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Post by doubs43 on Aug 8, 2007 12:31:43 GMT -5
Would you park here? Main street of Middletown, Maryland, in early 1973. Exakta RTL-1000. Picture by my father.  Walker |
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Post by mickeyobe on Aug 8, 2007 13:53:25 GMT -5
Walker,
I wouldn't drive there today.
The cars seem to be protective barriers for the houses.
Mickey
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Post by doubs43 on Aug 8, 2007 16:37:32 GMT -5
Walker, I wouldn't drive there today. The cars seem to be protective barriers for the houses. Mickey Mickey, it's an old town with it's beginning going back to the late 18th or early 19th century. The original streets were fairly narrow but just wide enough to permit parking. I have no idea if the three vehicles were damaged while sitting there but they make it appear to be taking a risk by being parked along the street. It's a rather subtle picture IMO that many would overlook. I probably wouldn't have seen the potential myself. Walker |
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Post by GeneW on Aug 9, 2007 7:03:37 GMT -5
Walker, this is such a neat shot. Kinda spooky too. The photo has lovely tonality -- do you recall which film was used?
Gene
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Post by Randy on Aug 9, 2007 7:23:03 GMT -5
That photo reminds me of my Grandmother. When she was 80 they took her drivers license away because she went down a hill like that with cars parked on both sides and ricocheted off the cars while going down the hill and then went home. She was charged with 28 counts of hit and run.
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Post by mickeyobe on Aug 9, 2007 10:32:19 GMT -5
Randy,
"She was charged with 28 counts of hit and run."
You might say she went out in a blaze of glory. Those cars had no business getting in her way.
Did you get a picture?
Mickey
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Post by doubs43 on Aug 9, 2007 10:53:40 GMT -5
Walker, this is such a neat shot. Kinda spooky too. The photo has lovely tonality -- do you recall which film was used? Gene Gene, thanks. Film was Plus-X at 160 developed in D-76 at 68 degrees for 4 1/2 minutes. Walker |
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Post by doubs43 on Aug 9, 2007 10:56:11 GMT -5
Randy, that's a great story although I'm sure it wasn't funny at the time. Your grandmother stopped driving by going out in "grand" style! LOL
Walker
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Post by Randy on Aug 9, 2007 10:56:51 GMT -5
Randy, "She was charged with 28 counts of hit and run." You might say she went out in a blaze of glory. Those cars had no business getting in her way. Did you get a picture? Mickey No, but I can ad that she was driving her 1968 Dodge Monaco (one of the largest autos ever made, and outlawed for use in demolition derbies) and my Grandfather got the car fixed and drove it for 7 more years. Old ladies in Tanks are Dangerous! |
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Post by Randy on Aug 9, 2007 11:04:09 GMT -5
Randy, that's a great story although I'm sure it wasn't funny at the time. Your grandmother stopped driving by going out in "grand" style! LOL Walker That wasn't her last "accident", in 1969 she took the top off her pressure cooker before the pressure had released and imbedded the top of the pressure cooker in the ceiling. Luckily she wasn't burned, but she was covered in scalloped potatoes. Then in 1970 at a grocery store, her cart full of full shopping bags got away from her and it T-Boned a car full of Nuns. Grandma passed the next year, but nobody can say she wasn't a "Fun Granny". |
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Post by doubs43 on Aug 9, 2007 12:00:58 GMT -5
Randy, your grandmother was the stuff of family legends and the kind of stories that are told for many generations! What an exciting lady!
Walker
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Post by John Parry on Aug 9, 2007 15:29:26 GMT -5
Randy
My gran had her license taken off her for doing 80 in a 30. She was 75 years old at the time. Ever see those cartoons about 'Hells Grannys" Suspect ours were lifetime members!
Regards - John
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