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But it *WAS* entertaining when three winners in a row piped up with "That's not my photo". I think that should be one of the random non-Pentaxian quotes added to the 2018 quotations list: "That's not my photo" - Random GFM Nature Photography Weekend contest "winner". On 6/4/2018 10:30, Doug

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Aw, you're just saying that because we fucked up the awards. Great seeing you there, John. Hope you enjoyed yourself. On 6/3/18 6:11 PM, John wrote: ... and what a weekend it was. This was my 10th year at the Nature Photography Weekend. Today's Doug & Mark show was the best I've seen. I shou

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... and what a weekend it was. This was my 10th year at the Nature Photography Weekend. Today's Doug & Mark show was the best I've seen. I should have photos to post later, but I'm going to need some time to unload & unwind first. -- Science - Questions we may never find answers for. Reli

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Sorry to hear of Don's passing. Nice guy. Paul via phone > On Jun 5, 2017, at 7:05 AM, David J Brooks wrote: > > Thanks for letting is know about Don. I met him 3 times and thought he > was one of the nicest people on earth. He will be missed everywhere. > > dave > >> On Sun, Jun 4, 2017 at 8

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Thanks for letting is know about Don. I met him 3 times and thought he was one of the nicest people on earth. He will be missed everywhere. dave On Sun, Jun 4, 2017 at 8:13 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: > Good to see you at the mountain, John. It was a really good weekend. > > I'm at my friend's place

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On 4/6/17, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: >One sad note to the weekend: Don Nelson, former Pentax rep and pretty >much the founder of the PDML (at least he was the one who decided to >turn it over to Doug Brewer) died on Saturday. He'd been in poor >health for a few years and had a stro

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On 6/4/2017 20:13, Mark Roberts wrote: Good to see you at the mountain, John. It was a really good weekend. I'm at my friend's place in Ashe county (about 50 miles from GFM) and got thoroughly soaked on the ride here. The phrase "biblical proportions" pretty well describes the downpour I rode th

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> On Jun 4, 2017, at 8:13 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: > > ... > > One sad note to the weekend: Don Nelson, former Pentax rep and pretty > much the founder of the PDML (at least he was the one who decided to > turn it over to Doug Brewer) died on Saturday. He'd been in poor > health for a few years

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Good to see you at the mountain, John. It was a really good weekend. I'm at my friend's place in Ashe county (about 50 miles from GFM) and got thoroughly soaked on the ride here. The phrase "biblical proportions" pretty well describes the downpour I rode through. I'm hoping for better weather for

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On 4/6/17, John, discombobulated, unleashed: >Pulled in about 15 minutes ago. Got half-way through unloading my car >before it started pouring down rain, so I still have a bit of that ahead >of me before I'll really be home again. > >Baxter hasn't decided yet whether she's going to forgive me for

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Pulled in about 15 minutes ago. Got half-way through unloading my car before it started pouring down rain, so I still have a bit of that ahead of me before I'll really be home again. Baxter hasn't decided yet whether she's going to forgive me for making her stay at the pet hotel while I was gone,

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We used to use flea & tick collars around an ankle until the Army banned it because too many idiots were too stupid to understand you had to put it around the OUTSIDE of your boot, not on the inside. There was also a tick repellent packet you could carry in an outside cargo pocket. Taken off the

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If you're traipsing around in the woods be sure to wear long pants and tuck your pants legs into your socks. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "P.J. Alling" Subject: Re: Home from Grandfather Mountain.

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Get a good tick repellent, (they're hard to find most don't work worth crap), and put it on you cloths, use it in conjunction with the mosquito repellent. On 6/8/2016 1:17 AM, ann sanfedele wrote: Also... maybe stop eating Bananas for a couple of weeks before you go... although the Mosquitos s

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scuss Mail List" Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2016 2:49 PM Subject: Re: Home from Grandfather Mountain. On 8 Jun 2016, at 19:04, Ken Waller wrote: The whole idea here is to not present a unique odor for the bear to come and check out. So the less you smell 'civilized' the less ch

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On 8 Jun 2016, at 15:09, Ken Waller wrote: > > Most of my Alaskan trips were scheduled for late August/early September to > take advantage of the fact that for the most part, the annoying bugs - black > flies, Mosquitos etc are long gone. I've run into snowstorms in late August > in Alaska. >

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of were due to humans getting > between the mom and her cubs or > those that came upon a bear and surprised it. That would certainly do it. B > > > Kenneth Waller > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller > > - Original Message - From: "Stanley

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getting between the mom and her cubs or those that came upon a bear and surprised it. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "Stanley Halpin" Subject: Re: Home from Grandfather Mountain. In early September we will be

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All that confusing advice is enough to drive any one bananas. Also, don't use hormone skin cream or the mosquitoes may double in size! Alan C -Original Message- From: ann sanfedele Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2016 4:36 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Home from Grandf

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I think I read it in MIlepost or maybe John McPhee.. orfrom someone who mentioned it when we were planning our trip.. Since I loathe bananas I felt pretty safe... this was back in the 80's so it wasn't from the web but I heard it over and over whenwe were up there ann On 6/8/2016 8:06 AM

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#x27;ve been in bear country - I've never seen bells in bear scat ! -Original Message- >From: ann sanfedele >Subject: Re: Home from Grandfather Mountain. > >Also... maybe stop eating Bananas for a couple of weeks before you go... >although the Mosquitos shouldn'

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I never heard that one before. A quick Google search is kind of inconclusive. There are sites that claim eating bananas makes you tastier to mosquitoes and sites that claim they make you less attractive and sites that claim it doesn't make any difference. Does the ban on aerosol sprays apply to

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clearly the best move ann On 6/8/2016 12:51 AM, Larry Colen wrote: Stanley Halpin wrote: We will leave out of Homer and probably go SW along the Katmai peninsula… You're going to start your odyssey in Homer? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listi

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Also... maybe stop eating Bananas for a couple of weeks before you go... although the Mosquitos shouldn't be as annoying in sept as earlier they are nasty little guys ann On 6/7/2016 10:13 PM, Stanley Halpin wrote: In early September we will be in Alaska, have a one-day tour where the two of

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Stanley Halpin wrote: We will leave out of Homer and probably go SW along the Katmai peninsula… You're going to start your odyssey in Homer? -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com (postbox on min4est) http://red4est.com/lrc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/

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We will leave out of Homer and probably go SW along the Katmai peninsula… > On Jun 7, 2016, at 11:02 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 10:13 PM, Stanley Halpin > wrote: >> In early September we will be in Alaska, have a one-day tour where the two >> of us (and maybe 2 o

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On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 10:13 PM, Stanley Halpin wrote: > In early September we will be in Alaska, have a one-day tour where the two of > us (and maybe 2 others) will be flown to an area to be determined where bears > have been recently spotted according to the best information the pilot has > a

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On 6/7/2016 8:13 PM, Stanley Halpin wrote: In early September we will be in Alaska, have a one-day tour where the two of us (and maybe 2 others) will be flown to an area to be determined where bears have been recently spotted according to the best information the pilot has acquired. The inform

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In early September we will be in Alaska, have a one-day tour where the two of us (and maybe 2 others) will be flown to an area to be determined where bears have been recently spotted according to the best information the pilot has acquired. The information sheet includes the following list of it

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al Message - From: "David J Brooks" Subject: Re: Home from Grandfather Mountain. On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 6:19 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote: On 7/6/16, Bob W-PDML, discombobulated, unleashed: So not a good idea to wear salmon-scented after-shave? Does a bear shit in the woods? (we may ne

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You don't have to out run a bear, just the slowest person in ytour group ! Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "David J Brooks" Subject: Re: Home from Grandfather Mountain. On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 6:19 PM, Steve

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Does a bear shit in the woods? Most definitely - I've almost stepped in it several times. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "Steve Cottrell" Subject: Re: Home from Grandfather Mountain. On 7/6

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On 8 Jun 2016, at 00:00, Larry Colen wrote: > > > > Bob W-PDML wrote: >>> On 7 Jun 2016, at 23:20, Steve Cottrell wrote: >>> On 7/6/16, Bob W-PDML, discombobulated, unleashed: >>> So not a good idea to wear salmon-scented after-shave? >>> Does a bear shit in the woods? >> >> I thought t

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On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 6:19 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote: > On 7/6/16, Bob W-PDML, discombobulated, unleashed: > >>So not a good idea to wear salmon-scented after-shave? > > Does a bear shit in the woods? > > (we may never know.) The first two years i was at GFM, 2005 and 2006, i had my tent very

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Bob W-PDML wrote: On 7 Jun 2016, at 23:20, Steve Cottrell wrote: On 7/6/16, Bob W-PDML, discombobulated, unleashed: So not a good idea to wear salmon-scented after-shave? Does a bear shit in the woods? I thought that was the Pope. I don't think any popes have ever been eaten by a bear.

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On 7 Jun 2016, at 23:20, Steve Cottrell wrote: > > On 7/6/16, Bob W-PDML, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> So not a good idea to wear salmon-scented after-shave? > > Does a bear shit in the woods? I thought that was the Pope. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/m

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On 7/6/16, Bob W-PDML, discombobulated, unleashed: >So not a good idea to wear salmon-scented after-shave? Does a bear shit in the woods? (we may never know.) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production -- _

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So not a good idea to wear salmon-scented after-shave? > On 7 Jun 2016, at 19:20, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > >> On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 1:16 PM, Christine Aguila >> wrote: >> Seeing a wild bear sounds cool and scary at the same time > > It's NOT seeing a wild bear that is dangerous. If you se

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Those are Gibbs' rules. I had my knife. When I arrived at the overlook, I had the camera on the car seat, but didn't open the passenger door to get it out when the woman gestured to me to come over. She had her camera in her hand & wasn't taking photos, so I just walked over to see what she want

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The wall at the overlook is higher than the wall in the bear habitat. On 6/7/2016 1:16 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: Seeing a wild bear sounds cool and scary at the same time. Cheers, Christine Sent from my iPad On Jun 5, 2016, at 6:58 PM, John wrote: I think we finished up around 1:30 pm. I

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Suggest Rule #K1. Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 7, 2016, at 11:46 AM, Gonz wrote: > > Not having the camera though ugh... That reminds me of NCIS rule #9: > always carry a knife. Maybe PDML should have a set of rules too. > Rule #?: always carry a camera. > > >> On Mon, Jun 6, 2016 at 11:21 A

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Not having the camera though ugh... That reminds me of NCIS rule #9: always carry a knife. Maybe PDML should have a set of rules too. Rule #?: always carry a camera. On Mon, Jun 6, 2016 at 11:21 AM, John wrote: > On 6/6/2016 9:34 AM, David J Brooks wrote: >> >> On Sun, Jun 5, 2016 at 7:58 PM, J

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On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 1:16 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: > Seeing a wild bear sounds cool and scary at the same time It's NOT seeing a wild bear that is dangerous. If you see the bear before it sees you, and you stay out of its way and awy from any cubs, they seldom bother you. If, however, you

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> On Jun 7, 2016, at 12:26 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote: > > On 7/6/16, Christine Aguila, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> Seeing a wild bear sounds cool and scary at the same time > > Depends on the type of bear > > HAR! xoxo Cheers, Chri

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On 7/6/16, Christine Aguila, discombobulated, unleashed: >Seeing a wild bear sounds cool and scary at the same time Depends on the type of bear -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production -

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Seeing a wild bear sounds cool and scary at the same time. Cheers, Christine Sent from my iPad > On Jun 5, 2016, at 6:58 PM, John wrote: > > I think we finished up around 1:30 pm. I drove straight through without > a break so I could get to the PetsHotel in Raleigh before they closed to > pic

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Not this year. Maybe next time. On 6/7/2016 12:14 AM, Ken Waller wrote: I don't suppose you heard a Canadian chainsaw by chance ? Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "John" Subject: Re: Home from Grandfather Moun

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I don't suppose you heard a Canadian chainsaw by chance ? Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "John" Subject: Re: Home from Grandfather Mountain. On 6/6/2016 9:34 AM, David J Brooks wrote: On Sun, Jun 5, 2016 a

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On 6/6/2016 12:21 PM, John wrote: On 6/6/2016 9:34 AM, David J Brooks wrote: On Sun, Jun 5, 2016 at 7:58 PM, John wrote: I think we finished up around 1:30 pm. I drove straight through without a break so I could get to the PetsHotel in Raleigh before they closed to pick up Baxter lest she have

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On 6/6/16, John, discombobulated, unleashed: >there were two hoot owls late Friday night. Couldn't see them, but I >could hear them calling - one over near the campground entrance and one >down the path in the direction of the guest cabin. That's one owl and Doug Brewer. -- Cheers, Cotty

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On 6/6/2016 9:34 AM, David J Brooks wrote: On Sun, Jun 5, 2016 at 7:58 PM, John wrote: I think we finished up around 1:30 pm. I drove straight through without a break so I could get to the PetsHotel in Raleigh before they closed to pick up Baxter lest she have to spend another night with strang

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On Sun, Jun 5, 2016 at 7:58 PM, John wrote: > I think we finished up around 1:30 pm. I drove straight through without > a break so I could get to the PetsHotel in Raleigh before they closed to > pick up Baxter lest she have to spend another night with strangers. I'm sure that was appreciated > >

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I think we finished up around 1:30 pm. I drove straight through without a break so I could get to the PetsHotel in Raleigh before they closed to pick up Baxter lest she have to spend another night with strangers. I saw a bear in the wild for the first time at GFM. It rained Saturday night. My re