michael b

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"..the CL's muffled 'snick'."

 

Yes, that's it exactly.

I loved mine, it led to me getting an M3.

I kept shooting the CL primarily, it just seemed perfect.

"Was that a proper question to be asking a man who was happy to find his cat alive and his life's work intact?"

 

Why not? I asked about the cat last, DC seemed glad to provide details of the rescue. I will say I skimmed the original post -- the helpless NOLA pets were a sad sidenote to the human misery - and missed the fact that his negatives were saved so my other comment was unnecessary. I've lurked here for years, post rarely for just this reason. Jeesh.

Thanks for what you've shared in the past, your early morning prowls have captured some stuff that may never be seen again. I hope the archives are intact.

 

FWIW relatives on the Mississippi coast have nothing left.

 

How happy was that cat to see you? Good deal.

Seems like a fine cap but since when is a baseball hat a Slazenger hat?

Really late spring or procrastination?

Suggesting 8x over 10x is great advice IMHO, seldom mentioned. A long day at the races with 8x20 Trinovids is such a pleasure.

From AP, food for thought --

 

"Investors seemed unimpressed...the stock may have also taken a hit because of the Mac mini, the company's new, $499 computer. Profit per machine is likely to be lower on the bare-bones mini.

 

Cross estimated the profit margin to be as high as 19 percent. More expensive Macs have profit margins of 25 percent or higher."

WD-40

Early week NYT's puzzles are a waste of time. Friday is good, Saturday is always fun, better than the big Sunday puzzle.

I like it. Simple strong image, not judgemental just interesting. Wonderful background. Thanks.

Nessie?

Yes, loss of a pet can be less complicated, more focused, simpler to understand and very intense as a result.

Beyond the 10 Commandments there are the lesser known Suggestions including -- Thou shalt figure your scanner out before posting pictures from it.

Clever.

Irfanview may be the best free-ware program of all time, yet for actual manipulation of images, Paint Shop Pro, Photoshop Elements and several other programs are much better -- generally available for $50.00 give or take if you shop around.

Certainly looks like a step in the right direction...an actual shutter speed dial; manual focus lens with standard f-stops; a very useful 28mm-90mm equivalent zoom; a familiar form factor, not the giant pigs most DSLR's are yet enough mass for steady low light use. I'm not surprised there's no RF -- big bucks -- an EVF, properly done, can be very nice. Looks closer to the original "reportage" camera concept, 5mp's is plenty for excellent prints of reasonable size.

If compelled to sample an Irish pub in StL, why not the less pretentious Seamus McDaniel's in Dog Town? Near the zoo, a better taste of the StL neighborhood mentality.

With WDC #6 within arm's reach, MS has been REALLY lucky, no?

When he's gone, I suspect you'll say with pride in years to come that you saw him race and win. At the first USGP -- rain in the a.m. -- I sat in the short chute, cars exiting the wet infield section onto the drier regular section leading to turn 13 and the straight...flat out the whole way. All day, every car hit that point and got squirrely under full power, except Schumi. He was absolutely on rails all day (until he fell asleep at the other end and spun at the end, still winning easily). His ruthlessness or his record notwithstanding, he was quite amazing to watch that day.

Chad,

 

Thanks to Google, I get it now :-)

Good observations, points one AND two.

Given Ferrari's record for reliability, not likely. Wouldn't it be more gratifying to have your man -- JPM? Kimi? -- win the WDC in a true fight? Or perhaps the comment of a Schumi-hater, nothing more.

FYI you can get quite close to the action near the end of the infield section, at the two very tight turns Mickey and Mouse the cars are creeping. With the WDC so close this year, I expect most of my pictures will we taken well before the actual race. My focus will be on something other than images. Also, take the earplug advice to heart.

Yep.

Generic, cliched?

At least a cut above IMHO, very nice.

Thanks, Mike. Considering Bronson's wife, actress Jill Ireland died some years back of cancer, I'd been led to believe I was the only one, in fact, who cared. Bronson carried himself with a dignity seen rarely these days IMHO.