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Re: PESO: Cocky Elephant Bull

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Alan C
Fri, Sep 3, 2021 5:31 AM

True. However, there were also Eritrians called "Ascaris" attached to
the Italian forces in East Africa during WW2 . My late father fought
against them. The Italians were eventually driven out  the SA forces
advanced into Egypt. Thanks for looking.

Alan C

On 02-Sep-21 09:38 PM, Bob Pdml wrote:

Swahili: Askari

On 2 Sep 2021, at 20:37, John jsessoms002@nc.rr.com wrote:

So, what is an "Ascari for an older bull"?

Google turns up "Ascari Cars Ltd" named after Alberto Ascari, but your guy don't look like he's quite streamlined enough for Formula 1 or Le Mans.

On 9/2/2021 10:06:04, Alan C wrote:
I spent a couple of days sorting out a friend's K100D. Took some test shots at my favourite haunt, Sable Dam in the Kruger Park, only 15km from home. This young Elephant Bull, an Ascari for an older bull, harrassed all approaching vehicles with mock charges & loud trumpeting. Don't be fooled by his small tusks - he is still a lot of Bull! Some idiots took him by surprise & shot past at speed when he moved to the edge of the road. Eventually the pair moved off without incident.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/51420102149/
BTW I see I had the date set as 28/08/2020 rather than 28/08/2021. The K100D still did a fine job. The problem was an internally damaged D-AL 75-300. The camera was fine with any other lens.
K100D & DA 18-55 WR.
Alan C

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True. However, there were also Eritrians called "Ascaris" attached to the Italian forces in East Africa during WW2 . My late father fought against them. The Italians were eventually driven out  the SA forces advanced into Egypt. Thanks for looking. Alan C On 02-Sep-21 09:38 PM, Bob Pdml wrote: > Swahili: Askari > >> On 2 Sep 2021, at 20:37, John <jsessoms002@nc.rr.com> wrote: >> >> So, what is an "Ascari for an older bull"? >> >> Google turns up "Ascari Cars Ltd" named after Alberto Ascari, but your guy don't look like he's quite streamlined enough for Formula 1 or Le Mans. >> >>> On 9/2/2021 10:06:04, Alan C wrote: >>> I spent a couple of days sorting out a friend's K100D. Took some test shots at my favourite haunt, Sable Dam in the Kruger Park, only 15km from home. This young Elephant Bull, an Ascari for an older bull, harrassed all approaching vehicles with mock charges & loud trumpeting. Don't be fooled by his small tusks - he is still a lot of Bull! Some idiots took him by surprise & shot past at speed when he moved to the edge of the road. Eventually the pair moved off without incident. >>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/51420102149/ >>> BTW I see I had the date set as 28/08/2020 rather than 28/08/2021. The K100D still did a fine job. The problem was an internally damaged D-AL 75-300. The camera was fine with any other lens. >>> K100D & DA 18-55 WR. >>> Alan C >>> -- > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.