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From: Nervous Nick on 16 Jan 2010 06:37 On Jan 15, 1:06 pm, "Frank ess" <fr...(a)fshe2fs.com> wrote: > I did a six-tenths motoring trip up South Grade Road to the S-6/7 > junction, took a pause at 22034 County Highway S-7 to appreciate the > scenery prior to exciting descent to Lake Henshaw, Dudley's Bakery in > Santa Ysabel, and the Lake Cuyamaca twisties. Good for you! It's always important to establish a bit of cryptic and completely irrelevant context before making a point.
From: dwight on 16 Jan 2010 09:12 "Savageduck" <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote in message news:2010011511283193099-savageduck1(a)REMOVESPAMmecom... > On 2010-01-15 11:06:32 -0800, "Frank ess" <frank(a)fshe2fs.com> said: > >> I did a six-tenths motoring trip up South Grade Road to the S-6/7 >> junction, took a pause at 22034 County Highway S-7 to appreciate the >> scenery prior to exciting descent to Lake Henshaw, Dudley's Bakery in >> Santa Ysabel, and the Lake Cuyamaca twisties. >> >> While stopped I made a hundred-fifty or so exposures with my Canon EOS-5D >> through the Canon 24-70 2.8L and 70-200 2.8L IS lenses. Then everything >> went dark. After pushing all of what I thought were appropriate buttons >> with no relief, I took off the lens and the mirror fell out on the >> ground. Uh-oh. Bad news. > > >> ================== >> >> These are three of the last images made before the lights went out >> (motorcycle rider leaves roadwork crew behind as he zooms up South Grade >> Road, then meets oncoming traffic; Mustang poised for part two) : >> >> http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2744/4260881735_89b4f99f36_o.jpg >> http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4006/4260881833_fd3f736759_o.jpg >> http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4047/4260881611_3db369eea6_o.jpg >> >> Cheers, > > Sorry to hear of your unpleasant surprise, but I am glad they are taking > the appropriate action to make things right. > > Regarding your 3 shots, that looks like one of our many burn areas, and we > can only hope they don't have too many slide problems if the predicted > storms and rain come in next week. > > As for the Mustang convertible, you might be giving too much away to our > Eastern cousins with regard to Winter in Southern California. :-) > > > -- > Regards, > > Savageduck > As I write this, the weather bug on my desktop is reporting a 36 degree temperature outside, and my own Mustang convertible sits in the garage. We Easterners are not unaware of the fact that other areas of the country don't get to enjoy a brisk morning, when nose hairs freeze upon the first inhale, or waking up to a good total-body workout, shovelling away an overnight snowfall. We revel in four distinct seasons, and enjoy them all. Each brings a completely new challenge/opportunity for photography, too. We tend to refer to places like Southern California as "vacation." The question is, where do people who live in Vacation go on their vacations? dwight
From: Savageduck on 16 Jan 2010 10:34 On 2010-01-16 06:12:35 -0800, "dwight" <dwight(a)XTFrog.com> said: > > "Savageduck" <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote in message > news:2010011511283193099-savageduck1(a)REMOVESPAMmecom... >> On 2010-01-15 11:06:32 -0800, "Frank ess" <frank(a)fshe2fs.com> said: >> >>> I did a six-tenths motoring trip up South Grade Road to the S-6/7 >>> junction, took a pause at 22034 County Highway S-7 to appreciate the >>> scenery prior to exciting descent to Lake Henshaw, Dudley's Bakery in >>> Santa Ysabel, and the Lake Cuyamaca twisties. >>> >>> While stopped I made a hundred-fifty or so exposures with my Canon >>> EOS-5D through the Canon 24-70 2.8L and 70-200 2.8L IS lenses. Then >>> everything went dark. After pushing all of what I thought were >>> appropriate buttons with no relief, I took off the lens and the mirror >>> fell out on the ground. Uh-oh. Bad news. >> >> >>> ================== >>> >>> These are three of the last images made before the lights went out >>> (motorcycle rider leaves roadwork crew behind as he zooms up South >>> Grade Road, then meets oncoming traffic; Mustang poised for part two) : >>> >>> http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2744/4260881735_89b4f99f36_o.jpg >>> http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4006/4260881833_fd3f736759_o.jpg >>> http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4047/4260881611_3db369eea6_o.jpg >>> >>> Cheers, >> >> Sorry to hear of your unpleasant surprise, but I am glad they are >> taking the appropriate action to make things right. >> >> Regarding your 3 shots, that looks like one of our many burn areas, and >> we can only hope they don't have too many slide problems if the >> predicted storms and rain come in next week. >> >> As for the Mustang convertible, you might be giving too much away to >> our Eastern cousins with regard to Winter in Southern California. :-) >> >> >> -- >> Regards, >> >> Savageduck >> > > As I write this, the weather bug on my desktop is reporting a 36 degree > temperature outside, and my own Mustang convertible sits in the garage. > We Easterners are not unaware of the fact that other areas of the > country don't get to enjoy a brisk morning, when nose hairs freeze upon > the first inhale, or waking up to a good total-body workout, shovelling > away an overnight snowfall. We revel in four distinct seasons, and > enjoy them all. Each brings a completely new challenge/opportunity for > photography, too. > > We tend to refer to places like Southern California as "vacation." The > question is, where do people who live in Vacation go on their vacations? > > dwight > I merely tease. It is 49�F right now with an expected high of 64�F. We have storms and heavy rain predicted for next week. That should bring the highs way down into the mid 50's. First I need to qualify my post. I don't live in the paved suburban hell searching for a city, known as Southern California, and only travel there reluctantly. I live in the paradise of the Central Coast of California, which stretches from Ventura, through Santa Barbara, Pismo Beach, San Luis Obispo, then along the coast from Morro Bay to Monterey via Big Sur, or inland through Paso Robles (home) & the Salinas Valley. You might add Santa Cruz to the area, but it behaves too much as a traffic clogged dormitory for the Bay area to truly qualify as part of the Central Coast. As for vacation, we enjoy exploring near to home (affordable) or we travel where and when we can. My favorites run something like this, The Adirondacks & New England in the Fall, Yosemite NP, Kings Canyon-Sequoia NP, Zion NP, Death Valley in the Spring, To the Southern Hemisphere (South Africa, Argentina & Brazil) in Winter (& stay at home with local road trips). As for Summer, I live on Lake Nacimiento (and if we damn well get some rain this Winter we might get to use it!) & trips up through Northern California to Oregon, Washington and B.C. (Also throw in the occassional Spring or Summer trip to Alaska and/or Europe & the U.K.) BTW I don't do Disney! Does that answer your question? -- Regards, Savageduck
From: Frank ess on 16 Jan 2010 15:52 Bart Bailey wrote: > In > Message-ID:<d53d9c66-cd96-4828-bf28-7a39c2057dc4(a)r5g2000yqb.googlegroups.com> > posted on Sat, 16 Jan 2010 03:37:31 -0800 (PST), Nervous Nick > wrote: Begin > >> On Jan 15, 1:06 pm, "Frank ess" <fr...(a)fshe2fs.com> wrote: >>> I did a six-tenths motoring trip up South Grade Road to the S-6/7 >>> junction, took a pause at 22034 County Highway S-7 to appreciate >>> the scenery prior to exciting descent to Lake Henshaw, Dudley's >>> Bakery in Santa Ysabel, and the Lake Cuyamaca twisties. >> >> Good for you! It's always important to establish a bit of cryptic >> and completely irrelevant context before making a point. > > Not cryptic at all to a San Diego resident > quite familiar with the back country. I must have plonked the sarcastic poster; nice to see s/he's still kicking. I get paid by the word. Gotta make a buck somewhere. The Idea was to get you-all to look at my Mustang photo and ask, "What kind of wheels are those?", to which I respond: "Saleen Parnelli Jones Edition 19x9/10, powder-coated black, Michelin Pilot Sport PS2 275-35 tires. Superior in every performance aspect except weight and tread wear, which in this case don't matter that much. Thanks for asking". Cheers! -- Frank ess
From: Frank ess on 16 Jan 2010 16:12
dwight wrote: > "Savageduck" <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote in message > news:2010011511283193099-savageduck1(a)REMOVESPAMmecom... >> On 2010-01-15 11:06:32 -0800, "Frank ess" <frank(a)fshe2fs.com> said: >> >>> I did a six-tenths motoring trip up South Grade Road to the S-6/7 >>> junction, took a pause at 22034 County Highway S-7 to appreciate >>> the scenery prior to exciting descent to Lake Henshaw, Dudley's >>> Bakery in Santa Ysabel, and the Lake Cuyamaca twisties. >>> >>> While stopped I made a hundred-fifty or so exposures with my >>> Canon EOS-5D through the Canon 24-70 2.8L and 70-200 2.8L IS >>> lenses. Then everything went dark. After pushing all of what I >>> thought were appropriate buttons with no relief, I took off the >>> lens and the mirror fell out on the ground. Uh-oh. Bad news. >> >> >>> ================== >>> >>> These are three of the last images made before the lights went out >>> (motorcycle rider leaves roadwork crew behind as he zooms up >>> South Grade Road, then meets oncoming traffic; Mustang poised for >>> part two) : >>> http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2744/4260881735_89b4f99f36_o.jpg >>> http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4006/4260881833_fd3f736759_o.jpg >>> http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4047/4260881611_3db369eea6_o.jpg >>> >>> Cheers, >> >> Sorry to hear of your unpleasant surprise, but I am glad they are >> taking the appropriate action to make things right. >> >> Regarding your 3 shots, that looks like one of our many burn >> areas, and we can only hope they don't have too many slide >> problems if the predicted storms and rain come in next week. >> >> As for the Mustang convertible, you might be giving too much away >> to our Eastern cousins with regard to Winter in Southern >> California. :-) -- >> Regards, >> >> Savageduck >> > > As I write this, the weather bug on my desktop is reporting a 36 > degree temperature outside, and my own Mustang convertible sits in > the garage. We Easterners are not unaware of the fact that other > areas of the country don't get to enjoy a brisk morning, when nose > hairs freeze upon the first inhale, or waking up to a good > total-body workout, shovelling away an overnight snowfall. We revel > in four distinct seasons, and enjoy them all. Each brings a > completely new challenge/opportunity for photography, too. Seventy point nine F, here, with 35% humidity and the wind turned around. Yeah, I like that kind of seasonal stuff, too. Been there and done that, to coin a phrase. Old, tired, and lazy as I am, I only get out to revel in any of it a couple times a year. Of course the week before my misadventure with the 5D, Palomar Mountain was a foot deep in snow - and will likely be again, next week. A few weeks earlier all the deciduous trees were changing and dropping their colors, and in my rear-view mirror I could see the leaves in vortexes, swirling and flashing in the sun, as I breezed past. That's all within an hour's drive of Vacation USA. Another hour to the Borrego desert park, where bighorn sheep roam. You pays you money and you makes you choice, to coin another. > We tend to refer to places like Southern California as "vacation." > The question is, where do people who live in Vacation go on their > vacations? > dwight You're right: living in Vacation is a terrible job, just like being retired: you never get a day off. When I was a lad I traveled a great deal; my last two vacation-like episodes were driving trips to West Texas, where I practiced my documentary photography: http://www.fototime.com/inv/4027F8BD896E34A Three albums; enter at #1 http://www.fototime.com/inv/74C851289A00C38 TEXAS 09 album Simple pleasures, simple satisfactions. Cheers, -- Frank ess |