Re: OT: Adventures in Home Renovations

[ann sanfedele]

Ah yes, I remember it well... because I was in "PDML central" trying to 
sleep !


Happy whatever to all - WHeatfield - photos or it isn't happening

ann

On 12/24/2015 1:02 PM, David J Brooks wrote:

that was a fun night

Dave

On Thu, Dec 24, 2015 at 12:28 PM, Mark Roberts
 wrote:

Christine Aguila wrote:


On Dec 24, 2015, at 10:54 AM, Steve Cottrell  wrote:

On 24/12/15, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed:


Yes you must. Let's make it a holiday tradition!

On a whim, I found it.

35 seconds of PDML history:



Funny!  Thanks for sharing—this phone call has been mentioned quite a bit over 
the years.  Fun to finally hear the call.  Cheers, Christine

The call took place around midnight at GFM, which was around 5:00 a.m.
for Cotty. When his phone rang he assumed it was a client calling
needing him to shoot video so he sent it straight to voicemail and
proceeded to get up, expecting to be going to work. A few short
minutes later we received a text message from him: "The Spirit of the
Mountain is awake. And he is amused. The spirit's wife, however, is
not."

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Re: OT: Adventures in Home Renovations

[Mark Roberts]

>From the 2007 PDML Quotations:

"We don't need Hell. We got Norm."
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Re: OT: Adventures in Home Renovations

[knarf]

What I recall of it...

:-)

Cheers,

frank 

On December 24, 2015 1:02:04 PM EST, David J Brooks  wrote:
>that was a fun night
>
>Dave
>
>On Thu, Dec 24, 2015 at 12:28 PM, Mark Roberts
> wrote:
>> Christine Aguila wrote:
>>
 On Dec 24, 2015, at 10:54 AM, Steve Cottrell 
>wrote:

 On 24/12/15, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed:

> Yes you must. Let's make it a holiday tradition!

 On a whim, I found it.

 35 seconds of PDML history:

 
>>>
>>>Funny!  Thanks for sharing—this phone call has been mentioned quite a
>bit over the years.  Fun to finally hear the call.  Cheers, Christine
>>
>> The call took place around midnight at GFM, which was around 5:00
>a.m.
>> for Cotty. When his phone rang he assumed it was a client calling
>> needing him to shoot video so he sent it straight to voicemail and
>> proceeded to get up, expecting to be going to work. A few short
>> minutes later we received a text message from him: "The Spirit of the
>> Mountain is awake. And he is amused. The spirit's wife, however, is
>> not."
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Re: OT: Adventures in Home Renovations

[knarf]

Ni? 

LOL!

frank

On December 24, 2015 11:37:32 AM EST, Steve Cottrell  wrote:
>On 24/12/15, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed:
>
>>Gasp! When has something like that ever happened before?
>
>NI!!!

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Re: OT: Adventures in Home Renovations

[knarf]

 NORM!!

He called me out of the blue a while back.

Good old Norm...

frank

On December 24, 2015 10:46:26 AM EST, Steve Cottrell  wrote:
>I had a shock yesterday.
>
>Norm called me right out of the blue.
>
>He's doing just fine and has been a part of this setup for quite some
>time:
>
>
>
>if anyone's looking for a very worthwhile charity to donate to.
>
>He sends his regards!

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Re: OT: Adventures in Home Renovations

[Mark Roberts]

Steve Cottrell wrote:

>I must dig out that recording of the
>voicemail from GFM with the Knights Who Say Ni.

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Re: OT: Adventures in Home Renovations

[Christine Aguila]

> On Dec 24, 2015, at 10:37 AM, Steve Cottrell  wrote:
> 
> On 24/12/15, Bill, discombobulated, unleashed:
> 
>> For the newcomers, Norm is a long time member of this group, and is one 
>> of the finest kind of people. I had a wonderful chat with him a while 
>> back. The charity he is working with is fantastic, and he shared some 
>> very touching stories with me that brought tears to my eyes.
>> 
>> Note that I told him he was boring me to tears, but that is because I'm 
>> a natural born asshole.
>> I'd say I love Norm like a brother, except that would be putting my 
>> brother on a pedestal he doesn't deserve.
> 
> + 1 !!
> 
> Actually he did say (in that hardass bass voice) 'look I've bored you
> enough now Caudddy, I'll jess fuck righd auf'.
> 
> At one point we talked about boats and he mentioned a friend sailing in
> Austral-Asian waters, to which I assured him that there be pirates there
> be and his friend must have thought of security.
> 
> A day later he left me a voicemail saying that he had spoken to his
> friend regarding pirates, and that not only did his friend know most of
> the local pirates (and indeed shared cocktails on deck with them) but
> for those he didn't, there was a 50 caliber machine gun in the sail locker.
> 
> I think Norm Baugher is the only person I've ever met who knows so many
> people from every single continent.
> 
> A glass of Glenmorangie to Norm. I must dig out that recording of the
> voicemail from GFM with the Knights Who Say Ni.


I think Norm showed up when Darrel & I went to Grandfather Mountain way back 
when, but I don’t remember him that well, but I don’t remember much seeing how 
much I drank that 1st night, so maybe it wasn’t Norm.  :-)



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Re: OT: Adventures in Home Renovations

[Steve Cottrell]

On 24/12/15, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed:

>Yes you must. Let's make it a holiday tradition!

On a whim, I found it.

35 seconds of PDML history:





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Re: OT: Adventures in Home Renovations

[David J Brooks]

back when we were civilized:

http://smg.photobucket.com/user/divad_b/media/Grandfather%20Mountain%20NPW%202006/group2-5126.jpg.html?sort=3=3

Dave

On Thu, Dec 24, 2015 at 11:54 AM, Steve Cottrell  wrote:
> On 24/12/15, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed:
>
>>Yes you must. Let's make it a holiday tradition!
>
> On a whim, I found it.
>
> 35 seconds of PDML history:
>
> 
>
>
>
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>
>
> Cheers,
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Re: OT: Adventures in Home Renovations

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> On Dec 24, 2015, at 10:54 AM, Steve Cottrell  wrote:
> 
> On 24/12/15, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed:
> 
>> Yes you must. Let's make it a holiday tradition!
> 
> On a whim, I found it.
> 
> 35 seconds of PDML history:
> 
> 

Funny!  Thanks for sharing—this phone call has been mentioned quite a bit over 
the years.  Fun to finally hear the call.  Cheers, Christine
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Re: OT: Adventures in Home Renovations

[Christine Aguila]

Very nice!  Cheers, Christine


> On Dec 24, 2015, at 11:04 AM, David J Brooks  wrote:
> 
> back when we were civilized:
> 
> http://smg.photobucket.com/user/divad_b/media/Grandfather%20Mountain%20NPW%202006/group2-5126.jpg.html?sort=3=3
> 
> Dave
> 
> On Thu, Dec 24, 2015 at 11:54 AM, Steve Cottrell  wrote:
>> On 24/12/15, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed:
>> 
>>> Yes you must. Let's make it a holiday tradition!
>> 
>> On a whim, I found it.
>> 
>> 35 seconds of PDML history:
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> --
>> 
>> 
>> Cheers,
>>  Cotty
>> 
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Re: OT: Adventures in Home Renovations

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Christine Aguila wrote:

>> On Dec 24, 2015, at 10:54 AM, Steve Cottrell  wrote:
>> 
>> On 24/12/15, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed:
>> 
>>> Yes you must. Let's make it a holiday tradition!
>> 
>> On a whim, I found it.
>> 
>> 35 seconds of PDML history:
>> 
>> 
>
>Funny!  Thanks for sharing—this phone call has been mentioned quite a bit over 
>the years.  Fun to finally hear the call.  Cheers, Christine

The call took place around midnight at GFM, which was around 5:00 a.m.
for Cotty. When his phone rang he assumed it was a client calling
needing him to shoot video so he sent it straight to voicemail and
proceeded to get up, expecting to be going to work. A few short
minutes later we received a text message from him: "The Spirit of the
Mountain is awake. And he is amused. The spirit's wife, however, is
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Re: OT: Adventures in Home Renovations

[Alan C]

I can tell you're loving every minute of it!

Alan C

-Original Message- 
From: Bill

Sent: Thursday, December 24, 2015 4:52 AM
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Subject: OT: Adventures in Home Renovations

Anyone who has been on this list for the past while probably knows that
many years ago I embarked on a home renovation odyssey that involved
removing the roof from our modest bungalow and installing a second floor.
In the process of doing this, I pretty much lost the use of my basement,
had to tear out my darkroom, etc.
Fast forward to 5 years ago, we had a very wet spring and the basement
flooded, causing us to embark on yet another adventure, this time having
the driveway torn up, the foundation dug out, and getting a waterproof
membrane put on the outside. Inside, we had to put steel C-Channels
between the footing and the structure of the house to support the
concrete walls, which were deflecting. This is a common problem here,
and pretty much every house built before about 1990 will need this sort
of work at some point.
So, I'm finally getting around to finishing the basement. I have the
steel all nicely tied in, and have brought the insulation up to minimum
R28, with the bulk of the walls R40. I'm now in the process of sheathing
the walls.
I won't be putting in another darkroom. As much as I like darkroom work
(its what brought me to photography), those days are gone, my interest
regarding keeping my hands busy has shifted to carpentry.
Anyway, I was looking at the size of the space i am building, and
realized that 15 years ago, in less space, I had a nice TV room that
could comfortably seat 6, enough room for as much as 30 five gallon
carboys of wine, and could still, with minor rearranging of furniture,
do studio photography.

And it dawned on me, with a little care regarding how I design things,
and a willingness to compromise my table saw wants from a big cabinet
saw to a track saw and good quality job site saw, I can set up another
studio
Realizing this, a big smile appeared on my face and I decided to have a
glass of nice Scotch.
Life is good, Wheatfield Willie is a happy guy.





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Re: OT: Adventures in Home Renovations

[David J Brooks]

that was a fun night

Dave

On Thu, Dec 24, 2015 at 12:28 PM, Mark Roberts
 wrote:
> Christine Aguila wrote:
>
>>> On Dec 24, 2015, at 10:54 AM, Steve Cottrell  wrote:
>>>
>>> On 24/12/15, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed:
>>>
 Yes you must. Let's make it a holiday tradition!
>>>
>>> On a whim, I found it.
>>>
>>> 35 seconds of PDML history:
>>>
>>> 
>>
>>Funny!  Thanks for sharing—this phone call has been mentioned quite a bit 
>>over the years.  Fun to finally hear the call.  Cheers, Christine
>
> The call took place around midnight at GFM, which was around 5:00 a.m.
> for Cotty. When his phone rang he assumed it was a client calling
> needing him to shoot video so he sent it straight to voicemail and
> proceeded to get up, expecting to be going to work. A few short
> minutes later we received a text message from him: "The Spirit of the
> Mountain is awake. And he is amused. The spirit's wife, however, is
> not."
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Re: OT: Adventures in Home Renovations

[Bill]

On 12/24/2015 9:46 AM, Steve Cottrell wrote:

I had a shock yesterday.

Norm called me right out of the blue.

He's doing just fine and has been a part of this setup for quite some time:



if anyone's looking for a very worthwhile charity to donate to.

He sends his regards!


I hope you told him to fuck off. I know I did when he called me a while 
back.


For the newcomers, Norm is a long time member of this group, and is one 
of the finest kind of people. I had a wonderful chat with him a while 
back. The charity he is working with is fantastic, and he shared some 
very touching stories with me that brought tears to my eyes.


Note that I told him he was boring me to tears, but that is because I'm 
a natural born asshole.
I'd say I love Norm like a brother, except that would be putting my 
brother on a pedestal he doesn't deserve.


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Re: OT: Adventures in Home Renovations

[Mark Roberts]

Steve Cottrell wrote:

>I had a shock yesterday.
>
>Norm called me right out of the blue.

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Re: OT: Adventures in Home Renovations

[Steve Cottrell]

On 24/12/15, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed:

>Gasp! When has something like that ever happened before?

NI!!!

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Re: OT: Adventures in Home Renovations

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On 24/12/15, Bill, discombobulated, unleashed:

>For the newcomers, Norm is a long time member of this group, and is one 
>of the finest kind of people. I had a wonderful chat with him a while 
>back. The charity he is working with is fantastic, and he shared some 
>very touching stories with me that brought tears to my eyes.
>
>Note that I told him he was boring me to tears, but that is because I'm 
>a natural born asshole.
>I'd say I love Norm like a brother, except that would be putting my 
>brother on a pedestal he doesn't deserve.

+ 1 !!

Actually he did say (in that hardass bass voice) 'look I've bored you
enough now Caudddy, I'll jess fuck righd auf'.

At one point we talked about boats and he mentioned a friend sailing in
Austral-Asian waters, to which I assured him that there be pirates there
be and his friend must have thought of security.

A day later he left me a voicemail saying that he had spoken to his
friend regarding pirates, and that not only did his friend know most of
the local pirates (and indeed shared cocktails on deck with them) but
for those he didn't, there was a 50 caliber machine gun in the sail locker.

I think Norm Baugher is the only person I've ever met who knows so many
people from every single continent.

A glass of Glenmorangie to Norm. I must dig out that recording of the
voicemail from GFM with the Knights Who Say Ni.

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Re: OT: Adventures in Home Renovations

[Bruce Walker]

Awesome, Bill. Keep us informed of its progress. :)

On Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 9:52 PM, Bill  wrote:
> Anyone who has been on this list for the past while probably knows that many
> years ago I embarked on a home renovation odyssey that involved removing the
> roof from our modest bungalow and installing a second floor.
> In the process of doing this, I pretty much lost the use of my basement, had
> to tear out my darkroom, etc.
> Fast forward to 5 years ago, we had a very wet spring and the basement
> flooded, causing us to embark on yet another adventure, this time having the
> driveway torn up, the foundation dug out, and getting a waterproof membrane
> put on the outside. Inside, we had to put steel C-Channels between the
> footing and the structure of the house to support the concrete walls, which
> were deflecting. This is a common problem here, and pretty much every house
> built before about 1990 will need this sort of work at some point.
> So, I'm finally getting around to finishing the basement. I have the steel
> all nicely tied in, and have brought the insulation up to minimum R28, with
> the bulk of the walls R40. I'm now in the process of sheathing the walls.
> I won't be putting in another darkroom. As much as I like darkroom work (its
> what brought me to photography), those days are gone, my interest regarding
> keeping my hands busy has shifted to carpentry.
> Anyway, I was looking at the size of the space i am building, and realized
> that 15 years ago, in less space, I had a nice TV room that could
> comfortably seat 6, enough room for as much as 30 five gallon carboys of
> wine, and could still, with minor rearranging of furniture, do studio
> photography.
>
> And it dawned on me, with a little care regarding how I design things, and a
> willingness to compromise my table saw wants from a big cabinet saw to a
> track saw and good quality job site saw, I can set up another studio
> Realizing this, a big smile appeared on my face and I decided to have a
> glass of nice Scotch.
> Life is good, Wheatfield Willie is a happy guy.
>
>
>
>
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Re: OT: Adventures in Home Renovations

[Christine Aguila]

Wow!  That sounds fun—and well done on all your hard work!  Cheers, Christine


On Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 9:52 PM, Bill  wrote:
>> Anyone who has been on this list for the past while probably knows that many
>> years ago I embarked on a home renovation odyssey that involved removing the
>> roof from our modest bungalow and installing a second floor.
>> In the process of doing this, I pretty much lost the use of my basement, had
>> to tear out my darkroom, etc.
>> Fast forward to 5 years ago, we had a very wet spring and the basement
>> flooded, causing us to embark on yet another adventure, this time having the
>> driveway torn up, the foundation dug out, and getting a waterproof membrane
>> put on the outside. Inside, we had to put steel C-Channels between the
>> footing and the structure of the house to support the concrete walls, which
>> were deflecting. This is a common problem here, and pretty much every house
>> built before about 1990 will need this sort of work at some point.
>> So, I'm finally getting around to finishing the basement. I have the steel
>> all nicely tied in, and have brought the insulation up to minimum R28, with
>> the bulk of the walls R40. I'm now in the process of sheathing the walls.
>> I won't be putting in another darkroom. As much as I like darkroom work (its
>> what brought me to photography), those days are gone, my interest regarding
>> keeping my hands busy has shifted to carpentry.
>> Anyway, I was looking at the size of the space i am building, and realized
>> that 15 years ago, in less space, I had a nice TV room that could
>> comfortably seat 6, enough room for as much as 30 five gallon carboys of
>> wine, and could still, with minor rearranging of furniture, do studio
>> photography.
>> 
>> And it dawned on me, with a little care regarding how I design things, and a
>> willingness to compromise my table saw wants from a big cabinet saw to a
>> track saw and good quality job site saw, I can set up another studio
>> Realizing this, a big smile appeared on my face and I decided to have a
>> glass of nice Scotch.
>> Life is good, Wheatfield Willie is a happy guy.


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Re: OT: Adventures in Home Renovations

[Steve Cottrell]

On 23/12/15, Bill, discombobulated, unleashed:

>And it dawned on me, with a little care regarding how I design things, 
>and a willingness to compromise my table saw wants from a big cabinet 
>saw to a track saw and good quality job site saw, I can set up another 
>studio
>Realizing this, a big smile appeared on my face and I decided to have a 
>glass of nice Scotch.
>Life is good, Wheatfield Willie is a happy guy.

I raise my glass of Glenmorangie to you! Cheers

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Re: OT: Adventures in Home Renovations

[Steve Cottrell]

I had a shock yesterday.

Norm called me right out of the blue.

He's doing just fine and has been a part of this setup for quite some time:



if anyone's looking for a very worthwhile charity to donate to.

He sends his regards!


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Re: OT: Adventures in Home Renovations

[knarf]

Cool.

Cheers, 

frank

On December 23, 2015 9:52:33 PM EST, Bill  wrote:
>Anyone who has been on this list for the past while probably knows that
>
>many years ago I embarked on a home renovation odyssey that involved 
>removing the roof from our modest bungalow and installing a second
>floor.
>In the process of doing this, I pretty much lost the use of my
>basement, 
>had to tear out my darkroom, etc.
>Fast forward to 5 years ago, we had a very wet spring and the basement 
>flooded, causing us to embark on yet another adventure, this time
>having 
>the driveway torn up, the foundation dug out, and getting a waterproof 
>membrane put on the outside. Inside, we had to put steel C-Channels 
>between the footing and the structure of the house to support the 
>concrete walls, which were deflecting. This is a common problem here, 
>and pretty much every house built before about 1990 will need this sort
>
>of work at some point.
>So, I'm finally getting around to finishing the basement. I have the 
>steel all nicely tied in, and have brought the insulation up to minimum
>
>R28, with the bulk of the walls R40. I'm now in the process of
>sheathing 
>the walls.
>I won't be putting in another darkroom. As much as I like darkroom work
>
>(its what brought me to photography), those days are gone, my interest 
>regarding keeping my hands busy has shifted to carpentry.
>Anyway, I was looking at the size of the space i am building, and 
>realized that 15 years ago, in less space, I had a nice TV room that 
>could comfortably seat 6, enough room for as much as 30 five gallon 
>carboys of wine, and could still, with minor rearranging of furniture, 
>do studio photography.
>
>And it dawned on me, with a little care regarding how I design things, 
>and a willingness to compromise my table saw wants from a big cabinet 
>saw to a track saw and good quality job site saw, I can set up another 
>studio
>Realizing this, a big smile appeared on my face and I decided to have a
>
>glass of nice Scotch.
>Life is good, Wheatfield Willie is a happy guy.

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Re: OT: Adventures in Home Renovations

[Ken Waller]

So very nice to hear this Bill. Ha ve another dram for me !




-Original Message-
>From: Bill 
>Subject: OT: Adventures in Home Renovations
>
>Anyone who has been on this list for the past while probably knows that 
>many years ago I embarked on a home renovation odyssey that involved 
>removing the roof from our modest bungalow and installing a second floor.
>In the process of doing this, I pretty much lost the use of my basement, 
>had to tear out my darkroom, etc.
>Fast forward to 5 years ago, we had a very wet spring and the basement 
>flooded, causing us to embark on yet another adventure, this time having 
>the driveway torn up, the foundation dug out, and getting a waterproof 
>membrane put on the outside. Inside, we had to put steel C-Channels 
>between the footing and the structure of the house to support the 
>concrete walls, which were deflecting. This is a common problem here, 
>and pretty much every house built before about 1990 will need this sort 
>of work at some point.
>So, I'm finally getting around to finishing the basement. I have the 
>steel all nicely tied in, and have brought the insulation up to minimum 
>R28, with the bulk of the walls R40. I'm now in the process of sheathing 
>the walls.
>I won't be putting in another darkroom. As much as I like darkroom work 
>(its what brought me to photography), those days are gone, my interest 
>regarding keeping my hands busy has shifted to carpentry.
>Anyway, I was looking at the size of the space i am building, and 
>realized that 15 years ago, in less space, I had a nice TV room that 
>could comfortably seat 6, enough room for as much as 30 five gallon 
>carboys of wine, and could still, with minor rearranging of furniture, 
>do studio photography.
>
>And it dawned on me, with a little care regarding how I design things, 
>and a willingness to compromise my table saw wants from a big cabinet 
>saw to a track saw and good quality job site saw, I can set up another 
>studio
>Realizing this, a big smile appeared on my face and I decided to have a 
>glass of nice Scotch.
>Life is good, Wheatfield Willie is a happy guy.
>
>
>
>
>
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Re: OT: Adventures in Home Renovations

[Larry Colen]

Bill wrote:



And it dawned on me, with a little care regarding how I design things,
and a willingness to compromise my table saw wants from a big cabinet
saw to a track saw and good quality job site saw, I can set up another
studio


Congratulations. While a real studio is by no means a requirement for 
doing "studio photography" it certainly can help.



Realizing this, a big smile appeared on my face and I decided to have a
glass of nice Scotch.


And another big smile appeared on your face.


Life is good, Wheatfield Willie is a happy guy.







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