HU: RFs and film SLRs spotted in Manhattan!

[back alley]

we have 142 churches. No bars


really?
so everyone who drinks drinks at home or in another town and then drives home?

joe

 

[Wayne R. Scott]

We have 142 bars and no churches.

Wayne


Edit: I just counted them, and in reality we have 55 churches and 20 bars and one person that shoots with rangefinder film cameras.

 

[ywenz]

we have a few thousand bars and a couple of churches that I know of..

 

[amateriat]

Hey, Bill, I like a game of pool now and then, and I do got me a two-piece pool cue (cue Jim Croce tune...). No River City lout, I.🙂

Yes, film shooters crawl all about Gotham. But if you think Manhattan's snap-happy, check it out over here in Brooklyn. I'd say the bulk of RF hipsters in town are largely on the Greenpoint-Park Slope axis (okay, it's not an axis...we're miles apart, but humor me). I keep walking into these guys (and gals, thankfully) slinging Leica/CV/Konica (no old Leicas or Canons though, which I find strange). I know half a dozen of them already.

All part of what makes city life tolerable, if not outright fun.

 

[bmattock]

we have 142 churches. No bars


really?
so everyone who drinks drinks at home or in another town and then drives home?

joe

Yes.

OK, I lied. We have 141 churches. I guess we lost one in the last year.

And Yahoo Yellow Pages lists two bars. But one is a sub shop - no booze. Mislisted. The other is outside city limits, but inside the mailing address. No bars.

I'm not joking. This is the south.

Sadly.

Best Regards,

Bill Mattocks

 

[bmattock]

Hey, Bill, I like a game of pool now and then, and I do got me a two-piece pool cue (cue Jim Croce tune...). No River City lout, I.🙂

Yes, film shooters crawl all about Gotham. But if you think Manhattan's snap-happy, check it out over here in Brooklyn. I'd say the bulk of RF hipsters in town are largely on the Greenpoint-Park Slope axis (okay, it's not an axis...we're miles apart, but humor me). I keep walking into these guys (and gals, thankfully) slinging Leica/CV/Konica (no old Leicas or Canons though, which I find strange). I know half a dozen of them already.

All part of what makes city life tolerable, if not outright fun.

I just *live* in Podunk. I'm quite familiar with Queens, Brooklyn, even The Bronx. I take the train to NYC when I need a kult-cha fix. Some folks don't like it that I visit their town.

Best Regards,

Bill Mattocks

 

[cp_ste.croix]

you know I passed a guy carrying a hexar yesterday on my way to the gym...wasn't any of our vancouver members was it? does frank g have a hexar?

 

[dostacos]

Yes.

OK, I lied. We have 141 churches. I guess we lost one in the last year.

And Yahoo Yellow Pages lists two bars. But one is a sub shop - no booze. Mislisted. The other is outside city limits, but inside the mailing address. No bars.

I'm not joking. This is the south.

Sadly.

Best Regards,

Bill Mattocks

gotta ckeck in on this one... small 'burb 30 miles east of LA 17 churches :angel: 1 bar 😱 in a bowling alley. of course most restaraunts have booze 😀

 

[Sonnar Brian]

We went to Mt Vernon for Easter. Lots of Tourist; and locals. Most had cameras. Lots of digitals; lots of single-use film cameras; enough film SLR's to be noticed; I was the only one with an RF and the only one shooting by windowlight in the Mt Vernon Inn.

 

[wlewisiii]

I'm not joking. This is the south.

I remember Fort Benning, Fort Knox and Fort Rilley...

I would never willingly go back to the south except as a tourist with many dollars in my pocket. The (so called) 3rd world is more plesant a place to live.

My father-in-law grew up in a company town in Alabama. His father was paid in script...

William

 

[ch1]

Actually, the other day too (I think it was Tuesday) I was meeting the same friend for lunch.

We have this rendevous thing where if I see him coming up Lex toward the corner of 50th and he's sees me and the "light is right" we signal each other to cross the avenue.

So, high-signed as it were, I went across and as I passed by one tourist I espied a RF - he was going the opposite direction and it was in the middle of the Avenue so I didn't pursue him to check out the gear.

But, all in all, b/w the RFs and the older SLRs, I think some film gear is re-emerging.

Then again, maybe I'm just being more observant. And no getting around it - for the mass of shooters out there - it is now a digi world.

 

[bmattock]

I remember Fort Benning, Fort Knox and Fort Rilley...

I would never willingly go back to the south except as a tourist with many dollars in my pocket. The (so called) 3rd world is more plesant a place to live.

My father-in-law grew up in a company town in Alabama. His father was paid in script...

William

On the other hand, I know the mayor. Well, I knew the mayor of NYC too, but I mean I see our mayor a lot and stop and chit-chat. He lights the town Christmas tree too, but there are about 150 people there and a bad high school band. And we have a Veteran's Day celebration that would knock your socks off. And a little train that gives kids rides around in the park - run by the city. A baseball stadium with minor league players, stadium a restored 1930's masterpiece. A 3.1 mile drive to work. And I-95 straight to NYC if I feel I must - or the train.

Yeah, no bars. But I can mix my own Jack and Coke, open my own beer. I'm in heaven.

Best Regards,

Bill Mattocks

 

[wlewisiii]

On the other hand, (big snip)

Far as it goes, I understand. But, overall, I think I'll invoke "agree to disagree" as it would be too easy to get beyond what is appropriate here.

Thanks for everything you bring here.

William