Re: PESO: Maui Quail

2016-02-14 Thread WILSON MICHAEL
> On 14 February 2016 at 17:11 "Daniel J. Matyola" wrote: > > On Sun, Feb 14, 2016 at 5:36 AM, WILSON MICHAEL > wrote: > > > > It was Hollywood's most productive era since WWII. > > It may have been. My comment was based on my opinion that &quo

Re: PESO: Maui Quail

2016-02-14 Thread WILSON MICHAEL
> On 13 February 2016 at 22:40 "Daniel J. Matyola" wrote: > > > On Sat, Feb 13, 2016 at 5:17 PM, Bob W-PDML wrote: > > one of the greatest films of the 1980s. > > I didn't realize that the 80s were so barren as far as films were concerned. It was Hollywood's most productive era since WWII. (B

Re: Photo Processing On An Older Laptop

2016-02-14 Thread WILSON MICHAEL
I didn't know Rawtherapee existed until yesterday. Just installed on UBUNTU 12.something and it works fine. It's a 7-8 year old Samsung laptop - quite high spec for the time, with a multicore processor, 8Gb of memory and 500Gb HDD - and the only thing that might slow it down will be the onboard g

Re: PRSO: Bikini Blonde

2016-02-11 Thread WILSON MICHAEL
> On 10 February 2016 at 07:12 "Daniel J. Matyola" wrote: > > > The other day, I went downtown and picked up a little Bikini Blonde to > enliven my evenings here in paradise: > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18185918 > K-5 IIs, DA 18-135 > Comments are invited and appreciated. I pre

Re: February PUG - 'Black and White' - is UP

2016-02-07 Thread WILSON MICHAEL
> On 08 February 2016 at 04:30 Brian Walters wrote: > > > On Mon, Feb 8, 2016, at 01:10 PM, Mark C wrote: > > What's a Ricohflex TLR? > > > I'm sure PJ knows what a Ricohflex TLR is. > > "Ricofhlex" on the other hand is the Outer Mongolian knockoff, manufactured exclusively from Coca

Re: Breaking up isn't always hard to do

2016-02-07 Thread WILSON MICHAEL
Ours lies in the river where it was built, just too late for its intended purpose in WWI. http://thehelpfulengineer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/SS-Cretehauser.jpg > On 07 February 2016 at 06:52 "Daniel J. Matyola" wrote: > > > There is a list of the remaining concrete ships in the US here: >

Re: Lens Thoughts (DA 17-70 f4)

2016-02-04 Thread WILSON MICHAEL
> On 04 February 2016 at 15:31 John wrote: > > > On 2/3/2016 3:01 PM, David J Brooks wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 1:47 PM, Ed Keeney wrote: > >> Thanks PDML for all the responses. You've managed to muddy my waters > >> even more than they already were. > > > > Wait till you ask cats quest

Re: OT: Assimilated by the BORG

2016-02-03 Thread WILSON MICHAEL
> On 02 February 2016 at 04:56 "P.J. Alling" wrote: > > > It doesn't give you a lot if you're using a computer with a full display > either. You have to know the story, because if you don't that web site > won't tell it to you. There is literally real no content, you need to > use Google to

Re: OT: NYC View

2016-02-01 Thread WILSON MICHAEL
I think I'm safe at this dostance: it's the glow every time Donald Trump lowers his trousers - and that _is_ the sun. > On 31 January 2016 at 23:10 "P.J. Alling" wrote: > > > I could tell you but then I'd be required to kill myself. > > On 1/31/2016 4:20 PM, John wrote: > > On 1/31/2016 3:33

Re: Shooting with a D810.

2016-01-27 Thread WILSON MICHAEL
t doesn't make a vas deferens. > > > > (That's a biology pun) > > http://photo.net/photos/RickW > > > > > >> On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 1:57 PM, David J Brooks > >> wrote: > >> On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 1:23 PM, WILSON MICH

Re: Shooting with a D810.

2016-01-26 Thread WILSON MICHAEL
> On 26 January 2016 at 11:53 David J Brooks wrote: > . i have run the gamete... I'm feeling nauseous - and I'm a biologist. -- 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

Re: My latest Pentax enablement...

2016-01-25 Thread WILSON MICHAEL
Coatings blemish-free? Helicoid smooth? No fungus? Get yourself on Ebay. > On 25 January 2016 at 21:53 Bob W-PDML wrote: > > > Goes all the way to 11 > > > On 25 Jan 2016, at 21:47, WILSON MICHAEL wrote: > > > > As long as your aperture's still s

Re: OT - little video

2016-01-25 Thread WILSON MICHAEL
> On 25 January 2016 at 20:47 Ken Waller wrote: > > > The Defender 110 isn't offered in the states, so it not part of the quality > issue here. It isn't offered anywhere, after this week. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-35285258 > > The Land Rovers offered here, for the most part are fo

Re: My latest Pentax enablement...

2016-01-25 Thread WILSON MICHAEL
As long as your aperture's still snappy, you have nothing to worry about. > On 25 January 2016 at 21:34 Bob W-PDML wrote: > > > Same year as me. My knurls are more worn than those. > > B > > > On 25 Jan 2016, at 21:23, Darren Addy wrote: > > > > ...is at least as old as I am (but in a lot b

Re: OT - little video

2016-01-24 Thread WILSON MICHAEL
> On 25 January 2016 at 05:18 Ken Waller wrote: > > > > Yer a regular feckin comedian Daz ;-) > > Yeah but the newer Land Rovers sold in the U S of A have some of the lowest > rated quality of all vehicle sold here. Land Rover is just a name, now, owned by venture capitalists. They are prese

Re: OT - little video

2016-01-24 Thread WILSON MICHAEL
> On 24 January 2016 at 19:29 Bob W-PDML wrote: > > > On 24 Jan 2016, at 18:42, Steve Cottrell wrote: > > > > Thought one or two here might find this amusing. 2 min video explainer > > aimed at broadcast journalists re bonding LiveU and KA satellite > > broadband for news live shots. > > > >

Re: tamron 28-75, foggy on the inside

2016-01-23 Thread WILSON MICHAEL
Plus; use a plastic bag as the container and twist the zoom every hour or so to pull/push as much air through it as possible. You may still end up with watermarks, though. > On 23 January 2016 at 12:28 Toine wrote: > > > Put it in a closed plastic container with as much silica gel bags you > c

Re: GESO 2016 - scale models - GDG

2016-01-20 Thread WILSON MICHAEL
> On 19 January 2016 at 21:18 John wrote: > > > On 1/19/2016 3:37 PM, Bob W-PDML wrote: > > On 19 Jan 2016, at 17:18, John wrote: > >> > > > > Tres chic. Or summat. > > Has it got Anna Karina in it? Or maybe Jean Seberg, or BB, or Mireille > Darc? > No? Can't be coo

Re: GESO 2016 - scale models - GDG

2016-01-19 Thread WILSON MICHAEL
> On 18 January 2016 at 21:15 Bob W-PDML wrote: > > > On 18 Jan 2016, at 21:06, WILSON MICHAEL wrote: > > >> On 18 January 2016 at 20:53 Bob W-PDML wrote: > >> > >> > >> Ah, Godfrey, in both cases you're only one digit away f

Re: GESO 2016 - scale models - GDG

2016-01-18 Thread WILSON MICHAEL
> On 18 January 2016 at 20:53 Bob W-PDML wrote: > > > Ah, Godfrey, in both cases you're only one digit away from being the coolest > facker in cool-fackerdom. > > My first car was a rusted old Fiat 127 Mirafiori, which went like shit off a > stick until the engine blew up. I bought it for £100-

Re: GESO: Rarotonga

2016-01-17 Thread WILSON MICHAEL
> On 17 January 2016 at 02:29 David Mann wrote: > > > The weather is crap today so I've forced myself to sit down and put my photos > from Rarotonga online. I've chosen 20 for a gallery and will drip-feed more > as PESOs as I feel like it. > > http://gallery.multi.net.nz/gallery/60/#geso The

Re: PESO - The Look

2016-01-16 Thread WILSON MICHAEL
> On 16 January 2016 at 21:49 Bob W-PDML wrote: > > > On 16 Jan 2016, at 20:27, WILSON MICHAEL wrote: > > >> On 16 January 2016 at 20:12 Bulent Celasun > >> wrote: > >> > >> > >> Wilson, Ann, Ken, Mark, > >> > >&g

Re: PESO - The Look

2016-01-16 Thread WILSON MICHAEL
> On 16 January 2016 at 20:12 Bulent Celasun wrote: > > > Wilson, Ann, Ken, Mark, > > Thank you all for enjoying the look, the tree and the rest :) Only my close friends are allowed to call me Wilson. You have the choice of Hey, You!, Pat Fig or Mike. 8 -) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: The Guardian - Saul Leiter

2016-01-16 Thread WILSON MICHAEL
> On 16 January 2016 at 19:41 Bob W-PDML wrote: > > > On 16 Jan 2016, at 17:59, steve harley wrote: > > > >> On 2016-01-15 7:30 , Mark Roberts wrote: > >> Some great photography here: > >> http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2016/jan/15/made-in-manhattan-how-saul-leiter-found-beauty-in-got

Re: PDML in Clerkenwell (London)

2016-01-15 Thread WILSON MICHAEL
You're getting quite good at that "photography from behind your head" routine. I think I'm going to start calling you Jimi. > On 14 January 2016 at 23:26 Mark Roberts wrote: > > > Photos from the PDML meet-up. > > At the Dovetail, drinking Belgian beer: > http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7e001

Re: PESO - The Look

2016-01-14 Thread WILSON MICHAEL
> On 14 January 2016 at 20:04 Jack Davis wrote: > > > Looks to possibly be a son of a > Birch? A Balsa cusation if ever I heard one. > J > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Jan 14, 2016, at 9:58 AM, P.J. Alling wrote: > > > > Why knot? Looks a bit bloodshot though. > > > >> On 1/14/2016 12

Re: PESO 2016 - 010, 011, 012 - GDG

2016-01-13 Thread WILSON MICHAEL
> On 13 January 2016 at 19:54 Bob W-PDML wrote: > > > I like the chocolate Statue of Liberty, but what's that bloke doing to it? > > I like the shakers too - my favourite type. > > And whenever you see someone thinking like that you must call it 'Tief in > Gedanken versunken', because it's s

Re: PESO - South Bank

2016-01-09 Thread WILSON MICHAEL
They're called BPIs. Bob's Private Infernos. They are for tourists who don't follow published advice. http://www.siliconglen.scot/jokes/tourists.html > On 09 January 2016 at 22:39 Rick Womer wrote: > > > Thanks, Paul. As far as I could tell, they are just Art. > > Rick > > On Jan 8, 2016,

Re: PESO - New Look

2016-01-06 Thread WILSON MICHAEL
> On 07 January 2016 at 07:11 Alan C wrote: > > > Very smart. I'll bet it's quite crowded at peak times. I see the England > cricket sponsor is well represented! Surely it wasn't as depressed as you > suggest as recently as 1980? You would be surprised how dreary civic architecture was at the

Re: Warning to the UKians (and possibly other Europeons)

2016-01-05 Thread WILSON MICHAEL
> On 06 January 2016 at 01:20 Rick Womer wrote: > > > Try this, Larry: > > "Good evening, > > Mr Larry Colen humbly and obsequiously requests the honour* of meeting the > most honorable Messrs Robert Walden and Stephen Cottrell. He hopes to place > his unworthy colonial boots on the sacred soi

Re: OT Computer stuff

2016-01-05 Thread WILSON MICHAEL
; > > Can't you use a 2.5' standard SSD? They are much cheaper now than they > used to be. Or a miniPCI express one? In case your present SSD uses such > interface. > > Carlos > > El 05/01/2016 a las 4:41, WILSON MICHAEL escribió: > > I have a

OT Computer stuff

2016-01-04 Thread WILSON MICHAEL
I have an Acer Aspire One netbook with an 8Gig SSD. Apart from being terribly slow, the SSD appears to have failed. Looking around for a replacement, I discovered the option of using a CF card with a CF/ZIF adaptor. More space, less money = happy camper. However after installation of a Sand

Re: PESO - New Year, New Hope

2016-01-04 Thread WILSON MICHAEL
> On 05 January 2016 at 03:20 knarf wrote: > > > Thanks Mark! > > I like that blog name. I'm getting tired of the old name. Ethically Raised > Strawberries. > > I like it. I don't know. It doesn't quite sound right. > >But I think you should change the name of your color photo blog from >

RE: PESO: Cabinet of Mysteries

2016-01-02 Thread WILSON MICHAEL
It's a record card cabinet, for storing standard 6x3" record cards. Often found in libraries, using the Dewey classification to keep a record of the books. It has pull-out shelves in the middle, so you can take an entire drawer out and riffle through the cards. > On 02 January 2016 at 06:53 John

Re: How did you celebrate New Year's Eve?

2016-01-02 Thread WILSON MICHAEL
> On 02 January 2016 at 08:36 Bob W-PDML wrote: > > > On 2 Jan 2016, at 00:44, Steve Cottrell wrote: > > > > On 1/1/16, Daniel J. Matyola, discombobulated, unleashed: > > > >> I understand that in Britain the celebrations of more restrained, > >> cultured and refined > > > > That scene could

Re: How did you celebrate New Year's Eve?

2016-01-02 Thread WILSON MICHAEL
Godt Nyttår til deg og din familie. > On 01 January 2016 at 18:42 Jostein Øksne wrote: > > > Hi folks, > Thought i'd de-lurk to wish you Good Light for 2016. :-) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please

Re: How did you celebrate New Year's Eve?

2016-01-01 Thread WILSON MICHAEL
> On 01 January 2016 at 15:25 Bob W-PDML wrote: > > > On 1 Jan 2016, at 13:41, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > > > Folks my age can't take much celebration. We stayed home, had some > > good food, watched parts of "It's a Wonderful Life," tuned in the > > broadcast from Times Square for 15 minut

Re: PESO: Happy birthday to her

2016-01-01 Thread WILSON MICHAEL
to be off list. I've had a rough time of it lately. I'm not > contemplating suicide, just thinking the PDML may not be a good place for me > now. > > Paul via phone > > On Jan 1, 2016, at 3:55 AM, WILSON MICHAEL wrote: > > >> On 01 January 2016 at 05:5

Re: PESO: Happy birthday to her

2016-01-01 Thread WILSON MICHAEL
> On 01 January 2016 at 05:53 Paul Stenquist wrote: > > > Thanks Ann. Roberts still missing after half a dozen posts since Marlene died > . Maybe I'm being oversensitive, but I find it odd and disturbing. Thinking > about calling it quits. I don't understand significant parts of the above but

Re: Nude modeling

2015-12-30 Thread WILSON MICHAEL
> On 30 December 2015 at 23:55 Bob W-PDML wrote: > > > On 30 Dec 2015, at 23:38, WILSON MICHAEL wrote: > > >> On 30 December 2015 at 21:36 Bob W-PDML wrote: > >> > >> > >>> On 30 Dec 2015, at 20:59, Bruce Walker wrote: > >&

Re: Nude modeling

2015-12-30 Thread WILSON MICHAEL
> On 31 December 2015 at 01:06 Bruce Walker wrote: > > > On Wed, Dec 30, 2015 at 6:37 PM, WILSON MICHAEL > wrote: > >> On 30 December 2015 at 21:36 Bob W-PDML wrote: > >> > >> > >> On 30 Dec 2015, at 20:59, Bruce Walker wrote: > &g

Re: Nude modeling

2015-12-30 Thread WILSON MICHAEL
> On 30 December 2015 at 21:36 Bob W-PDML wrote: > > > On 30 Dec 2015, at 20:59, Bruce Walker wrote: > > > >> On Wed, Dec 30, 2015 at 3:31 PM, Bob W-PDML wrote: > >> > >> My New Year's resolution for 2016 is to turn down all nude modelling jobs > >> I'm offered. > > > > Dang. No point me pl

Re: Nude modeling

2015-12-30 Thread WILSON MICHAEL
"This video is not available. Sorry about that." Apart from not believing them, it's probably a country-specific thing. Unless they've found out where I live. Again. > On 30 December 2015 at 16:56 Mark Roberts wrote: > > > WILSON MICHAEL wrote: > >

Re: Nude modeling

2015-12-30 Thread WILSON MICHAEL
This video doesn't, er, go. > On 30 December 2015 at 14:41 Mark Roberts wrote: > > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQykB6tBMqE > > > -- > Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia > www.robertstech.com > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/ma

Re: Nude modeling

2015-12-30 Thread WILSON MICHAEL
> On 30 December 2015 at 07:05 Larry Colen wrote: > > > I expect that most of these points are > obvious to everyone on this list, Yup. We've really been on a roll this last few weeks. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRI

OT Harlem Globetrotters

2015-12-28 Thread WILSON MICHAEL
My disappointment in my parents was never so profound as when I realised they could have called me Meadowlark Lemon. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-35191863 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, plea

Re: OT: Doré's London

2015-12-28 Thread WILSON MICHAEL
> On 29 December 2015 at 07:28 Bob W-PDML wrote: > > > On 29 Dec 2015, at 06:49, WILSON MICHAEL wrote: > > >> On 28 December 2015 at 23:02 Bob W-PDML wrote: > >> > >> > >> I know engravings aren't photography, but they were pretty cl

Re: OT: Doré's London

2015-12-28 Thread WILSON MICHAEL
> On 28 December 2015 at 23:02 Bob W-PDML wrote: > > > I know engravings aren't photography, but they were pretty close for their > time. I've found this via a link from The Guardian, and what with everyone > feeling Christmassy and Dickensy it feels appropriate. A Victorian Salgado: > > http:/

Re: OT Wet Christmas

2015-12-28 Thread WILSON MICHAEL
> On 29 December 2015 at 05:13 "P.J. Alling" wrote: > > > Having been through the peer review process it doesn't impress me in the > least. Even those disciplines that have real rigor in the process can > be and often are gamed. Present your evidence for that hypothesis and we'll peer review

Re: PESO: Chrismas Onament

2015-12-27 Thread WILSON MICHAEL
"Onament"? Your mind is clearly on other things. > On 27 December 2015 at 03:31 Mark Roberts wrote: > > > Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > >Detail of an outdoor Christmas ornament at our front door > >http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18146630&size=lg > >Comments are invited. > > I must co

Re: OT Wet Christmas

2015-12-27 Thread WILSON MICHAEL
> On 26 December 2015 at 22:14 Bob W-PDML wrote: > > > On 26 Dec 2015, at 21:53, Steve Cottrell wrote: > > > > On 26/12/15, knarf, discombobulated, unleashed: > > > >> And who makes jets? > >> > >> Could it be humans? > >> > >> I rest my case... > > > > Ahem! > > > > Actually if anything

Re: OT Wet Christmas

2015-12-26 Thread WILSON MICHAEL
> On 26 December 2015 at 18:08 Steve Cottrell wrote: > The jet stream is a but too far south and stuck at the moment. A but too far north doesn't bear thinking about. Although it describes most politicians perfectly. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listi

OT Wet Christmas

2015-12-26 Thread WILSON MICHAEL
Mark! and Lisa did some walking on the pennine way last year and we met in the bucolic town of Hebden Bridge. It looks a bit different this week. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-35181713 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBS

Re: Happy Holidays, PDML!

2015-12-26 Thread WILSON MICHAEL
> On 26 December 2015 at 01:24 "P.J. Alling" wrote: > > > On 12/24/2015 11:39 AM, Christine Aguila wrote: > >> On Dec 24, 2015, at 10:34 AM, Mark Roberts > >> wrote: > >> > >> Christine Aguila wrote: > >> > >>> Hi All: > >>> > >>> An old photo shot with the 2nd digital camera I owned—a Kodak DX

Re: OT: What color is your memory?

2015-12-21 Thread WILSON MICHAEL
> On 22 December 2015 at 03:49 "P.J. Alling" wrote: > > > When I bought mine they sent me green. Those were the days. > > On 12/21/2015 2:33 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: > > So I'm finally upgrading my old computer with a new motherboard. The > > new motherboard and CPU arrived today but not the m

Re: Focusing rail?

2015-12-21 Thread WILSON MICHAEL
I like these. http://www.novoflex.com/en/products/macro-accessories/focusing-racks/ Haven't worked up the courage to buy one yet but I like them. > On 21 December 2015 at 20:52 Larry Colen wrote: > > > A while back when I was starting to look at panoramas somebody, I think > it may have been M

Re: Printers! Printers! Printers!--and other Tidbits!

2015-12-20 Thread WILSON MICHAEL
> On 20 December 2015 at 19:54 Christine Aguila wrote: > ... the high altitude balloting project ??? Voting for astronauts? -- 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

Re: OT keyboard oddness

2015-12-20 Thread WILSON MICHAEL
> On 20 December 2015 at 04:36 ann sanfedele wrote: > > > ty[e... ROFL! Sorry. I'll get my coat. -- 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 direction

Re: OT keyboard oddness

2015-12-19 Thread WILSON MICHAEL
Well, slap my coremata and call me Parnassius apollo. > On 19 December 2015 at 19:51 Bob W-PDML wrote: > > > I hereby declare it to be the Church of Dreaming Butterflies > > > On 19 Dec 2015, at 18:46, Mark Roberts wrote: > > > > WILSON MICHAEL wrote: >

Re: PESO - Agate Detail

2015-12-19 Thread WILSON MICHAEL
"Agate my eyes on you..." > On 19 December 2015 at 17:03 Mark C wrote: > > > Thanks, Paul, and to everyone else who had a look. > > I considered the title "When Agate Eyes are Smiling" but it seemed too > far of a stretch pun-wise. > > On 12/18/2015 7:10 PM, Paul wrote: > > "Kilroy was here.

Re: OT: Mountain-biking in the Beverly Hills

2015-12-19 Thread WILSON MICHAEL
> On 19 December 2015 at 01:56 Bob W-PDML wrote: > > > Get down and dirty on this mutha: > > http://www.thehouseofsolidgold.com/24k-gold-extreme-mountain-bike/ Down and dirty would be a chocolate brown starfish on the water bottle. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.n

Re: OT keyboard oddness

2015-12-19 Thread WILSON MICHAEL
A year's worth of Mark!s in two paragraphs. Well done. > On 19 December 2015 at 16:12 Bob W-PDML wrote: > > > "Hisold" is a biblical herb mentioned in the book of Egregius, ch 7 v iii. > "And thou shalt smear thine pillar with hisold yea though it be not strong and > lo, it shall arise like un

OT: Second coming

2015-12-17 Thread WILSON MICHAEL
It's noodly appendage time, although it might sting a little this go around. http://www.nytimes.com/video/science/10003854416/the-flying-spaghetti-monster.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please v

Re: OT: For My Fellow Americans

2015-12-16 Thread WILSON MICHAEL
Limberbutt all the way! http://limberbutt.com/ The time is Meow! > On 17 December 2015 at 04:31 frank theriault wrote: > > > I was going to vote for Bernie Sanders, but now I'm voting for Kevin, > er, Frank, er, WAIT, I don't get to vote, I'm Canadian! > > Hilarious stuff. Have you hovered t

Holidays

2015-12-15 Thread WILSON MICHAEL
https://youtu.be/H965m0Hkk5M Happy whatever doesn't offend you. -- 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: Photographers' eye movements study

2015-12-08 Thread WILSON MICHAEL
You'd need a Cray for the computation if you showed him a picture of a mosque. > On 08 December 2015 at 22:20 Bob W-PDML wrote: > > > You could test your theory on Donald Trump - his eyes swivel a lot. > > B > > > On 8 Dec 2015, at 21:57, Larry Colen wrote: > > > > > > > > Sandy Harris wr

Re: OT Two week plus absences explained

2015-12-04 Thread WILSON MICHAEL
> On 04 December 2015 at 18:37 David J Brooks wrote: > > > I have been unusually quiet on the list since Nov 18th. On that > fateful night i had chest pains right after dinner. I knew from a > previous attach what was going on and wasted no time getting EMS and > going to our hospital. Long stor

Re: PESO 2015 - 181 - GDG

2015-11-29 Thread WILSON MICHAEL
> On 29 November 2015 at 17:16 Jack Davis wrote: > > > the subject plant... > Cropping Punster nirvana. -- 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: OT or not OT

2015-11-28 Thread WILSON MICHAEL
> On 28 November 2015 at 03:30 Joseph McAllister wrote: > It's been fun allowing my thoughts mingle with such depth of experience and > humor. The pleasure's been all mine, both on and off list. Peaceful journey to you. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/li

Re: Have we slipped into an alternative universe?

2015-11-25 Thread WILSON MICHAEL
On a par with two British riders being on the podium at a MotoGP this year. And no Canon until number 7. That's the advertising budget sunk. > On 25 November 2015 at 14:22 "Daniel J. Matyola" wrote: > > > WOW > 2 of the top 3. Amazing. > > Dan Matyola > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com

Re: A weekend up North

2015-11-17 Thread WILSON MICHAEL
> On 18 November 2015 at 00:57 Bob W-PDML wrote: > > > On 17 Nov 2015, at 22:08, WILSON MICHAEL wrote: > > > >> On 16 November 2015 at 06:41 Bob W-PDML wrote: > >> > >> > >>> On 16 Nov 2015, at 02:30, Christine Aguila wrote: >

Re: A weekend up North

2015-11-17 Thread WILSON MICHAEL
> On 17 November 2015 at 23:01 Steve Cottrell wrote: > > > On 17/11/15, WILSON MICHAEL, discombobulated, unleashed: > > >I was busy making a new set of bicycle rims from stolen lengths of tramline. > > He rips them up with his bare hands and cleans them with his e

Re: A weekend up North

2015-11-17 Thread WILSON MICHAEL
> On 16 November 2015 at 06:41 Bob W-PDML wrote: > > > On 16 Nov 2015, at 02:30, Christine Aguila wrote: > > Any sightings of The Great Wilsons? > > > > I wasn't far enough north for it to be that grim... I was busy making a new set of bicycle rims from stolen lengths of tramline. Built t

Re: My Wife, Marlene

2015-11-11 Thread WILSON MICHAEL
My deepest sympathies. I hope you are able to concentrate on the good times. > On 12 November 2015 at 01:35 paul stenquist wrote: > > > As many of you know, my wife, Marlene, succumbed to cancer yesterday in our > home, without the angst of a hostpital environment. She has been my > inspiratio

Re: November PUG - On Two Wheels - is now up

2015-11-11 Thread WILSON MICHAEL
> On 10 November 2015 at 20:53 Bill wrote: > There are literally tens of thousands of old vehicles sitting in the > middle of farmers fields in southern Saskatchewan. You could have written that sentence about the Outer Hebrides, too. In fact, if you don't have a donor version of the vehicle y

Re: had not noticed

2015-11-03 Thread WILSON MICHAEL
Not the only issue. Half of the sub-pages, which spiffily (sarcasm alert!) overlay the original, don't have an exit. > On 04 November 2015 at 04:29 David Mann wrote: > > > That's interesting, I clicked on the link and was redirected to a spam page. > Loaded up Firefox and had a look there, it

Re: PESO Anita Cocktail (and K-3 mini review)

2015-11-01 Thread WILSON MICHAEL
> On 01 November 2015 at 21:46 "P.J. Alling" wrote: > > > On 11/1/2015 3:42 PM, WILSON MICHAEL wrote: > >> On 01 November 2015 at 20:10 "P.J. Alling" > >> wrote: > >> > >> > >> On 11/1/2015 2:34 PM, WILSON M

Re: PESO Anita Cocktail (and K-3 mini review)

2015-11-01 Thread WILSON MICHAEL
> On 01 November 2015 at 20:10 "P.J. Alling" wrote: > > > On 11/1/2015 2:34 PM, WILSON MICHAEL wrote: > >> On 01 November 2015 at 16:45 "P.J. Alling" > >> wrote: > >> > >> > >> On 11/1/2015 10:50 AM, John wro

RE: Phonosnapographs

2015-11-01 Thread WILSON MICHAEL
> On 01 November 2015 at 20:22 Bob W wrote: > > > > -Original Message- > > From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of John > [...] > > > > > > Anyway, the conclusion seems to be that it's a load of crap, and I'm > > > not about to argue with that. > > > > > > Ta, > > > B >

Re: PESO Anita Cocktail (and K-3 mini review)

2015-11-01 Thread WILSON MICHAEL
> On 01 November 2015 at 16:45 "P.J. Alling" wrote: > > > On 11/1/2015 10:50 AM, John wrote: > > On 10/31/2015 9:08 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > >> > >> > >> knarf wrote: > >>> Fun portrait: Nice detail, great colour, focus on front eye, > >>> technically very good but that cut off lip is a bother.

Re: Phonosnapographs

2015-11-01 Thread WILSON MICHAEL
> On 01 November 2015 at 14:15 Mark Roberts wrote: > > > A couple of questions: > > Has anyone tried viewing this on a smartphone, which is what it > appears to be made for? > > Bob, would you care to get the impression of my students on this > thing? I could have them check it out in class to

RE: Phonosnapographs

2015-11-01 Thread WILSON MICHAEL
> On 01 November 2015 at 08:02 Bob W wrote: > > > > -Original Message- > > From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of WILSON > > MICHAEL > [...] > > > > > > I'd be interested to hear what you think of the presenta

Re: Phonosnapographs

2015-10-31 Thread WILSON MICHAEL
> On 31 October 2015 at 18:53 Bob W-PDML wrote: > > > Microsoft have been releasing all sorts stuff recently including something > called Sway and something else called Docs.com. > > Seeing as I probably need to know something about this stuff professionally > I've been playing around with the

Re: OT - Free Music Downloads

2015-10-31 Thread WILSON MICHAEL
> On 31 October 2015 at 17:47 Bob W-PDML wrote: > I hate Christmas songs. Every year I struggle with the choice between having > my auditory nerves severed, and going to live in Mecca. Before you cut or run, wrap your lugs around this. https://youtu.be/S4uW2PT-190 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail Li

Re: World's worst photo tutorial

2015-10-30 Thread WILSON MICHAEL
> On 30 October 2015 at 18:55 Mark Roberts wrote: > > > If you want to learn how to do over-the-top HDR nature photos (hey, I > said IF!) then this page... won't help much: > http://camerapixo.com/resources/10-step-processing-technique > > Every step is so vague and general that it tells you

Re: OT - Free Music Downloads

2015-10-29 Thread WILSON MICHAEL
AKA The Spellchecks. Started off as The Subliminal Typos but that just confused their fans. > On 29 October 2015 at 07:03 Brian Walters wrote: > > > Marty?? > > Cheers > > Brian > > ++ > Brian Walters > Western Sydney Australia > http://lyons-ryan.org/souther

OT Cosmonauts

2015-10-28 Thread WILSON MICHAEL
To Londinium, so sprog can go to the Harry Potter Experience and I can go to the Cosmonaut exhibition at the Science Museum. Quite a bit of real space junk (e.g. Valentina Tereshkova's capsule) and a larger number of full scale engineering models of the early satellites and lunar exploration proto

Re: OT - Elections and Politics and Guns and Religion

2015-10-22 Thread WILSON MICHAEL
Deepest sympathy, Paul. > On 22 October 2015 at 19:54 paul stenquist wrote: > > > Love you too, Frank. The post wasn’t directed at you. It wasn’t directed at > anyone, just letting off steam. Started my wife on hospice care today. It’s > been a rough week, and I’m angry with the world. > > Pau

Re: Anybody have repair/disassembly instructions for a K-x?

2015-10-11 Thread WILSON MICHAEL
Didn't see the original for some reason. K-r partial disassembly. https://youtu.be/LCOL7GAGS1I > On 12 October 2015 at 06:00 Paul wrote: > > > Contact cleaner doesn't help with the K-X shutter button? > > -p > > On 10/11/2015 10:31 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > > My K-5 II just took a very small

Re: What Makes a Good Photograph? Was: Chicago

2010-05-14 Thread WILSON MICHAEL
On 14 May 2010 01:03, Miserere wrote: > On 13 May 2010 15:02, mike wilson wrote: >> >> One man's charming is another's charmin. > > For the non-Americans: "Charmin" is a brand of toilet paper. I really should apologise for being so harsh. But I just couldn't pass up the straight line. Mea maxi

Re: Jetlagged babble

2010-05-14 Thread WILSON MICHAEL
On 13 May 2010 22:40, AlunFoto wrote: > > Guys, I begin to think you are a bunch of Eplekjekke Små Nappetasser. > > Jostein Apple frat small button tassen? > > > 2010/5/13 Boris Liberman : > > I think the right term is forbudt. > > > > On 5/13/2010 3:35 PM, mike wilson wrote: > >> > >> Miserere