Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/01/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hah! Amusing powder incidents are sure to be coming soon. Please be careful about carrying generic looking (especially white) powders through customs! The poor customs chappies nerves are shot these days and they are apt to get a little excited at the least provocation. My Palestinian friend was born and raised in Canada but decided to visit Israel/Palestine to do the usual land of one's forefathers thing. He had a cold and was carrying Neocitron (sp?) in a plastic bag. Well the border guards not only did not believe him, they took him to a private room and made him eat the whole bag while they watched! I do not know the effects of ODing on cold medicine but he survived. His conciliatory attitude towards Israel suffered though. John Collier > From: csocolow <csocolow@microserve.net> > Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 17:11:59 -0500 > Subject: Re: [Leica] A trip to Paris > > > > Bob Keene/Karen Shehade wrote: >> >> Hi Les- >> >> Given my wife's opinions of chemicals- and that the bathrooms in Parisian >> hotels are barely the size of a gym locker- I don't think this'll work! >> Also if you have any ecological ethics- pouring any amount of 'fix' down a >> drain is not very "friendly" :) >> (then again it would be going into French water >:o ) >> >> Bob (couldn't do it) Keene >> > > Bob, > > I should add that my assistant and I shot a bunch of Polaroid Type 55 > when we were in Paris and waited until we were back in the hotel room to > process and clear the negs in Sodium Sulfite (or whatever you're > supposed to use). We just brought the powder over and mixed it in an > empty mineral water bottle with tap water. That's certainly one > possiblity even if you use Type 655 on medium format. > > My assistant found the bathrooms, without their windows, a great place > to load 4x5 holders also. > -- > Carl Socolow > > http://members.tripod.com/SocPhoto/