA's to carry and use. Graywolf (Tom Rittenhouse) Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- Steve Desjardins wrote: Sigh. Sorry. I REALLY need to proofread my Emails. I wanted to say Did the Toshiba have a stylus-based touch screen? The review I found http://www.mobiletechreview.com/toshiba_e750.htm didn't say. I was curious since the ipod touch is the first capacitance touch surface I've used. It threw me at first as I tried to used a pencil eraser as a stylus. I've gotten used to that tiny keyboard, but I had really sloppy fingers at first. -- 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.
Re: 645D vs Canon vs Nikon vs Hassy
That is the Big Black Camera syndrome. I have mentioned it here on several occasions, but you seem to be the first who agreed with me on that. I used to use a Mamiya Universal Press. It was BIG. It was BLACK. And it did not look anything like Uncle Harry's camera. People would actually stop to watch the PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER working. Besides that it had superb lenses, backs for at least 4 different film formats including full frame Polaroids, the rangefinder was great too. The term Big Black Camera used to mean a Speed Graphic, and it seems to have outlived that as I have heard it used by people too young to have ever seen a Speed Graphic. Speaking of Speed Graphics, did you know the way you get rid of your spent flashbulbs, now that there are no ashtrays to pop them into, is to give them to the subject as a souvenir? Not sure if they actually keep it, but they seldom refuse to take it. Graywolf (Tom Rittenhouse) Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- Rick Denney wrote: But there's a bigger reason a 645D would succeed if priced competitively with Canon, and that is that many commercial photographers need to use impressive looking equipment. This flies in the face of artistic sensibilities, but many fat brides are already outside the realm of art and just want their photographer not to look like Uncle Harry. And Uncle Harry has a Canon 350D or a 30D, which to the bride looks no different than the photographer's 5D or 1DsII. -- 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.
Re: K10D flash question
Since I almost always use the shortest or longesst focal length on my PS, it does not seem imprecise, but it does seem slow. However most point and shooters I know are using their celphone can could not care less about a real camera. Graywolf (Tom Rittenhouse) Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- Adam Maas wrote: If most PS users love power zoom then why is Manual Zoom a selling feature of higher-end PS's. Most PS shooters I know actively hate Power Zoom and it's imprecise control. Note to list guy: I am trimming my posts... :) -- 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.
Re: PESO Well, they ain't the Canadian Rookies . . .
Don't take this too negatively, but it looks like something out of Sim City. Graywolf (Tom Rittenhouse) Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- Christine Aguila wrote: or a South Pacific sunset, and certainly not majestic lighthouses, but-- (you'll have to supply your own bird) small http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6826229 large http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6827702 Comments/Critique welcome. Cheers, Christine -- 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.
Re: Pentax Gallery Screensaver.
You guys are all so excited about this Pentax Gallery thing, they must pay really well. Graywolf (Tom Rittenhouse) Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- Paul Stenquist wrote: I heard from them a few weeks ago as well but didn't respond. I first replied today. I've been too busy to think about it. Paul On Jan 9, 2008, at 6:35 PM, Ken Waller wrote: I received an email several weeks ago advising me of their intention to produce a Pentax Gallery Screensaver was asked if I'd let them use some of my images in the intro. I believe I saw 3 of my images in the Screensaver intro I saw last night - which no longer appears on my Pentax Photo Gallery artist page. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Pentax Gallery Screensaver. Me to. I just did not want to be first Dave On Jan 9, 2008 4:42 PM, Jack Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yeah..me too. Jack --- Ken Waller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone opted in on the Pentax Photo Gallery Screensaver? Yep. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: Jack Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Pentax Gallery Screensaver. Anyone opted in on the Pentax Photo Gallery Screensaver? Jack . -- 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. -- 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.
Re: Samsung GX-20 first glimpse.. Is this the new K20D ?
What is the difference between that and my old Toshiba e755? Besides a smaller screen, the apple name, and a working battery*, I mean. *Of course it does take awhile for a Li-Ion battery to die of old age, about, what, 5-6 years in this case? Apple sure is at the forefront of technology aren't they. OTOH, Apple does know how to promote their stuff. How many of you knew that you could be a Pocket PC with a built in cel-phone for several years before Apple came out with one? Graywolf (Tom Rittenhouse) Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- Steve Desjardins wrote: Assuming it's an accidental leak. ;-) BTW, I have an iPod touch (the iPhone sans the phone part) and it has a 3.5-inch (diagonal) screen with 480-by-320-pixel resolution at 163 pixels per inch. It's really stunning, especially as a digital photo wallet. This is what I want on a camera. David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1/10/2008 7:59 AM Frankly, the fact that we're seeing leaked info from Samsung, not from Pentax, says to me that the Pentax PR people haven't learnt a damn thing from the success of the K10D pre announcement. Cheers, Dave On Jan 10, 2008 9:16 PM, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's an easy one. Pentax saw it. Samsung's PR people apparently violated the embargo date. Paul On Jan 10, 2008, at 6:46 AM, jim wrote: hmmm. it appears that they have changed the artical. wounder why? James -- 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.
Re: Samsung GX-20 first glimpse.. Is this the new K20D ?
Of course it has a touch screen. Be kind of hard to use without one. It was actually the first of the modern high res screen Pocket PC's, VGA, compact flash sd card slots, built in wifi, IR wireless. Newer Pocket PC's are faster but generally do not have a lot more features. With a CF GPS plugged in it has served as my in car navigation system as well as pocket organizer, but it lost the top line on the screen about a year ago, and now the battery is gone. Unfortunately I can not afford to replace it, or even the battery. But, hell, I can't afford to go anywhere any more anyway... Graywolf (Tom Rittenhouse) Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- Steve Desjardins wrote: Did the Toshiba have a touch screen? I read an old web review and it didn't seem that way. Steven Desjardins Department of Chemistry Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA 24450 (540) 458-8873 FAX: (540) 458-8878 [EMAIL PROTECTED] graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1/10/2008 12:43 PM What is the difference between that and my old Toshiba e755? Besides a smaller screen, the apple name, and a working battery*, I mean. *Of course it does take awhile for a Li-Ion battery to die of old age, about, what, 5-6 years in this case? Apple sure is at the forefront of technology aren't they. OTOH, Apple does know how to promote their stuff. How many of you knew that you could be a Pocket PC with a built in cel-phone for several years before Apple came out with one? Graywolf (Tom Rittenhouse) Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- Steve Desjardins wrote: Assuming it's an accidental leak. ;-) BTW, I have an iPod touch (the iPhone sans the phone part) and it has a 3.5-inch (diagonal) screen with 480-by-320-pixel resolution at 163 pixels per inch. It's really stunning, especially as a digital photo wallet. This is what I want on a camera. David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1/10/2008 7:59 AM Frankly, the fact that we're seeing leaked info from Samsung, not from Pentax, says to me that the Pentax PR people haven't learnt a damn thing from the success of the K10D pre announcement. Cheers, Dave On Jan 10, 2008 9:16 PM, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's an easy one. Pentax saw it. Samsung's PR people apparently violated the embargo date. Paul On Jan 10, 2008, at 6:46 AM, jim wrote: hmmm. it appears that they have changed the artical. wounder why? James -- 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.
Re: New member with old (I'm sure) question
No one can like to something specific, Rick. All there are a lot of rumors, ya and nay. Plus of course opinions, we here on the PDML have a lot of opinions. Graywolf (Tom Rittenhouse) Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- Rick Denney wrote: Greetings, folks. After years of hearing about this list from its members who are on other lists in which I participate, and after realizing that a high percentage of my film photography uses Pentax equipment, I've finally joined. I'm an amateur photographer with former professional experience and about 35 years of practice, not necessarily doing the right things. I've have everything from a Canonet 28 to 4.5 Cambo. My digital work is done using SOB (some other brand--Canon), but most of my film work is done using either a 645N, 645NII, or a 6x7. I also have a modest collection of ex-Soviet stuff just for fun, and frequently use the better of the lenses for that system on my 645 with an adapter. I also have some old and now retire Mamiya and Rolleiflex TLR's. I live in Northern Virginia after growing up in Texas. Whatever I might have earned by introducing myself will now be dashed by asking a question that I'm sure has been discussed to death. But searching the archives seems to be quite difficult in that one must do a lot of downloading, etc. So, I'll just ask it and beg for forbearance. What is the latest scuttlebutt on a Digital 645? The latest I heard, from my dealer but not seen in print anywhere, is that they are re-engineering it with a 31MP sensor. I have also heard that it will be offered in Japan only and not North America. I'm holding off on buying a new digital camera and have been waiting for this one for a long time, and though I believe a larger sensor in a 645 body would provide superior image quality to anything in a 24x36 or smaller format, I'm starting to lose heart. A link to something specific in the archives would be appreciated if you don't want to rehash. Rick itchy fingers Denney --- 645 and 6x7 user -- 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.
Re: New member with old (I'm sure) question
That should have been No one can point to... Graywolf (Tom Rittenhouse) Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- graywolf wrote: No one can like to something specific, Rick. All there are a lot of rumors, ya and nay. Plus of course opinions, we here on the PDML have a lot of opinions. Graywolf (Tom Rittenhouse) Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- Rick Denney wrote: Greetings, folks. After years of hearing about this list from its members who are on other lists in which I participate, and after realizing that a high percentage of my film photography uses Pentax equipment, I've finally joined. I'm an amateur photographer with former professional experience and about 35 years of practice, not necessarily doing the right things. I've have everything from a Canonet 28 to 4.5 Cambo. My digital work is done using SOB (some other brand--Canon), but most of my film work is done using either a 645N, 645NII, or a 6x7. I also have a modest collection of ex-Soviet stuff just for fun, and frequently use the better of the lenses for that system on my 645 with an adapter. I also have some old and now retire Mamiya and Rolleiflex TLR's. I live in Northern Virginia after growing up in Texas. Whatever I might have earned by introducing myself will now be dashed by asking a question that I'm sure has been discussed to death. But searching the archives seems to be quite difficult in that one must do a lot of downloading, etc. So, I'll just ask it and beg for forbearance. What is the latest scuttlebutt on a Digital 645? The latest I heard, from my dealer but not seen in print anywhere, is that they are re-engineering it with a 31MP sensor. I have also heard that it will be offered in Japan only and not North America. I'm holding off on buying a new digital camera and have been waiting for this one for a long time, and though I believe a larger sensor in a 645 body would provide superior image quality to anything in a 24x36 or smaller format, I'm starting to lose heart. A link to something specific in the archives would be appreciated if you don't want to rehash. Rick itchy fingers Denney --- 645 and 6x7 user -- 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.
Re: Question for automobile enthusiasts on the list
I wonder if you bought that Mustang new? I had a 80 Pinto that was made in Michigan, my girlfriend at the time had one that was made in Canada, and a friend had one that was made in Mexico. None of them had any problems while we owned them. Mine had 119K miles on it when I sold it. You can always get a lemon, hopefully when you do you live in a state with anti-lemon laws. I have had problems with almost all the cars I bought used. Most owners do not seem to get the idea of maintenance. They are like Paul and his lease cars. The only car I bought new that I had problems with was the Escort, it ate tie rods and rear axle bearings; but the diesel drive train was sweet, if only I could have had that in a diver car... Graywolf (Tom Rittenhouse) Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- cbwaters wrote: Bah... My 81 Mustang (Rustang) was a Fix Or Repair Daily. I do so like the Buy American concept these days. A friend was giving me some grief about replacing the Nissan with another Nissan a while back. I asked him where his Chevy was made(Canada). He didn't know. My Xterra was made in Tennessee. Of course the money went to Nissan in Japan, but I don't think that the sentiment was ever really about who actually got the money. Who cares if the money sits in brokerage accounts here or there? The Buy American idea was intended to keep American workers employed, right? CW The BMW was made in Germany :) - Original Message - From: Christian [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 7:19 PM Subject: Re: Question for automobile enthusiasts on the list Fucked-Over Rebuilt Dodge Christian Ken Waller wrote: First On Race Day Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Question for automobile enthusiasts on the list You know FORD is actually an acronym... Found On Road Dead. -- 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. -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.17.13/1214 - Release Date: 1/8/2008 1:38 PM -- 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.
Re: Question for automobile enthusiasts on the list
Fix Or Repair Daily (from the Model T days) effing orful rotten dog and there must be at least 20 more. Fastest Overall Racing Dragster Just to prove they were not all negative. Young Henry Ford had a brilliant idea, when told there were not that many people in the country who could afford a motor car, he replied, Then I will pay my workers enough so they can afford one. A concept that has disappeared in America which is most likely why our general standard of living is fast deteriorating. Graywolf (Tom Rittenhouse) Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- Ken Waller wrote: As long as we're listing these - How about Found On Road Dead. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: Christian [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Question for automobile enthusiasts on the list Fucked-Over Rebuilt Dodge Christian Ken Waller wrote: First On Race Day Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Question for automobile enthusiasts on the list You know FORD is actually an acronym... Found On Road Dead. -- 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. -- 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.
Re: Question for automobile enthusiasts on the list
Back in the day, my Pinto was made just down the road from me in Michigan, my girlfriends was made in Canada, and another friends was made in Mexico. Couldn't see much difference. BTW, they were all bought in Detroit at the same dealership. As to the keep Americans working thing, I think that is what we working class people mean, but the stockholders and management mean, keep my stock value up. That is the problem with trickle down economics, those people have money because they do not let it tickle out of their hands. Graywolf (Tom Rittenhouse) Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- cbwaters wrote: Bah... My 81 Mustang (Rustang) was a Fix Or Repair Daily. I do so like the Buy American concept these days. A friend was giving me some grief about replacing the Nissan with another Nissan a while back. I asked him where his Chevy was made(Canada). He didn't know. My Xterra was made in Tennessee. Of course the money went to Nissan in Japan, but I don't think that the sentiment was ever really about who actually got the money. Who cares if the money sits in brokerage accounts here or there? The Buy American idea was intended to keep American workers employed, right? CW The BMW was made in Germany :) - Original Message - From: Christian [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 7:19 PM Subject: Re: Question for automobile enthusiasts on the list Fucked-Over Rebuilt Dodge Christian Ken Waller wrote: First On Race Day Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Question for automobile enthusiasts on the list You know FORD is actually an acronym... Found On Road Dead. -- 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. -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.17.13/1214 - Release Date: 1/8/2008 1:38 PM -- 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.
For those who think it looks soooo.... nice around here
I took a photo to show the other view from the same spot, it is on my blog: http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ BTW, the ride up to the end of that street and back to the apartment is about one little mile, maybe a mile an a half, certainly no farther, and it is the only low traffic road within my capabilities that I can get to without hauling the bike on the car SIGH!. -- Graywolf (Tom Rittenhouse) Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- -- 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.
Re: Is an F80-200 worth $40?
Considering fuel costs it would be cheaper to offer the guy $100 for his parking space. Graywolf (Tom Rittenhouse) Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- P. J. Alling wrote: I like tanks, if they'd let me I'd drive one. I can imagine nothing more intimidatingly in a dispute over a parking space with a minivan... Thibouille wrote: The only problem with the F 70-210 and the reason why I sold it (I needed money other wise I would have kept it but well..) is the weight. It is a tank, very sturdy IMO but sooo heavy :( -- 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.
Re: For those who think it looks soooo.... nice around here
HAR! This is my junk bicycle in Paris. This is my junk bicycle in New Guinea... What can I say, it gets me out of the apartment. Graywolf (Tom Rittenhouse) Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- David J Brooks wrote: Well, its an interesting photo essay i'd say.:-) Still it reminds me of those kidnapped garden gnomes going around the world and the thieves sending photos back to the owner.LOL Dave On Jan 9, 2008 3:52 PM, graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I took a photo to show the other view from the same spot, it is on my blog: http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ BTW, the ride up to the end of that street and back to the apartment is about one little mile, maybe a mile an a half, certainly no farther, and it is the only low traffic road within my capabilities that I can get to without hauling the bike on the car SIGH!. -- Graywolf (Tom Rittenhouse) Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- -- 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. -- 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.
Re: A couple more bicycle photos -peso
Oh, I am more often behind some cyclist in my car than in front of some cars on my bike grin. No use honking, he has nowhere to get off the road. The drop off side is downhill so he is not obstructing traffic there where you can brush him off the pavement grin. Graywolf (Tom Rittenhouse) Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- David J Brooks wrote: On Jan 7, 2008 6:09 PM, graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: . If you do not time it right you get bumper to bumper traffic too, all of them mad because there is no way to pass the bicycle. Your new mantra can be that of the school bus driver. Honk all you want, i'm in front of you.:-) Dave Thanks for you comments, Ken. Graywolf (Tom Rittenhouse) Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- Ken Waller wrote: A good looking blog you got going there Graywolf! Clear readable! Good you've got the weather to get out ride. Looks like some nice roads for riding - not traffic. We hit 64 degrees F today but its definitely not going to last. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: A couple more bicycle photos -peso On my blog: http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ -- 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. -- 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.
Re: Question for automobile enthusiasts on the list
I don't know, back when I had the Diesel Escort, the extra filter at the oil change place was a buck. At the discount auto parts the first filter was $15 and the second was $11, addd six quarts of oil and that $24.95 oil change seemed like a bargain. Back in the day, my 1980 Pinto's manual said to change the oil every 10,000 miles, why did they change that? Most likely because while 10K changes are fine, 30K changes are a disaster waiting to happen. So they went back to recommending 3K so people would actually change it every 10K or so. BTW when I sold the Pinto with 120K on it it was not using a drop of oil between changes. I have used 10K oil changes ever since with never a problem. However I now change annually as I only put on about 5K a year with Mr Bush's gas prices. No, I don't go nowhere these days. Don't we do this thread every year? Graywolf (Tom Rittenhouse) Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- Paul Stenquist wrote: Why? Who wants to spend thirty dollars at a dealership, when five dollars and ten minutes of work can yield the same result. Paul On Jan 7, 2008, at 10:55 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: On a leased automobile? That would be very odd. Godfrey On Jan 7, 2008, at 7:40 PM, Adam Maas wrote: Some of us do our own basic maintenance. When I was driving, I did all of my fluid changes and belt changes (Do the same for my bicycle now). -Adam On 1/7/08, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 7, 2008, at 7:02 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: ... I've had six Chrysler, Dodge or Jeep leased vehicles over the last 15 years. None has ever had to spend even an hour in the dealership. ... You've never had them serviced? How odd. ]'-) -- 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. -- 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.
Re: Question for automobile enthusiasts on the list
HAR! Graywolf (Tom Rittenhouse) Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- Keith Whaley wrote: On Jan 8, 2008, at 11:05 AM, graywolf wrote: I don't know, back when I had the Diesel Escort, the extra filter at the oil change place was a buck. At the discount auto parts the first filter was $15 and the second was $11, addd six quarts of oil and that $24.95 oil change seemed like a bargain. Back in the day, my 1980 Pinto's manual said to change the oil every 10,000 miles, why did they change that? Most likely because while 10K changes are fine, 30K changes are a disaster waiting to happen. So they went back to recommending 3K so people would actually change it every 10K or so. BTW when I sold the Pinto with 120K on it it was not using a drop of oil between changes. I have used 10K oil changes ever since with never a problem. However I now change annually as I only put on about 5K a year with Mr Bush's gas prices. No, I don't go nowhere these days. Don't we do this thread every year? Graywolf (Tom Rittenhouse) Dunno. I thought it was every time you changed your oil and topped off your gas tank! BG keith whaley -- 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.
Re: Question for automobile enthusiasts on the list
It's China, you see, twenty billion mopeds use a lot of gasoline. You should have kept them on bicycles and water buffalo. When they get cars and the Africans get mopeds, then we are in real trouble. There are those who say we need to ride bicycles anyway, but I imagine those people have never tried to pack up the family and all their belongings on the bicycle to go to Florida for the winter. Graywolf (Tom Rittenhouse) Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- P. J. Alling wrote: Based on my Coca Cola inflation index, from ~1950-1964 a 12 oz serving of Coke cost 10¢. Today it's about $1.00. So by extension we're still in the age of 30¢ a gallon gasoline. It's just that the decimal point got moved one place to the left. -- 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.
Re: A couple more bicycle photos -peso
Well, this is definitely unseasonable weather, everyone is talking about it. Just playing around with the blog, it is harder for me to figure out how they implemented stuff than it would be to write the code from scratch. I am back to the standard interface as it takes larger photos without distorting or hiding them than the others I have tried so far. That is just a subdivision street, the only difference is that up here the scenery is a bit prettier. The road to town is a nightmare, two narrow lanes, no shoulders, a bank on one side, and a drop on the other, not to mention the 1/4 mile 200 foot climb from the apartment and the dumb helmet law in town. If you do not time it right you get bumper to bumper traffic too, all of them mad because there is no way to pass the bicycle. Thanks for you comments, Ken. Graywolf (Tom Rittenhouse) Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- Ken Waller wrote: A good looking blog you got going there Graywolf! Clear readable! Good you've got the weather to get out ride. Looks like some nice roads for riding - not traffic. We hit 64 degrees F today but its definitely not going to last. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: A couple more bicycle photos -peso On my blog: http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ -- 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.
Re: New keyboard
The one that the IBM replaced was one of those Logitec Lifetime Keyboards. It was supposed to be water proof, but apparently 100 octane black coffee is more damaging than water. I stupidly paid $75 for that thing. Never again. The $30 for this set is even out of line. And the down arrow key is a bit flaky, you have to hit it extra firmly. I am afraid that if I take it back and exchange it I will get one that is worse. Other than that I like it fine, although folks with large hands, I think, would not. Graywolf (Tom Rittenhouse) Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- Paul Sorenson wrote: I think all my keyboards cost less than that protective cover... ;} -p Steve Desjardins wrote: Maybe this: http://www.compucover.com/new_index.cfm I have no idea how much it changes the feel of the keyboard. graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1/5/2008 8:31 PM Not even if you buy it for me. I am distinctly retro in outlook these days. I understand that comes from getting old which happened quite suddenly last summer grin. Graywolf (Tom Rittenhouse) Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- Rebekah wrote: maybe you should get one of these: http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/input/8193/ at least a spill will only type a few extra letters ;) rg2 On 1/5/08, graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, yesterday I spilled tea on my second to last keyboard. Unfortunately the compact IBM one that I liked so well. Today I was in the local Radio Shack and they had something called Labtec, a compact wireless keyboard and mouse for $30. I bought one and it is actually pretty nice. The keys have a fairly long travel and a definite bottoming out feel to them that I like. So far it seems to work fine. While I have had a wireless mouse for a bit, this is the first wireless keyboard I have tried. Typing with it on my lap at the moment and not doing all that well at it. It's not the keyboard it's me. Back up on the desk, I seem to do a bit better up here, just more used to that, I guess. Now if I can keep from spilling stuff on it, maybe it will last awhile. At least it was relatively cheap. -- Graywolf (Tom Rittenhouse) Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- -- 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. -- 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.
Re: Question for automobile enthusiasts on the list
On the other hand there are folks who think the Edsel was the coolest looking car ever built. The Edsel did not fail for styling reasons it failed because they introduced it in the worst economic conditions (The economy bottomed in '59) since the great depression up until then (The early 80's were actually worse then the great depression but unemployment insurance helped people survive that one, and in some ways the US has never fully recovered from that one). Graywolf (Tom Rittenhouse) Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- P. J. Alling wrote: Based on GM's record in styling, though they've never produced anything like the disaster of the Edsel, the Pontiac Aztek probably comes close. Base on this kind of styling I think it best the GM rip off other companies styling in the future. Adam Maas wrote: Some of the Infinitis are real machines. The G35's are very lightly rebadged Nissan Skyline's, which in coupe form have long been real stinkers (the high-end Skyline GT-R version is coming over as well, as the Nissan GT-R). Interestingly, the R33/R34 era Skylines styling was brazenly ripped off by GM for the 1st generation of the new FWD Impala. -Adam On 1/5/08, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Question for automobile enthusiasts on the list All engines are corporate these days. Lexus and Toyota share engines, so too Inifiniti and Nissan. As do all the GM brands. Ford, Lincoln, Mercury and Mazda share engines. It's a necessary economy of scale. Once upon a time, things were different. But that ws once upon a time. I think one of the Infinitis has the same engine as my truck. At about 1/3 the curb weight, it goes like snot. William Robb -- 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. -- 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.
Re: Stonehenge Reloaded
Gor, what are these guys trying to do, prove that aliens did not build the pyramids? Funny how simple things are if you know how. Graywolf (Tom Rittenhouse) Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- Bob W wrote: Very clever. I wonder if he'll finish his before we've finished ours. -- Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Daniel J. Matyola Sent: 06 January 2008 21:28 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: OT: Stonehenge Reloaded http://j-walkblog.com/index.php?/weblog/posts/moving_big_rocks -- 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.
Re: PESO - Blustery Day
That is fabulous. Graywolf (Tom Rittenhouse) Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- Bruce Dayton wrote: California had a very major storm come through last Friday that had wind gusts up to 70 mph in areas along with several inches of rain. The day after the storm, with continued unsettled weather, we were scheduled to visit Ana Nuevo where you can walk out among the elephant seals. So we head out to the coast in spite of the pouring rain and strong winds. On the way down, we stopped so I could get a shot of this lighthouse. Pentax K10D, DA* 50-135/2.8 @ 95mm ISO 200, 1/90 sec @ f/9.5 http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/elephantseals_0003a.htm -- 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.
Re: PESOs: blooms and street captures
You Limies are insane. Graywolf (Tom Rittenhouse) Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- Cotty wrote: I was thinking more of http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8orUaCJ0GY -- 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.
Re: Don't (try to) fly with loose batteries
Always remember, when they ask, Do you have anything to declare? (Unspoken substatement, Don't cause me extra work, you will regret it). The proper answer is, No (The unspoken substatement is, Why would would I want to cause myself a lot of trouble and maybe expensive taxes by telling you?). This is one of those cases where you have to understand what is meant rather than what is said. What is said is dictated by the employer, and by common sense, respectively. If customs makes you nervous, keep glancing at your watch. He is afraid he is going to be late is the assumption you will create. Assumptions are great because they are the assumers idea, and he will believe that before anything you actually say. Of course I am too stupid to follow my own advice... Graywolf (Tom Rittenhouse) Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- Charles Robinson wrote: On Jan 4, 2008, at 15:10, David J Brooks wrote: She also asked why we had to go to NC to photograph nature. When i told her, Canada did not have any, she did not laugh. That year i learned border guards AND passport Officials have NO sense of humour. About 20 years ago, my wife's cousin was headed on a trip North of the border into Canada. The border guard asked if they had any weapons, and her smart-ass Irish cousin replied What do you need? That was a ticket to getting the car pulled over and completely stripped down to the bare metal. Not a mistake he's likely to repeat again. But it makes for a hilarious story. Now. To us who were not there! -Charles -- Charles Robinson - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org -- 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.
Re: Question for automobile enthusiasts on the list
Naaa... They went to a new engine in '55, and nowadays their engine is made by a Japanese company in China. Which reminds me of those Lee Iococa (sp?) ads saying to buy American (referring to the Dodge Colt which was actually made in Korea vs. the Honda Accord which was actually made in Ohio). To me, that may have been the funniest ad of all time. Graywolf (Tom Rittenhouse) Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- Stan Halpin wrote: Did you try the local Buick dealer? They may still be using the same engine... stan On Jan 4, 2008, at 8:06 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: My uncle Dave needs gaskets (a complete set, apparently) for a 1932 Buick F32 (6 cylinder) Any idea where I could find this kind of stuff? (He should have kept the '39 Chevy -- I was able to find parts for that...) -- 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. -- 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.
Re: Question for automobile enthusiasts on the list
Go ahead,Paul, ruin a good joke with facts. However, I do dispute your facts. Iococa did run that ad for the Colt. And that V6 is not a Buick engine it is a GM engine. Gor, the indignity of it, a Buick with a generic V6, what ever happened to that wonderful Fireball Straight Eight? Graywolf (Tom Rittenhouse) Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- Paul Stenquist wrote: Buick V6 engines are made at the GM engine plant in Warren Michigan. Lee Iacoco's buy-American commercials were for the K-Cars, which were American made. I was there. Paul On Jan 5, 2008, at 11:44 AM, graywolf wrote: Naaa... They went to a new engine in '55, and nowadays their engine is made by a Japanese company in China. Which reminds me of those Lee Iococa (sp?) ads saying to buy American (referring to the Dodge Colt which was actually made in Korea vs. the Honda Accord which was actually made in Ohio). To me, that may have been the funniest ad of all time. Graywolf (Tom Rittenhouse) Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ -- - Stan Halpin wrote: Did you try the local Buick dealer? They may still be using the same engine... stan On Jan 4, 2008, at 8:06 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: My uncle Dave needs gaskets (a complete set, apparently) for a 1932 Buick F32 (6 cylinder) Any idea where I could find this kind of stuff? (He should have kept the '39 Chevy -- I was able to find parts for that...) -- 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. -- 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. -- 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.
New keyboard
Well, yesterday I spilled tea on my second to last keyboard. Unfortunately the compact IBM one that I liked so well. Today I was in the local Radio Shack and they had something called Labtec, a compact wireless keyboard and mouse for $30. I bought one and it is actually pretty nice. The keys have a fairly long travel and a definite bottoming out feel to them that I like. So far it seems to work fine. While I have had a wireless mouse for a bit, this is the first wireless keyboard I have tried. Typing with it on my lap at the moment and not doing all that well at it. It's not the keyboard it's me. Back up on the desk, I seem to do a bit better up here, just more used to that, I guess. Now if I can keep from spilling stuff on it, maybe it will last awhile. At least it was relatively cheap. -- Graywolf (Tom Rittenhouse) Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- -- 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.
Re: Question for automobile enthusiasts on the list
Hey, my second car was one of those, a fifty 4-door fastback I gave $50 for. I can think of nothing to love about the thing. It weighed about the same as an armored car. Finally put the number seven rod through the side of the block. I was actually able to drive it to the junk yard that way. Because I drove it in they gave me $10 for it. That's not as good a deal as it sounds because I had put a bit of money and a lot of work into by then. A strange thing was it had no rust in an area where they used heavy salt, late fifties just disintegrated under those conditions. I think it was the thinner sheet metal they used. Graywolf (Tom Rittenhouse) Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- Walter Hamler wrote: Gawd Tom, you really are showing your (MINE) age talking about straight 8's ! Walt (whose first car to drive was a Pontiac straight 8, which was a flathead to boot!) On 1/5/08, graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gor, the indignity of it, a Buick with a generic V6, what ever happened to that wonderful Fireball Straight Eight? -- 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.
Re: New keyboard
Not even if you buy it for me. I am distinctly retro in outlook these days. I understand that comes from getting old which happened quite suddenly last summer grin. Graywolf (Tom Rittenhouse) Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- Rebekah wrote: maybe you should get one of these: http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/input/8193/ at least a spill will only type a few extra letters ;) rg2 On 1/5/08, graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, yesterday I spilled tea on my second to last keyboard. Unfortunately the compact IBM one that I liked so well. Today I was in the local Radio Shack and they had something called Labtec, a compact wireless keyboard and mouse for $30. I bought one and it is actually pretty nice. The keys have a fairly long travel and a definite bottoming out feel to them that I like. So far it seems to work fine. While I have had a wireless mouse for a bit, this is the first wireless keyboard I have tried. Typing with it on my lap at the moment and not doing all that well at it. It's not the keyboard it's me. Back up on the desk, I seem to do a bit better up here, just more used to that, I guess. Now if I can keep from spilling stuff on it, maybe it will last awhile. At least it was relatively cheap. -- Graywolf (Tom Rittenhouse) Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- -- 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. -- 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.
Re: Don't (try to) fly with loose batteries
Nice to see you are sober again, Dave. That was particularly inscrutable. (And thanks for the opportunity to use inscrutable, I do not believe that has ever happened before). Graywolf (Tom Rittenhouse) Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- David J Brooks wrote: On Jan 4, 2008 8:20 AM, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: Amita Guha Subject: Re: Don't (try to) fly with loose batteries How the heck are you supposed to find out how much lithium content your battery has? And how would the TSA monkeys know? Would they accept a printout from the web as proof? The first time Frank and I tried to cross the border to GFM, all i had for proof, was an email from Don with park closing times. Thats all i had to show for proo of were we indented to travelf, and that was the start of our visit to room #1, to see two large men with guns..:-) Dave I suspect you answered your own question here. William Robb -- 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. -- 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.
Re: Scored a cheap 50 1.4
Funny, I was going to say, There is a thin line between collecting and hoarding. Graywolf (Tom Rittenhouse) Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- Cotty wrote: On 03/01/08, Jim King, discombobulated, unleashed: I have 38 50/55 mm Pentax primes. And your shrink lets this pass? -- 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.
Re: In memories of snow...
Well, we got about 4 inchs overnight the plows are still running I just heard a couple go by. Low was about 8F a couple of hours ago, and it is almost up to 12F again right now. We even have a Winter Storm Warning in effect for the area. I want to thank Dave B, Paul S, and Bob S for sending this stuff down to us. Graywolf (Tom Rittenhouse) Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- Roman Melihhov wrote: http://roman.blakout.net/?blog=20070215172630 ^^^ It's absolutely snowless this year but thanks to photography, I can recall some interesting moments from the crystal-cold winter 2007, tracks on the snow, people or trees. -- 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.
Re: more OT - the nutcracker suite for cyclists
But yours don't look like a Christmas Tree, does it, Frank? Graywolf (Tom Rittenhouse) Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- frank theriault wrote: On Jan 2, 2008 12:11 AM, Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Enjoy! http://www.specialized.com/bc/microsite/holiday/ Why do they have all those extra rear cogs on the hub? I only have one cog on mine... cheers, frank ps: seriously, that's cool - and fun! thanks for posting it -- 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.
Re: more OT - the nutcracker suite for cyclists
Ah, bicycle porn is it? http://www.graywolfphoto.com/digital/_images/Bicycles/Dunelt-Cog-12232007b.jpg (And before a certain idiot makes comments, that rust is older than he is.) Graywolf (Tom Rittenhouse) Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- Scott Loveless wrote: I was kinda wondering the same thing. http://picasaweb.google.com/sdloveless/Continental/photo#5150947705909831762 -- 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.
Re: PESO - Prayers
Took a minute to understand the photo. I thought Muslims had a thing against cameras, especially in the Mosque? Graywolf (Tom Rittenhouse) Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- Cotty wrote: Hi folks, Well, here's my first Peso of the new year. I hope it scrapes through by the skin of its teeth - the camera and lens are not Pentax - *but* I've discovered that the sensor is identical to those used in the *ist D camera, so hopefully I can get away with that ;-) I bought a used Epson R-D1 (exc+) from an Italian eBayer, and a mint Voigtlander Ultron 28mm f1.9 from someone on the Rangefinder forum. I can't tell you the fun I'm having with this camera - it's brought back a whole new level of photography. It's old technology (!) at 6MP on the 1.5 crop CCD but it handles and feels just like a film camera. With the LCD folded away, the casual observer cannot tell it's digital. It's a true rangefinder camera - not as small as a Leica CL, but better built (yes, better) and a joy to use. The 800 and 1600 files are very smooth - I'm impressed. More info for those interested: http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/cameras/epson-rd1.shtml http://www.richcutler.co.uk/r-d1/r-d1_01.htm Oh yes - and finally, the Peso: http://www.cottysnaps.com/snaps/reportage/images/pic43.html R-D1+28mm Ultron 50th @ f4 ISO 800 PSCS, Power Retouche mono conv, cropped to square. I was filming in a mosque today and managed a few minutes to expose 11 frames. This wasn't too bad. Happy new year. -- 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.
Re: In memories of snow...
How come when I use sarcasm no one gets it, and when I give some honest well earned thanks, they think I am being sarcastic? GRIN!) Graywolf (Tom Rittenhouse) Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- David J Brooks wrote: On Jan 2, 2008 2:16 PM, graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, we got about 4 inchs overnight the plows are still running I just heard a couple go by. Low was about 8F a couple of hours ago, and it is almost up to 12F again right now. We even have a Winter Storm Warning in effect for the area. I want to thank Dave B, Paul S, and Bob S for sending this stuff down to us. You guys kept bitchin about our geese, so we thought we;d send something else to ya for a change.:-) Dave B Graywolf (Tom Rittenhouse) Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- Roman Melihhov wrote: http://roman.blakout.net/?blog=20070215172630 ^^^ It's absolutely snowless this year but thanks to photography, I can recall some interesting moments from the crystal-cold winter 2007, tracks on the snow, people or trees. -- 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. -- 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.
Re: PESO - Prayers
One can work with an SLR that way, as I have demoed a few times, but most folks figure that when the are looking through the lens they have to fiddle focus. I will forever remember flabbergasting Mister Bunnyears at GFM. He was going on about how you could not do unobtrusive street photography with a winder equipped camera when I lifted my MX to my eye shot a photo of him and dropped the camera down before letting it wind on. He stammered an incredulous, What did you just do? It is definitely not what camera you have, but how you use it. But even after saying that, I still love rangefinder cameras. Graywolf (Tom Rittenhouse) Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- Cotty wrote: One thing I would say is that I had forgotten how much fun rangefinders are. To me, totally different way of photographing. With an SLR I tend to stay glued to the finder, picking off as I will. With a RF, it stays down low, usually pre-focussed, only popping up moments before the frame is exposed, then swings down again, eyes scanning, anticipating the next shot. I appreciate some will work like this with an SLR (digital and film) but not with me. With the SLR, it tends to drop only an inch or two, eyes scanning, then pops up for some more picking off. The RF drops right down to waist level, almost like it's resting in camouflage. I can see that HCB has a lot to answer for! -- 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.
For those who think they know how to ride bicycle
You might want to turn the sound off though. http://www.metacafe.com/watch/37388/bikedancer/ -- Graywolf (Tom Rittenhouse) Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- -- 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.
Re: In memories of snow...
Nonsense, it's just that it was a bit cooler than usual from 1300 to 1850. A few cold winters and everyone thinks it's supposed to stay that way forever. Let's not get emotional over the weather, shall we. Of course there is global warming, 20,000 years ago there were glaciers in Michigan for crying out loud. And of course it is warmer than you remember, you used to go outdoors in the winter. As Will Rodgers said, If you don't like the weather, wait a minute. Graywolf (Tom Rittenhouse) Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- P. J. Alling wrote: Global warming is real. The most significant climate changes took place in the mid to late 19th century. . Ken Waller wrote: A couple of days ago, I noted the extreme for that day in history (over 100 years) was something like 80 degrees (from around 65Degrees F to -15 degrees F). Kind of hard to draw any conclusions with historical data swings like that other than variability. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: In memories of snow... Of course we had almost no snow last year. That was due to global warming as well:-). In fact, even though the blobal temperature change is only something like 1 degree over numerous decades, every weather event that occurs is due to global warming. Global warming is real, of course, but it is not yet significant enough to result in noticeable change for much of the world. Paul -- Original message -- From: William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Ken Waller Subject: Re: In memories of snow... According to the local paper, the storm we had New Years Eve was the forth biggest in the Detroit area ever.! Some areas got 18 inches. Must be global warming. Probably. More melted ice caps equates to more moisture in the air to come down as snow. William Robb -- 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.
Re: PESO - Prayers
The rental places will sell you one cheap too. They like to get rid of them before they start looking shabby. Graywolf (Tom Rittenhouse) Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- Stan Halpin wrote: As to fancy dress outfits, we go to a fund-raising ball once a year. After a couple of rentals I gave up and bought a tux. But I asked a musician friend for advice, he sent me to the store where all the symphony musicians and head waiters go for their duds. Not Armani, but half-way decent and quite cheap! Stan On Jan 2, 2008, at 4:16 PM, Bob W wrote: Back around 1999 or 2000 my wife was working for, ahem, Andersen Consulting. I worked for them in 1997/8. I had worked for a London department store which was part of a larger group. The larger group outsourced its IT finance to the androids and I was scooped up. We did the black tie thing on a regular basis. We did before we were outsourced. The department store was into that sort of thing, so my dinner suit (which I still have, and which still fits) was bought on massive staff discount. Before a black tie evening the menswear department closed early so that the staff could help the directors with their bow ties. -- Bob -- 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.
Re: The last hamburger...
It's all those foreigners who have moved here GRIN. What works when the taxors are more then a month away does not work so good when they are just next door(Revolution v. Civil War). In neither case was it the amount of the taxes, it was the unfairness of taxes. The taxes involved were a form of economic coercion. Graywolf (Tom Rittenhouse) Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- P. J. Alling wrote: They will increase all fees to make up for lost revenue. After what's your's is theirs, at least in their minds. In Canada that's not so bad, when you consider the US revolted over a tax that by todays standards would be considered modest in the extreme. We put up with a Tax Code that if it were imposed by another country would be considered an act of war. David J Brooks wrote: Well, happy New Year any way Tom.:-) Our Government(feds)will drop our GST by 1% tomorrow. Just wondering what our provincial Government will up to make the difference up. Its a visous circle my friend Dave On Dec 31, 2007 4:46 PM, graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ...and potato chip crumbs were my New Years Eve dinner. Made it through the year with a dollar and some change left over. Yeh Next year Mr Bush and company are giving me a whole $15/mo raise. I will be living high off the hog then, I tell you. Who would have thought life was going to be so good? Happy New Year! -- Graywolf (Tom Rittenhouse) Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- -- 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. -- 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.
Re: Another Bicycle Shot --PESO
Well when you collect old bicycles you get old bicycles. But if you are a teenager you still get real upset at anything that suggest the world existed before you were born. Anyway this one has a 1974 registration sticker on it so it is at least that old. And interesting thing is it is obviously better built than the older (circa 1960) more expensive Raleigh I have bits and pieces of. The Raleigh has rough edges on the parts, crudely done brazes, ugly chrome, etc. Except for the 70'ish decals this bike is very little different in fit and finish from the one I had as a kid. I guess the 60's must have been a bad time for Raleigh. I do not even know if the '53-'54 version I had was made by Raleigh, but I am sure this one was. And, yep, Bob, made in Nottingham England. On the other hand my Italian Bianchi bicycle says Made in China right on the frame. However, Bob, that kid rides a BMX, so you can be sure he knows everything there is to know about bicycles. Graywolf (Tom Rittenhouse) Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- Bob W wrote: I don't think Dunelts of that period were made in China (presumably you mean the same China that makes a lot of cameras for Pentax). Dunelt were part of Raleigh at that time and the bikes were made in England or in the local market, so that one could have been made in the USA. Graywolf may be able to let us know. People decide their own priorities about what to spend their money on. Just because someone wants to spend a lot of money on a camera it doesn't mean they should also spend a lot on other things. I know people who have custom-built bicycles that cost more than a car, but who wouldn't spend more than a couple of hundred dollars on a camera. I also know people who've cycled round the world (some more than once), and now use beat-up old delivery bikes that they rescued from the tip. Having an expensive bike means nothing; having an expensive camera means nothing. What matters is to have the right bike, or the right camera. That Dunelt looks like a damn good bike, and one that I'd be proud to own. It will probably outlive you; hopefully. If you do outlive the bike perhaps you'll pick up some knowledge, wisdom and humility on the way. -- Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Polyhead Sent: 01 January 2008 08:46 To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Another Bicycle Shot --PESO Would be a great shot if that made in china hunk of crap bike wasn't in the way. . really.. people.. you'll drop a grand in a camera but won't drop $500 for a decent rig? WTF? http://www.graywolfphoto.com/digital/_images/Bicycles/Dunelt-2 0071229c.jpg I kind of like the converging lines in the sky which is why I darkened it down a bit. Not real sure of my monitor calibration yet on the new OS load, so it would be nice if folks would comment on how it looks on their system. Thanks -- Graywolf (Tom Rittenhouse) Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ -- - -- 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. -- Ben 'Polyhead' Smith KE7GAL -- 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. -- 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.
Re: test
I see Peter is feeling testy today. Graywolf (Tom Rittenhouse) Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- P. J. Alling wrote: test -- 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.
Re: Lightroom question (Godfrey?)
I it were unix/linux a simple script would do it, in windblows I have never found a simple way to do it. Maybe someone will come up with one, so I will watch this thread. I have a program (freeware, I think) called winmerge that can do some interesting things like compare files and merge in the ones that are missing. That I think can do what you want, but he interface is not what I would call easy to figure out. Graywolf (Tom Rittenhouse) Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- Thibouille wrote: I discovered I have multiple copies of some pictures in my Lightroom library. The thing is one copy is Dng and the other is Jpeg. I don't want to kill all Jpegs since some pictures are only available in Jpeg. I would simply wanna kill all Jpeg copies which also exist in Dng format. Is there a way to do that in Lightroom or shall I program that myself with mighty Delphi ? Thanks ! -- 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.
The last hamburger...
...and potato chip crumbs were my New Years Eve dinner. Made it through the year with a dollar and some change left over. Yeh Next year Mr Bush and company are giving me a whole $15/mo raise. I will be living high off the hog then, I tell you. Who would have thought life was going to be so good? Happy New Year! -- Graywolf (Tom Rittenhouse) Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- -- 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.
Another Bicycle Shot --PESO
http://www.graywolfphoto.com/digital/_images/Bicycles/Dunelt-20071229c.jpg I kind of like the converging lines in the sky which is why I darkened it down a bit. Not real sure of my monitor calibration yet on the new OS load, so it would be nice if folks would comment on how it looks on their system. Thanks -- Graywolf (Tom Rittenhouse) Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- -- 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.
Re: Boy are you guys lucky
Yep, only 40 lbs. Everyone claims that you need a super light bicycle. With me on it this bicycle is only 10% heavier than the aluminum one I gave away several years back. She ain't much different than the one me Gran-pa gave me when I was 10. And you have to admit she goes well with that hat. Could you imaging riding a day-glow full-suspension mountain bike with that hat? Graywolf (Tom Rittenhouse) Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- keith_w wrote: graywolf wrote: GRIN! I think there was supposed to be an H in there somewhere. Translation: 3-speed bicycle. And, a right purty bike she is, too! Looks light and limber. keith whaley -- 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.
Re: Boy are you guys lucky
HAR, I have a more modern bicycle as well. But I like the ride-without-thinking-about-it-ness of these old bikes. Nope, the saddle is set just exactly right for riding sitting up. If you were leaning forward as with most modern bikes it you would be correct, Bob. Graywolf (Tom Rittenhouse) Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- Bob W wrote: What a beautiful bike that is! I love bikes which have the white-painted bit on the rear mudguard (or 'fender' as you chaps call it), they remind me of my childhood on RAF stations when the officers used to ride similar bikes around and across the runways. The nose of that saddle (looks like a Brooks) looks a bit high for comfort over long periods. Don't listen to anyone who trashes 3-speeds! The overwhelming majority of people who ride bicycles never use more than one gear, and very, very few use more than 2 or 3. To me that looks like a perfect bike for most needs, as well as being beautiful and old-fashioned. I have a 21-speed bike, but in town I almost never use more than 4 or 5 gears. Only when I'm touring out of town do I use anything like the full range, and even then I only use about 13 of the available gears because of the overlap inherent in having more than one chainring. -- Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of graywolf Sent: 30 December 2007 04:04 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Boy are you guys lucky GRIN! I think there was supposed to be an H in there somewhere. Translation: 3-speed bicycle. It was real nice out around here and I got to try it out with the change lower gearing finally. I almost got up that hill that was a dead stop for me with the stock rear sprocket. I think I will be able to manage it if I can get in as good as shape as I was in last year. Oh, websites back up so I uploaded a few images. The first one was at the top of that little hill. Quite sharp considering how shaky I was. Definitely needed the break. The white house in backgound is at the top of the road I need to ride to get into town. The hill to it is a walker for me: http://www.graywolfphoto.com/digital/_images/Bicycles/Dunelt-2 0071229a.jpg This next one surprised me. That is the neked sun behind those thin clouds. Surprising little flare considering: http://www.graywolfphoto.com/digital/_images/Bicycles/Dunelt-1 2292007f.jpg Bicycle in exactly the same spot in this one only avoiding the sun a bit: http://www.graywolfphoto.com/digital/_images/Bicycles/Dunelt-1 2292007g.jpg And just checking to see if the IR remote will work in bright sunlight, you get to see me in my bicycling togs. Notice how neatly I hide the remote grin: http://www.graywolfphoto.com/digital/_images/Bicycles/Dunelt-1 2292007l.jpg -- 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.
Re: Boy are you guys lucky
Bob, gets the prize. Actually that B72 is the one that my commuter wore for 15 years (just getting broken in), the Bianci now has a B66 and alloy Northroad bars. I guess she needs to get her picture taken too. Graywolf (Tom Rittenhouse) Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- Bob W wrote: The nose of that saddle (looks like a Brooks) in fact, I think it's a Brooks B72 City/Touring saddle. -- Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob W Sent: 30 December 2007 09:37 To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' Subject: RE: Boy are you guys lucky What a beautiful bike that is! I love bikes which have the white-painted bit on the rear mudguard (or 'fender' as you chaps call it), they remind me of my childhood on RAF stations when the officers used to ride similar bikes around and across the runways. The nose of that saddle (looks like a Brooks) looks a bit high for comfort over long periods. Don't listen to anyone who trashes 3-speeds! The overwhelming majority of people who ride bicycles never use more than one gear, and very, very few use more than 2 or 3. To me that looks like a perfect bike for most needs, as well as being beautiful and old-fashioned. I have a 21-speed bike, but in town I almost never use more than 4 or 5 gears. Only when I'm touring out of town do I use anything like the full range, and even then I only use about 13 of the available gears because of the overlap inherent in having more than one chainring. -- Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of graywolf Sent: 30 December 2007 04:04 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Boy are you guys lucky GRIN! I think there was supposed to be an H in there somewhere. Translation: 3-speed bicycle. It was real nice out around here and I got to try it out with the change lower gearing finally. I almost got up that hill that was a dead stop for me with the stock rear sprocket. I think I will be able to manage it if I can get in as good as shape as I was in last year. Oh, websites back up so I uploaded a few images. The first one was at the top of that little hill. Quite sharp considering how shaky I was. Definitely needed the break. The white house in backgound is at the top of the road I need to ride to get into town. The hill to it is a walker for me: http://www.graywolfphoto.com/digital/_images/Bicycles/Dunelt-2 0071229a.jpg This next one surprised me. That is the neked sun behind those thin clouds. Surprising little flare considering: http://www.graywolfphoto.com/digital/_images/Bicycles/Dunelt-1 2292007f.jpg Bicycle in exactly the same spot in this one only avoiding the sun a bit: http://www.graywolfphoto.com/digital/_images/Bicycles/Dunelt-1 2292007g.jpg And just checking to see if the IR remote will work in bright sunlight, you get to see me in my bicycling togs. Notice how neatly I hide the remote grin: http://www.graywolfphoto.com/digital/_images/Bicycles/Dunelt-1 2292007l.jpg -- 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. -- 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.
Re: Boy are you guys lucky
This one has a registration tag from 1974 on it so it is at least that old. The Dunelt I had as kid was a '53 or '54 model and did not have the white fender tip, but it did have nifty gold pen striping on the fenders. I understand that the white fender became a legal requirement over there about 1960. It is another of those silly laws, do you think someone who misses the reflector is going to notice a bit of white paint? I admit however the white fender tip does give it an old world look. Graywolf (Tom Rittenhouse) Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- mike wilson wrote: How old did you reckon the Dunelt is? AFAIK, the white patch on the rear guard was introduced in the UK during WWII, to facilitate running over cyclists during the blackout. -- 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.
Re: Boy are you guys lucky
Thanks Marnie, The reason the house tilts is that I had changed the batteries in the camera a while back and it loses all its settings when I do that (not supposed to but it was a common problem and I bought it used so could not send it in for the warranty fix) and the remote feature was turned off, when I went back to the camera an turned it on I guess I moved the camera a bit. BTW, the guy I bought the camera from said the remote never worked, I guess reading the simple 300 page instruction manual was too much bother. Graywolf (Tom Rittenhouse) Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nice self portrait, Graywolf! -- 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.
Re: OT: Interesting job opportunity
Retirement plan? It is an all expenses paid trip to paradise where you will be waited on hand and foot by beautiful houris (Isn't that a tautology?) and even allowed to drink wine. I wonder if they realize that their definition of paradise is a description of the part of the world they do not control? In fact I wonder if most folks have noticed that almost all religions promise their followers that in the next life they will get to have the things only their leaders are allowed in this one. Graywolf (Tom Rittenhouse) Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- P. J. Alling wrote: Based on the two predecessors that 1.) It's a family business, 2.) There are limited opportunities for advancement, 3.) There are severe penalties for failure, and the competition is cutthroat I'll bet the retirement plan sucks too. Bob W wrote: If any of you are looking for work at the moment you might be interested in this position which has become free. I hope it's ok to post stuff like this - not like eBay auctions. If any of you were thinking of going for this, and feel that I have queered your pitch, please accept my apologies. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7164277.stm One of the best things about it is you don't have to wear a suit every day. -- Regards, Bob -- 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.
Boy are you guys lucky
I was out on the tree speed today with the camera and took a couple of photos I wanted to post. Fortunately my web host is down today so you will not have to look at them. I may have to move somewhere more reliable. -- Graywolf (Tom Rittenhouse) Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- -- 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.
Re: Boy are you guys lucky
GRIN! I think there was supposed to be an H in there somewhere. Translation: 3-speed bicycle. It was real nice out around here and I got to try it out with the change lower gearing finally. I almost got up that hill that was a dead stop for me with the stock rear sprocket. I think I will be able to manage it if I can get in as good as shape as I was in last year. Oh, websites back up so I uploaded a few images. The first one was at the top of that little hill. Quite sharp considering how shaky I was. Definitely needed the break. The white house in backgound is at the top of the road I need to ride to get into town. The hill to it is a walker for me: http://www.graywolfphoto.com/digital/_images/Bicycles/Dunelt-20071229a.jpg This next one surprised me. That is the neked sun behind those thin clouds. Surprising little flare considering: http://www.graywolfphoto.com/digital/_images/Bicycles/Dunelt-12292007f.jpg Bicycle in exactly the same spot in this one only avoiding the sun a bit: http://www.graywolfphoto.com/digital/_images/Bicycles/Dunelt-12292007g.jpg And just checking to see if the IR remote will work in bright sunlight, you get to see me in my bicycling togs. Notice how neatly I hide the remote grin: http://www.graywolfphoto.com/digital/_images/Bicycles/Dunelt-12292007l.jpg Graywolf (Tom Rittenhouse) Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- Bob Sullivan wrote: Graywolf, You have to translate. What's the tree speed? Regards, Bob S. On Dec 29, 2007 8:08 PM, graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was out on the tree speed today with the camera and took a couple of photos I wanted to post. Fortunately my web host is down today so you will not have to look at them. I may have to move somewhere more reliable. -- Graywolf (Tom Rittenhouse) Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- -- 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. -- 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.
Re: Boy are you guys lucky
Thank you both. Graywolf (Tom Rittenhouse) Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- Bob Sullivan wrote: What Paul said. -- 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.
Re: OT: It's hart, being outdated
Actually I saw one at the local Wal-Mart the other day. $78. PCI video cards are not really off the market quite yet. I keep thinking I ought to pick one up for trouble shooting. Graywolf (Tom Rittenhouse) Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- Mark Roberts wrote: cbwaters wrote: Anybody got a 256MB PCI video card lying around? -- 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.
Re: OT: Spirit Snobs
My God Man! How can you drink that stuff? It will eat your guts out and rot your brain. Graywolf (Tom Rittenhouse) Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- David Savage wrote: I just cracked the seal on a can of Pepsi Max. I'm drinking it straight from the can which is in a stubbie holder. -- 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.
Re: Christmas Spirit
Gor! Blimely too! I am glad I do not live up there. North Carolina has one of the higher booze taxes too. The thing with the US is that taxes on booze varies from state to state and even from county to county. Graywolf (Tom Rittenhouse) Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- David J Brooks wrote: On Dec 27, 2007 10:26 AM, Stan Halpin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The mind boggles when trying to understand the variation in liquor pricing and availability within the U.S. stan In Ontario, beer is bought from The Beer Store. Wine and Spirits from the LCBO(Liquor Control Board of Ontario). Some beers are also available at the LCBO. Prices are fixed, so a 6 pack at the LCBO is the same price as the beer store. No corner stores can sell booze, although we have some Wine outlets in Wally world and some other stores. The majority of our prices are taxes. Quebec has a more Liberal approch to sales, as do the Western Provinces. Forget what the deal is out East. Frank and i buy our beer at the big box store near W Jefferson, when traveling to GFM. Four packs of 24 cost us $44.00 US. One 24 here is between $34.00-$39.00. Dave On Dec 27, 2007, at 8:04 AM, mike wilson wrote: From: graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] One Christmas I was in the local ABC (Alcohol Beverage Control, for those of you who live in more civilized areas) store when the lady in line in front of me handed the clerk her credit card and said she wanted their most expensive Brandy for her husband's boss's Christmas present. There were fireworks when they handed her the $1200 credit card slip to sign. Snobs! Not just an ostentatious snob but uneducated, too. Even the local Costco can hit nearly that price. Any decent wine merchant would have walloped her for two or three times that. - Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam -- 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. -- 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. -- 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.
Re: Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays to All My Friends
The same to you, you big pooka Graywolf (Tom Rittenhouse) Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- -- 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.
Re: OT: Spirit Snobs
But no one can drink like the girl in Raiders of the Lost Ark. I seem to recall a similar joke to yours. Q. How much can an Irishman drink A. Only as much as he can get. Graywolf (Tom Rittenhouse) Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- John Francis wrote: On Thu, Dec 27, 2007 at 02:58:17PM -0500, Ken Waller wrote: I'll drink whatevers on offer. Beer, wine, vodka, whiskey I'm not fussy. The best are the ones bought for me! Kenneth Waller Cue old joke (seasonal tie-in - I've seen this in a Christmas cracker): Q: How much can a Scotsman drink? A: Any given quantity. -- 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.
Re: Christmas Spirit
Isn't she a bit too young for you? (I once knew a stripper named Brandy, but she was well over 12) Graywolf (Tom Rittenhouse) Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- Boris Liberman wrote: Hmmm. I opened a bottom of local Brandy that boasts 12 years of maturation. Very pleasant indeed. -- 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.
Re: The Grinch just finished the roast beast
Thank you, sir. The same to you. Graywolf (Tom Rittenhouse) Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- Bob Sullivan wrote: Happy holidays Graywolf. Glad to see you in good spirits the last few weeks. Drove 1:15 to my sister's for a family gathering. My brother was sick at the last minute and didn't make it. Ate too much, drank a little bit, and snapped a few pictures. Drove 1:15 back home. Time for bed now. Regards, Bob S. On Dec 25, 2007 2:37 PM, graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Turkey, corn bread stuffing, mashed taters, gravy, veggies, and beer. Being solo I can do beer on a feast day. Forgot to get rolls so I had to make do with plain old bread (life is so difficult). In good old feast day tradition I ate three times as much as I should have. And there was still had enough left to make a couple of giant sized TV-Dinners with. All that was after the stroll in the park. Boone is such a peaceful place on Christmas day. There is one problem with this solo thing, the cook has to do the dishes too. I hope everyone else's day is as nice as mine, -- Graywolf Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- -- 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. -- 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.
Re: Christmas Spirit
Yep, the Chevis Regal of Bourbons. Expensive so it must be good. Just like Heineken beer. Not that I will ever know for sure as I can not afford it. I will stick to my Henry McKenna, cheap but good. I just tipped a shot into my coffee in honor of this thread. Seems like there are a lot of snobs on the list trying to one up each other. So it looks like it is time for my ABC story again. One Christmas I was in the local ABC (Alcohol Beverage Control, for those of you who live in more civilized areas) store when the lady in line in front of me handed the clerk her credit card and said she wanted their most expensive Brandy for her husband's boss's Christmas present. There were fireworks when they handed her the $1200 credit card slip to sign. Snobs! Graywolf (Tom Rittenhouse) Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- Ken Waller wrote: Knob Creek small batch bourbon... Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Christmas Spirit Hmmm. I opened a bottom of local Brandy that boasts 12 years of maturation. Very pleasant indeed. On Dec 26, 2007 9:28 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Glen Rothes Select Reserve Mmm G -- Boris -- 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. -- 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.
Re: Juan is too modest
I do not understand this thread. I have met Juan, and the last thing I would call him is modest. I have met Mike too, and if he had praised a cat photo by Juan, then I would be impressed... Need I add the GRIN!? Graywolf Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- -- 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.
Greetings from the Grinch
Hi all, sorry I was not able to get around to all your houses last night, so some of you will have to dispose of that nasty dead tree yourself, and you will have to listen to your kid bang that toy drum for a week until she breaks it. And many of you will wind up with tummy aches because I did not get the roast beast and stuffing. You people do not seem to appreciate the great service I do for you. Instead you praise that old guy in the red suit when all he is after is causing you a lot of misery, one day of happiness and 364 of woe. I try, I try... To everyone, may you have only one day of woe in your next year, -- Graywolf Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- -- 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.
Re: PESO: X-mas West Oz Style (part 1 of maybe more)
Har, 5C (41F) and sunny with a very light breeze here in the mountains. Just about perfect for a brisk walk. Which I think I shall do in justs a few minutes. Sometimes I really do like it here. Graywolf Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- David J Brooks wrote: On Dec 25, 2007 3:54 AM, Brian Walters [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Quoting David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED]: From lunch: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2109/2135036256_644d52c7e8_o.jpg I'm sure that gravy tasted better than it looks. (at least I hope that's the case). And for all those in the frozen north. Maybe this'll warm you up: http://farm3.static.flickr.com//2135037256_8572f258e3_o.jpg A very comfortable 26 degrees over here, thank you. Minus 8 C here. Just right for shorts and T shirt Dave Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ -- Free pop3 email with a spam filter. http://www.bluebottle.com/tag/5 -- 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. -- 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.
The Grinch just finished the roast beast
Turkey, corn bread stuffing, mashed taters, gravy, veggies, and beer. Being solo I can do beer on a feast day. Forgot to get rolls so I had to make do with plain old bread (life is so difficult). In good old feast day tradition I ate three times as much as I should have. And there was still had enough left to make a couple of giant sized TV-Dinners with. All that was after the stroll in the park. Boone is such a peaceful place on Christmas day. There is one problem with this solo thing, the cook has to do the dishes too. I hope everyone else's day is as nice as mine, -- Graywolf Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- -- 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.
Photo Ops Missed
During my walk I saw several photos waiting to be made. I did not expect the very peaceful atmosphere about he Greenway Park. I guess I should start carrying a camera again. laziness and apathy are my only excuse for not doing so. -- Graywolf Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- -- 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.
Re: Happy Holidays!
Bah, humbug! Except to the kids of all ages. Graywolf Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- -- 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.
Re: Home made umbrella's
Go to the Dollar Tree and by two $1 umbrellas, go to wal-mart and buy a $2 can of white or silver paint. Mix the two. Merry Christmas Yes, you can make all kinds of light modifiers out of foam-core. To be honest however, hard direct light is not all that bad if you watch your shadows. Have fun, Graywolf Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- David J Brooks wrote: Hopfully in early January, i'll get my V2s trigger and two recievers. I plan on experimenting with my small studio downstairs. I googled home made umbrella's but did not really find anything i had in mind. I was thinking of McIvering a homemade one/two, but i'm afraid they will look just that, cheap and home made, using that white foam material the better bounce card is made of.. I saw a video on Expert Village, and he used two back drop stands, with brass fittings on the top, mounted two umbrella holders and then the flash with receiver's. He then used normal umbrella's. I'm quessing this is probably the better way to go, should i need to take this stuff on the road. It does not sound to expensive to do the latter. Dave -- 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.
Re: OT: OMG...
I would never do such a thing. It is called a Denial of Service Attack and can cause massive disruption to the web, not just to the person you are pissed at. If you find someone chronically annoying just killfile his name. Don't forget to kill anything with his name in the body of the message as well or you still get to read all the idiots who respond to his baiting. Graywolf Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- Scott Loveless wrote: William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Scott Loveless Subject: Re: OT: OMG... I'd rather apply the solution Bill uses with those morons who bounce list mail. If we all did that, wouldn't lollyhead have a wonderful time? g If I am really annoyed, I both filter your email to trash and configure the filter to bounce it back to the sender. This latest manchild got filter #3 Yes. That the rule I was referring to. Thank you so much for the idea. I've had several opportunities to use it over the last year or so. It's always good for a chuckle, at the very least. -- 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.
Re: OT: OMG...
I predict that we will be hearing Polyhead jokes here on the list for a long time. You have stepped over the boundaries of acceptable behavior for this list. One of the rights you are ignoring is the right to petition the courts for redress of injuries. Also freedom of speech does not include the right to slander or libel, to threaten, or to curse people, all of those are clearly actionable. It is merely the right to express your opinion without being arrested for it. AND, it goes both ways, others have the right to express their opinions also; for some reason the people who start yelling Freedom of speech never want to allow it to the other guy. I have not published this link in a long while but I guess we can all use a reminder now and then: http://www.graywolfphoto.com/pentax/pdml-faq.html Graywolf Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- Polyhead wrote: On Sun, 23 Dec 2007 20:39:14 +0900 David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Dec 23, 2007 8:23 PM, Polyhead [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think the suit is appropriate and I hope it's successful. And I hope you die of a horrible cancer on your balls. Ahhh another internet tough guy... That was seriously uncalled for. Supporting frivolous lawsuits that restrict freedom of speech, no, you deserve to die of nut cancer. Dave -- 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. -- 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.
Re: PESO - Orangutan
Lucus has said he conceived Wookies from his Malamute dog. However, he may just have said that to protect the Wookies living in the Jungles of Borneo grin Graywolf Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- Bruce Dayton wrote: One has to wonder if wookies were concepted from orangutans. Thanks for the comment. -- 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.
Re: OT: The modern world confuses me
You're just retro, Dave. Spelling wasn't standardized until 1850 or so. Graywolf Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- David J Brooks wrote: On Dec 22, 2007 9:34 AM, Bob Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry Dave. I know you're not one of those folks, just a poor speller. I skipped reading and spelling, but they made me go back and learn to read. For spelling, I was lost until computers and spell checker. (Ever use a thesaurus to find links back to what you can't spell?) Write on Dave.:-) BTW i'm still giving classes this weak. Dave You know when your a real man and write all your own code in machine language, there just isn't time to write a spell checker. Regards, Bob S. On Dec 22, 2007 8:12 AM, David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Please don't paint the poor spellers among us (me included) with the same tainted brush as those jokers. Cheers, Dave On Dec 22, 2007 10:51 PM, Bob Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No spell checker when you're a Luddite... On Dec 22, 2007 6:12 AM, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Great. JCO's been carted off to a long-term convalescent home only to be replaced by some other self-righteous dickhead. Why is it that none of these people can ever spell properly? -- Bob Choose to use buggy software, choose to use non standards compleint software, and get what you deserve. On 22/12/07, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: Gee, thanks, that's really helpful. Why didn't I think of that? Yeah Bob- come on man - wake up. -- 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. -- 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. -- 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.
Re: OT: The modern world confuses me
Because you are not 16? Graywolf Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- Bob W wrote: Gee, thanks, that's really helpful. Why didn't I think of that? -- 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.
Re: Portland Fountains
Which explains a lot. Nothing like having to go to school for twenty or more years to make someone irascible. Need I add a grin? Graywolf Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- Bob Sullivan wrote: You know the majority of this list have advanced degrees, and about 25% hold Doctorates of one kind or another. -- 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.
Re: Portland Fountains
You're OK, Bob. Graywolf Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- Bob Sullivan wrote: Graywolf, We've met and I'm happy to call you friend. Your nickname and mug go together perfectly. Regards, Bob S. On Dec 21, 2007 7:53 PM, graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I can no imagine why someone would use a name like Bob, or George, or Tom Hi, my name is Tom Rittenhouse, my friends call me Graywolf. Nice to meet you Mister Rittenhouse. Then they wonder why I don't consider them friends... when they have all but told me they weren't and didn't want to be. -- 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.
Re: Portland Fountains
In the real world, you have to sometimes adjust your thinking to the level of the people around you. I don't expect you accept that, it took me decades to do so myself. However, I will comment on your photos. The are technically excellent, and boring as hell. The sort of thing someone who has taken a class or two on photography produces. Certainly not worth the time and effort it took to look at them. You photo typify why I normally do not comment on photos. They all fall into the boring, interesting, or gut-grabbing categories. All too often the technically excellent photos seem to be in the boring category; I suppose that is because they are do for the photography's sake rather than the pictures sake. The urge for technical perfection often gets in the way. Graywolf Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- Polyhead wrote: Well, the comments were about the way i choose to operate the website, not about the photo. As its my site, i'm entitled to operate it any way I wish. People insist that PNG is not suitable for web images, it is. They insist i pay for hosting and conform to questionable EULA agreements. How am I suppose to see anything but inferiority in that attitude? You would have to be compleatly stupid to agree to photobuckets EULA. Basically, you post it there, they own it. Thats a big stick they can come hit you with, 10, 15, 20 years down the road. The fact is, when it comes to websites and image formats, i probably DO know more about them than most of the people here. Rather than assume I know what i'm doing, they make the assumption me using PNG was some sort of mistake rather than intent. Their loss really. I can do better. With freinds like that, who needs an enemy? -- 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.
Re: Portland Fountains
You are agitating, Bob. Doesn't everyone think Bob is agitating? I think Bob is agitating. Graywolf Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- Bob Sullivan wrote: Oh Hell! I miss some of those good old flame wars. Can't we have another one? I pick Bob B., Wheatfield Willy, Malfud, and Valentin for my team. (some will have to be called out of retirement...) Regards, Bob S. -- 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.
Re: Portland Fountains
Are we on the same mailing list? I admit that there are a lot of humble people on PDML, they are called lurkers. You have to be rather egotistical to actually post here. These eggheads will tear you apart if you can not operate at their level. No wonder poor Poly is so defensive. Strangely I have better things to do, but this is as good a way of avoiding them as any GRIN. BTW, did I ever mention my shock and dismay over how HTML does not like my GRIN? Graywolf Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- Bob Sullivan wrote: What I've found here on the pdml is a bunch of people who are usually quite humble, -- 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.
Re: Peso Valeyntine Church revisited.
Time to learn how to do panos, Dave. Graywolf Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- David J Brooks wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6760472 Just not enough width to get what i wanted. Serves me right for taking only one lens.:-) -- 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.
OT--Bicyles, Wal-Mart, and Karma
As some of you know I picked up an old 3-speed Dunelt bicycle awhile back. So I decide I want to ride it around town, and this being Boone there are hills. Being out of shape I decide to regear the bike. So I order a 22 tooth rear cog. It came yesterday and today I put it on the bike. The old chain is too short to fit the axle, it will not even reach the slot. So I figure a chain will be cheap at Wal-Mart, so I rush out and brave the Saturday before Christmas crowd at the the big-box outlet. After fighting my way to the back of the store having to detour around people who have not seen each other since last Christmas and want to have a family reunion in the aisle, actually at the intersection of aisles so they can block two at once. This is not just one inconsiderate group, there when several unless the were running about the store to get ahead of me; being properly paranoid, I would not bet against it. I get to the toy department and right there is an empty peg, So I run around the store until I find someone in a blue vest. He walks back with me to the toy department and points to the empty peg and says they are right there. We go back and forth a bit and it quickly becomes obvious he is not going to check to see if there are any in stock, and I leave getting a bottle of grapefruit juice that I had been putting off getting because I did not want to go to Wal-Mart at this time a year, but that Wal-Mart had for six-bits less than the grocery stores, and to me six-bits is a half-days worth of groceries. So it is raining anyway, and I can wait until after New Year to get a chain, or I can order it off the internet. It is a buck cheaper on the internet, $4.56 as opposed to $5.56 but they want $5.00 shipping. I know, I know, I should never have kicked that puppy. -- Graywolf Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- -- 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.
Re: PESO: A fifties chrome
Nice job, Paul. But! Always a but, isn't there. She is most likely a very nice person but from the photo and her expression I would not want to know her. If you were trying for the gangster's girlfriend, or prostitute look you nailed it. Might make a nice cover for a Private Eye type paperback. Graywolf Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I redid this pic to give it the look of a slightly faded fifties Kodachrome transparency. At least it's my interpretation of that look. It was actually shot on Portra NC 160 with the 6x7 and 105mm lens. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=1625224 -- 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.
Re: My uncle's photos. Longish.
I will state the obvious, he did not need to do that, he knew all those people and places. We tend to think our work is so valuable today. Except for pros who hoped to make more money from the images over the years, photos used to be purely personal things. Usually the best you can hope for is that they will be in albums with little notes added, like Paul and Jane 1942, I do not know that I have ever seen any more than that. Even pros usually were way behind on their filing an captioning. Here in the Appalachian Mountains there are a few people who go around with audio recorders interviewing old people trying to document a long gone lifestyle. I would think that would be the way to do old photos, spend the time with the photographer recording their stories about the photos. Too late to do that with your uncle... Graywolf Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- -- 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.
Re: Face Recognition?
HAR! Cameras have changed a lot, people have not. Everyone wants something for nothing. No work, no effort, no thinking involved, only $99, results guaranteed or your money back (if you can find us). Personally I am still waiting to receive that trillion dollar check in the mail. Just to give you an idea it started out as a thousand, but as the dollar eroded I had to raise the minimum acceptable amount, I just raised it from a billion last year. Just to make this story funny, someone really did try and send me a thousand dollars and I tossed out the letter unopened. What can I say, it looked like a letter from a collection agency, but was actually from an insurance company. Luckily for me they kept trying and caught my attention a couple of years later. Graywolf Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- frank theriault wrote: On Dec 20, 2007 7:43 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Eastman Kodak, circa 1890: You press the button and we do the rest. Amazing how little cameras have changed in the past 120 years! ;-) cheers, frank -- 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.
Re: PESO: A fifties chrome
Nineteen and s cynical looking. The world is a sad place. Graywolf Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks Tom. She was actually somewhat cold and troubled. She appeared to be the owner of an expensive clothing store in upscale Birmingham, so when I asked her if she wanted to model I assumed she was much older than she really was. Turned out, she was only 19. She had grown up in Toledo, Ohio and had taken up with a young Russian entrepreneur who didn't seem to treat her very well. I think he was angry when he found out she had modeled for me, although this was as sexy and revealing as it got. She didn't like the way she looked in the photos, although not for the reasons you mention. She thought her hair looked bad, and she had various other complaints. Shortly after this, she ended up pregnant. Several of her boyfriend's businesses, including the clothing store, failed. They married and moved back to Toledo. Hope she's doing better now. Paul -- Original message -- From: graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] Nice job, Paul. But! Always a but, isn't there. She is most likely a very nice person but from the photo and her expression I would not want to know her. If you were trying for the gangster's girlfriend, or prostitute look you nailed it. Might make a nice cover for a Private Eye type paperback. Graywolf Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I redid this pic to give it the look of a slightly faded fifties Kodachrome transparency. At least it's my interpretation of that look. It was actually shot on Portra NC 160 with the 6x7 and 105mm lens. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=1625224 -- 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. -- 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.
Re: Face Recognition?
Don't worry Frank, they have gotten to where the recording is better than the live performance these days. Of course some of us are old fashioned enough to prefer the real thing. Graywolf Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- frank theriault wrote: On Dec 21, 2007 12:34 PM, graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: HAR! Cameras have changed a lot, people have not. Neither have PR departments and advertising companies. I recall seeing old ads from the 1930s advertising gramophones - the ones that played acetate records through acoustic horns - claiming they sounded so close to real life one would have trouble distinguishing the two. Look at the RCA Victor symbol, the dog (was his name Topper?) hearing his master's voice from the gramophone which was obviously so near reality even with his keen hearing Topper couldn't tell. Whatever the current technology is will always be touted as near perfect - when it never is. cheers, frank -- 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.
Re: Portland Fountains
I can no imagine why someone would use a name like Bob, or George, or Tom Hi, my name is Tom Rittenhouse, my friends call me Graywolf. Nice to meet you Mister Rittenhouse. Then they wonder why I don't consider them friends... when they have all but told me they weren't and didn't want to be. Graywolf Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- Cotty wrote: On 21/12/07, Bob Sullivan, discombobulated, unleashed: (Note that most people here use their real names, not some puffery.) Oi! -- 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.
Re: test
72%, you will have to do it over, I'm afraid. Graywolf Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- Christine Aguila wrote: test -- 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.
Re: Portland Fountains
Well, the problem you see is that Graywolf is not my on-line name, my business cards say Tom Graywolf Rittenhouse. Most people knew me by that name even before I ever was on-line. Although I will admit that it came about as a reaction to handles, I had so many I sometimes didn't know who I was. Let's see is that my CB Handle, my Trail Name, my Rainbow Name, my Nickname...? One Name that is who I am; and a legal designation that satisfies the government, that's it. However, I understand where folks around here are coming from, they are just a class of people who do not use nicknames. Strangely it is not the few locals that have the problem, they are mostly OK with it, it is the well to do retirees, and dropped-out hippies (this town is full of hippies that came up here in the 70's and are now the squarest people you could imagine) that have the the problem. People are just funny, that's all. Me, I'm no different, I'm just funny in different ways than most. Graywolf Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- Charles Robinson wrote: On Dec 21, 2007, at 19:53, graywolf wrote: I can no imagine why someone would use a name like Bob, or George, or Tom Hi, my name is Tom Rittenhouse, my friends call me Graywolf. Shouldn't that be Greywolf? Nice to meet you Mister Rittenhouse. Then they wonder why I don't consider them friends... when they have all but told me they weren't and didn't want to be. Y'know, I've grown up knowing a large on-line community - from way back when when we all used 300 or 1200-baud modems to dial into bulletin boards. Even back in 1985 we were having gatherings where we'd get together and I couldn't call people by their handles, tags or aliases comfortably. Frankly, I like addressing people by their real names - that's just one of my hangups. This was back when my online name was random entry (because I couldn't think of a username the first board I logged onto) and I still have people in town when I'm at a party who will call me random. H. Of course, if a person prefers to go by their alias, I can be trained to use it. But if no preference is expressed, I go for the REAL name. -Charles -- Charles Robinson - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org -- 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.
Re: Portland Fountains
Heck if we want to go that way, I wrote an Z-80 assembler/disassembler (remember when those kinds of programs cost thousands of dollars) in machine code once upon a time, and did it as as hobby thing at that. Actually I wrote the Disassembler first, then it was real easy to do the assembler. What is the all so fired big deal about being able to do assembly code. I once knew someone who programed operating systems. No not worked on a team that wrote OS's, but did the whole thing from top to bottom himself. He put it on the market and it was considered one of the nicest DOS's available for the TRS-80 (back then Radio Shacks DOS was so bad that there were a half-dozen competitors on the market). His was Multi-Dos, and if anyone is interested it made anything Microsoft ever did look like the utter crap it is. I also knew the guy who wrote Lazy Writer (one of the very first word processing programs for the TRS-80 and hence one of the first on the market at all). I once asked him why it had such a strange interface. He replied that he had never even seen a word processing system when he wrote it so had to make it up himself. Back then, if you had a need, you had to do it yourself. Programming is such a simple thing. You break your process down into discrete steps (the hard part), then code those steps into some programming language or another. These days it mostly drag and drop. People who do not know a lot about programming think it is such a big deal. All of us know something, some of us know a lot of things, only the people who are so ignorant that they don't know they are ignorant think they know are smarter than everyone else because they know a little bit about something or another. As I said, invincible ignorance. Graywolf Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- P. J. Alling wrote: Adam Maas wrote: On 12/19/07, Polyhead [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 18 Dec 2007 22:11:13 -0800 John Celio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I also refuse to use jpeg, png or nothing. Wow. That's bizarre. Hardly, jpeg is lossy compression. It grabs a square of pixels and averages them, you lose both dynamic range and resolution with jpeg. PNG is lossless and opensource. The other problem with jpeg is that because of the way it handles compression, it chokes on film grain. There isn't a way to feed a jpeg encoder a image with allot of film grain and have it spit out a reasonable result. People use it because they just don't know any better. You're talking about displaying photographs on the internet, which is meant to be a way of sharing information quickly and easily. Image compression quality takes a back seat most of the time around here, and no one else seems to be complaining about it. Your elitist attitude is grating. If you really don't care about what others think of your photos, why bother posting them in the first place? I thought they may enjoy it, I was wrong, instead they looked for something to complain about. Typical of the bulk of people really. I've got more bandwidth than God when I'm at work. I work for the company formerly known as UUNET. I've got straight 100MB Full-Duplex connections directly to the alter.net backbone. Your site is still too slow. PNG is NOT a format for rendering photographic output. If fact you probably couldn't have picked a worse format (Well, GIF, but it's got all the bad points of PNG with the addition of patent encumbrance). JPEG is the only commonly supported graphics format suited to web display of photographic images. Yes, it does have some bad points, but a max quality JPEG with smaller, lower-quality thumbnails will produce similar quality output (visually indistinguishable for the full-size image) with far better page render speeds (because your thumbnail's won't be 20x the size they need to be). -Adam Who did know M68K assembly back in the day. But hasn't used it in a decade. I only have real experience with 8086 to write TSRs. Learned IBM 360/370 in grad school. Did some fooling around with 6802 to write games for the Comadore 64 and had to bench check the DOD's 1441(?), hell it's been like 15 years since I even looked at that so forgive me if I don't remember the actual DOD designation, to trace an error in a USAF Satellite, because there were no machines still working that could run the emulator. But what the hell do I know, I'm just an IT guy who doesn't know shit. -- 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.
Re: Let us now praise famous eBay rules?
Ah, Paramounts, they were the thing, then they became old fashioned junk, and
now they are insanely valuable antiques, especially the track bike with the
wood
rims. We used to make good stuff here in America. That was before the MBA's
took
over the world.
I had a Raleigh Technium at one time, most folks do not realize they were made
right here in the good old US of A. Cheap Japanese components though something
called Dura Ace (GRIN). 19 lbs of smooth riding bicycle. Turned out the glue in
the joints did not hold up for racing, although mine never had any problems (no
racing), but then they were the first serious attempt at an aluminum frame. I
always compared it to a Porshe. Nope, no one stole it; I gave it away, I had
gotten fat and it was uncomfortable to ride.
Graywolf
Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com
Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/
---
Bob Blakely wrote:
You didn't give the vintage, but German or not, back in the day there were
only two serious sources of tubing in the world, Renyolds (English)
Columbus (Italian ) - in English, Italian ('bout the same as English) and
French tubing sizes. You could get them with either in English, Italian
(again 'bout the same as English) or French threads. (The French just gotta
be different.) Further, there were only two acceptable choices for
components, Campanola (Italian) and perhaps Stronglight if you wanted
French - unless you wanted to hang Japanese on yer bike.
I used to have a Schwinn Paramount that was measured made to fit me. Renolds
753 with 531 seat chain stays - 73 degrees parallel. Back in the day, the
Paramount was a made-to-order bike, whether it was the road racer or the
track version. It had the fancy Nervex lugs, fork crown and bottom bracket.
The bike was finished in black Dupont Imron with the lugs, fork crown,
bottom bracket and half the forks, chain seat stays chrome. I hung Campy
parts on it 'cept the bars which were Cinelli. When I wasn't riding, it hung
over the sofa as art.
It was stolen from outside a restaurant about 20 years ago- locking chain
snipped.
I miss it.
Regards,
Bob...
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but a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.
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