Re: Well this sux.

2018-02-18 Thread mike wilson
> On 18 February 2018 at 23:26 "P. J. Alling" > wrote: > > > Worse it would > probably cost more than that to order the capacitor. > > Sometimes I miss Radio Shack. You might be surprised about that. I recently bought 100 transistors for less than 1p each,

Re: Ot Peso - can you guys help with this?

2018-02-01 Thread mike wilson
mark or someone comes up with photographic evidence my guess is as good as anyone else's. > On 01 February 2018 at 22:48 ann sanfedele <ann...@nyc.rr.com> wrote: > > > watch NCIS do you? > > I need a real answer here -- geez > > ann > > On 2/1/2018 5:13 P

Re: Ot Peso - can you guys help with this?

2018-02-01 Thread mike wilson
Looks like the work of a Mr L.J.Gibbs. American basement style. > On 01 February 2018 at 20:41 ann sanfedele wrote: > > > Friend acquired this chest from the street... trying to id where it may > have been made.. (ie country of origin) > >

Re: PESO: if you think it looks scary

2018-01-29 Thread mike wilson
Durian? I didn't think you could take that out of the country. You're not even allowed to take the confectionery (!) made from it on aeroplanes. > On 29 January 2018 at 02:34 Larry Colen wrote: > > > You should smell it > >

Re: Video cameras

2018-01-20 Thread mike wilson
> On 20 January 2018 at 10:15 Bob W-PDML <p...@web-options.com> wrote: > > > On 20 Jan 2018, at 09:35, mike wilson > <m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com<mailto:m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com>> wrote: > > > iPhone + Filmic Pro + gimbal + mike > > https://nofilmsc

Re: Video cameras

2018-01-20 Thread mike wilson
> On 20 January 2018 at 08:49 Bob W-PDML <p...@web-options.com> wrote: > > > > > On 20 Jan 2018, at 08:14, Chris Mitchell <chris.mitch...@which.net> wrote: > > > > On 19 Jan 2018 18:21, "Bob W-PDML" <p...@web-options.com> wrote: &

Re: Pentax K-1000 sighting on Brit TV rerun

2018-01-19 Thread mike wilson
> On 19 January 2018 at 14:40 Chris Mitchell wrote: > > > On 17 January 2018 at 17:40, Bob W-PDML wrote: > Mostly everything's fine. It's just, well, it's just that, sometimes Chris > M's barbecues can be a bit, shall we say, special... > > > > >

Re: A bit of excitement yesterday

2018-01-14 Thread mike wilson
> On 14 January 2018 at 19:09 "Daniel J. Matyola" wrote: > After all, if one is to > die, why not do it in paradise with a glass of fresh guava juice and Eggs > Benedict? I suppose, if there are no Maquacs around -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: OT: Everything that's trying to kill you

2018-01-14 Thread mike wilson
> On 14 January 2018 at 20:21 "P. J. Alling" wrote: > > > I think that the PDML damages the human brain, does that mean that he > follows this list too?  (and if he did, what would his posts be like)? Sad! > > > On 1/13/2018 5:07 AM, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: >

Re: OT: Everything that's trying to kill you

2018-01-12 Thread mike wilson
> On 12 January 2018 at 21:16 Bob W-PDML wrote: > > > > > On 12 Jan 2018, at 17:46, John wrote: > > > >> On 11/29/2017 15:11, Bob W-PDML wrote: > >> Just in case you need a sick note for work: > >>

Re: PDML Photo Annual #10 Coming in 2018

2018-01-04 Thread mike wilson
>From what you often/usually type, would be my guess. > On 04 January 2018 at 01:00 Paul Stenquist wrote: > > > Computer monitors, not may motors. Where the f does autocorrect get this > stuff. > > Paul > > > On Jan 3, 2018, at 7:42 PM, Paul Stenquist

Re: Happy New Year

2017-12-31 Thread mike wilson
> On 01 January 2018 at 03:49 "P. J. Alling" wrote: > > > Sitting at my computer, listing to an end of year podcast, cooling my > last designer beer from last summer, to drink at midnight and planning > to take the dog for a frozen walk, (it's about 6° F. outside),

Re: PDML Photo Annual #10 Coming in 2018

2017-12-31 Thread mike wilson
> On 31 December 2017 at 12:53 Chris Mitchell wrote: > > > On 31 December 2017 at 02:37, Mark Roberts > wrote: > > > > > > > Only Pentax gear will be allowed for submitted photos. > > > > > > Agree. It gives me the incentive to shoot film

Re: PDML Photo Annual #10 Coming in 2018

2017-12-30 Thread mike wilson
Could be problematic if their pictures are now better. > On 30 December 2017 at 19:25 John wrote: > > > Maybe add a supplemental section for former Pentax shooters. > > On 12/30/2017 10:49, David J Brooks wrote: > > On Sat, Dec 30, 2017 at 5:08 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi

Re: PDML Photo Annual #10 Coming in 2018

2017-12-29 Thread mike wilson
How well does the ebook do, especially to non-listers? I'm inclined to think same size, more pages. > On 29 December 2017 at 18:23 Mark Roberts wrote: > > > I have a question for the masses: > > Should we do this one as a special edition of some kind? Larger

RE: The 2017 PDML Quotations List is now on line!

2017-12-29 Thread mike wilson
It's not necessarily something to be proud of. > On 29 December 2017 at 00:44 John Coyle wrote: > > > OMG - I made it for the first time in 20 years! I should lift my game, I > guess. > > > John in Brisbane > > > > -Original Message- > From: PDML

Re: Leader

2017-12-28 Thread mike wilson
> On 28 December 2017 at 01:33 "Daniel J. Matyola" wrote: > > > The guy on the horse was a real president. > > He was also a taxidermist, a cattle rancher, a historian, a police > commissioner, a civil service reformer. a soldier, a naturalist, a > conservationist, a big

Re: Hint on reviving old rechargable batteries

2017-12-25 Thread mike wilson
I had a netbook, about four years old at the time, running on XP, that had a "dead" battery. No problem, as I would just run it on the charger. I changed the OS to UBUNTU and !suddenly! the battery could charge. Checking the charge history (which I could not do in XP) I found that the OS had

Re: PESO: Amerisaurus Rex

2017-12-23 Thread mike wilson
ws/uk-england-derbyshire-42465094 > > On 23 Dec 2017, at 20:34, mike wilson > <m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com<mailto:m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com>> wrote: > > Killer drumsticks. > > On 23 December 2017 at 16:18 Bob W-PDML > <p...@web-options.com<mailto:p...@web-o

Re: PESO 2017 - Shimmer - GDG

2017-12-23 Thread mike wilson
h for a > fat lass”. > > > > On 23 Dec 2017, at 20:30, mike wilson <m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com> wrote: > > > > You guys really need to hit the Bigg Market on a saturday night. > > > >> On 23 December 2017 at 16:12 Bob W-PDML <p...@web-option

Re: PESO: Amerisaurus Rex

2017-12-23 Thread mike wilson
Killer drumsticks. > On 23 December 2017 at 16:18 Bob W-PDML wrote: > > > Early ancestor of the Christmas turkey! > > > On 23 Dec 2017, at 15:15, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > > >

Re: PESO 2017 - Shimmer - GDG

2017-12-23 Thread mike wilson
You guys really need to hit the Bigg Market on a saturday night. > On 23 December 2017 at 16:12 Bob W-PDML wrote: > > > Very nice. I’m in St. Remy de Provence at the moment, also having to negotiate > some rather difficult accents. > > > On 22 Dec 2017, at 19:01, Godfrey

Re: **JUNK** Re: GESO -- The Game.

2017-12-23 Thread mike wilson
> On 23 December 2017 at 12:43 Paul Stenquist wrote: > > > That’s what happens when I type on my phone at 0-dark-30, Don't worry, Paul. It was about as understandable as the rest of the thread. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Into the Light (perhaps OT for some, but amusing at least I hope) - GDG

2017-12-20 Thread mike wilson
> On 20 December 2017 at 22:41 Godfrey DiGiorgi <godfreydigio...@me.com> wrote: > > > > > On Dec 20, 2017, at 1:28 PM, mike wilson <m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com> wrote: > > > > Not really fair, that. As a development engineer, you have a completely >

Re: Into the Light (perhaps OT for some, but amusing at least I hope) - GDG

2017-12-20 Thread mike wilson
> On 20 December 2017 at 15:01 Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > It makes no sense to me to have expectations that this camera is even a > finished product at this point in time. This reviewer has no patience for > working with in-development equipment. The Light L16 is a first

Re: refusal to even attempt to focus

2017-12-19 Thread mike wilson
Why would manual aperture setting affect the ability to autofocus? > On 19 December 2017 at 13:23 "Daniel J. Matyola" wrote: > > > You guys are all snarter than me. > > A while back, I had an older lens on my K-5 IIs that refused to focus. I > struggled with it quite a

Re: PESO - Haleakala Observatories, Maui

2017-12-18 Thread mike wilson
Not enough Spice. Or maybe too much. > On 18 December 2017 at 20:12 Jostein wrote: > > > Might have got the white balance wrong. ;-) > Jostein > > Den 18.12.2017 04:06, skrev Rick Womer: > > Depends on the ambient light, of course. > > > > On Sun, Dec 17, 2017 at 22:03

Re: OT: One of the world’s great headlines

2017-12-17 Thread mike wilson
> On 16 December 2017 at 15:06 Bob W-PDML wrote: > > > https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/dec/15/sex-between-snow-monkeys-and-sika-deer-may-be-new-behavioural-tradition Reminds me of the WWI "French push bottles up Germans" headline for some reason. -- PDML

Re: Film fun

2017-12-11 Thread mike wilson
That'll be another Mark! then. > On 11 December 2017 at 22:18 Bob W-PDML wrote: > > > Noticed this witty sign at the Curzon Cinema, Soho, London this evening. > > https://1drv.ms/i/s!AtRNY5M6IZ1Dit1seOpq0XlSbso-TA > > Of course it's not at all funny if you don't know

Re: Pluto trigger

2017-12-08 Thread mike wilson
> On 08 December 2017 at 20:23 Mark Roberts wrote: > > > Paul Stenquist wrote: > > >Anyone using this device? Worthwhile? > > I've heard it can be a bit goofy. Ducking the question and taking the mickey is a bit daffy. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: Pentax Spotted

2017-12-08 Thread mike wilson
> On 08 December 2017 at 18:28 "PhotoCapturesbyJeffery.com" > wrote: > > > Okay let me try this from my regular Facebook instead of my photography page > > https://www.facebook.com/jeffery.t.johnson.7/posts/1985563248126674 > > I have the post public

Re: Site of the PDML group show featured on Atlas Obscura

2017-12-07 Thread mike wilson
I'm astonished it survived the shame of displaying one of my efforts. But they were more forgiving times. > On 07 December 2017 at 13:54 Doug Brewer wrote: > > > DANK Haus article: > >

Re: December PUG is up!

2017-12-06 Thread mike wilson
> On 06 December 2017 at 16:15 Mark Roberts wrote: > > > David J Brooks wrote: > > >Skipped this one as i THOUGHT i had not been to a national park, then > >remembered to late that GFM is one. Arg > > GFM is a state park, not national. Close enough for Brave

Re: OT: Coffee

2017-12-06 Thread mike wilson
> On 06 December 2017 at 19:55 Bob W-PDML <p...@web-options.com> wrote: > > > > On 6 Dec 2017, at 07:22, mike wilson > <m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com<mailto:m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com>> wrote: > > WRT cost of product, I once overheard sopmeone in a supermarke

Re: December PUG is up!

2017-12-06 Thread mike wilson
He shouldn't have ducked. > On 06 December 2017 at 20:22 Bob W-PDML wrote: > > > Konrad Lorenz was circumcised by a raven. > > > On 6 Dec 2017, at 20:14, Ken Waller wrote: > > > > I had my Raven experience several years back while in a state park

Re: OT: Coffee

2017-12-05 Thread mike wilson
The capsules themselves are often made completely from recyclable material, so that side is of lesser concern - assuming they stay in the cycle. Of greater concern is the environmental cost of machine production and the oxygen wasted by the people who promote these devices. WRT cost of product,

Re: Pentax waterproof camera

2017-12-04 Thread mike wilson
> On 04 December 2017 at 16:48 "Daniel J. Matyola" wrote: > > > I am looking to buy a friend a waterproof camera for water sports, > including surfing, kayaking and snorkeling. Should be able to stay > watertight at least 30 feet (10 m) below the surface, but not for

Re: Pentax 6x7 for sale

2017-12-03 Thread mike wilson
> On 04 December 2017 at 04:40 Alan C wrote: > > > Larry, I'll 'phone her. > > Being on Gumtree, I think it probably is legit. Many ordinary people in SA > are really feeling > the pinch & there are plenty of bargains to be had. Most people don't really > know what they have.

Re: Pentax 6x7 for sale

2017-12-03 Thread mike wilson
> On 03 December 2017 at 21:06 Mark Roberts wrote: > > > Alan C wrote: > > >This is very cheap (R2000 = $150) + courier costs. Perhaps someone is > >interested? > > >

Re: A cake you might leica

2017-12-03 Thread mike wilson
> On 03 December 2017 at 18:07 Chris Mitchell <chris.mitch...@which.net> wrote: > > > On 3 December 2017 at 17:48, mike wilson <m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com> wrote: > > > I'm failing to see a difference. > > > > So am I now. I thought I'd posted the w

Re: A cake you might leica

2017-12-03 Thread mike wilson
I'm failing to see a difference. > On 03 December 2017 at 15:59 Chris Mitchell wrote: > > > No, not that one! This one: > https://www.dropbox.com/sc/tkynlxcujbyzmbi/AAB6-3Jbb0zuS6vLg790sreka > > On 3 Dec 2017 12:13, "Chris Mitchell" wrote:

Re: PESO 2017 - Godfrey On Travel - GDG

2017-11-30 Thread mike wilson
> On 29 November 2017 at 14:58 Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > > It's been a while since a flare-up hit—I take great pains to avoid them. Worst. Pun. Ever. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from

Re: PESO 2017 - Godfrey On Travel - GDG

2017-11-30 Thread mike wilson
> On 29 November 2017 at 08:13 Bob W-PDML wrote: > > > Health is everything. Repeated, with feeling, for a Mark! -- 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

Re: PESO - Tommy

2017-11-27 Thread mike wilson
> On 28 November 2017 at 01:52 ann sanfedele wrote: > > > Cotty - That's a terrific (but also terrifying) shot! I have no clue who > Tommy is - but maybe I should be glad :-) https://youtu.be/nepFgR-PI0A > Perfectly timed on the runner passing by > > I have one little

Re: PESO - Tommy

2017-11-27 Thread mike wilson
> On 28 November 2017 at 00:58 Steve Cottrell wrote: > > > On 28/11/17, Bob W-PDML, discombobulated, unleashed: > > >Wow. Great shot. > > Thanks Bob, that means a lot. > > >Never found him funny myself though. > > Not even when he out a policeman's helmet on his head and

Re: OT - shipping question

2017-11-25 Thread mike wilson
I tried to send a book to someone in the US a few years ago. Maybe twice the size and the same thickness as the PDML annual. £40. About twice the price of the T. So the shirt seems to be a bit over the going rate. > On 25 November 2017 at 11:09 Steve Cottrell wrote: > >

Re: 645 Bellows test run (PESO)

2017-11-23 Thread mike wilson
> On 23 November 2017 at 20:17 Jostein wrote: > > > William Robb recently helped me aquire a bellows for the 645 system. > Today I did a test run with stacking, and am a very happy camper. > > The bellows is a very nicely constructed piece of kit. Very stable, and > over

Re: In Memory of Calleigh

2017-11-22 Thread mike wilson
The dogs are bred and trained. It's the people who do it that are "like that". > On 22 November 2017 at 14:39 Alan C wrote: > > > I really don't know why people keep dogs like that. There has been so much > trouble with them here too - even people killed. > > Alan C > >

Re: PESO: Signs of the Wild

2017-11-16 Thread mike wilson
Warthog/bushpig? Sings of a pachyderm middle 1/3rd up and possible big cat halfway up on left. > On 16 November 2017 at 16:00 Alan C wrote: > > > Have a guess. > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/38462770191/ > > K5 with the DD 55-300 > > Alan C > > --- > This

Re: OT the book i have been involved in

2017-11-14 Thread mike wilson
> On 14 November 2017 at 20:00 Bob W-PDML wrote: > > > Congratulations! > > Mary McIntyre ( the Mark Roberts of Stouffville) > > That's gotta be better than being the Mark Roberts of Elsewhere. The Mark of the Roberts is everywhere. Share the book! > > On 14 Nov

Re: FS: vintage Asahi Pentax cable relase

2017-11-11 Thread mike wilson
I can't work out if that's a trick of perspective, a really huge cable release or you are a relative of your president. > On 11 November 2017 at 18:19 Collin wrote: > > > https://flic.kr/s/aHsm7Dedix > > > > $15 free US (Priority) shipping. PayPal ok. -- PDML

Re: November PUG is up

2017-11-07 Thread mike wilson
So more is less? > On 07 November 2017 at 05:30 Ken Waller wrote: > > > Thanks for the comments Bob and yes its better to maximize the minimalism. > > Kenneth Waller > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller > > - Original Message - > From: "Bob W-PDML"

Re: OT - Amazon listened to Bill

2017-10-31 Thread mike wilson
> On 31 October 2017 at 05:53 John Francis wrote: > > > On Mon, Oct 30, 2017 at 02:24:51PM -0400, Igor PDML-StR wrote: > > > > > > I suspect that Amazon has read Bill's recent saga of scaring away the > > delivery driver from his porch together with the package. ;-P~ > > > >

Re: Using Epson Scan - B images

2017-10-28 Thread mike wilson
> > On Oct 28, 2017, at 6:56 PM, Eric Weir wrote: > > > > So far I’ve been working with “Color Control” with “Continuous auto > > exposure” and “Display Gamma 2.2” turned on. > > > > These photos were shot by my brother, probably somewhere in the mid-70s. The > > film is

Re: More thoughts on slide scanning: Hamrick VueScan

2017-10-27 Thread mike wilson
> On 26 October 2017 at 21:38 Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> wrote: > > mike wilson wrote: > >> On 26 October 2017 at 07:22 Bob W-PDML<p...@web-options.com> wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >> On 26 Oct 2017, at 06:58, mike wilson<m.9

Re: More thoughts on slide scanning: Hamrick VueScan

2017-10-26 Thread mike wilson
> On 26 October 2017 at 12:02 Steve Cottrell <co...@seeingeye.tv> wrote: > > > On 26/10/17, mike wilson, discombobulated, unleashed: > > >It's where you keep your jusk, of course. > > Assuming I have a jusk Well, if you don't have a jusk closet.

Re: More thoughts on slide scanning: Hamrick VueScan

2017-10-26 Thread mike wilson
> On 26 October 2017 at 07:22 Bob W-PDML <p...@web-options.com> wrote: > > > > On 26 Oct 2017, at 06:58, mike wilson <m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com> wrote: > > >> On 25 October 2017 at 23:53 Steve Cottrell <co...@seeingeye.tv> wrote: > >>

Re: More thoughts on slide scanning: Hamrick VueScan

2017-10-26 Thread mike wilson
> On 25 October 2017 at 21:47 Bob W-PDML <p...@web-options.com> wrote: > > > On 25 Oct 2017, at 21:46, mike wilson <m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com> wrote: > > >> On 25 October 2017 at 21:39 Bob W-PDML <p...@web-options.com> wrote: > >> > >&g

Re: More thoughts on slide scanning: Hamrick VueScan

2017-10-25 Thread mike wilson
> On 25 October 2017 at 23:53 Steve Cottrell <co...@seeingeye.tv> wrote: > > > On 25/10/17, mike wilson, discombobulated, unleashed: > > >You have a jusk closet, too? > > I thought that was a typo. > > Go on then, what the actual blazes is a jusk

Re: More thoughts on slide scanning: Hamrick VueScan

2017-10-25 Thread mike wilson
> On 25 October 2017 at 21:39 Bob W-PDML wrote: > > > > > On 25 Oct 2017, at 21:21, Steve Cottrell wrote: > > > > On 25/10/17, Bob W-PDML, discombobulated, unleashed: > > > >> My negs and slides are in the loft, next to the scanner. Someday they >

Re: More thoughts on slide scanning: Hamrick VueScan

2017-10-25 Thread mike wilson
> On 25 October 2017 at 21:39 Bob W-PDML wrote: > > > > > On 25 Oct 2017, at 21:21, Steve Cottrell wrote: > > > > On 25/10/17, Bob W-PDML, discombobulated, unleashed: > > > >> My negs and slides are in the loft, next to the scanner. Someday they >

Re: More thoughts on slide scanning: Hamrick VueScan

2017-10-25 Thread mike wilson
You have a jusk closet, too? I thought it was only me. > On 25 October 2017 at 20:07 Mark Roberts wrote: > > > So... I've been scanning in some old slides lately. My current 35mm > film scanner is an old Minolta Scan Dual IV. Which unfortunately isn't > supported

Re: Image transfer from camera to PC in real time

2017-10-23 Thread mike wilson
> On 23 October 2017 at 18:59 Jostein wrote: > > I have an ambition to make stacks of freshwater zooplankton next summer, > but not at all sure I will get my rig right. That sounds exceptionally ambitious. I'd like to be in the loop for that one. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

Re: Image transfer from camera to PC in real time

2017-10-22 Thread mike wilson
> On 22 October 2017 at 09:56 Leon Altoff wrote: > > > Hi Larry, > > I'm actually using a microscope to take a series of images for stacking. So > it may be something like 20 to 30 images, which I want to auto import into > Lightroom while I set up for the next shot

Re: Yorkshire Dales

2017-10-22 Thread mike wilson
> On 22 October 2017 at 08:05 Bob W-PDML <p...@web-options.com> wrote: > > > On 22 Oct 2017, at 07:48, mike wilson <m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com> wrote: > > >> On 22 October 2017 at 02:46 ann sanfedele <ann...@nyc.rr.com> wrote: > >> >

Re: Image transfer from camera to PC in real time

2017-10-22 Thread mike wilson
PK Tether software? Or, if you have a suitable input to the PC, I think you can just use a HDMI cable - but I have never tried this. > On 22 October 2017 at 06:35 Leon Altoff wrote: > > > Hi, > > I'm trying to find a way to transfer images from my camera to a PC in real

Re: Yorkshire Dales

2017-10-22 Thread mike wilson
> On 22 October 2017 at 02:46 ann sanfedele wrote: > > > Liked the travelogue - even the drone shots :-)   a particular fave is > Bob's bike. What's the story behind it? A couple of years a go, the Tour de France started in Yorkshire. Yellow bicycles sprang up everywhere

Re: Kiss me, Hardy

2017-10-21 Thread mike wilson
> On 21 October 2017 at 18:28 Bob W-PDML wrote: > > > A vexillological quiz for naval gazers: > https://web-options.com/2017/10/21/put-out-fewer-flags/ I am on fire. Keep clear. I wish to communicate with you. I require medical assistance I am operating astern

Re: guillotine or rolling cutter for paper?

2017-10-21 Thread mike wilson
> On 21 October 2017 at 00:10 Steve Cottrell <co...@seeingeye.tv> wrote: > > > On 20/10/17, mike wilson, discombobulated, unleashed: > > >Lard's a bit refined. Hairy chested hipster paper-cutters use beef dripping. > > Mike needs no rotary trimmer to s

Re: guillotine or rolling cutter for paper?

2017-10-20 Thread mike wilson
> On 20 October 2017 at 12:01 Chris Mitchell wrote: > > > On 19 October 2017 at 11:43, Steve Cottrell wrote: > > > > > I have a Dahle A4 rotary trimmer. It's about 15 years old, never changed > > the blade. Only maintenance is to very occasionally

Re: Adobe doesn't seem to want my money

2017-10-19 Thread mike wilson
> On 19 October 2017 at 20:27 "P. J. Alling" wrote: > > > There are some very capable RAW processors, other than Lightroom. > > I haven't bought a new Adobe product in quite some time and I feel > pretty smug about that, as  Adobe has developed all the

Re: guillotine or rolling cutter for paper?

2017-10-19 Thread mike wilson
> On 18 October 2017 at 18:14 Igor PDML-StR wrote: > > > > Hi All, > > I don't do much paper cutting, and when I do, I use either a good knife or > a generic guillotine-type paper cutter available in the departmental > office or elsewhere. > I am considering buying a

Re: UPS Stupidy

2017-10-18 Thread mike wilson
> On 18 October 2017 at 06:41 William Robb wrote: > > > I ordered some stuff from Lee Valley Tools to support my other hobby. > Working on the theory that I am never home when UPS wants to deliver, and I > don’t really want a bunch of expensive tools sitting in a

Re: False news

2017-10-18 Thread mike wilson
> On 18 October 2017 at 02:58 Stanley Halpin > wrote: > > > > > On Oct 17, 2017, at 7:51 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > > > > > > > > Steve Cottrell wrote: > >> On 17/10/17, Larry Colen, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> > >>> IIRC Cotty was a year

Re: GESO: Portsmouth

2017-10-15 Thread mike wilson
> On 15 October 2017 at 12:41 Steve Cottrell wrote: > Being on board that ship surrounded by officers of the Royal Navy, it really > was an impressive experience. Contender for the worst pun ever inflicted on PDML. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impressment -- PDML

Re: GESO: Portsmouth

2017-10-15 Thread mike wilson
> On 15 October 2017 at 05:36 Alan C wrote: > > > We were able to visit Portsmouth on our UK trip. Without trying to bore > anyone, here are some shots. HMS Warrior is an Ironclad warship of the 19th > century with supplementary steam power. She never fired a shot in anger

Re: False news

2017-10-14 Thread mike wilson
> On 14 October 2017 at 14:31 Steve Cottrell wrote: > > > On 14/10/17, Anthony Farr, discombobulated, unleashed: > > >Well, I just checked images of Air Force One, and it does indeed display > >the flag stars to the right on the starboard side. It must be an exception > >to

Re: False news

2017-10-13 Thread mike wilson
..@earthlink.net> wrote: > > > I also found this regarding "right turn" departures from McCarran > International Airport. > > https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/effort-to-change-flights-on-brink/ > > > On 10/13/2017 13:59, mike wilson wrote: > >>

Re: False news

2017-10-13 Thread mike wilson
/Mandalay+Bay/@36.0869256,-115.1810502,14.63z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x80c8c5cffb824261:0x97f68a25c5b4ddef!8m2!3d36.0918777!4d-115.175245 > > > > and taking off from 1R or 1L could have the plane in that configuration > > compared to the hotel. A sufficiently long lens could give the

Re: False news

2017-10-12 Thread mike wilson
> On 13 October 2017 at 01:33 ann sanfedele <ann...@nyc.rr.com> wrote: > > > Yeah - kinda what I said... but there is another reason... The planes > _usually_ take off to the west, because of the prevailing winds ... > > Mike - where is the article that these photos

Re: False news

2017-10-12 Thread mike wilson
> On 13 October 2017 at 00:07 Larry Colen wrote: > > John Francis wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 05:29:03PM -0400, Paul Stenquist wrote: > >> Google maps shows the hotel within a quarter mile or so of the hotel, so > >> the photo is obviously possible. Take off runways and

Re: False news

2017-10-12 Thread mike wilson
> On 12 October 2017 at 23:27 Steve Cottrell <co...@seeingeye.tv> wrote: > > > On 12/10/17, mike wilson, discombobulated, unleashed: > > >On the nail. The runway is on the same side as the photo was taken so > >the plane > >should be much larger.

Re: False news

2017-10-12 Thread mike wilson
ion > given where the hotel is and the airport is.. may be more wrong than > that..  but it is surely a photoshop paste job. > > ann > > On 10/12/2017 4:18 PM, mike wilson wrote: > > What's wrong with this Reuter's pic? > > > > https://ichef-1.bbci.co.uk/news/6

False news

2017-10-12 Thread mike wilson
What's wrong with this Reuter's pic? https://ichef-1.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/8A4C/production/_98140453_hi042190292.jpg -- 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

Re: PESO: Spotted Bug

2017-10-12 Thread mike wilson
Bob has that effect on people. > On 12 October 2017 at 20:45 Jostein wrote: > > > Not entirely sure what happened, but what seemed like shortly after > watching the video in the link, I found myself having spent more than an > hour watching videos about mathematical

Re: PESO: Spotted Bug

2017-10-12 Thread mike wilson
https://entomologytoday.org/2014/12/04/the-spotted-lanternfly-an-invasive-insect-that-is-beautiful-but-threatening/ 8-( > On 12 October 2017 at 03:38 "Daniel J. Matyola" wrote: > > > This critter landed on my shoulder Saturday, and then flew to the pavement. >

Re: Bird news from Cornwall

2017-10-07 Thread mike wilson
> On 07 October 2017 at 17:08 Mark Roberts wrote: > > > ;-) > http://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/mousehole-bird-hospital-shag-theft-592562 > Nothing worse than having your shag pinched. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO - Wide angle macro

2017-10-04 Thread mike wilson
> On 02 October 2017 at 16:21 Igor PDML-StR wrote: > > The only mushroom whose toxicity cannot be affected is "Death cap" > (Amanita arochease); it has amatoxins. > (This Wikipedia page for some strange reason mentions it being spread only > in Latin America, while they

Re: PESO - Wide angle macro

2017-10-04 Thread mike wilson
> On 02 October 2017 at 16:21 Igor PDML-StR wrote: > > The only mushroom whose toxicity cannot be affected is "Death cap" > (Amanita arochease); it has amatoxins. > (This Wikipedia page for some strange reason mentions it being spread only > in Latin America, while they

Re: Penta K-R Battery Question

2017-10-04 Thread mike wilson
On the contrary - it was delightfully fluffy. > On 02 October 2017 at 21:42 "P. J. Alling" wrote: > > > It wasn't fluffy either. > > > On 10/2/2017 1:51 PM, John wrote: > > He ate something bearing a superficial resemblance to that hat. > > > > On 10/1/2017 07:21,

Re: PDML at Fountains Abbey, Yorkshire

2017-10-04 Thread mike wilson
. So I _could_ have been as famous as Steve Redgrave. > On 03 October 2017 at 10:03 Alan C <c...@lantic.net> wrote: > > > On 17th Sept. Ann & I travelled to Fountains Abbey with our hosts, Keith & > Mo Marshall (former residents of Phalaborwa) to meet Mike Wilson,

Re: Peso-Turkey Vulturelll

2017-09-30 Thread mike wilson
> On 01 October 2017 at 00:29 Jack Davis wrote: > Like the etherial egret > silhouette as well. It's a gas, for sure. -- 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

Re: Penta K-R Battery Question

2017-09-25 Thread mike wilson
> On 24 September 2017 at 21:42 Steve Cottrell wrote: > > > On 24/9/17, P. J. Alling, discombobulated, unleashed: > > >She could use four standard > >alkaline batteries to just power it up to do the update if she has the > >battery carrier, or she could use disposable

Re: In London with AlanC

2017-09-09 Thread mike wilson
> On 09 September 2017 at 19:25 Chris Mitchell wrote: > > > Alan's visiting the UK and BobW and I met up with him. We had an > enjoyable stroll around the Brick Lane area in London. We even managed > to visit a bike shop. A few pictures here - the first one is the >

Re: OT: Off to UK

2017-09-05 Thread mike wilson
Will be in London from ~22:00hrs 13/09 to 17:00hrs 14/09. In meetings from 10:30 to about 13:00hrs on 14th but free before and after. KX area. > On 05 September 2017 at 19:03 Alan C wrote: > > > Ann & I will be visiting family & friends in the UK from 8th to 27th Sept. >

Re: OT: Water your wiskey

2017-08-24 Thread mike wilson
I pulled a sickie on Unicorn day, to my everlasting regret. > On 24 August 2017 at 22:15 Bob W-PDML <p...@web-options.com> wrote: > > > Jeez, Mike, I thought you knew everything there is to know about biology. I'm > disappointed in you. There are no unicorn stallions -

Re: OT: Water your wiskey

2017-08-23 Thread mike wilson
What's wrong with stallion water? > On 23 August 2017 at 19:32 Bob W-PDML wrote: > > > I have mine distilled from the pee of unicorn fillies, filtered through > freshly-crushed diamond powder. > > > On 23 Aug 2017, at 18:07, Daniel J. Matyola

Re: OT - "FedEx is closely monitoring ... solar eclipse ..."

2017-08-19 Thread mike wilson
> On 18 August 2017 at 20:14 Bob W-PDML wrote: > > > Well, it's Apocalypse Week on the BBC: > http://www.bbc.com/future/columns/apocalypse-week > > And that makes me suspect that the real reason for Steve Bannon's leaving the > White House at this precise moment is that

Re: PESO - Anthurium flower

2017-08-13 Thread mike wilson
Pity my Lomo Daguerrotype lens hadn't arrived before our last meeting. Quite similar output. Not quite a 1.0, though > On 12 August 2017 at 17:36 Jostein wrote: > > > Over summer, Dario helped me procure a very special lens, a Rayxar > E65/1.0 made by de Oude Delft in

Re: GESO - A trip through time at GFM

2017-08-10 Thread mike wilson
That's a stunning mix of magnificent scenery and scary monsters. > On 10 August 2017 at 21:18 Mark Roberts wrote: > > > Here's an unusually large gallery (of unusually small photos — 800px > maximum width) from the Grandfather Mountain Nature Photography > Weekend

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