-=> Quoting Damon A. Getsman to Nancy Backus on 01-Aug-2015 12:59 <=-   
    DAG> Re: free range  was: camping  was: bbsing   
       
    NB>> As I said, I'm sure that the pros probably still use them, at least as   
    NB>> part of their arsenal... there certainly are some shots that they work   
    NB>> much better for...  :)   
    DAG> Yeah I don't know how much of a pro I'll ever be, but especially   
    DAG> with the scenery being what it is around here (you can see 2 volcanos   
    DAG> from the city, ffs), I've definitely got to find a decent 35mm camera   
    DAG> with some color and some B&W film.  I miss that a lot, and it's been   
    DAG> way too long since I've had a decent photo album.  I always end up   
    DAG> losing digital photos...  There should be some sort of record of my   
    DAG> son's childhood, if nothing else.  Like a material one.   
      
   I'm all for that... :)     
       
    NB>> I've been getting bits and pieces... probably enough to piece things   
    NB>> together to some extent...  And as far as the work goes, I'm sure that   
    NB>> the more you work with it, the better and easier it will fall into place   
    NB>> for you... and you'll gain the confidence you need, too... :)   
    DAG> I went over most of that in the last message.  ;)  Things are   
    DAG> definitely getting better again.  Being able to deliver on that feature   
    DAG> that I'd been working on forever really, REALLY eased my mind about the   
    DAG> whole thing.  I was probably pretty far down in the grips of irrational   
    DAG> paranoia, but I've not been in the industry in a 'real' area before, so   
    DAG> I guess I'm still expecting that things will be as bad as they were for   
    DAG> me the last time I was doing it in North Dakota.  PTSD, if you will.    
    DAG> ;)    
      
   Of a sort...  :)   Sounds like you are doing just fine in the real world   
   of programming now...  :)   
      
    NB>> It's not a failure if there just isn't the proper opportunity... And if   
    NB>> there isn't a properly safe spot to do the catch and release, then that   
    NB>> just needs to wait till there is a safe spot...  :)   
    DAG> Thank you for saying that.  There's only 4 weeks left until summer.    
    DAG> I hope if we aren't able to turn anything up soon here that, at the   
    DAG> very least, he meets some kids in 4th grade this time around that have   
    DAG> parents that actually want to let their kids have a social life.  We'll   
    DAG> see, I guess.     
      
   Hopefully there will be more opportunities... maybe even some that come   
   eventually from the most recent excursion and the week of summer   
   school...    
      
    NB>> Just think of it as a minor setback... even though it feels like much   
    NB>> more... as you say, it'll work itself out, once you get the checks   
    NB>> directly and get repaid for the part that got snagged...   
    DAG> Yeah, I should be a lot higher, but I've got the number of digits in   
    DAG> my bank account that I'm a lot more comfortable with again, now.  I'm   
    DAG> gonna work on pressing that up, and maybe it will even encourage some   
    DAG> other people around here to work a little harder on their own escape   
    DAG> trajectories.  ;)  (That's not even my term for it-- I'm not the only   
    DAG> one here that's talking about things in these terms-- heh)   
      
   Welll... it sounds like there's plenty of room to improve the situation   
   for a number of folks there... ;)   
      
   ttyl         neb   
      
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