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Steve Klare
Film Guy
Posts: 7016
From: Long Island, NY, USA
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted November 25, 2016 03:14 PM
Black Friday Done Right!
Personally I hate going shopping: if Amazon sold milk, my car might never be seen in a store parking lot at all!
Seemed a waste of a day off to just sit around the house, so we decided to “visit the cactus.” This is a literal thing: even though we are thousands of miles away from any real desert, there is a native species here and we look in on it at the local nature preserve a couple of times a year.
Now, this isn’t exactly Yellowstone: a couple of hundred acres stretching from our northernmost through road up to Northport Harbor. From there it’s open water all the way across to the Connecticut shore.
-no doubt about it: Summer has past. For Black Friday, the crowds were wonderfully light!
We found no shoppers clamoring up at the harbor. We found some clams, but they weren't clamoring either!
-but unlike the traditional Black Friday, we found exactly what we came for without having to fight anybody off!
As usual, it was doing just fine.
They always shrivel up this time of year. As nearly as I can figure it, the plant protects itself from freezing by drying out as much as possible before the first frost.
Having everything we needed, we checked out, found the car and went home!
-------------------- All I ask is a wide screen and a projector to light her by...
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Tom Spielman
Master Film Handler
Posts: 339
From: Minneapolis, MN, USA
Registered: Apr 2016
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posted November 28, 2016 12:14 AM
Steve, the cactus is cool, but I like the boat better. Beautiful picture, - and your son is destined to be a tall man. You can tell by the feet.
It was a good day for this nerd. A couple of weeks ago I posted a picture of the contraption I intended to use to keep the chemicals at the proper temp for developing color film. Well, this morning it was finally put to use in developing some pictures I took last month:
I was pleased with the results but did end up with some water spots. Some changes will be needed for the next roll. All part of a slow journey to being able to develop my own Super 8 film. I guess E-6 would be a logical next step.
The day didn't stop there. In the afternoon, the same contraption doubled as a "Sous Vide" to cook some steaks.
A couple hours later:
In the evening, my wife and I went to our neighborhood 2nd run theater to watch "Sully". The theater has kept its mid-century decor, and still uses real butter on its popcorn. Plus, tickets are $3.00!
The day ended on a bitter-sweet note. I sold the very camera that took the Fall pictures above. Just don't need as many film cameras as I've collected over the last few months. But it did work well.
[ November 28, 2016, 12:28 PM: Message edited by: Tom Spielman ]
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