Re: PESO - Snow on Lakeshore
On Feb 12, 2012, at 8:35 PM, Brian Walters wrote: > Not at all. Two things that I'm not likely to see here are snow and > streetcars (trams as we call them). At one stage Sydney had one of the > largest tram networks in the world but in the 1950s the politicians decided > that buses were the future and ripped the entire system up. Heh, we did the same thing at about the same time (maybe a few years later). Then in the 90s they laid some new rails for a tourist loop at massive cost. They'd just about finished the first extension a year ago but it's all on hold now. I recently saw a photo of a suburban street where the old tram lines were re-exposed by earthquake damage. In that case they'd left the old rails in place and just threw a layer of tar seal over the top. I'd actually like them to bring light rail back into the city and make it useful. Even better if they could figure out a way of getting rail out to the suburbs but I know that's a pipe dream. I always hated the buses in town because they're so noisy. Dave -- 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.
Re: PESO - Snow on Lakeshore
I have very dim memories as a kid in Montreal of riding on the trams (as they called them there). Somewhere around 1960 they ripped them up. Toronto is one of the rare North American cities that resisted the urge to "modernize". I type this post on my mobile heading into town on the Queen Street car! :-) Our rolling stock is hopelessly outdated now but later this year we start taking delivery of new Bombardier streetcars. Anyway, thanks for the kind words and thanks to everyone else who looked and commented. Cheers, frank "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Brian Walters Sent: February 12, 2012 2/12/12 To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Subject: Re: PESO - Snow on Lakeshore Quoting frank theriault : > Hopefully you're not getting tired of all these streetcar photos, but > I like streetcars, so there! ;-) Not at all. Two things that I'm not likely to see here are snow and streetcars (trams as we call them). At one stage Sydney had one of the largest tram networks in the world but in the 1950s the politicians decided that buses were the future and ripped the entire system up. We now have a small and relatively new light rail line to the inner western suburbs and there is continual talk of reinstating trams to the centre of Sydney, but I'm not holding my breath. > We had a light snow a couple of weeks ago (now all melted) and I > thought the Long Branch Car looked kind of nice heading through it: > > http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2012/02/snow-on-lakeshore.html > > Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. Nice wintery feel to that, enhanced by the graininess of the image. -- Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- 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.
Re: PESO - Snow on Lakeshore
Quoting frank theriault : Hopefully you're not getting tired of all these streetcar photos, but I like streetcars, so there! ;-) Not at all. Two things that I'm not likely to see here are snow and streetcars (trams as we call them). At one stage Sydney had one of the largest tram networks in the world but in the 1950s the politicians decided that buses were the future and ripped the entire system up. We now have a small and relatively new light rail line to the inner western suburbs and there is continual talk of reinstating trams to the centre of Sydney, but I'm not holding my breath. We had a light snow a couple of weeks ago (now all melted) and I thought the Long Branch Car looked kind of nice heading through it: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2012/02/snow-on-lakeshore.html Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. Nice wintery feel to that, enhanced by the graininess of the image. -- Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- 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.
Re: PESO - Snow on Lakeshore
Thanks, Dan, and thanks to everyone else who commented. Ironically, as I type this I'm sitting on a streetcar heading home on a lightly snowing night much like the one in the photo. No "night camera" with me , though. :-) cheers, frank "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: "Daniel J. Matyola" Sent: February 10, 2012 2/10/12 To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Subject: Re: PESO - Snow on Lakeshore I like it a lot, frank Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 7:17 AM, frank theriault wrote: > Hopefully you're not getting tired of all these streetcar photos, but > I like streetcars, so there! ;-) > > We had a light snow a couple of weeks ago (now all melted) and I > thought the Long Branch Car looked kind of nice heading through it: > > http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2012/02/snow-on-lakeshore.html > > Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. > > cheers, > frank > > -- > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson > > -- > 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.
Re: PESO - Snow on Lakeshore
I like it a lot, frank Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 7:17 AM, frank theriault wrote: > Hopefully you're not getting tired of all these streetcar photos, but > I like streetcars, so there! ;-) > > We had a light snow a couple of weeks ago (now all melted) and I > thought the Long Branch Car looked kind of nice heading through it: > > http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2012/02/snow-on-lakeshore.html > > Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. > > cheers, > frank > > -- > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson > > -- > 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.
Re: PESO - Snow on Lakeshore
On 2/10/2012 13:50, David J Brooks wrote: Nice snow motion here. Dave Yes. I never tire of your snowy street shots, Frank.. ann On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 7:17 AM, frank theriault wrote: Hopefully you're not getting tired of all these streetcar photos, but I like streetcars, so there! ;-) We had a light snow a couple of weeks ago (now all melted) and I thought the Long Branch Car looked kind of nice heading through it: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2012/02/snow-on-lakeshore.html Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- 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.
Re: PESO - Snow on Lakeshore
Nice snow motion here. Dave On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 7:17 AM, frank theriault wrote: > Hopefully you're not getting tired of all these streetcar photos, but > I like streetcars, so there! ;-) > > We had a light snow a couple of weeks ago (now all melted) and I > thought the Long Branch Car looked kind of nice heading through it: > > http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2012/02/snow-on-lakeshore.html > > Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. > > cheers, > frank > > -- > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson > > -- > 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. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- 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.
Re: PESO - Snow on Lakeshore
I like it, Frank. I like the mood, although I'd have rather been on the streetcar than standing out where you were. :) (I enjoy riding in those crazy old things.) On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 7:17 AM, frank theriault wrote: > Hopefully you're not getting tired of all these streetcar photos, but > I like streetcars, so there! ;-) > > We had a light snow a couple of weeks ago (now all melted) and I > thought the Long Branch Car looked kind of nice heading through it: > > http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2012/02/snow-on-lakeshore.html > > Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. > > cheers, > frank > > -- > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- -bmw -- 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.
Re: PESO - Snow on Lakeshore
Certainly well exposed and with nice detail. Jack - Original Message - From: frank theriault To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Cc: Sent: Friday, February 10, 2012 4:17 AM Subject: PESO - Snow on Lakeshore Hopefully you're not getting tired of all these streetcar photos, but I like streetcars, so there! ;-) We had a light snow a couple of weeks ago (now all melted) and I thought the Long Branch Car looked kind of nice heading through it: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2012/02/snow-on-lakeshore.html Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- 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.
