Beer and photography go very well together. I used to perch my Little Leica on top of a tankard aimed usually at an acute angle to get candid shots of people in the row beside me. I got wonderful shots that way using a cable release and always looking away from the subject(s) or watching them in a mirror.
Of course the tankard was always empty. I wouldn't take a chance with my precious camera; which was eventually stolen by someone in the Leica agency repair shop where it went to have its shutter checked. They gave me a new M4 with many apologies. He knew the value damn his eyes. I wished the pox on the thief and hoped his brain would rot in his head. Don _______________ Dr E D F Williams http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams Author's Web Site and Photo Gallery Updated: July 31, 2003 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cameron Hood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2003 9:47 PM Subject: Why is it... > Threds about beer and the blackout can carry on unchecked, but if I > mention a Mac I get screamed at? Which is more applicable to > photography? I use my computer constanly for editing, printing and > selling. > > Just an observation. > > BTW, if you want a really good Canadian beer, try Sleemans Honey brown > ale (or their lager). > > C. > > PS: glad you guys got your power back. > > > On Sunday, August 17, 2003, at 08:29 AM, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2003 07:08:37 -0400 > > From: "T Rittenhouse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: blackout > > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Pilsner Urquel, the first modern clear beer (before that all beers > > were kind > > of murky). Many think it is the best beer (lager) in the world, but I > > like > > Grosch better. > > > > I noticed that Blue has been Americanized. Kind of sad. > > > > It is kind of interesting how the American Tasteless Beers came to be. > > Back > > in the 30's and earilier when the factory worker took the streetcar to > > work > > it was common for the guys to drop into the bar and have a beer or two > > while > > waiting for the streetcar after work. Then durning WWII Rosie the > > Riveter > > who was working in the plants while the boys were off having fun > > wanted to > > do the same thing. However, she really didn't care for the bitter > > taste of > > beer. So Miller developed a lighter beer with very little hops that > > was more > > acceptable to her palate. The other breweries followed suite because > > it is > > cheaper to make. > > > > The very worse beer in the US is Coors (called Cow Piss, when I was > > stationed in Denver in the early 60's), yuck. Funny thing is that most > > women > > still think beer is too bitter, and we men now have to buy imported or > > micro-brewed to get a decent beer. > > > > Ciao, > > Graywolf > > http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "frank theriault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2003 11:30 PM > > Subject: Re: blackout > > > > > >> I beat you, Tom. <g> > >> > >> But, to further clarify, I believe that Pilsner is a town or city in > > either > >> the Czech Republic or Slovakia (which is my way of saying it's in the > > former > >> Czechoslovakia, but now that they're separate, I don't know which it's > > in). > >> They brewed an exceptionally fine lager there (they may still, I don't > > know), > >> and their recipe was copied in other places, such that Pilsner is now > >> a > > style > >> of lager. > >> > >> Of course, Labatt's Pilsner, which had a blue label, and for marketing > >> purposes is now called Blue, is about as far from a real Pilsner as a > > Trabant > >> is from a Ferrari. > >> > >> cheers, > >> frank > >> > >> T Rittenhouse wrote: > >> > >>> Boy you really have a problem, Dave. Because you see pilsner is a > >>> type > > of > >>> lager. > >>> > >> > >> -- > >> "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The > > pessimist > >> fears it is true." -J. Robert > >> Oppenheimer > >> > >> > > > > > > --- > > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > > Version: 6.0.509 / Virus Database: 306 - Release Date: 8/12/03 >
