Pity. I quite fancied a good flounce. It's been sadly missed over lockdown.
> On 27 May 2021 at 19:30 Stanley Halpin <s...@stans-photography.info> wrote: > > > Hang around. Abuse and humiliation and neglect are said to be good for the > soul, and you can find all of that here… > And seriously, I have fond memories of sitting around with a group, after the > Eye, receiving a gift of landscape images from a region I still have yet to > visit. And you at least have hung in there with Pentax while Cotty and Bob > have flitted off to other marques. No, no flouncing called for IMNSHO. > > Stan > > > On May 27, 2021, at 2:09 PM, mike wilson <m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com> wrote: > > > > Relegated to an "other". Should I flounce off as well? > > > > > > > > Nah. It's not all about me. > > > >> On 27 May 2021 at 18:51 Stanley Halpin <s...@stans-photography.info> wrote: > >> > >> > >> There was a bit of discussion (and consternation) here recently when one > >> of the longtime members of this group declared “I am outta here” or words > >> to that effect. > >> > >> I copy/pasted much of the ensuing discussion and sent it on to the dear > >> departed (sorry, can’t resist using that phrase!) Just in case he had > >> signed off before the discussion occurred. And I asked “so, what’s up > >> with you?” > >> > >> In brief, the individual has understandably been under a bit of stress. > >> Spending long periods listening to warning sirens while huddled with your > >> family in bomb shelters can do that to you. > >> > >> All of this got me to reflecting on this group. This is an interesting > >> group. I am not sure if I was the first to make this sort of move, but > >> back at least 20 years ago I was at least one of the first to use the List > >> to make connections when I traveled. Frank and Dave and others in Toronto, > >> including an evening at a Blue Jays baseball game. Bob and Cotty and > >> others in England. Gianfranco and Dario and others in Italy: Venice, Rome, > >> Naples,Ravenna… Lasse and others in Sweden and Aland. Boris in Tel Aviv > >> and Jerusalem and Haifa. Henk and others in Amsterdam and Amersfoort. Rob > >> and a bunch of others in Sydney and Melbourne and Adelaide. Jostein in > >> Oslo (and Salisbury and Tenerife) and Paul and Bob in Milwaukee. And Mark > >> in Boston and of course the Chicago weekend organized by Mark and > >> Christine. And the Grandfather gatherings. And photo meetups for weekends > >> in D.C. And that is just me and off the top of my head. I can recall > >> hearing of many NYC meetups and others, often on occasion of visitors from > >> outside the U.S. passing through on business or vacation. Larry and John > >> on the West Coast, Ann and Dan on the East Coast have provided something > >> of a nexus in those regions. > >> > >> An interesting group. Formed around a common interest in photography in > >> general, the proper and effective use of Pentax gear in particular. Not > >> exactly tight knit, but close enough that we can ask favors of one > >> another, close enough that we can (mostly) trust one another when > >> buying/selling gear, close enough that we can share our feeble attempts at > >> artistry without fear of ridicule and humiliation. Maybe close enough that > >> we could reach out to someone in difficulty and without feeling like an > >> intrusive stranger? I do know that there is no generic answer, we members > >> are not all alike. But, for me, for some of us, maybe, we could work a bit > >> on thinking about reaching out to provide comfort to one another > >> occasionally? Just a thought. > >> > >> And now back to my regularly scheduled attempt to get a decent shot of the > >> Oriole at the feeder… > >> > >> Stan > > -- > > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > > follow the directions. > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
