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Temetka · #181 Post by **Temetka** » Sun May 13, 2007 12:30 pm

B&W photography rocks.

That is all.

Turbo Audi · #182 Post by **Turbo Audi** » Sun May 13, 2007 1:41 pm

There is a darkroom in my parents house, lots of B&W pics going on in there.

Purcy · #183 Post by **Purcy** » Sun May 13, 2007 2:28 pm

Ahh the pungent smell of developer and fixer, I haven't had my hands in those lovely chemicals in over 10 years; I do miss it from time to time, but I am loving digital.

#184 Post by **gator** » Sun May 13, 2007 2:57 pm

Pattye, do you have any of your pics online somewhere? I'd love to see some ...

Purcy · #185 Post by **Purcy** » Sun May 13, 2007 3:02 pm

gator wrote:Pattye, do you have any of your pics online somewhere? I'd love to see some ...

You are so kind, alas it was in the days when I worked as a lowly darkroom tech for many a professional photographer when I would sneak in a little work of my own. I've moved so many times since then, I don't even know if I have any left (although there are some straggler boxes that have been moved 4 times and never opened!!) All that remains of those days are all of my cameras, lenses and chronic lower back pain from lugging them around

One thing about digital - it sure is lighter. If I do find any soon I will scan them and put them in my photo bucket.

#186 Post by **Kyocera** » Tue May 15, 2007 12:23 pm

Kyocera = Mike Scott

Me in my Domain,

The

is close by

Mike

#187 Post by **gator** » Tue May 15, 2007 12:43 pm

Kyocera, nice photo!

Is that a Luxo lamp? And where is your guitar?

We demand a rockstar pose!!

#188 Post by **Kyocera** » Tue May 15, 2007 12:51 pm

I think it is....not sure, I've had it many years, and have had to rebuild it a couple of times.

#189 Post by **gator** » Tue May 15, 2007 12:57 pm

I want to see one these luxo lamps in person

Price is not much, ONLY £3,239.25

Purcy · #190 Post by **Purcy** » Tue May 15, 2007 1:11 pm

Kyocera wrote:
Me in my Domain,

Mike

Love this photo Mike, the wall hangings are great. So is that lamp turned on or do you have one heck of a strong "Thinklight"?? I love the Thinklight but mine is no where that bright! You are very rugged looking guy

JHEM · #191 Post by **JHEM** » Tue May 15, 2007 2:43 pm

Purcy wrote:You are very rugged looking guy

Mike is too modest to mention it, but he's a former Golden Knight!

May not mean much to some, but I'm impressed!

James

Turbo Audi · #192 Post by **Turbo Audi** » Tue May 15, 2007 2:52 pm

JHEM wrote:
Purcy wrote:You are very rugged looking guy
Mike is too modest to mention it, but he's a former Golden Knight!

May not mean much to some, but I'm impressed!

James

US Army soldiers always impress me.

I am wearing my friends Afghanistan Detachment Counter-Intel shirt right now.

andyP · #193 Post by **andyP** » Tue May 15, 2007 3:00 pm

JHEM wrote:
Purcy wrote:You are very rugged looking guy
Mike is too modest to mention it, but he's a former Golden Knight!

May not mean much to some, but I'm impressed!

James

Nice to know there are other ex-nutters in this forum, here a pic I took in

1987

(60kb)

http://www.nbst.de/SKYDIVEs.jpg

#194 Post by **Kyocera** » Tue May 15, 2007 3:17 pm

Purcy and James, thanks for the compliments

. The lamp is on low. I too love my thinklights, one thing I have noticed is that my R52 thinklight is more in the red/orange tint compared to my t60 which is very white light.

Andy, wtf type of aircraft is that?

Purcy · #195 Post by **Purcy** » Tue May 15, 2007 3:23 pm

JHEM wrote: Mike is too modest to mention it, but he's a former Golden Knight!

Yes, this is definitely something to be proud of. Mike=Golden Knights

Purcy · #196 Post by **Purcy** » Tue May 15, 2007 3:28 pm

Turbo Audi wrote: US Army soldiers always impress me.

Me too Pete, my Daddy was a US Army Sergeant bombing surveyor in the Korean War, which caused him many subsequent lifelong nightmares, but I so admired his strength and dedication.

andyP · #197 Post by **andyP** » Tue May 15, 2007 3:28 pm

Kyocera wrote:Purcy and James, thanks for the compliments . The lamp is on low. I too love my thinklights, one thing I have noticed is that my R52 thinklight is more in the red/orange tint compared to my t60 which is very white light.

Andy, wtf type of aircraft is that?

It's a Shorts Skyliner, the freight version of the Shorts SkyVan, built I believe in Ireland. Real "Tailgating" fun

EDIT: We also had a Cessna 182 (lot of fun) and a Britton Norman Islander with the registration G-OWIN - ouch!

#198 Post by **rkawakami** » Tue May 15, 2007 4:07 pm

andyP wrote:It's a Shorts Skyliner <snip>

When I first looked at it, I thought it was made from corrugated cardboard

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#199 Post by **Kyocera** » Tue May 15, 2007 5:51 pm

A rare team photo taken at the Maxton/Lauringburg airport where we used to train a lot, I'm sure James knows exactly what that beautiful bird is, my head is directly under the prop. A lot of those guys are X Delta Force, Special Forces, a couple of real mercinaries who worked in Nicaragua, quite a group of professionals.

Team photo taken in the old GK Headquarters, I think around 91. I'm behind the guy to the left of the female.

But really James is to modest to tell us that he served in Viet Nam, now those guys were my mentors and heros when I hit the 82d Abn still wet behind the ears. They were my teachers, had been there done that.

Turbo Audi · #200 Post by **Turbo Audi** » Tue May 15, 2007 6:41 pm

Is that Nicaragua, in 1983-4?

Purcy · #201 Post by **Purcy** » Tue May 15, 2007 6:47 pm

Kyocera wrote:A rare team photo taken at the Maxton/Lauringburg airport where we used to train a lot, I'm sure James knows exactly what that beautiful bird is, my head is directly under the prop. A lot of those guys are X Delta Force, Special Forces, a couple of real mercinaries who worked in Nicaragua, quite a group of professionals.

I believe that might be a Fokker F27? DH and my favorite TV show is "The Unit", have you seen it Mike, how realistic is it?

EDITED to say: thanks for the photos, these are special.

#202 Post by **Kyocera** » Tue May 15, 2007 6:55 pm

turbo audi wrote:Is that Nicaragua, in 1983-4?

During Ortega's time, when we had the honor of having Ronald Reagan in Office.

Purcy your exactly right, F-27 we had finally retired the C7 Caribou and the C123.
I watched a little of the Unit when it first came on, but have not seen it lately.

JHEM · #203 Post by **JHEM** » Tue May 15, 2007 8:48 pm

Kyocera wrote:They were my teachers, had been there done that.

A rare photo from that period. I'm pinning the CMB (Combat Medic Badge) on my platoon medic.

I had just gotten out of hospital after a bout of malaria and only weigh 134 pounds.

James

#204 Post by **gator** » Tue May 15, 2007 8:54 pm

After seeing all these pics, I really feel so small mentioning my MS a few days back ... darn, I haven't done anything compared to you guys!

Purcy · #205 Post by **Purcy** » Tue May 15, 2007 9:49 pm

JHEM wrote:
Kyocera wrote:They were my teachers, had been there done that.
A rare photo from that period. I'm pinning the CMB (Combat Medic Badge) on my platoon medic.

I had just gotten out of hospital after a bout of malaria and only weigh 134 pounds.

James

Captain, thank you for posting this photo, wish it was larger so we could see you. My Dad was very thin in the Army weighed about 135 and had a 22" waistline, he said his army uniform pants, the pockets met in the back!

#206 Post by **Kyocera** » Wed May 16, 2007 5:39 am

gator wrote:After seeing all these pics, I really feel so small mentioning my MS a few days back ... darn, I haven't done anything compared to you guys!

You're just getting started, there's a whole bunch more "places to go people to see women to find and contracts to sign" (my dad used to say that all the time

) I don't know what the % of people is on the planet who acheive a masters degree but to me it's an amazing feat, I wish I had gone in that direction, I was a bit to wild.

JHEM · #207 Post by **JHEM** » Wed May 16, 2007 5:58 am

gator wrote:I really feel so small mentioning my MS a few days back

Not at all Sri, that's quite an accomplishment.

James

pianowizard · #208 Post by **pianowizard** » Wed May 16, 2007 7:18 am

gator wrote:After seeing all these pics, I really feel so small mentioning my MS a few days back

But pretty soon, it will be a PhD!

andyP · #209 Post by **andyP** » Wed May 16, 2007 4:01 pm

rkawakami wrote:
andyP wrote:It's a Shorts Skyliner <snip>
When I first looked at it, I thought it was made from corrugated cardboard .

alluminium or used coke cans would be more exact

#210 Post by **Kyocera** » Thu May 17, 2007 6:15 am

purcy wrote:Me too Pete, my Daddy was a US Army Sergeant bombing surveyor in the Korean War, which caused him many subsequent lifelong nightmares, but I so admired his strength and dedication

I have known guys that went through Korea and Viet Nam, the stories I hear about Korea from them, in some ways make Viet Nam sound tame, (relatively speaking of course) Korea was a killing zone/scorched earth type time and place that seems to not get as much media as others.

Purcy I watch PBS like "Rainman" watches Wopner and Wheel of Fortune, yes the cooking shows, the travel shows, antiques road show (of course), . There is where you will find the documentaries that bring to life some of the realities (if you can see through their politics) of the lives and times of soldiers - Frontline, American Experience, and more, I think this series by Ken Burns who is an amazing documentary producer http://www.unctv.org/WWII/ is coming in September I can't wait to see this.

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