A Joke a Day Keeps The Boredom Away . . .

I learned to develop 35mm film when I was in the Army in the 70's. Many bases had hobby/craft centers where servicemen and women and their families could take classes and use the equipment. We hosted a couple bachelor parties at our house (off post) and my roommate talked a couple of the dancers into helping them set up a photo portfolio and most public developers wouldn't do the more risque shots.
 
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I learned to develop 35mm film when I was in the Army in the 70's. Many bases had hobby/craft centers where servicemen and women and their families could take classes and use the equipment. We hosted a couple bachelor parties at our house (off post) and my roommate talked a couple of the dancers into helping them set up a photo portfolio and most public developers wouldn't do the more risque shots.
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I learned how in Germany at our Service Club. I just didn't like the fact that you take the pictures, send the film out to be developed, and it looked like sometimes you needed a magnifying glass just to see the pictures that were sent back. Some were as small as 2x3's. I've got a lot of pictures of our bridging endeavors like Baily's in small canyons and Pontoons across the Rhine.............. Nubs
 
Nubsnstubs said:
I learned how in Germany at our Service Club. I just didn't like the fact that you take the pictures, send the film out to be developed, and it looked like sometimes you needed a magnifying glass just to see the pictures that were sent back. Some were as small as 2x3's. I've got a lot of pictures of our bridging endeavors like Baily's in small canyons and Pontoons across the Rhine.............. Nubs
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ahh, the old Bailey and pontoon bridges - I remember them well. We had to put one up on Kalaeloa Blvd, the main road to Barber's Point on Oahu one year after a massive storm caused a bunch of flooding that cut off the community and the two refineries down there. It was kind of cool to be able to help out the communities even though they didn't treat us GI's very well.
 
Nubsnstubs said:
I learned how in Germany at our Service Club. I just didn't like the fact that you take the pictures, send the film out to be developed, and it looked like sometimes you needed a magnifying glass just to see the pictures that were sent back. Some were as small as 2x3's. I've got a lot of pictures of our bridging endeavors like Baily's in small canyons and Pontoons across the Rhine.............. Nubs
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Cool!
Was this during the war? :sofa:
 
Nubsnstubs said:
Yes sire, Jonathan, I was in Germany during the war. Luckily, I never got shot at. :lol2:...........Nubs
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I wasn't in the service but I think one of the most difficult tasks would be building a pontoon bridge across the Rhine while under fire. I know that you would have gotten it done, if called upon!
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I wasn't in the service but I think one of the most difficult tasks would be building a pontoon bridge across the Rhine while under fire. I know that you would have gotten it done, if called upon!
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Yep, that's me, Jonathan. :lol2: My company, Delta, held the record of bridging the Rhine. Now, that's a lot of bragging cuz the Rhine is over 1000 feet wide at that point. Also, Delta Company was part of the 237th Engineer Battalion at the time, 1964, but they were attached to the 82nd Engineers for some reason. I always heard about the record, but not one old timer ever mentioned the company being attached to the 82nd when that record was made. I found that out about 15 years ago through Military.com from some of the 82nd old timers............... Nubs
 
Nubsnstubs said:
Yep, that's me, Jonathan. :lol2: My company, Delta, held the record of bridging the Rhine. Now, that's a lot of bragging cuz the Rhine is over 1000 feet wide at that point. Also, Delta Company was part of the 237th Engineer Battalion at the time, 1964, but they were attached to the 82nd Engineers for some reason. I always heard about the record, but not one old timer ever mentioned the company being attached to the 82nd when that record was made. I found that out about 15 years ago through Military.com from some of the 82nd old timers............... Nubs
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Wow, that's pretty amazing! Thanks again for your service!
 
Mike Hill said:
Oh, I sorely know! By the time it got retired, it had been around a lot of the world, all the soft rubber covering the body had rubbed off, and it had a light leak or two. Still working well otherwise. Still use the lenses, except for a couple I lost up in Montana/Wyoming. But by that time, I wanted to go bigger format. Got a Mamiyaflex C330 (TLR medium format), but too cheap to buy a Hasselblad. But also got a Graflex Press Camera (a hoot to use), but got deep into large format - 5x7 and 8x10 and the Zone System. Never did get a F3HP, but bought and used a couple of EM's and FM's before going digital. D1, D2x and stopped at a D3X (all on the secondary market). Love the D3X, but do not want to spend the bucks for the newer ones. Next camera, if I get one, I want it to do videos. Or might gravitate back to 8x10 format and contact prints - ala Ansel! But will need to figure out where to develop film and paper. The labs and school labs I used to use - no longer exist.
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I can only find 1 lab in San Antonio now! Getting scarce! Chuck
 
Just another crazy wo........er.........haunted woman. "The Weeping Woman" is a famous, haunting figure in Latin American folklore. She is a ghostly mother condemned to search for her drowned children. She is said to appear near rivers at night in a white dress, wailing for her children. The legend serves as a cautionary tale, warning children to stay away from dangerous waters and telling stories of a woman who drowned her children in grief or rage after being abandoned, then drowned herself, and now seeks her lost kids or snatches others. I think she dates Sasquatch!
 
FOUND!

After much snooping Lil Mikey's house has been found! He's been doxed!! I could say it might be someone other's house, but I'm too polite!!

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Mike Hill said:
Just another crazy wo........er.........haunted woman. "The Weeping Woman" is a famous, haunting figure in Latin American folklore. She is a ghostly mother condemned to search for her drowned children. She is said to appear near rivers at night in a white dress, wailing for her children. The legend serves as a cautionary tale, warning children to stay away from dangerous waters and telling stories of a woman who drowned her children in grief or rage after being abandoned, then drowned herself, and now seeks her lost kids or snatches others. I think she dates Sasquatch!
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Comet TV has the series "Grimm". I've seen one episode that you described perfectly about the lady in white capturing kids and later drowning them . I can't remember what they called her in Spanish. .............. Nubs
 
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