The Coffee House

[snowbear115 46]

MLW set me up with an early Christmas, though she says it isn't.


Untitled by Charlie Wrenn, on Flickr


Untitled by Charlie Wrenn, on Flickr

 

[davidharmier60]

Dave wouldn't know fly fishing if it bit him.
But a right handed spinning reel is nearly the perfect thing!

Dave did 4.5 hours today. Last thing was the Marquee which he thinks he did VERY well. Tomorrow he might have to vacuum the cooling gadget on top of the ice machines.

Now he will look at 21-30 penny rolls from the box.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G890A using Tapatalk

 

[Gary A.]

Buenas Dias Coffee Hosers. 50F presently with an expected high in the low 70's. The sun is streaming in through the kitchen shutters across the table delivering splashes of light on the oranges and paper. Coffee is pleasant as Gary sips it out of his Holiday mug. Growing up in a Southern California valley, we had to drive 30 minutes to Mt. Baldy for our winter snow. Gary grew up in a small agricultural community about 30 miles due west of Los Angeles. There is a ridge of hills separating the Chino Valley from the coast, on any given day the valley gets cooler and warmer than the Los Angeles Basin. Plus, being surrounded by open fields and orchards it was common to wake up to frozen windshield and iced grass that crunched under your feet. There's a ski lift at Mt. Baldy in the San Gabriel Mountains, but the run is steep and the snow crappy. Skiing there was more like a Destruction Derby contest than sport. But tubing was fun and the local mountains close. Real skiing was two hours away in the San Bernardino Mountains in Wrightwood, Arrowhead and Big Bear. Great skiing is five hours (Mammoth), six hours (Squaw Valley) and eight hours (Tahoe) away. Gary has been on ice skates maybe four times in his life. In winter Gary liked to surf or dive, baseball or bike. In summer Gary liked to surf or dive, baseball or bike.

PS- @ smoke665: We would tie ropes to cars and 'ski' down the road on our handmade skateboards.

 

[Gary A.]

MLW set me up with an early Christmas, though she says it isn't.


Untitled by Charlie Wrenn, on Flickr


Untitled by Charlie Wrenn, on Flickr

Gary knows nothing about fishing, but that looks like a nice set.

 

[Gary A.]

Gary doesn't fish or hunt for recreation or food. He prefers to leave the killing of his food to pros. (This is Gary's code, he doesn't pass judgement on others.)

 

[Gary A.]

LOL ... Mary Lou has been attempting to "snag" some Hamilton tickets cheap. She has her computer set to Stubhub thinking that someone may be desperate to sell on the day of a performance. She checks repeatedly throughout the day. She is OCD ... she calls it being systematic.

 

[JonA_CT]

One of my students two years ago caught one of Lin-Manuel Miranda's last performances on Broadway. Her parents had some serious, serious connections though (and some deep pockets, too).

 

[smoke665]

PS- @ smoke665: We would tie ropes to cars and 'ski' down the road on our handmade skateboards.

Roads around us were way to rough for skateboards, but if you could find a drainage ditch with water, an old water ski, and didnt mind dodging the occasional water moccasin it could be fun

 

[benhasajeep46 44]

LOL ... Mary Lou has been attempting to "snag" some Hamilton tickets cheap. She has her computer set to Stubhub thinking that someone may be desperate to sell on the day of a performance. She checks repeatedly throughout the day. She is OCD ... she calls it being systematic.

Ben once bought 2 courtside seats to a Warriors play off game at home in Oakland the day of the game. Only problem was Ben was in Maine at the time and had no travel plans to attend the game. Luckily Bens CC company decided to question the purchase. And Ben said he was in Maine and didn't think he could make tip off in time! So, the CC company reversed the charges and closed he card. Ticketmaster called within 5 min asking Ben if he was sure he didn't buy the tickets? Ben relayed to Ticketmaster that he was in Maine and tipoff was in a couple hours. Ben would not even make the 4th quarter if he tried. Ben thinks Ticketmaster had already given the tickets to the persons unknown, using Bens card!!!

 

[Gary A.]

LOL ... Mary Lou has been attempting to "snag" some Hamilton tickets cheap. She has her computer set to Stubhub thinking that someone may be desperate to sell on the day of a performance. She checks repeatedly throughout the day. She is OCD ... she calls it being systematic.

Ben once bought 2 courtside seats to a Warriors play off game at home in Oakland the day of the game. Only problem was Ben was in Maine at the time and had no travel plans to attend the game. Luckily Bens CC company decided to question the purchase. And Ben said he was in Maine and didn't think he could make tip off in time! So, the CC company reversed the charges and closed he card. Ticketmaster called within 5 min asking Ben if he was sure he didn't buy the tickets? Ben relayed to Ticketmaster that he was in Maine and tipoff was in a couple hours. Ben would not even make the 4th quarter if he tried. Ben thinks Ticketmaster had already given the tickets to the persons unknown, using Bens card!!!

It was a very good game... thanks for the tickets. Gary thought it was gonna be a win-win as he had some good seats and you didn't have to pay ... but in the first quarter ... Gary got tapped on the shoulder by some armed security people wanting a chat with Gary. Fortunately, Gary had some cash with him as his credits cards didn't quite match his driver's license.

 

[jcdeboever]

I am pissed..... Two roll tank, one perfect, the other looks like clay color. Worked my butt off figuring things out before I go on a journey of creation from what I learned... Never had this happen. Film from KEH probably explains it, I am not buying anything from them again. So many failure purchases, one after another. I'm done.

I've only had one experience with them. I bought a used Sigma lens that was supposed to be a Nikon mount but when it arrived it turned out to be a Canon. The return went smoothly.

I have sent one lens back to them as it had a bad squeak focusing. But other than that, through at least a dozen orders, I have been happy. Thing with film is you never know what your going to get as you can't check it. Can't be verified if it was stored properly.

I'm a total idiot....sorry keh, your fine except you never send me good flash's. Anyway, I looked at the film closer, it was Portra 400. I should have noticed the color of the leader but nooooooooooooooo, just going through the motions. When I expense a roll, I leave the leader hanging out. I use the canister for bulkload. My Maxxum 9 has the option to rewind with leader, pretty slick. They look a lot like TriX canisters. There are images so will be interesting to see what a scan will look like. So, JC gets the dumb move of the week, now I'm yelling at myself, good Lord, help me. Oh, I was surprised a little by the color of the prewash but didn't think it through.

 

[SquarePeg36 7]

I'm a total idiot....sorry keh, your fine except you never send me good flash's. Anyway, I looked at the film closer, it was Portra 400. I should have noticed the color of the leader but nooooooooooooooo, just going through the motions. When I expense a roll, I leave the leader hanging out. I use the canister for bulkload. My Maxxum 9 has the option to rewind with leader, pretty slick. They look a lot like TriX canisters. There are images so will be interesting to see what a scan will look like. So, JC gets the dumb move of the week, now I'm yelling at myself, good Lord, help me. Oh, I was surprised a little by the color of the prewash but didn't think it through.

To a non film shooter this is translated as

 

[limr30 3]

I'm a total idiot....sorry keh, your fine except you never send me good flash's. Anyway, I looked at the film closer, it was Portra 400. I should have noticed the color of the leader but nooooooooooooooo, just going through the motions. When I expense a roll, I leave the leader hanging out. I use the canister for bulkload. My Maxxum 9 has the option to rewind with leader, pretty slick. They look a lot like TriX canisters. There are images so will be interesting to see what a scan will look like. So, JC gets the dumb move of the week, now I'm yelling at myself, good Lord, help me. Oh, I was surprised a little by the color of the prewash but didn't think it through.

To a non film shooter this is translated as

Now you know how 99% of the gear threads here sound to me

 

[benhasajeep46 44]

I am pissed..... Two roll tank, one perfect, the other looks like clay color. Worked my butt off figuring things out before I go on a journey of creation from what I learned... Never had this happen. Film from KEH probably explains it, I am not buying anything from them again. So many failure purchases, one after another. I'm done.

I've only had one experience with them. I bought a used Sigma lens that was supposed to be a Nikon mount but when it arrived it turned out to be a Canon. The return went smoothly.

I have sent one lens back to them as it had a bad squeak focusing. But other than that, through at least a dozen orders, I have been happy. Thing with film is you never know what your going to get as you can't check it. Can't be verified if it was stored properly.

I'm a total idiot....sorry keh, your fine except you never send me good flash's. Anyway, I looked at the film closer, it was Portra 400. I should have noticed the color of the leader but nooooooooooooooo, just going through the motions. When I expense a roll, I leave the leader hanging out. I use the canister for bulkload. My Maxxum 9 has the option to rewind with leader, pretty slick. They look a lot like TriX canisters. There are images so will be interesting to see what a scan will look like. So, JC gets the dumb move of the week, now I'm yelling at myself, good Lord, help me. Oh, I was surprised a little by the color of the prewash but didn't think it through.

Ah, I was just thinking I have some film in my bulk real. Normally I load all into cassettes in one shot. But, I know I didn't load all my last session. And I know I didn't mark what film was in the bulk loader. Pretty sure it's B&W, but what speed? Will have to investigate when I get home.

 

[benhasajeep46 44]

I'm a total idiot....sorry keh, your fine except you never send me good flash's. Anyway, I looked at the film closer, it was Portra 400. I should have noticed the color of the leader but nooooooooooooooo, just going through the motions. When I expense a roll, I leave the leader hanging out. I use the canister for bulkload. My Maxxum 9 has the option to rewind with leader, pretty slick. They look a lot like TriX canisters. There are images so will be interesting to see what a scan will look like. So, JC gets the dumb move of the week, now I'm yelling at myself, good Lord, help me. Oh, I was surprised a little by the color of the prewash but didn't think it through.

To a non film shooter this is translated as

Hey that's an exact copy our or morning meetings. EVERY day!