From reid at mejac.carlsbad.ca.us  Sun Dec  3 15:40:59 2023
From: reid at mejac.carlsbad.ca.us (Brian Reid)
Date: Sun, 03 Dec 2023 07:40:59 -0800
Subject: [Leica] IMG: Nathan's PAW 47: Thanksgiving in the sunshine
In-Reply-To: <CAJj7xs9d9iTz3AE+msOWcBnLLZ2cNciw1V5hgO+uRqGrevToQA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <1E620CEF-1411-421E-87F8-D318C01ABDAD@frozenlight.eu>
 <CA+3n+_nwb0NBMO9nT+Ued124Mo6ami58wWCrbm5_Ha6jNvR_2w@mail.gmail.com>
 <CAJj7xs9d9iTz3AE+msOWcBnLLZ2cNciw1V5hgO+uRqGrevToQA@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <36bf95d4a851a5adb6558992d7db4bb2@reid.org>

I agree with Dennis. Pumpkin pies made out of garden-variety pumpkins 
taste terrible.
US regulations for food names are very loose in squash, and almost all 
of the pumpkin sold to make pies is a form of squash. See

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cucurbita_moschata




On 2023-12-03 00:09, Dennis Kushner via LUG wrote:
> Try making the pie with butternut squash that  tastes better.  AFAIK,
>  never  had a homemade pie using pumpkin  since  the 1950?s.
> 
> On Sun, Dec 3, 2023 at 2:51?AM Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> 
> wrote:
> 
>> Your wife deserves a Thanksgiving Day award and Monica one for best
>> supporting daughter.  I do have a question about the Lebanese 
>> "intern".
>> Not a problem with her nationality but a question about the many 
>> deserving
>> EU students who might have been missed out.
>> 
>> On Sun, Dec 3, 2023 at 12:04?AM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu>
>> wrote:
>> 
>> > The main event during the last week of November was Thanksgiving. As we
>> do
>> > every year, we invited about 15 of our local friends for a Thanksgiving
>> > dinner. They find the traditional dishes very exotic, and of course the
>> > turkey is the main attraction, along with the various side dishes and
>> pecan
>> > pie (I dislike pumpkin, so the pumpkins are just for decoration, not
>> human
>> > consumption)?and of course copious amounts of wine. It all started a week
>> > earlier, when my wife set up the large table in our covered front terrace
>> > and the work continued during the week with shopping, preparation of what
>> > could be made in advance, etc. We had the dinner on Thursday night, not
>> the
>> > most convenient day given that it is just a normal working day, as is the
>> > following day. But my wife wants it to be as close to a US Thanksgiving
>> as
>> > possible, so it is done on the day.
>> >
>> > Besides Thanksgiving, I also tested another film in the Adox HR developer
>> > that I am considering making my standard developer for all films. This
>> week
>> > it was Fuji Acros, in my Leica M2, using my lovely colleague Eri and the
>> > new crop of trainees as my test subjects. I continue to find that people
>> > really relate to these B&W portraits of them shot using a camera and lens
>> > that were both produced by the craftsmen (and women) of Wetzlar before
>> any
>> > of them were born.
>> >
>> > Finally, there is also an evening walk in Alicante to look at the lights
>> > of the season.
>> >
>> > It?s all here:
>> >
>> > https://www.fotocycle.dk/paws/?page_id=4171
>> >
>> > And as always, comments and critique are welcome and appreciated.
>> >
>> > Nathan
>> >
>> > Nathan Wajsman
>> > photo at frozenlight.eu
>> >
>> > http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
>> > http://www.greatpix.eu
>> > http://www.frozenlight.eu
>> >
>> > ????? ???????! ?????? ?????!
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > _______________________________________________
>> > Leica Users Group.
>> > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> --
>> Don
>> don.dory at gmail.com
>> 
>> _______________________________________________
>> Leica Users Group.
>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Leica Users Group.
> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information

From reid at mejac.carlsbad.ca.us  Tue Dec  5 17:20:52 2023
From: reid at mejac.carlsbad.ca.us (Brian Reid)
Date: Tue, 05 Dec 2023 09:20:52 -0800
Subject: [Leica] The next yearbook
In-Reply-To: <F9028128-DA4A-45E2-AA15-2086DD45EDDB@att.net>
References: <f56646858ef1983389924e49ff14e60d@reid.org>
 <d2fca1df-df2c-4d4d-b74c-64ea5bc088a9@iol.ie>
 <F9028128-DA4A-45E2-AA15-2086DD45EDDB@att.net>
Message-ID: <677fe198f91e226cff14c8c96fc77334@mejac.carlsbad.ca.us>

And received. Thank you.

On 2023-12-05 09:08, JAMES HANDSFIELD wrote:
> Sent.

From reid at mejac.carlsbad.ca.us  Tue Dec  5 19:51:29 2023
From: reid at mejac.carlsbad.ca.us (Brian Reid)
Date: Tue, 05 Dec 2023 11:51:29 -0800
Subject: [Leica] The next yearbook
In-Reply-To: <1B75763A-4B0B-4A03-87D1-FA73F99FDE4E@frozenlight.eu>
References: <f56646858ef1983389924e49ff14e60d@reid.org>
 <d2fca1df-df2c-4d4d-b74c-64ea5bc088a9@iol.ie>
 <F9028128-DA4A-45E2-AA15-2086DD45EDDB@att.net>
 <677fe198f91e226cff14c8c96fc77334@mejac.carlsbad.ca.us>
 <1B75763A-4B0B-4A03-87D1-FA73F99FDE4E@frozenlight.eu>
Message-ID: <e832093b88d6754bc6809d2931188d76@mejac.carlsbad.ca.us>

This is why the deadline is early February.

On 2023-12-05 10:49, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> I will do my final selection in early January?I could send my images
> in now, but what if I take the world?s great photo in the remaining 3
> weeks of the year? So I will wait till New Year?s day before
> selecting.
> 
> Cheers,
> Nathan

From reid at mejac.carlsbad.ca.us  Mon Dec 18 04:26:29 2023
From: reid at mejac.carlsbad.ca.us (Brian Reid)
Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2023 20:26:29 -0800
Subject: [Leica] Sunday Shot
In-Reply-To: <545044B9-BE02-4BCE-8DDC-E44C14C68D7A@mac.com>
References: <545044B9-BE02-4BCE-8DDC-E44C14C68D7A@mac.com>
Message-ID: <37a97d555657120bad009889076a8701@mejac.carlsbad.ca.us>

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Barney/Crocuses___.jpeg.html

On 2023-12-17 19:54, Bernard Quinn via LUG wrote:
> Here is a shot of some Crocuses which I took last spring.
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Barney/Crocuses___.jpeg.htmlh

From reid at mejac.carlsbad.ca.us  Mon Dec 18 19:15:28 2023
From: reid at mejac.carlsbad.ca.us (Brian Reid)
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2023 11:15:28 -0800
Subject: [Leica] Bandipur and Nagarhole
In-Reply-To: <CAH1UNJ2jv-7EwCYHo7SWvvgt_q2526vCy3mEAMtGFo7pdFWuPg@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAH1UNJ2jv-7EwCYHo7SWvvgt_q2526vCy3mEAMtGFo7pdFWuPg@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <54bd88193ef9dac9bc401f0c0866eaaa@reid.org>

Great pictures.

My one trip to India a few years ago (an extended business trip) was 
mostly a terrible experience (Hyderabad and Kanpur and Kharagpur were 
worse than awful; I enjoyed Kochi and Thrissur). But these pictures make 
me think about another visit.

The low spot of my India trip was being detained by the Indian Army for 
36 hours at the Hyderabad airport when I was trying to fly home on 8 
November 2016 because I had an electronic boarding pass and they only 
knew how to cope with paper. I was that day unable to pay in rupees for 
a taxi to the airport because the currency I was holding had been 
demonetized. I eventually found a driver who would take me to the 
airport for ?100, but he was arrested just as I was getting out of his 
car and the police would not permit me to pay him.

The high spot of my India trip was the food in Thrissur.

From reid at mejac.carlsbad.ca.us  Wed Dec 27 20:01:20 2023
From: reid at mejac.carlsbad.ca.us (Brian Reid)
Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2023 12:01:20 -0800
Subject: [Leica] Your thoughts on how to downsize your gear.
In-Reply-To: <7F3B69D9-E476-4081-9C85-DF33616E3648@mac.com>
References: <7F3B69D9-E476-4081-9C85-DF33616E3648@mac.com>
Message-ID: <4ab80afea6d951e8cfbe6b28a24a0127@mejac.carlsbad.ca.us>


> Selling on eBay seems fraught
> with grifters. Is this accurate?

I have sold many hundreds of things on eBay and never had a problem.
I have bought many dozens of things on eBay and never had a problem.

From reid at mejac.carlsbad.ca.us  Fri Dec 29 16:35:13 2023
From: reid at mejac.carlsbad.ca.us (Brian Reid)
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2023 08:35:13 -0800
Subject: [Leica] Friday Flower Aram
In-Reply-To: <PH7PR84MB3184AE1A12650EA00633E201B89DA@PH7PR84MB3184.NAMPRD84.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM>
References: <PH7PR84MB3184AE1A12650EA00633E201B89DA@PH7PR84MB3184.NAMPRD84.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM>
Message-ID: <6b208181b6db53356b12d445addf4272@mejac.carlsbad.ca.us>

I know that flower as "soap aloe"

On 2023-12-29 08:05, Aram Langhans via LUG wrote:
> Now that I am down in SoCal for a few weeks there actually are some
> flowers to photograph.? Found this one on our walk this AM after a
> morning fog had lifted.? View large if you can.? Just a single hand
> held photo.? Not my usual stacked image.
> 
> Flower and Dew- (leica-users.org)
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/misc/ff/Flower+and+Dew-.jpg.html>
> 
> Not sure what flower it is.? Comments welcome.
> 
> Aram