Re: Semi happy ending

2017-08-09 Thread mike wilson
> On 09 August 2017 at 18:21 John wrote: > > > Somehow I lost the lens cap from my SMC Pentax-FA 77mm F1.8 Limited. I > had the lens on the camera with the lens cap on, and then the lens cap > was gone. Retraced all the places I'd been since last time I remembered > it

Re: Recovering damaged prints

2017-07-24 Thread mike wilson
If it was that important to me, I would be seeking assistance from a professional print restorer. While it is easy to obtain information from the internet, it can't give you the experiential skills that are furnished by years in a trade. > On 25 July 2017 at 01:22 Stanley Halpin

Re: Refugees' guide to Europe

2017-07-23 Thread mike wilson
"Welcome to America! Here is a greeting from _our_ Magnum!" Just thought I would beat President Tweety Pie to the punchline > On 22 July 2017 at 10:35 Bob W-PDML wrote: > > > Almost worth becoming a refugee for this great effort: > >

Re: Refugees' guide to Europe

2017-07-22 Thread mike wilson
"Welcome to America! Here is a greeting from _our_ Magnum!" Just thought I would beat President Tweety Pie to the punchline > On 22 July 2017 at 10:35 Bob W-PDML wrote: > > > Almost worth becoming a refugee for this great effort: > >

Re: are we down?

2017-07-22 Thread mike wilson
But are you (or any of us, for that matter) DWTK? https://youtu.be/VtAy0AhKKsk > On 22 July 2017 at 07:48 Jostein Øksne wrote: > > > I was down for eight hours. Did a lot of good. Now the morning coffee is > brewing, and all is good. In this time zone anyway. :-) > Jostein

Re: Strange thing

2017-07-04 Thread mike wilson
n't think I was. > > > On 7/4/2017 2:44 AM, mike wilson wrote: > >> On 04 July 2017 at 07:22 "P. J. Alling" <webstertwenty...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> > >> It must be a sign of old age, and I cannot remember who on the list put >

Re: Strange thing

2017-07-04 Thread mike wilson
> On 04 July 2017 at 07:22 "P. J. Alling" wrote: > > > It must be a sign of old age, and I cannot remember who on the list put > me on to this, I suppose I could look it up but that's not important now. > > Ann, on the header of an email to the right of the reply

Re: PESO - Red wood ant

2017-07-02 Thread mike wilson
> On 02 July 2017 at 18:33 Igor PDML-StR wrote: > > Jostein, what Bruce has said is exactly my reaction. > > The surrounding/background is a good setting for this photo. > > The only thing that could be improved is that the leg wouldn't be cut off. > I am suspecting there

Re: PESO - Red wood ant

2017-06-30 Thread mike wilson
> On 30 June 2017 at 16:17 Jostein wrote: > > Den 30.06.2017 13.31, skrev Steve Cottrell: > > On 30/6/17, Jostein, discombobulated, unleashed: > > > >> It sits on a slab of modelling clay. :-) > > > > This conjures up some interesting scenarios. Hoe about some miniature > >

Re: The Road not taken... Video

2017-06-28 Thread mike wilson
If you like that sort of thing, search youtube for "swiss railway cab ride". I think there are a few from Norway as well. Nothing like a scenic countryside railway ride to lower your blood pressure. > On 28 June 2017 at 04:22 ann sanfedele wrote: > > > So would I - but I"m

Re: PESO 2017 - 075 - GDG

2017-06-26 Thread mike wilson
> On 26 June 2017 at 20:09 Bob W-PDML wrote: > > > If Maupassant ever drops in for a cup of tea and a Custard Cream, make sure > you hide all of those. I'd be more worried about John Gregson. https://youtu.be/hjLfJ5wW6S8 > > > On 26 Jun 2017, at 19:39, Godfrey DiGiorgi

Re: Error 404

2017-06-25 Thread mike wilson
> On 25 June 2017 at 20:23 "J.C. O'Connell" <hifis...@gate.net> wrote: > > > On Sun, 25 Jun 2017 15:19:15 -0400, Jack Davis <jdavi...@comcast.net> > wrote: > > > Thanks Mike, there may come a time. > > > > J > > > > - O

Re: Error 404

2017-06-25 Thread mike wilson
> On 24 June 2017 at 23:47 Jack Davis wrote: > > > Yes, can be. He mumbles a lot and > seems to assume I actually > understand him. > We get along swell and if I hand him > some money, he goes away. Never give him clothes, or he'll be gone forever. > > J > > On Jun 24,

Re: Eroica and drone

2017-06-21 Thread mike wilson
> On 21 June 2017 at 19:50 Bob W-PDML wrote: > > > > > On 21 Jun 2017, at 14:19, Chris Mitchell wrote: > > > > On 20 Jun 2017 21:48, "Bob W-PDML" wrote: > > > > Having just reviewed the video I feel obliged for Health &

Re: French trip

2017-06-19 Thread mike wilson
ear though; I'm going to the > Edinburgh Festival the week before, and have used up my leave allowance (and > money) except for a few days saved for Christmas. > > B > > > On 19 Jun 2017, at 18:33, mike wilson <m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com> wrote: > > > > 13-18/08

Re: French trip

2017-06-19 Thread mike wilson
gt; wrote: > > > I think an on-site investigation is called for to settle this. > > B > > > On 19 Jun 2017, at 17:46, mike wilson <m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com> wrote: > > > > Sorry; Krakow has won that every year since 1989. Which means it can't just > >

Re: Eroica and drone

2017-06-19 Thread mike wilson
> On 19 June 2017 at 18:10 Bob W-PDML wrote: > > > On 19 Jun 2017, at 17:24, Bruce Walker wrote: > > > > That's a gorgeous area to cycle. > > > > Period gear of 30 years ago, eh? Shouldn't you have been wearing neon > > coloured leg warmers? > >

Re: Eroica and drone

2017-06-19 Thread mike wilson
> On 19 June 2017 at 16:41 Chris Mitchell wrote: > > > Bob W and I took part in Eroica Britannia - a 55 mile cycle ride where > you have to ride a bike that's at least 30 years old, and dress up in > period gear. A friend of mine met us on the route and took this

Re: French trip

2017-06-19 Thread mike wilson
Sorry; Krakow has won that every year since 1989. Which means it can't just be me getting old(er). I hope. > On 19 June 2017 at 01:41 Bob W-PDML wrote: > > > Thanks all. > > I can't help it, Larry, sorry. And on the way back I spent a night in Paris, > and decided that

Re: PESO 2017 - 070,074 - GDG

2017-06-13 Thread mike wilson
> On 13 June 2017 at 17:47 Mark Roberts wrote: > > Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > >On Tue, Jun 13, 2017 at 8:55 AM, David J Brooks wrote: > > > >> Intestine shots > > > >It takes a lot of guts to say something like that. > > Dave's not exactly

Re: PESO - fiddle study 3

2017-06-02 Thread mike wilson
> On 02 June 2017 at 19:17 Larry Colen wrote: > > Chris Mitchell wrote: > > Very nice Bruce. Musical instruments and bodies go well together. Well, not > > banjos maybe, but most. > > You've obviously never looked at my body in profile. You only need to worry when they start

Re: Semi-OT: Maybe ... STATUS UPDATE

2017-05-29 Thread mike wilson
the local branch of the Red Cross. It refused to connect for updates over the weekend and this is all I could find. > On 29 May 2017 at 22:47 Brian Walters <supera1...@fastmail.fm> wrote: > > > On Tue, May 30, 2017, at 04:24 AM, mike wilson wrote: > > You'll not be updating a

Re: PESO Don't tailgate

2017-05-29 Thread mike wilson
rig. > On 29 May 2017 at 19:27 mike wilson <m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com> wrote: > > > > On 29 May 2017 at 12:52 Mark Roberts <postmas...@robertstech.com> wrote: > > > > > > On Mon, 29 May 2017 03:37:05 -0700, you wrote: > > > > >Some

Re: PESO Don't tailgate

2017-05-29 Thread mike wilson
> On 29 May 2017 at 12:52 Mark Roberts wrote: > > > On Mon, 29 May 2017 03:37:05 -0700, you wrote: > > >Some people seem to get real cranky about tailgaters: > >https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/34832545411/in/album-72157684406304735/ > > That's very off-topic

Re: Semi-OT: Maybe ... STATUS UPDATE

2017-05-29 Thread mike wilson
You'll not be updating a Vista laptop any more. You missed the deadline by about a month. > On 28 May 2017 at 22:44 Brian Walters wrote: > > > I might have to try that. > > My old Vista laptop hasn't been updated for about a year because the > Update just stayed on 0%

Re: Semi-OT: Maybe getting a new laptop?

2017-05-27 Thread mike wilson
2017 at 23:46 Jostein Øksne <p...@alunfoto.no> wrote: > > > My primary concern was RAM requirements for WINE... :-) > Jostein > > Den 27. mai 2017 23.09.48 CEST, skrev mike wilson <m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com>: > >If it ran W7, it should fly with UBUNTU. My lapt

Re: Semi-OT: Maybe getting a new laptop?

2017-05-27 Thread mike wilson
Pull the drives, stick them on a dock to extract any data that you need. Reinstall them and put on your distro. Put the data back. Kapow! A laptop that will run better than it ever did with W7 for the sum of, Oh! nothing! The bonus is freeing yourself from the Adobe yoke. George Melly said

Re: Semi-OT: Maybe getting a new laptop?

2017-05-27 Thread mike wilson
> On 27 May 2017 at 20:17 Paul Stenquist wrote: > > > Why? 1. It's infinite orders of magnitude cheaper. (Not everyone can offset their computer-related purchases against tax) 2. You get more serious problems with Windows and Apple stuff anyway. And you've paid (mightily)

Re: Semi-OT: Maybe getting a new laptop?

2017-05-27 Thread mike wilson
If it ran W7, it should fly with UBUNTU. My laptop was sluggish with XP and works just fine under LINUX. > On 27 May 2017 at 15:26 Jostein wrote: > > > Hi John, > If I read you right, you exclude Apple on price, and a new Microsoft > machine because of past experience with

Re: WG-1

2017-05-22 Thread mike wilson
> On 21 May 2017 at 18:45 Steve Cottrell <co...@seeingeye.tv> wrote: > > > On 21/5/17, mike wilson, discombobulated, unleashed: > > >I discovered last weekend that my WG-1 is, sadly, less W than I would have > >liked. Much puzzling over the dismantling

Re: WG-1

2017-05-22 Thread mike wilson
have been a chance - pool water is catastrophic for electronics. > On 21 May 2017 at 18:28 Zos Xavius <zosxav...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Did one of the seals fail? From what I understand seals need checked > and replaced over time. > > On Sun, May 21, 2017 at 10:

WG-1

2017-05-21 Thread mike wilson
I discovered last weekend that my WG-1 is, sadly, less W than I would have liked. Much puzzling over the dismantling prodecure led me to our favourite search engine for an hour or so, where I eventually found the following page.

Re: The Photo Annual arrived in the Frostpit

2017-05-11 Thread mike wilson
> On 11 May 2017 at 01:43 Brian Walters wrote: > > > On Thu, May 11, 2017, at 10:23 AM, Stanley Halpin wrote: > > Mine was also on its way to USPS Induction today. > > > > Which raises some questions in my mind. What happens to a book once it > > has been inducted into

Re: 2017 PDML PHOTO ANNUAL NOW AVAILABLE

2017-05-02 Thread mike wilson
No such thing as too much Øksne. > On 02 May 2017 at 08:37 Jostein Øksne <p...@alunfoto.no> wrote: > > > It's already in a previous edition. :-) > Jostein > > Den 30. april 2017 09.19.19 CEST, skrev mike wilson <m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com>: > >C

Re: 2017 PDML PHOTO ANNUAL NOW AVAILABLE

2017-04-30 Thread mike wilson
Cath was most upset that I'd cut you off. > On 29 April 2017 at 23:47 Jostein Øksne <p...@alunfoto.no> wrote: > > > Looks fantabulous as always! > Giggled when I noticed that thanks to Mike W. I have about two and a thirds > pictures in the book this year. :-)

Re: E-BOOKS: 2017 PDML PHOTO ANNUAL NOW AVAILABLE

2017-04-27 Thread mike wilson
> On 27 April 2017 at 13:18 Mark Roberts wrote: > > > Electronic book versions now available: > http://www.robertstech.com/pdmlbook/ > > Both PDF and EPUB formats. Not to increase your workload but did the calendar turn out to be worth the effort? I know I'll be

Re: 2017 PDML PHOTO ANNUAL NOW AVAILABLE

2017-04-27 Thread mike wilson
> On 27 April 2017 at 18:52 Steve Cottrell wrote: > > > On 26/4/17, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: > > >Paperback: > >http://www.blurb.com/b/7900764-pdml-photo-annual-2017-paperback > > Here's the UK version: > >

Re: PESO: Cemetery Path

2017-04-25 Thread mike wilson
> On 25 April 2017 at 20:08 Bob W-PDML <p...@web-options.com> wrote: > > > > On 25 Apr 2017, at 19:44, mike wilson > <m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com<mailto:m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com>> wrote: > > On 25 April 2017 at 19:36 Bob W-PDML > <p...@web

Re: PESO: Cemetery Path

2017-04-25 Thread mike wilson
> On 25 April 2017 at 19:36 Bob W-PDML wrote: > > > > > On 25 Apr 2017, at 14:14, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > > > Thanks, Bob and Chris. > > > > I found this particular part of the cemetery quite peaceful and conducive > > to contemplation, and I

Re: Traveller, if you come to Ashford, Kent...

2017-04-25 Thread mike wilson
And now the bad news. You can safely ignore it. It's an invoice, not a fine, and the legally agreed limit is recompense for any time you used filling the space which could have been sold to another user. As you actually had a ticket for the time used, it's doubly irrelevant. The only ones you

Re: PESOs: Need Bird ID help

2017-04-25 Thread mike wilson
http://www.birds-of-north-america.net/Ovenbird.html > On 25 April 2017 at 01:38 Paul Stenquist wrote: > > > I can’t find this guy (or gal) anywhere. He resembles some Warblers but > doesn’t have all the right colors. That might mean that he is a she. Never saw > one in my

Re: PESO - Stone Wall, Leafield 2017

2017-04-24 Thread mike wilson
> On 24 April 2017 at 20:58 Bob W-PDML wrote: > > > > > On 24 Apr 2017, at 20:20, Steve Cottrell wrote: > > > > On 24/4/17, John Sessoms, discombobulated, unleashed: > > > >> How is the 'i' in Cirecester pronounced? Rhymes with "eye" or "seen"? >

Re: New member

2017-04-22 Thread mike wilson
> On 22 April 2017 at 15:22 Toralf Lund wrote: > > > On 22/04/17 11:40, Brian Walters wrote: > > On Sat, Apr 22, 2017, at 05:46 PM, Toralf Lund wrote: > >> On 22/04/17 02:12, Marnie (aka Doe) wrote: > >>> Watch for falling puns. Or is that failing puns? > >> Is that a MARK!!

OT Waiting for Bobot

2017-04-16 Thread mike wilson
I was hoping to show a pic or two of BobW and his friend Don holding their bikes aloft after completing the UK's sea to sea cycle route. Unfortunately the two shattered remnants of humanity that hove into view this afternoon, begging for hot chocolate and other warm sustenance after the weather

Re: OT Newspaper men used to dream of flatulence jokes...

2017-04-12 Thread mike wilson
> On 12 April 2017 at 13:25 "P. J. Alling" wrote: > > > Now we have the internet... > > http://metro.co.uk/2017/04/11/hubble-just-spotted-something-massive-coming-out-of-uranus-6567896/ Nearly, but not quite, as good as.

Re: OT: Digital Slide scanners

2017-04-07 Thread mike wilson
> On 07 April 2017 at 16:45 Doug Brewer wrote: > > > I've been cleaning out my storage room in the basement, AKA The Camera > and Computer Museum, and have uncovered boxes and boxes of slides, some > of which are passable photos, and have become interested in maybe

Re: OT: Apologies for crashing PDML

2017-04-07 Thread mike wilson
> On 07 April 2017 at 00:12 Brian Walters <supera1...@fastmail.fm> wrote: > > > On Fri, Apr 7, 2017, at 08:14 AM, mike wilson wrote: > > > On 06 April 2017 at 22:59 Bob W-PDML <p...@web-options.com> wrote: > > > > > no film in the camera.

Re: OT: Apologies for crashing PDML

2017-04-07 Thread mike wilson
> On 06 April 2017 at 23:26 Bob W-PDML <p...@web-options.com> wrote: > > > > On 6 Apr 2017, at 23:15, mike wilson > <m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com<mailto:m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com>> wrote: > > On 06 April 2017 at 22:59 Bob W-PDML > <p...@web

Re: OT: Apologies for crashing PDML

2017-04-06 Thread mike wilson
> On 06 April 2017 at 22:59 Bob W-PDML wrote: > no film in the camera. > I think you just invented a new euphemism for idiot Presidents of the US. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the

Re: PESO - arms

2017-03-31 Thread mike wilson
> On 27 March 2017 at 01:55 Larry wrote: > > On March 26, 2017 3:50:52 PM PDT, Bruce Walker wrote: > >On Sun, Mar 26, 2017 at 3:02 PM, Steve Cottrell > >wrote: > >> On 25/3/17, Bruce Walker, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> >

Re: 2014 PDML Annual

2017-03-29 Thread mike wilson
Sorry, not clear. You have to hit the "see more" button. > On 30 March 2017 at 06:49 mike wilson <m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com> wrote: > > > If you scroll to the bottom of the page, there's a link to get you here: > http://www.blurb.com/b/5303416-pdml-photo-annual

Re: 2014 PDML Annual

2017-03-29 Thread mike wilson
If you scroll to the bottom of the page, there's a link to get you here: http://www.blurb.com/b/5303416-pdml-photo-annual-2014-hardcover > On 29 March 2017 at 17:04 Paul Stenquist wrote: > > > I too have been unable to contact Mark Roberts via his personal email address,

Re: PESO: FMX Lane

2017-03-29 Thread mike wilson
PETB will be right on to it. > On 29 March 2017 at 18:52 Bob W-PDML wrote: > > > Kyklokathapsia, the modern form of taurokathapsia > > > On 29 Mar 2017, at 15:59, ann sanfedele wrote: > > > > that's funny - Looks lIke a guy about to leap onto a

Re: The recent device ban and traveling with a camera

2017-03-29 Thread mike wilson
I would think that Pentax DSLRs, with in-body shake reduction, are at least as fragile as lenses. I'd certainly feel happier stowing an M or earlier lens in my carryon than a modern body - and not just because of the value aspect. > On 28 March 2017 at 16:50 Gonz wrote: >

Re: An idea for a silly experiment

2017-03-27 Thread mike wilson
> On 27 March 2017 at 06:04 Larry Colen wrote: > > > The whole time I've been shooting with dslrs an inevitable topic of > conversation has been comparison with film. I just realized, someone > could go out with a tripod, a K-1, and one or more film bodies, and take > each

Re: PESO The butterfly effect

2017-03-27 Thread mike wilson
On Blackthorn (prunus spinosa)? > On 27 March 2017 at 15:06 Toine wrote: > > > Yes it's a Comma. Some species are in decline, others are coming back > like this Comma (which is more like it's moving north). Climate > change... A once very rare moth, Oak processionary, is now

Re: My attempt at car photography!

2017-03-24 Thread mike wilson
> On 24 March 2017 at 21:24 Steve Cottrell wrote: > > > On 24/3/17, Larry Colen, discombobulated, unleashed: > > >I thought that all you had to do to get that effect in England was to > >park a car outdoors for an hour or two. > > That's Scotland. Wales. I still

Re: My attempt at car photography!

2017-03-24 Thread mike wilson
> On 24 March 2017 at 17:38 Chris Mitchell <chris.mitch...@which.net> wrote: > > > On 24 March 2017 at 17:29, mike wilson <m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com> wrote: > > Three. Also very brave, wetting a 1970s Aston. Did it ever run again? > > > A chamois leath

Re: My attempt at car photography!

2017-03-24 Thread mike wilson
Three. Also very brave, wetting a 1970s Aston. Did it ever run again? > On 24 March 2017 at 14:25 Chris Mitchell wrote: > > > Thanks Cotty. That's 2 votes for a polariser... > > Chris > > On 24 March 2017 at 13:59, Steve Cottrell wrote: > > On

Re: PESO: lens compare

2017-03-20 Thread mike wilson
> On 21 March 2017 at 04:08 Philip Northeast wrote: > > > > https://flic.kr/p/T5fdc1 > > 1/5 crop of same scene taken with Pentax #pentaxK1 body and 21st century > Zeiss planar T*f1.4 50mm at f8 and a mid 1970's Pentax M series 55mm > also at f8. The result may

Re: PESO - Beetle

2017-03-20 Thread mike wilson
You do yourself a disservice. > On 20 March 2017 at 09:01 Jostein Øksne wrote: > > > Come to think of it, I may be parroting Levon Biss' project... > http://microsculpture.net > His technique is just awesome, and I'd really love to figure out some of it. > Jostein > > Den

Re: PESO - Beetle

2017-03-19 Thread mike wilson
> On 18 March 2017 at 22:43 Jostein wrote: > > > http://www.alunfoto.no/innhold/nitidulidae-sp-1/ > > 645Z, FA 200/4 and Motic 10x microscope objective. > > Real life length of the beetle is about 3-4 mm. > > Pleased to see that Zerene Stacker can handle a deep stack from

RE: OT - Oxford comma helps in legal dispute

2017-03-18 Thread mike wilson
Nothing to do with an Oxford comma, sadly. The OC is the superfluous comma inserted by ruffians and ne'er-do-wells, in a list of three or more items, before the word "and" or "or" that is before the final item. It seems to be an aid for those of limited comprehension. > On 17 March 2017 at

Re: PESO: Lake Pukaki

2017-03-17 Thread mike wilson
Not necessarily. Anything that produces a fine enough sediment will work - like this old clay pit in Dorset. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Pool > On 16 March 2017 at 20:53 ann sanfedele wrote: > > > The key is that it is GLACIER produced - a lake fed from glacier >

Re: OT - Oxford comma helps in legal dispute

2017-03-17 Thread mike wilson
> On 17 March 2017 at 02:36 Igor PDML-StR wrote: > > I know that several PDMLers are "grammar nerds". So, I thought they would > enjoy reading about this, rather rear (if not unique) case: >

Re: PDML Photo Annual update

2017-03-15 Thread mike wilson
> On 15 March 2017 at 01:55 Mark Roberts wrote: > That's the plan, anyway. You have a plan? My im has never been so pressed. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit

Re: Interesting Lens

2017-03-15 Thread mike wilson
> On 15 March 2017 at 21:30 Mark Roberts wrote: > > Bob W-PDML wrote: > > >> On 15 Mar 2017, at 21:06, John Francis wrote: > >> > >>> On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 04:50:03PM -0400, Paul Stenquist wrote: > >>>

Re: CQ -- April PUG theme 20th anniversary -- please reach out!

2017-03-11 Thread mike wilson
> On 10 March 2017 at 02:08 Mark Roberts wrote: > > > Larry Colen wrote: > > >On March 6, 2017 5:19:53 AM PST, Igor PDML-StR wrote: > >> > >>-.-. --.- > > > >Igor, you're such a ham! > > > > > >>-.-. --.- > > The Morse the merrier! What's

Re: Anyone ever turned a room into a camera obscura?

2017-03-11 Thread mike wilson
We had one in a previous incarnation of my department. The present building is, sadly, not suitable. If there are physics labs in the Uni, they should have proper blackout facilities for light experiments. Even the LEDs on alarm sensors will spoil the effect. Hopefully, one of the rooms will

Re: CQ -- April PUG theme 20th anniversary -- please reach out!

2017-03-08 Thread mike wilson
> On 07 March 2017 at 21:22 Bob W-PDML wrote: > > > > > On 7 Mar 2017, at 15:39, Bill wrote: > > > >> On 3/7/2017 7:25 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: > >> Bill wrote: > >> > On 3/7/2017 6:10 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 7,

Re: OT: Hope this goes through - more Earthlink craziness

2017-03-05 Thread mike wilson
> On 05 March 2017 at 17:05 Mark Roberts wrote: > > > John wrote: > > >Just a heads up to let y'all know I'm temporarily using Yahoo for PDML. > >Which means for Gmail users, my posts will probably end up in your SPAM > >folders. > > Switching between Yahoo and

Re: OT - You Couldn't Make It Up Dept...

2017-03-01 Thread mike wilson
> On 01 March 2017 at 22:41 Rick Womer wrote: > > > On Wed, Mar 1, 2017 at 16:08 Bob W-PDML wrote: > > > Perhaps she could plead that she didn't know it was illegal... > > > That would be phoney. I don't get the connection. > > > > > On 1 Mar

Re: PDML 2017 Book Upload - last hours

2017-02-28 Thread mike wilson
Beaten only by the record (vinyl) and the film. But the radio series. You should give it a whirl, if the opportunity occurs. The other stuff may have spoiled it for you but it was exceptional for the time and holds up well. > On 28 February 2017 at 19:58 Bob W-PDML

Re: PDML 2017 Book Upload - last hours

2017-02-28 Thread mike wilson
Does that mean we are Deep Thought? (Looks around) Naahh > On 28 February 2017 at 13:36 Jostein Øksne wrote: > > > Number of photographers is now 42. > Jostein > > Den 28. februar 2017 14.10.17 CET, skrev Mark Roberts > : > >The upload page

Re: OT - Any other Blackberry users on the list?

2017-02-25 Thread mike wilson
> On 25 February 2017 at 18:42 Bob W-PDML wrote: > > > > On 25 Feb 2017, at 17:57, Steve Cottrell > > wrote: > > On 25/2/17, Daniel J. Matyola, discombobulated, unleashed: > > I didn't realize that Blackberry was still in

Re: Pentax LX: The best professional 35mm SLR around

2017-02-22 Thread mike wilson
> On 22 February 2017 at 21:14 Bill <anotherdrunken...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 2/22/2017 1:24 AM, mike wilson wrote: > >> On 21 February 2017 at 21:52 Bill <anotherdrunken...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> > >> On 2/21/2017 3

Re: Pentax LX: The best professional 35mm SLR around

2017-02-21 Thread mike wilson
> On 21 February 2017 at 21:52 Bill wrote: > > > On 2/21/2017 3:10 PM, Brian Walters wrote: > > I just found this article. > > > > A bit of nostalgia for the LX cognoscenti > > > >

Re: PESO: Experimenting with the K-1

2017-02-19 Thread mike wilson
But nature abhors a vacuum. > On 19 February 2017 at 10:38 Bob W-PDML <p...@web-options.com> wrote: > > > No, no. The codpiece was absolutely enormous. > > > > On 19 Feb 2017, at 07:54, mike wilson <m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com> wrote: > > >

Re: PESO: Experimenting with the K-1

2017-02-18 Thread mike wilson
So "enormous" is relative? > On 19 February 2017 at 01:29 Bob W-PDML <p...@web-options.com> wrote: > > > Well, you know - small hands... > > > On 19 Feb 2017, at 01:19, mike wilson <m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com> wrote: > > > > Gold is so last

Re: PESO: Experimenting with the K-1

2017-02-18 Thread mike wilson
Gold is so last year. Too Trumpish, as well. > On 18 February 2017 at 22:23 Bob W-PDML wrote: > > > I don't know. I was wearing an enormous gold-sequinned codpiece, and little > else. Is that a Spanx? > > > On 18 Feb 2017, at 22:02, Gonz wrote: >

Re: PDML Photo Annual

2017-02-18 Thread mike wilson
> On 18 February 2017 at 11:15 Steve Cottrell wrote: > > > Well, I managed to find a semi decent shot for the PDML Photo Annual. > Just the one, sadly. > > Only 10 days left so get off your arse and do it ;-) > > Some of us

Re: PESO Chikadee Day

2017-02-13 Thread mike wilson
Any time you visit, I'll take you out one night and you can tell them yourself. Make sure your medical insurance is fully functional. > On 13 February 2017 at 15:51 Gonz wrote: > > > You guys up north have very big plump chickadees. Ours down south are > tiny by

Re: OT: Weather Out of Whack!

2017-02-12 Thread mike wilson
Someone I know from the Perth hills in Australia was going to go for a ride the other day but: http://i978.photobucket.com/albums/ae266/GU221/fasdegsbn_1.jpg That's 55degrees Centigrade (131 in Funnymoney) so he decided to wait until evening. Here, it's dead normal February weather. ~0degrees,

Re: Peso - Fake Gnus

2017-02-11 Thread mike wilson
> On 11 February 2017 at 23:45 ann sanfedele wrote: > > > started out as a photo taken with a pentax LX... so not OT :-) > > > https://annsan.smugmug.com/Graphic-Design/Anns-design-work/i-9cj5tcG/L > > I've loaded it onto cafe press but it may not be searchable yet That's

Re: Oh how the might fall...

2017-02-11 Thread mike wilson
> On 10 February 2017 at 19:01 "P. J. Alling" > wrote: > > > So I received a missive from KEH.com advertising a sale on Bargain and > Ugly equipment. (The picture with the advert. was pretty funny so I > gave it a click), then decided to look at Bargain SLRs, the

Re: Masham

2017-02-11 Thread mike wilson
.com/Masham/content/P0060248_large.html> > >>> > >>> Stunning > > > > On 8/2/17, mike wilson, discombobulated, unleashed: > > > >> Masham railway station is a chronological anomaly that only appears when > >> its > >> favour

Re: Masham

2017-02-07 Thread mike wilson
> On 07 February 2017 at 18:27 Steve Cottrell wrote: > > > On 6/2/17, Bob W-PDML, discombobulated, unleashed: > > > > >Enjoy (I hope). > > And this > > > > Stunning Masham railway station is a chronological

Re: Ot; Just so you know...

2017-02-05 Thread mike wilson
Thee's something about secondhand wheelie chairs. On the same day, I was leaning out of mine and my daughter came in to hug me. Over we go, me landing on an upturned three pin plug ( https://anjungsainssmkss.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/tupel08.jpg ) and intertwined with Katy so that we couldn't

Re: Boston

2017-02-02 Thread mike wilson
> On 02 February 2017 at 23:28 John Francis wrote: > > > On Thu, Feb 02, 2017 at 12:50:03PM -0600, Gonz wrote: > > Yum, Union Oyster House... Been there a few times when I lived there. > > Some of the best Lobster, and for sure the best clam chowder. > > Legal Seafood

Re: PESO - a grape snack

2017-02-01 Thread mike wilson
Apparently, it's so well worded that you have to grope the women you don't like. > On 01 February 2017 at 19:19 Bob W-PDML wrote: > > > I thought The Donald had cured all that, and we can all grope any woman we > like. > > B > > > On 1 Feb 2017, at 15:43, Gonz

Re: More on Don't tell the Missus

2017-01-22 Thread mike wilson
quot; <p...@web-options.com> wrote: > > > Mine's more by way of an early experimental version, before they ironed > > out the bugs and achieved perfection, chevelure-wise > > > > http://lossofface.co.uk/Images/ArthurScargill.jpg > > > > > > > > On 22

Re: More on Don't tell the Missus

2017-01-22 Thread mike wilson
t;p...@web-options.com> wrote: > > > Mine's more by way of an early experimental version, before they ironed out > the bugs and achieved perfection, chevelure-wise > > http://lossofface.co.uk/Images/ArthurScargill.jpg > > > > On 22 Jan 2017, at 09:09, mike wilso

Re: More on Don't tell the Missus

2017-01-22 Thread mike wilson
afe by any measure. :-) > Jostein > > Den 22. januar 2017 09.42.02 CET, skrev mike wilson <m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com>: > >> On 22 January 2017 at 08:14 Chris Mitchell <chris.mitch...@which.net> > >wrote: > >> > >> > >> On 21 Jan 2017 23:04, &q

Re: More on Don't tell the Missus

2017-01-22 Thread mike wilson
They made _two_ of those? > On 21 January 2017 at 18:03 Bob W-PDML wrote: > > > Do you think my genuine-style Donald Trump wig will do it? > > > On 21 Jan 2017, at 17:22, Chris Mitchell wrote: > > > > I'm meeting up with Bob W tomorrow. Remind

Re: More on Don't tell the Missus

2017-01-22 Thread mike wilson
> On 22 January 2017 at 08:14 Chris Mitchell wrote: > > > On 21 Jan 2017 23:04, "Bob W-PDML" wrote: > > > > > Karin would like to see Chris happy, and Chris wants nothing more than to > please Karin; a nice M10 and a few lenses would make

Re: More on Don't tell the Missus

2017-01-21 Thread mike wilson
> On 21 January 2017 at 17:21 Chris Mitchell wrote: > > > I'm meeting up with Bob W tomorrow. Remind me not to let him take me > to any Leica shops. > > I should be OK - Karin's probably coming too, but I'm sure Bob has > plenty of Missus diversionary tactics at his

Re: One more KP update, direct from Pentax :-)

2017-01-20 Thread mike wilson
Not if you use the Pentax -Oscopy Observation Platform software. > On 20 January 2017 at 16:16 Ken Waller wrote: > > > Rumor has it that it produces crappy images" > > > -Original Message- > >From: Collin B > >Subject: One more KP

Re: Some recent snaps

2017-01-18 Thread mike wilson
> On 18 January 2017 at 06:25 "Daniel J. Matyola" <danmaty...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 11:16 PM, mike wilson <m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com> > wrote: > > > As a set, they are thoroughly depressing. > > > Why do you think

Re: Some recent snaps

2017-01-17 Thread mike wilson
> On 17 January 2017 at 12:13 Christine Aguila wrote: > > Really great set, Bob! The color in this one is really nice! > http://www.web-options.com/Jan17/content/L1000317_large.html > But your > elegant eye

Re: Here's a used K1

2017-01-10 Thread mike wilson
Not interested in the K1 but the FD-2 and Grip A would go some way towards completing my LX set. > On 10 January 2017 at 13:23 Collin B wrote: > > > I'll probably consider a K3 this Summer, but for anyone wanting a K1 kit at > a reasonable price ... >

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