-=> Quoting Damon A. Getsman to Nancy Backus on 12-Jul-2015 07:26 <=-   
      
    DAG> Re: Re: camping  was: bbsing   
    DAG> By: Nancy Backus to Damon A. Getsman on Mon Jun 29 2015 17:58:00   
      
    NB>> Those are getting almost obsolete... but I'm sure that professional   
    NB>> photographers must still be using them...  :)   
      
    DAG> I'm pretty sure the 35 mm ones are obsolete by now.  It's just that   
    DAG> I can use them so much better than most of the digital ones that I've   
    DAG> played with, and my shots always come out looking spot on when I do   
    DAG> things that way.    
      
   As I said, I'm sure that the pros probably still use them, at least as   
   part of their arsenal... there certainly are some shots that they work   
   much better for...  :)   
      
    DAG> If nothing else, I need to get good enough at researching my   
    DAG> ways out of the rabbit holes that I find myself in (in the code) well   
    DAG> enough so that I don't have to rely on other people around me.  I   
    DAG> haven't forgotten the lesson that you only give someone credit for   
    DAG> changing once they've changed, and I'm trying to make sure that I don't   
    DAG> get burned when at some point in the future my finances take another   
    DAG> hit due to others.  (Long story here, not really sure I should share   
    DAG> all of the details just yet, though I may have alluded to them   
    DAG> before).    
      
   I've been getting bits and pieces... probably enough to piece things   
   together to some extent...  And as far as the work goes, I'm sure that   
   the more you work with it, the better and easier it will fall into place   
   for you... and you'll gain the confidence you need, too... :)   
      
    DAG>> It's broken up by struggling to find some more interesting things   
    DAG>> to do with my son...  Today is the day that I play catch 'n   
    DAG>> release. Wish me luck on the white knuckles of having my son out   
    DAG>> and about in this kind of area.  ;)   
    NB>> Being a week or so later, how did you and he survive...?   ;)   
      
    DAG> I failed.  I went out and looked for a lot of places with him, and   
    DAG> we weren't able to turn up a single place in all of our hours out that   
    DAG> had enough kids. Or, like, _any_ free range kids.  I'm expanding the   
    DAG> boundaries that I'm using for looking in, but as mentioned before,   
    DAG> that's got its own problems with the whole scenerio, too.  Trying to   
    DAG> remain ever optimistic, I am!    
      
   It's not a failure if there just isn't the proper opportunity... And if   
   there isn't a properly safe spot to do the catch and release, then that   
   just needs to wait till there is a safe spot...  :)   
      
    NB>> There is that, too... :)  When you have more space on your own, you'd be   
    NB>> able to store things better...  :)   
      
    DAG> *crosses fingers*  I was at the point where I was somewhere between   
    DAG> 25-33% of the way to being able to safely start looking at new pads,   
    DAG> and that's all gone right now because of someone else's bank 'oopsie'.    
    DAG> Hence the drama that I alluded to above.  I know it's not that far   
    DAG> away, and that it'll come in even faster once I'm getting my next   
    DAG> checks _and_ repaid for the outstanding balance right now, but it's   
    DAG> still frustrating as hell, if you'll pardon my lanugage.    
      
   Just think of it as a minor setback... even though it feels like much   
   more... as you say, it'll work itself out, once you get the checks   
   directly and get repaid for the part that got snagged...    
      
    DAG>> I'm trying to make that the standard per week.  This summer could   
    DAG>> be a really good time for digging myself out of the hole that we've   
    DAG>> ended up in for a bit.   
    NB>> Sounds wonderful..  ;)   I'm sure that it's a great feeling... relief,   
    NB>> too...  :)   
      
    DAG> Well, wish me luck on this next week of finances.  I'm scraping   
    DAG> bottom right now again when I should be four digits in the green.  At   
    DAG> least I had enough to pay a little more against the card that I had to   
    DAG> almost max out getting treatment for my cat.  :P   
      
   Things will straighten out...  :)   
      
   ttyl      neb   
      
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