Re: It was twenty years ago today, Sergeant Pepper taught the band to play

2021-01-02 Thread mike wilson
> On 02 January 2021 at 04:43 Bill wrote: > > > Whowhowho can forget mafud, or greene, or how many other aliases did he > have? Dammit; I was nearly there! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please

Re: It was twenty years ago today, Sergeant Pepper taught the band to play

2021-01-01 Thread mike wilson
> On 01 January 2021 at 22:26 Doug Brewer wrote: > > > I still can't tell you how I got it going, but here we are, and I'm > grateful for it. > > Happy New Year, kids. So, even though you're a dead-ringer for said Sergeant, you're actually Santa? Works for me and I'm also exceptionally

Re: LR6. Issues

2020-12-27 Thread mike wilson
> On 27 December 2020 at 16:40 Ralf R Radermacher wrote: > > > Am 27.12.20 um 17:10 schrieb mike wilson: > > > Maybe Adobe is not so evil after all. > > Evil? Not really. There are better candidates for that, like most of the > food multi-nationa

Re: LR6. Issues

2020-12-27 Thread mike wilson
> On 27 December 2020 at 15:57 David J Brooks wrote: > > > I have played with ON1, > its ok similar to LR but I get miffed trying to locate thighs that LR just > has out in the open. Maybe Adobe is not so evil after all. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: LR6. Issues

2020-12-26 Thread mike wilson
> On 26 December 2020 at 17:50 Larry Colen wrote: > > > > > > On Dec 26, 2020, at 9:37 AM, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: > > > > Am 26.12.20 um 17:12 schrieb l...@red4est.com: > >> https://petapixel.com/2020/12/24/adobe-lightroom-v6-is-falling-apart/? > >> > >> LR6 is breaking > > > > So,

Re: LR6. Issues

2020-12-26 Thread mike wilson
> On 26 December 2020 at 16:12 l...@red4est.com wrote: > > > https://petapixel.com/2020/12/24/adobe-lightroom-v6-is-falling-apart/? > > LR6 is breaking The article misses option three. A simple class action (even the threat of it) should wobble the share price enough to solve the issue.

Re: PESO: My Way

2020-12-25 Thread mike wilson
> On 25 December 2020 at 21:51 Bob Pdml wrote: > > > It’s been beautiful here today: > > https://adobe.ly/2BXDULF Same for us, albeit slightly more snow. > > > > On 25 Dec 2020, at 20:53, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: > > > >

Re: Merry Christmas

2020-12-25 Thread mike wilson
> On 25 December 2020 at 17:53 John wrote: > > > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SL0lPcNwRqQ My own favourite is "Wreck the malls with cows on Harleys." -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please

Re: Happy Christmas

2020-12-25 Thread mike wilson
> On 25 December 2020 at 15:34 Steve Cottrell wrote: > > > On 25/12/20, Bill, discombobulated, unleashed: > > >If you celebrate it, may it be as joyous as it can be. If you don't, enjoy > >your day off. > > > >Be well > > You to mate - and all on the list! > Ditto. (That was easy...) --

Re: OT GESO Countryside trail Uxbridge Ontario

2020-12-24 Thread mike wilson
> On 24 December 2020 at 05:28 Alan C wrote: > > > Lions, Leopards, Elephants & Buffalos are rare in > town today Mark! -- 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

Re: PESO 2020 - 276 - GDG

2020-12-19 Thread mike wilson
> On 19 December 2020 at 23:11 Bob Pdml wrote: > > > Very interesting and atmospheric. By coincidence I have just watched Chris > Marker’s ‘movie’ La Jetée* - your photo is very much in the same > post-apocalyptic spirit. > > *Pentax content: apart from a brief few seconds shot with a

Re: Happy Ann day

2020-12-10 Thread mike wilson
And many more of them, kiddo. > On 10 December 2020 at 18:39 ann sanfedele wrote: > > > thanks from all of youse!   It is being a very nice day today.. > > now .. back ot making lunch > > ann the 84 year old kid > > On 12/10/2020 1:27 PM, Bob Pdml wrote: > > And Ultima Thule! > > > >> On 10

Re: PESO European robin

2020-12-10 Thread mike wilson
Better late than never. > On 10 December 2020 at 07:20 Bob Pdml wrote: > > > You’ve ruined my childhood now, you bastard. > > > On 9 Dec 2020, at 23:39, mike wilson wrote: > > > > Fictitious Victorian schmaltz. So is the Robin story. > > > >&

Re: PESO European robin

2020-12-09 Thread mike wilson
ead... > > > On 9 Dec 2020, at 22:32, mike wilson wrote: > > > > Unfortunately, Robins are not nice little birds. The males fight to the > > death over territory and will also attack other birds smaller than > > themselves. It's very apt that they have red chest

Re: PESO European robin

2020-12-09 Thread mike wilson
Unfortunately, Robins are not nice little birds. The males fight to the death over territory and will also attack other birds smaller than themselves. It's very apt that they have red chests. > On 09 December 2020 at 22:11 "Daniel J. Matyola" wrote: > > > Nice little bird portrait! > >

Re: PESO -- Stonington Harbor Light.

2020-12-07 Thread mike wilson
Need to lose the backslash at the end,-. http://webster26.epizy.com/peso/PESO--StoningtonHarborLight.html > On 07 December 2020 at 16:03 Larry Colen wrote: > > > That url is 404, I expect you made a typo > > > > On Dec 7, 2020, at 8:00 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: > > > > Well I went back to

Re: PESO Painted bird

2020-12-05 Thread mike wilson
I wondered about that as well but I think it would have taken the feathers out, if not the wing off. > On 05 December 2020 at 16:16 Alan C wrote: > > > Paint Ball Gun? > > Alan C > > On 05-Dec-20 06:08 PM, Toine wrote: > > No idea. Maybe a fresh painted pole. At first I suspected the lens

Re: OT Song for Ashley

2020-12-05 Thread mike wilson
Furry friends. > On 05 December 2020 at 08:18 Bob Pdml wrote: > > > What were you searching for that came up with that result? > > > On 5 Dec 2020, at 08:13, mike wilson wrote: > > > > Sorry; I couldn't resist... > > > > https://youtu.be/WIf

OT Song for Ashley

2020-12-05 Thread mike wilson
Sorry; I couldn't resist... https://youtu.be/WIfcKy-VcXo -- 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 Birding with 1.4x converter

2020-12-04 Thread mike wilson
forced to surrender it at OR > Tambo Airport. "Sir, it's for your own safety". Eating irons were > replaced by eating plastics. > > Alan C > > On 03-Dec-20 10:26 PM, mike wilson wrote: > > If it has less than a 3.5inch blade, it's no problem. I carry a knife most &

Re: PESO Birding with 1.4x converter

2020-12-03 Thread mike wilson
w.badguystuff.com/images/benchmade9053_600x500.jpg > > On 12/3/2020 10:23:51, mike wilson wrote: > > Not legal here, unfortunately. > > > >> On 03 December 2020 at 12:13 Alan C wrote: > >> > >> > >> Surprised you didn't mention the "cane gun&

Re: PESO Birding with 1.4x converter

2020-12-03 Thread mike wilson
Not legal here, unfortunately. > On 03 December 2020 at 12:13 Alan C wrote: > > > Surprised you didn't mention the "cane gun" adaptation widely used by > spies & thugs. > > Alan C > > On 03-Dec-20 09:37 AM, mike wilson wrote: > > I prefer a t

Re: PESO Birding with 1.4x converter

2020-12-03 Thread mike wilson
I prefer a two-piece for self-defence. Collapsed, you have effectively a weighted walking stick, à la Sherlock Holmes. One adjustment and you have a quarterstaff, of little John fame. I recommend the Benbo Traveller. > On 03 December 2020 at 01:41 "P. J. Alling" > wrote: > > > That

Re: PESO 2020 - 266 - GDG

2020-12-01 Thread mike wilson
I have only a passing knowledge of. Freshwater ecology and bats, I'm your huckleberry. > > ann > > On 12/1/2020 4:51 AM, mike wilson wrote: > >> On 01 December 2020 at 01:24 ann sanfedele wrote: > >> > >> > >> I'm fond of the photo but that ain't a

Re: Cold and foggy

2020-12-01 Thread mike wilson
> On 01 December 2020 at 06:17 Bob Pdml wrote: > > > On 30 Nov 2020, at 21:59, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: > > > > Am 30.11.20 um 22:17 schrieb Bob Pdml: > >> Went for a walk up to Cissbury Ring today... > > > > What a beautiful and heart-warming set of photos. In a 'normal' year, it > >

Re: PESO 2020 - 266 - GDG

2020-12-01 Thread mike wilson
> On 01 December 2020 at 01:24 ann sanfedele wrote: > > > I'm fond of the photo but that ain't a frond, my dear,  it's a /shaft/   > (now anticipate a thread of puns) If you're going to get all technical on us, it's a spikelet on a culm. Probably one of the Pooideae. > > /"Frond

Re: OT: Utah DOT built an animal bridge across an Interstate Highway

2020-11-28 Thread mike wilson
Yuman bridges across the animal highways, there. > On 28 November 2020 at 22:54 "Daniel J. Matyola" wrote: > > > But not the Yuke? > > Dan Matyola > *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery > <https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery>* > > &g

Re: OT: Utah DOT built an animal bridge across an Interstate Highway

2020-11-28 Thread mike wilson
> On 28 November 2020 at 20:58 Ralf R Radermacher wrote: > > > Am 28.11.20 um 19:14 schrieb ann sanfedele: > > I had heard about this bridge somewhere -- thanks for posting the link > > to the vid.. > > There's one across the motorway in Flanders when we go to Dunkirk via > Antwerp. It has

Re: [e4-dev] CSS only in E4 now?

2020-11-26 Thread Mike Wilson
I re-opened the issue.   McQ.   - Original message -From: Werner Keil Sent by: e4-dev-boun...@eclipse.orgTo: E4 Project developer mailing list Cc:Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [e4-dev] CSS only in E4 now?Date: Thu, Nov 26, 2020 1:09 PM  Looks like this exact Problem was filed 2 years

Re: 'Why I still shoot with Pentax'

2020-11-26 Thread mike wilson
> On 26 November 2020 at 01:50 Bruce Walker wrote: > > > On Wed, Nov 25, 2020 at 8:19 PM mike wilson wrote: > > > > > On 26 November 2020 at 00:04 John Francis wrote: > > > > > > On Wed, Nov 25, 2020 at 09:23:20PM +, mike wilson wrote: >

Re: 'Why I still shoot with Pentax'

2020-11-25 Thread mike wilson
> On 26 November 2020 at 00:04 John Francis wrote: > > > On Wed, Nov 25, 2020 at 09:23:20PM +, mike wilson wrote: > > Given the many wonderful things that have been pictured by Hasselblads, > > would one really need a viewfiner? > > If you ask me

Re: 'Why I still shoot with Pentax'

2020-11-25 Thread mike wilson
Given the many wonderful things that have been pictured by Hasselblads, would one really need a viewfiner? > On 25 November 2020 at 20:36 John Francis wrote: > > > On Mon, Nov 23, 2020 at 04:36:08PM -0500, Ken Waller wrote: > > Better get a Sherpa for that 800 lens. I haven???t shot mine 600

Re: OT u4/3

2020-11-23 Thread mike wilson
> On 23 November 2020 at 06:44 Boris Liberman wrote: > One last bit, if you decide to own any of these cameras, please buy at > least 1 spare battery, though from my memories of our taking pictures > together, you would be better off buying 3 spare batteries. I know you're probably already

Re: Peso: School Picture

2020-11-20 Thread mike wilson
> On 20 November 2020 at 22:56 "Daniel J. Matyola" wrote: > > > McDonald's coffee is certainly better than their food.It is > drinkable. McDonald's does food? > When traveling abroad, I always look for McDonald's. First, they always > have the best location in the city; second, one

Re: OT: Dolly Parton

2020-11-19 Thread mike wilson
> On 19 November 2020 at 22:33 John wrote: > > > On 11/18/2020 19:52:39, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > *Queen Dolly Parton donated $1 million to help fund a COVID-19 vaccine*. > > Remember the news about Moderna’s promising coronavirus vaccine results? It > > turns out the vaccine was partly

Re: need the wisdom of the list re bulb for Kodak Carousel 5200

2020-11-11 Thread mike wilson
e for longer. Pity you're not closer. > > * > On 11/11/2020 1:35 AM, mike wilson wrote: > > Do you have a photo/description of the old bulb? Shouldn't be too hard to > > make a bespoke LED replacement. Probably cheaper than a "vintage" lamp as > > well. > > >

Re: Also on this day...Was...Re: PUG Themes for 2020 - revised list

2020-11-11 Thread mike wilson
UK public phones required payment _after_ connection. There was a small pause between connection and the noise to make payment, to allow the callee to recite their number so that the caller knew they were through to the correct one. Just enough time to get a terse sentence out with necessary

Re: need the wisdom of the list re bulb for Kodak Carousel 5200

2020-11-11 Thread mike wilson
Do you have a photo/description of the old bulb? Shouldn't be too hard to make a bespoke LED replacement. Probably cheaper than a "vintage" lamp as well. > On 11 November 2020 at 03:51 ann sanfedele wrote: > > > The old bulb finially died.. I ordered another..I'm needing more and > more to

Re: Dungeness - was: Re: November PUG is up

2020-11-07 Thread mike wilson
I remember seeing (whilst he was still alive) a TV programme about his work at the cottage and how he created the garden. When the crowdfunding opportunity came up, I jumped at it. Now I only need to find time to go and see it. > On 07 November 2020 at 16:04 Bob Pdml wrote: > > > I think

Re: OT: Saved by the Whale's Tail

2020-11-03 Thread mike wilson
What a load of baleen! It was clearly the right whale. > On 02 November 2020 at 23:16 Bruce Walker wrote: > > > Probably a fluke. > > On Mon, Nov 2, 2020 at 4:36 PM Rick Womer wrote: > > > > That is a brilliant limerick! > > > > Rick > > > > > On Nov 2, 2020, at 4:17 PM, Igor PDML-StR

Re: PESO: fly agaric

2020-10-31 Thread mike wilson
18th century. > On 31 October 2020 at 14:38 mike wilson wrote: > > > Into the 16th century, its genus name was Agaricus. Became an Amanita late > that century. > > On 31 October 2020 at 14:13 Toine wrote: > > > > > > According to wikipedia it's

Re: PESO: fly agaric

2020-10-31 Thread mike wilson
Into the 16th century, its genus name was Agaricus. Became an Amanita late that century. > On 31 October 2020 at 14:13 Toine wrote: > > > According to wikipedia it's called fly agaric, I would have guessed > fly mushroom. > > https://www.repiuk.nl/albums/new/#=1=005-933-20201031-img3358 > >

Re: PESO: Roots

2020-10-30 Thread mike wilson
The Cladonia are generically (groan) referred to as Reindeer or cup mosses. There isn't a specific (stop!) name for any of them that I know. > On 30 October 2020 at 06:48 Toine wrote: > > > Thats lichen, Cladonia fimbriata. We call it bekermos because it looks like > a grail or cup. I can't

Re: OT - photos from the plane cockpit

2020-10-27 Thread mike wilson
Thanks seconded. The views through the windows are extremely disconcerting. Like aviation versions of the Marie Celeste. > On 26 October 2020 at 20:01 Toine wrote: > > > Thanks for the link. His photographic duets are simply stunning. The > interiors of the airplanes are captured very well

Re: broken or just lsit fatigue?

2020-10-26 Thread mike wilson
For a species whose USP is its intelligence, it's pretty scary, isn't it? > On 26 October 2020 at 17:17 Bill wrote: > > > Here. I'm not getting out as much as I'd like. I put new tires on the truck > a couple of weeks ago, and had it's winter servicing done last week. > Had to cancel supper

RE: Vintage Enlarger

2020-10-24 Thread mike wilson
Most computer stuff would be recyclable here. The manuals and suchlike under the paper route and the hardware under electrical end of life regulations. > On 24 October 2020 at 01:51 jco...@iinet.net.au wrote: > > > I signed up with Freecycle on Tuesday, and on Thursday someone posted they >

Re: PESO - Crystal

2020-10-21 Thread mike wilson
My favourite crystal-growing trick is to grow a large chrome alum (potassium chromium sulphate) crystal, which is a deep purple colour, and then suspend that in a solution of ordinary alum (ammonium aluminium sulphate) which overlays a colourless crystal on the original. You can vary the

Re: PESO: Emerging Monarch

2020-10-04 Thread mike wilson
How do you tag a butterfly? And are they ever recovered? > On 03 October 2020 at 19:30 "Daniel J. Matyola" wrote: > > > It's pretty much the end of the season for the Monarch butterflies. I have > finished tagging ones that I recently released or captured, and am > submitting my data to

Re: OT: How Different Insects Achieve Flight

2020-09-30 Thread mike wilson
Matyola" > wrote: > > > Congratulations on your retirement. Try to enjoy yourself, despite all the > chaos around us. > > Dan Matyola > *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery > <https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery>* > > > > On Wed, Sep 30,

Re: OT: How Different Insects Achieve Flight

2020-09-30 Thread mike wilson
> On 29 September 2020 at 22:56 Bob Pdml wrote: > > > On 29 Sep 2020, at 21:25, mike wilson wrote: > > > >  > >> On 29 September 2020 at 19:47 "Daniel J. Matyola" > >> wrote: > >> > >> > >> https://twisted

Re: OT: How Different Insects Achieve Flight

2020-09-29 Thread mike wilson
> On 29 September 2020 at 19:47 "Daniel J. Matyola" > wrote: > > > https://twistedsifter.com/videos/using-slow-motion-to-see-how-different-insects-achieve-flight/ Excellent. I once witnessed a mass rise of plume moths - it was just like a Hollywood/Hammer fog effect. Spooky. -- PDML

Re: PESO: 3D pop?

2020-09-27 Thread mike wilson
> On 27 September 2020 at 18:54 Toine wrote: > > > Yes I agree thats the main effect. However this guy even includes lead in > glass as a pop factor. The rendering of bokeh also adds to the effect. > Zooms have a busy bokeh. > >

Re: PESO: common clubtail

2020-09-26 Thread mike wilson
> On 26 September 2020 at 16:18 Subash Jeyan wrote: > > > a collateral benefit of birding. a dragonfly called common clubtail: > > https://something-feathered.in/2020/09/26/common-clubtail/ > > k3ii and FA 100/3.5. > > comments appreciated. We don't get those around here and the ones we

Re: OT: Online Comedy

2020-09-24 Thread mike wilson
> On 24 September 2020 at 17:43 "Daniel J. Matyola" > wrote: > > > COVID-19 has been tough on charities. > Our Rotary Club usually hosts several spring and summer events to raise > money for scholarship, the food bank, and the local homeless shelter. Our > signature event is a Comedy Night

Re: GESO: Shaheen falcon

2020-09-24 Thread mike wilson
> On 24 September 2020 at 13:31 Bob Pdml wrote: > > > On 24 Sep 2020, at 13:24, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: > > > > Am 24.09.20 um 13:58 schrieb Subash Jeyan: > >> the shaheen falcon (also called the black shaheen and the indian > >> peregrine falcon) is a non-migratory subspecies of the

Re: Music maestro, please!

2020-09-24 Thread mike wilson
> On 24 September 2020 at 08:53 Bob Pdml wrote: > > > Don’t know if this photo works or not (which probably means it doesn’t). I’m > preparing my Leica M8 for sale and found this which I took the day I bought > it - in 2008, which came as a surprise. > > https://adobe.ly/3cvu15B > >

Re: Feature request/wish

2020-09-17 Thread mike wilson
For "family owned" or hire cameras, there could be a setting that reads setup from the SD card. Then everyone that uses the camera would put in their card, preloaded with their preferred setup, allowing an instantly usable camera for that individual. In the case of a card being inserted that

Re: My new Pentax

2020-09-14 Thread mike wilson
Ash ure hope so. But I'm rowan back from all this. > On 14 September 2020 at 19:34 Bill wrote: > > > Fir Gawd's sake people. Have we nothing better to do than larch from one > pun to the next? > > On 9/14/2020 11:08 AM, mike wilson wrote: > > Not boughing out

Re: My new Pentax

2020-09-14 Thread mike wilson
Not boughing out for anyone. > On 14 September 2020 at 17:55 Bob Pdml wrote: > > > I hope nobody else leaves... > > > On 14 Sep 2020, at 17:54, Juan Buhler wrote: > > > > I'm stumped by all these puns. You guys are forcing me to log off now. > > > > j > > -- > > Juan Buhler -

Re: My new Pentax

2020-09-14 Thread mike wilson
> On 13 September 2020 at 23:34 Bill wrote: > > > On Sun., Sep. 13, 2020, 2:42 p.m. Steve Cottrell, > wrote: > > > On 13/9/20, Bill, discombobulated, unleashed: > > > > >If you have to ask, you can't afford it. > > > > I maple all my savings out for an offer. > > > > Well OK. I would feel

Re: My new Pentax

2020-09-13 Thread mike wilson
> On 13 September 2020 at 22:00 Bob Pdml wrote: > > > > > On 13 Sep 2020, at 19:07, Juan Buhler wrote: > > > > My first real camera was an ME super with the M50/1.7. It was the silver > > model, just like probably 99%+ of them, at least thatś what the proportion > > of silver vs black ones

Re: OT: Questions for PDML members from the UK

2020-09-11 Thread mike wilson
> On 11 September 2020 at 20:10 John wrote: > > > On 9/9/2020 15:20:42, Larry Colen wrote: > > > > > >> On Sep 9, 2020, at 9:03 AM, John wrote: > >> > >> On 9/8/2020 13:05:26, Larry Colen wrote: > On Sep 8, 2020, at 8:44 AM, Daniel J. Matyola > wrote: > > My interest

Re: PESO: Dragonfly

2020-09-11 Thread mike wilson
Either an immature male Sympetrum striolatum or a male Sympetrum vulgatum. Saw one myself last weekend. Around here, it's a bit late for the former but the latter is really rare. I still can't decide which one it was. > On 10 September 2020 at 20:42 Toine wrote: > > > No idea which model

Re: PESO Not bad for just after a hit and run

2020-09-06 Thread mike wilson
> On 06 September 2020 at 06:14 Larry Colen wrote: > > > A little after 8 I heard a wreck in front of my house, went out front, saw a > woman driving past in a totally beat up small SUV, by the sound it was > dragging the right front wheel. It turns out she had hit another car on the >

Re: OT: 30 Landscapes You Won't Believe Are in the U.S.

2020-09-04 Thread mike wilson
> On 03 September 2020 at 22:52 "Daniel J. Matyola" > wrote: > > > Since my last two posts are being held because they are two long, I'm > reproducing them here: > > For your amusement, here is my list of foreign countries I have visited: > > Canada > Mexico > Bermuda > Jamaica > Cuba >

RE: OT: 30 Landscapes You Won't Believe Are in the U.S.

2020-09-04 Thread mike wilson
I think three of those are not, strictly, countries. > On 04 September 2020 at 01:02 jco...@iinet.net.au wrote: > > > My list of countries visited or lived in: > England Wales Northern Ireland Scotland Jersey > France The Netherlands Italy PortugalGermany >

Re: Amazon Photo

2020-09-03 Thread mike wilson
> On 02 September 2020 at 21:48 Igor PDML-StR wrote: > While I have never looked carefully at the prices in different countries > in Europe, it seems to me that the US internet is overpriced, maybe even > grossly overpriced. Not to mention astonishingly quaint. I really can't remember the

Re: OT: 30 Landscapes You Won't Believe Are in the U.S.

2020-08-31 Thread mike wilson
> On 31 August 2020 at 15:15 John wrote: > > > On 8/27/2020 12:05:21, Bob Pdml wrote: > > > >> On 27 Aug 2020, at 16:33, mike wilson wrote: > >> > >>  > >>>> On 27 August 2020 at 15:51 Mark Roberts > >>>> wrote:

Re: Going home

2020-08-31 Thread mike wilson
> On 31 August 2020 at 01:46 Larry Colen wrote: > > > Just got home, there’s a light sprinkling of ash over everything outside, and > inside my house it smells of Lagavulin. It also looks like the people > leaving figured the place would burn down before they got a chance to clean > up.

[Nagios-charmers] [Bug 1893434] Re: python-enum34 not installed on charm upgrade

2020-08-29 Thread Mike Wilson
Thank you for the workaround. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Nagios Charm developers, which is subscribed to Nagios Charm. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1893434 Title: python-enum34 not installed on charm upgrade Status in Nagios Charm: New Bug

Re: OT: 30 Landscapes You Won't Believe Are in the U.S.

2020-08-27 Thread mike wilson
> On 27 August 2020 at 15:51 Mark Roberts wrote: > > > Bob Pdml wrote: > > >A strange article really because it seems to me that most of the US places > >are better known than the places they’re compared to. Anyone who is aware > >of the foreign places is probably also aware of the US

Re: I am safe at friends

2020-08-20 Thread mike wilson
> On 20 August 2020 at 20:42 Larry Colen wrote: > > > > > > On Aug 20, 2020, at 12:39 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi > > wrote: > > > > Larry! > > > > Good to hear you're both safe. > > I wonder how many more disasters 2020 will throw at us...? > > I'm facing a big one in about two weeks, I'll

Re: I am safe at friends

2020-08-20 Thread mike wilson
Hope your house stays as safe as you are. The maps are rather scary. > On 20 August 2020 at 18:38 Larry Colen wrote: > > > We bugged out last night. We are safe at the home of friends in Santa Cruz. > > https://www.latimes.com/wildfires-map/?fire=czu-august-lightning-complex > > seems to be

Re: Quiet List

2020-08-19 Thread mike wilson
> On 19 August 2020 at 15:50 Ralf R Radermacher wrote: > > > Am 19.08.20 um 15:53 schrieb Steve Cottrell: > > > So the answer is to simply feel ill for a week and do nothing? > > We live smack in the very centre of a city of one million, with outside > walls about half a meter thick. Once

Re: PESO: close encounter

2020-08-12 Thread mike wilson
> On 12 August 2020 at 12:52 Bob Pdml wrote: > > > > On 12 Aug 2020, at 12:37, Henk Terhell wrote: > > > > Walking to the pool nearby some days ago I saw this bird when it was only > > a few meters away from me. > > It looked at my camera outfit (Pentax K-1) and paid no further attention

Re: Perseid meteor shower

2020-08-11 Thread mike wilson
> On 11 August 2020 at 13:56 Bob Pdml wrote: > > > > > On 11 Aug 2020, at 13:35, mike wilson wrote: > > > >  > >> On 11 August 2020 at 12:51 Steve Cottrell wrote: > >> > >> > >> On 10/8/20, mike wilson, discombobulated

Re: Perseid meteor shower

2020-08-11 Thread mike wilson
> On 11 August 2020 at 14:00 Steve Cottrell wrote: > > > On 11/8/20, mike wilson, discombobulated, unleashed: > > >In and amongst the Scandinavian birch pollen and Icelandic volcanoes, > >how could I? > > For once I was actually being serious - ev

Re: Perseid meteor shower

2020-08-11 Thread mike wilson
> On 11 August 2020 at 12:51 Steve Cottrell wrote: > > > On 10/8/20, mike wilson, discombobulated, unleashed: > > >Rain, cloud, pestilence and other blights planned for the forseeable > >future. Happy days. > > Don't forget the Saharan dust!! In and amon

Re: Perseid meteor shower

2020-08-10 Thread mike wilson
> On 09 August 2020 at 16:19 "Daniel J. Matyola" wrote: > > > Stargazers unite! The beloved annual Perseid meteor shower peaks on > Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. If you miss the show, don't worry. It will > still be visible for several days after that. Rain, cloud, pestilence and other

Re: OT: Google Plus

2020-08-08 Thread mike wilson
Sounds like phishing to me. A message _from_ Gurgle about a class action _against_ Gurgle? From their lawyers, maybe. I get ones all the time from major internet players like Amazon, offering all sorts of stuff, complete with realistic graphics. Hovering over the links for "respond" and

Re: OT Update venting on Liz

2020-08-04 Thread mike wilson
> On 04 August 2020 at 17:00 David J Brooks wrote: > > > Sorry for the vent. Nothing to apologise for. You have my deepest sympathy. -- 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

Re: Beach geometry

2020-08-02 Thread mike wilson
> On 02 August 2020 at 14:28 Bob Pdml wrote: > > > Just under two weeks ago I sold the house in Greenwich I’d lived in for > nearly 26 years, left London, where I’ve spent nearly forty years, and came > to live in a flat I’ve bought in Worthing, on the south coast of England. I’m > 300

Re: SPESO: "What is it"

2020-07-28 Thread mike wilson
Ce n'est pas une pipe. René. > On 28 July 2020 at 05:38 Larry Colen wrote: > > > Silly Photo Every So Often > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/50161505156/in/album-72157715266804887/ > > > No particular photographic merit, it just amused me. Comments and wordplay > are welcome.

Re: More comet photos

2020-07-20 Thread mike wilson
> On 20 July 2020 at 00:44 Larry Colen wrote: > > > > > > On Jul 19, 2020, at 4:39 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > > > > Excellent! Good to see someone on this list is motivated! > > Thanks. > > I’m blown away that I’m not seeing more on the list. On facebook I see > people getting shots

Re: PESO 2020 - 164-170 - GDG (for Ralf)

2020-07-19 Thread mike wilson
> On 19 July 2020 at 20:18 Bob Pdml wrote: > > > > > On 19 Jul 2020, at 19:33, mike wilson wrote: > > > >  > >>> On 19 July 2020 at 16:39 Bob Pdml wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> On 19 Jul

Re: PESO 2020 - 164-170 - GDG (for Ralf)

2020-07-19 Thread mike wilson
> On 19 July 2020 at 16:39 Bob Pdml wrote: > > > > > On 19 Jul 2020, at 16:32, Ralf R Radermacher > > > > Here's what they did to a football ground: > > https://youtu.be/70dMZpvQxrQ > > > They must prefer rugby > Or the groundsman was running an underground truffle farm. -- PDML

Re: PESO 2020 - 164-170 - GDG (for Ralf)

2020-07-19 Thread mike wilson
Gottverdammt Stachelschweinhund! ? > On 19 July 2020 at 15:38 Alan C wrote: > > > What do the Germans say when it gets like this? > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/50129045903/ > > > Caused by

Re: Comet Neowise

2020-07-12 Thread mike wilson
Thanks. > On 12 July 2020 at 13:49 "Dale H. Cook" wrote: > > > On 7/12/2020 4:33 AM, Mike Wilson wrote: > > > Doesn't play with adblocker. So doesn't play at all. > > Try spaceweather.com - they post a few days of advance sky maps for Neowise. -- PDML P

Re: Comet Neowise

2020-07-12 Thread mike wilson
> On 12 July 2020 at 06:05 Larry Colen wrote: > > > I totally failed to see it this morning. At the place I went, it turned out > to be exactly behind the hill. On my way home, I found a couple other guys > who had been looking at it and arrived exactly too late. > > This article seems

Re: OT network storage

2020-06-30 Thread mike wilson
4:42, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: > > Am 27.06.20 um 12:14 schrieb mike wilson: > >> After the dead disk fiasco, I'm looking at network storage units.  Drobo > >> stuff > >> seems to be either astronomically priced or unavailable here. > > > > I've recently

Re: OT network storage

2020-06-30 Thread mike wilson
ant of Linux for an operating system. > > If you can set up individual accounts & password protected folders in Linux, > you > should be able to do it with the Synology box. > > On 6/27/2020 08:36:03, mike wilson wrote: > > Thanks, Eric. Are they easy to use? I'm specific

Re: OT network storage

2020-06-27 Thread mike wilson
Thanks everyone for the responses. I need something fairly sharpish, so I'll go with the ready to rock box. Not that a self build is ruled out of my future. > On 27 June 2020 at 19:03 Larry Colen wrote: > > > > > > On Jun 27, 2020, at 3:14 AM, mike wilson

Re: OT network storage

2020-06-27 Thread mike wilson
Thanks, Eric. Are they easy to use? I'm specifically looking to be able to make some folders password protected and maybe set up individual accounts for family members. > On 27 June 2020 at 12:11 Eric Featherstone > wrote: > > > On Sat, 27 Jun 2020 at 11:15, mik

OT network storage

2020-06-27 Thread mike wilson
After the dead disk fiasco, I'm looking at network storage units. Drobo stuff seems to be either astronomically priced or unavailable here. Anyone had any experience of these? https://www.amazon.co.uk/Synology-DS420j-Bay-Desktop-Enclosure/dp/B083KG3PXN/ref=sr_1_8 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: Is KEH down?

2020-06-21 Thread mike wilson
Firefox on Ubuntu here. Comes up fine if I allow JS. > On 21 June 2020 at 05:06 Sandy Harris wrote: > > > I've been unable to access www.keh.com for over a week now. Can others > still reach it? > > I'm in the Philippines & using Firefox on Linux. It seems possible the > problem is on my end,

Re: New Firmware released

2020-06-18 Thread mike wilson
> On 18 June 2020 at 08:35 Larry Colen wrote: > > > > > > On Jun 18, 2020, at 12:12 AM, Alan C wrote: > > > > Pity they don't upgrade the firmware for the K5 family. I'm sure they could > > easily work in some of the more recent features. > > If they did that, why would people upgrade? >

Re: PESO 2020 - 133 - GDG

2020-06-15 Thread mike wilson
Wrong place, wrong time. > On 14 June 2020 at 23:45 ann sanfedele wrote: > > > Lovely!  what classifies it as a weed? > > ann > > On 6/14/2020 3:08 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > Felipe found a weed on the patio that had these beautiful little buds, > > looked like not-yet-opened roses. I

Re: BigBoy 4014 Leaving Little Rock Arkansas!

2020-06-10 Thread mike wilson
> On 10 June 2020 at 16:14 Steve Cottrell wrote: > > > On 9/6/20, mike wilson, discombobulated, unleashed: > > >It's mainly for separating the photographic men from the boys. > > > Steady on!! > I was going to say big boys but I thought that was a pun

Re: BigBoy 4014 Leaving Little Rock Arkansas!

2020-06-09 Thread mike wilson
> On 09 June 2020 at 08:48 Bob Pdml wrote: > > > > > On 9 Jun 2020, at 08:40, Steve Cottrell wrote: > > > > On 8/6/20, John, discombobulated, unleashed: > > > >> Y'all might remember that last November I took a little trip down to > >> Arkansas to > >> photograph a train. I ran across

Re: PESO: Zinnia

2020-06-07 Thread mike wilson
Do you have Buddleia over there? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddleja It can get a bit tall and rangy but rewards regular hacking back by becoming a bush dense with flowers that are attractive to all sorts of flying insects as well as people. > On 07 June 2020 at 13:04 "Daniel J. Matyola"

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