On Jun 7, 2010, at 12:06 AM, Ken Waller wrote: > And to think I had joked about Paul's jeep having the Detroit option (a > missing externally mounted spare tire). Who woulda thunk it? > When I first felt a tire go down, I was annoyed that my flat was spare. When I realized both right side tires were down, I figured, hell, doesn't matter anyway:-). Paul
> Kenneth Waller > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Sawyer" <wsaw...@twmi.rr.com> > > Subject: RE: Detroit PDML, It Began Nicely > > >> Ouch, Paul!! >> >> I'm glad it wasn't worse, and that it was daylight. Junk in the roadway - >> also normal for Detroit. >> >> Fun day otherwise, thanks for bringing the Leica. They should be reopening >> the standing photography exhibit in the fall, no idea yet what they have >> planned. Maybe we can do it again, this time in your new Bradley Fighting >> Vehicle... >> >> Bill Sawyer >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of paul >> stenquist >> Sent: Sunday, June 06, 2010 5:04 PM >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> Subject: Detroit PDML, It Began Nicely >> >> Bill Sawyer, Ken Waller, and I had a good time at the Detroit Institute of >> Art. The Robert Frank exhibit consisted of his shots of Detroit, many of >> which are not in his book, "The Americans." Some of the images are superb, >> with plenty of storytelling and nice rendering. A few are borderline in >> regard to the rendering and exposures. Not everything that's out of focus >> and poorly exposed is art:-). But overall, the work is interesting and >> revealing. >> >> That was good. Then we went to lunch at Traffic Jam and Snug, which is one >> of the few places near the museum that's open on Sunday. Good as always. We >> all refrained from sampling their excellent home brews since it was just >> barely noon. >> >> Left for home at about 1PM. Could have taken Woodward all the way as I >> usually due, but we had some serious flooding, and I was afraid some of the >> underpasses might be closed. So I took the Interstate. I was motoring along >> in the left lane at about 80, which is normal for Detroit, when the guy in >> front of me swerved hard to the left. Right there about two car lengths >> ahead was what appeared to be a tire in the land. Since I was driving my >> Jeep, I figured that if I did a slalom move to avoid it, I'd end up on my >> head with the greasy side showing. So I moved over as far as I could without >> doing a violent move, and I hit the tire. Turned out it was a tire and >> wheel. Blew out both right side tires, but managed to get things under >> control and pulled off to the shoulder on the left side of the lane. No way >> I could make it to the right shoulder through heavy traffic. Sat for two >> hours before I could get a flatbed out there. Paid him $175 to haul the Jeep >> 25 miles to my place and drop it in the driveway. Figure I'll still come out >> ahead by beating the wheels off myself and buying two tires at a discount >> tire store. If he had taken it to a Detroit shop, they would have raped me, >> and each employee would probably have taken a turn. >> >> Anyway, I'm home now, enjoying an adult beverage. >> >> Good PDML Detroit. Bad trip home. >> >> 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.
