Camera and Coffee

[Doug]

I lived near Izmir Turkey for 18 months (where I first got interested in photography), and the mentioned tradition was not strictly observed. I believe it arises from the tribal desert life as a matter of sanitation. Use your left hand for wiping your bottom, so it's kept under the table while eating!

 

[Pherdinand]

Doug is right in that, it is related to "right hand for input, left hand for output"-type hygiene...

 

[nwcanonman]

I thought that's the way it was, thanks for confirming it. So many differing conventions for so many cultures. I still have to remember to take my shoes off when visiting my Korean neighbor ........ ~ ; - )

 

[back alley]

I still have to remember to take my shoes off when visiting my Korean neighbor ........

canadians too!

joe

 

[wierdcollector]

That's ok Joe, you can leave your shoes on if you ever visit my house. You just have to stay in the rear entry or in the kitchen, lol.

 

[nwcanonman]

Curt,
You can wear your hat, shoes and leave your umbrella open my house ~ ; - )
Just bring over a 6-pack and some pork rinds ta' nibble while we watch the World Series.

 

[back alley]

thanks curt!
during the summer months i do leave my shoes on in the house. winter, which seems about 10 months of the year, i slip off my snow covered boots at the door.

joe

 

[vladhed]

Re: And one more thing...

Re: And one more thing...

Reminds me when I was in London last year, and I ordered some "coffee" at the first caffetteria I found ("Starbucks", I think).
My jaw dropped when I got a pint of muddy looking water in a plastic cup 🙁
It looked (and smelled) like someone's washed his dirty feet in it :

Ah yes, you and I have had the same experience in London. I was living in Paris and had taken to drinking espresso. Even the cafe au lait was a lot stronger (and richer). So after a night on the ferry, stumbled into Victoria station cafe and ordered a coffee. Sat down with my chums and took a sip. I actually though, for an instant, that they had giving me tea by accident!!

I had a headache all week end, until I finally got back to Calais and had a proper coffee..

 

[FrankS]

quote: Long live Coffee and Cameras! D2

You can tell we're getting older. It used to be Sex! Drugs, and rock and roll!

 

[Honu-Hugger]

You Can Leave Your Hat On...

You Can Leave Your Hat On...

Randy Newman wrote the rules for my house (before I was married, that is 😉 ):

"Baby take off your coat...real slow
Take off your shoes, I'll take off your shirt
Baby take off your dress, yes, yes, yes
You can leave your hat on..."

I don't know why I remembered that -- it must have been from those days of "Sex, Drugs, and Rock & Roll." Now it's "Coffee, Cameras, and fading Memories" 😀

D2

 

[sfaust]

I still play that song from time to time. It worked best in 9-1/2 weeks when Kim Basinger danced to it!! A very nice combination IMO 😀

 

[denishr]

Frank, you hit the nail on the head!
Are we really turning into old farts?
I guess it could be said for me - I actually got myself a Leica a few months ago 🙁 And I thought only boring dentists going through middle-age crisis use those 😱

I'm not that old (41), but having two kids aged 3 and 5 sure makes you feel tired quite often 🙁

Yep, cameras and coffee for me now 🙁
But, hey, rock'n'roll is still here - at least if you ask me!
Although I admit to straying towards Bossa Nova now and then 😉

 

[nwcanonman]

"I'm not that old (41), but having two kids aged 3 and 5 sure makes you feel tired quite often "
............................................

Boy, am I glad I had my kids early when I had the energy to keep up. Now I see guys around my age (like Letterman) having kids and am thankful my kids are in their 30's already ~; - )
And put a shot of "Black Bush" in my coffee please!

 

[wierdcollector]

Sex, Drugs and Rock n' Roll is now Sex (I'm older but not dead), Cameras and Country music. Better videos, prettier women and I can actually understand the lyrics, lol.
P.S. Love those pork rinds, be right over with the six pack.

 

[sfaust]

48 now, and did the mid life crisis thing and bought a Porsche Carrera. Now I think I'm in the old fart stage, as I sold the Porsche (was going to get myself killed anyway) and bought an RV with the proceeds. Kids are at the teenage years, and I wish birth control pills were retroactive at times. Actually, I would do it all over again exactly the same way.

I do like rock n roll and even share music with my daughter. Sex, yup, it still works if I can see it 🙂. And for the most part, I still feel 30 something, but at others I can tell I'm on the backside of life cycle.

Speaking of which, maybe I'll go dig out that 9-1/2 weeks DVD now!!

 

[rover]

My back is starting to ache from reading this.

 

[former member]

Ha! Porche Carerra for a Mid-Life Crisis!

I bought a bunch of classic RF cameras instead! The SP came out the same year as me; and it still works perfectly! One out of two isn't bad!

 

[FrankS]

About 8 years ago when I turned 40, I bought a couple of motorcycles that were new when I was in high school and interested in them. I had old cameras before then.

 

[Oldprof]

... I wish birth control pills were retroactive at times ...

Too funny! I've always considered having children to be a game. And the game is called "Gambling with your Genes."

 

[sfaust]

Ha! Porche Carerra for a Mid-Life Crisis!

It was a big mid-life I guess 🙂

I must be in the second stage now, buying all these rangefinders, and getting hooked into the radio control turbine jet model airplanes. I only get one mid-life, might as well milk it for what I can.

Originally posted by OldProf
Too funny! I've always considered having children to be a game. And the game is called "Gambling with your Genes."

Problem with that game as I see it, is that it far too much like poker. Expensive just to sit down and ante up, and the outcome is never assured. I have to say thought, I do love playing the gene game so far. But ask me again once the college tuitions are due and I have a couple weddings to pay for. Maybe by then I'll have a nice rangefinder collection by worth enough to fund the above. (highly unlikely 🙂

I'm heading out now to go into Boston and fondle the rangefinders for a day. Wish me luck! Hopefully, I'll come back with something good enough to post in the gallery!