The Coffee House

[SquarePeg]

Good news. My mother's house did not flood. Crested on Thursday a foot below their prediction, which had also been lowered an additional foot from the previous day.

In preparation for the flood, two of my siblings and I moved stuff from the basement to the upper floor of the house. In a previous flood, we assumed that we lost my grandfather's camera (along with ALL of his negatives). In looking through all this stuff, just before I left, I found his camera bag. I was immediately elated, and I took it with me when I left. On the drive home, I was ecstatic, and I called my wife saying that I found the camera bag.

I get home, take the camera bag upstairs, open it. I see a Minolta lens, that's good. An old flash, also good. And, then the elation turns to deflation. The bag is empty sans these items and a few accessories. No camera.

It's not a collectible camera, an expensive camera, or even a great camera. It's just a normal Minolta camera. But, it's my grandfather's normal camera. I want the memories. If I could, I'd even settle just for knowing what model it was, but there are no pictures of his camera.

Oh man what a let down! Hope you can use the lens and think of him when you do. No negatives either?

 

[CherylL3 2]

Woke up this morning to a ton of Flickr notifications. Apparently one of my flower photos was featured in “explore” yesterday. Lots of faves and over 2k views but all in all, still have under 100 followers lol!

Heading to the beach for a few days. Hoping for sunny skies and not so humid.

Congrats on Explore!

 

[Gary A.]

Good news. My mother's house did not flood. Crested on Thursday a foot below their prediction, which had also been lowered an additional foot from the previous day.

In preparation for the flood, two of my siblings and I moved stuff from the basement to the upper floor of the house. In a previous flood, we assumed that we lost my grandfather's camera (along with ALL of his negatives). In looking through all this stuff, just before I left, I found his camera bag. I was immediately elated, and I took it with me when I left. On the drive home, I was ecstatic, and I called my wife saying that I found the camera bag.

I get home, take the camera bag upstairs, open it. I see a Minolta lens, that's good. An old flash, also good. And, then the elation turns to deflation. The bag is empty sans these items and a few accessories. No camera.

It's not a collectible camera, an expensive camera, or even a great camera. It's just a normal Minolta camera. But, it's my grandfather's normal camera. I want the memories. If I could, I'd even settle just for knowing what model it was, but there are no pictures of his camera.

Damn!

 

[smoke665]

Yep, it sucks when Mother Nature keeps tossing curve balls at you.

Calling for rain here for the next few days which we really need, so no choice but to get the tractor out and hook up to the Bush Hog to catch up some mowing that I'd been putting off. 4 hrs later I was done --- good thing it was getting a little cool out there without a jacket today. 92 degrees, really low humidity (63%) and a nice breeze.

 

[vintagesnaps]

Sorry to hear about that Dave, but glad to know Susie was at your mom's, that bothered me as much as anything to think what a lousy thing to do taking your dog. Sounds like in the long run you'll be better off to move on with your life, and you still have Susie and your mum and us, and a fun photography project to look forward to.

Wade that's a shame to not find the camera, I guess you can at least use the camera bag and carry it with you.

 

[vintagesnaps]

So has JC seen that front page of the LA Times yet? I spotted ours right away, and Yankee Stadium... the Cubs, the St. Louis arch and the Brooklyn bridge. And something that looks like it's from the Teletubbies, the thing that calls them when it's time to come home.

 

[waday]

Oh man what a let down! Hope you can use the lens and think of him when you do. No negatives either?

Thanks. I need to figure out the lens mount and then find an adapter. No, no negatives, either. (I do know that those were destroyed in the past flood.) He was really good with his organization--almost maddeningly good at it. He had a level of patience for doing things that I've never seen in anyone else. He kept boxes for everything, and when he didn't have the box, he somehow found a box that fit the product, bought foam, cut the foam to fit the box and product, and very clearly labeled the outside. He treated his equipment and belongings with extreme care; I have a couple of video cameras from him that look almost brand new.

To see that the camera is NOT in the camera bag is very frustrating. Ugh.

Wade that's a shame to not find the camera, I guess you can at least use the camera bag and carry it with you.

Very good point. It needs a once-over to clean it up, but I will definitely plan on using it.

 

[davidharmier60]

Afternoon all. The floor machine didn't QUITE get through the whole store. But enough that the floor came out pretty good. 5.35 hours today anf for the week so far.
Will sell my penny box to Trish tomorrow. And hopefully get another box. The watch I wore today had the strap come off one side. When I got home I stuck this strap on it.
Armitron Digital on 18mm red leather exposed by Just Plain Dave, on Flickr

 

[SquarePeg]

Woke up this morning to a ton of Flickr notifications. Apparently one of my flower photos was featured in “explore” yesterday. Lots of faves and over 2k views but all in all, still have under 100 followers lol!

Heading to the beach for a few days. Hoping for sunny skies and not so humid.

Congrats on Explore!

Thanks Cheryl. I had no idea it would draw so many views! Over 5k... wish I had known, I would have cleaned up my Flickr feed!! There’s some junk in there that I uploaded just to be able to post on here.

 

[Gary A.]

Afternoon all. The floor machine didn't QUITE get through the whole store. But enough that the floor came out pretty good. 5.35 hours today anf for the week so far.
Will sell my penny box to Trish tomorrow. And hopefully get another box. The watch I wore today had the strap come off one side. When I got home I stuck this strap on it.
Armitron Digital on 18mm red leather exposed by Just Plain Dave, on Flickr

Dude, that's fur not hair.

 

[davidharmier60]

What can I say. I have furry arms.

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[CherylL3 2]

Woke up this morning to a ton of Flickr notifications. Apparently one of my flower photos was featured in “explore” yesterday. Lots of faves and over 2k views but all in all, still have under 100 followers lol!

Heading to the beach for a few days. Hoping for sunny skies and not so humid.

Congrats on Explore!

Thanks Cheryl. I had no idea it would draw so many views! Over 5k... wish I had known, I would have cleaned up my Flickr feed!! There’s some junk in there that I uploaded just to be able to post on here.

Did you accept the invite to the Explore group? There is a thank you thread on the Explore group that you can say a word or two. The protocol is to thank for the invite. And if you are into stats, go to this site to see your ranking: Scout: Find your photos in Flickr's Explore pages.

 

[Tony744]

Mum phoned to say the wife has left Susie at hers and gone to stay with her mum, I am also going to take some time out too then hope we can both get through this with the right help, see you all soon once we get back on track together.

Sorry to hear the news Dave. Wishing you the best.

 

[snowbear137 68]

Playing catch up.
Dave: sorry to hear this. I hope it all works out.

SharonCat: Congrat's. I don't generally bother with the Explore feature, but now I'm going to have to look, though I'm sure I've seen it since I follow you.

Wade: If it's one of the SRT models, it should be a "standard" Minolta mount. I don't think they changed the mounts until the Maxxum series was out, around the mid 1980s.

 

[JonA_CT]

Wade — if what Charlie said is true, let me know...I have a Minolta film camera that I’ll send your way.