Dan wrote:
Always nice to hear there is another Marine on the list.
S/F - All us jar heads gotta stick together.
Dan wrote:
I bought my first Pentax while serving as a Marine in Viet Nam.
One of my friend photogs at the University of Kentucky was a former Marine
photog, a section c
Used to be that the only rule was to keep the tequilla
away from the chicks ;)
Collin (not that I'd know anything about that...) Brendemuehl
>From: "Treena Harp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>That's about the only thing from high school chemistry I remember, except
>for traumatizing my instr
>
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>
>
> Joseph McAllister wrote:
>
> > On 01/24/2001 11:17, [EMAIL PROTECTED] opined:
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> > >
> > >BTW, on toxicity, I discovered at home a bottle of maximum
Joseph McAllister wrote:
> On 01/24/2001 11:17, [EMAIL PROTECTED] opined:
>
> >
> >BTW, on toxicity, I discovered at home a bottle of maximum purity Glacial
> >acetic acid (99.5%) ... should I pour it into water or water into acid ;) ?
> >I just can't get
Mike Johnston wrote:
Stop bath mixed for use has about the same acidity as orange
juice or urine.
I reply:
If your urine is acidic, you either need to see the doctor or we
have a new specie!
I agree with everyone about being overcautios with chemicals -
being bound up with PPE and suffering fr
JoMac wrote:
the photographic lab at Naval Air Station Miramar, San Diego,
California had to produce a moderate to humongus number of
panchromatic and color 8 x 10 prints in short order. The Kennedy job
involved over 24 hours of printing from 4 x 5 dupe negatives using six
>When Kennedy was shot...
Great post, JoMac. Thanks.
--Mike
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So, okay, lessee, I'm mixing up glacial acetic acid...do I add the water to
the acid or the acid to the water...it has something to do with an
automobile club, AAA...something to do with alphabetical, can't remember
what...there's a little rhyme that tells me...what was that again?
>> Hmm...20 minutes to develop a print in coffee?
>
>
> Yes, but how long to develop that same print in beer? :-P
Ah, but there is a great advantage of beer development over coffee
development. With coffee you will always get a very poor negative, but with
beer, you drink a few and then y
On 01/24/2001 14:27, [EMAIL PROTECTED] opined:
>Photographers in the old days of
>19th century were known to die from too much pyro exposure (say, 40 years
>of the job, daily, without gloves, actually PUTTING HANDS INTO THE STUFF!!!
>Dumb...). I don't think you are gonna die, but maybe develop so
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> (snip)
> BTW, on toxicity, I discovered at home a bottle of maximum purity Glacial
> acetic acid (99.5%) ... should I pour it into water or water into acid ;) ?
> I just can't get myself to remember it right... Well, if I stop responding
> to list
On 01/24/2001 11:17, [EMAIL PROTECTED] opined:
>
>BTW, on toxicity, I discovered at home a bottle of maximum purity Glacial
>acetic acid (99.5%) ... should I pour it into water or water into acid ;) ?
>I just can't get myself to remember it right... Well, if I stop responding
On 24 Jan 2001, at 11:01, Alin Flaider wrote:
> Hmm...20 minutes to develop a print in coffee?
Yes, but how long to develop that same print in beer? :-P
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Lake Erie is toxic.
Regards,
Bob...
Give blood. Play hockey.
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From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2001 8:55 PM
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> At 00:51 23.1.2001 -0500, you wrote:
> >Ok, wolfman, will coffee work for developing prints as well? should I
use
> green or
> >dark roast?
> >
> >Yours in health,
> >nurse annsan
>
> Ann, I am sorry but I r
(as I mentioned at the end of my post) only read about coffee
developer, and the article bt Tony McLean mentioned nothing about prints.
Most propably yes, but at tooo long times. I would certainly sip the coffee
off the tray to stay awake ;)
BTW, on toxicity, I discovered at home a bottle of maximum
I finally remembered where I read such an exhaustive article on chemical
poisoning and safety precautions. Where else but the Focal press
Encyclopaedia of Photographu ("Encyclopaedia Ggigantica Photographica
Maxima") from the Seventies.
It deals with dermatitis and ways to heal it, etc.
I recomme
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Read it? y
>JoMac: I discovered the secret of standing far away and using long tongs
>about thirty seconds into my clothing-optional bacon frying excursion.
>I learn fast when it hurts.
you just need a lid on your wok, and stir things arou
Dan Scott wrote:
> That's the problem right there. TVs should come with a warning label
> "Warning, prolonged exposure can lead to paranoia, delusions, loss of
> identity, and mental decline."
Not to mention bad judgement and hallucinations.
JoMac: I discovered the secret of standing far away
Gerald wrote:
GC> Hmm...20 minutes to develop a print in coffee?
I'd say bearable considering you can share the developer. But hey,
don't forget to label the used cup. ;o)
Servus, Alin
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> Check this out:
>
> http://www.rit.edu/~andpph/text-coffee.html
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Interesting. I guess you can find anything on the web. I published that
article in _PHOTO Techniques_ in '95 or '96. BTW, Scott Williams is no
longer at RIT.
--Mike
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JoMac says:
>Almost all my recommended activities are probably one time events,
>performed to dispel the fear of doing anything the media (mostly TV) drum
>into your head every single day. Butter, eggs, red meat, and milk are
>their favorites.
That's the problem right there. TVs should come wit
Hmm...20 minutes to develop a print in coffee?
Very interesting link Shell, thanks for sharing it.
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From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 9:44 AM
Subject: Develop Film in Co
I think it was Bob Blakely who posted it...
Norm
From: Dennis Klimovich
> John wrote: Coffee as a developer?? Now that _is_ cool.
> ---
> Hi John and all.
> Two years ago I saw (by link from PDMLers) article on the
> web about real use of coffe as developer...
> Maybe someone remember where is i
William Robb wrote:
>I thought EVERYONE knew that!!! Standard procedure in my lab.
Bill,
You'd be surprised. One of the young "chemists" in our company, with a
freshly minted undergraduate degree, came to me one day because he was a bit
by confused by the ideal gas law. (Certainly something tha
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From: "Peifer, William [OCDUS]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: January 23, 2001 8:04 AM
Subject: RE: Glacial Acetic Acid. was Re: Toxicity (was
Warning!)
> William Robb wrote:
> >Anyway, the only time I take any
William Robb wrote:
>Anyway, the only time I take any sort of precautions, other than
>common sense, with chemistry is when I am working with the
>stuff
>I don't wear protective gear with the stock solution,
>just the full strength acid.
>For that, I wear a neoprene apron, neoprene gloves, gog
Joseph McAllister wrote:
> cook bacon naked
As a Canadian, I can tell you that this is very bad advice. Most of us
up here don't do it a second time.
Aaron
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JoMac wrote:
I see you subscribe to the "protect us all from cradle to grave
from any
threat or damage" school, foisted upon us by the media
these past 20
years.
If only you knew how wrong that statement is 8-))
Live life at ease, not in fear. You have surprisingly little
control
John wrote: Coffee as a developer?? Now that _is_ cool.
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Hi John and all.
Two years ago I saw (by link from PDMLers) article on the
web about real use of coffe as developer...
Maybe someone remember where is it?
Den
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I'm glad to see there are others on the list who feel discretion is the better part
of
valor regarding darkroom chemicals.
To Mike Wilson I say thank you for stressing the dangers.
To MIke Johnson I say, it doesn't really matter to me if technically the amount of
vinegar
I put in the stop isn't
Mike - so glad you posted this -
Your warning was much stronger than mine (which I presume you read)
and backed with more detail that I was unable to recall.
Regards,
annsan
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Words to live by.
Thanks JoMac
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Sent: Monday, January 22, 2001 7:36 PM
Subject: Re: Toxicity (was Warning!)
> And: eat eggs for breakfast every day; use butter, it&#x
mike wilson wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Sorry folks, but I think you are not being forceful enough about
> using Glacial Acetic Acid.
>
> This is an _extremely_ nasty chemical whose _fumes_ will damage
> your eyes. I would not dream of opening a bottle in the
> confined space of a darkrooom. The smell (an
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Sent: Monday, 22 January, 2001 06:31
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Subject: Re: Toxicity
At 17:59 21.1.2001 -0600, you wrote:
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>
>> The stuff you buy
>> is wick
le on safety and dermatitis and other safety things
regarding photo chemicals, look for an UK "CAMERA & DARKROOM" magazine,
issue 41 (1999 #3), article by Tony McLean, "Caution!Beware!!", dealing
mostly with Pyro toxicity and common precautions. I could scan it, if the
edito
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Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2001 5:59 PM
Subject: Toxicity
>
>
> > The stuff you buy
> > is wickedly toxic.
>
> Oh, sorry, I forgot to add, this isn't true either. The stuff you buy is a
> mildly acetic solution
Hi Mike,
I have a problem and you've got a bad habit. :)
I notice that you often change the topic line for your messages. That's excellent when
the topic line is misleading.
However if you don't indicate from what thread you're coming, no one will be able to
trace it back and find out what the
> The stuff you buy
> is wickedly toxic.
Oh, sorry, I forgot to add, this isn't true either. The stuff you buy is a
mildly acetic solution with an indicator in it. I'm not suggesting you drink
it, but if you did by accident, it's unlikely to hurt you. It's not much
more toxic than salad dressin
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