Re: PESO: Chicago Marathon

2008-10-15 Thread David J Brooks
Nice gallery Bob. I like the cups shot Dave On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 8:24 PM, Bob Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dragged myself out of bed Sunday morning to go downtown and photograph > some runners at the marathon. > Weather was good and the experience was pleasant. > Here is a photo over

Re: Chicago Marathon

2008-10-15 Thread Bob Sullivan
2008 at 11:21 AM, Ken Waller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Nice job Bob. > Kenneth Waller > http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f > > - Original Message - From: "Bob Sullivan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: PESO: Chicago Marathon > > >> Dragged myself

Re: Chicago Marathon

2008-10-15 Thread Ken Waller
Nice job Bob. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: "Bob Sullivan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: PESO: Chicago Marathon Dragged myself out of bed Sunday morning to go downtown and photograph some runners at the marathon. Weather

Re: Chicago Marathon

2008-10-15 Thread Bob Sullivan
Christine, You should check next year. They went up LaSalle St. to North Ave, then along the park and Sheridan Rd. to Foster. They came back down Broadway, Clark, and Sedgwick before coming down Wells. The locations just off of Ontario give me some options. You can cover milepost ~3 until the traff

Re: PESO: Chicago Marathon

2008-10-15 Thread Bob Sullivan
Thanks Dave, I'm not an employee any longer, but I'm still a stockholder. :-) And that's the granddaddy of all McDonald's. You must see it if you're ever in Chicago. Regards, Bob S. On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 10:36 AM, David Savage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Excellent series Bob. Well worth the ea

Re: PESO: Chicago Marathon

2008-10-15 Thread David Savage
Excellent series Bob. Well worth the early morning effort. I especially like how you managed to work the arches in there ;-) Cheers, Dave 2008/10/15 Bob Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Dragged myself out of bed Sunday morning to go downtown and photograph > some runners at the marathon. > Weath

Re: PESO: Chicago Marathon

2008-10-15 Thread Bob Sullivan
Thanks Frank, There is a spot on the expressway very near the Chicago city border where the view is excellent. You are on the edge of the glacial lake that became Lake Michigan and have a clear view across the highway and down into the city. On a quiet Sunday morning, I was able to stop for a few p

Re: PESO: Chicago Marathon

2008-10-15 Thread Bob Sullivan
er was good and the experience was pleasant. >> Here is a photo overview of what I saw. >> >> http://picasaweb.google.com/rf.sullivan/Marathon02# > > Good shots there, Bob! > > I've never done the Chicago marathon. Perhaps I'll have to give it a go > before I

Re: PESO: Chicago Marathon

2008-10-15 Thread frank theriault
On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 8:24 PM, Bob Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dragged myself out of bed Sunday morning to go downtown and photograph > some runners at the marathon. > Weather was good and the experience was pleasant. > Here is a photo overview of what I saw. > > http://picasaweb.google

Re: PESO: Chicago Marathon

2008-10-15 Thread Mark Roberts
27;ve never done the Chicago marathon. Perhaps I'll have to give it a go before I become too old and decrepit... -- 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: Chicago Marathon

2008-10-14 Thread Christine Aguila
- Original Message - From: "Bob Sullivan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Did they get into your neighborhood? If they did, I didn't see them. Truth be told, I didn't pay much attention to the event. Cheers, Christine -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailm

Re: PESO: Chicago Marathon

2008-10-14 Thread Bob Sullivan
Thanks Paul, It's fun to take the shots and then see what you have. Regards, Bob S. On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 9:42 PM, PN Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Good work. Enjoyed these very much. Excellent shots. > Paul > On Oct 14, 2008, at 8:24 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: > >> Dragged myself out of

Re: Chicago Marathon

2008-10-14 Thread Bob Sullivan
gt; Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 7:24 PM > Subject: PESO: Chicago Marathon > > >> Dragged myself out of bed Sunday morning to go downtown and photograph >> some runners at the marathon. >> Weather was good and the experience was pleasant. >> Here is a photo overview

Re: PESO: Chicago Marathon

2008-10-14 Thread PN Stenquist
Good work. Enjoyed these very much. Excellent shots. Paul On Oct 14, 2008, at 8:24 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: Dragged myself out of bed Sunday morning to go downtown and photograph some runners at the marathon. Weather was good and the experience was pleasant. Here is a photo overview of what I saw

Re: Chicago Marathon

2008-10-14 Thread Christine Aguila
t;Bob Sullivan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PDML" Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 7:24 PM Subject: PESO: Chicago Marathon Dragged myself out of bed Sunday morning to go downtown and photograph some runners at the marathon. Weather was good and the experience was pleasant. H

PESO: Chicago Marathon

2008-10-14 Thread Bob Sullivan
Dragged myself out of bed Sunday morning to go downtown and photograph some runners at the marathon. Weather was good and the experience was pleasant. Here is a photo overview of what I saw. http://picasaweb.google.com/rf.sullivan/Marathon02# Comments are welcome. Regards, Bob S. -- PDML Penta

Re: PESO - Chicago Marathon

2005-11-19 Thread Bob Sullivan
, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> After all this discussion about PUG > vs PAW and PESO's, I'll waste some > > bandwith with picture of what I did today. It was a great day for the > > Chicago Marathon.

Re: PESO - Chicago Marathon

2005-11-19 Thread brooksdj
> After all this discussion about PUG vs PAW and PESO's, I'll waste some > bandwith with picture of what I did today. It was a great day for the > Chicago Marathon. A bunch of Kenyans won. > > Here in the 12th mile, the eventual

Re: PESO - Chicago Marathon

2005-10-16 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Mark Roberts wrote: > > Ann Sanfedele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >Mark Roberts wrote: > >> > >> Bob Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> >Here in the 12th mile, the eventual winner (#3) keeps an eye on the > >> field. > > > >> Man, I'd love to run Chicago! Maybe I'll have ti

Re: PESO - Chicago Marathon

2005-10-13 Thread P. J. Alling
Mark Roberts wrote: Ann Sanfedele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Mark Roberts wrote: Bob Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Here in the 12th mile, the eventual winner (#3) keeps an eye on the field. Man, I'd love to run Chicago! Maybe I'll have time to train for it next y

Re: PESO - Chicago Marathon

2005-10-13 Thread Mark Roberts
Ann Sanfedele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Mark Roberts wrote: >> >> Bob Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >Here in the 12th mile, the eventual winner (#3) keeps an eye on the >> field. > >> Man, I'd love to run Chicago! Maybe I'll have time to train for it next >> year. >> >I'

Re: PESO - Chicago Marathon

2005-10-12 Thread Bob Sullivan
The mayor is a heridetary position, passed from father to son. On 10/12/05, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't think elections mean very much in Chi-town. > > Ann Sanfedele wrote: > > >Mark Roberts wrote: > > > > > >>Bob Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>

Re: PESO - Chicago Marathon

2005-10-12 Thread P. J. Alling
I don't think elections mean very much in Chi-town. Ann Sanfedele wrote: Mark Roberts wrote: Bob Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Here in the 12th mile, the eventual winner (#3) keeps an eye on the field. Man, I'd love to run Chicago! Maybe I'll have time to tra

Re: PESO - Chicago Marathon

2005-10-12 Thread Bob Sullivan
PAW and PESO's, I'll waste some > > bandwith with picture of what I did today. It was a great day for the > > Chicago Marathon. A bunch of Kenyans won. > > > > Here in the 12th mile, the eventual winner (#3) keeps an eye on the field. > > > > http:/

Re: PESO - Chicago Marathon

2005-10-12 Thread frank theriault
On 10/9/05, Bob Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > After all this discussion about PUG vs PAW and PESO's, I'll waste some > bandwith with picture of what I did today. It was a great day for the > Chicago Marathon. A bunch of Kenyans won. > > Here in the 12t

Re: PESO - Chicago Marathon

2005-10-12 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Mark Roberts wrote: > > Bob Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > >Here in the 12th mile, the eventual winner (#3) keeps an eye on the > field. > > Man, I'd love to run Chicago! Maybe I'll have time to train for it next > year. > . > > -- > Mark Roberts > Photograp

Re: PESO - Chicago Marathon

2005-10-11 Thread Mark Roberts
e that the winner's time, even if he's world class, isn't very impressive. Race directors like to have fast winning times to promote their races. The rabbits are usually national calibre runners who can maintain the 26-mile-pace of the favorites for just 20 miles :) But things don&

Re: PESO - Chicago Marathon

2005-10-11 Thread Bob Sullivan
There is a very slight grade at the finish. The winner said that he looked at the two other guys with him and decided he felt better than they did so he turned on his sprint. He picked up some 5 seconds. The bunch I've shown is in the 12th mile of a 26 mile race. Two in the group have PACER pri

Re: PESO - Chicago Marathon

2005-10-11 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 10/9/2005 8:54:39 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Here in the 12th mile, the eventual winner (#3) keeps an eye on the field. http://members.aol.com/rfsindg/marathon.jpg Regards, Bob S. = Nice shot. At first I wanted the official in focus,

Re: PESO - Chicago Marathon

2005-10-11 Thread David Mann
On Oct 11, 2005, at 1:04 AM, mike wilson wrote: I think we can agree that there should have been proper awareness of which roads would definitely be closed for whatever reason, so that the taxi should not have been there in the first place. There was a high-profile case here a few years ago

Re: PESO - Chicago Marathon

2005-10-10 Thread E.R.N. Reed
Shel Belinkoff wrote (among other things): Hi Bob, I like this pic because of the expression on the runner's faces and that I don't recall ever seeing a runner with both feet of the ground as you've caught here. Really, Shel? That surprises me a little, because I have found -- on the rare

RE: PESO - Chicago Marathon

2005-10-10 Thread Shel Belinkoff
him in this sot ... oh well ... still, it's a nice shot and gives me a sense of being there. Shel > [Original Message] > From: Bob Sullivan > > After all this discussion about PUG vs PAW and PESO's, I'll waste some > bandwith with picture of what I did today. It w

Re: Re: PESO - Chicago Marathon

2005-10-10 Thread mike wilson
> > From: Boris Liberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2005/10/10 Mon PM 01:30:08 GMT > To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > Subject: Re: Re: PESO - Chicago Marathon > > Hi! > > > At one point in our local event (50,000 runners) an ambulance had to go > > o

Re: PESO - Chicago Marathon

2005-10-10 Thread E.R.N. Reed
Cotty wrote: On 9/10/05, Bob Sullivan, discombobulated, unleashed: http://members.aol.com/rfsindg/marathon.jpg Bob, have you got a shot either a couple of seconds before or after? I find the scooter very distracting. So do I. As someone else said, it provides context; however,

Re: Re: PESO - Chicago Marathon

2005-10-10 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! > At one point in our local event (50,000 runners) an ambulance had to go onto > the running route to get at a casualty. It was travelling in the same > direction, at the runners' speed, with all blue lights. Still, within half a > kilometre, runners had collided with the back of it and ha

Re: PESO - Chicago Marathon

2005-10-10 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! > In any case, there were 3 other hospitals within 1 mile that were > accessible to the taxi if the baby's delivery was imminent. I had no > intention of causing you distress, it was just an interesting > sidelight to the marathon. Har! You should've mentioned the 3 other hospitals along wit

RE: PESO - Chicago Marathon

2005-10-10 Thread Tim Øsleby
ginal Message- > From: Bob Sullivan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 10. oktober 2005 05:54 > To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > Subject: PESO - Chicago Marathon > > After all this discussion about PUG vs PAW and PESO's, I'll waste some > bandwith with picture of what I did

Re: PESO - Chicago Marathon

2005-10-10 Thread Bob Sullivan
of what I did today. It was a great day for the > > Chicago Marathon. A bunch of Kenyans won. > > > > Here in the 12th mile, the eventual winner (#3) keeps an eye on the field. > > > > http://members.aol.com/rfsindg/marathon.jpg > > > > #3 - Felix Limo set a

Re: Re: PESO - Chicago Marathon

2005-10-10 Thread mike wilson
> > From: Boris Liberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2005/10/10 Mon AM 10:27:58 GMT > To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > Subject: Re: Re: PESO - Chicago Marathon > > > > I definitely dislike the last part of your story. I mean I absolutely do > > > not a

Re: PESO - Chicago Marathon

2005-10-10 Thread Mark Roberts
"John Forbes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Good grief, what a small thing to worry about. Most members of the human >race manage to survive birth without being born in a hospital. The back >of a taxi is quite a common venue in fact, for obvious reasons. A friend >of mine was born in the ba

Re: PESO - Chicago Marathon

2005-10-10 Thread Mark Roberts
Bob Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >After all this discussion about PUG vs PAW and PESO's, I'll waste some >bandwith with picture of what I did today. It was a great day for the >Chicago Marathon. A bunch of Kenyans won. > >Here in the 12th mile, the event

Re: Re: PESO - Chicago Marathon

2005-10-10 Thread John Forbes
Boris, Good grief, what a small thing to worry about. Most members of the human race manage to survive birth without being born in a hospital. The back of a taxi is quite a common venue in fact, for obvious reasons. A friend of mine was born in the bar of a pub (to her mother's later e

Re: PESO - Chicago Marathon

2005-10-10 Thread Paul Stenquist
this discussion about PUG vs PAW and PESO's, I'll waste some bandwith with picture of what I did today. It was a great day for the Chicago Marathon. A bunch of Kenyans won. Here in the 12th mile, the eventual winner (#3) keeps an eye on the field. http://members.aol.com/rfsindg/m

Re: Re: PESO - Chicago Marathon

2005-10-10 Thread Boris Liberman
> > I definitely dislike the last part of your story. I mean I absolutely do > > not appreciate the attitude of the police w.r.t. that woman. > > Boris, you have to be at something like this to appreciate that it would be > _impossible_ for the taxi to cross the runner stream without major pileup

Re: Re: PESO - Chicago Marathon

2005-10-10 Thread mike wilson
> > From: Boris Liberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2005/10/10 Mon AM 04:41:36 GMT > To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > Subject: Re: PESO - Chicago Marathon > > Hi! > > > After all this discussion about PUG vs PAW and PESO's, I'll waste some > >

Re: PESO - Chicago Marathon

2005-10-10 Thread Cotty
On 9/10/05, Bob Sullivan, discombobulated, unleashed: > > http://members.aol.com/rfsindg/marathon.jpg Bob, have you got a shot either a couple of seconds before or after? I find the scooter very distracting. Best, Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||

Re: PESO - Chicago Marathon

2005-10-10 Thread Bruce Dayton
9, 2005, 8:53:41 PM, you wrote: BS> After all this discussion about PUG vs PAW and PESO's, I'll waste some BS> bandwith with picture of what I did today. It was a great day for the BS> Chicago Marathon. A bunch of Kenyans won. BS> Here in the 12th mile, the eventual winne

Re: PESO - Chicago Marathon

2005-10-09 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! After all this discussion about PUG vs PAW and PESO's, I'll waste some bandwith with picture of what I did today. It was a great day for the Chicago Marathon. A bunch of Kenyans won. Here in the 12th mile, the eventual winner (#3) keeps an eye on the field. http://membe

PESO - Chicago Marathon

2005-10-09 Thread Bob Sullivan
After all this discussion about PUG vs PAW and PESO's, I'll waste some bandwith with picture of what I did today. It was a great day for the Chicago Marathon. A bunch of Kenyans won. Here in the 12th mile, the eventual winner (#3) keeps an eye on the field. http://members.aol.c