Re: What's In Your Camera? Reply #925 – May 01, 2020, 12:54:43 pm Picked some nice shrooms on this mornings walk. 7 Likes
Re: What's In Your Camera? Reply #926 – May 01, 2020, 06:09:43 pm "Picked some nice shrooms..."Ah, I love Morels, pan fried in butter...Last time I was anywhere close to that golden vegetable was returning from a trip to Alaska. We were coming south down the road out of Dawson and were traveling through an area that had a forest fire just a few years before. The locals were out on the highway trolling for tourists to whom they were selling the bountiful crop of Morels at $7.00 per a very tiny basket. 3 Likes
Re: What's In Your Camera? Reply #927 – May 02, 2020, 01:12:14 pm Can’t go anywhere so the firewood pile keeps growing. My wife says I’m obsessed. 5 Likes
Re: What's In Your Camera? Reply #929 – May 02, 2020, 02:36:50 pm "My wife says I'm obsessed."Well, at the very least you won't have to worry about a shortage of fire wood during inclement weather! And the exercise you are getting now will prolong your health to boot.
Re: What's In Your Camera? Reply #930 – May 02, 2020, 05:37:55 pm Recently, I have strived to avoid shortages of a softer timber. 🤧Kent 3 Likes
Re: What's In Your Camera? Reply #931 – May 02, 2020, 06:31:52 pm "I have strived to avoid shortages..."Well, that's one reason the store shelves are bare! 1 Likes
Re: What's In Your Camera? Reply #932 – May 02, 2020, 07:10:34 pm I had hesitated posting this hard won battle till now. We had struggled getting paper goods for several weeks. Amazon, Costco on-line etc.With the threat of the closure going on until October, we continued our search every few days. I stood in line at 7:00am for Costco’s second senior day and after waiting in line for an hour in the rain, I actually got within several yards of the “TP Room” inside the store when the cupboards were once again bare. This was the case for many other such outings.After that daunting experience, I was determined to satisfy my families needs when the opportunity arose. I never emptied the stores shelves and only purchased my allowed allotment. Since then, I have offered paper supplies to all my family and friends if they were in need. I’m not sure how the supply chain has effected other areas of California and the nation, but paper supplies are still a hit and miss. I had prepared for the worse by purchasing brown paper towels and made a dispenser if worse came to worse. As it is, my hunt is over. Staying clean.Kent 1 Likes
Re: What's In Your Camera? Reply #933 – May 02, 2020, 07:56:54 pm Quote from: Blueox25 - May 02, 2020, 02:35:17 pmNice looking property.HDThanks. I try to keep about ten acres right around the house parked out as best as I can but it’s like stringing beads with no knot at the end. 1 Likes
Re: What's In Your Camera? Reply #934 – May 02, 2020, 08:04:33 pm Here at the local PDX Costco no problem with paper goods. We went at the old folks time ..... enclosed some images of the line. We all got in when the store opened.glenps <smile> no rain. Of course we don't melt in the rain as we are not that sweet. 1 Likes
Re: What's In Your Camera? Reply #935 – May 03, 2020, 11:08:18 am Haven’t been inside a store in six weeks. Been doing Walmart pickup service and online ordering only. Scored this box of 80 rolls on Amazon a few weeks back. Not my preferred brand but will take it if I can stay away from crowds! 1 Likes
Re: What's In Your Camera? Reply #936 – May 03, 2020, 02:28:12 pm "...and only purchased my allowed allotment."Surely there must be a few Forum members that remember the "Ration Books" from the WWII era! Just about everything was an essential commodity, tires, gasoline, sugar, butter, etc.I personally have one of mine (if I could remember where it's located) which I believe was for shoes. To this day I blame rationing as a cause of my outer toes being forced inward by shoes that were far too small. I remember visits to a Buster Brown Shoe Store where the most interesting item was the machine you stood upon to view an X-Ray image of your foot in those new shoes to check for proper fit. 5 Likes
Re: What's In Your Camera? Reply #937 – May 03, 2020, 02:57:28 pm We usually go to Costco once a month, it is 30 minutes away. We attempted right before the official "stay at home" and Costco decided to open an hour early on a Saturday and limit how many could go in. There was a long line. We left and won't return till this is over. Papers goods are hit or miss here too. We had a good supply already, but after a month of this I did pick up a pack of TP and a roll of paper towels. Maybe I could buy tons of TP when this is over and use it to insulate a shed? Then I would have plenty if something happens. 1 Likes
Re: What's In Your Camera? Reply #938 – May 03, 2020, 04:38:38 pm Quote from: Lazy Bones - May 02, 2020, 06:31:52 pm"I have strived to avoid shortages..."Well, that's one reason the store shelves are bare! We all know that he is holding it to pulp to make his own TP.:~)
Re: What's In Your Camera? Reply #939 – May 03, 2020, 06:04:23 pm . I remember visits to a Buster Brown Shoe Store where the most interesting item was the machine you stood upon to view an X-Ray image of your foot in those new shoes to check for proper fit. [/quote]Yes! I remember those X-ray machines. The things they permitted back then. 😜. — Jon 3 Likes
Re: What's In Your Camera? Reply #940 – May 03, 2020, 06:42:29 pm Just reflecting on less restrictive days in the garden. Kent 8 Likes
Re: What's In Your Camera? Reply #941 – May 04, 2020, 09:22:49 am Quote from: Jon & Loni - May 03, 2020, 06:04:23 pm. I remember visits to a Buster Brown Shoe Store where the most interesting item was the machine you stood upon to view an X-Ray image of your foot in those new shoes to check for proper fit. Yes! I remember those X-ray machines. The things they permitted back then. 😜. — JonA little before my time so had to look it up. All I can say is wow!X-Ray Shoe-Fitting Machine - America Comes Alive
Re: What's In Your Camera? Reply #942 – May 04, 2020, 10:20:35 am "All I can say is wow!"Yes, exactly, that's what I'm talking about! That machine was in a store less than a full block from the apartment where my Mother, my half-brother and I lived. It just so happens that my half-brother, a small business owner, has a 'Frame Shop' today within doors of that Buster Brown Store. Now show me a Ration Book! 1 Likes
Re: What's In Your Camera? Reply #943 – May 04, 2020, 11:47:52 am Quote from: Lazy Bones - May 03, 2020, 02:28:12 pmI remember visits to a Buster Brown Shoe Store where the most interesting item was the machine you stood upon to view an X-Ray image of your foot in those new shoes to check for proper fit. Buster Browns on Van Nuys Blvd was a favorite, both my brother and I spent too much time looking at our feet, we though that was the greatest. Surprised our feet didn't fall off.Larry 1 Likes
Re: What's In Your Camera? Reply #944 – May 04, 2020, 12:24:58 pm Oh, yeah, the fluoroscope! Looking at the green glow of the bones in your feet; my brother and sister and I thought this was great fun! (I always did wonder if the radiation was the reason we all have such big feet! )And, Steve, I have three ration books (with stamps left), the original 'Certificate of Registrar', two war bonds, and a lock of hair from the first hair cut my grandfather gave me. We are at the point in life when our memorabilia is 'historical'! 3 Likes
Re: What's In Your Camera? Reply #945 – May 04, 2020, 12:28:14 pm Poll Parrot was down on 4th street in Long Beach. https://youtu.be/q0Ac0sC_CTAI vaguely remember Buster Browns. https://youtu.be/Pm4xH9unqzUIf memory serves me, sometimes it works, Poll Parrot shoes often came with a plastic egg, filled with a toy, in certain pairs. Then of course there was Maypo. https://youtu.be/z_0qsG9ndGIWorks for me.Kent 1 Likes
Re: What's In Your Camera? Reply #946 – May 04, 2020, 01:04:21 pm "I vaguely remember Buster Browns."Subliminal thoughts... is that Buster Brown dog the reason for my affinity for Boston Terriers? 1 Likes
Re: What's In Your Camera? Reply #947 – May 04, 2020, 01:55:59 pm Quote from: Lazy Bones - May 04, 2020, 10:20:35 amNow show me a Ration Book!Just happen to have one, Steve! 4 Likes
Re: What's In Your Camera? Reply #948 – May 04, 2020, 02:30:42 pm I looked at the Buster Brown video linked in an above post, and have to say I don’t ever remember hearing that ditty. What I DO remember is the jingle: “Hi, I’m Buster Brown, I live in a shoe. This is my dog, Tige, he lives there too!” The memory is a strange beast, indeed. 🤔 — Jon 4 Likes
Re: What's In Your Camera? Reply #949 – May 04, 2020, 03:21:29 pm "Just happen to have one..."Sweet! Thanks for the memories, Greg! 2 Likes
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