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Re: [OM] My, how times have changed . . .

Subject: Re: [OM] My, how times have changed . . .
From: Russ Butler <rbinnj@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 08:48:06 -0400
Bill,

My cousin's wife has a saying on her fridge that says:

This is a test
This is only a test
Had it been a real life
You would have been given instructions

Works well for me.
And really watch the stuff that comes in from left field, that's the 
stuff that will get you.


-- 
Russ Butler (NJ USA)


NSURIT@xxxxxxx wrote:
> I've been in relatively low profile mode recently on this list.  Life  
> continues to be faced head on , head into the wind and at the speed of  light.
>  
> Spend last weekend at Norfolk Virginia Navy Base where my cousin was taking 
>  over as Commanding Officer. She is an Annapolis graduate and the first 
> woman to  have command of this, the largest base in the world.  She is also a 
> great  wife and mother.  Way to go girl!
>  
> This would never have happened when I was in the Navy.  Change is  good.  
> It would be nice to see this happen globally.  
>  
> I took about 500-600 images in large jpg format, which is a format I  
> seldom use. Signed up for a gmail account, downloaded Picasa and will post  
> some 
> photos there for friends and family.  I've not used a site like this  to 
> post images before.  
>  
> Spent about 3 hours at the fellows property with the tractors that I've  
> been photographing the better part of the past six months.  It changes with  
> the seasons and is currently shoulder deep in weeds. I had been using some of 
> my  toy cameras, a Super Ricohflex (2 1/4 square) & Olympus OM 2S.  Many of 
>  these have been "portraits" with either normal or short telephoto lenses.  
>  Yesterday, I loaded some HP5 in the OM 2S and attached my Tamron 400mm f4 
> to the  camera and a tripod and took a different approach to recording the 
> changes in  the tractor yard.  Shot 2 rolls. Tight crops, selective focus, 
> isolated  parts, relationship to the environment.  What fun!
>  
> Processed my first roll of film in the new darkroom yesterday. Discovered a 
>  few glitches in the darkroom and in my technique.  Fortunately none of the 
>  glitches screwed up my film.  Now that is a change.  5 more rolls to  do 
> today.
>  
> I'm retiring from my insurance career at the end of the year.  The  
> retirement party has been planned, so I guess it is official . . . 
>  
> My first Social Security check should arrive in September.  I've been  
> paying in for the past 54 years.
>  
> Let's back up to the change of command at Norfolk.  At the reception  where 
> there was more brass than I've seen in one place at the same time, there  
> were many Captains ( for the non-military folks, that is one step below an  
> Admiral in the  Navy) and a few Admirals.  As I walked about, taking  photos 
> of these silver haired senior officers, it occurred to me that when I got  
> out of the Navy in 1968, none of these folks had yet started their  careers.  
> To me it seems like yesterday . . . 
>  
> So what is next?  I'm in the process of applying to graduate school as  I'm 
> not yet complete with this living thing.  I'll keep the  list posted on the 
> progress. 
>  
> Bill Barber

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