Re: Quiet List

2020-08-20 Thread John
On 8/19/2020 09:53:22, Steve Cottrell wrote: On 19/8/20, Bob Pdml, discombobulated, unleashed: That's why the world's going to hell in a handbasket. Everyone's an exception and it's everyone else who has to make sacrifices. Tragedy of the commons. The thing about being cold is, it's easy to

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2020-08-20 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Ah, yes, the humidity. I remember my days in Florida: Hot, Muggy and Buggy! Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery * On Thu, Aug 20, 2020 at 11:46 AM John wrote: > Hah! > > 30C -35C (86F - 95F) ain't a heatwave. That's just what we call S

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2020-08-20 Thread John
Hah! 30C -35C (86F - 95F) ain't a heatwave. That's just what we call SUMMER (July/August) around here. It depends on the humidity as well as what you're used to. I've got window units that keep the house at 80F (26.6C) with the humidity between 40% - 50% in here. Any less humidity is bad f

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2020-08-20 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Understood. Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery * On Thu, Aug 20, 2020 at 9:54 AM Bob Pdml wrote: > I wrote that, not John. It was intended to be light-hearted, not nasty. > > Bob > > > On 20 Aug 2020, at 14:14, Daniel J. Matyola > wrote

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2020-08-20 Thread Bob Pdml
I wrote that, not John. It was intended to be light-hearted, not nasty. Bob > On 20 Aug 2020, at 14:14, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > No need to get nasty. > > Dan Matyola > *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery > * > >> On Wed, Aug 19, 2020 at 7:51 P

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2020-08-20 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
You are right to do whatever keeps her comfortable. That is your principal function in life. I get frustrated because my wife goes out to the pool patio, gets hot, then comes inside and turns the a/c temp down. In a few minutes, I find her wrapped in a blanket because she now is chilly. So I

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2020-08-20 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
No need to get nasty. Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery * On Wed, Aug 19, 2020 at 7:51 PM wrote: > > Take the yacht out... > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE

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2020-08-19 Thread Paul Stenquist
I used to keep it warmer, but my wife likes it cool. it seems to help control her allergies better, perhaps because it moves more air. Paul > On Aug 19, 2020, at 5:58 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > 71 is a bit cool by my standards. We generally try for 74 or 75 in hot > weather. Even my A

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2020-08-19 Thread jcoyle
so I'll be wearing a light jumper! John in Brisbane -Original Message- From: PDML On Behalf Of Bob Pdml Sent: Thursday, 20 August 2020 1:11 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Quiet List > On 19 Aug 2020, at 14:54, Steve Cottrell wrote: > > On 19/8/20, Bo

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2020-08-19 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
71 is a bit cool by my standards. We generally try for 74 or 75 in hot weather. Even my Alaskan Malamute seems OK with that. Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery * On Wed, Aug 19, 2020 at 2:43 PM Paul Stenquist wrote: > I have two large

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2020-08-19 Thread mike wilson
> On 19 August 2020 at 15:50 Ralf R Radermacher wrote: > > > Am 19.08.20 um 15:53 schrieb Steve Cottrell: > > > So the answer is to simply feel ill for a week and do nothing? > > We live smack in the very centre of a city of one million, with outside > walls about half a meter thick. Once th

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2020-08-19 Thread Paul Stenquist
I have two large central air conditioning units, one for the upper floor and another for the main floor and lower level. They are both set to maintain 71 degrees F, which they can do when outdoor temps hit 90 while running only a couple of hours a day. The house is well insulated and shaded by

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2020-08-19 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 19/8/20, Bob Pdml, discombobulated, unleashed: >Maybe. It's only a week. > >There are all sorts of strategies for coping, many of which Ralf has >outlined, and most of the world copes without AC. We lived in hot and >humid countries for years without AC. If it's your normal climate you, >er, a

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2020-08-19 Thread Bob Pdml
> On 19 Aug 2020, at 14:54, Steve Cottrell wrote: > > On 19/8/20, Bob Pdml, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> That's why the world's going to hell in a handbasket. >> >> Everyone's an exception and it's everyone else who has to make sacrifices. >> >> Tragedy of the commons. > > The thing ab

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2020-08-19 Thread Ralf R Radermacher
Am 19.08.20 um 15:53 schrieb Steve Cottrell: So the answer is to simply feel ill for a week and do nothing? We live smack in the very centre of a city of one million, with outside walls about half a meter thick. Once this building has heated up, it stays hot day and night even after the heatwa

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2020-08-19 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 19/8/20, Bob Pdml, discombobulated, unleashed: >That's why the world's going to hell in a handbasket. > >Everyone's an exception and it's everyone else who has to make sacrifices. > >Tragedy of the commons. The thing about being cold is, it's easy to stay warm - put on more clothes. If you'r

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2020-08-19 Thread Bob Pdml
> On 19 Aug 2020, at 13:17, Steve Cottrell wrote: > >  >> ... >> The AC was essential for us. Global warming or not. > That’s why the world’s going to hell in a handbasket. Everyone’s an exception and it’s everyone else who has to make sacrifices. Tragedy of the commons. -- PDML Penta

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2020-08-19 Thread Alan C
Soft! Alan C On 19-Aug-20 02:16 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote: On 18/8/20, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed: to maintain a comfortable 84° interior temperature Holy moly. Anything over 25 is murder for us! I've got 2 portable AC units and during the recent heatwave here (temps 30-35

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2020-08-19 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 18/8/20, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed: >to maintain a comfortable 84° interior temperature Holy moly. Anything over 25 is murder for us! I've got 2 portable AC units and during the recent heatwave here (temps 30-35 daily for over a week) they were both being used, one in my h

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2020-08-18 Thread Alan C
Relax, Godfrey. I was only pulling your leg. I completely agree with your erudite discourse. Here, in the Limpopo Lowveld, we have warm to very hot conditions all the year round. We do much as you do. Firstly, having lived here for 46 years we are well acclimatized & dress accordingly and, seco

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2020-08-18 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Alan, I'm not sure how running my air-conditioner for a few hours through the night can contribute to the heat wave. It could conceivably contribute to the brown-outs or power losses, but the trivial amount of power that my 28000 BTU AC consumes over the course of the year isn't going to influ

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2020-08-17 Thread Alan C
"Pretty darn nasty! My power was restored a few minutes after I arrived home and I ran the AC through the night". So you contributed to the heat wave? Alan C On 17-Aug-20 07:05 PM, Alan C wrote: Dan Dare survived the heat when he clashed with the Mekon on Venus! Alan C On 17-Aug-20 06:07 P

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2020-08-17 Thread Ken Waller
cuss Mail List >Subject: Re: Quiet List > >I don't know about anywhere else, but around here people are hunkered down >hiding from a virus and the current heat wave. Yesterday I spent the afternoon >at a friend's house where there was a swimming pool and my power was out.

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2020-08-17 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
I don't know about anywhere else, but around here people are hunkered down hiding from a virus and the current heat wave. Yesterday I spent the afternoon at a friend's house where there was a swimming pool and my power was out. When I got in the car to go home, the exterior temperature recorded

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2020-08-17 Thread Ralf R Radermacher
Am 17.08.20 um 19:05 schrieb Alan C: Dan Dare survived the heat when he clashed with the Mekon on Venus! Friday a week ago in Belgium, the rattlesnakes crept into our campfire to enjoy the shadow of the frying pan. Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - Köln/Cologne, Germany Blog : http://the-real-

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2020-08-17 Thread Alan C
Dan Dare survived the heat when he clashed with the Mekon on Venus! Alan C On 17-Aug-20 06:07 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: I don't know about anywhere else, but around here people are hunkered down hiding from a virus and the current heat wave. Yesterday I spent the afternoon at a friend's hou

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2020-08-17 Thread Ralf R Radermacher
Am 17.08.20 um 18:02 schrieb Daniel J. Matyola: Sure is quiet out there today. Things appear to be a lot livelier, over here, rising infection numbers notwithstanding. We're enjoying our first somewhat cooler day after a two-week heatwave with max temps of 37 deg c. It's 'only' 26 deg c now. I

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2020-08-17 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Sure is quiet out there today. Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery * -- 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

Re: Quiet list and soothing weather

2019-08-27 Thread Rick Womer
Excavating after two weeks in New Hampshire. Small collection of pix from last weekend coming up. Agree 100% about the weather! Rick > On Aug 27, 2019, at 1:18 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > The list seems very quiet of late; where is everyone? > I took a long weekend trip to Virginia, to

Quiet list and soothing weather

2019-08-27 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
The list seems very quiet of late; where is everyone? I took a long weekend trip to Virginia, to attend the memorial service for one of my college roommates, who was killed recently when a car ran over his bicycle from behind. I was also able to visit my nephew and his family and spend time with

Quiet List, Lost power for 10 hours so that helped...

2013-05-26 Thread P.J. Alling
Since it's so quiet I've been able to look through a few of the back posts that I haven't been able to catch up on and found Dave Brooks' on the Pentax Fora T-Shirt, (I think there's an extra letter in there somewhere). Perhaps we should have a T-Shirt, my vote "The PDML, the /original/ Pentax

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2008-02-04 Thread Gonz
Looks like most of the Patriots fans they fainted. On 2/4/08, David J Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v408/divad_b/?action=view¤t=_IGP3609.jpg > > This is what Boo thought of the game. > > Dave > > On Feb 4, 2008 10:56 AM, Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wro

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2008-02-04 Thread David J Brooks
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v408/divad_b/?action=view¤t=_IGP3609.jpg This is what Boo thought of the game. Dave On Feb 4, 2008 10:56 AM, Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Super Bowl? What's that?. > > I was scanning & processing some Acros in 120. I don't watch TV, it's boring. > > -A

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2008-02-04 Thread Adam Maas
Super Bowl? What's that?. I was scanning & processing some Acros in 120. I don't watch TV, it's boring. -Adam On 2/3/08, Perry Pellechia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Everyone was watching my Giants win the Super Bowl!! > > On Feb 3, 2008 10:35 PM, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

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2008-02-03 Thread Cymen Vig
I'm with you Marnie. I'm batting 0 for lets just say a number less than 100 but greater than 10. I was doing a bit of voting earlier today too at the gallery. Cymen On Feb 3, 2008 10:03 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've been voting at the Pentax gallery. > > Not that any of my photos have m

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2008-02-03 Thread Jack Davis
Was that today?? Jack --- Perry Pellechia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Everyone was watching my Giants win the Super Bowl!! > > On Feb 3, 2008 10:35 PM, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > -- > > I am personally a member of the Cream of the Illuminati. > > A union w

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2008-02-03 Thread Eactivist
I've been voting at the Pentax gallery. Not that any of my photos have made it through peer review yet. But, stupidly, I can still vote. POWER! Marnie aka Doe ;-) - Warning: I am now filtering my email, so you may be censored.

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2008-02-03 Thread Perry Pellechia
The other half of the list understands. On Feb 3, 2008 11:02 PM, David Savage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 12:51 PM 4/02/2008, Perry Pellechia wrote: > >Everyone was watching my Giants win the Super Bowl!! > > Super what? > > > Dave > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > P

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2008-02-03 Thread David Savage
At 12:51 PM 4/02/2008, Perry Pellechia wrote: >Everyone was watching my Giants win the Super Bowl!! Super what? Dave -- 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

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2008-02-03 Thread P. J. Alling
-- I am personally a member of the Cream of the Illuminati. A union with the Bavarian Illuminati is contemplated. When it is complete the Bavarian Cream Illuminati will rule the world -- Anonymous -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_p

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2008-02-03 Thread Scott Loveless
Perry Pellechia wrote: > Everyone was watching my Giants win the Super Bowl!! > Not me. I went grocery shopping. Just like I do every year during the stupid bowl. ;) -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net ht

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2008-02-03 Thread Perry Pellechia
Everyone was watching my Giants win the Super Bowl!! On Feb 3, 2008 10:35 PM, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -- > I am personally a member of the Cream of the Illuminati. > A union with the Bavarian Illuminati is contemplated. > When it is complete the Bavarian Cream I

Re: Quiet list - taking pictures!

2003-08-14 Thread frank theriault
-- > From: "Pat White" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 6:17 PM > Subject: Re: Quiet list - taking pictures! > > > Welcome to the Brotherhood, Brother Bob. Sounds like you did well. If > it's >

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2003-08-14 Thread Kenneth Waller
MAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 6:10 PM Subject: Quiet list - taking pictures! > Yes, we are all out taking pictures! > > Tall Ships (Old sailing vessels) were in Chicago this week and I was photographing. > Thanks to advice from the list, I bought a 6x7 on Ebay. >

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2003-08-14 Thread Keith Whaley
Just GOT to get me a 6x7 ! Bring on the photos, Bob! keith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Yes, we are all out taking pictures! > > Tall Ships (Old sailing vessels) were in Chicago this week and I was photographing. > Thanks to advice from the list, I bought a 6x7 on Ebay. > I was in Downtown C

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2003-08-14 Thread ernreed2
Took the new Optio 550 to the zoo yesterday. Also the ZX-5n. So yes, I guess it's fair to say I've been taking some pictures.

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2003-08-14 Thread Bruce Dayton
Very cool, Bob. Hope you got a few of her boats! I have to agree with you on the Wow you get when you gaze at those big slides... Tell us more about what you ended up getting. Brother Bruce Tuesday, August 5, 2003, 3:10:51 PM, you wrote: Rac> Yes, we are all out taking pictures! Rac> Tall

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2003-08-14 Thread Amita Guha
I had fun putting three rolls through my new Super Program this weekend and trying out my new monopod. :) > I've been shooting a lot. Fifteen rolls of film last weekend, another > three this weekend. I have a lot of scanning and printing to do. Paul

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2003-08-09 Thread Pat White
Maris, the town is Victoria, BC, Canada. Head west, and when you get to the coast, get on the ferry and go further west. Many retired people, many university students, and many artists, which accounts for all the art galleries. Also lots of deer in the suburbs, a popular snack for the cougars.

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2003-08-07 Thread Maris V. Lidaka Sr.
What town, Brother Pat? I need to go there :-) Maris - Original Message - From: "Pat White" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 6:17 PM Subject: Re: Quiet list - taking pictures! > Welcome to the Brotherhood, Brother

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2003-08-07 Thread T Rittenhouse
t; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 10:52 PM Subject: RE: Quiet list - taking pictures! > Paul, > > I have 23 boxes of slides sitting on my desk waiting to be edited. Two more > still at the processor. I'm planning a 4 day

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2003-08-06 Thread Steve Desjardins
I've actually taken 3 rolls this week just walking around town and along the river. Oddly, I just can't resist taking the MX along . . .. Steven Desjardins Department of Chemistry Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA 24450 (540) 458-8873 FAX: (540) 458-8878 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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2003-08-06 Thread Bill Sawyer
PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Quiet list - taking pictures! The will have to pass Detroit to get out of the lakes. So camp down on the waterfront. I have to admit there are a few things I miss about my home town. Not enough to move back though. Ciao, Graywolf http://pages.prodig

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2003-08-05 Thread Rfsindg
Waller > - Original Message - > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 6:10 PM > Subject: Quiet list - taking pictures! > > > > Yes, we are all out taking pictures! > > > > Tall Ships (Old sa