Re: PAW: GFM "S" Curve

2005-06-15 Thread Jon M
I assume you meant "delivered". You lucky devil. :) --- Kenneth Waller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ...or in my soon to belivered Boxster S... > __ Discover Yahoo! Find restaurants, movies, travel and more fun for the weekend. Check it out

Re: PAW: GFM "S" Curve

2005-06-15 Thread Kenneth Waller
> I would love to be carving the apex of those turns in > my Alfa Romeo . ...or in my soon to belivered Boxster S... Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: "Jerry in Houston" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, June 13, 2005 10:38 PM Subject: Re: PAW:

Re: PAW: GFM "S" Curve

2005-06-14 Thread David Mann
On Jun 14, 2005, at 11:23 AM, Rob Studdert wrote: Ahh great fun, I had a new little Citroen Xsara, made it work for its money but on some really great bend I got stuck behind an old dude in an Aston Martin DB7 for miles :-( I wouldn't complain. The DB7 is the best looking car ever made.

Re: PAW: GFM "S" Curve

2005-06-14 Thread David Mann
On Jun 14, 2005, at 2:14 AM, E.R.N. Reed wrote: Remember I'm *the* PDMLer who doesn't drink beer, coffee or teaearlgreyhot ... You're not the only one... Cheers, - Dave (no wine either... but sambuca is a different story :) http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/

Re: PAW: GFM "S" Curve

2005-06-13 Thread Jerry in Houston
I would love to be carving the apex of those turns in my Alfa Romeo . Jerry in Houston

RE: Re: PAW: GFM "S" Curve

2005-06-13 Thread Rob Studdert
On 13 Jun 2005 at 21:13, Bob W wrote: > One of my brothers has a house in Les Alpes-de-Haute-Provence. First time he > drove there in his Discovery the brakes failed on the way down one of the > windy > roads up there. Luckily he had lots of toilet tissue with him. He managed to > get > down the

Re: PAW: GFM "S" Curve

2005-06-13 Thread Graywolf
LOL! graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" --- Cotty wrote: On 13/6/05, Graywolf, discombobulated, unleashed: Next year we will run you over to one of the trail heads and let you walk up. Also maybe a trip to Mt Pisgah (highe

Re: PAW: GFM "S" Curve

2005-06-13 Thread Jon M
I was down in the Mortimer/Edgemont area a few weeks ago. Very pretty country, but certainly isolated. My sis didn't know where I was telling her to go - she was afraid the road would get too rough for her poor little Volkswagen. --- Graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Next year we will run

RE: Re: PAW: GFM "S" Curve

2005-06-13 Thread Bob W
One of my brothers has a house in Les Alpes-de-Haute-Provence. First time he drove there in his Discovery the brakes failed on the way down one of the windy roads up there. Luckily he had lots of toilet tissue with him. He managed to get down the mountain, and promptly uprated the brakes to whateve

Re: PAW: GFM "S" Curve

2005-06-13 Thread mike wilson
t; "Expert Proof" --- mike wilson wrote: From: "E.R.N. Reed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 2005/06/13 Mon PM 02:18:38 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: PAW: GFM "S" Curve mike wilson wrote: 8-) Or two wheels - your choice of motive power. Go

Re: PAW: GFM "S" Curve

2005-06-13 Thread Cotty
On 13/6/05, Graywolf, discombobulated, unleashed: >Next year we will run you over to one of the trail heads and let you walk >up. Also maybe a trip to Mt Pisgah (higher and much scarier than GFM) You >can walk up that one too (if you have a couple of days to spare (GRIN). >Then a trip over to Mort

Re: PAW: GFM "S" Curve

2005-06-13 Thread brooksdj
> Is this the place to inject that the speed limit on GFM is 15mph. Sorry to blow up everyones fantasy (grin). > > graywolf > http://www.graywolfphoto.com > "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" LOL Most of the time i barely did 10, 5 when the deer jumped out

Re: PAW: GFM "S" Curve

2005-06-13 Thread Graywolf
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 2005/06/13 Mon PM 02:18:38 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: PAW: GFM "S" Curve mike wilson wrote: 8-) Or two wheels - your choice of motive power. Going down on a bicycle would be excellent. OH MY . !! After mixing it

Re: PAW: GFM "S" Curve

2005-06-13 Thread Graywolf
Next year we will run you over to one of the trail heads and let you walk up. Also maybe a trip to Mt Pisgah (higher and much scarier than GFM) You can walk up that one too (if you have a couple of days to spare (GRIN). Then a trip over to Mortimer will give you an idea of what an isolated town

Re: Re: PAW: GFM "S" Curve

2005-06-13 Thread mike wilson
> > From: Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2005/06/13 Mon PM 02:55:35 GMT > To: "pentax list" > Subject: Re: PAW: GFM "S" Curve > > On 13/6/05, mike wilson, discombobulated, unleashed: > > > > >After mixing it with the goingtowo

Re: PAW: GFM "S" Curve

2005-06-13 Thread Cotty
On 13/6/05, mike wilson, discombobulated, unleashed: > >After mixing it with the goingtoworkatallcostsgetoutofmyways and the >schoolrunpsychos, curves are FUN! > >Though maybe not with a coke wagon coming the other way 8-) Especially when they only travel a hundred at a time. Cheers, Co

Re: PAW: GFM "S" Curve

2005-06-13 Thread Cotty
\ >>Coke is a necessity? >> >> >> >> >Well, *that* sort is, as is ice cream (original post). > >Remember I'm *the* PDMLer who doesn't drink beer, coffee or >teaearlgreyhot ... I can't turn water into wine, but I can certainly turn wine into water :-> Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) |

RE: PAW: GFM "S" Curve

2005-06-13 Thread Jens Bladt
Very nice. We call this a "hair needle bend" or a "serpentine road" :-) Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Paul Stenquist [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 13. juni 2005 02:14 Til: pentax-discuss@pdml.net E

Re: Re: PAW: GFM "S" Curve

2005-06-13 Thread mike wilson
> > From: "E.R.N. Reed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2005/06/13 Mon PM 02:18:38 GMT > To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > Subject: Re: PAW: GFM "S" Curve > > mike wilson wrote: > > > > >8-) Or two wheels - your choice of motive power

Re: PAW: GFM "S" Curve

2005-06-13 Thread E.R.N. Reed
mike wilson wrote: 8-) Or two wheels - your choice of motive power. Going down on a bicycle would be excellent. OH MY . !!

Re: PAW: GFM "S" Curve

2005-06-13 Thread Ann Sanfedele
William Robb wrote: > >  > > - Original Message - > From: "Ann Sanfedele" > Subject: Re: PAW: GFM "S" Curve > > > > > That sort of definesanScurve ok! - I think I > > drove down that > > one with Wheatfield at th

Re: PAW: GFM "S" Curve

2005-06-13 Thread E.R.N. Reed
Cotty wrote: On 13/6/05, E.R.N. Reed, discombobulated, unleashed: Sounds so very familiar -- I remember on my trip (late July last year) watching with fascination (and photographing, of course!) a bright red Coca-Cola truck goin' up there last summer. I do appreciate the dedication of the

Re: Re: PAW: GFM "S" Curve

2005-06-13 Thread mike wilson
> > From: Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2005/06/13 Mon PM 12:53:05 GMT > To: "pentax list" > Subject: Re: PAW: GFM "S" Curve > > On 13/6/05, mike wilson, discombobulated, unleashed: > > >Looks like a good road to travel. > >

Re: PAW: GFM "S" Curve

2005-06-13 Thread Cotty
On 13/6/05, mike wilson, discombobulated, unleashed: >Looks like a good road to travel. Yeah but only in America: cars take precedence on the way to the top of the mountain! Over here everybody is expected to walk or take a scenic railway to the top - the odd nutter drives up in a Land Rover ;-

Re: PAW: GFM "S" Curve

2005-06-13 Thread frank theriault
On 6/13/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Great shot Ken. Ditto. I may have a fisheye of that curve on film, if I ever get my film developed. Love yours, though, Ken. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson

Re: PAW: GFM "S" Curve

2005-06-13 Thread brooksdj
Great shot Ken. DAVE > Check out - > > http://mypeoplepc.com/members/kwaller/offwallphoto/id2.html > > Taken during the Nature Photography Weekend sometime between rain drops. > The best example of its kind I've ever personally seen outside of a race > trac

Re: Re: PAW: GFM "S" Curve

2005-06-13 Thread mike wilson
> > From: Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2005/06/13 Mon AM 09:58:15 GMT > To: "pentax list" > Subject: Re: PAW: GFM "S" Curve > > On 13/6/05, mike wilson, discombobulated, unleashed: > > >> Coke is a necessity? > > > >

Re: PAW: GFM "S" Curve

2005-06-13 Thread Cotty
On 13/6/05, mike wilson, discombobulated, unleashed: >> Coke is a necessity? > >Not to mention ice cream. Although. Mike, have you ever had a 'float' ?? :-) Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com

Re: Re: PAW: GFM "S" Curve

2005-06-13 Thread mike wilson
> > From: Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2005/06/13 Mon AM 07:41:38 GMT > To: "pentax list" > Subject: Re: PAW: GFM "S" Curve > > On 13/6/05, E.R.N. Reed, discombobulated, unleashed: > > >Sounds so very familiar -- I remember on my

Re: PAW: GFM "S" Curve

2005-06-13 Thread Cotty
On 13/6/05, E.R.N. Reed, discombobulated, unleashed: >Sounds so very familiar -- I remember on my trip (late July last year) >watching with fascination (and photographing, of course!) a bright red >Coca-Cola truck goin' up there last summer. I do appreciate the >dedication of the people who del

Re: Re: PAW: GFM "S" Curve

2005-06-13 Thread mike wilson
> > From: "Rob Studdert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2005/06/13 Mon AM 03:14:05 GMT > To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > Subject: Re: PAW: GFM "S" Curve > > On 12 Jun 2005 at 19:13, Kenneth Waller wrote: > > > Check out - > > &

Re: PAW: GFM "S" Curve

2005-06-12 Thread Graywolf
Flatlanders! (GRIN) graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" --- Bob Sullivan wrote: Last year at GFM we drove up to the top of the mountain thru that S curve. It must be a 15-20% grade at the curve. As we reached it, a 25 or 30

Re: PAW: GFM "S" Curve

2005-06-12 Thread E.R.N. Reed
Bob Sullivan wrote: Last year at GFM we drove up to the top of the mountain thru that S curve. It must be a 15-20% grade at the curve. As we reached it, a 25 or 30 foot long delivery truck, not a van but a HEAVY truck with dual rear wheels, was trying to make it up the grade. We watched him t

Re: PAW: GFM "S" Curve

2005-06-12 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 6/12/2005 4:14:34 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Check out - http://mypeoplepc.com/members/kwaller/offwallphoto/id2.html Taken during the Nature Photography Weekend sometime between rain drops. The best example of its kind I've ever personally seen outside

Re: PAW: GFM "S" Curve

2005-06-12 Thread Mat Maessen
Woah, nasty decreasing radius on the first corner, but the second one opens up nicely. :-) Late apex on the first corner, little squirt of power, brake for the second one, and get the power down through the apex of the second. I can see the line... -Mat On 6/12/05, Kenneth Waller <[EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: PAW: GFM "S" Curve

2005-06-12 Thread Bob Sullivan
Last year at GFM we drove up to the top of the mountain thru that S curve. It must be a 15-20% grade at the curve. As we reached it, a 25 or 30 foot long delivery truck, not a van but a HEAVY truck with dual rear wheels, was trying to make it up the grade. We watched him try to keep the truck on

Re: PAW: GFM "S" Curve

2005-06-12 Thread Rob Studdert
On 12 Jun 2005 at 19:13, Kenneth Waller wrote: > Check out - > > http://mypeoplepc.com/members/kwaller/offwallphoto/id2.html > > Taken during the Nature Photography Weekend sometime between rain drops. > The best example of its kind I've ever personally seen outside of a race > track. Cools sho

Re: PAW: GFM "S" Curve

2005-06-12 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Ann Sanfedele" Subject: Re: PAW: GFM "S" Curve That sort of definesanScurve ok! - I think I drove down that one with Wheatfield at the wheel and still have the ragged fingernails to prove it :) Sorry. I though you knew it'

Re: PAW: GFM "S" Curve

2005-06-12 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Kenneth Waller wrote: > >  > > Check out - > > http://mypeoplepc.com/members/kwaller/offwallphoto/id2.html > > Taken during the Nature Photography Weekend sometime between rain drops. > The best example of its kind I've ever personally seen outside of a race > track. > > Comments of all kinds

Re: PAW: GFM "S" Curve

2005-06-12 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Jon M" Subject: Re: PAW: GFM "S" Curve Yeowch... that'd be a fun curve to whip around. :) It's really fun in the rain. William (my roads are straight and flat) Robb

Re: PAW: GFM "S" Curve

2005-06-12 Thread Jon M
Yeowch... that'd be a fun curve to whip around. :) --- Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Wow! What a location. Roll film!! > Paul > On Jun 12, 2005, at 7:13 PM, Kenneth Waller wrote: > > > Check out - > > > > > http://mypeoplepc.com/members/kwaller/offwallphoto/id2.html > > > > Taken

Re: PAW: GFM "S" Curve

2005-06-12 Thread Paul Stenquist
Wow! What a location. Roll film!! Paul On Jun 12, 2005, at 7:13 PM, Kenneth Waller wrote: Check out - http://mypeoplepc.com/members/kwaller/offwallphoto/id2.html Taken during the Nature Photography Weekend sometime between rain drops. The best example of its kind I've ever personally seen out

PAW: GFM "S" Curve

2005-06-12 Thread Kenneth Waller
Check out - http://mypeoplepc.com/members/kwaller/offwallphoto/id2.html Taken during the Nature Photography Weekend sometime between rain drops. The best example of its kind I've ever personally seen outside of a race track. Comments of all kinds solicited. Thanks in advance. Kenneth Waller