[LRflex] Re: Observations on digital shooting -- Richard in Michigan
- From: <tedgrant@xxxxxxx>
- To: <leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 5 Sep 2010 10:31:11 -0700
Smart ass kid! :-) :-) I maybe old but not quite a muzzle loading old fart!
:-)
May I offer with the greatest of sincerity I wish him well and a safe return
home!
cheers,
ted
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Lilley" <speyerdom@xxxxxxx>
To: <leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, September 05, 2010 9:30 AM
Subject: [LRflex] Re: Observations on digital shooting -- Richard in
Michigan
>I just asked my son in Afghanistan (via instant messenger - ain't science
>wonderful!) who is Stryker* mounted infantry that a guy on our listserver
>was a 'Zipper Head' . He wants to know if your weaponry was muzzle loaded
>or breach loaded?
>
> Rob
>
> *modern armored vehicle
> On Sep 5, 2010, at 12:11 PM, tedgrant@xxxxxxx wrote:
>
>> Richard Ward offered:
>>>> I haven't had the pleasure of a flight in a fighter plane,
>> but I have flown in a beautifully restored C-47!
>> (A Douglas DC-3 as most folks know it by!)
>> Original Drop-down paratrooper benches, I buckled in
>> with cargo straps! Very Cool - Very Cool Indeed.) <<<
>>
>> Hi Richard,
>> Well you may have 40 years to go to catch up with me in age. :-) But we
>> do
>> have one thing without question in common! We both have flown in the
>> identical aircraft with the same excitment! :-) My very first airplane
>> flight was in this type of aircraft along with several members of my
>> regiment as we flew to a military base to begin our officer cadet
>> training a
>> long long time ago. Yeah and it was super exciting as we were all 20 year
>> olds full of the excitment of becomig officers in an armoured regiment.
>>
>> Yep I was a "zipper head!" For non-military folks that refers to those of
>> us
>> who were in tanks or armoured car vehicles involved in Recce! :-) And yes
>> I
>> had my very first camera with me. The 35mm ARGUS A2 my wife gave me as a
>> birthday gift that started me into this crazy and wonderful life of
>> photography! Man I love it so! :-)
>> cheers,
>> Dr. ted :-)
>>
>>
>>
>> " <ilovaussiesheps@xxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Saturday, September 04, 2010 11:34 AM
>> Subject: [LRflex] Re: Observations on digital shooting
>>
>>
>>> Thanks for the Compliments Dr. Ted,
>>> but...
>>> ah...
>>> I'm only 42 years old.
>>> I may walk like I'm 82 sometimes,
>>> and I do have an AARP Card,
>>> but not because I've seen that many
>>> Birthdays.
>>> Sorry!
>>> I'm Just a Literate Fellow who's cracked a history book
>>> or two.... well maybe two hundred or more.
>>>
>>> I haven't had the pleasure of a flight in a fighter plane,
>>> but I have flown in a beautifully restored C-47!
>>> (A Douglas DC-3 as most folks know it by!)
>>> Original Drop-down paratrooper benches, I buckled in
>>> with cargo straps! Very Cool - Very Cool Indeed.)
>>>
>>> Peace Friend
>>> Richard in Michigan
>>>
>>> :-)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> From: "tedgrant@xxxxxxx" <tedgrant@xxxxxxx>
>>> To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Sent: Fri, September 3, 2010 11:43:17 PM
>>> Subject: [LRflex] Re: Observations on digital shooting
>>>
>>>>>>> Ola' Dr. Ted,
>>>> "Yep and now I'm going into the "fall out shelter" to avoid the flack
>>>> attack!
>>>> ;-)"
>>>> Well, if the 'Blitz' gets rolling and the Heinkels and Messerschmidts
>>>> trap
>>>> you
>>>> down in 'the tube' for having 'Blasphemed' Tripods, The Zone System,
>>>> Spot
>>>> Meters, and the Glory of Ground Glass Viewing, I hereby volunteer for
>>>> us
>>>> in the
>>>> 'States' to send some Mustangs and Flying Fortresses via 'Lend/Lease'
>>>> to
>>>> get you
>>>> back out into the daylight again.
>>>> "V" for Victory! ;-)<<<<
>>>
>>> Damn it is so nice to have an "old fart" who thinks and has done the
>>> same
>>> things when it comes to feelings and not techie crap in relation to
>>> interesting photographs! :-) :-) :-)
>>>
>>> It truly is about your "feelings" and has little to do with the techie
>>> stuff
>>> other than setting the camera settings! Which 99.9% is a no brainer when
>>> it
>>> comes to how you feel and see!
>>> It looks "cool?" Shoot it! Don't go techie!
>>> cheers,
>>> Dr. ted
>>>
>>> OH and Richard? Sending Mustangs to help the situation? Not a problem at
>>> all, as I've flown one out of Olympia , Washington USA on my 76th
>>> birthday
>>> 4.5 years ago ! Hey man cool flying upside down and flying high! :-)
>>>
>>> I do beleive Steve Barbour in his collection of members has a copy of me
>>> upside down at about 4000 feet! :-) A self portrait just to prove I was
>>> doing it! :-) Damn I love life! :-) And picture taking! :-) :-)
>>>
>>> cheers,
>>> ted
>>>
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