-=> 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

... When I'm not in my right mind, my left mind gets pretty crowded.

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