Yeah. I had to bitch and moan to get him to pull my last name. He just didn't seem to understand that my new employer might not want the incident spread over a blog read by lots of people. Yes people can track it back to me with work but that would at least require being able to spell google.
Zos Xavius <zosxav...@gmail.com> wrote: >Larry you are semi famous now! > >http://www.photographyisnotacrime.com/2013/02/05/california-man-taken-down-at-gunpoint-for-photographing-airplanes/ > >On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 2:55 PM, P. J. Alling ><webstertwenty...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Isn't your state the same one where a major city who's name I won't >mention >> but who's initials are LA bought back a couple of "rocket launchers" >for >> $400 that you could buy in any Army/Navy store as collectables for >about $50 >> a piece? Oh, and they made a big deal about getting these "dangerous" >> weapons, for all intents and purposes lengths of PVC pipe, off the >streets? >> I think you know what's happened. The inmates have taken over the >asylum. >> >> By the way I bought a home made "rifle" stock for cameras a few years >ago >> but decided that I liked the man from Uncleish Kalt camera "pistol" >grip >> with shoulder stock, I was able to find just about the same time, and >gave >> the homemade one to a friend, the same one who traveled to southern >Africa >> for the photo safari. He declined to take the stock because he was >/sure/ >> that he'd be shot. >> >> >> On 2/5/2013 2:14 AM, Larry Colen wrote: >>> >>> I posted this story elsewhere, but since it actually has a little to >do >>> with photography, y'all might be amused: >>> >>> I showed up at work this morning, swiped my badge at the gates, was >about >>> to go through when half a dozen Santa Clara policemen came charging >out with >>> guns drawn. I'm standing there, trying to process the information. >Is this >>> some sort of a drill? When I realize that they are talking to me, >calling me >>> by name and telling me to get down on the floor with my hands in >plain view. >>> >>> Six glocks to none, they have me outvoted, and I comply. They put >cuffs on >>> me, grab my stuff and hustle me into a side room, saying that >they'll >>> explain it to me in a moment. >>> >>> .... Into the wayback Sherman. >>> >>> Last week, I got an email from a friend who is planning a cruise to >>> Alaska, and wants to rent some good camera gear for the trip. He's >planning >>> on renting Pentax gear (all he has at the moment is a point and >shoot, but >>> used to shoot 35mm Pentax/Ricoh). He's asking me advice, we make >plans for >>> me to loan him my spare camera and some glass, I though some other >fun toys >>> in the car to show off, so that everything will be ready when we do >make the >>> plans, and if it's short notice, they won't be in Santa Cruz when he >and I >>> are in San Jose. >>> >>> Friday night, after work, I was killing time, making several phone >calls >>> to various people, trying to make plans, waiting on calls back. The >office >>> is almost under the flight path for SJC, and I've been curious how >my bigma >>> (Sigma 50-500) would work for that. While I'm waiting for calls, I >set up >>> the bigma on my bushhawk, and wait for a plane to fly over head. >While I'm >>> waiting, I try taking some shots of nearby buildings. At some point >I see >>> some security guards walk past but they don't say hi, or even seem >to notice >>> me. >>> >>> What had happened was someone had seen "someone with a gun" in the >parking >>> lot. Told the guards who went for a look, and didn't see anything. >>> Something got logged and apparently the night supervisor found out >about >>> sometime around midnight, looked on the video and saw me with >something that >>> looked like a gun. >>> >>> ... back to this morning >>> >>> I explain what happened, they search my car, find the camera gear, >let me >>> out of the cuffs. I show them how the bushhawk rifle stock works, >and I >>> show them, and the folks from HR the photos I took Saturday with >that setup. >>> >>> At some point I lose track of how many times the Santa Clara police, >and >>> HR ask me "You understand why we had to do this?". >>> >>> HR offers to let me have the day off, and they'll square it with my >boss, >>> who knows nothing about this, but I decline. A little later someone >from HR >>> shows up in my cube with a $25 card for the cafeteria. The woman >from HR, >>> once again, thanks me for being so cooperative. I, once again, >point out >>> that it's very easy to be cooperative when six people are pointing >guns at >>> you. >>> >>> On my way home from having dinner with a friend (who explained that >she >>> can no longer even talk to me because it upsets her new boyfriend) I >>> reflected on the place I worked my first 9 years out of college. >The >>> president had a display of WWII era rifles (with firing pins removed >IIRC) >>> on display in his office (Allies, Japanese, & German maybe?). One >year for >>> Christmas he bought everyone in the company a cheap .177 pellet >rifle and we >>> had a pellet range set up in the office. When I was working 60-80 >hour >>> weeks, usually until 2-4 in the morning, I would often take a 10 >minute >>> break by pulling out my pellet pistol and doing some target >practice. When >>> someone at the company bought a new gun, they would often bring it >in >>> (unloaded of course) to show it off. >>> >>> It certainly is a different time and place. >>> >>> -- >>> Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Buy a Leica to get the full “Leica Experience”, (a quick reduction of >funds >> in the bank account). >> >> >> >> -- >> 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. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- 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.
