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Major Nikon

(36,827 posts) Sat Jan 19, 2019, 12:35 PM Jan 2019

Where is Andy Rooney when we need him most?

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Where is Andy Rooney when we need him most? (Original Post) Major Nikon Jan 2019 OP

Or H.L. Mencken. Sneederbunk Jan 2019 #1

Mencken would be up all night. Harker Jan 2019 #9

Thanks! I needed that! 2naSalit Jan 2019 #2

Yeah, but back in the days when Nikons ran on 35mm film, mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2019 #3

Speak for yourself Major Nikon Jan 2019 #4

I've seen a lot of nice 35mm cameras at yard sales and rummage sales. mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2019 #5

I still have two film cameras Major Nikon Jan 2019 #6

I had a darkroom. Omega D-series enlarger. EL Nikkor enlarging lens. mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2019 #7

My enlarger is long gone Major Nikon Jan 2019 #8

Here's what Andy Rooney said in his last 60 Minutes appearance: red dog 1 Jan 2019 #10

As do I... Harker Jan 2019 #11

I always liked him. red dog 1 Jan 2019 #12

Sneederbunk

(14,296 posts)

1. Or H.L. Mencken.

Reply to Major Nikon (Original post)

Sat Jan 19, 2019, 01:27 PM

Jan 2019

Harker

(14,028 posts)

9. Mencken would be up all night.

Reply to Sneederbunk (Reply #1)

Sat Jan 19, 2019, 06:26 PM

Jan 2019

Trying to tweet with an old manual typewriter.

2naSalit

(86,678 posts)

2. Thanks! I needed that!

Reply to Major Nikon (Original post)

Sat Jan 19, 2019, 02:44 PM

Jan 2019

mahatmakanejeeves

(57,531 posts)

3. Yeah, but back in the days when Nikons ran on 35mm film,

Reply to Major Nikon (Original post)

Sat Jan 19, 2019, 03:21 PM

Jan 2019

there was Nixon.

Canuck letter

The Canuck letter was a forged letter to the editor of the Manchester Union Leader, published February 24, 1972, two weeks before the New Hampshire primary of the 1972 United States presidential election. It implied that Senator Edmund Muskie, a candidate for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination, held prejudice against Americans of French-Canadian descent. The letter's immediate effect was to compel the candidate to give a speech in front of the newspaper's offices, subsequently known as "the crying speech". The letter's indirect effect was to contribute to the implosion of Muskie's candidacy.

On October 10, 1972, FBI investigators revealed that the Canuck letter was part of a dirty tricks campaign against Democrats orchestrated by the Committee to Re-Elect the President (CRP) (later derisively nicknamed CREEP).

Major Nikon

(36,827 posts)

4. Speak for yourself

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Reply #3)

Sat Jan 19, 2019, 03:34 PM

Jan 2019

I still have a Nikon that runs on 35mm film.

mahatmakanejeeves

(57,531 posts)

5. I've seen a lot of nice 35mm cameras at yard sales and rummage sales.

Reply to Major Nikon (Reply #4)

Sat Jan 19, 2019, 03:43 PM

Jan 2019

What would I do with another one of those? I don't use the ones I have now.

They were so nice. The feel of one in my hands. The precision. The care I'd take to compose a shot.

There's a Leica store in downtown DC. I have to avoid it.

Major Nikon

(36,827 posts)

6. I still have two film cameras

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Reply #5)

Sat Jan 19, 2019, 03:53 PM

Jan 2019

In addition to the Nikon I have a medium format. I still use them occasionally.

mahatmakanejeeves

(57,531 posts)

7. I had a darkroom. Omega D-series enlarger. EL Nikkor enlarging lens.

Reply to Major Nikon (Reply #6)

Sat Jan 19, 2019, 03:59 PM

Jan 2019

The whole shebang. It's been packed away for years.

When Kodachrome went away, it was as if Trump had been elected.

Major Nikon

(36,827 posts)

8. My enlarger is long gone

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Reply #7)

Sat Jan 19, 2019, 05:33 PM

Jan 2019

I still have all the tanks and reels packed away. I doubt I'll ever use any of it again. The last time I did was for my daughter's photography class.

red dog 1

(27,830 posts)

10. Here's what Andy Rooney said in his last 60 Minutes appearance:

Reply to Major Nikon (Original post)

Sat Jan 19, 2019, 07:14 PM

Jan 2019

"I don't think of myself as a television persona, I am a writer who reads what he has written."

I miss him!

Harker

(14,028 posts)

11. As do I...

Reply to red dog 1 (Reply #10)

Sat Jan 19, 2019, 08:01 PM

Jan 2019

though I don't turn on the TV very often. I miss him partly because I regret having dismissed him as a foolish crank for way too long.

I finally got him in his latter years. Now I'm one, too.

red dog 1

(27,830 posts)

12. I always liked him.

Reply to Harker (Reply #11)

Sun Jan 20, 2019, 03:03 PM

Jan 2019

60 Minutes is a great program, but without Andy's commentary at the end, it's just not the same.

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