I think it was back when the list was the Pentax Forum on CompuServe that we had a somewhat cantankerous member who lived out west. One day he was driving from Arizona to California, when he learned that snow had closed the roads over the mountains. So, he got a room at the nearest motel. To while away the empty hours, he shot a couple of rolls of film in his room; just making abstract photos of the furnishings and fixtures. They were very good. On our trip to Lancaster County a couple of weeks ago, we were ready for breakfast a while before the inn started serving it. I thought of our former member and took a few shots around the room. This is the only one I thought was a keeper: https://rickwomer.smugmug.com/2021/November-2021/Autumn/i-BFKgRCX/A Cheers, shrugs, and catcalls all appreciated. Rick

Glad you do think itis a keeper because it really is!..  I love that shot. doesn't the Pentax forum still exist?  I think you must have been talking Pentax online even loger ago than me  (I've been on the list ince around Dec 1998) ann On 12/2/2021 5:46 PM, Rick Womer wrote: > I think it was back when the list was the Pentax Forum on CompuServe that we had a somewhat cantankerous member who lived out west. One day he was driving from Arizona to California, when he learned that snow had closed the roads over the mountains. So, he got a room at the nearest motel. > > To while away the empty hours, he shot a couple of rolls of film in his room; just making abstract photos of the furnishings and fixtures. They were very good. > > On our trip to Lancaster County a couple of weeks ago, we were ready for breakfast a while before the inn started serving it. I thought of our former member and took a few shots around the room. This is the only one I thought was a keeper: > > https://rickwomer.smugmug.com/2021/November-2021/Autumn/i-BFKgRCX/A > > Cheers, shrugs, and catcalls all appreciated. > > Rick > -- > %(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. -- ann sanfedele photography https://annsan.smugmug.com https://www.cafepress.com/+ann-sanfedele+gifts https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/annsan https://www.createphotocalendars.com/Shop/annsanfedelecalendarsandbooks

Ann, I’m glad you like the pic! There is a family of “Pentax forum” websites, but I don’t think they have anything to do with Compuserve’s forums of yore. About 1983 or ‘84 I got my first computer at work, but there were no network connections. A couple of years later it was connected to the network, and our national clinical research organization (the Children’s Cancer Study Group, or CCSG) required that its members get a Compuserve account for email (still a very new thing). Poking around on Compuserve, i was pleased to find a Pentax group (I was happily shooting with my Super Program). Others will have to fill in the transition to a Pentax-sponsored group, and then Doug’s leadership. Rick > On Dec 2, 2021, at 7:00 PM, ann sanfedele <annsan@nyc.rr.com> wrote: > > Glad you do think itis a keeper because it really is!.. I love that shot. > > doesn't the Pentax forum still exist? I think you must have been talking Pentax online even loger ago than me (I've been on the list ince around Dec 1998) > > ann > > On 12/2/2021 5:46 PM, Rick Womer wrote: >> I think it was back when the list was the Pentax Forum on CompuServe that we had a somewhat cantankerous member who lived out west. One day he was driving from Arizona to California, when he learned that snow had closed the roads over the mountains. So, he got a room at the nearest motel. >> >> To while away the empty hours, he shot a couple of rolls of film in his room; just making abstract photos of the furnishings and fixtures. They were very good. >> >> On our trip to Lancaster County a couple of weeks ago, we were ready for breakfast a while before the inn started serving it. I thought of our former member and took a few shots around the room. This is the only one I thought was a keeper: >> >> https://rickwomer.smugmug.com/2021/November-2021/Autumn/i-BFKgRCX/A >> >> Cheers, shrugs, and catcalls all appreciated. >> >> Rick >> -- >> %(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. > > -- > ann sanfedele photography > https://annsan.smugmug.com > https://www.cafepress.com/+ann-sanfedele+gifts > https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/annsan > https://www.createphotocalendars.com/Shop/annsanfedelecalendarsandbooks > -- > %(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.