26 August
2012
Sunday
morning, nice and sunny weather and I'm still here in Dorktown. I was tempted to get ready and drive down to
Norwich to warehousexpress.com shop and buy the items I lost a few weeks ago. The cheque form the insurance company has cleared
so why not? Well, Not sure if they would
be open today; not sure if they would have the stock today; but most of all,
cost. Next day delivery is £4.99 whereas
a tank full of fuel would be around £70 ... not much difference? It's a no brainer for me.
All American
Hero Neil Armstrong has died. But did he
really go to the moon and were those famous word of his spoken has he stepped
out onto the moon? Well, I have always
thought that he had. By now of course
you may well know that I can handle a camera, not always brilliantly but good
enough. Yet we have photos brought back
from their mission which are of pro quality.
They used a Hassleblad medium format camera. Within the viewer finder of these top line
cameras there are four sets of two lines at 900 angles showing the
edge of the picture frame. These marks
don't normally appear on prints or negatives; yet they do on the Apollo Mission
shots. Don't forget that these men were
warring large cumbersome suits and helmets.
At the best of time trying to focus on and compose a photo is very
difficult and takes time to learn. In
the almost zero gravity on the moon it would be even more difficult; yet as I
have already said, the photos from the missions are of pro quality. Then there is the issue of solar radiation. Even now that is an issue that NASA and the
other space agencies take very seriously indeed. yet the Apollo mission didn't seem to have
been worried about it.
Of course
these are all part of the ongoing conspiracy theories that has grown up around the
missions, just as there are those related to the Kennedy shooting, 9/11 and UFOs
and so many more. The Apollo missions
however would be very difficult to fake, not impossible of course, but
difficult. One the arguments against a
conspiracy is that far too many people would have need to keep quiet for it to
work. I shall continue to be open-minded
on the issue now until conclusive proof comes out.
Last Sunday
I was at Birdfair. I didn't get many
images while I was there and I have just processed the images. I did get a few candids of the event as I
rode around on me scooter. But I noticed
today that there not all that many smiling faces in the shots. Like here ...
I wonder why there were so few smiles about?
A 'food'
funny ...
On the farm
lived a chicken and a horse, both of whom loved to play together. One day, the
two were playing when the horse fell into a bog and began to sink. Scared for
his life, the horse whinnied for the chicken to go get the farmer for help!
Off the chicken ran, back to the farm. Arriving at the farm, he searched and searched for the farmer, but to no avail, for he had gone to town with the only tractor. Running around, the chicken spied the farmer's new Z-3 series BMW. Finding the keys inside, the chicken sped off with a length of rope, hoping he still had time to save his friend's life.
Back at the bog, the horse was surprised, but happy, to see the chicken arrive in the shiny BMW, and he managed to get a hold of the loop of rope the chicken tossed to him. After tying the other end to the rear bumper of the farmer's car, the chicken then drove slowly forward and, with the aid of the powerful car, rescued the horse!
Happy and proud, the chicken drove the BMW back to the farmhouse, and the farmer was none the wiser when he returned. The friendship between the two animals was cemented: best buddies, best pals.
A few weeks later, the chicken fell into a mud pit, and soon, he too, began to sink and cried out to the horse to save his life! The horse thought a moment, walked over, and straddled the large puddle.
Looking underneath, he told the chicken to grab his "thing" and he would then lift him out of the pit. The chicken got a good grip, and the horse pulled him up and out, saving his life.
The moral of the story?
When you're hung like a horse, you don't need a BMW to pick up chicks.
Off the chicken ran, back to the farm. Arriving at the farm, he searched and searched for the farmer, but to no avail, for he had gone to town with the only tractor. Running around, the chicken spied the farmer's new Z-3 series BMW. Finding the keys inside, the chicken sped off with a length of rope, hoping he still had time to save his friend's life.
Back at the bog, the horse was surprised, but happy, to see the chicken arrive in the shiny BMW, and he managed to get a hold of the loop of rope the chicken tossed to him. After tying the other end to the rear bumper of the farmer's car, the chicken then drove slowly forward and, with the aid of the powerful car, rescued the horse!
Happy and proud, the chicken drove the BMW back to the farmhouse, and the farmer was none the wiser when he returned. The friendship between the two animals was cemented: best buddies, best pals.
A few weeks later, the chicken fell into a mud pit, and soon, he too, began to sink and cried out to the horse to save his life! The horse thought a moment, walked over, and straddled the large puddle.
Looking underneath, he told the chicken to grab his "thing" and he would then lift him out of the pit. The chicken got a good grip, and the horse pulled him up and out, saving his life.
The moral of the story?
When you're hung like a horse, you don't need a BMW to pick up chicks.
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