That would be great. I wonder how long they live. I dropped mine off 34 years ago. Paul On Feb 12, 2008, at 7:10 PM, Christine Aguila wrote:
> Paul: This is a great story! I'll get you an armadillo shot from > the zoo. > Wouldn't it be cool if it was a descendant of yours truly?! Cheers, > Christine > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Paul Stenquist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> > Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 5:35 AM > Subject: Re: The Cushman Photos -- watching a photographer progress > > >> I've been to Lincoln Park Zoo a number of times, but don't remember >> the bear. When I was a kid, we most often went to Brookfield. They >> were about equidistant from the Southeast side. >> >> My best memory of Lincoln Park Zoo comes from the days when I worked >> on the race car. We were driving back from Miami with our truck and >> trailer one Sunday night and saw some armadillos poking around near >> the road. The guy who was driving decided to stop, and one of the >> guys, who was a bit of a lunatic, jumped out and chased an >> armadillo. He caught him and put him in the truck, thinking we'd keep >> him in our shop as a pet. Well, when we got back to Chicago that >> Armadillo was very unhappy. Couldn't get him to eat. (Don't know why >> he didn't like cheeseburgers), and the cold was making him sluggish. >> So we decided to take him to Lincoln Park Zoo. After smoking a bit of >> weed. (The armadillo didn't like that any more than the >> cheeseburger.) >> >> At the zoo, we managed to find the administration building. We went >> into the office with the armadillo in a box and told the receptionist >> we wanted to donate an armadillo. Well, it seems the curator had been >> hoping to get an armadillo for some time. Just the day before they >> had tricked him with some kind of object made from an armadillo >> shell. They had wrapped a blanket around it and presented it to him. >> So, he of course assumed this was another trick and refused to come >> out to the reception area. So we took the armadillo out of the box. >> The office was quite warm and that seemed to please him. He (or she >> as the case may have been) began scampering around the office and the >> receptionist screamed. That got the curator out there. In short, he >> was thrilled. We lied and told him that the armadillo must have >> crawled into our trailer while we were racing. Since they're an >> endangered species, we didn't want to end up in the clink. He pointed >> out that armadillos are very timid and would never come near a >> trailer, but he wanted an armadillo bad enough that he didn't press >> the issue. So the armadillo moved into Lincoln Park Zoo, and we went >> back to our cold shop, cheeseburgers and weed. >> >> And that's my Lincoln Park Zoo story, the only one I have:-). >> Paul >> >> >> On Feb 11, 2008, at 8:25 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: >> >>> Paul: Thanks for the link below. I didn't get through all of >>> them, but >>> seeing the zoo shots made me think of something I hadn't thought of >>> in a >>> long time. Coming from the south side, I don't know if you spent a >>> lot of >>> time at Lincoln Park zoo, but at LP zoo you used to be able to get >>> your >>> photograph taken while standing next to a stuffed medium sized >>> bear. My >>> parents made this an annual ritual. Somewhere, there are BW >>> photographs of >>> me & my sister sitting or standing next to this bear. I have to >>> find those >>> photographs. Sound familiar? >>> Anyway, I love the circus & beach shots. >>> >>> Cheers, Christine >>> >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> >>> Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 12:24 PM >>> Subject: The Cushman Photos -- watching a photographer progress >>> >>> >>>> I've made it through 118 pages of the Chicago pics with no end in >>>> sight. >>>> This has taken me from some of his first work in 1937 all the way >>>> to 1958. >>>> It's fascinating to see how he progressed in terms of >>>> composition and >>>> creative perspective. I also noticed that his camera developed a >>>> sticky >>>> shutter in 1958 or thereabouts. Seems he had it fixed fairly soon. >>>> It's >>>> also interesting that he threw very little away -- end of roll >>>> shots, >>>> sticky shutter shots, overexposed and underexposed shots -- >>>> they're all >>>> here. >>>> >>>> The Chicago area pics start here: http://tinyurl.com/2lsrlo >>>> Paul >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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. >> > > > > -- > 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.
